{"id":11180,"date":"2022-02-14T14:11:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T13:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1584169"},"modified":"2022-02-14T14:43:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T13:43:08","slug":"charlotte-churchs-family-guessed-she-was-on-masked-singer-immediately","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/charlotte-churchs-family-guessed-she-was-on-masked-singer-immediately\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte Church\u2019s family guessed she was on Masked Singer \u201cimmediately\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 14 February 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>The final of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/masked-singer-season-4-start-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Masked Singer<\/a>\u2018s third season aired on Saturday, with Charlotte Church being unmasked as <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/masked-singer-who-is-mushroom-season-3\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Mushroom<\/a> after eight weeks of stellar performances, ending with her coming in second place on the show.<\/p>\n<p>While it took many of us at home quite a while to guess that it was the Welsh singer behind that fungi falsetto, Church has revealed that her family realised it was her \u201calmost immediately\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> in an exclusive interview, Church said her experience on the show was \u201cso wild, weird and playful\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/The-Masked-Singers-Mushroom-7eab09e.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=292%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/The-Masked-Singers-Mushroom-7eab09e.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=292%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/The-Masked-Singers-Mushroom-7eab09e.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=347%2C236&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/The-Masked-Singers-Mushroom-7eab09e.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=607%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Charlotte\" church=\"\" performing=\"\" as=\"\" mushroom=\"\" title=\"&quot;The-Masked-Singer's-Mushroom&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Charlotte Church performing as Mushroom<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAnd uniquely stressful at times to sing in a costume like that, and be judged and stuff, which I\u2019m not used to. So at times, it was difficult \u2013 it\u2019s challenging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it was so lovely to watch it on telly and play the guessing game and surprise certain members of my family. Not most of them, because they guessed almost immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for which members of her family she\u2019d told before entering the show, Church said: \u201cOnly my husband knew because obviously I was away filming.<\/p> <p>\u201cBut I mean, as soon as Mo Gilligan put my name in the ring really, as soon as that third week happened and I started doing a bit of stretching my range and doing a bit of the high operatic stuff, then everybody else was like, \u2018It\u2019s clearly you on The Masked Singer.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I was like, \u2018I can\u2019t confirm or deny.\u2019 But they pretty much rumbled me straight away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s show saw Torn singer Natalia Imbruglia win season 3 as <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/masked-singer-who-is-panda-season-3\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Panda<\/a>, while Westlife\u2019s Mark Feehily came in third place as <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/masked-singer-who-is-robobunny-season-3\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Robobunny<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/masked-singer-season-3-winner-identity-guessed-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Masked Singer winner\u2019s identity correctly guessed by RadioTimes.com readers <\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/masked-singer-winner-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Natalie Imbruglia wins The Masked Singer as Panda<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/masked-singer-michelle-williams-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Masked Singer\u2019s Michelle Williams nearly blew cover in week 1<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>The Masked Singer will return to ITV next year. <\/strong><strong>See what else is on with our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>. Also visit our dedicated\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0hub for more news.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<p><strong>The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a title=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/&quot;\" href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;0&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. 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