Who is Traffic Cone on The Masked Singer UK?

The Masked Singer viewers have put their detective hats back on as they try and figure out who Traffic Cone is.

The wacky ITV competition series returned in January, with a new group of celebrities singing their hearts out while hidden behind bizarre giant costumes. The semi-final will take place this weekend (Saturday 5 February).

During the opening weekend, Traffic Cone – a sparkly cone with thick white eyebrows and a moustache – sung for the first time.

He performed “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley and dropped a number of clues about his identity in his VT.

Traffic Cone said that the triangle shape was linked to something close to his heart, that he liked to party and made references to both sport and driving.

The judges guessed that Peter Andre, Chris Kamara, Olly Murs or Alistair Brownlee could be behind the mask.

Sharing their guesses online, Twitter users said that they believed Murs, Peter Kay or Rob Brydon might be Traffic Cone.

Some viewers even suggested that Traffic Cone could be double bluffing and that Astley himself was the one performing his own song.

The following week, he sang “When Somebody Loved Me” from Toy Story 2.

In his VT, Traffic Cone said that he was prone to “breaking the rules from time to time”. He said that he had once “squared off” against someone who was the fourth best in the world and had been “smashed at Wimbledon”.

Ora guessed Jack Whitehall as a reference to him having fans in the stands. McCall went for Jimmy Carr, while Gilligan said Lee Evans. Ross went for Bradley Walsh.

During last Saturday’s show (22 January), Traffic Cone’s clues references living a “sweet” life (while holding a bag of candy), being part of the “urban landscape” and living a different life Monday to Friday than on the weekends.

After he sang Take That’s “Back for Good”, McCall guessed Michael Ball, Ora guessed musician Example, Gilligan guessed Robbie Williams and Ross doubled down on his prediction of Walsh.

On 29 January, a clue referenced “platinum” and “gold”, which led mo Gilligan to wonder if the mystery celebrity was Martin Kemp, who guessed that Spandau Ballet song “Gold” could have gone Platinum in the charts.

Thanks to Traffic Cone’s impressive singing voice, Davina McCall predicted Les Misérables stage actor Alfie Boe, which was backed up by their claim they have to “learn lines” for a living.

According to Betfair, Boe is the most likely to be revealed to be Traffic Cone. You can see the odds below.

Traffic Cone odds:

Alfie Boe – 5/4

Aled Jones – 15/8

Michael Ball – 5/1

Russel Watson – 10/1

Rhydian Roberts –16/1

The Masked Singer airs Saturdays at 7pm on ITV.