Filming of The Masked Singer has been thrown into chaos after 16 confirmed cases of COVID-19 – and now New Idea hears the show’s judges, Jackie O, Dannii Minogue, Dave Hughes and Urzila Carlson, as well as host Osher Gunsberg are “devastated” that the outbreak means they’re going to be separated from their kids longer than originally planned.
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“All five of them tested negative, but the outbreak has pushed back filming of the finale,” explains an insider.
“So for the likes of Jackie and Osher, who live in Sydney, they’re not going to get home for another couple of weeks. Then they have to quarantine on top of that!”
Before the delay, Jackie said it was “heartbreaking” being separated from her daughter Kitty, nine.
“When you’ve got a family, it’s tricky [doing the show],” Hughesy tells New Idea. “You’ve got Urzila, who’s come in from New Zealand … They’re all missing family, so they’ve made big sacrifices.”
Osher missed his son Wolfie’s first birthday and last week took to Instagram to reveal how much he missed his family while in self-isolation.
“Missing @audreygriffen so much, however I know that my isolation is keeping others safe,” he wrote on Instagram alongside an old picture of the pair.
“While it sucks being away from my family, I know that it’s to keep everyone in my family, my community, and my country safe.”
He ended the post with an important reminder: “Wash your hands. Wear a mask. Keep your distance. You’re most infectious before you show symptoms. We have to think “we” not “me”. “
Meanwhile, The Masked Singer contestant Isaiah Firebrace, who was underneath the Wizard costume, revealed to WHO what it was like for those involved with the show when they were told about their show’s COVID-19 issue.
“We were filming the grand finale like we were doing rehearsals and we all went back to our separate dressing rooms and it’s all very secretive, no one talks to anyone, we all wear disguises and no one knows who’s under the mask,” Isaiah explained.
He continued: “So we all went back to our dressing room and then an hour went past then it was three hours, four hours, five hours and I’m like ‘What the heck is happening?’. Then I get a knock at the door and it’s one of the producers saying the health department’s involved and that there’s been positive cases on site and I’m like ‘Wow!’”
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