Charlotte Church’s iconic performance as Mushroom came second in The Masked Singer final 2022.
Church beat off stiff competition in the final in the form of Westlife singer Mark Feehily as Robobunny to claim the runner-up spot.
She said she had “absolutely loved being mushroom”.
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While Robobunny and Panda had bamboozled the judges right until the end, Davina McCall, Rita Ora and Mo Gilligan had been convinced since the start of the final that it was the Welsh national treasure behind Mushroom.
Fans on social media were sure it was Church too.
One person tweeted: "That does it! I'm absolutely certain that Mushroom is Charlotte Church. You can quote me on that. Mushroom = @charlottechurch. #TheMaskedSinger.”
JLS star Aston Merrygold, who joined Church on the show for a duet, said he was also sure it was the singer-songwriter after the Welsh clue: “I stole the show from my modryb.”
After her reveal Church told how the clue referenced her time on the Jonathan Ross show where she stole the limelight from her aunt. Modryb is Welsh for auntie.
One major clue for Charlotte came in the form of a number, after fans linked the digits that appeared to a Welsh word.
A fan explained: "Watching The Masked Singer UK and I think I worked out who Mushroom is through those numbers - 345997. On a phone keypad, e g l w y s - Cymraeg am 'Church'. It HAS to be @charlottechurch! Even Mo thinks so!! Or maybe I'm overthinking this…"
Another added: "Can I just say that if you put 345997 into the old fashioned phone (where you click a number several times to get a letter), if you put that number into an old fashioned phone you get eglwys. So go into google translate now and search up what eglwys means in eng!"
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