Watch the moment The Hit List star wins £10k jackpot for first time in show history with tricky music question

The Irish Sun

6 days ago

A CONTESTANT on The Hit List made show history by winning the £10,000 jackpot for the first time.
Hosted by Marvin and Rochelle Humes, the BBC music-based quiz launched in 2019.
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The Hit List contestants made history as the show's first £10,000 winners
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Marvin and Rochelle Humes have hosted the BBC music quiz since 2019
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The pair were delighted with their big win
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Since then, more than 250 contestant duos have hoped to win the show's top prize -only to fall short.
Father and son duo Paul and Tom, from Liverpool, walked away with the full £10,000 - achieving what had seemed impossible.
The high-pressure Final Chart Rundown sees contestants try and name 10 songs and artists.
After five seconds of each song has played, the
money
in the prize pot starts to drop.
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This means that players make less
money
the longer time they take.
However, dream Paul and Tom answered every one correctly in less than five seconds, therefore keeping every penny.
Events and marketing coordinator Tom, 26, and catering
business
owner Paul 61, share a love of music.
They credited their success to complementary music taste -Paul's love of 60s,70s,80s and Tom's knowledge of 90's and 00's.
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Meanwhile, the final song that secured them the
money
was the final song that won them the
money
was Queen, A Kind of Magic.
Reacting to the incredible achievement, Tom 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.
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"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.'
Paul said: "Tom inherited his love of music from me, we are big quizzers, and music is always our speciality subject.
"To get through to the final round was a big achievement as it was competitive game play throughout.
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"I would have been happy with £1,000 and a day out with my son.
"We weren't aware that no-one had won the jackpot before and as we got to song seven in the final round the tension in the studio was palpable.
"I was very proud of Tom for getting the song names in about three seconds."
The Hit List airs on BBC One and iPlayer.