Mel B has revealed she was tempted to tell her fellow Spice Girls bandmates she was taking part in The Masked Singer.
The pop star, 45, became the second celebrity eliminated from the series on Saturday night’s episode when she was unmasked as Seahorse.
Although Mel did not tell a soul she was taking part in the competition, when asked if she was tempted to tell her bandmates, she replied: ‘Well, yeah!’
Secret: Mel B has revealed she was tempted to tell her fellow Spice Girls bandmates she was taking part in The Masked Singer
‘I didn’t tell any of them. I didn’t tell anybody, not even my mum and my mum’s a big gossip so I definitely wouldn’t have told her.’
Speaking on The Masked Singer’s spin-off show Unmasked, Mel added that she found singing in costume ‘nerve-wracking’ and tried hard to disguise her Leeds accent.
She said: ‘It’s a bit nerve wracking because with this mask on you can’t see and it’s very constricted – so it’s literally like singing with someone’s hand in your face so that bit was a bit daunting but when the music starts you just get into it.
‘I thought I did quite a good job not sounding so northern. To be quite girl and soft with no accent was hard work actually.’
Keeping quiet: Although Mel did not tell a soul she was taking part in the competition, when asked if she was tempted to tell her bandmates, she replied: ‘Well, yeah!’
While Mel tried to hide her identity, judges Davina McCall, Rita Ora and Mo Gilligan all correctly guessed she was the star behind Seahorse.
Asked what she learned from the show, Mel said: ‘What I’ve taken away is – apparently I have a distinctive walk and a distinctive voice and I’m never going to get away with it.’
Asked if she will miss her costume, the singer joked: ‘No, because I’m stealing everything. I’m taking everything with me!’
While Davina, Rita and Mo correctly identified her, fourth judge Jonathan Ross, however, was adamant it wasn’t her as he had ‘heard Mel singing up close’ before, instead guessing it could be chat show host Trisha Goddard.
She said: ‘I didn’t tell any of them. I didn’t tell anybody, not even my mum and my mum’s a big gossip so I definitely wouldn’t have told her’
After she was revealed, Mel admitted she had tried to disguise herself by changing her voice and the way she sang.
The star had performed Kylie Minogue hit Can’t Get You Out Of My Head on the show, attempting to throw the judges off the scent by singing differently to usual.
After being unmasked, Mel said: ‘I thought I disguised myself pretty well with my voice and accent and trying not to be like me. I’m very shocked that you guessed me.’
Aquatic glam: The Spice Girl, 45, was revealed to be the Seahorse character with judges Davina McCall, Mo Gilligan and Rita Ora correctly identifying her
3/4: Judges Mo Gilligan, Davina McCall and Rita Ora correctly identified her. Fourth judge Jonathan Ross, however, was adamant it wasn’t her as he had ‘heard Mel singing up close’ before
Wrong: Jonathan guessed it was chat show host Trisha Goddard
To which Mo, who had insisted he would put money on it being Mel from the start, replied: ‘You just have such a distinctive twang. The way that you speak.’
Davina revealed it was Mel’s pronunciation of ‘show’ which gave it away. Whilst Rita added: ‘Sometimes when you’re too iconic, you’re too iconic.’
One of the clues the panel was given in order to guess it was Mel behind the mask was that the Seahorse had stolen toilet roll from a legend’s house.
Explaining what had actually happened, Mel said: ‘Well we went to Nelson Mandela’s house, we all got invited and our hair and make up team actually said to bring something with you.
Mo, who had insisted he would put money on it being Mel from the start, replied: ‘You just have such a distinctive twang. The way that you speak’
She knew: Davina revealed it was Mel’s pronunciation of ‘show’ which gave it away
‘So I took a toilet roll and kept some for myself so we all had a token [from the day].’
Asked by host Joel Dommett what the other Spice Girls would think of her appearance on the show, Mel said: ‘They’ll probably be annoyed I didn’t tell them!’
It comes after Sophie Ellis-Bextor was unmasked as the Alien on the premiere episode on Boxing Day.
Rita added: ‘Sometimes when you’re too iconic, you’re too iconic’
Couldn’t believe it: Jonathan was gobsmacked at the revelation
Asked by host Joel Dommett what the other Spice Girls would think of her appearance on the show, Mel said: ‘They’ll probably be annoyed I didn’t tell them!’
Murder On The Dancefloor singer Sophie admitted she was lucky she didn’t take a tumble in her costume.
After the show, she said: ‘I was on a platform and couldn’t see too well. I thought I might fall off.’
On having an advantage as a singer, she continued: ‘I felt like a gymnast who had a cool routine with jumps and twists, who then left after their first comedy somersault. But it’s cool.’
Unmasked airs exclusively on ITV Hub and is later repeated on ITV2.
The Masked Singer continues on Saturday at 7PM on ITV.
Unveiled: It comes after Sophie Ellis-Bextor was unmasked as the Alien on the premiere episode on Boxing Day