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Who is Panda on Masked Singer? Natalie Imbruglia 'rumbled' after career clues including X Factor past

While The Masked Singer panel are still completely oblivious going into Saturday's final, many viewers at home have long since been convinced that Panda is Natalie Imbruglia, after various clues hinting at her career, most notably her stint as a guest judge on X Factor.

Panda has been one of the acts whose identity has proved hard to pin down in recent weeks and, while names like Pixie Lott, Rebecca Ferguson and even Mary Berry were thrown into the mix by the panel, fans have been doing some sleuthing of their own and are now sure it's Natalie hiding behind the mask.

One of Panda's clues from a previous Masked Singer performance was that she'd been "animated before," and Natalie, who shot to TV fame in the 90s as Beth in Neighbours, has been in animated series Legend of the Lost Tribe.

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Last month there was mention of her 'treading the boards,' and Natalie has done that, performing in play Things We Do Love, which was also given a nod to as marshmallows used as props by Panda carried the letters TWDFL.

In the VT prior to her cover of One Direction's Story of My Life, Panda mentioned 'one direction,' and Natalie was a guest judge on The X Factor in 2010, the same year the boyband were formed on the show and went to reach the final, having performed a cover of her biggest hit Torn.

As well as the clues adding up to Panda being Torn singer Natalie, plenty of viewers think she sounds a lot like her as well.

Tweeting that episode on January 22, one fan, using the title of a few of Natalie's hits in their post, wrote: "I made a Big Mistake and got the Wrong Impression before tonight. I’m no longer Torn and am fully on board with Panda being Natalie Imbruglia. The character is so cute!"

A second tweeted: "Panda is Natalie imbruglia, she was on the xfactor panel when one direction were formed," and third reacted: "Natalie Imbruglia as panda?? The first song 1D sang together was ‘Torn’ by her!"

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