From Squirrel to Rubber Chicken: The Masked Dancer line up revealed

Meet the cast of The Masked Dancer including Beetroot, Squirrel and Rubber Chicken (Picture: ITV)

The cast of colourful characters taking to the floor in The Masked Dancer has been revealed ahead of the launch of the first ever UK version of the competition.

The series will see 12 celebrities slip into unusual and elaborate costumes as they show off their best moves for a panel of judges, who will attempt to guess the identities of the famous faces inside.

The outfits are just as creative, eye-catching and hilarious as The Masked Singer, with the list of stars this time including Carwash, Zip, Rubber Chicken and Knickerbocker Glory.

The judges casting an eye over all the fancy footwork are Strictly Come Dancing star Oti Mabuse -stepping in for Rita Ora – Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall and Mo Gilligan, who replaced comedian Ken Jeong on The Masked Singer.

Comedian Joel Dommett is back on hosting duties.

The new show follows the huge success of The Masked Singer UK which has seen the likes of Sophie Ellis Bextor, Nicola Roberts, Aston Merrygold and Joss Stone take part.

So ahead of the launch episode of what is bound to be another wild Saturday night ride, here is the line up of The Masked Dancer.

Carwash

Meet Carwash (Picture: ITV)

Rubber Chicken

Will Rubber Chicken be a funky chicken? (Picture: ITV)

Beetroot

Beetroot is set to dance to their own beat (Picture: ITV)

Viper

Will Viper have snake hips? (Picture: ITV)

Squirrel

Will the judges go nuts for Squirrel? (Picture: ITV)

Zip

One of the more creative characters – Zip (Picture: ITV)

Scarecrow

Hopefully Scarecrow doesn’t scare the judges off (Picture: ITV)

Llama

Llama leaps into action (Picture: ITV)

Knickerbocker Glory

Does Knickerbocker Glory have sweet moves? (Picture: ITV)

Frog

Who will be unmasked as Frog? (Picture: ITV)

Flamingo

Can Flamingo flamenco? (Picture: ITV)

Beagle

Who let the dogs out? Beagle is ready (Picture: ITV)

ITV have teased that we’ll see the 12 mystery movers doing everything from ballet to ballroom, salsa to swing and everything in between. Let the guessing game begin!

The latest series debuted on Boxing Day 2020, and we couldn’t get enough of it as it smashed ratings records, with 10.6million viewers tuning in to watch singer Joss, aka Sausage, crowned the winner.

The Masked Dancer will air on ITV.

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