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BBC Bargain Hunt viewers fuming as even contestant admits he's 'lost for words'
BBC Bargain Hunt viewers fuming as even contestant admits he's 'lost for words'
Bargain Hunt viewers witnessed a historic moment as a team on the BBC show made a huge error
Charles delivered the bad news outside the auction room
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Bargain Hunt witnessed a historic moment when the red team, for the first time on the BBC show, did not select a third item to take to auction. One contestant was left "lost for words", confessing: "Because there are so many things here but it's just finding that item that meets the criteria!"
The voice-over clarified that as the team "ran out of time", only two items made it to the selling block, though this didn't result in a significant loss for them.
Outside the auction house, Charles Hanson faced the contestants with regret, admitting: "I like to play to the wire but it went badly, badly wrong.
"We failed on the challenge, we failed with our big spend. I'm sorry, team. It really happened."
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While viewers were hot under the collar over the mishap, debating whether the red team ought to have been disqualified, they didn't end up facing stern penalties, which wasn't the case for celebrity guests in a different episode.
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During a star-studded edition featuring Happy Mondays' Bez and Rowetta Idah versus Pulp members Jarvis Cocker and Candida Doyle, a breach of conduct was called out, prompting the host to reveal a book brimming with rules.
The regulation highlighted stated: "Tis completely forbidden for friends or family members to bid on a team's item," reports the Express.
This came after it was revealed that Bez's girlfriend had placed a bid on an item, which he described as a "genuine error".
He said: "My girlfriend thought she was helping out."
But the show's resident expert was left stunned, exclaiming: "I'm speechless!" before promptly disqualifying him from the competition.
On the other hand, the band Pulp suffered a loss of £95 on their items.
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Jarvis Cocker revealed his past experiences with auctions had left him "scarred for life", stating: "I attempted to be in the antiques trade for about a fortnight. It didn't really work," he confessed.
