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The Chase viewers were left cringing after a contestant made a savage dig at chaser Shaun Wallace just minutes before he was revealed as the chaser.Contestant Kieron, a 33-year-old duty manager from Newcastle, was the first contestant to up to the podium before host Bradley Walsh prepared to announce the chaser for the episode.When asked which chaser he would like to face, Kieron blasted: “I’d like to face Shaun because he’s statistically the worst player.”After a round of awkward laughs from the rest on the players, Bradley then left Kieron and the entire set feeling red faced as Shaun appeared as The Chaser and threw daggers at Kieron as he took his seat.The stony-faced Chaser responded: "He's right. He's not wrong.

The Chase was back on-screens as ever on Thursday afternoon but viewers were once again distracted by host Bradley Walsh. The 61-year-old star was back to introduce the latest four contestants hoping to beat the chaser and walk away with some cash.

THE Chase viewers were left in stitches after host Bradley Walsh looked "unusually orange" during Thursday evening's episode. During the latest instalment of the ITV quiz show, Matt, Julia, Ryan and Margo joined forces to take on top quizzer Shaun Wallace - but it was Bradley who soon stole the show.

The Chase fans were left distracted on the latest episode of the ITV quiz show after fans noticed host Bradley Walsh sporting a “seriously orange tan.”Viewers were in stitches as the 61-year-old star appeared on screen to introduce the latest round of contestants but appeared to be showing off a much darker tan than usual.Amused fans took to Twitter to comment on the host’s new look.“Brad, that tan in embarrassing #thechase,” said one viewer.Another added: “OMG does Bradley look extra dark his tan is a disaster. Way over the top!”While a third agreed: “Brad looking unusually orange today #thechase”Fans saw contestants Margo, Ryan, Julia and Matt compete to win a cash prize against chaser Shaun Wallace, aka The Dark Destroyer, on the latest instalment of the show.Matt was first up to the podium successfully beating Shaun to bank £4,000 for the prize pot.Contestant Julia scored a whopping £36,000 for the prize pot as contestant Ryan brought home a nice £5,000.Scottish contestant Margo was sent home by Shaun during her head-to-head but the remaining trio was left with a nice prize pot of £45,000.After answering an impressive 20 questions correctly in the final chase, Shaun was unable to catch the trio who celebrated winning £15,000 each.Fans were yet again faced with a repeat episode but to the dismay of many viewers online.Social media was sent into chaos as trolls revealed the winner of the episode, ruining the surprise for those that haven’t seen or didn’t remember the outcome.“#thechase Matt, Julia and Ryan win £45k in this one.

Jenny Ryan found fame thanks to her role as The Vixen on The Chase, but she's appeared on various other shows during her quiz show career. The 40 year old, who recently shocked fans when she ditched her signature look for a night out in London, first joined the hit ITV show in 2015, and has become a firm favourite among viewers over the years. Known for her iconic red beehive hairstyle and love of animal print, Jenny stars as one of the six chasers on The Chase, alongside stars including Anne Hegerty, Mark Labbett and Shaun Wallace.

The Chase star Anne Hegerty has revealed the inspiration behind her role as The Governess on the popular ITV quiz show.The quizzer, 63, has played the formidable role of The Governess on the show since 2010 but has now opened up on where she gets her inspiration for the part.The ITV personality told how she modelled herself on certain family members, despite not entirely getting on with them.The star made the remarks at an event celebrating International Women's Day last month.Anne revealed: "On my mother’s side, I come from a very feminist family."She went on to explain how her relatives were involved in campaigning for women's rights.She said: "My great grandmother campaigned for votes for women before the Suffragette movement."Two of their daughters went to university, my great aunt became a doctor and my grandmother studied history."Anne revealed that she took inspiration from her close relatives for her ITV character."I didn’t get on at all well with my grandmother but I sort of channel her a bit for The Governess," she added.Anne also said that she didn't get one with one of her aunts.She went on to explain how it resulted in her drawing inspiration from them to use in her role as The Governess, she told The Sun.Anne is one of six Chasers on the ITV quiz programme.She stars alongside Shaun Wallace, Mark Labbett, Jenny Ryan, Paul Sinha and Darragh Ennis.Elsewhere, Anne confirmed that she was forced to pull out of filming for Beat the Chasers after having tested positive for Covid.In an announcement on Twitter last month, Anne reassured her 161,200 followers that she felt okay and revealed who would be stepping in to take her place.Anne wrote: "Unfortunately I’ve contracted Covid-19 so won’t be filming this series of

This Morning viewers couldn't help but be distracted during the latest edition of the show as Shaun Wallace joined hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary. The Chase star, known as the 'Dark Destroyer' was live in the studio during the ITV daytime programme on Tuesday (April 5) alongside his fellow quizzer Anne Hegerty, aka The Governess.

