Charlie Simpson

2023 - 2 - 18

Busted -- Natalie Appleton -- Ricky Wilson Busted - Natalie Appleton - Ricky Wilson

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The Masked Singer: Busted's Charlie Simpson unveiled as Rhino ... (Daily Mail)

The Busted star, 37, finally revealed his identity after beating both Fawn and Phoenix, with the runner's up being All Saints star Natalie Appleton and ...

Fun: 'I was terrified the entire time. 'I think Use Somebody by Kings Of Leon was my favourite song to sing. Adding of his time on the show he said: 'I was very happy when Joel called my name. 'I was terrified the entire time. 'David Tennant, I'm very pleased with that. The thing I was scared most of was remembering lyrics.

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The Masked Singer winner Rhino unmasked as Charlie Simpson in ... (Scottish Daily Record)

Judges Rita Ora, Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall, and Mo Gilligan put in last-minute guesses for Jason Orange, George Ezra and James Arthur.

Speaking of choosing the music genres he did, the frontman said: "It was really difficult" to not sing in his usual voice. It gets quite infectious, you really want to win it." as Davina McCall added: "You absolutely had us all flummoxed, and that is quite something. Fawn, Rhino, and Pheonix all battled it out on Saturday night's grand finale as fans eagerly guessed who was underneath the mask. The thing I was scared most of was remembering lyrics. And it had our faces engraved on it."

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Charlie Simpson wins Masked Singer 2023 as Rhino leaving fans ... (Devon Live)

The Masked Singer final aired tonight (February 18) with fans 'screaming' at their televisions when Rhino removed his mask, finally revealing his identity.

Fans believed this links to their film Wedding Crashers, which could be a nod to the boyband's song Crashed the Wedding. He was incredible from the very first performance and I knew it was him. And there's a really famous lyric from this band that this band is from. During Rhino's clues on tonight's programme, a math problem was shown, with the answer being 3000. Taking to Twitter on viewer said: "Omg, Masked Singer is only show that has me screaming at the TV. For weeks, many believed it was him hiding behind the Rhino mask after picking up on the telling clues.

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Who won The Masked Singer 2023? Rhino revealed as Charlie ... (Radio Times)

The Masked Singer 2023 came to an end this weekend, with Rhino, aka Charlie Simpson, crowned as the winner.

[Piece of Cake](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/masked-singer-who-is-piece-of-cake-season-4/). [subscribe now](http://radiotimes.com/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article). [TV Guide](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/tv-listings/) or [Streaming Guide](https://www.radiotimes.com/streaming-guide/), or visit our dedicated [Entertainment](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/) hub. [Jellyfish](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/masked-singer-who-is-jellyfish-season-4/), and Richie Samnbora was unveiled as the show's [Jacket Potato](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/masked-singer-who-is-jacket-potato-season-4/). Season 4 kicked off on New Year's Day with the first set of contestants taking to the stage. [RadioTimes.com](https://www.radiotimes.com/) poll, [Busted star Charlie Simpson was top of fans’ list to be Rhino on The Masked Singer](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/the-masked-singer-rhino-charlie-simpson-exclusive-newsupdate/), while most [fans thought Phoenix was Doctor Who star David Tennant](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/masked-singer-phoenix-doctor-who-david-tennant-exclusive-newsupdate/). On whether his bandmates knew Rhino was him all along, he added "My band mates in both Busted and Fightstar guessed it was me within the first two seconds of hearing Rhino sing. [Knitting](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/masked-singer-who-is-knitting-season-4/) was unveiled as Steps star Claire Richards, and actress Daisy May Cooper was revealed to be behind the mask of [Otter](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/masked-singer-who-is-otter-season-4/). Her unmasking was followed by [Cat & Mouse](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/masked-singer-who-are-cat-mouse-season-4/), who were unveiled as Shirlie and Martin Kemp, [Rubbish](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/masked-singer-who-is-rubbish-season-4/) (Stephen Hendry), and [Pigeon](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/masked-singer-who-is-pigeon-season-4/) (Katherine Ryan). I had no idea who I was actually up against and didn’t really hear the other people sing as we were kept away from each other during filming," Simpson said after being unmasked. [Fawn](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/masked-singer-who-is-fawn-season-4/), [Rhino](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/masked-singer-who-is-rhino-season-4/) and [Phoenix](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/masked-singer-who-is-phoenix-season-4/) took to the stage for one last chance to impress judges [Davina McCall](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/davina-mccall-masked-singer-judge/), [Mo Gilligan](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/talent-shows/mo-gilligan-the-masked-singer-judge/), [Rita Ora](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/rita-ora-the-masked-singer/) and [Jonathan Ross](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/jonathan-ross-the-masked-singer/). [The Masked Singer fans think Phoenix is Doctor Who star](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/masked-singer-phoenix-doctor-who-david-tennant-exclusive-newsupdate/) [The Masked Singer fans say Jacket Potato is EastEnders star](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/masked-singer-jacket-potato-shane-richie-newsupdate/)

