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Megan Nisbet

The Masked Dancer UK judge Davina McCall explains how to spot key clues

The Masked Dancer UK starts on ITV this weekend following the success of The Masked Singer series one and two.

ITV's spin-off show will welcome will see celebrity contestants perform unique dances, whilst covered from head to toe in extravagant, colourful costumes leaving viewers and judges guessing their identities. You can see the full list of characters taking part here.

Judges Davina McCall, Mo Gilligan and Jonathan Ross will return, while Oti Mabuse is also joining the panel. Although the Strictly Come Dancing professional misunderstood her role on the show, you can read more on what she said here.

Many have been left confused, however, on how the experts and the viewers at home stand any chance of working out who's behind the mask from dance moves alone.

Explaining how it works on ITV's Lorraine, Davina revealed there's plenty of other ways to spot clues, from the contestant's "movement and energy" to their costumes.

Davina said: "You do get to hear their voices when they do their clue packages, so we're really trying to listen out for accents. I mean there are some American accents in there, are they real? Are they fake?"

The Masked Dancer UK judge Davina McCall explains how to spot key clues (ITV)

She added: "There are clues everywhere, because we can't hear them singing they put extra clues in. So there are always clues in the costume, Scarecrow, in particular, every time she came out there was a extra clue in her dungarees."

Davina also said the choice of music is often a clue too, with Carwash and Zip both using the songs to drop clues.

List of The Masked Dancer UK characters

Carwash

Beagle

Squirrel

Scarecrow

Frog

Beetroot

Viper

Rubber Chicken

Flamingo

Knickerbocker Glory

Llama

The Masked Dancer UK starts on ITV at 7pm on Saturday, May 29.

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