Rita Ora is set to return for the third series of The Masked Singer.
The popstar made headlines earlier this year when she breached lockdown rules and threw her 30th birthday bash in a at a London restaurant, breaking restrictions.
Despite flouting lockdown rules and facing harsh backlash from fans, Rita has since been confirmed for the upcoming series of the popular ITV show.
Masked Singer viewers expected Rita’s place to be permanently filled following the controversy, and although bosses drafted in Strictly’s Oti Mabuse for the role, Rita will now be making a comeback.
The star is set to join other permanent panellists, Jonathan Ross and Davina McCall.
Lifting the lid on her comeback, Derek McLean, of the show’s producers Bandicoot told Daily Star: “The key thing everyone just needs to understand is Rita was not available for The Masked Dancer because she was filming in Australia and the thing she does on The Masked Singer is be the voice expert.
“She is the one everyone turns to and says, ‘Do you know who this is?’ and ‘Can you tell who that voice is?’”
The Masked Singer is set to return for a third series later this year.
It comes after Rita admitted breaching lockdown restrictions when she held a "small gathering" at a west London restaurant to celebrate her 30th birthday.
The incident was described as "one of the most egregious, and certainly the most notorious, breaches of the regulations committed on licensed premises", by a lawyer representing the Metropolitan Police at a subsequent licence review hearing for the restaurant.
In an Instagram post apologising for her actions, Ora said she had made a "serious and inexcusable error of judgment".
Model Cara Delevingne and her sister Poppy were among those who attended the party on November 28, police said.
The restaurant which hosted the party, Casa Cruz in Notting Hill, avoided having its licence revoked in February, with Kensington and Chelsea Council instead agreeing to suspend it for six weeks.
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