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Who won Masked Singer 2023? Rhino unveiled as Charlie Simpson ... (Irish Mirror)

Rhino was unveiled in tonight's final of The Masked Singer, as they took on the other two finalists on the ITV show, Fawn and Phoenix.

They also had their make-up artist dress with vampire teeth, with some thinking that could be a hint to their past roles if they were an actor or a song title of one of their own pieces of music. In one clue they had said: "I'm chief of this town and I’m happy-go-lucky, but one of you guys might think I’m quite muggy." Other clues included a sign that said "Home, 199900 km" whilst it also appeared there was a link to New York City, as a Statue of Liberty figurine and a red apple were shown.

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Rhino wins Masked Singer as Charlie Simpson's cover blown by ... (ChronicleLive)

Rhino performed in The Masked Singer final with a VT featuring two huge clues before his first performance of the night.

[Natalie Appleton](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/fawn-masked-singer-natalie-appleton-26274431) and Ricky Wilson's Phoenix and made an early bid for victory with a performance of Lewis Capaldi's Before You Go. [ Rhino](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/masked-singer-rhino-charlie-simpson-26044121) opened his mouth to perform a cover of Chasing Cars at the start of the new series, fans of Busted were sure they could hear Charlie's voice and became set on Rhino behind him from the get-go. And then, if that didn't give the game away enough, there was also an appearance of a black and red school tie - the same colour as the ones worn by Busted in their What I Go To School For video. If you can't see the form below, click [Rhino was Charlie, ](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/charlie-simpson-rhino-masked-singer-26274484)an opinion shared by plenty of viewers at home. But it was what came in the VT before Rhino took to the stage that exposed [Charlie ](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/charlie-simpson-rhino-masked-singer-26274484)in a very obvious manner.

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Rhino crowned The Masked Singer winner as Phoenix and Fawn ... (The Irish Sun)

THE Masked Singer fans were left in shock after Rhino was revealed to be a huge pop star whilst Fawn and Phoenix were revealed.Season four of The Ma.

Davina McCall and Rita Ora both believed it to be Charlie due to his voice and the clues. The winner of The Masked Singer has been revealed to be Busted singer Charlie Simpson. "Woooooooohooooooooo not very good at getting them right on @MaskedSingerUK but I got @CharlieSimpson the minute he sang the first word in the first song!! [Pigeon](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/10010719/who-pigeon-the-masked-singer/)was revealed to be [Katherine Ryan](https://www.thesun.ie/who/katherine-ryan/) [Otter](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/9987197/otter-the-masked-singer-series-4-clues-songs/)and [Knitting](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/10055377/the-masked-singer-knitting-identity-revealed/)were revealed to be [Daisy May Cooper](https://www.thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz/6056202/daisy-may-cooper-actress-married-husband/)and [Claire Richards](https://www.thesun.ie/who/claire-richards/) [Rubbish](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/10009449/who-rubbish-the-masked-singer/)was [revealed to be snooker legend](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/10093684/the-masked-singer-rubbish-scottish-sportsman-stephen-hendry/) [Stephen Hendry](https://www.thesun.ie/sport/1173065/stephen-henry-snooker-world-championship-bbc-masterchef/) Fawn was revealed to be the All Saints star all along. added a third. [Jacket Potato](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/10009070/who-jacket-potato-the-masked-singer/)and [Jelly Fish](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/9987693/jellyfish-the-masked-singer-series-4-clues-songs/)were revealed to be [Richie Sambora](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/10211220/the-masked-singer-rock-legend-jacket-potato/)and [Amber Riley](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/10211322/the-masked-singer-glee-amber-riley-jellyfish/) - Week eight - Rhino was revealed to be Charlie Simpson and Fawn was unmasked as Natalie Appleton and Phoenix was Ricky Wilson So happy he won!!" THE Masked Singer fans were left in shock after Rhino was revealed to be a huge pop star whilst Fawn and Phoenix were revealed.

