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Ninja Warrior and The Masked Dancer both axed. Fair enough for the latter as it seems unlikely that they’d have space for it this year due to the Rugby World Cup, but it makes you wonder what the point of bringing back Ninja Warrior was considering it got dumped at 5.30 (and a couple of episodes aired even earlier if I remember correctly).

I think it's probably a good decision to axe the Masked Dancer, as it means they can focus on the Singer brand & not dilute 'Masked' so much, but it might've been an okay show to run over the summer. Not that they need it, but it did feel like it worked better as stripped show too because the guessing is much harder.

Reports that they'll do more one-off versions of Singer, like the I'm A Celeb on last year. I've always thought the show is perfect for a Christmas special/mini-series where the costumes are present, Christmas tree etc... but I guess this is too close to where they run the main series.