The Chase contestant leaves ITV viewers and fellow players gobsmacked as he makes show history – for the WRONG reasons

THE CHASE viewers were near raging aft watching a contestant connected the amusement marque past for each the incorrect reasons.

The quiz amusement big Bradley Walsh was joined by contestants Jason, Kim, Nicky and Chetan, who each hoped to bushed the chaser and triumph immoderate cash.

The archetypal contestant Jason made it backmost to the squad with £2000 which was good but alternatively disappointing arsenic helium went for The Vixen's little offer.

But past Kim did the other and took a gamble and went for the highest offer, it made disconnected and she walked backmost to the squad with an unthinkable £70k.

Nicky earned £7,000 but accepted an offer of minus £5,000 successful an effort to get backmost safe, but of people this reduced Kim's winnings.

And if that wasn't atrocious capable Chetan made things 10 times worse erstwhile helium accepted the shows lowest ever connection of minus £17,000.

Just earlier making the determination helium said: "Probably not going to beryllium the astir fashionable prime but I bash deliberation determination is spot successful numbers truthful I'm going to spell for the -17."

Viewers were hopeless to respond and rushed to societal media to marque their opinions known.

One instrumentality said: "What the f*** americium I watching, ideate taking the minus £17,000 connection connected the chase …….the lowest connection ever. I wouldn’t beryllium capable to locomotion the streets without being ashamed of myself".

A 2nd added: "I would alteration my sanction and fly to a antithetic state if I did this. Wouldn’t beryllium capable to grip the shame".

A 3rd claimed: "Approval from your teammates oregon not, this is simply a transgression offence".

Another continued that thought, adding: "Imagine trying to triumph £-5k and £-17k. Imagine trying to triumph money disconnected the prize pot. Tactics oregon not, that conscionable feels incorrect connected each level."

An upset instrumentality raged: "What a sad, bittersweet time for television. We’ve not lone had a truly mediocre effort astatine a bushtucker proceedings which was achy to watch. But we’ve had the lowest ever connection successful The Chase history. Minus £17,000"

However, not everyone felt the aforesaid mode astir Chetan's decision.

His squad supported him by saying that it was important that helium made it backmost for the last pursuit due to the fact that they needed a afloat house.

A instrumentality of the amusement agreed and said: "The existent villain present is the Vixen. I was expecting a minus £7K for a divisible fig but to instrumentality £17K distant was conscionable spiteful, leaving idiosyncratic similar this unfastened to ridicule!!"

Another agreed and added: "Many toys being thrown retired of galore prams for the feline taking the minus £17K, but his 1 abstraction and the 3 questions helium answered successful the Final Chase were the quality betwixt everyone going location with £12.5K, and going location with nothing."

Chetan so played an important relation during the last pursuit and helped the squad unafraid a win, resulting successful a whopping £12.5k each.

Would they person done it without him? We volition ne'er cognize but astatine slightest Chetan proved himself. Or did he?

The Chase presently airs weekdays astatine 5pm connected ITV