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Masked Singer's Knitting has identity made 'public' as fans expose star on Instagram

Knitting hasn't even performed on The Masked Singer this week but fans have 'outed' her identity as Claire Richards, by flooding her Instagram with comments about the show.

As soon as Knitting opened her mouth to sing in the first episode of The Masked Singer's new series, Steps fan watching at home claimed to know straight away that it was Claire hiding inside the pink and purple costume, having recognised her distinctive vocals.

The die hard Steps lovers amongst the millions who tuned in also recognised early clues about 26 being the total of 5+6+7+8, the title of Steps' debut single, while Claire unintentionally put herself firmly in the frame to be Knitting by uploading a photo of her doing dome crafting on her Insta story, after Knitting had confessed in a VT of being a bit 'crafty.'

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