Maya Jama shuts down claims she ‘spoiled’ The Masked Singer

Maya Jama has fired again at claims she ‘leaked’ a significant reveal in The Masked Singer UK’s first episode of 2025.

The Love Island host, 30, joins the panel this sequence, sitting alongside Davina McCall, Jonathan Ross, and Mo Gilligan.

Maya replaces long-time panellist Rita Ora, who introduced final yr that she can be stepping right down to concentrate on her duties on the present’s American model.

Forward of the brand new sequence launch, Maya took to Instagram to precise her pleasure over the brand new position—however eagle-eyed followers believed the put up contained a spoiler.

In her slew of snaps, Maya shared a selfie with Olympian Sir Mo Farah, who, earlier on tonight, was additionally unmasked as Large Joel, a caricature of host Joel Dommett whose identification was first teased in the course of the Christmas particular.

Mo additionally sat on the panel tonight as a visitor decide, serving to to suss out the clues.

Commenting beneath Maya’s put up, one follower accused her of ruining the reveal hours earlier than the printed; masked_singeruk6 wrote: ‘MAYA U LEAKED IT….’

Fast to set the document straight, Maya replied: ‘I didn’t 😂 Mo is a panelist episode 1 honey it’s google-able [sic].

Referencing Maya and Sir Mo’s pic collectively, maskedoli additionally commented: ‘The sixth one… you could want to delete that’.

‘Mo is a visitor panelist episode 1 it’s not a secret x’, Maya replied.

Responding, the follower added: ‘sure however *why* is mo a visitor decide episode 1…’

After retaining audiences in suspense, Olympic legend Sir Mo Farah was unveiled beneath the Large Joel costume tonight, which, in fact, included a vibrant pink swimsuit and ideal quiff.

Davina and Maya had incorrectly guessed that Geordie duo Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have been behind Large Joel, who sang Lionel Richie’s Hi there.

Following the shock twist, the operating legend mentioned of his time on the present: ‘It’s been unbelievable.’

Amid Maya’s debut on the panel, viewers have been eager to heap reward on her, with a number of praising her detective abilities and likening them to these of Wagatha Christie, aka Coleen Rooney.

NeilMil02506970 wrote on X: ‘Masked Singer is nice however it’s simply received higher now Maya is on it’.

JasonMUFC85 additionally tweeted: I like the mix of @MayaJama and @ThisisDavina on @MaskedSingerUK’.

There was main hype surrounding Maya’s panel debut, with presenter Joel admitting the one mistake he made when cameras weren’t rolling.

Talking just lately to The Solar, the host mentioned he felt ‘actually dangerous’ after failing to maintain himself within the loop with popular culture gossip, together with her current breakup.

‘I bear in mind, in the course of the recording, I saved on singing a Stormzy tune, after which I felt actually dangerous about it.

‘I’ve received this tune in my head; I can’t cease singing it, then somebody type of dragged me apart and mentioned, “That’s somebody that simply broke up”.’

Maya wrote on social media that she was ‘thrilled’ to be becoming a member of the present, however confessed she was ‘nervous’ forward of filming.

‘Felt nicely official with my notepad, nervous being the beginner however this sequence is a lot enjoyable!’, she penned.

The Masked Singer continues on ITV1 and ITVX tomorrow evening.

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