28-06-2025
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- Edinburgh Live
ITV The Chase's Paul Sinha makes unexpected dig at rival game show BBC's Pointless
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The Chase star Paul Sinha didn't hold back when it came to making a dig at the expense of BBC's Pointless.
The hit ITV game show returned for another celebrity special this evening, Saturday, June 28, with Bradley Walsh leading the proceedings as always.
The host was joined by Cherry Healey, Dallas Campbell, Ria Hebden, and Robert Peston as they took on the Chaser, Paul Sinha, with Cherry's knowledge being tested first.
She made a great impression on her fellow contestants, the audience, and Bradley, who congratulated her and shared that she got a very respectable eight questions right.
This means that she would be in with a chance of adding £8,000 to the jackpot from the get-go if she could get past the Chaser which turned out to be former doctor Paul Sinha.
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The professional quizzer seemed to also be impressed by how well Cherry did, so much so that he couldn't help but take a swipe at another game show.
Paul said: 'What an excellent performance that was. And it's just as well you're making your quiz debut here rather than on the BBC.'
Going on to make a dig at the series' format, he quipped: 'If you go on Pointless and get eight questions correct, you'd be on your way to £8.'
As Cherry laughed at the remark, Bradley was heard off-screen agreeing, 'Quite right'.
BBC's Pointless, hosted by Alexander Armstrong, sees contestants try to figure out what are the most obscure answers to a series of questions which are right but not commonly known.
So unlike a lot of shows, the least popular answer is the best on Pointless.
Armstrong hosted the BBC series alongside Richard Osman for 13 years before he decided to quit to pursue his writing career.
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Cherry managed to beat the Chaser in her round and so did the rest of the guests including journalist Robert Peston, who brought back a whopping £82,000.
This brought their grand total to a staggering £100,000 for the final round, where they would take on The Sinhaman together.
The team was quick to correctly answer 23 questions and after a number of pushbacks for Paul getting his questions wrong, they were able to win the prize fund.
Each of the famous faces walked away with £25,000 for the individual charities, which included Lupus UK and Speakers for Schools.
The Chase airs weekdays at 5pm on ITV and ITVX.
