Fans of ITV’s The Chase were stunned at one contestant’s likeness to MasterChef star Gregg Wallace.
In tonight’s (February 7 2020) episode of the hit game show, the first of the team to try their hand at the cash-builder round was 58-year-old Methodist minister Stuart, who chatted to host Bradley Walsh about his work.
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He performed well, answering eight questions right before stepping up to face the chaser, Anne Hegerty.
Despite his impressive cash-builder, Stuart stumbled – including on a theological question – and was eventually caught.
But viewers on Twitter appeared to be more interested in his stark resemblance to TV’s Gregg Wallace than the answers he gave.
One joked: “Gregg Wallace is caught! #TheChase.”
Is that not Gregg Wallace?
“Hard luck Gregg #TheChase,” said another.
A third tweeted: “Back to peeling spuds, Gregg. #TheChase.”
One Gregg Wallace admirer tweeted: “There’s a geezer on #TheChase, he looks like
@GreggAWallace but Gregg is better looking, well I wouldn’t say no anyway.”
Another wrote: “Is that not Gregg Wallace? #TheChase.”
And a string of viewers called him a “Poundland” version of the MasterChef star.
Gregg Wallace is caught! #TheChase pic.twitter.com/icTjdM9n5y
— Joe (@Boycey_Boy) February 7, 2020
Hard luck Gregg #TheChase
— Baroness Beckie (@Beckie_Miller_) February 7, 2020
Back to peeling spuds, Gregg. #TheChase
— LordGreystoke 🦉🐒🦋🐝🦅🦇🐸🐞 (@PolygoniaSpec) February 7, 2020
https://twitter.com/go_dizzy_go/status/1225828611338440704
There's a geezer on #TheChase he looks like @GreggAWallace but Gregg is better looking, well I wouldn't say no anyway 😘😘😉😉
— Lesley Coups (@Madhatter_1883) February 7, 2020
Is that not Gregg Wallace? #TheChase
— Jake (@jake_crossss) February 7, 2020
Poundland Gregg Wallace #TheChase pic.twitter.com/0mopu5jjaS
— Թεαηմϯ (@AngryPeanut4) February 7, 2020
https://twitter.com/SteveHanley15/status/1225826961576153088
After Stuart’s elimination, his teammate Claire was also caught, leaving Jan and Alex playing in the final chase for £10k.
The remaining pair got just 12 right, setting up 14 to beat with their head start of two against the Governess, but they were easily caught with more than a minute to go.
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Elsewhere in The Chase this week, fans were certain chaser Mark Labbett got hustled by one wily contestant.
During Wednesday’s episode, a hopeful called Rob performed poorly in his cash-builder round, getting just two questions right. As a result, Mark gave him a high offer of £22k and he went for it.
Rob ended up easily bringing the £22k back to his team, leading viewers to speculate that he might have intentionally botched his cash-builder in order to trick the Beast.
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