{"id":23007,"date":"2022-10-01T22:29:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T20:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1714961"},"modified":"2022-10-01T23:07:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T21:07:14","slug":"the-masked-dancer-unmasks-three-contestants-after-shock-injury","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-masked-dancer-unmasks-three-contestants-after-shock-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"The Masked Dancer unmasks three contestants after shock injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 01 October 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>Tonight\u2019s episode of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/masked-dancer-2022-contestants-theories\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Masked Dancer<\/a> revealed the identities of three contestants after one act was forced to withdrew due to injury.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/pillar-and-post-masked-dancer-2022\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Pillar and Post<\/a>, who were the first double act to take part in the show, announced they were withdrawing from the competition after Pillar injured themselves during rehearsal.<\/p>\n<p>The duo were revealed to be former goalkeeper David Seaman and his ice skating wife Frankie Poultney.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about leaving the competition, Poultney said that the couple were \u201cgutted\u201d to exit early after taking a tumble in rehearsals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" 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type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1714963\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/the-masked-dancer-david-seaman-a09a5d6.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&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=\"\"\/> Frankie Poultney and David Seaman<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Photo by David M. Benett\/Dave Benett\/WireImage<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt was great fun but a tumble meant our Masked journey came to an end too soon, we had such a blast and we were sad that we had to hang up our masks without being able to share our final dance with you all!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cWe have loved being part of this series and we wish the other competitors the best of luck as we continue to watch at home and try to guess who all the other celebrities are!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/masked-dancer-star-forced-pull-out-series-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> reported earlier this week that one contestant had <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/masked-dancer-star-forced-pull-out-series-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">pulled out of The Masked Dancer 2022<\/a> after sustaining an injury in rehearsals.<\/p> <p>Pillar and Post weren\u2019t the only act to be unmasked this evening, with <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/tomato-sauce-the-masked-dancer-2022\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Tomato Sauce<\/a> being voted out of the competition and revealed to be TV presenter Steph McGovern.<\/p>\n<p>The Steph\u2019s Packed Lunch star said that she had \u201cabsolutely loved\u201d her time on the show and found it \u201cincredibly hard\u201d to keep her involvement a secret during filming.<\/p>\n<p>Just six contestants remain in the competition, with <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/sea-slug-the-masked-dancer-2022\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Sea Slug<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/scissors-the-masked-dancer-2022\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Scissors<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/pearly-king-the-masked-dancer-2022\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Pearly King<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/onomatopoeia-the-masked-dancer-2022\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Onomatopoeia<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/odd-socks-the-masked-dancer-2022\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Odd Socks<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/candlestick-the-masked-dancer-2022\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Candlestick<\/a> due to perform next week in the sixth episode of the series.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Masked Dancer continues on Saturdays at 6:30pm on ITV. 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