Maya Jama’s The Masked Singer debut is a roaring success as the ITV show’s launch brings in a whopping 4.7million viewers – its highest since 2022
Maya Jama’s The Masked Singer debut was a roaring success, with the ITV show’s launch episode attracting a whopping 4.7 million viewers.
The Love Island presenter, 30, has linked up with Davina McCall, Jonathan Ross and Mo Gilligan on the panel of the hit show as a judge.
And her first episode attracted the highest audience since 2022, with a peak of 4.7 million people dropping in to catch a glimpse.
The launch episode of television’s ultimate guessing game, hosted by Joel Dommett, also saw a new set of famous faces in a range of extraordinary and elaborate costumes, in an attempt to disguise their identities. And in a shocking twist, fans saw giant Joel unmasked as celebrated Olympian Mo Farah.
From 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM, the show averaged a whopping 4 million viewers across all devices, with a 30 percent audience share.
Maya put on a sizzling show in a leopard print bodycon dress as she celebrated her debut on Saturday.
Maya Jama’s The Masked Singer debut on Saturday was a roaring success, with the ITV show’s launch episode bringing in a whopping 4.7 million viewers
The Love Island presenter, 30, has joined Davina McCall, Jonathan Ross and Mo Gilligan on the hit show’s panel as a judge – and Mo Farah was the first star to be unmasked
She looked stunning in the stylish ensemble that featured a strapless neckline, matching gloves and a figure-hugging fit.
Maya added inches to her frame with a pair of silver stiletto heels and styled her locks in voluminous waves as she posed for several glamorous photos.
Meanwhile, Davina, 57, cut a glamorous figure in a neon yellow embellished dress as she and Maya walked around backstage.
The star styled her brunette locks into a loose ponytail and let her bangs flow freely around her face.
Maya shared the entire series of photos with her 3.2 million followers and captioned the post: “Happy to join the Masked Singer family.”
‘Felt good officially with my notebook, nervous as a newbie, but this series is so much fun! & it starts TONIGHTTT at 7pm & tomorrow at 6:30pm .”
‘Put on your detective skills and watch ITV & ITVX.’
‘”Who is that behind the mask?!?!.. “‘
The Love Island presenter, 30, has joined Davina McCall, Jonathan Ross and Mo Gilligan on the hit show’s panel as a judge
And Maya’s first episode drew its biggest audience since 2022, with a peak of 4.7 million people dropping in to catch a glimpse
Maya put on a sizzling show in a leopard print bodycon dress as she celebrated her debut on Saturday
She also added a glamorous selfie with fellow judge Jonathan Ross, who cut a dapper figure in an olive green blazer and funky red and white shirt.
Maya seemed to be over the moon as she sat back in the judge’s chair and settled into her new role.
She also stopped for a quick photo with Mo Farah, which she included in her carousel of behind-the-scenes photos.
It comes after Joel Dommett revealed the awkward blunder he made when Maya Jama first joined The Masked Singer judge.
The presenter, 39, said viewers should brace for “twists and turns” as the new batch of episodes airs, adding that he even saw one contestant storm off stage.
Maya added inches to her frame with a pair of silver stiletto heels and styled her locks in voluminous waves as she posed for several glamorous photos
The TV presenter, 30, looked stunning in the stylish ensemble which featured a strapless neckline, matching gloves and a figure-hugging fit
She also added a glamorous selfie with fellow judge Jonathan Ross, who cut a dapper figure in an olive green blazer and funky red and white shirt.
Series three, which airs on Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 7pm on ITV1, will also be the first time fans see Maya’s debut as a panelist on the show.
Joel talked about what it was like filming with Maya The sun he made one blunder that made him “feel really bad.”
Explaining that he doesn’t really keep up with gossip, the presenter explained: ‘I remember I kept singing a Stormzy song during recording and I felt really bad about it at the time.
‘I have this song in my head, I can’t stop singing it. Then someone pulled me aside and said, “That’s someone who just went through a breakup.”