Full celebrity line-up for The Hit List specials revealed featuring Strictly and Race Across The World stars
QUIZZED UP Full celebrity line-up for The Hit List specials revealed featuring Strictly and Race Across The World stars
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THE new series of The Hit List will return to screens soon with a series of celebrity specials.
Stars from Strictly Come Dancing and Race Across the World will compete on the show hosted by couple Marvin and Rochelle Humes.
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Tasha Ghouri has signed up to appear on BBC quiz show The Hit List
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Pete Wicks will be appearing on the show too
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The show is hosted by Marvin and Rochelle Humes
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The BBC music-based quiz will see the likes of Strictly stars Pete Wicks, Tasha Ghouri, and Sarah Hadland compete according to TVZone.
Other names slated to appear include Sian Gibson, Lauren Oakley, Channel 4's Krishnan Guru-Murthy and radio presenter Matt Edmondson.
Jeremiah Asiamah, Sophie Duker, Keith Brymer Jones and Shane and Sheena Lynch are also set to appear.
Strictly couple Kevin Clifton and Stacey Dooley will also appear as will Kola, Yinka Bokinni, Ramona Marquez and Tyger Drew-Honey.
Earlier this year the top £10,000 jackpot was finally won - for the first time since the show debuted in 2019.
Since then, more than 250 contestant duos have hoped to win the show's top prize -only to fall short.
Father and son duo Paul and Tom, from Liverpool, walked away with the full £10,000 - achieving what had seemed impossible.
The high-pressure Final Chart Rundown sees contestants try and name 10 songs and artists.
After five seconds of each song has played, the money in the prize pot starts to drop.
This means that players make less money the longer time they take.
Watch the moment The Hit List star wins £10k jackpot for first time in show history with tricky music question
However, dream Paul and Tom answered every one correctly in less than five seconds, therefore keeping every penny.
"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.'
Paul said: "Tom inherited his love of music from me, we are big quizzers, and music is always our speciality subject.
"To get through to the final round was a big achievement as it was competitive game play throughout.
"I would have been happy with £1,000 and a day out with my son.
"We weren't aware that no-one had won the jackpot before and as we got to song seven in the final round the tension in the studio was palpable.
"I was very proud of Tom for getting the song names in about three seconds."
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