Viewers who tuned into Beat the Chasers on Thursday night time had been left shocked after a participant walked away with a staggering amount of cash.
Contestant Jamie selected to go up in opposition to 5 chasers for a 100K prize with a 16-second time benefit, hoping to spend the money on a visit to Thailand. Whereas Jamie had 60 seconds on the clock to reply the quick-fire questions accurately, the chasers had 44 seconds.
Within the tense spherical, Jamie managed to beat the chasers by simply eight seconds, profitable the large prize pot.
Taking to social media, viewers congratulated Jamie on his unimaginable win. One particular person penned: “That was so superior! Congrats to Jamie for profitable £100K on #BeatTheChasers!” whereas one other hailed the participant as a “nice contestant”, including: “Large congrats Jamie on profitable £100,000 on tonight’s #BeatTheChasers you will have been such an excellent contestant hope you get pleasure from each penny of that quantity and hope you get pleasure from Thailand as effectively it is a pretty and delightful nation.”
© ITVA 3rd fan known as for Jamie to turn into a chaser, writing: “Bloody hell, Jamie profitable £100,000?!? He ought to be a Chaser himself!” whereas one other praised the episode as “premium tv”, including: “What a win”.
Nonetheless, not all of the gamers had been profitable. On the finish of the episode, Jo went up in opposition to 4 chasers with a 21-second time benefit for 30K.
Sadly, she misplaced out on the cash by only one second, leaving followers devastated for her.
© ITVOne particular person wrote on X: “#beatthechasers heartbreaking loss,” whereas one other remarked: “Oh so unhappy. What a stunning lass!”
A 3rd viewer penned: “That’s gut-wrenching, to get so shut and panic below strain is so irritating,” whereas one other shared their admiration for Jo’s braveness, penning: “#beatthechasers one must admire the individuals who go on these quiz reveals, it takes guts. I might be terrified.”
© ITVThe nail-biting episode comes simply days after fan-favourite chaser Darragh Ennis opened up in regards to the purpose behind his break from the present.
The skilled quizzer appeared on ITV’s Free Ladies earlier this week, the place he shared his grief after dropping his dad in July to dementia.
Darragh defined that he was supplied a while off after changing into overwhelmed whereas filming an episode.
“On The Chase, there’s a two-minute hole proper on the finish – the very last thing we do is admittedly, actually excessive strain, simply by nature,” he defined. “Usually after I begin making errors, naturally I might have the ability to deal with it. I would just plant my ft in my head psychologically and go, ‘I made a mistake’ and hold going.
© ITV“This time after I went to place my ft down, there was nothing beneath them. I simply fell away. I weirdly bought pressured and digital camera shy, which I by no means do. The strain overwhelmed me fully.”
“At that time, the producers talked to me and mentioned, ‘Would you wish to take a break?’ We nonetheless had a few episodes to movie. They supplied fairly than advised,” he continued, revealing that the present’s producers organized for him to have counselling with a sports activities psychologist, which he discovered “actually useful”.
Beat the Chasers continues on Thursday 30 January at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
