History Characters / TheMaskedDancerUK

"September" by Music/EarthWindAndFire (as covered by Music/JustinTimberlake & Creator/AnnaKendrick in ''[[WesternAnimation/Trolls]]'')\\

"Pump It" by the Music/BlackEyedPeas / "Boom Boom Pow" by the Music/BlackEyedPeas}\\

"One Night Only" from ''{{Theatre/Dreamgirls}}''
"Physical" by Music/DuaLipa
"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by Music/CyndiLauper (as covered by Music/MileyCyrus) (Dance Jam)

"Livin' La Vida Loca" by Music/RickyMartin
"Too Darn Hot" by Music/ColePorter
"Jump" by Music/KrissKross (Dance Jam)

"Relight My Fire" by Music/TakeThat
"Dangerous Love" by Fuse ODG and Sean Paul

"What a Man Gotta Do" by Music/TheJonasBrothers
"This Is How We Do It" by Montell Jordan/ "It's Tricky" by Music/RunDMC

"Bad Habits" by Music/EdSheeran
"Pump It" by the Music/BlackEyedPeas / "Boom Boom Pow" by the Music/BlackEyedPeas}

"Going Underground" by Music/TheJam
"I Like the Way" by BodyRockers
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" by The Arrows (Dance Jam)

"Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes
"Giant" by Music/CalvinHarris & Rag'n'Bone Man

"Sorry" by Music/JustinBieber
"So What" by Music/{{Pink}}

"When I Grow Up" by Music/ThePussycatDolls
"Rockabye" by Music/CleanBandit, Sean Paul & Anne-Marie

"C'est la Vie" by B*Witched
"good 4 u" by Music/OliviaRodrigo

-->Ranking: TBA\\
Real Identity: TBA\\

[[folder:Cactus]]
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-->Ranking: TBA\\
Real Identity: TBA\\

"Livin' La Vida Loca" by Music/RickyMartin

* CactusPerson: They're a dancing cactus dressed like a wrestler, specifically a luchador.

[[folder:Candlestick]]
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"Relight My Fire" by Music/TakeThat

* AnimateInanimateObject: They're dancing candlestick, although they don't have a face.

[[folder:Odd Socks]]
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"What a Man Gotta Do" by Music/TheJonasBrothers

* DancingPants: They're a dancing pile of socks with a face.

[[folder:Onomatopoeia]]
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"Bad Habits" by Music/EdSheeran

* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Their costume is based on words and sound effects, represented similarly to a comic book.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Downplayed; they're implied to be male and wear a skirt, but nothing else about their outfit is very feminine.

[[folder:Pearly King]]
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"Going Underground" by Music/TheJam

* BadassBaritone: His disguised voice is quite deep.
* BreakingOldTrends: The first character in the UK version of The Masked Singer/Dancer to ''not'' [[ADogNamedDog be named after the animal they are]].
* FunnyAnimal: A walking, talking, dancing lion wearing Pearly clothes.
* VisualPun: The costume is a lion dressed in clothes decorated in mother-of-pearl buttons, based on the charitable tradition known as "Pearly Kings and Queens". It is literally a Pearly King of the Beasts.

[[folder:Pillar and Post]]
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Real Identities: TBA\\

"Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes

* AnimateInanimateObject: They are a red postbox and a pile of letters and parcels respectively.
* BreakingOldTrends: The first group costume on ''any'' Masked Dancer season, and also the first in the UK Masked Singer/Dancer franchise.
* OneHeadTaller: Post is just over a head taller than Pillar.

[[folder:Prawn Cocktail]]
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Real Identity: TBA\\

"One Night Only" from ''{{Theatre/Dreamgirls}}''

* AnthropomorphicFood: They're a cross between this and FunnyAnimal, since they resemble a prawn more than a cocktail.

* FunnyAnimal: She's a dancing pig.

* CactusPerson: They're a dancing cactus dressed like a wrestler.

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* AnimateInanimateObject: A dancing candlestick.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Carwash's costume is the only one which has no face at all.

"Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves

* {{Bifauxnen}}: The she wears a country-style suit, and the panel had difficulty telling if she was a man or a woman.

* AmbiguousGender: The Judges had difficulty telling if they were a man or a woman since the costume makes it hard to tell and their actual height is unclear due to the fact that they wear high heels; they have one of the more feminine disguised voices but since other contestants have had disguised voices that were deeper than their actual voices, it could also work the other way round.

