Joss Stone was dubbed the Aretha Franklin, returning to the UK music scene last year on The Masked Singer.
Despite being five months pregnant at the time, Joss was eventually crowned the winner of the hit ITV programme after belting out songs including I Wanna Dance with Somebody, originally by Whitney Houston,
Ahead of tonight’s grand finale, Joss appeared on BBC Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty, reflecting on her experience as a contestant, before taking to the judging panel.
But the decision to take part was helped by the fact she was pregnant, Joss claimed to the news anchors.
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She said: “I had the call, I was like two months pregnant with Violet, so that’s my timeline and I remember I got on the call with all these people from The Masked Singer and they were asking me if I’d do this show.
“I thought ‘yes, because when my baby is out, whoever that baby is, is going to find this really funny’, so I thought ‘definitely’.”
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Joss continued: “That was a decision making thing for me, let’s do something really funny and really silly that a kid will like.
“I don’t think I realised until I got to the show what it was really was, I kind of misunderstood it but I had so much fun.”
Tonight will ditch her iconic Sausage costume as she gives her verdict on the 2022 finalists – Mushroom, Panda and Robobunny.
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The soul singer is not the only familiar face returning to the wacky guessing game show, with series one champion and Girls Aloud icon Nicola Roberts, comedian Jason Manford and JLS star Aston Merrygold will duet with the remaining contestants.
An insider told The Sun: “All four celebrities were sensational finalists on the first two series, so this almost feels like an all-stars episode to see out the current season with a bang.
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“It’s going to be hilarious to see Jason return to wear his Hedgehog outfit, Nicola in her Queen Bee costume and Aston return as Robin to perform duets.”
All of the stars who have already been eliminated from this year’s show will also return to perform again at the grand finale.
Traffic Cone star Aled Jones and Rockhopper singer Michelle Williams just missed out on a place in the final after they both got told to remove their masks during the double semi-final elimination.
The Masked Singer series three final airs tonight at 7pm on ITV and ITV Hub
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