Beat The Chasers had viewers gasping in frustration over one contestant’s “insane” offer, after Shaun Wallace confided he thought the hopeful could have done much better. The contestant, called George, admitted to host Bradley Walsh that he rated himself as a “quizzer”.
However, when it came down to crunch-time, he may have drastically underestimated his own abilities. He told the nation he thought he could beat four Chasers and net the £50,000 cash prize.
Yet, if he’d gone all the way and tried to beat all six, he could have achieved a £500,000 win. Perhaps George didn’t have the confidence to picture himself increasing his winnings ten-fold, but with 30 seconds left on the clock, Shaun Wallace confided he believed in him, insisting: “You could have won half a million pounds, I think.” Paul Sinha concurred: “You have every right to rate yourself as a quizzer.”
The audience erupted into applause, but tension broke out on Twitter afterwards as one fan marvelled: “500k, Jesus Christ. Not seen that high of an offer before. #beatthechasers #thechase.” Another agreed: “£500,000? That’s actually insane.”
A third exclaimed: “He could’ve gone for the half a million!” while a fourth chimed in to say: “Splashing the cash tonight!”
Meanwhile, subsequent contestant Andrea saw some viewers complain that the questions posed to her had been too easy.
“In tonight’s £90k win, two of the questions to the winner were ‘What colour is the flesh of a pineapple?’ and ‘In golf, what material would you find in a bunker?'” one tweeter groaned.
Meanwhile, away from Beat The Chasers, the standard edition of The Chase also made waves this week, as Darragh Ennis made a brutal dig at Bradley Walsh.
