Bradley Walsh reveals how he cheated The Chase bosses to land hosting gig on hit quiz

X Factor stars have reunited ten years on from forming on the X Factor in 2012.The band includes the original lineup of George Shelley, JJ Hamblett, Josh Cuthbert and Jaymi Hensley.This comes after the boy band secretly decided to regroup during the pandemic and have recently announced a one-off show at the London Palladium.Alongside this, the boys are also filming a documentary about their return.The gig will take place on May 28, which is exactly ten years after their first performance on the ITV show but is expected to lead to far more for the band.The lads will be chatting to Daily Star showbiz reporter Carly Hacon and will be revealing a load of gossip including X Factor secrets, past feuds and future plans.Union J will be taking part in the Facebook Live event which will take place on Tuesday at 11am - which readers can watch for free, here.There will be a chance for readers to ask The group questions of their own which will be put to her by the Carly in Convo host.In an interview with The Sun, Jaymi revealed it was him who managed to make the magic reunion happen.He told the publication: “All offers were off the table for two years, so the relationships started ­blossoming again between all of us as a four.“I went to George first, then I went to Josh and then I rang JJ and said, ‘Well you haven’t got any choice, you’re still in the contract.”JJ added: “We’re like four brothers. We’ve spent the last few days together and it’s so natural.”George also added: "We never told anyone we were dropped by our label and we didn’t get an explanation.

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Coronation Street legend Sally Lindsay opted for the high offer on Saturday night's episode of The Chase Celebrity Special. Bradley Walsh hosted the popular gameshow, which saw singer Lance Ellington, gymnast Beth Tweddle, jockey Bob Champion and former Coronation Street actress Sally Lindsay take on the chaser in the hopes of winning money for their chosen charities.

Anne Hegerty wants her The Chase costume to include a whip, fishnet stockings and high heels - but the show’s bosses aren’t too keen.The telly brainbox, 63, is known for wearing a smart trouser suit on the ITV series in her guise as The Governess, but she would prefer to sex up her image with some bondage gear.She said: “I really would like my costume to include high heels, fishnet stockings and a whip, but they don’t seem to want to go for that.”Anne - who joined the show in 2010 - has joked she makes her upmarket Chase attire look like it has been purchased from a “charity shop”.Speaking on BBC Radio Manchester about how her look on the programme came about, she added: “They sent me with our fashion stylist to a shop to try on some clothes, and the stylist took some pictures and sent them back to the producer.“When I got back to the studio the producer said, ‘Did you have a nice shopping trip?’ And I said, ‘Oh, yes.

The Chase fans grew distracted in the latest episode as they confessed to 'fancying' two 'gorgeous' contestants.Friday's show welcomed Scottish wrestling fan Mark and wine-and-cheese enthusiast Jo to attempt to beat Anne 'The Governess' Hegerty.Mark and Jo both pulled in an impressive £7,000 each in their respective solo cashbuilder rounds, making them fierce quizzers.Nevertheless, The Chase viewers were more preoccupied with the players' 'fit' appearances and swiftly shared their admirations to Twitter.One viewer wrote: "Pretty and clever, fancy u Mark."Another commented: "Mark would get it."A third randy fan said: "I'm a wrestling fan as well Mark I’ll go to wrestlemania with you. Leave the wife at home.

BRADLEY Walsh was unable to contain himself during a recent episode of The Chase after a question made fun of Declan Donnelly's height. The Chase host was left in hysterics on Thursday evening's instalment of the ITV quiz show after Dec's 5ft 5in height was highlighted.

The Chase'sBradley Walsh asked a contestant if they had any booze on them during his ITV show.On Thursday, host Bradley welcomed four new guests who were up for taking their chance against the programme's quiz gurus.Ollie, from Nottingham, was first up and was welcomed onto the show by the friendly host.However, as soon as Bradley found out what he did for a living, his eyes lit up.After being asked by the presenter what he does, Ollie, said: "I am a beer salesman, Brad."Looking impressed, Bradley replied: "What a gig that is.

