{"id":37053,"date":"2025-09-01T18:45:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T18:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/37053\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T18:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T18:45:13","slug":"jaw-dropping-moment-mark-labbett-storms-off-beat-the-chasers-set-after-humiliating-defeat-costing-itv-100k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/37053\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaw-dropping moment Mark Labbett storms off Beat The Chasers set after humiliating defeat costing ITV \u00a3100k"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark Labbett<\/a> stormed off stage during a dramatic episode of Beat The Chasers that saw ITV<\/a> lose \u00a3100,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After building up a prize pot of \u00a34,000 in the cash builder, Mark, 60, upped the ante on the show by offering contestant Gavin the chance to win a six-figure sum if he went up against the five Chasers in just 40 seconds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mark said: ‘I disagree with my colleagues; I think they’ve been far too stingy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I’m gonna reduce the time to 40 seconds on our clock\u2026 and you’ll be playing for \u00a3100,000.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

For those unfamiliar with the premise, the spin-off quiz show sees contestants answer single questions for \u00a31,000 each.<\/p>\n

They then have the chance to win a much larger cash prize by taking on between two and five Chasers in a timed round of less than 60 seconds.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Mark <\/p>\n

Mark Labbett, 60, stormed off stage during a dramatic episode of Beat The Chasers that saw ITV lose \u00a3100,000<\/p>\n

\"After <\/p>\n

After building up a prize pot of \u00a34,000 in the cash builder, Mark, 60, upped the ante on the show by offering contestant Gavin the chance to win a six-figure sum if he went up against the five Chasers in just 40 seconds – and he lost<\/p>\n

Unfazed by the limited time on the clock, Gavin took Mark up on his offer in a bid to scoop the massive prize pot.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He then went head-to-head with\u00a0Mark, Paul Sinha<\/a> (The Sinnerman), Anne Hegerty<\/a> (The Governess), Jenny Ryan (The Vixen) and Darragh Ennis (The Menace).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

While Gavin made some simple errors, like saying that Gomez was the head of The Munsters and not The Addams Family, he soon managed to get into a winning streak of correct answers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before leaving, Mark quipped: ‘Firstly, well played, Sir. Secondly, I\u2019ll get my coat.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

The celeb was as good as his word and immediately left the stage, failing to return even as the credits rolled.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Vixen said: ‘There’s very little we can do. It doesn’t matter how many of us are up here when you were getting so many of yours right.<\/p>\n

\"Unfazed <\/p>\n

Unfazed by the limited time on the clock, Gavin took Mark up on his offer in a bid to scoop the massive prize pot and proved himself to be a true quizmaster\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"While <\/p>\n

While Gavin made some simple errors like saying that Gomez was the head of The Munsters and not The Addams Family, he soon managed to get into a winning streak of correct answers<\/p>\n

‘When you missed the Addams Family one, I thought, “Oh, the wheels might come off here,” but you got straight back on it.’<\/p>\n

Joking about Gavin’s career as a fireman, The Menace added: ‘At least you got the pyromancy one right.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Viewers of the show also congratulated Mark on the impressive win on social media, writing: ‘Congrats Gavin, well played.’;<\/p>\n

‘What an incredible win!! Well done Gavin \u00a3100k take that holiday you deserve.’;<\/p>\n

‘Blimey, \u00a3100,000 for Gavin! Is that the biggest ever jackpot on Beat The Chasers?’;\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\" \"\" \"\" \"Viewers <\/p>\n

Viewers of the show also congratulated Mark on the impressive win on social media, writing: ‘Congrats Gavin, well played’<\/p>\n

‘Way to go Gavin on winning 100k.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

While Gavin did not win the largest ever jackpot on the show, it was one of the few triple-digit sums ever claimed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other three-figure winners include celebrity contestants\u00a0Rick Edwards and Shaun Williamson, who both won a staggering \u00a3120,000 for their chosen charities.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Beat The Chasers continues on Saturday at 9pm on ITV1 and is available to stream on ITVX.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mark Labbett stormed off stage during a dramatic episode of Beat The Chasers that saw ITV lose \u00a3100,000.\u00a0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[28745,118,18,117,19,17,2770,28748,28746,28747,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-37053","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-anne-hegerty","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-itv","15":"tag-mark-labbett","16":"tag-paul-sinha","17":"tag-the-chase","18":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}