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Joel Leaver

The Masked Singer fans confused after Poodle unmasked as Keane's Tom Chaplin

The Masked Singer viewers have shared their confusion over the latest unmasking, after Poodle was unveiled to be Keane singer Tom Chaplin.

The third series of the ITV show continued on Saturday, with the remaining eight masked celebrities taking to the stage for another performance in the episode.

Following the studio audience vote, Robobunny and Poodle were at risk of being eliminated from the competition - with the judges deciding to unmask the latter.

It came after the character had sang Unwritten, which was originally released by Natasha Bedingfield, 40 - who herself competed on the sixth season of the Masked Singer US.

Poodle became the latest character to be eliminated from the Masked Singer UK (ITV/Bandicoot TV)

Poodle was subsequently unmasked as Tom Chaplin, 42, the lead singer of Keane - with the band most notable for their 2004 single Somewhere Only We Know.

And whilst the judges recognised the singer-songwriter after he had taken off the canine mask, some viewers took to Twitter to share that they had no idea who he was.

One tweeted: "[Not going to lie] the mask came off and I was still like who? Honestly didn't recognise Tom from Keane."

Another said: "I don't even know who Tom Chaplin is." Whilst a third viewer wrote about the reveal: "Who the hell is that?"

The character was unmasked as Tom Chaplin at the end of the latest episode (Image: ITV) (ITV)

"I've no idea who he is either. I'm officially an old fart now," joked another viewer, whilst a fifth tweeted recently: "I knew Keane but I was looking at him like who's that."

Another wrote on Twitter over the weekend: "Tom Chaplin looks so different from his Keane days. I didn't recognise him when he was unmasked and I was like who."

"I had no clue who Poodle was the mask came off," said one viewer, who added: "Unrecognisable without all the hair."

However, although some viewers didn't recognise Tom, there were a number of fans who said that they had identified it was him - even weeks ago, in some cases.

"I said it from the first airing that it was Tom Chaplin. Have seen him live too many times to not know," one fan said.

Another tweeted: "Correctly guessed Tom Chaplin was Poodle on first listen." A third commented before the unmasking: "Still sure Poodle is Tom Chaplin."

"I think Poodle is the fella from Keane," guessed one viewer, whilst another tweeted: "Poodle is definitely Tom Chaplin."

Following the unmasking, Tom congratulated fans who had correctly identified that he was behind the character - in a post to his 50,000 followers on the social media platform.

Tom later congratulated fans on social media who had correctly guessed his identity (Image: ITV) (ITV)

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He wrote in the post: "Woof! Poodles of the world unite! Had such a blast being part of the maddest show on telly."

Tom added: "Congratulations to all those who had me sussed. Commiserations to those who thought I was [ Mika ] or Paul O'Grady. Good luck to the remaining contestants."

The Masked Singer continues on Saturday from 7pm on ITV. Catch-up on previous episodes now through the ITV Hub.

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