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Who is Squirrel on Masked Dancer? Clues have viewers torn between Ashley Roberts and Maisie Smith

Many Masked Dancer viewers have had a huge change of heart on who Squirrel is, with Ashley Roberts the new hot tip to be behind the mask.

Since Squirrel's first appearance at the weekend, EastEnders actress and Strictly finalist Maisie has been the frontrunner in many viewers' eyes, as well as being the red hot favourite with bookies.

Cheryl found herself her in the frame early doors but she has now drifted in the betting and on Thursday night there were a string of clues that pointed the finger in the direction of Pussycat Doll star Ashley, another Strictly finalist, on Thursday's show.

In her quarter final VT, Squirrel mentioned working with "a famous double act," which she did when she worked with Ant and Dec on Saturday Night Takeaway a few years ago.

Add to that the fact that Squirrel's was wearing a heart badge on her outfit - Ashley is a presenter on Heart Radio and you can see why many Masked Dancer fans have switched their guesses to her.

And then came the clincher when Squirrel's 'word up' clue was "meow!"

Rushing to Twitter after Squirrel's performance, one tweeted: "Squirrel is Ashley Roberts for sure. She did SNT for years," and another wrote: "squirrel is 100 percent Ashley Roberts joined a famous duo she joined Saturday night takeaway"

Even more confident, another reacted: "Squirrel = Ashley Roberts. That's the most confident about a guess I've been all series."

Still adamant it's Maisie in the costume, with "working with a famous duo" hinting at her working with Ricky and Bianca on EastEners, one viewer wrote: "Maisie Smith is squirrel. Had a gut feeling from the start" and, sharing those sentiments, another posted: "why is nobody guessing that Squirrel is @maisie _smith_ sooooo obvious. @OtiMabuse IT'S MAISIE!!"

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