The Chase star Anne Hegerty has opened up about her upbringing and family life during an emotional episode of ITV show DNA Journey - including how her late dad abruptly left home one Christmas. Anne is best known as The Chase’s The Governess, but in the series that explores family history, viewers will see a brand new side to the 63 year old.The former I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! contestant, who filmed the programme alongside The Chase co-star Shaun Wallace, began tracing her ancestors’ footsteps to find out more about them. And during filming for the hour-long special, which airs on Tuesday 5 April, Anne relives some tough moments from her past.

The Chase's Anne Hegerty was stunned to discover that she is related to royalty after investigating her family history on ITV's DNA Journey on Monday.

Anne Hegerty, 63, has lifted the lid on her ancestral links to royalty and how her mum thought they would turn her into a “terrible snob”.The Chase star said she had explored her family tree before but wanted to solve some “mysteries”.“I did know a fair bit about my family,” the Governess explained.She continued: “There were certain mysteries I wanted sorted.There were certain things I didn’t know, certain names that were missing from the family tree so I wanted to find out about those.“And even the things I knew about, I thought I’d like to know more about.”Anne went on to explain that some of her mother’s relatives were “posh” and so she feared finding out her family history would turn her into a snob.She said: “As a child, I was always curious about this stuff and my mother was always very repressive and: ‘No, no, no.

The Chase's Anne Hegerty has revealed that her mum wanted to keep her family history from her - despite Anne spending many years of her life filled with curiosity.Anne, who is taking part in ITV's DNA Journey alongside co-star Shaun Wallace, found out she has some kind of connection to royalty - something which her mum did not want her to know.The quizzer had never explored her mother's side of the family as she was growing up, confessing that her mum always steered her away from it - but on the new show she found out the truth. Speaking to The Sun's TV Mag, Anne said there were "mysteries" she wanted to figure out.

THE Chase's Anne Hegarty has revealed the 'terrible' reason her mum didn't want her to dig into their family tree. Anne, 63, is one of the famous faces taking part in the new series of DNA Journey on ITV.

The Chase's Anne Hegerty has discovered she's a descendant of royalty in a new episode of ITV's DNA JourneyThe Governess, 63, and her co-star Shaun Wallace, 61, will appear in the first episode of the new series as they delve into their family history.An ITV source told the Mirror that Anne was ecstatic to discover that she had connections to royals.The source said: "Anne was excited and fascinated to learn she has royal relations."It was a big shock to her but a very nice one and she was very interested to delve into the details to find out more about it."Co-star and pal Shaun hilarious joked that Anne's friends will now have to "bow and curtsy" to her after the royal connection was revealed.He said: "Without spoiling anything, we call her 'Queen Anne', because obviously she's the queen of quizzing but we have to really bow and curtsy to her now!"In the episode, which is set to air on ITV on Tuesday (March 5), Anne discovers that one of her royal ancestors survived two German torpedo attacks during World War One.Anne discovered that her great-grandmother's first cousin was a deputing chief engineer in World War One who survived the bomb scare by clinging onto a lifeboat for four hours.

The Chase star Anne Hegerty has been dubbed 'Queen Anne' by her quiz show co-stars after finding out she is related to royalty.The star, who is known as The Governess, 63, made the discovery after taking part on new ITV programme DNA Journey alongside her The Chase co-star, Shaun Wallace.During the show, Anne found out she is descended from royalty.Speaking about the shock discovery, an ITV source claimed the star was excited by the news.They said: "Anne was excited and fascinated to learn she has royal relations."It was a big shock to her but a very nice one and she was very interested to delve into the details to find out more about it," they added.As a result of her blue bloodline, Anne's The Chase colleagues have given her a new nickname.Addressing Anne's revelation, Shaun told how he and his The Chase co-stars now "curtsy" to her.Shaun said: "Without spoiling anything, we call her 'Queen Anne', because obviously she's the queen of quizzing, but we have to really bow and curtsy to her now!"Speaking about her discoveries on the show, Anne also told how her ancestors survived multiple German torpedo attacks during the First World War.She said: "I discovered my great-grandmother's first cousin was a deputy chief engineer on an ocean liner during World War One and survived two German torpedo attacks."He clung onto an upturned lifeboat for four hours."I came away feeling really impressed by that level of endurance," she revealed.Whilst on the show, The Governess star said she came face to face with the remains of one relative.Anne added: "I also handled the skull of an ancestor."She went on to tell The Mirror it was a "proud moment."Anne and Shaun also travelled to Jamaica together to learn more about his