During Saturday night’s (January 10) episode of The Masked Singer UK, the glittery Yak was sent home following a performance of Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical.” Moments later, the mask came off to reveal John Lydon, the punk rock trailblazer best known to generations of music fans as Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols.
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Why John Lydon Joined 'The Masked Singer'
View this post on InstagramRather than leaning into the vocal style people might expect from him, he said he wanted to show a different side of himself—one focused more on fun than familiarity. The Yak performance, he explained, was about surprising audiences rather than sending them racing toward the correct guess.
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“I was way off from guessing John Lydon as Yak—what a shock ?,” one fan wrote on Instagram.
Others threw out names like Reece Shearsmith, Harry Hill, and Warwick Davis before the mask finally came off. As one fan summed it up: “What a reveal—I didn’t get that right at all.”
This Isn’t Lydon’s First 'Masked Singer' Rodeo
While the UK reveal came as a shock, longtime Masked Singer fans may remember that this wasn’t Lydon’s first time under the mask.
At the time, Lydon revealed he joined the U.S. version partly in hopes of bringing joy to his wife, Nora Forster, during her battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Forster passed away in April 2023.
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Who Else Has Been Unmasked on 'The Masked Singer' UK Season 7?
So far, the celebrities revealed include:
Disc Jockey — TV presenter Alex JonesTeabag — Rapper Professor GreenYak — Punk Legend John LydonAnd if Yak proved anything, it’s this: even a punk rock icon can still disappear in plain sight—especially when he’s wearing a sparkly costume and singing Olivia Newton-John and Tom Jones. Yak sang "Sex Bomb" by Jones and Mousse T in his first performance and sang "Physical" by Newton-John for his second performance.
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