'The Chase' team leave viewers stunned with 'embarrassing, lowest ever score'
The Chase viewers shared their bemusement after an "embarrassing" team achieved the lowest ever score on the ITV quiz show.
Contestants competing on the episode of the gameshow - hosted by Bradley Wash - which aired on Monday 22 February answered just four questions correctly in two minutes, leaving them with a final score of seven points.
This left Chaser Anne Hegerty requiring just eight points to defeat them - which she did in just 36 seconds, leaving 1 minute 24 seconds on the clock.
Viewers expressed their exasperation with the team's performance in Twitter.
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One exclaimed: "I can’t believe they knew the answer to 4 questions! literally the worst team ever. #thechase."
I can’t believe they knew the answer to 4 questions 😂😂😂 literally the worst team ever. #thechase
— Lotta Greene (@hollaAtlotta) February 22, 2021
Another tweeted: "That has got to be the worst final chase ever? #thechase."
That has got to be the worst final chase ever? 😂😂😂 #thechase
— Laura (@115thDream_) February 22, 2021
While another wrote: "Not so lucky 7 ??? That must be a record low numpties #TheChase."
Not so lucky 7 ??? That must be a record low numpties #TheChase
— gee singh (@geesingh1) February 22, 2021
But others defended the gameshow contestants, insisting they had faced particularly tough questions.
One tweeted: "My god the final chase q’s for the team were HARD, I got a few more than them but really not by much #thechase"
My god the final chase q’s for the team were HARD, I got a few more than them but really not by much #thechase
— Loushippers (@Loushippers) February 22, 2021
And another wrote: "In their defence they had tricky questions - whereas I got all 7 of Ann's questions correct. #thechase."
In their defence they had tricky questions - whereas I got all 7 of Ann's questions correct. #thechase
— 🄽🄴🄻🅂🅃🅁🄸🄳 (@nelstrid) February 22, 2021
The Chase sees a team of four contestants attempt to amass the most amount of prize money they can, before taking on a professional quizzer- known as the chaser - who will prevent to defeat them from winning the jackpot.
Questions the contestants passed on included naming what vowel the Morse code 'dot dash' stands for.
When asked by host Walsh, "What is the largest lymphatic organ in the body?", firefighter contestant Alex guessed, "Neck".
The quiz show airs between 5pm and 6pm on weekdays on ITV1.
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