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Jessica Sansome

ITV The Masked Dancer fans stunned as Prawn Cocktail unmasked as pregnant Strictly Come Dancing star

Fans were left somewhat surprised again as the latest unmasked took place on The Masked Dancer. The ITV dancing show was back on screens on Saturday night (September 17) and saw five of the extravagant characters take to the stage again for plenty more clues, moves, and guessing.

Last weekend jaws dropped as Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page was unmasked as Pig. The actress is best known for playing Stacey shipman in the BBC sitcom and after wannabe detectives tried to crack the case of who the famous faces behind the masks are, the all-star panel Oti, footballing star Peter Crouch, chat show host Jonathan Ross and TV presenter Davina McCall, were amazed to see Joanna.

And this week was no different as Stacey Dooley was discovered behind the disguise of Prawn Cocktail after heading into a dance-off against Scissors. The documentary maker and former Strictly Come Dancing star gave an energetic performance to Dua Lipa track, Physical.

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While Peter Crouch had predicted former Coronation Street actress Beverley Callard was behind the mask, Davina McCall thought it may have been ITV daytime star, Lorraine Kelly. But Oti Mabuse and Jonathan Ross were proved right after guessing Stacey was Prawn Cocktail.

@WhovianMadMan1 tweeted: "I can't believe that prawn cocktail is Stacey Dooley and good on her for being on the show #TheMaskedDancer." @ShakyWoon posted: "Prawn Cocktail is Stacey Dooley!! Eeek! #MaskedDancerUK #TheMaskedDancer." @cfs123plays cheered: "IT'S STACEY DOOLEY #TheMaskedDancer."

Stacey is known for her hard-hitting documentaries ranging from fast fashion to child labour. She also danced her way to victory on Strictly Come Dancing when she was crowned winner in 2018. And she even bagged herself a man along the way.

Satcey was behind the Prawn Cocktail mask (ITV)

After basking in success with professional dancer Kevin Clifton, the pair hit it off and while they kept their relationship private initially, they eventually confirmed it in spring 2019 with a photo on social media And last month, Stacey revealed that she's pregnant with her first child.

The star posted a photo of her blossoming baby bump on Instagram, where she could be seen cradling her belly. "We are having a baby!" she wrote alongside the post. "So bloody delighted. Kev, you're magic. I love you.

"Was becoming impossible to hide and if one more person asks me if I've had my tits done in LA I'm gonna scream. Here goes." Kevin was the first to react in the comments section, gushing back to his girlfriend: "Love you."

But back to The Masked Dancer and there was one clue, with the track being Physical, that Stacey admitted was a 'red herring'. As Davina desperately asked what the fitness clue was about, she confessed: ""I'm not fit at all, they just threw that in to throw you off I think."

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