Popular BBC quiz hands out £10k jackpot for first time in its six-year history

The Sun

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FOR the first time in its six-year history, The Hit List will hand over a £10,000 jackpot to a pair of contestants on the show.
The BBC One music contest will see hosts Marvin and Rochelle Humes present its biggest ever winning sum to the victors in the final round.
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Contestants have to name ten tracks played in the studio, and the artists who recorded them, with just five seconds deduction time alloted to each.
If participants take more than that time they start having money deducted from the jackpot – but they don't lose a penny.
Tune in on Saturday at 5.45pm to see their delight.
The show's popularity has seen multiple celebrity specials with famous faces hoping to win big money for charity.
Several celebrities have also made appearances while trying to win big money for charity.
Some previous guests include ' Steps ' members Ian "H" Watkins and Faye Tozer, as well as future Strictly star Chris McCausland.
Dancer Oti Mabuse, former Coronation Street actress Catherine Tyldesley and Inbetweeners star James Buckley have also all taken part in various episodes.
Having begun airing in 2019, The Hit List is the first standalone TV show as a couple for Marvin and Rochelle.
Speaking previously to the i newspaper, the couple discussed what it takes for contestants to win the challenging the game.
Rochelle revealed: 'I always say to them before the round starts, 'don't look at the money trickling down, look at me, I want you to win.
I took on The Hit List with Marvin and Rochelle but was left red-faced after 15 minutes of fame
'We've had people that just don't know the answer at all, and the nerves just completely take over.
"It's easier said than done, though.
SURANNE RELISHES PM ROLE
SURANNE JONES has revealed the lengths she went to to prepare for her role as the Prime Minister in her drama, Hostage.
The former Doctor Foster and Corrie star talked on the Table Manners podcast about taking the lead in the new Netflix thriller that drops next month.
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She said: 'I don't think I'm allowed to say (who), but I did speak to three really high-up women from different parties, and I read their books and I interviewed them, and that was very exciting.
'I love research. . .
'I like to meet a lot of people and chat about the roles.'
Suranne also discussed working with a new on-screen family, who are all seen in the show starting a new life in Downing Street.
She said: 'Ashley Thomas, who plays my husband, who's a grime star.
"We did chemistry tests, and when he came in, it was just like, 'Oh, you're intriguing, handsome, lovely, smart, intelligent'.'
Bizbit
THE second season of Love Is Blind will air on Netflix on August 13.
The dating show features people picking prospective partners without ever having seen them.
Hosted by Emma and Matt Willis, the new ten-part season will drop in three batches every week until the end of the month.
STEPHEN'S BACK ON THE CASE
THE BBC and ITV are each launching their own big entertainment series within days of each other – and they bear a fair few similarities.
On ITV1, Stephen Mangan will be back with a second run of The Fortune Hotel in the first week of August.
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The show sees players from all walks of life – including cleaners, content creators and carpet fitters – compete in an intense briefcase-swapping game, full of twists, to hopefully be the one to walk off with the £250,000 prize.
If that sounds a bit like The Traitors, so does BBC One's brand new show Destination X, which launches on July 30 and also has a whiff of Race Across The World.
Host Rob Brydon leads the way as contestants are taken on a nail- biting, wild ride
The players board a blacked-out bus where they are fed clues – and a few nasty red herrings – with one simple question at the end of each episode: Where in Europe are you?
A £100,000 prize awaits the winner.
But with the amount of Euro facts we'll learn during the series, I reckon some of us will win big at the next pub quiz, too.