ASTON Merrygold has credited The Masked Singer for helping him to overcome "performance anxiety" brought on by lockdown. The JLS star, 33, was unmasked during the series finale at the weekend, having spent weeks wowing the judges and viewers as Robin.
Aston has now described the show as a "silver lining" after the coronavirus pandemic wrecked his band's hotly-anticipated comeback tour.
The singer and his fellow JLS stars - Marvin Humes, Oritsé Williams and JB Gill - had planned a string of gigs in November and December last year.
It would have been their first tour in seven years, but all the dates had to be scrapped due to Covid. Speaking out after coming third in The Masked Singer, Aston has now said the show helped cure the 'anxiety'.
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