Two contestants connected the amusement admitted to lying connected their applications to get through
- Published: 21:25, 2 Nov 2024
- Updated: 21:25, 2 Nov 2024
A PAIR of students person revealed what goes connected down the scenes connected Bargain Hunt - and wherefore sometimes it tin pb to a disappointing result.
Students Jodie Wood and Layla Milne applied to beryllium connected BBC daytime amusement Bargain Hunt, and told a fewer achromatic lies connected their applications to marque it through.
Hinting that they whitethorn person much antiques cognition and an oculus for a bargain than they really do, the brace were picked to caput retired arsenic the reddish squad successful Grantham.
Paired with adept Mark Stanley, they should person been acceptable up to find immoderate hidden gems and treasure and rake it in.
Yet it didn't rather enactment retired that way.
They explained what happened arsenic Jodie said to the Express: "It was a Wednesday successful Grantham and determination was nary 1 determination and determination was nary 1 successful the gathering and hardly anyone online and stuff.
"From what the experts would accidental it was conscionable similar a potluck what you're gonna get astatine the auction days."
With not overmuch to beryllium found, you'd deliberation the hunt would beryllium implicit beauteous rapidly and filming would beryllium done and dusted, but the brace explained the time was inactive lengthy.
Layla explained: "It was specified a agelong time due to the fact that we got determination I deliberation it was for 8am we didn't permission until astir 5.30/6 ish.
"It was specified a agelong time but a batch of it was conscionable waiting around, to beryllium honest."
The pair's deficiency of antique cognition besides came backmost to wound them, arsenic they suffered a nonaccomplishment and walked distant with nary nett bare handed.
The wrong scoop comes aft a cheating ungraded connected the BBC show, which has seen one of its stars forced to talk out.
Bargain Hunt prima addresses show’s cheating ungraded - and reveals contestants were told disconnected by BBC bosses
The cheating ungraded refers to an incident, which took spot successful 2018 when Bez from stone set Happy Mondays made an quality connected the BBC programme.
He ended up getting disqualified aft producers recovered retired that it was his ain woman who bid connected his team's items - bagging them a £8 profit.
While speaking astir however helium would similar to beryllium progressive with a Bargain Hunt philharmonic diagnostic successful the future, Thomas Forrester shared his views connected the misconduct.
He said: "We had the large ungraded with the euphony 1 erstwhile Bez's woman - present woman - bid connected the tons herself. It was conscionable truthful naughty.
"They had to re-film the full thing. They had to spell back, bash an inquiry, accidental this is not however it happens, you're not allowed to bash this.
"Then it was on Gogglebox. It made Gogglebox - radical cheating on Bargain Hunt.
"Bez and his woman [got a large telling off] yea they did. But it was each successful bully humour."
At the clip Bez protested that it was each an honorable mistake.
Bargain Hunt presenters
First airing connected BBC One successful 2000, Bargain Hunt sees 2 pairs of contestants tasked with buying antiques from a store oregon just and past effort to marque a nett astatine auction. With David Dickinson and Tim Wonnacott among the show's alumni, let's instrumentality a look astatine the existent presenters.
- Christina Trevanion: Aside from presenting, Christina is besides an auctioneer and a spouse successful the steadfast of Trevanion & Dean successful Shropshire. Her different TV appearances see Antiques Road Trip, Flog It! and The Travelling Auctioneers.
- Eric Knowles: An antiquarian with a superior absorption successful ceramics and glass, Eric has besides appeared connected Antiques Roadshow, Noel's House Party, Call My Bluff and Going, Going Gone.
- Natasha Raskin Sharp: Daughter of creator Philip Raskin, Natasha is an antiques and creation expert, particularly Scottish modern art. She has besides featured successful Antiques Road Trip, Flog It! and For What It's Worth, among others.
- Charlie Ross: An antiques adept and auctioneer, Charlie's vocation dates backmost to 1963 by joining a section steadfast of property agents aft leaving school, aboriginal progressing to antique furniture. He has besides popped up connected shows specified arsenic Flog It!, Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is and Antiques Road Trip.
- Caroline Hawley: Away from the Bargain Hunt cameras, Caroline besides runs a palmy antiques concern successful Yorkshire.
- Danny Sebastian: Having joined Bargain Hunt arsenic an adept successful 2017, Danny became portion of the presenting squad successful 2022.
- Roo Irvine: Initially signing up for the amusement arsenic an antiques expert, Roo aboriginal became a main presenter for Bargain Hunt. She's besides appeared successful Antiques Road Trip and Flipping Profit.