A contestant on The Chase has revealed the truth behind Bradley Walsh ‘stitching up’ contestants by slowing down the questions on the ITV show.
The programme, hosted by Bradley, 65, has been on our screens since 2009.
It follows a group of contestants take on one of the Chasers in a bid to win a cash prize.
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ITV’s synopsis reads: ‘A quiz with a difference. Four contestants must pit their wits against the Chaser, a ruthless quiz genius determined to stop them winning the cash prize.’
The players show their knowledge as they go up against Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace, Anne Hegerty, Paul Sinha, Jenny Ryan and Darragh Ennis.
Over the years there have been 2,550 episodes across 18 series and fans have shared their frustration over the way Bradley reads out the questions to the Chaser.
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A The Chase contestant has revealed the truth behind Bradley Walsh ‘stitching up’ contestants by slowing down the questions on the ITV show
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The programme, hosted by Bradley, 65, has been on our screens since 2009 and follows a group of contestants take on one of the Chasers in a bid to win a cash prize
One asked on Reddit: ‘Why is Bradley allowed to read the questions so much more quickly for the chaser? It seems so unfair. It gives the chaser a big advantage.’
And a former player on the quiz show replied to the comment reassuring them that ‘everything is fair’.
They said: ‘There’s a whole host of questions that, if you’re an experienced quizzer, you can guess before the question is completed.
‘That is the main advantage that Chasers have.
‘I’ve been on the show. They are very diligent on fairness.
‘They even have an independent adjudicator on set to watch that everything is fair.’
They added: ‘We had to reshoot part of our final chase after the adjudicator said an answer that Brad said was wrong, should have been accepted.
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Host Bradley Walsh pictured with Anne Hegerty, Paul Sinha, Mark Labbett and Shaun Wallace on the set
‘We didn’t challenge it, the adjudicator did.
‘It was very clear to us that they wanted to be clear in how they did everything.’
And another took to the forum to give their views on what happens on the show.
They added: ‘This doesn’t happen. One of the biggest myths about the show.
‘There are independent adjudicators to ensure the game is played as fairly as possible, otherwise they’d get in incredibly hot water with the regulator.’
It comes shortly after fans raged after Bradley accepted an ‘incorrect’ answer from Jenny Ryan during the most recent instalment of the ITV show.
Monday’s episode saw Nick, 65, Laura, 41, Aiden, 22, and Vivienne, 59, take on Jenny, 43, AKA The Vixen in a bid to win some cash.
Despite their best efforts, only Laura and Nick made it through to the final round with £3k.
The Chase host accepts ‘incorrect’ answer from Jenny Ryan
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But one answer that Jenny put forward to host Bradley certainly ruffled a few feathers to those watching at home.
Bradley asked: ‘What colour indicates semi-skimmed milk on bottles?’
After pondering about her answer, Jenny said: ‘Red and silver.’
Bradley replied: ‘I’ll accept.’
Many watching rushed to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share their anger – pointing out that it wasn’t ‘correct’.
