The Masked Singer: Busted’s Charlie Simpson unveiled as Rhino and crowned the winner

Charlie Simpson was unveiled as Rhino and crowned the winner of The Masked Singer during Saturday night’s finale. 

The Busted star, 37, finally revealed his identity after beating both Fawn and Phoenix, who were unmasked as All Saints star Natalie Appleton and Kaiser Chiefs singer Ricky Wilson. 

Judges Rita Ora and Davina McCall had been convinced that Rhino had been the pop singer, and it seemed that their guesses were correct as he took off his costume.

Charlie wowed both the judges and the public with his incredible voice landing himself in the final after receiving the most amount of votes. 

‘I was terrified the entire time. The thing I was scared most of was remembering lyrics. I often forget lyrics to my own songs on stage!’ he exclaimed.

Did you get it? Judges Rita Ora and Davina McCall had been convinced that Rhino had been the pop singer, and it seemed that their guesses were correct as he took off his costume

When asked by presenter Joel Dommett if he thought he would win, Charlie replied: ‘No, I was just like ‘remember the lyrics and have fun.’ 

For weeks the clues had pointed to Charlie being Rhino, so for many fans it wasn’t a surprise. 

Rhino who took to the stage to belt out his rendition of Lewis Capaldi’s Before You Go followed by a reprisal of Pink’s hit song Try.

For his duet he was joined by 2021 contestant Harlequin, AKA Gabrielle, to sing Labrinth and Emeli Sandé’s song Beneath Your Beautiful.

Panellist Lee Mack was blown away: ‘That was just wonderful,’ he said.

The first celebrity of the night to be unmasked was Natalie, 49, who was revealed to have been Fawn, after singing Hopelessly Devoted to You by Olivia Newton-John.

‘I loved fooling you guys, it was such a buzz!’ Natalie exclaimed after revealing her face. 

Rita replied: ‘We were so close!’ after Johnathan had changed his guess to fellow All Saints bandmember Shaznay Lewis. 

Big reveal: The first celebrity of the night to be unmasked was Natalie , 49, who was revealed to have been Fawn

Take it off! ‘I loved fooling you guys, it was such a buzz!’ Natalie exclaimed after revealing her face

For the last two weeks Johnathan had believed Fawn to be actress Billie Piper but changed his mind this week after finding out that November 1st is All Saint’s day, following a clue from the character. 

Joel then revealed some other clues that the panel didn’t notice: ‘There was a clue that said ‘Never Ever’ he explained, ‘She also said she didn’t like milk in her coffee,’ revealing that All Saints had a song called Black Coffee.

The second character to be unmasked was Phoenix, who was revealed to be Ricky Wilson, the lead singer of Kaiser Chiefs. 

A shock Rita Ora shouted: ‘Oh my God, we did a whole show together!’ after the duo worked side-by-side on The Voice. 

Unveiling: The second character to be unmasked was Phoenix, who was revealed to be Ricky Wilson, the lead singer of Kaiser Chiefs