Greater than 250 pairs of contestants have tried to win the highest prize on the BBC One present
A father and son group have turn into the primary contestants to win the total £10,000 jackpot on sport present The Hit Listing. Greater than 250 pairs of contestants have tried to win the highest prize on the BBC One present, however it’s now solely in collection eight, which launches on Saturday, that this has been finished.
The Hit Listing sees contestants hear excerpts of music they usually have to call the music and the artist who sang it. Within the present’s endgame, the prize cash begins to drop after 5 seconds of music so the longer contestants take to reply, the much less cash they make. Contestants are additionally allowed to skip to a brand new music.
Contestants Paul, 61, and Tom, 26, from Liverpool, managed to get each one of many endgame’s 10 songs proper inside 5 seconds and so scooped the total prize on supply. Tom, an occasions and advertising coordinator, mentioned: “We’ve been watching The Hit Listing for years, this was our third time making use of to be on the present, and it was third time fortunate.
“We at all times knew that we’d go on collectively, as you want information of music spanning all a long time. The 2 groups we have been competing with have been unimaginable, I couldn’t consider after we undergo to the ultimate spherical, the adrenaline was immense and clearly over the moon with the consequence.”
The present, which started in 2019, is hosted by husband and spouse presenting duo, Rochelle Humes and Marvin Humes. Marvin mentioned: “I used to be beginning to consider that it couldn’t be finished, however they got here and proved us mistaken, after seven years I’ve seen so many makes an attempt.
“Tom and Paul have been so in sync from the beginning I knew we have been on to one thing particular.”
Viewers can watch all out there episodes of The Hit Listing on BBC iPlayer.
