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Karen Price & Katie-Ann Gupwell

The Masked Dancer UK: Who has been unveiled?

When The Masked Singer UK was aired earlier this year, it pulled in millions of viewers who were all keen to find out the voices behind the elaborate costumes.

Now ITV has a spin-off - and this time the judges have to guess the dancers behind the outrageous outfits. Here's everything you need to know about the show.

Hosted by Joel Dommett, the panel guessing the identities is made up of Oti Mabuse, Davina McCall, Mo Gilligan and Jonathan Ross.

Airing every night from Saturday, May 29 for a week, the show will feature 12 celebrity contestants and they will be voted off one by one.

Here we look at all those unmasked...

Episode One - Jordan Banjo (Viper)

Viper performing on The Masked Dancer (ITV)

The first contenstant to be unmasked on Saturday night was Diversity dancer Jordan Banjo.

Half of the judging panel - Mo and Oti - correctly guessed it was Jordan.

Davina and Jonathan both thought a boxer behind the costume with the former thinking it was Anthony Joshua.

"This entire experience was worth it, just to be called Anthony Joshua on TV," laughed Jordan.

Episode Two - Louise Redknapp (Flamingo)

Louise is unmasked (ITV)

Popstar and former Strictly Come Dancing competitor Louise was the second celebrity to be unmasked on The Masked Dancer.

After her identity was revealed she posted on Instagram: "Always be yourself... unless you can be a flamingo then always be a flamingo!"

Among the guesses as to who it could be included Maya Jama, Lisa Snowdon and Dani Dyer.

But the judges were stunned when it actually happened to be the former Strictly star, who pointed to Strictly professional Oti and exclaimed: "We've done dance class together!"

Episode three - Dita Von Teese (Beetroot)

An American star was behind Beetroot (ITV)

Beetroot was voted off the ITV guessing game during the third night and jaws dropped as the celebrity performer turned out to be American burlesque icon Dita Von Teese.

The raven-haired pin-up, who is credited with re-popularising burlesque performance and made her breakthrough on the cover of Playboy magazine in 2002, amazed judges Davina McCall, Jonathan Ross, Oti Mabuse and Mo Gilligan as she removed her mask.

Episode four - Eddie the Eagle (Rubber Chicken)

Rubber Chicken (ITV/PA Wire)

Rubber Chicken was voted off on night four, and both the judges and viewers were left in total shock when the secret dancer was revealed to be Eddie the Eagle.

Eddie, or Michael Edwards, is an English ski-jumper Olympian. In the late 80s he became the first competitor since 1928 to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping.

This week he swapped the skis for the dancefloor, and blew away the judges with his hilarious disguise.

Episode five - Beagle (Christopher Dean)

Beagle (ITV/PA Wire)

Judges and viewers were knocked out of their seats when the Dancing On Ice judge took off his mask on Thursday night's show.

He was the first of two celebrity dancers to leave during episode five as two dancers were booted out of the competition.

The much-loved British ice dancer swapped the rink for an incredible disguise in a week full of exciting performances.

Episode five - Llama (Zoe Ball)

Llama (ITV/PA Wire)

TV presenter Zoe Ball revealed she was Llama on Thursday evening. She was the second celeb to leave during episode five.

She's best known for her radio presenting and, more recently, presenting Strictly Come Dancing's It Takes Two show.

Zoe shocked everyone when she took off her cunning disguise and revealed she was was the secret dancer behind the mask.

Episode six - Knickerbocker Glory (Craig Revel Horwood)

Knickerbocker Glory (PA)

Fab-u-lous darling! Yes, the Strictly Come Dancing judge was the first mystery dancer to leave Friday night's show.

The dancer absolutely delighted the judges when he revealed his true identity as his cheeky performances have been stunning viewers all week.

Craig said he wanted to "prove to himself" he had the guts to partake in a show like the Masked Dancer, and said he was "so pleased" that he decided to take part.

Episode six - Frog (Kelly Brook)

Frog (ITV/PA Wire)

Model and TV personality Kelly Brook was officially revealed to be Frog on Friday evening.

She was the second celebrity in disguise to leave the show during the semi-final.

The judges were shocked when gorgeous Kelly took off her mask, and she said her farewell to her costume by strutting her stuff to Little Mix's 'Shout Out To My Ex' before she left the show.

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