ITV’s sixth series of The Masked Singer has aired its big final tonight, with the remaining three celebrities being revealed and a winner being crowned after eight weeks

The Masked Singer’s Pufferfish has finally been revealed in the ITV show’s final as host Joel Dommett crowned them the 2025 series winner.

Tonight’s big final of The Masked Singer saw the remaining three celebrities battle it out for the series six crown, with just Wolf, Pufferfish and Dressed Crab left after eight weeks in the competition.

After performing three songs, the ITV show’s panellists – Maya Jama, Davina McCall and Jonathan Ross – were given one last chance to make their guesses before the stars were finally unmasked.

As the show came to an end, Pufferfish was declared as the 2025 winner, with viewers learning that it was actually Mamma Mia: I Have A Dream host Samantha Barks underneath the belting blowfish.

Samantha Barks was revealed as Pufferfish during The Masked Singer final

Speaking to the celebrity panel after her win, Samantha said: “For me, because I’ve played Elsa for three years, it’s been so fun to do lots of different stuff and each week, I wanted to do a new kind of style and new kind of song.”

She added that she loved keeping it a secret and revealed that all of the references to swimming and the sea were in connection to her being from the Isle of Man. “There were lots of island things,” she said.

“I’ve had the best time. Underneath the mask, I’ve been smiling so hard,” she said. “Thank you all so much for your lovely comments.”

West End and ITV star Samantha Barks was revealed to be Pufferfish
Samantha rose to fame on the BBC talent show I’d Do Anything in 2008, coming in third place, before landing the role of Sally Bowles in the National Tour of Cabaret that same year.

She later played Eponine on the West End in Les Misérables, and went onto star in the same role in the film version.

Samantha, 34, since became a judge on ITV’s talent competition Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream and starred as Elsa in Frozen on the West End. Back in October 2023, Samantha welcomed her first child with stage actor husband Alex Stoll, naming their son Rafael Richard Barks-Stoll.

Grammy winning singer Gregory Porter was revealed to be the star behind Dressed Crab, with the singer admitting that he overcame his claustrophobia to take part in the ITV show.

Earlier in the show, Marti Pellow was unmasked as Wolf, placing third in the competition. Speaking to the panellists, Marti revealed that he couldn’t contain his laughter in the previous episodes at some of the guesses – which included Simon Le Bon and David Tennant.

Samantha Barks is best known for her roles on the West End ( 
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Meanwhile, the episode left viewers puzzled with Mo Gilligan missing from the judging panel, while the show failed to acknowledge his absence during the big finale.

One fan wrote on X: “Where is Mo on masked singer he’s not even been mentioned????” Another typed: “Where did Mo go from the Masked Singer ??” While a further fan typed: “Where’s Mo Gilligan? He’s been absent in the past couple of episodes.#MaskedSingerUK #MaskedSinger.”

However, Mo’s absence from the final had previously been explained by The Mirror, with the comedian missing out on the final due to work commitments. A source told the Mirror earlier this month: “Mo Gilligan reportedly missed out on filming the final two episodes of the current series, as he had to complete tour dates in the US.”

Mo was replaced on the celebrity panel by last year’s winner Danny Jones, who took the stage twice to perform during the supersized finale. He opened the show alongside host Joel Dommett in a duet, before returning to the stage to perform alongside Pufferfish in her last song on the show.

Over the past few weeks, fans have been convinced that it was Coronation Street star Kym Marsh behind the sea-dwelling songstress. One person said on X: “Pufferfish is kym marsh or Jodie prenger.” A second viewer wrote: “Either Kym Marsh or Jodie Prenger is Pufferfish.” A third chimed in: “Pufferfish is definitely Kym.”

Marti Pellow was revealed to be Wolf on The Masked Singer

Grammy winner Gregory Porter was unmasked as Dressed Crab ( 
Image:
ITV)However, others were sure that it was West End star Samantha Barks behind the mask after Pufferfish’s renditions of Chappell Roan’s Good Luck Babe, Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper and Teddy Swims’ Lose Control.

After Pufferfish made a reference to having a five-year diary, one fan spotted that it could be a reference to Samantha’s stint in the musical The Last Five Years back in 2021 with Jonathan Bailey.

“Five Year Diary reference, wasn’t Samantha Barks in the stage musical ‘the last five years’? #MaskedSingerUK #maskedsinger,” one viewer wrote.

While another wrote: “Pufferfish HAS TO BE Samantha Barks #maskedsingeruk.”

However, the theatre star – who has starred in Pretty Woman: The Musical, Frozen in the West End and the 2012 film of Les Misérables – denied that she was the person behind Pufferfish earlier this month. “It’s not me sorry,” she told fans on X.

Over the last eight weeks of the competition, viewers have watched as the likes of Kate Garraway, Natalie Cassidy, Example, Mel Giedroyc and Prue Leith have been unmasked as this year’s disguised line-up.

Meanwhile, the show faced chaos is week three after singer Macy Gray was unmasked as Toad in the Hole – and stormed off stage after the panel decided to save Bear instead of her.

Fan were left in shock as the I Try singer seemingly refused to take off her mask, with many describing the moment as “awkward”.