The Chase fans were livid aft watching 1 of the latest episodes of the quiz show, calling it a ‘disaster’.
Everyone who watches the ITV bid knows the drill – each instalment begins with a squad of 4 going up individually against a quiz master, known arsenic the Chaser, successful the anticipation of adding large amounts of money to the prize pot.
Then successful the last signifier of the competition, whichever contestants are near lasting spell caput to caput with the chosen Chaser erstwhile again successful a last chase, to find whether oregon not they’re going to spell location with immoderate money.
In a caller episode, teammates Alan, Emma, Alexander and Caroline competed against the Chaser Darragh Ennis, aka The Menace, arsenic big Bradley Walsh oversaw the proceedings.
In an antithetic crook of events, each of the players were booted retired of the moving 1 by one… until not a azygous 1 of them were near standing.
In these uncommon circumstances, alternatively than chopped the occurrence short, the squad were allowed to instrumentality and to nominate 1 subordinate to bash the last Chase connected their behalf, with the accidental to triumph £4,000, which would mean each of them leaving with £1,000.
Alexander, the youngest of the squad astatine 18, was enactment guardant arsenic their typical – but sadly, Darragh defeated him astatine the last hurdle.
This meant that each of them near the amusement with perfectly zero winnings.
Viewers were furious by however poorly the contestants performed, saying that it was ‘embarrassing’ to watch.
‘Without a uncertainty THE worst occurrence of The Chase ever. Shame connected the others for putting an 18 twelvemonth aged up astatine the end. Embarrassing,’ @kennylanglea wrote connected X.
A instrumentality called @mr_chambers_ suggested that the occurrence should person been near ‘in the cutting country bin’, portion @SenorApple2014 remarked aft tuning in: ‘Thank the beatified heavens it’s yet over.’
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@StageandSport quipped that successful their opinion, the Chasers had ‘easy questions’ – adjacent though successful the last Chase, the players who are near person a prime betwixt 2 sets of questions, and the 1 they don’t prime goes to the quizmaster that they’re competing against.
‘That was the worst occurrence of The Chase successful history!’ @TgmFin commented connected X, adding that they recovered the occurrence a ‘disaster’.
@lozzzzzza1 savagely wrote: ‘This is perfectly achy viewing, can’t judge I’m saying this but it whitethorn beryllium clip to power backmost to Pointless.’
Another spectator called @DrSlicer shared their sentiment that the spin-off bid Beat The Chasers is simply a batch much ‘exciting’ than The Chase, arsenic the erstwhile sees contestants spell up against much than 1 Chaser astatine once, and they person the accidental to triumph much money.
‘The soiled concealed of #thechase is that erstwhile the contestants (and by extension, the team) aren’t large it isn’t anyplace adjacent arsenic overmuch amusive to watch. Dismal truthful acold this week,’ @toneboy added.
The Chase is disposable to ticker connected ITVX.
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