Mastermind 2025 champion also scooped £500k on rival quiz show – do you remember him?
THE champion of Mastermind 2025 also won an incredible £500k on a rival quiz show - but do you remember him?
Viewers watched on as John Robinson became the BBC quiz's latest victor.
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John Robinson is the winner of Mastermind 2025
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The school teacher alongside show host Clive Myrie
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John also appeared in Who Wants to Be A Millionaire back in 2019
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The school teacher, from Sutton Coldfield, faced off against Claire Reynolds in a tense finish.
John emerged as the winner of series 52 with an impressive 30 points - while also correctly answering the last episode of the series.
Discussing his victory, he said: "I cannot quite believe that I have won the final of Mastermind.
"I'm not often lost for words, but I think this is one of those occasions where I don't know what to say…I'm just delighted.'
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Earlier in the show, John scored 12 points on specialist subject The Empire State Building.
In fact, he wore a
New York
skyscraper shirt as an homage to this subject.
It's not the first time John has experienced success on a legendary game show.
He previously won an impressive £500,000 on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire back in 2019.
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By question 14, John had used all of his lifelines and chose to take the
money
rather than risk.
He is only one of 11 contestants throughout the hit ITV game show to win £500,000.
Mastermind viewers switch off BBC quiz show as they fume questions are being 'dumbed down' - but how many would you get right-
As presenter
Pointing to the coveted prize, Clive added; "
Money
can't buy that."
John agreed, saying: "It certainly can't, no. A lot more pressure in this chair, compared to that chair."
Earlier in the series, Mastermind viewers fumed as they declared
It saw contestant Phil choose
classic sitcom
Hardest Quiz Show Questions
Would you know the answers to some of quizzing TV's hardest questions
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
- Earlier this year,
The 1% Club
- Viewers of Lee Mack's popular ITV show were left
The Chase
- The ITV daytime favourite left fans scratching their heads when it threw up
One person wrote on X: 'I haven't seen Blackadder in about five years, but I got four, so that set of questions was clearly far too easy...'
Another remarked: 'Blackadder?! What's that, 14 hours of TV to bone up on? Pathetic. I managed to answer all bar two of those and I've not seen any of it for years. So dumbed down now.'
Viewers also branded
Mastermind airs on
BBC
One and iPlayer.
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He ultimately won £500k on the ITV quiz
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