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Jeremy Clarkson was stunned during Who Wants to be a Millionaire? as the contestants broke a 14-year record.
Host Jeremy, 62, asked the players to rank a number of birds from heavy to light in the Fastest Finger First round, in which the contenders compete before the fastest person takes the hot seat to play the main game.
The choices were ostrich, hummingbird, blackbird, and chicken, with three people answering in the correct order: ostrich, chicken, blackbird, hummingbird.
Stunned in silence: Jeremy Clarkson, 62, was stunned during Who Wants to be a Millionaire? while the participants broke a record of 14 years
And how hopeful Michelle Brooks was the fastest, answering in 0.74 seconds, breaking a British record held since 2008.
After being initially speechless, Jeremy said, “I can’t believe 0.74 seconds, that’s less than a second. We’ve found that your fingers work really well, but what about that?”, pointing to his head.
Michelle replied, “Hopefully the adrenaline will help, we’ll see how we go.”
Speedy: Hopeful Michelle Brooks was fastest to answer the Fastest Finger First round, answered in 0.74 seconds, breaking a British record held since 2008
Impressive: Host Jeremy asked the players to rank some birds from heavy to light, with Michelle beating the others with time left
Applause: After being initially speechless, Jeremy said, “I can’t believe 0.74 seconds, that’s less than a second. We’ve found that your fingers work really well.”
Former competitor Jonathan Pash held the British record for the fastest Fastest Finger First lap with a time of 0.97 seconds, which he set in May 2008.
During his performance on the show, the players were asked: ‘Put these stages of a Formula 1 Grand Prix in the order they are encountered by a driver.’
The options were penultimate lap, checkered flag, starting grid and first corner, with the correct order starting grid, first corner, penultimate lap, checkered flag.
Looking back: Former competitor Jonathan Pash held the UK record for the fastest Fastest Finger First lap with a time of 0.97 seconds, which he set in May 2008
Reigning champion: A participant in the Spanish version currently holds the world record Fastest Finger First – Emilia Busquets answered in 0.06 seconds in November 1999
Of the nine remaining contestants, seven got it right, with Jonathan being the quickest to give the correct answer.
A contestant on the Spanish version of the game show currently holds the world record Fastest Finger First – Emilia Busquets answered in 0.06 seconds in November 1999.
It comes after Jeremy couldn’t contain his laughter as a Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? participant revealed a huge secret last month.
The ITV competition has viewers believe that when a contestant is halfway through their path to winning £1million and the episode ends, the contestant will go home and return the following week to resume filming.
Behind the scenes secrets: It comes after Jeremy couldn’t contain his laughter when a Who Wants To Be A Millionaire contestant revealed a huge secret last month
However, on Saturday, contestant Maria revealed that the next episode will be filmed right after, causing host Jeremy to burst out laughing.
The siren sounded as Maria reached the seventh question, meaning the show was out of time.
TV host Jeremy said, “Ah, yeah, you know what that means.”
Maria answered without thinking, “I have to change.”
The comment revealed to fans that the contestants will not go home at all and continue filming that day, changing their outfits to create the illusion.
The show: The ITV competition has viewers believe that when a contestant is half way to winning £1million and the episode ends, the contestant goes home
‘I need to go get changed’: Contestant Maria revealed, however, that the next episode was filmed right after he left host Jeremy to burst out laughing
Jeremy couldn’t help but laugh when the behind-the-scenes secret was revealed.
She quickly realized what she had done, held her head in her hands and apologized to the producers.
She added, “I can’t say that, can I?”
Oops! She revealed to fans that the contestants do not go home at all and continue filming that day, but change their outfits to create the illusion
Jeremy, who has been hosting the series since 2018, smiled and carried on.
He said, ‘That’s exactly what it means. You’re absolutely right, I’ll see you in about an hour, but as far as the viewer is concerned, you’re going home, you’re going to panic “oh no” and then I’ll see you next week.
“Mary will come back next time, the autocue reads, to see if she can get over £4,000,” he joked.
‘I can’t say that, can I?’: Jeremy couldn’t contain his laughter when the secret was announced, causing Maria to apologize to the producers