Former footballer and now TV presenter Chris Kamara appeared on the celebrity version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and narrowly missed out on winning £64,000 over a Formula One question. Instead, he went home with a still impressive £32,000 for the charity Marie Curie.
Appearing after comedian Joel Dommett, Chris took to the chair to try and win some money for his chosen charity. After breezing through the first five questions Chris set his sights on winning a lot of money.
Chris set his safety net at £32,000 and won the £32,000 after using the lifeline 50/50. With his safety net at £32,000 and only one lifeline left Chris took on the question to win £64,000.
He was asked by host Jeremy Clarkson: "Since 2000 the Formula One world championship has not been won by a driver of which of these countries" and given the options Finland, Spain, Netherlands and Brazil.
At this point, Chris was kicking himself as he had used the Ask The Host lifeline earlier in the show for a question about road signs and it was likely former Top Gear host Jeremy would have known the answer to the F1 question. He said: "Gutted now..." as Jeremy commented it would have been "right up my street".
Although he was not convinced his Phone A Friend option, TV presenter Steph McGovern, would know the answer, he gave her a call. Steph was not certain either but went with Chris' gut feeling of Finland.
Unfortunately Finland was not the correct answer, with the correct answer being Brazil, and Chris left with £32,000. He was still very chuffed about the result, as he celebrated with Jeremy.
Recently Chris has opened up and spoken about his speech apraxia which he says makes him "feel like a fraud". He said in a podcast: "I feel a fraud now in terms of broadcasting; I don’t bring to the table what I used to...I feel I’m doing these programmes and they’re not getting the best of me, but they’re tolerating me, that’s how it feels.”
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