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Masked Dancer's Holly Willoughby fails to guess relative Tamzin Outhwaite as Scarecrow

Holly Willoughby was left stunned on Saturday's Masked Dancer final as she came face to face with relative Tamzin Outhwaite who turned out to be Scarecrow.

Prior to the grand finale, eight famous faces had been unmasked on The Masked Singer spin-off so far: Jordan Banjo, Louise Redknapp, Dita Von Teese, Eddie The Eagle, Christopher Dean, Zoe Ball, Craig Revel-Horwood and Kelly Brook.

That left just Squirrel, Carwash, Zip and Scarecrow in contention and the latter left the whole panel flummoxed, particularly This Morning host and guest panellist Holly, who failed to guess Tamazin, despite her being her cousin-in-law!

As Tamzin took off her mask after Scarecrow was voted off in fourth place, Holly, who made a Michelle Keegan blunder earlier in the show, squealed: "I actually can’t believe it! We're practically related!"

Speaking about why she decided to do The Masked Dancer, former EastEnders star Tamzin revealed: "I was a fan of The Masked Singer and the judges and I loved the trick element of it."

Reacting to the shock unmasking, one viewer tweeted: "Holly being a guest judge and Tamzin being revealed on the same night. They timed that perfectly!"

Masked Dancer's Holly Willoughby fails to guess relative Tamzin Outhwaite as Scarecrow (ITV)

Another posted: "Holly didn’t even know, we had no chance at Tamzin" but another had worked out it was Tamzin, commenting: "I think it's Tamzin Outhwaite! @mouthwaite She was in Eastenders, in Sweet Charity in the West End & the yellow brick road clue could be related to her being a guest mentor on Over the Rainbow in 2010!

"She's also cousins with Holly W's husband so will be funny if it is her!"

And remembering that Tamzin and Holly were related, another tweeted: "Tamzin Outhwaite HAS to be scarecrow. Isn't she related to Holly through marriage?"

After Scarecrow finished in fourth place, the panel were left stunned to learn that it was none other than Take That's Howard Donald in the Zip costume."

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