A contestant on The Chase made history on Monday’s episode, leaving Mark Labbett to admit: ‘I don’t think we’ve ever had this before.’
Four new hopefuls named Ange, Ben, Dan, and Ellen took on Mark ‘The Beast’ Labbett, 58, on Sunday’s episode of the gameshow.
Ben, Dan, and Ellen all made it to the head-to-head, and all were left needing one question to get home, with The Beast a step behind.
This scenario was dubbed ‘the one question shootout’ by fellow Chaser Shaun Wallace, and the name caught on.
When it came time to face the Chaser, Ange soon found herself in the same position as her teammates.
A contestant on The Chase made history on Monday’s episode, leaving Mark Labbett, 58, to admit: ‘I don’t think we’ve ever had this before’
Four new hopefuls took on Mark ‘The Beast’ Labbett, 58, on Sunday: Ange (pictured), Ben, Dan, and Ellen
After getting her penultimate question correct, with The Beast still one behind, an incredulous Bradley Walsh asked The Chaser: Four one-question shoot-outs right?”
The Beast replied: ‘I don’t think we’ve ever had this before.’
Unfortunately, Ange fell at the last hurdle and her three teammates had to do the Final Chase without her.
The team had accrued £16,000 and achieved 17 steps before it was time for The Beast’s turn.
Despite getting three questions wrong, The Beast still caught the group with 16 seconds to spare.
When a Chaser gets a question wrong, the team have an opportunity to answer it, and can confer.
If they get the question right, the Chaser is pushed back a step, meaning if they had answered five question correctly at that point, it would become four.
As The Beast got three questions wrong, the team had three opportunities to answer a question correctly and push him back, but only executed once.
The team had accrued £16,000 and achieved 17 steps before it was time for The Beast’s turn and he caught them with 16 seconds to spare, despite getting three questions wrong
The finalists achieved £3,000, £6,000, and £7,000 respectively, with Ellen earning the lowest and Dan the highest.
The ITV gameshow has been running since 2009 and has been hosted by Bradley for its entire tenure.
It features a total of six Chasers: Mark Labbett, Anne Hegerty, Jenny Ryan, Paul Sinha, Darragh Ennis, and Shaun Wallace.
The programme has spawned The Chase: Celebrity Special, The Family Chase, and Beat The Chasers, as well as international remakes.
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