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Niamh Spence

Jonathan Ross says Masked Singer filming had to be halted over Rita Ora's odd joke

TV presenter Jonathan Ross has revealed his The Masked Singer co-star Rita Ora is often responsible for causing chaos on set due to her crazy sense of humour.

Her jokes have even be so crazy and bonkers that it's stopped filming for the ITV show, with the whole team needing to reset.

Last month it was confirmed that Mo Gilligan, Davina McCall, Rita Ora and Jonathan Ross have all signed up for the next series of the ITV show. Host Joel Dommett will also resume his hosting duties.

The new series of The Masked Singer will kick off on ITV1 in the new year.

Rita Ora and Jonathan Ross. will return for the new series of The Masked Singer (ITV)
Host Joel Dommett will return for the fourth series of the show (ITV)

Whilst the new series isn't yet underway, Jonathan revealed to The Daily Star at the ITV Palooza: "Rita tries to make jokes and when we ask what she means, even she doesn't know.

"She said a couple of things that were extraordinary and we had to stop the recording and say, 'What did that mean'.

"There is plenty of banter between me and Rita on the new series. It's one of the things I look forward to every year."

Jonathan has also teased that the new series will include a "stadium filling" celebrity, and their involvement was a huge surprise to the judges.

Whilst he couldn't confirm who will be involved in the fourth series of the show, he did said: "I'm not sure what I'm allowed to say. I will tell you one thing; there's a genuine stadium filling name on the show. It's someone we were all amazed to see. [We were] all surprised."

The banter between the pair is something Jonathan Ross 'looks forward to every year' (ITV)

He added: "I think their name had come up, I think some of us dismissed it. We thought there's no way this person will be on the show but they were."

Last year fans saw the likes of Natalie Imbruglia, Charlotte Church and Michael Owen all take part in the covert singing series. Contestants in previous years have included singers such as Mel B and Katherine Jenkins, as well as comedian Lenny Henry and former politician Alan Johnson.

The show is one of the biggest hits for ITV, with last year's figures recording 7.8million viewers tuning in.

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