Who makes the costumes on The Masked Singer?

The costume department certainly don’t hold back (Picture: ITV)

The latest series of The Masked Singer UK is fast approaching its grand final, with more celebrities yet to be unmasked.

The remaining contestants Robobunny, Panda, Traffic Cone, Mushroom, and Rockhopper will be taking to the stage tonight in the hope of earning a place in next week’s final.

Judges Rita Ora, Mo Gilligan, Davina McCall, and Jonathan Ross have been doing their best to guess who is behind the elaborate costumes throughout the series, with some attempts coming closer than others.

The likes of Michael Owen and Tom Chaplin have been revealed in recent weeks, but as to who remains is anyone guess.

While trying to guess the celeb may be the aim of the game, the real stars of the show are the imaginative costumes that both hide the celeb’s identity and offer subtle clues – and cheeky misdirection – as to who they are.

But who makes all of those fabulous costumes?

Who makes the costumes for The Masked Singer UK?

The idea for Robobunny came from an unlikely place (Picture: Vincent Dolman/Bandicoot TV/ITV)

When it came to recreating the craziness of the original Korean show – later made for the US – producers in the UK turned to Plunge Creations, which is based in Brighton.

The company describes itself as a ‘fearless production company that that specialises in realising the creative projects of a wide range of advertising, PR and entertainment industries.’

Season three of the UK series has not been a letdown when it comes to its character designs, with the likes of Robobunny and Bagpipes more than meeting up to the ridiculous standards set down by the show.

During a recent conversation with Metro.co.uk, the show’s chief costume designer Tim Simpson, the managing director of Plunge Creations, revealed which characters he believes have it the toughest to put together this season.

While the costumes have been ‘better behaved this year’ and made ‘more wearable’ – including increasing visibility and ventilation – ‘Doughnuts has got to be getting hot in there’, he said.

‘That costume is a lot of foam and is quite close to the skin and it’s thick,’ Tim explained, remarking that he doesn’t think Panda, who is also in a massive costume, ‘has as tough a time as Doughnuts does’.

Robobunny is Tim’s personal ‘favourite’ creation this year, for the simple but sweet reason being that he designed the character with his 11-year-old son, Ted.

‘It was his idea in the first place. He suggested a sort of bunny robot for Masked Dancer I think, last series, and it just wasn’t quite right. We tried drawing it and we did various sketches and various designs and it didn’t come out quite right,’ he recalled.

Tim – who has worked on movies like Miss Congeniality and The Adventures of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert – also revealed that despite the costumes including clues, the designers also have no idea who is under their creations.

The celeb hiding under Mushroom had a hand in the design (Picture: ITV)

However, an exception was made this year, as the celeb masquerading as Mushroom was brought in to help finalise the design, Tim revealed.

‘We went through loads of different iterations for Mushroom,’ he recalled. ‘I had an idea of it being one type of mushroom, and then the production team wanted it to look like another mushroom.

‘The performer was like, “Well if I’m going to be Mushroom, I want this type of mushroom,” and they actually had quite an input into the Mushroom costume, which was nice. It was one of the rare occasions where I get to find out who’s actually going to be in the costume beforehand,’ Tim said.

When it comes to the costs of the costumes, Tim was a bit more tight-lipped but did give some idea during an interview with the Daily Star.

‘I can’t say [how much they cost]. I would say they are the cost of a classy wedding dress,’ Tim teased.

‘There are a significant number of hours that go into them. It is a team of six to eight people working for seven weeks, so they are a pricey piece of kit.’

The Masked Singer continues tonight at 7pm on ITV.

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