Who is Fawn on The Masked Singer? All the clues so far

The Masked Singer has returned for its fourth UK series, with a new batch of contestants attempting to sing their way through while remaining undetected.

The show kicked off on New Year’s Day, with the first six acts singing in disguise as the judges and viewers attempted to guess their identities.

The first contestant, Ghost, was unmasked and revealed to be football pundit Chris Kamara. During week two, which saw another six contestants show off their pipes, Piece of Cake was revealed to be Scottish singer Lulu. In week three, Cat and Mouse were kicked off and revealed to be Martin and Shirlie Kemp.

Just nine contestants now remain ahead of Saturday’s (21 January) show, including Jacket Potato, Pigeon, Rhino and Fawn.

Fawn is a wide-eyed deer, who wears a brown and white spotted jacket and trousers and matching bow on her head, with furry leg warmers.

In her first appearance, Fawn asked for five sugars in her tea, before remarking: “Like a fawn, I admit that when I was young I was a bit awkward.”

The judges noted she was wearing a necklace that said “Sandy”.

“Call me a boffin, but maths was a passion… that my brain later helped me to win later in life,” she said.

“Now I’m grown up, I’m not awkward at all.”

Fawn sang “Tale as Old as Time” from the Disney musical Beauty and the Beast, wowing the judges with her voice.

Some viewers immediately suggested Carol Vorderman was behind the mask, given her former stint on Countdown.

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Rita Ora guessed British actor Hannah Waddingham, while Mo Gilligan thought it could be Kim Woodburn, but admitted he was struggling.

Jonathan Ross decided it was ex-chancellor of the exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng, while Davina McCall speculated that it was former Spice Girls singer Mel C.

“I live in a cottage, but not in a palace… I visited Wonderland, but my name isn’t Alice,” Fawn said for her riddle.

We next saw Fawn in episode four (Saturday 21 January). In her video introduction, she teased that “it was in a topsy turvy land that I discovered a very heavy, silvery-white metal” – a possible reference to platinum?

She referred to having “lots of other trophies” as we saw a travel case marked as “precious cargo”.

Then, Fawn was seen walking outdoors carrying a picnic basket with a bowling pin poking out, before she opted for marmalade instead of jam on her scone.

On the stage, Fawn gave a rendition of the Madonna hit “Into the Groove”. Rita Ora offered Delta Goodrem as an option before Jonathan Ross suggested that Anne-Marie could be under the costume.

Mo Gilligan then said that Fawn could be Dannii Minogue, and Davina McCall rounded off the guesses with Jacqueline Jossa, a previous I’m a Celebrity winner who once skipped the NTAs to go bowling with her family.

Finally, Fawn shared two additional clues, only one of which is relevant to her identity: “Let me tell you what I ‘herd’, they’re saying you might know me from the movies” and “They’re saying to take care moving around the festival. Don’t want to break a leg!”

On Saturday (28 January), Fawn’s VT included the words “short road”, “long road” and “even longer road”. The letters “AL” also made an appearance, along with the number 98.

Fawn said that she knows a lot about “travelling great distances” and could take “three, maybe four flights a day”. She also said she’d worn a disguise in the past and had previously been in the background in her early career.

After Fawn sang “Ironic” by Alanis Morisette, Gilligan was convinced LeAnn Rimes was behind the mask. Ross went for Kéllé Bryan, Ora went for Paula Radcliffe and McCall said Lindsay Lohan.

The Masked Singer airs Saturdays at 7pm on ITV.