Beat The Chasers fans think they've figured out the way the quiz brains try and save themselves before their dwindling time is up. The primetime spin-off to the afternoon ITV quiz show was back on screens on Wednesday night (May 18).
Still hosted by Bradley Walsh and starring the much-loved Chasers, the supersized version sees contestants getting the chance to walk away with an even bigger sum of money than if they appeared on the daily version. After taking part in a cash builder, the players get the choice of going head-to-head with two, three, or five Chasers and while their potential prize pot goes up, their time advantage goes down.
The show is back on screens every night this week with Mark Labbett, Jenny Ryan, Paul Sinha, Shaun Wallace, and Darragh 'The Menace' Ennis. They're also joined by Australian chaser Issa Schultz, aka The Supernerd for the string of ITV shows as he steps in for Anne Hegerty, known as The Governess, after she contracted Covid before filming started.
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During Wednesday night's edition of the show, two quizzers walked away with a staggering amount of cash with Mellissa scoring £60,000 after a £30,000 win moments before, bringing the grand total to £90,000 given away in a single hour-long episode.
But fans think they have rumbled a long running tactic used by The Chasers to try to score a correct answer with just one second left to spare - even if they don't know the answer, YorkshireLive reports.
The latest spot came during a string of answers where viewers noticed one Chaser using the 'underhand' trick. Darrargh, aka 'The Menace', shouted 'cheese' as they ran out of time on the clock in a last-ditch attempt to get a correct answer. It was the wrong answer, but viewers were quick to spot the weird answer and it turns out it's happened many times before.
@ajeaseman tweeted: "That very last 1 second question, they always say 'cheese' as an answer lol #BeatTheChasers." @Maza1985 said: "Funniest moment when @bones_giles said “Cheese” for an answer with 2 seconds to go! Brilliant."
And apparently, it's a trick that has been going on with the Chasers for years. And it would seem it's a trick first performed by The Beast Mark Labbett which has now been picked up and replicated by the other Chasers.
@jojomicallef commented: "We’re all so happy the 1second question for the chasers is never anything to do with CHEESE!!" @benniijn said: "One day someone's gonna say CHEESE at the last second and it'll be right. One day. #BeatTheChasers."
