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Who is Tomato Sauce from The Masked Dancer UK?

TOMATO SAUCE spiced up the dance floor on The Masked Dancer.

The character lit of the show with their tomato-tally awesome performances.

Tomato Sauce was unmasked as Steph McGovern on The Masked Dancer
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Tomato Sauce was unmasked as Steph McGovern on The Masked DancerCredit: ITV

Who is Tomato Sauce on The Masked Dancer?

Tomato Sauce is one of 12 characters competing for The Masked Dancer crown.

Unfortunately they didn't manage to get to the final but they showed off some saucy moves along the way.

Tomato Sauce kicked off their appearance on the show with some Irish dancing to B'Witched favourite C'est La Vie.

They came out top in their head-to-head with Cactus.

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The saucepot then "sacheted" away to Basement Jax's Red Alert, but landed in the bottom two alongside Odd Socks.

The clue packages each week pointed to food and talking, with Tomato Sauce saying they'd been left red-faced on occasion."

Picking up on the food clues, wild guesses varied from varied from Gordon Ramsay to Nigella Lawson.

A dog lead led Jonathan Ross to guess Clare Balding, before changing his mind and naming Mick Hucknall.

However, it wasn't long before the judges landed on the name Steph McGovern, who hosts Packed Lunch.

And finally the TV presenter was the sixth character to be unmasked.

After the lid was lifted on her identity Steph said: "My show came off air at five past two, I would run, jump on the quarter past two train down and that's how I got here each time."

Steph also revealed that she used some Irish dancing moves she had learned as a kid.

The clue "stomach-turning moment" hinted at her hungover interview with the PM.

"Spanner" and "blueprint" clues revealed her previous job as an engineer, and percentages were in reference to her hosting the Brexit results.

And the "Trump tomato" hinted at her interview with the former US President.

Steph said about her pal and show judge Oti Mabuse: “We’re friends but she didn’t get it for a while.

"I was pleased about that. I was over the moon with the feedback. I’m not a dancer but they made me feel like one.”

What other characters are on The Masked Dancer?

Tomato Sauce was joined by multiple other bizarre characters in the dancing competition.

The first ever duo, Pillar and Post, also took to the stage to show off their moves.

All the characters competing against Tomato Sauce were:

Who are The Masked Dancer judges?

The judges returned to try and figure out who is behind the mask, but with a slight change.

Strictly favourite Oti Mabuse, was back on the judging panel alongside chat show host Jonathan Ross and and TV presenter Davina McCall.

They took their seats again alongside a new famous face.

Former football star Peter Crouch took over from Mo Gilligan, who was unable to return due to other commitments.

Returning as host of The Masked Singer spin-off show was Joel Dommett.

The judges try and work out who the celebrity in the costumes are, with a character being revealed at the end of each episode.

This will continue until the final character is unmasked as the winner of series two.

When is The Masked Dancer 2022 final?

The Masked Dancer returned to our screens on Saturday, September 3, 2022.

It airs at 6.30pm over consecutive Saturdays on ITV with the final on Saturday, October 22, 2022.

Onomatopoeia, Pearly King and Scissors will be going head-to-head for the crown.

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All episodes are available on the ITV Hub after they have aired.

Season two will see a new dancer unmasked as the champion after Louis Smith won series one.

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