The Chase contestant leaves ITV viewers and fellow players gobsmacked as he makes show history – for the WRONG reasons
THE CHASE viewers were left raging after watching a contestant on the show make history for all the wrong reasons.
Quiz show host Bradley Walsh was joined by contestants Jason, Kim, Nicky and Chetan, who all hoped to beat the chaser and win some cash.
The first contestant Jason made it back to the team with £2,000 which was okay but rather disappointing as he went for The Vixen’s lower offer.
But then Kim did the opposite and took a gamble and went for the highest offer, it paid off and she walked back to the team with an incredible £70k.
Nicky earned £7,000 but accepted an offer of minus £5,000 in an effort to get back safe, but of course this reduced Kim’s winnings.
And if that wasn’t bad enough Chetan made things ten times worse when he accepted the shows lowest ever offer of minus £17,000.
Just before making the decision he said: “Probably not going to be the most popular choice but I do think there is strength in numbers so I’m going to go for the -17.”
Viewers were desperate to respond and rushed to social media to make their opinions known.
One fan said: “What the f*** am I watching, imagine taking the minus £17,000 offer on The Chase …….the lowest offer ever. I wouldn’t be able to walk the streets without being ashamed of myself”.
A second added: “I would change my name and flee to a different country if I did this. Wouldn’t be able to handle the shame”.
A third claimed: “Approval from your teammates or not, this is a criminal offence”.
Another continued that thought, adding: “Imagine trying to win £-5k and £-17k. Imagine trying to win money off the prize pot. Tactics or not, that just feels wrong on every level.”
An upset fan raged: “What a sad, sad day for television. We’ve not only had a really poor attempt at a bushtucker trial which was painful to watch. But we’ve had the lowest ever offer in The Chase history. Minus £17,000″
However, not everyone felt the same way about Chetan’s decision.
His team supported him by saying that it was important that he made it back for the final chase because they needed a full house.
A fan of the show agreed and said: “The real villain here is the Vixen. I was expecting a minus £7K for a divisible number but to take £17K away was just spiteful, leaving someone like this open to ridicule!!”
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Another agreed and added: “Many toys being thrown out of many prams for the guy taking the minus £17K, but his one space and the three questions he answered in the Final Chase were the difference between everyone going home with £12.5K, and going home with nothing.”
Chetan indeed played an important role during the final chase and helped the team secure a win, resulting in a whopping £12.5k each.
Would they have done it without him? We will never know but at least Chetan proved himself. Or did he?
The Chase currently airs weekdays at 5pm on ITV