Father-son duo are first to ever win BBC gameshow's full jackpot
More than 250 pairs of contestants have attempted to win the top prize on the BBC One show.
But ahead of series eight launching on Saturday night, someone has finally done it.
The Hit List sees contestants hear excerpts of music and they have to name the song and the artist who sang it.
In the show's endgame, the prize money starts to drop after five seconds of music so the longer contestants take to answer, the less money they make. Contestants are also allowed to skip to a new song.
Both Paul, 61, and Tom, 26, from Liverpool, managed to get every one of the endgame's 10 songs right within five seconds, meaning they were able to scoop the full prize on offer.
Tom, an events and marketing coordinator, said: 'We've been watching The Hit List for years, this was our third time applying to be on the show, and it was third time lucky.
'We always knew that we'd go on together, as you need knowledge of music spanning all decades.
'The two teams we were competing with were incredible, I couldn't believe when we go through to the final round, the adrenaline was immense and obviously over the moon with the result.'
The show, which began in 2019, is hosted by husband and wife presenting duo, Rochelle Humes and Marvin Humes.
Marvin said: 'I was starting to believe that it couldn't be done, but they came and proved us wrong, after seven years I've seen so many attempts.
'Tom and Paul were so in sync from the start I knew we were on to something special.'
This comes after Rochelle and Marvin opened up about working together on The Hit List, explaining how they're able to avoid any 'domestics' and quarrels while filming the game show together. More Trending
While speaking to Metro, the superstar couple explained what it's been like to work together on the show.
Former star of The Saturdays Rochelle said that while it 'could have ended up as a nightmare', they have a lot of fun working together, adding that it's 'the show we'd be watching if we weren't hosting it' as it's 'real family entertainment'.
Marvin, who soared to fame as a member of JLS, outlined the advantage of 'working with the love of your life', as it means that he can be far more direct with his co-presenter.
Viewers can watch all available episodes of The Hit List on BBC iPlayer.
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