Bradley Walsh has been the famous face of The Chase for 12 years, but he's finally revealed how he really bagged his job hosting the hit ITV show.The cheeky host has presented the show since it first aired in 2009, and he's known for bantering with his players and breaking character when he spots rude names in his questions.However, it turns out he 'cheated' his way into his hosting role - and it involved cutting corners with dirty tricks to 'outsmart' the show's genius Chasers in a quiz.Bradley, 61, told his tale of trickery when he appeared on Capital Breakfast.Radio DJ and Dancing on Ice 2021 champ Sonny Jay asked him: "‘I have to ask you, Bradley, obviously you do The Chase, now you must have so much knowledge and have learned so much from doing the show."However, do you think that you might be able to outsmart them on something on your subject? Have you got a subject where you think, 'Actually I don’t think they would know the answer to that'?"Bradley reckoned his Chasers would be strong in every subject area, but soon confessed to how he won his job on the show.Bradley said: "I’ve gotta fess up as well. When we first did the job, the only two choices that were first there were actually The Beast and The Dark Destroyer, right?’ he began, referring to quiz masters Mark Labbett and Shaun Wallace."And we were doing an office run through, and this is to get the job up and running.

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Bradley Walsh has confessed how he "cheated" ITV bosses to land his presenting job on The Chase.The 61-year-old has been hosting The Chase and it's spin off shows including celebrity specials and Beat The Chasers for 13 years after it first aired in 2009.The hit ITV show sees four members of the public team up in the hopes to win a cash prize by answering general knowledge questions.The contestants compete against the chasers, Mark ‘The Beast’ Labbett, Shaun ‘The Dark Destroyer’ Wallace, Anne ‘The Governess’ Hegerty, Paul ‘The Sinnerman’ Sinha, Jenny ‘The Vixen’ Ryan or Darragh ‘The Menace’ Ennis.During the pilot making process, Bradley was told if he could beat one of the chasers then ITV would go ahead with making the series. The star confessed how he put the future of the show on the line on Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp.

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The Chase host Bradley Walsh has shared how he “cheated” to get his job on the ITV quiz show. Presenter Bradley, 61, has hosted gameshow The Chase since 2009, but has admitted in a new interview he fooled bosses into thinking he was smarter than he was to land the gig. Bradley was joined by Dancing On Ice champion Sonny Jay on Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp, where he made the admission.

The Chase viewers were left chuckling after spotting a crude question on their screens.On Monday's show, fans spotted that one of the multiple-choice questions during contestant Francesca's round sounded a little rude.Francesca, 24, did her best to beat The Dark Destroyer on Monday's show and was faced with a question that viewers found funny.The trainee solicitor from London was hoping to win some money to put towards her house deposit.But viewers were distracted by the question "Oversized ring" which many pointed out sounded rude.Fans of the show took to social media to comment on the revelation.One fan wrote: "Oversized ring?! #TheChase"A second joked: "I've got an eye catching oversized ring apparently. So my proctologist tells me, anyway #TheChase"A third penned: "I’m so innocent I didn’t react to oversized ring.

The Chase found themselves feeling hard done by as they watched the Celebrity Special on Saturday.Famous faces Catherine Tyldesley, Levi Roots, Chris McCausland and Rick Wakeman took part in the episode of the popular ITV gameshow as they battled against The Chaser to try and win the cash prize for their chosen charities.The celebrity quartet put on an impressive performance against Anne 'The Governess' Hegerty gathering a huge £92,000 prize pot between them.They then tackled the final questions round with host Bradley Walsh scoring a healthy 18.As Anne took her turn it became apparent that the team would need a fair few pushbacks if they were going to beat her.While she did get five of her answers wrong, they only managed to make three of those a pushback meaning she managed to catch the team with seconds to spare, robbing them of their large cash prize and leaving them to go home with just the consolation prize for their charities.However, viewers of the show were not impressed and took to Twitter to let their disappointment be known as they ranted about how "easy" Anne's questions were.One question was: "Time flies when you're having...what?"A miffed viewer wrote: "Oof that was tense. Talk about easy questions at the end though.