'Alfie Boe won’t be happy!' Jason Manford's admission after Masked Singer UK remarks
express.co.ukThe Masked Singer as Hedgehog, finishing in second place.The comedian has now shared exclusively with Express.co.uk that many mistook him for legendary singer Alfie Boe, 48, before his mask came off.Jason's season was won by Girls Aloud's Nicola Roberts, who was disguised as the Queen Bee.Speaking about his time in the show, Jason said: "It’s a funny one as anyone who knows me not just personally but my fans and those who have followed me all know I can sing.
I have [done] four musicals, I’ve had an album, I’ve done all this stuff."But obviously the general public, everybody else, it was a real shock and I think that really played to my strengths."As much as it is a singing show it’s a guess who competition, it’s a guessing game and that’s what keeps people guessing."A bit like Adele, not her level but I talk like this but I can sing like that."That’s what I quite enjoyed, that sort of, ‘Is it Alfie Boe?’ I remember thinking, bl**dy hell Alfie won’t be happy."Jason comes from a family of singers and musicians and sings regularly with them, even being taught to sing in an operatic style in 2011 on the show Born to Shine.Jason did not tell any of his family he was taking part in The Masked Singer, with his young daughter put out on being kept out the loop.He said: "I actually didn’t tell any of my family I was doing it, I told my wife obviously but I didn’t tell my kids."They watched the final as it went out and my daughter was at a sleepover."All her friends were saying ‘That’s your daddy’ and she was like ‘I think I would know if that was my dad’.
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