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The Masked Singer's Rhino unmasked as Charlie Simpson as ... (Daily Star)

The Masked Singer's Rhino has been unmasked as Busted frontman Charlie Simpson after the celebrity took on Phoenix and Fawn during the grand final of the ...

Revealing his favourite performance of the series, he said: "I think Use Somebody by Kings Of Leon was my favourite song to sing. I also knew the words better than most of the other songs, so I felt as though I could just enjoy performing it." The whole thing seems like a bit of a blur looking back." Another clue was: "Being a sheriff, sometimes it can feel like you are a puppet of the law and when that happens, you have to learn how to cut the strings." In Rhino's first VT, a sign appeared that said "Welcome to Cobalt" which also said that there was a population of 158,967 people, and the rules were "no spittin', no thievin', and no shoutin'". [Jonathan Ross](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/jonathan-ross), [Rita Ora](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/rita-ora), [Davina McCall](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/davina-mccall) and [Mo Gilligan](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/mo-gilligan) have been speculating which celebrities are hiding behind the elaborate disguises.

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The Masked Singer crowns Rhino winner of 2023 as they're ... (The Irish Sun)

RHINO has been finally been revealed to be Charlie Simpson in The Masked Singer's grand finale.The Busted and Fightstar singer has been long-rum.

](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/10133056/the-masked-singer-shocked-pigeon-katherine-ryan/) [Claire from Steps fooled no one](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/10194670/masked-singer-fix-row-claire-richards-sent-home/) and was then revealed as Knitting, but Daisy May Cooper surprised fans when [she was revealed as Otter. [Stephen Hendry was hiding underneath the mask as Rubbish,](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/10093684/the-masked-singer-rubbish-scottish-sportsman-stephen-hendry/) and comedian Katherine Ryan shocked everyone when [she was revealed to be Pigeon. [next out as Piece Of Cake,](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/10016494/the-masked-singer-fans-shocked-piece-of-cake-singer/) with married duo Martin and Shirlie Kemp out next after [performing as Cat and Mouse. ](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/8364036/the-masked-singer-winner-natalie-imbruglia-fix/) ](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/10173195/the-masked-singer-characters-named-shake-up/) ](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/10053953/the-masked-singer-cat-mouse-revealed/) ](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/9984981/masked-singer-shock-chris-kamara-unveiled-ghost/) Davina McCall and Rita Ora both believed it to be Charlie due to his voice and the clues. ](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/9984976/who-left-the-masked-singer/) [Natalie Appleton was unmasked as Fawn.](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/10249112/masked-singer-fawn-revealed-natalie-appleton-all-saints/) [beating out Ricky Wilson, who was hidden behind Phoenix.](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/10249245/masked-singer-phoenix-ricky-wilson-series-finale/) [Harlequin (aka Gabrielle,](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/6487320/who-harlequin-the-masked-singer-uk-gabrielle/) who took part in the 2021 series)

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Masked Singer's Charlie Simpson wins as Rhino to put an end to ... (ChronicleLive)

Rhino performed for a final time as millions tuned into watch The Masked Singer final on Saturday night.

