The Chase player sends fans into frenzy over 'disastrous' question (2024)

FAQs

How are the chase questions chosen? ›

The contestants who have won their head-to-head chases blindly select one of two question sets for themselves, with the other set put aside for the Chaser, and then have two minutes to answer as many questions as possible on the buzzer.

The players who successfully outrun The Chaser proceed to The Final Chase. If all four players are caught by The Chaser, then their prize fund is set to £4,000 (£20,000 in celebrity episodes) and the team must nominate one player to proceed to The Final Chase.

Michael Kelpie, who is an executive producer and creator of the ITV series, explained how the concept came about after a researcher suggested making a 'quiz race'. The show was launched in 2009 and has successfully ran for 14 seasons with Bradley Walsh as host and Chasers including Mark Labbett and Anne Hegerty.

The Chase: Bradley introduces player Evie

One of the players was Evie from Northamptonshire, who was a student studying zoology at Nottingham University. The old episode was aired again on Thursday evening, with many ITV fans quick to comment on the player's appearance.

"A lot of people ask me, do we get the money when we beat contestants on the chase, do we win that money? I wish we did, I really wish we did, I'd be a lot better off believe me, but no we don't. That money isn't actually real until someone wins, it's just numbers on a screen until it's won, so it just disappears."

If the chaser fails to catch the team before time runs out, the participating members receive equal shares of the bank; otherwise, they leave with nothing. During celebrity episodes, if the chaser catches the team before time runs out, all three members receive $5,000 each.

Sometimes Chasers loses. Sometimes very badly. Here's a list of lowest scored, when chasers loses the final, which all 10 or under.

On 7 February 2013, Chaser Paul Sinha caught all four of his contestants in the multiple choice chase round and they were invited back to choose one contestant to face Paul alone in The Final Chase to win £4,000 (£1,000 each).

The current chasers in 2024 are Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace, Jenny Ryan, Paul Sinha, Darragh Ennis and Anne Hegerty. Anne, who's known as The Governess, once revealed to us that she was originally going to be called The Headmistress.

Who was the first ever chaser? ›

Shaun Wallace was the original Chaser. He was brought in to be the first-ever chaser on the original pilot show. Shaun was born in London and grew up in Wembley. With other nicknames of 'The Barrister' and 'The Legal Eagle', you shouldn't be surprised with Shaun's job.

The American version features Mark Labbett, Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter, and James Holzhauer as Chasers, the latter three of which remain exclusive to the second incarnation.

It is the most hinted ship in PAW Patrol. Chase clearly has a huge crush on Skye. This can be seen in numerous episodes where Chase really worries about her when she is in danger and does whatever he can to help her.

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The Chase is now in its 16th year of production, so if guests suspect they've heard a question before, they're probably right. Question writer Fraser Cameron has confessed that, with half a million questions already on the computer database, it's a tough challenge at this point to rewrite original new ones.

Final chase (chasers)

The most questions answered by a chaser in the final chase is 36. This was by Mark (S2 E19), against Neil and Angela. Mark got 30 of them correct, but lost by 1 to a target of 28. The most correct answers by a chaser in the final chase is 30.

Are the Chaser's questions easier than the contestant's in the Final Chase? No. Before filming the Final Chase the contestants get to choose which set of questions they will face, 'Set A' or 'Set B'. The Chaser gets the alternate.

On-screen, fans are led to believe that it is the Chaser themselves choosing how much cash to offer. But now Anne has admitted that is far from the truth. She said to the publication: "I'm probably not supposed to tell you, so I'm telling you, it's actually the producers.