* CactusPerson

* AnimateInanimateObject

* AnthropomorphicFood

[[folder:Cactus]]
-->Ranking: TBA\\
Real Identity: TBA\\

* CactusPerson

[[folder:Candlestick]]

"Relight My Fire" by Music/TakeThat

* AnimateInanimateObject

[[folder:Odd Socks]]

"What a Man Gotta Do" by Music/TheJonasBrothers

[[folder:Onomatopoeia]]

[[folder:Pearly King]]

* BreakingOldTrends: The first character in the UK version of The Masked Singer/Dancer to ''not'' [[ADogNamedDog be named after the animal they are]].
* FunnyAnimal: A walking, talking, dancing lion wearing Pearly clothes.
* VisualPun: The costume is a lion dressed in clothes decorated in mother-of-pearl buttons, based on the charitable tradition known as "Pearly Kings and Queens". It is literally a Pearly King of the Beasts.

[[folder:Pillar and Post]]

Real Identities: TBA\\

"Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes

* AnimateInanimateObject: They are a red postbox and a pile of letters and parcels respectively.
* BreakingOldTrends: The first group costume on ''any'' Masked Dancer season, and also the first in the UK Masked Singer/Dancer franchise.
* OneHeadTaller: Post is just over a head taller than Pillar.

[[folder:Pig]]

Real Identity: TBA\\

* AnimateInanimateObject: They are a red postbox and a pile of letters respectively.

Real Identity: [[spoiler: Jesse Metcalfe]]\\

** Astronaut claims to be known by the same name twice. [[spoiler:Jesse has played two characters called John; Rowland in Desperate Housewives, and Tucker in ''Film/JohnTuckerMustDie''.]]

!!Season 1

!!Season 2

* AnimateInanimateObject

* AnthropomorphicFood

* DisguisedInDrag: The costume looks male but the one wearing it is female.

[[folder:Onomatopoeia]]

[[folder:TomatoSauce]]
* AnthropomorphicFood

[[folder:SeaSlug]]

[[folder:Scissors]]
* AnimateInanimateObject

[[folder:Cactus]]
* CactusPerson

[[folder:Astronaut]]
* {{Expy}}: Of the Astronaut from the US version of ''The Masked Singer''.

[[folder:Candlestick]]
* AnimateInanimateObject

[[folder:Pearly King]]
* BreakingOldTrends: The first character in the UK version of The Masked Singer/Dancer to ''not'' [[ADogNamedDog be named after the animal they are]].

[[folder:Pig]]

[[folder:Prawn Cocktail]]
* AnthropomorphicFood

[[folder:Odd Socks]]

* AnimateInanimateObjects: They are a red postbox and a pile of letters respectively.

[[folder:Pillar and Post]]
* BreakingOldTrends: The first group costume on ''any'' Masked Dancer season, and also the first in the UK Masked Singer/Dancer franchise.

* BreakingOldTrends: The first group costume on ''any'' Masked Dancer season.

* FingerlessGloves: He wears a pair of black, leather, fingerless gloves.

* FingerlessGloves: She wears white, leather, fingerless gloves over her paws.

!!Season 1

A character appearing in the show's sponsorship idents.

"September" by Music/EarthWindAndFire (as covered by Music/JustinTimberlake & Creator/AnnaKendrick in ''[[WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour]]'')\\

"September" by Music/EarthWindAndFire (as covered by Music/JustinTimberlake & Creator/AnnaKendrick)\\

Real Identity: [[spoiler:Bonnie Langford]]\\

** Squirrel hinted that she was associated with a doctor. [[spoiler:Bonnie Langford played Mel, who was a companion to the Sixth and Seventh Doctors in ''Series/DoctorWho''.]]
** In one clue package, Squirrel is seen looking at a picture of Music/WillIAm and claims that it's just him. [[spoiler:This is a nod to the 1977 TV adaptation of ''Literature/JustWilliam''. Bonnie Langford played the character of Violet Elizabeth Bott.]]
* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Holly Willoughby joins the panel as a guest judge for the final. [[spoiler:Bonnie Langford was once a contestant on ''Dancing on Ice'', a show that Holly is a host on]].
* OlderThanTheyLook: You would think from her outfit and energetic performances that she's a young woman, and indeed the judges' guesses were often based around celebrities in their 20s and 30s. [[spoiler:She's actually the middle-aged Bonnie Langford, who is also the oldest female contestant in the whole series.]]

Real Identity: [[spoiler:Zoe Ball]]\\

* OlderThanTheyLook: You would think from her outfit and energetic performances that she's a young woman, and indeed the judges guessed that the person inside Squirrel were celebrities in their 20s and 30s. [[spoiler:She's actually the middle-aged Bonnie Langford, who is also the oldest female contestant in the whole series.]]