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Only Connect viewers left seriously distracted by BBC contestant's outfit - gasping 'I'm surprised the costume team allowed it!'
Only Connect viewers were left seriously distracted by one of the contestant's outfits on Monday's episode of the show.
The most recent instalment of the BBC show, hosted by Victoria Coren Mitchell, saw the Metrophiles take on the Grapevines.
One player, named Pam Cooke, got fans talking about her chosen attire for the programme.
The IT programme manager opted for a fuchsia pink blazer, matching blouse and a stunning gold and pink jewel necklace.
If that wasn't enough of the same colour, she rocked bright pink hair and a matching lip.
But those watching at home flocked to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share their confusion over the outfit.
One player, named Pam Cooke, got fans talking about her chosen attire for the programme (pictured)
'Surprised the costume team allowed that pink suit against that background #onlyconnect.'
'Jeez Has something gone wrong with my colour balance??'
'I find the outfits on this show to be so over the top sometimes and it's a bit distracting. They should have a wardrobe policy or something? #onlyconnect.'
'Giving me a headache - too much!'
Unfortunately Pam's team didn't manage to bag the top spot.
At the end of the episode Victoria told them: 'That is the end of the quiz. Looking at the final scores... the winners with 23 points are the Metrophiles.
'Very well played.
'Grapevines you finish on 19, very well played you two.
'We will of course see you later on in the series as you have another go at making your way to the next round.
Many viewers rushed to X, formerly known as Twitter, to say the same thing about Pam Cooke's outfit
'Metrophiles you are already there.'
It comes after Only Connect viewers fumed 'standards are slipping!' after calling out a question blunder just minutes into the BBC quiz.
In a recent episode Victoria asked one of the teams: 'What is the connection between these apparently random picture clues?'
A picture of British snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan, also known as The Rocket, appeared on screen.
This was swiftly followed by an image of Marvel comic book character Rocket Raccoon.
The players were quick to spot the connection between the two was 'rocket', with Victoria soon confirming they were correct.
She revealed the last two images they would have been shown to help them to get to the answer.
These were a sketch of the early steam train Stephenson's Rocket, built nearly 200 years ago, and a photo of some rocket salad leaves.
The last two images they would have been shown to help them to get to the answer included a sketch of the early steam train Stephenson's Rocket (pictured)
But viewers at home were adamant the sketch did not show Stephenson's Rocket - but rather another steam locomotive.
One suggested it could be Puffing Billy - the oldest train of its kind, constructed by a colliery in 1814 near Newcastle-upon-Tyne for hauling coal.
Meanwhile, another was determined it was Locomotion No 1, a different early steam train built by the same engineers as Stephenson's Rocket.
While Robert Stephenson and Company - also Newcastle-based - built the Rocket in 1829, Locomotion No 1 was built four years prior, in 1825.
