James Arthur has hit out at fans after Charlie Simpson was unveiled as Rhino and crowned the winner of The Masked Singer during Saturday night's finale.
For weeks, the X-Factor winner, 34, has faced speculation that he was the famous face hiding behind the mask on the ITV show.
But after the Busted star, 37, was revealed, all rumours have finally been laid to rest.
Speaking out before the episode aired, James took to Twitter to vent his relief that the theory would end.
He said: 'F*** me I can’t wait till everybody stops blowing my phone up every Saturday thinking I’m on telly singing dressed as a rhino.'
Relieved: James Arthur has hit out at fans after Charlie Simpson was unveiled as Rhino and crowned the winner of The Masked Singer during Saturday night's finale
Following the reveal, he hailed the busted star, saying ‘Charlie Simpson I’d know that voice anywhere,’ he shared alongside an emoji of clapping hands.
‘One of the best out there #maskedsinger now everyone p*** off and leave me alone,’ he added.
Assuring fans there were no hard feelings, he said: 'Honoured to be compared to @charliesimpson by the way. It’s about time he got the recognition he deserves.'
Charlie finally revealed his identity after beating both Fawn and Phoenix, who were unmasked as All Saints star Natalie Appleton and Kaiser Chiefs singer Ricky Wilson.
Judges Rita Ora and Davina McCall had been convinced Rhino had been the pop singer, and their guesses were correct as he took off his costume.
Charlie wowed both the judges and the public with his incredible voice landing himself in the final after receiving the most amount of votes.
'I was terrified the entire time. The thing I was scared most of was remembering lyrics. I often forget lyrics to my own songs on stage!' he exclaimed.
When asked by presenter Joel Dommett if he thought he would win, Charlie replied: 'No, I was just like 'remember the lyrics and have fun.'
True face: For weeks, the X-Factor winner, 34, has faced speculation that he was the famous face hiding behind the mask on the ITV show
Star: Speaking out before the episode aired, James took to Twitter to vent his relief that the theory would end
For weeks the clues had pointed to Charlie being Rhino, so for many fans it wasn't a surprise.
Rhino who took to the stage to belt out his rendition of Lewis Capaldi's Before You Go followed by a reprisal of Pink's hit song Try.
For his duet he was joined by 2021 contestant Harlequin, AKA Gabrielle, to sing Labrinth and Emeli Sandé's song Beneath Your Beautiful.
Panellist Lee Mack was blown away: 'That was just wonderful,' he said.
Charlie later revealed: 'My band mates in both Busted and Fightstar guessed it was me within the first two seconds of hearing Rhino sing.
'When you spend that much time on stage with people and spend so much time in the studio, it would be very hard for them not to get it pretty much instantly.'
Adding of his time on the show he said: 'I was very happy when Joel called my name. I have never been in a singing competition before so I found the whole thing quite surreal.'
'I think Use Somebody by Kings Of Leon was my favourite song to sing. It is a song that I feel very comfortable performing and know very well.
'I also knew the words better than most of the other songs, so I felt as though I could just enjoy performing it,' Charlie added.
The first celebrity of the night to be unmasked was Natalie, 49, who was revealed to have been Fawn.
'I loved fooling you guys, it was such a buzz!' Natalie exclaimed after revealing her face.
Did you get it? Judges Rita Ora and Davina McCall had been convinced that Rhino had been the pop singer, and it seemed that their guesses were correct as he took off his costume
Correct: Rita Ora and Davina McCall and presenter Joel had been convinced that Rhino had been the pop singer, and it seemed that their guesses were correct as he took off his costume
Rita replied: 'We were so close!' after Johnathan had changed his guess to fellow All Saints band member Shaznay Lewis.
For the last two weeks Johnathan had believed Fawn to be actress Billie Piper but changed his mind this week after finding out that November 1st is All Saint's day, following a clue from the character.
Joel then revealed some other clues that the panel didn't notice: 'There was a clue that said 'Never Ever' he explained, 'She also said she didn't like milk in her coffee,' revealing that All Saints had a song called Black Coffee.
Natalie sang Hopelessly Devoted to You by Olivia Newton-John and Don’t stop the feeling by Justin Timberlake.
Fun: 'I was terrified the entire time. The thing I was scared most of was remembering lyrics. I often forget lyrics to my own songs on stage!' Charlie exclaimed
The second character to be unmasked was Phoenix, who was revealed to be Ricky Wilson, the lead singer of Kaiser Chiefs.
A shock Rita Ora shouted: 'Oh my God, we did a whole show together!' after the duo worked side-by-side on The Voice.
Rita had thought that Phoenix was David Tenant and fellow panellist Lee had agreed.
'David Tennant, I'm very pleased with that. Yeah, I'm a bit sad I'm not David Tennant either,' Ricky joked.
