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Scottish contestant on The Chase misses out on £14k after 'car crash episode'

The Chase viewers were left screaming at their TV screens after the end of the show was a 'disaster'.

Fans of the popular ITV quiz show watched on as Scottish contestant Russell joined his team mates in taking on one of the most feared chasers, Anne Heggerty, in a bid to take home £14,000.

However, prior to the final chase, the contestants took to the table to secure their potential prize funds with all contestants opting for the middle option.

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Daren was the first and only contestant knocked out by the Governess after getting a few of his tricky questions wrong, reports the Record. Beka, from Nottingham, was next to take on the Chaser and brought back £3,000 to the team.

Contestant Carole then told host Bradley that she wanted to win the money to take her husband Edward on a cruise. She managed to bring back £5,000 to the team.

Last up was Russell from North Lanarkshire who said his hobbies included playing the flute. Russell added that if he were to win big, he would love to splash the cash on a caravan. He managed to bag £6,000 to join his fellow teammates in the final chase.

With everything going swimmingly and the trio looking like they had a great chance to get the better of Anne, too many long pauses and mind blanks led to the team only answering 11 questions currently.

The team, needing a miracle and around five push-backs only got the chance at one, which wasn't enough to come out on top with the Governess catching them with 54 seconds to play with.

And fans took to Twitter to say they were frustrated by the cash builder. One wrote: "No point the chaser in coming out. #TheChase."

Another added: "8 correct answers in 2 minutes between 3 people.. impressive #TheChase."

While one penned: "This is painful #thechase."

Another wrote: "Car crash."

One commented: "Not a great score tbh, slow and wrong guesses #thechase."

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