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Yahoo
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jackpot won on music knowledge game show The Hit List for first time
A father and son team have become the first contestants to win the full £10,000 jackpot on game show The Hit List. More than 250 pairs of contestants have attempted to win the top prize on the BBC One show, but it is now only in series eight, which launches on Saturday, that this has been done. The Hit List sees contestants hear excerpts of music and they have to name the song and the artist who sang it. In the show's endgame, the prize money starts to drop after five seconds of music so the longer contestants take to answer, the less money they make. Contestants are also allowed to skip to a new song. Contestants Paul, 61, and Tom, 26, from Liverpool, managed to get every one of the endgame's 10 songs right within five seconds and so scooped the full prize on offer. Tom, an events and marketing coordinator, said: 'We've been watching The Hit List for years, this was our third time applying to be on the show, and it was third time lucky. 'We always knew that we'd go on together, as you need knowledge of music spanning all decades. 'The two teams we were competing with were incredible, I couldn't believe when we go through to the final round, the adrenaline was immense and obviously over the moon with the result.' The show, which began in 2019, is hosted by husband and wife presenting duo, Rochelle Humes and Marvin Humes. Marvin said: 'I was starting to believe that it couldn't be done, but they came and proved us wrong, after seven years I've seen so many attempts. 'Tom and Paul were so in sync from the start I knew we were on to something special.' Viewers can watch all available episodes of The Hit List on BBC iPlayer.
Daily Mail
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
BBC game show contestants bag maximum jackpot for first time in quiz's history in flawless performance hitting screens this weekend
Two BBC game show contestants bagged the maximum jackpot for the first time in the quiz's history. In an episode set to air this weekend, a pair of players on The Hit List are set to take home a record-breaking prize. Hosted by husband and wife TV duo Marvin and Rochelle Humes, the show puts contestants through their musical paces as they try to identify songs with just a few notes. To win £10,000 teams must prove their ability to recognise a range of songs, but even the most musically gifted have struggled. Saturday's instalment, which will hit screens at 5.45pm on BBC One, will see two contestants bag £10,000, according to The Sun. Players pencilled in for the episode include best friends Ellie and Izzy from Sheffield, father and son duo Tom and Paul from Liverpool and married couple Joy and Joe from Nottingham. The show first aired in 2019 and was the first presenting gig for the pop star couple. It has seen several celebrity instalments as well as members of the public attempt to win cash. All manner of stars have previously taken up the challenge in a bid to win big money for charity as part of the broadcaster's run of celebrity specials. One celebrity duo performed very poorly considering their background in showbiz. Roman and Martin Kemp managed to scrape through to the final but fell at the last hurdle - failing to recognise hits from U2, Abba and Duran Duran. Other well known guests have included Ian 'H' Watkins form Steps and Faye Tozer, dancer Oti Mabuse and former Coronation Street star Catherine Tyldesley. Previously speaking to the i newspaper, the couple discussed the challenges for contestants. Rochelle said: '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.' '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.' The pair who work together have revealed the secret to their happy marriage. Rochelle and Marvin met when they were at the height of their fame with their respective pop bands in the late 2000s and tied the knot in July 2012 at Blenheim Palace.
