Mastermind finalists each make a pass - at each other: Winner and runner up go from rivals to lovers
Two Mastermind finalists have gone from rivals to lovers having entered a relationship after the show.
Claire Reynolds, 42, of Stratford-upon-Avon, narrowly missed out on the top score in the final of the 52nd series of the show.
John Robinson, a teacher at Bishop Challoner Catholic College in Birmingham, won the final and later his fellow player's heart.
The couple said they became close as they embarked on their return journey to England, The Times first reported, after the final was filmed in Northern Ireland in November.
'The show was shot in Belfast and we were both flying back to Birmingham and were on a flight together,' Reynolds said.
'After we filmed the final, we had some time to kill at the airport. So we had a few drinks together and then got the plane back ... and stayed in touch.
'Although we started as friends it's more than that now, to be honest.'
Reynolds added that 'one thing led to another' and the two former singletons became a couple.
The pair have reportedly now combined their knowledge and are taking on locals at community games nights.
Before the show, Robinson won £500,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in 2019.
Reynolds scored an impressive 12 points with no passes on her specialist round on the German mathematician Emmy Noether, and 17 points on general knowledge.
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