{"id":21348,"date":"2022-09-03T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T07:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1701207"},"modified":"2022-09-03T09:43:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T07:43:40","slug":"who-is-astronaut-on-the-masked-dancer-2022-clues-theories-and-celeb-guesses","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-is-astronaut-on-the-masked-dancer-2022-clues-theories-and-celeb-guesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Astronaut on The Masked Dancer 2022? Clues, theories and celeb guesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Katie Rosseinsky\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 03 September 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><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">A brand new season of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/the-masked-dancer-season-two-release-date\/&quot;\">The Masked Dancer<\/a> will soon be quickstepping onto the TV schedule, bringing with it a fresh line-up of celebrities wearing jaw-dropping outfits, hoping to impress with their best moves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Just like in its sister show <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/programme\/b-9jeu9a\/the-masked-singer\/&quot;\">The Masked Singer<\/a>, the judging panel, consisting of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/people\/oti-mabuse\/&quot;\">Oti Mabuse<\/a>, <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/people\/jonathan-ross\/&quot;\">Jonathan Ross<\/a>, <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/people\/oti-mabuse\/&quot;\">Davina McCall<\/a> and new face <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/people\/peter-crouch\/&quot;\">Peter Crouch<\/a>, will have to do their best to attempt to work out the identity of the star inside the suit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">On The Masked Singer, the judges can attempt to work out the contestant\u2019s age or gender by listening closely to their voice, but on the spin-off series, all they have to go off is their dance moves <\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">\u2014 and a handful of hints designed to help them along.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">It\u2019s definitely harder but there\u2019s so many more clues,\u201d presenter <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/people\/joel-dommett\/&quot;\">Joel Dommett<\/a> explained. \u201cThere\u2019s so many more games that we play now to help with the guessing, with extra clues up for grabs, which I think is quite fun. It\u2019s difficult and the spectacle of it is so odd that I think sometimes the panel forget about the guessing because you\u2019re just watching the madness in front of you.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/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\/09\/themaskeddancersr202-2ae677f.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;crop=682px%2C0px%2C7617px%2C5074px&amp;resize=299%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\/09\/themaskeddancersr202-2ae677f.jpg?quality=90&amp;crop=682px%2C0px%2C7617px%2C5074px&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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Astronaut, who\u2019ll be going up against the likes of Candlestick, Scissors and Odd Socks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Who could be hiding inside that space suit, and could Astronaut moonwalk to victory? Here\u2019s what we know so far about the contestant \u2014 here\u2019s hoping their dance skills are out of this world\u2026 <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Who is The Masked Dancer\u2019s Astronaut? <\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Ahead of the first episode, clues about just who the Astronaut might be are few and far between. Could they be an A-lister who has previously picked up a VMA Moon Man trophy? Ross has certainly promised that the stars are \u201ceven more impressive\u201d this time around.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">What we do know for certain, though, is that Astronaut had a pretty difficult time attempting to prance around in a cumbersome space suit. \u201c<\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Astronaut is <\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">the<\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\"> one I think probably had <\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">the <\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">hardest costume to <\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">dance<\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\"> with, because it\u2019s like a big thick Astronaut suit, but they did a great job as well,\u201d Ross revealed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p> <h2><b>When does The Masked Dancer start?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">The new series of The Masked Dancer is set to begin on Saturday 3rd September, kicking off at 6:30pm on ITV. Prepare for slick (and, ahem, not so slick) routines, wild costumes and ever wilder guesses from the judges. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Masked Dancer is airing on ITV this autumn. To find out what else is on TV, check out our <\/b><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\"><b>TV Guide<\/b><\/a><b> or visit our hub for more <\/b><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/&quot;\"><b>Entertainment<\/b><\/a><b> news.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013 <\/b><a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\"><b>subscribe now<\/b><\/a><b> and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the <\/b><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\"><b>Radio Times podcast<\/b><\/a><b> with Jane Garvey.<\/b><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Katie Rosseinsky Published: Saturday, 03 September 2022 at 12:00 am A brand new season of The Masked Dancer will soon be quickstepping onto the TV schedule, bringing with it a fresh line-up of celebrities wearing jaw-dropping outfits, hoping to impress with their best moves.\u00a0 Just like in its sister show The Masked Singer, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":21349,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/09\/who-is-astronaut-on-the-masked-dancer-2022-clues-theories-and-celeb-guesses-scaled.jpg",2560,1446,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/09\/who-is-astronaut-on-the-masked-dancer-2022-clues-theories-and-celeb-guesses-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/09\/who-is-astronaut-on-the-masked-dancer-2022-clues-theories-and-celeb-guesses-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/09\/who-is-astronaut-on-the-masked-dancer-2022-clues-theories-and-celeb-guesses-768x434.jpg",768,434,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/09\/who-is-astronaut-on-the-masked-dancer-2022-clues-theories-and-celeb-guesses-1024x578.jpg",800,452,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/09\/who-is-astronaut-on-the-masked-dancer-2022-clues-theories-and-celeb-guesses-1536x868.jpg",1536,868,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/09\/who-is-astronaut-on-the-masked-dancer-2022-clues-theories-and-celeb-guesses-2048x1157.jpg",2048,1157,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Katie Rosseinsky Published: Saturday, 03 September 2022 at 12:00 am A brand new season of The Masked Dancer will soon be quickstepping onto the TV schedule, bringing with it a fresh line-up of celebrities wearing jaw-dropping outfits, hoping to impress with their best moves.\u00a0 Just like in its sister show The Masked Singer, the&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/21348"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}