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Rebecca Cook

The Masked Dancer's Prawn Cocktail unveiled as pregnant BBC star Stacey Dooley in third axe

The Masked Dancer has unveiled another celebrity costume on the ITV dance show, as Prawn Cocktail was unveiled as Stacey Dooley.

The big reveal came in the third episode of the series, hosted by Joel Dommett on stage, as he was again joined by the judging panel of Oti Mabuse, Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall and Peter Crouch.

In tonight’s episode of the nation’s favourite guessing game, five Masked Dancers competed to remain anonymous, resulting in a third celebrity elimination.

The dancers in the bottom two and forced to perform a second time in a dance-off were Scissors, who performed Demi Lovato's Confident, and Prawn Cocktail, who danced to Miley Cyrus's Girls Just Want to Have Fun.

After Stacey had lifted her mask off, she said: "I had the time of my life. I loved it. I just wanted to pretend to be like a daft, drunk, annoying aunt. I think we nailed it.

On why she chose the shrimp costume - which Peter was not the biggest fan of - Stacey said she wanted something that wasn't "too sexy or girly".

Stacey, who took home the glitterball on Strictly Come Dancing in 2018, also said her partner Kevin Clifton, whom she met on the dance show and is now expecting a baby with, was the only one who knew she was taking part in The Masked Dancer.

When asked if he had been giving her tips, she laughed: "He only dances when he gets paid!"

Following Stacey’s elimination, nine undercover celebrities remain in the ITV show, with the likes of Candlestick, Odd Socks, Pillar and Post, and Pearly King left strutting their stuff.

This comes after last week, the unique and unusual dance party saw the Pig unmasked and revealed to be Joanna Page.

The all-dancing spin-off of the popular The Masked Singer show is back (ITV)

The Gavin and Stacey star was unfortunately eliminated from the ITV competition, after being in the bottom three with Cactus and Pearly King.

Guesses for who Pig could be included Anita Rani and Clare Balding, but it was actually Joanna who had the audience tricked.

During the first week of The Masked Dancer, Desperate Housewives star Jesse Metcalfe was eliminated, as he was unmasked and revealed to be the dancer behind Astronaut.

The Masked Dancer is back as a celebrity cast attempts to baffle, bewilder and bamboozle the panel and viewers with their fancy footwork.

This year's show sees a record number of 13 celebrities taking part in this series, with costumes including Pearly King, Pillar and Post – the first ever duo – Scissors and several more.

In the first edition, Candlestick, Scissors, Astronaut, Odd Socks, Prawn Cocktail and Pillar and Post took to the stage. (ITV)

Each secret celeb is covered from head to toe in extravagant costumes, with voice modulation software completely obscuring who’s behind the mask.

The brand new celebrities have stepped onto the dancefloor to take on character alter egos, with clue packages to help the panel and at home detectives crack the case of who is behind the mask.

This series sees footballing legend Peter Crouch join the judging panel with his guesses, and the odd rendition of his 'robot dance' to the crowd.

Host Joel has revealed that his favourite costume is Pearly King – and whilst they aren't the best dancer, they are ‘really enjoying’ their experience.

The Masked Dancer returns for more fancy footwork on ITV at 6.30pm on Saturdays

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