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Masked Singer's Panda unmasked as Natalie Imbruglia as panel miss crucial clue

Viewers were left screaming at their TV on Saturday night as The Masked Singer panel failed to guess that Panda was Natalie Imbruglia, even after a glaring song title clue.

For weeks, viewers had been convinced that it was ex Neighbours star Natalie in the Panda costume, after clues about being 'off centre' - a nod to the title of her debut album Left of the Middle and the fact she sang One Direction's Story of My Life, that being a hint at the fact she was a guest judge on The X Factor the year the boy band were formed.

Panda was the second act to perform in The Masked Singer final, singing Taylor Swift hit Blank Space.

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And, while she gave another amazing performance, it was something Panda said in her VT that sparked another light bulb moment that she was Natalie.

She pondered: "Did you guess right or did you get the wrong impression ?"

Wrong Impression was a big hit from Natalie's second album White Lilies Island but it clearly wasn't a song the panel listened to much when it was released 20 years ago.

Even though Rita shouted that she thought that was a song clue, it didn't register with her or any of her colleagues as, once again, none of them guessed Natalie as Panda.

After all three finalists sang solo, each of them performed a duet, with Panda singing It Takes Two with Jason Manford aka Hedgehog.

Jason said he thought Panda could be Michelle Keegan, as viewers were left in disbelief at the panel's failure to identify Natalie.

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