A benignant shot manager who netted £90,000 connected a TV quiz is giving immoderate of the currency to her team. Livvi Hodges, who appeared connected the BBC favourite The Wheel connected Saturday, described the full acquisition arsenic “surreal”. She said: “I conscionable wanted to cry. It conscionable didn’t consciousness real.”
The show, hosted by comedian Michael McIntyre, involves 3 contestants answering quiz questions with the assistance of 7 celebrities sat astir a ample wheel. She said each of them were “kind and positive”, including vocalist Robbie Williams, who chatted afterwards.
Ms Hodges, of Downham Market, Norfolk, who started the under-13 girls Downham Town shot team, told The BBC: “He was truly beauteous and truly funny successful the girls’ shot team, which was truly nice.”
The delighted victor said the currency would let her to connection the squad fiscal enactment implicit the adjacent fewer seasons. She explained: “I conscionable consciousness truthful blessed that I tin springiness backmost to girls’ shot and grassroots football.”
She plans to bargain her players kits and instrumentality arsenic good arsenic propulsion them a Christmas party.
Livvi won the immense sum aft answering a culinary question. Asked which of 4 herbs had a chiseled liquorice-like flavour, she chose the close reply of tarragon. She praised her parents, who were large cooks, for helping her with the last winning reply arsenic she remembered them talking astir herbs.
Ruby, aged 11, watched her manager connected the amusement and said: “She is truthful inspirational and is my relation model.” Teammate Isabella, besides 11, said of Ms Hodges: “The information that she is getting america the worldly is truthful nice.”
Meanwhile, Nancy, 11, described her coach’s show arsenic “amazing”. “I deliberation she’s a precise benignant person, and I’m precise grateful,” she said.