THREE Masked Singer legends will return for this year’s finale – including a huge American singer. 

This series has been one of the ITV show’s most popular runs yet, with peak viewing figures across the board as household names including Kate Garraway and Mel Giedroyc have been unmasked.

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McFly’s Danny Jones will sing in The Masked Singer final[/caption]

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Steps’ Claire Richards has also been booked for a return[/caption]

Now The Sun can reveal the incredible stars returning for the final on February 15. 

Claire Richards from Steps will be back as Knitting and last year’s champion Danny Jones returns as Piranha. 

And US singer Keala Settle from The Greatest Showman is back as Air Fryer. 

The show icons will all duet with this series’ final three. 

Costumes including Bush, Bear, Dressed Crab and Snail remain in the running with celebrity guesses so far as wide-ranging as Natalie Cassidy and Jamie Lynn Spears to Nile Rodgers and Simon Le Bon. 

It comes after American superstar Macy Gray stole the show earlier in the run when she stormed off stage and refused to be unmasked. 

She was gutted to be voted off third as Toad in the Hole and so threw a diva strop.

Last night there was a double elimination ahead of next week’s semi-final.

Kingfisher and Snail were the characters unveiled.

Artist Sir Grayson Perry, 64, was behind the colourful bird and said after his exit: “I was gutted when I got knocked out. I had two really lovely songs lined up for next week.  

“I was going to sing, ‘Feed the Birds’ from Mary Poppins and there wouldn’t have been a dry eye in the place! I’d already been practising. I could hardly get through without blubbing. 

“And then I was going to do ‘Stick Season’  by Noah Kahan. That’s a great song. Lots of words though. Very hard to learn but I had it nailed and I was really looking forward to it.”

While singer Andrea Corr was Snail, whose unmasking left Davina McCall in shock.

Andrea said: “I had such a good time, everyone’s been lovely, it’s been really joyous. I wanted to do it for the children.”

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The Greatest Showman’s Keala Settle is the third big name returnee[/caption]

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Macy Gray made headlines for her very awkward exit earlier in the series[/caption]

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AMANDA Holden has shared a sweet tribute to her son Theo, who would have been 14 years old.

Britain’s Got Talent judge Amanda took to her Instagram to share the touching message for her son, who was stillborn at 28 weeks in 2011.

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Amanda Holden has made a sweet tribute to her son Theo, who would have been 14[/caption]

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Amanda and husband Chris Hughes lost son Theo, who was born sleeping at 28 weeks[/caption]

The TV and radio presenter took to her Instagram Stories to share a photograph of a burning candle in tribute to her son, as she wrote: “Our beautiful boy would have been 14 today.” 

Last year Amanda marked the day as she told followers how her son would have been turning into a teenager.

Amanda pays tribute to her son in various ways on the date each year alongside husband Chris.

The pair welcomed their first child Alexa, 18, into the world in 2006, followed by Hollie, 12, in 2012.

Amanda has previously recalled the heartbreaking last moments with her son.

She recalled: “He looked so normal and so peaceful. I held him in my arms and I said goodbye, basically.

“But I couldn’t have done it without the incredible team around us. My husband was so strong and so amazing but they got him through it too.

“And then the days and months afterwards, the same team of people checked on us every single day and it’s not because I’m off the telly or famous or anything like that.

“I believe they’d have extended that care to any woman, any family, in my situation.”

Amanda has said that Theo will always be part of the family.

She added: “I’ll literally do anything for the National Health Service because they got me through it, they got Chris through it and I now thankfully have two healthy girls and a little boy who is still part of the family but just not here.”

She’s also spoken about the impact the loss had on her and her husband Chris, who she married in 2018.

She revealed the sad loss left the pair of them “frightened” of having another child.

She told us: “It was horrific in the months after Theo.

“My husband was frightened of having another child, he never wanted to see me go through that pain again — and himself.

“But I knew in order to carry on and live life, I had to have a baby and I was lucky enough to have the choice and be able to have another one.”

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Amanda Holden pays tribute to her son every year[/caption]

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Amanda has previously spoken out about the tragic loss she faced in 2011[/caption]

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Amanda and husband Chris share two daughters, Alexa and Hollie[/caption]

A 70S sitcom legend looked unrecognisable as he was pictured in LA – but can you guess who it is?

The actor is now 85 but showed he hasn’t lost his sense of humour as he was pictured wearing a ‘Make America Normal Again’ cap.

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This legend of 1970s American television is fighting fit at 85[/caption]

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The sitcom star isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty[/caption]

This was a cheeky nod to President Donald Trump‘s slogan ‘Make America Great Again’.

Indeed, actor Mike Farrell displayed plenty of wit in his role as army doctor B.J. Hunnicutt in hit comedy series M*A*S*H.

Mike joined the iconic show during its fourth series, replacing Wayne Rogers as the squad’s doc.

M*A*S*H premiered in 1972 and aired for 11 series until it came to an end in 1983.

The finale broke records after it was watched by 105 million people worldwide.

The show also starred Alan Alda and Wayne Rogers as the main protagonists, before Wayne left in season four.

The original cast also included Loretta Swit, McClean Stevenson, Gary Burghoff, Jamie Farr and William Christopher.

M*A*S*H wasn’t Mike’s first big show though, as he had previously starred in Days of Our Lives as Scott Banning from 1968-1970.

Following the M*A*S*H finale, Mike continued to act, appearing in medical drama Providence, Desperate Housewives and The Red Road.

Mike was also a producer on the 1998 film Patch Adams, starring the late, great Robin Williams.

