The Masked Singer UK 2024 final aired on Saturday (February 17) night with Piranha named the winner before being revealed as McFly's Danny Jones.
Piranha beat Big Foot (Alex Brooker) and Cricket (Lemar) in the final of the ITV show which features a celebrity judging panel consisting of Mo Gilligan, Davina McCall, Jonathan Ross and Rita Ora (while Rob Brydon was a special guest for the final).
Along with Jones, Brooker and Lemar The Masked Singer 2024 saw some big name celebrities revealed as contestants on the show.
🎉🎤🏆 BIG FINS UP for the WINNER of the #MaskedSingerUK 2024 - our FIN-tastic CHAMPION #PIRANHA aka @itsDannyJones! 🎶🌟 👑 pic.twitter.com/7oRCoYZcOy
— #MaskedSingerUK (@MaskedSingerUK) February 17, 2024
The 2024 series saw the likes of The Pussycat Dolls' Melody Thornton (Maypole), Strictly Come Dancing head judge Shirley Ballas (Rat) and TV presenter Lorraine Kelly (Owl) take to the stage in various costumes.
Danny Jones break silence after winning The Masked Singer 2024
After being revealed as the winner on Saturday's final Jones said he'd had "the most amazing time" on the show and he was "so happy" to be named the winner of The Masked Singer 2024.
Following the reveal he took took to Instagram to share the exciting news with fans that might have missed the show.
One post was captioned "CHAMP!!!!! (with a fish emoji)" and featured a clip of him with his son Cooper celebrating the win on the couch.
Jones, who hails from Bolton, said: "It's been the hardest secret ever."
He revealed he even had to come off social media because it was "getting too much".
The 37-year-old added he was glad the news was out there now and added: "Thanks everyone for watching it and enjoying it."
Danny Jones to release songs from The Masked Singer 2024
In the Instagram video Jones revealed he had spent January in the recording studio and had been working on some of the songs he had sung on The Masked Singer.
Jones said: "Hopefully I'll be able to record some of these songs for you as well.
"I've been working on one, fingers crossed it might be out on Monday, just on Spotify."
Who does Danny Jones sing with?
Jones is the lead singer and guitarist in the pop group McFly.
The other members of McFly are Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd and Tom Fletcher.
So THAT is where @itsDannyJones has been every Saturday night! Congratulations Mush, you absolutely smashed it 🐠🐠🐠 @MaskedSingerUK #MaskedSingerUK pic.twitter.com/q6JaCCpHfJ
— mcfly (@mcflymusic) February 17, 2024
The band is known for songs including:
- All About Her
- Five Colours In Her Hair
- Obviously
- Star Girl
- Love is Easy
- Shine a Light
- That Girl
- That's the Truth
They even featured in the 2006 movie Just My Luck with Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine.
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Who is Danny Jones married to?
Jones is married to former Miss England Georgia Horsley and together the pair have one child - Cooper.
Horsley was Miss England in 2007 and represented the country at the Miss World contest in China the same year.
Jones and Horsley got engaged in 2013 before marrying a year later (in 2014) at St Mary's Priory Church in Georgia's home town of Malton, Yorkshire, according to Hello! Magazine.
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