Beat The Chasers is set to return for season five tonight. The first episode of the lively quiz show will air at 9pm and new episodes will continue every night until May 20.
This year there’s been a shake-up to the show, with The Chase Australia star Issa Schultz making his debut as a new Chaser for the UK series as he fills in for Anne Hegerty.The spin-off of the popular quiz show, The Chase, sees contestants face off against not just one, but all six of the Chasers as they battle it out for big cash prizes.As contestants prepare to take on the clever quizzers, we’ve taken a look at who is the easiest to beat and which Chaser is the smartest.
For a long time, Anne Hegerty took the top spot as the hardest Chaser to beat, but now that could be changing as the newest Chaser, Darragh Ennis has beaten The Governess’s win record.
According to fan site One Question Shootout, who regularly crunch the numbers for The Chase, Darragh ‘The Menace’ Ennis has an impressive 83.3% win record while Anne Hegerty’s win record currently sits at 79.5%.Hegerty’s win record used to sit at 82.4% but has dropped after the latest calculations.However, although Ennis may have statistically won a higher percentage of his chases, he has only appeared in 36 episodes, winning 30 of them.In contrast, The Governess has over a decade of history on The Chase, has appeared in 419 episodes and has had an impressive 333 wins.But contestants on this year’s Beat The Chasers don’t need to worry about Anne Hegerty as she won’t be appearing on the show, so it looks like Ennis is the one to watch.
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