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The Masked Singer secrets EXPOSED

Dave Hughes on the show’s Hollywood celebrities - by New Idea
  • 24 Aug 2020

Anyone who has watched The Masked Singer knows the judges often come up with wild guesses for who’s inside the costumes. Kim Kardashian? Really, guys?

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But while those revealed so far have been Aussie celebrities, judge Dave Hughes refuses to rule out the possibility of appearances by Hollywood stars.

“Dare to dream, I say,” he teases. “You never know who’s in the country.”

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The Masked Singer's Dave Hughes (right, with Dannii Minogue) is spilling the show's secrets.

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Rumoured to be featuring on the show this year are Zac Efron and former Grey’s Anatomy star Kate Walsh, both of whom have been in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dave, 49, reveals he relies on the clues when trying to guess a star, whereas his co-judge Dannii Minogue “has more of an ear for the sound of them”.

“I’ve been embarrassed a number of times when they’re professional singers, I think they’re sports people,” he admits.

Dave Hughes

Dave admits he uses the clues to try to guess the mysterious stars, while Dannii Minogue has an ear for how they sound.

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Of course, there are those times when they get it right. Recently, fellow judge Jackie O revealed she found herself in hot water with producers after correctly guessing Mark Philippoussis was behind the echidna mask.

“I don’t think they would have yelled at her,” Dave says of producers. “It would have been a case of them asking, ‘Do you have inside information?’ That would’ve been about it.”

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Dave said Lindsay Lohan (pictured right, with Jackie, left) is "still on the WhatsApp group asking us how it's going."

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The show lost a bit of Hollywood glitter this year with Lindsay Lohan, who was unable to join the judges, being replaced by Urzila Carlson.

 “She’s a character, there’s no doubt,” Dave says of Lindsay. “She’s still on the WhatsApp group asking us how it’s going.”

Fellow judge Jackie O previously revealed the Mean Girls star was “devastated” to miss out on returning to the show this year.

“She’s so upset that she couldn’t make it back to Australia, but it just wasn’t possible. I know she’ll try and watch it from her home. I loved what she brought to the show last year,” Jackie told Who.

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