Former England striker Michael Owen was unmasked in a double elimination on The Masked Singer.

The sports star, 42, alongside Jaime Winstone, 36, the daughter of actor Ray Winstone, had their identities revealed after landing in the bottom three alongside Rockhopper.

Chester-born Owen had been dressed as Doughnuts, while Winstone had been masquerading as Firework.

Following his unmasking, Owen, who currently resides in Flintshire, said: “I have been approached to do other TV shows but I usually have a busy TV schedule and that has always meant I haven’t been able to or I hadn’t felt like the shows were a good fit.

“I have four children and they have been badgering me to do one and then this opportunity came up.

“When this opportunity came up I decided to say yes – but I still had to overcome a hurdle as there was the small matter of the Manchester Derby potentially being moved which would clash with one of the filming dates, but thankfully everything fell into place.”

His identity was correctly guessed by Mo Gilligan and Jonathan Ross.

Owen, who was the second contestant unmasked and performed Five’s Everybody Get Up, spoke about his nerves when he first performed.

He said: “I have to admit I was petrified. A lot of people on the show are professional singers or have had some training but singing as you can tell is probably the least of my strengths.

“I can’t recall ever having nerves like I had on the first show – my whole body went numb when I went out and saw the crowd for the first time.

“I knew I was useless and it took an awful lot of courage but it also really helped having the costume on – I’m not sure I could have done it without that.”