Away from his acting career, Mike is also an activist, particularly for animal welfare and and human rights.

He is married to second wife, actress Shelley Fabares, who he tied the knot with in 1984.

Mike has two children from his first marriage to High School teacher Judy Hayden.

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Mike Farrell played Captain BJ Hunnicut in 80s sitcom M*A*S*H[/caption]

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Mike pictured on set in 1980[/caption]

THE convicted killer of a teenage intruder in his home has died at the age of 80, a family friend has said.

Tony Martin shot a 16-year-old at his Norfolk farmhouse in 1999.

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Tony Martin returned to his farm house in Norfolk after being released from prison[/caption]

The following year, Martin was jailed for the boy’s murder and for injuring another 29-year-old man, Brendan Fearon, in the same incident.

It is thought the panicked farmer shot at both burglars after they broke into his secluded property.

His defence for the shooting of Fred Barras was that he pulled the trigger as a warning.

The confrontation divided the nation with reclusive Martin protesting his innocence while others believed he lacked regret over that fateful night.

In an exclusive interview with The Sun last year, Martin claimed he had been “stitched up” by police, lawyers, prosecutors and judges at his trial.

He also revealed he hoped his name to be cleared one day.

Martin even described visiting Fred Barras’ grave, insisting that he “felt no remorse” standing over it.

‘I acted on instinct’

“I tried to defend my home, my private space. I was just a man, asleep, for goodness sake. Not some roaming vigilante,” he said.

Recalling the night Bleak House in Emneth Hungate, Norfolk, was raided, Mr Martin said: “I had been to see my mother, bless her soul. I had got home, had a bottle of wine, settled down with a Farmers Weekly and fell asleep.

“I remember hearing noises. I knew someone was in the house. I knew I had a gun in the house, I just didn’t know where it was.

“I ask anyone, ‘What would you do in that situation?’. I eventually found my gun, which I hadn’t used for a long time, under the bed with some old newspapers. I don’t remember much after that.

“I was sure I hadn’t shot anyone. The next thing I knew was the police were on top of me in my bed.

“What happened after was all a great shock, a great injustice. I don’t see how I would act differently. I have no regrets.”

Today, Mr Martin tells how being jailed for murder sent his life into a downward spiral, bringing worry to his beloved mother Hilary and costing him friendships.

When he was finally freed from prison he lived like a hermit — at one point sleeping in his car.

And he admits he still has little sympathy for the burglars, saying: “I pay the criminals no thought at all.

“Maybe I am being kind by even calling them criminals. Thanks to them, everything has been a blur for me for the last 25 years.”

‘GREAT INJUSTICE’

At the time of the burglary, in August 1999, Mr Martin was 54 and had been working on and around £3million Bleak House, which he inherited from his aunt.

It was in total darkness when he realised he was not alone in the property.

Making his way to the stairwell of the labyrinth-like farmhouse, he blasted his gun.

Two more shots were fired as the intruders fled. Fred was hit in the leg and back, dying at the scene.

His accomplice, Brendon Fearon, then 29, was shot in the leg and survived.

Fearon was later jailed for three years for his part in a conspiracy to burgle the property, accompanied by Fred.

Yet Mr Martin was charged with offences including murder, attempted murder and possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life.

He slammed police handling of his case, raging: “It’s injustice. I felt like I was stitched up. I thought they decided I was guilty and didn’t want to look at facts that showed I wasn’t.

“I thought the police liked the idea that I was lying there in my clothes every night, holding a shotgun, waiting for people. The reality was, yes, I fell asleep in my clothes.

“But I acted on instinct. I felt under attack. That is all.”

A ballistics expert in his trial at Norwich Crown Court said evidence backed Mr Martin’s claim he was coming down the stairs when he opened fire.

Prosecutors accused him of lying in wait and shooting without warning after previous break-ins.

And they alleged Mr Martin, who had owned guns from a young age, had repeatedly threatened to blast any thieves or travellers in the lead-up to the break-in, as well as arguing he had booby-trapped his rundown home in anticipation of a burglary. He denied both claims.

It was also alleged Mr Martin had used an unlicensed shotgun and that his certificate was revoked in 1994 after he fired at a vehicle belonging to a trespasser he caught scrumping apples.

He said: “It was bloody awful the way the prosecutors treated me.

“They said I knew what I was doing in shooting them. I didn’t. I was firing a warning. I felt like they lied to the judge and the judge listened.

“I hope that wouldn’t happen to anyone again. I wasn’t overly happy with my own defence team either, who I felt let me down.”

Mr Martin was sentenced to life in prison for murder in April 2000.

His trial sparked a national debate, with some people saying he had the right to defend his property, while others were disgusted at the death of a teenager.

Months later, Mr Martin was granted an appeal, only for judge Lord Woolf to deny his freedom in 2001.

He said: “I thought I had the strongest of cases for appeal. The facts were there to uphold my appeal but he decided against it. I am still to clear my name thanks to him. He consigned me to prison.”

Mr Martin instead had his sentence reduced to five years for manslaughter and was released in 2003.

He says: “Prison was OK. I was essentially left alone, but I knew I shouldn’t have been there.

“It was very upsetting and embarrassing for my dear mother. She was a decent lady and what happened really shocked her.

“In some ways, the hardest thing was coming out and realising all of my friends were no longer there.

“My mother lived for many years after what happened and saw all I went through.”

On his release, Mr Martin lived for a spell in a car at a barn near Bleak House — which had become derelict.

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PC Stephen Matthews held the Winchester Pump Action Shotgun outside Norwich Crown Court, which was used to kill Fred Barras[/caption]

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