Maya Jama has fired back at claims she ‘leaked’ a major reveal in The Masked Singer UK’s first episode of 2025. The Love Island host, 30, joins the panel this series, sitting alongside Davina McCall, Jonathan Ross, and Mo Gilligan. Maya replaces long-time panellist Rita Ora, who announced last year that she would be stepping down to focus on her duties on the show’s American version.
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Ahead of the new series launch, Maya took to Instagram to express her excitement over the new role—but eagle-eyed fans believed the post contained a spoiler. In her slew of snaps, Maya shared a selfie with Olympian Sir Mo Farah, who, earlier on tonight, was also unmasked as Giant Joel, a caricature of host Joel Dommett whose identity was first teased during the Christmas special.
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Mo also sat on the panel tonight as a guest judge, helping to suss out the clues. Commenting underneath Maya’s post, one follower accused her of ruining the reveal hours before the broadcast; masked_singeruk6 wrote: ‘MAYA U LEAKED IT….’. Quick to set the record straight, Maya replied: ‘I didn’t 😂 Mo is a panelist episode 1 honey it’s google-able [sic].
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Referencing Maya and Sir Mo’s pic together, maskedoli also commented: ‘The 6th one… you may wish to delete that’. ‘Mo is a guest panelist episode 1 it’s not a secret x’, Maya replied. Responding, the follower added: ‘yes but *why* is mo a guest judge episode 1…’.
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