Who was Conkers on The Masked Singer 2026? Identity revealed

It comes as the character, along with Moth and Toastie, performed in front of the studio audience and judges Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall, Mo Gilligan and Maya Jama, for one last time this evening.

Although Conkers made it to the final three, they just missed out on being crowned the 2026 champion in second place.

They almost followed in the footsteps of last year’s winner Samantha Barks as Pufferfish, who performed on the ITV show once again tonight.

Over the latest series of The Masked Singer, viewers have been sharing plenty of guesses when it comes to who Conkers could be, including This Morning’s Ben Shephard, Olympian Tom Daley and Take That singer Mark Owen.

During the final, Conkers sang Keep on Movin by 5ive which Mo said: “Conkers, I really enjoyed that, that was so good.”

Just some of the judges’ guesses tonight included Tom Daley, Joe Sugg, Will Best and Charlie Cooper.

They then performed a duet with Snail (Andrea Corr) to I’ve Had The Time of My Life.

Who was Conkers on The Masked Singer 2026?

But in the end, it was time of the character remove their mask and “take it off”.

It was revealed that Conkers was none other than Ben Shephard, who was actually on the panel of The Masked Singer earlier in the series.

He joked: “I’ve always dreamt about being a conker.”

Ben added: “It’s an extraordinary experience, having turned 50, I thought I’ve got to do a few more scary things.”

Conkers was unmasked just moments before Toastie, who was revealed as Mica Paris.

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Can of Worms was also unmasked as JLS star Marvin Humes last week, after he made it all the way to the semi-final.

The 40-year-old said his son asked him to send his teacher the video of his unmasking on The Masked Singer, adding that he was “so overwhelmed” by the reveal.

Speaking to ITV’s Good Morning Britain earlier this week, the radio host has said his youngest child, five-year-old Blake, was “so emotional” after watching the reveal.

He explained: “I had to send his teacher, last night, the video of me being on The Masked Singer.

“He must have told all his friends today that daddy is Can Of Worms.”