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Gloria Hunniford became the second celebrity to be revealed on The Masked Singer<\/a> this weekend when she was unmasked as Snow Leopard<\/a> \u2013 however, Hunniford\u2019s identity was almost uncovered during a dress rehearsal performance according to the Loose Women star herself.<\/p>\n Speaking to\u00a0RadioTimes.com<\/a> in an exclusive interview, Hunniford said that her Snow Leopard mask \u201cslipped\u201d during a run-through of her number, Shirley Bassey\u2019s Big Spender.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the dress rehearsal, my mask wasn\u2019t on tight enough and at one point, I threw my head back to sing a very high note and the mask slipped back.<\/p>\n \u201cAll I got was a mouthful of fur because the whole collar slipped up into my mouth,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I was thinking, \u2018Thank God I didn\u2019t do that on the live programme!’\u201d<\/p> The ITV show is notoriously secretive about its celebrity contestants, with Hunniford revealing that she had to change into an all-black disguise before arriving at the studio to film.<\/p>\n \u201cThey tell you at the beginning you have to stop down the road, 15 minutes away from the studio and get into all your gear. I found it quite funny.<\/p>\n \u201cSo you\u2019re sitting in the back of a car, putting on your sweatshirt, putting on the balaclava and the visor and gloves and all of that, and leaving your clothes in the car.<\/p>\n She continued: \u201cI talk for a living so I found it very difficult. I had to teach myself not to speak because even when we were going into the studio, I wanted to say [to the doorman], \u2018Thank you so much, how are you today?\u2019 But of course I had to teach myself not to say anything.\u201d<\/p>\n Hunniford took on The Masked Singer\u2019s Poodle<\/a>, who performed Elton John\u2019s Rocket Man, in season three\u2019s second episode, however she landed in the bottom three alongside Rockhopper<\/a> and Bagpipes<\/a>.<\/p>\n