{"id":28958,"date":"2023-01-22T11:53:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T10:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1772712"},"modified":"2023-01-22T12:40:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T11:40:00","slug":"the-masked-singer-fans-say-jacket-potato-is-eastenders-star","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-masked-singer-fans-say-jacket-potato-is-eastenders-star\/","title":{"rendered":"The Masked Singer fans say Jacket Potato is EastEnders star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Molly Moss\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 22 January 2023 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:\">The Masked Singer season 4 continued last night (22nd January), with <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/masked-singer-who-is-fawn-season-4\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Fawn<\/a><\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">, <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/masked-singer-who-is-jacket-potato-season-4\/&quot;\">Jacket Potato<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/masked-singer-who-is-rhino-season-4\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Rhino<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/masked-singer-who-is-pigeon-season-4\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Pigeon<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/masked-singer-who-is-rubbish-season-4\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Rubbish<\/a>\u00a0all taking to the stage to compete.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">And while <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/who-left-the-masked-singer-2023\/&quot;\">the identity of Rubbish was revealed<\/a> following the character\u2019s elimination, guesses are still coming in thick and fast as to which famous faces are behind the remaining<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/masked-singer-2023-contestants\/&quot;\"> The Masked Singers\u2019 contestant\u2019s<\/a> costumes on the ITV series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Jacket Potato sailed through to the next round on <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/masked-singer-season-4-start-date\/&quot;\">The Masked Singer<\/a> with a rendition of <\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, dropping various hints along the way,<\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\"> and some viewers are convinced they\u2019ve worked out who is hiding behind the mask.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">The clues included a possible connection to medical dramas or Doctor Who, as well as a mention of him almost taking a different career path.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">The crooning carb went on to say he had \u201cthick skin\u201d and had gone through many auditions in their time, with the \u201cuniverse\u201d ultimately playing a part in his career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">One fan theory puts none other than <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/&quot;\">EastEnders<\/a> Alfie Moon actor Shane Richie under the mask, with the star having previously said he was <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/shane-richie-doctor-who-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\">approached to play a lead role in Doctor Who.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div 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data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/413644-ef036fe.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=407%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/413644-ef036fe.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/413644-ef036fe.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1763285\" 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\/2023\/01\/413644-ef036fe.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=\"\"\/> Shane Richie as Alfie Moon in EastEnders.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>BBC\/Jack Barnes\/Kieron McCarron<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Previous clues have included that he was seen dancing in a disco venue, that he was reading Shakespeare\u2019s Romeo and Juliet, and that he potentially has an American accent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Meanwhile, <\/span><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\"><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">RadioTimes.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">\u2019s exclusive <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/RadioTimes\/status\/1616888463596613634&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">poll<\/a> can reveal that nearly 40 per cent of readers think music legend Michael Ball is the celebrity hiding behind the Jacket Potato mask.<\/span><br style=\"&quot;font-weight:\"\/><br style=\"&quot;font-weight:\"\/><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Ball received 37.3 per cent of the readers\u2019 votes, with Hollywood star Brian Cox in second place with 31.3 per cent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Actor Ken Jeong was voted for by 16.4 per cent of fans, while celebrity chef Gino D\u2019Acampo came in last place with just 14.9 per cent of the vote.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Who is Jacket Potato? \ud83e\udd54 <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MaskedSingerUK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#MaskedSingerUK<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Radio Times (@RadioTimes) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/RadioTimes\/status\/1616888463596613634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">January 21, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p><strong>The Masked Singer continues on Saturday at 7pm on ITV1 and ITVX. <\/strong><strong>C<\/strong><strong>heck out more of our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment<\/a>coverage or visit our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" 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For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the <\/strong><a title=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/&quot;\" href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Molly Moss Published: Sunday, 22 January 2023 at 12:00 am The Masked Singer season 4 continued last night (22nd January), with Fawn, Jacket Potato, Rhino, Pigeon and Rubbish\u00a0all taking to the stage to compete. And while the identity of Rubbish was revealed following the character\u2019s elimination, guesses are still coming in thick and fast [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":28959,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/the-masked-singer-fans-say-jacket-potato-is-eastenders-star-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/the-masked-singer-fans-say-jacket-potato-is-eastenders-star-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/the-masked-singer-fans-say-jacket-potato-is-eastenders-star-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/the-masked-singer-fans-say-jacket-potato-is-eastenders-star-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/the-masked-singer-fans-say-jacket-potato-is-eastenders-star-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/the-masked-singer-fans-say-jacket-potato-is-eastenders-star-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/the-masked-singer-fans-say-jacket-potato-is-eastenders-star-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,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 Molly Moss Published: Sunday, 22 January 2023 at 12:00 am The Masked Singer season 4 continued last night (22nd January), with Fawn, Jacket Potato, Rhino, Pigeon and Rubbish\u00a0all taking to the stage to compete. And while the identity of Rubbish was revealed following the character\u2019s elimination, guesses are still coming in thick and fast&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/28958"}],"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\/28959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}