Mastermind fans stunned as they realise where they've seen BBC contestant before - but should he be banned from show?
The latest episode of the programme saw presenter Clive Myrie, 60, return to our screens to take on four new players.
One contestant, Dennis Wang, took to the seat to answer his specialist subject questions about the Men's Euros between 2000 to 2004.
He managed to bag himself an 12 correct questions.
But his Mastermind debut didn't mark the first time he's appeared on our screens.
Dennis took part in Jeopardy UK! last year and managed to win his episode.
One contestant, Dennis Wang, took to the seat to answer his specialist subject questions which were about the Men's Euros between 2000 to 2004 (pictured)
He was also the team captain for the Crunchers on Only Connect.
Not only that, he was part of the Worcester College team while appearing on University Challenge in 2016.
Many recognised the player and flocked to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share their frustrations.
'Don't think it's fair to have the same guy just competing on all the big quiz shows really? Seems a bit unfair #mastermind.'
'Mr Wang from #onlyconnect ? #quizzymonday #mastermind.'
'Do they have a pool of people who are on every quiz show? You get the same people on this, only connect, university challenge etc. #mastermind.'
'A few years ago there was one lad on Only Connect, Pointless and a couple of other shows in the space of about a month.'
'I've seen Dennis on #Mastermind, Jeopardy, Only Connect... he's a quiz stalwart.'
'I wonder how many people have done the triple of #UniversityChallenge #OnlyConnect and #Mastermind.'
Mastermind hit our screens back in 1972.
There have been 980 regular episodes across 48 series.
The show was originally presented by Magnus Magnusson until 1997.
The role was later taken over by Peter Snow until 2000.
Between 2001 and 2002, Clive Anderson hosted the show.
Then John Humphrys presented between 2003 and 2021.
Clive Myrie has been the host since 2021.
Back in April Mastermind viewers swiped 'give me a break!' as they criticised what they deemed to be an 'utterly ridiculous' specialist subject in the BBC semi-final.
Cathryn Gahan answered questions on the films of Mel Brooks, Arnav Umranikar picked the subject of Homer's Odyssey, Roopam Carroll chose to answer questions on LL Cool J and John Hardin picked the subject of Sir John Mortimer.
Those watching at home were really confused about contestant Roopam's specialist subject and flocked to X to complain.
One posted: '#mastermind sorry but LL Cool J as a specialist subject in a semi-final is utterly ridiculous. Give me a break!'
Another said: 'It's almost symptomatic of what's wrong with #Mastermind these days, in that it's a semi-final, and the specialist subjects include Homer's Odyssey and, erm, LL Cool J...'
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