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Lottie Gibbons

Gogglebox star smashes BBC Celebrity Mastermind and wins show

Former Gogglebox star Tom Malone Jr smashed Celebrity Mastermind tonight and claimed victory.

Clive Myrie was asking the questions in tonight's celebrity version of Mastermind. Former professional footballer Pat Nevin, Emmerdale actress Anna Nightingale, forme r Gogglebox star Tom Jr and Roo Irvine from Antiques Road Trip were competing to win the Mastermind trophy.

Pat answered questions on Jeeves and Wooster, Anna on Oasis, Roo on pedigree cat breeds and Tom Malone Jr on Ricky Hatton. Tom Jr was the third contestant on the show.

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He took an early lead after answering nine questions correctly on the Manchester boxer. However, Tom Jr was just pipped to the post by Roo, who scored 10 points in her round on cats.

But he pulled it back in the final round by scoring the most questions correctly in the general knowledge round. In total, Tom Jr scored 17 while his rival Roo only scored 13.

Buzzing with his win, Tom Jr said: "It actually feels surreal to be a Mastermind winner, I've watched it for so many years, it's like a British institution and I've got a trophy now. Smashed it."

Viewers at home congratulated Tom Jr on Twitter. Camille said: "Yay for Tom."

A second said: "Well done Tom Malone. Good job!"

Jon tweeted: "Well done Tom Malone Junior."

And Joe added: "Well done, Tom. Seems like a nice guy."

Tom Jr left Gogglebox in February 2021, announcing he wanted to explore other opportunities.

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