[ Rhino ](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/masked-singer-rhino-charlie-simpson-26044121)made his debut on the hit ITV show, covering Snow Patrol's Chasing Cars for his first performance. As well as Charlie's singing voice giving him away, fans' convinced it was him had their theory backed up by several clear hints in Rhino's many VTS during his time on the programme. If you can't see the form below, click [Loose Women's Ruth Langsford 'exposes' Coleen Nolan for savage off-camera jibe](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/ruth-langsford-loose-women-coleen-26239504) [*ITV Vera viewers call out drama over 'impossible' Newcastle error in latest episode](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/vera-itv-newcastle-holy-island-26167295) [*Riley Jones 'misses' Vera episode as fans urge him to stay safe](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/riley-jones-vera-itv-twitter-26242704) [Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn showing up in a VT ](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/masked-singer-rhino-charlie-simpson-26179804)in a nod to Crashed The Wedding and a 'show for everyone' - a clear refence to Busted's Ticket for Everyone tour, they are happy to argue their theory with anyone who challenges it. And that was all it took for many viewers to decide that [ Rhino was Charlie, ](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/masked-singer-rhino-charlie-simpson-26216861)largely down to the Busted star's instantly recognisable voice.

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James Arthur hits out after Busted's Charlie Simpson unveiled as ... (Daily Mail)

James Arthur has hit out at fans after Charlie Simpson was unveiled as Rhino and crowned the winner of The Masked Singer during Saturday night's finale.

Fun: 'I was terrified the entire time. Adding of his time on the show he said: 'I was very happy when Joel called my name. 'I think Use Somebody by Kings Of Leon was my favourite song to sing. 'I was terrified the entire time. The thing I was scared most of was remembering lyrics. Assuring fans there were no hard feelings, he said: 'Honoured to be compared to @charliesimpson by the way.

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Who won The Masked Singer 2023? How Charlie Simpson was ... (iNews)

In the end, Rhino was crowned the winner of the 2023 series of The Masked Singer, edging out Phoenix and Fawn in the final. Pictured: Rhino and Harlequin at ...

Mack opted for actress Jenna Coleman and Ora guessed actress Suzanne Shaw was behind the mask. - Fawn: Natalie Appleton (Singer) - Rhino: Charlie Simpson (Singer) I do recommend.” What an amazing act.” I often forget lyrics to my own songs.”

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Seeing Charlie Simpson from Busted win The Masked Singer ... (The Independent)

The season finale was like a Nineties and early-2000s invasion, and I was in my element.

And then Charlie Simpson won The Masked Singer, and I have fully bought in. That little serotonin boost from knowing, from being right (and quite frankly from seeing those eyebrows on primetime TV) for a shining moment made me feel better than I have in ages. Maybe better than I have since the Nineties. It’s been a secret millennial show from the get-go; this year was just the diamond in the tattoo choker to finish it out. [Ricky Wilson from the Kaiser Chiefs](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/phoenix-masked-singer-who-clues-final-b2285039.html), and Charlie. Look, I think if we’re being honest with ourselves – that middling millennial demographic – we kind of thought we were above the whole nostalgia-bait phenomenon. Rhino got about two words out on the first week, and I immediately knew it was [Charlie Simpson](/topic/charlie-simpson). The producers were in on it as well. It’s worth noting, as a comparison, that she worked with Ricky Wilson on The Voice and didn’t figure him out. If you started secondary school a couple of years either side of the millennium, you were in on it too! [confirmed to be Charlie from Busted](https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/culture/masked-singer-winner-charlie-simpson-b2285186.html) could have been heard three streets over. It’s why I can’t watch reality TV; I’m not better than it, or too clever for it; I just see this year’s hot young singles have to pie each other in the face, and my gut instinct is to gouge my eyes out with a blunt spoon.

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Charlie Simpson Albums: How Many Albums Have Charlie Simpson ... (GH Gossip)

Charlie Simpson is a member of the multi-BRIT Award-winning rock band BUSTED and also the lead vocalist as well as the rhythm guitarist in the British post- ...

In February 2023, Charlie Simpson made headlines after he was unveiled as Rhino and crowned the winner of The Masked Singer final which took place on the night of Saturday, February 19, 2023. Awards Charlie Simpson is a member of the multi-BRIT Award-winning rock band BUSTED and also the lead vocalist as well as the rhythm guitarist in the British post-hardcore band Fightstar.

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