A Co Down man has come away with a life-changing jackpot after his "cool and collected" win on ITV quiz show Beat The Chasers.
Saintfield father-of-two Brendan Burns won a massive £60k in The Chase spin-off series after showing his skill against five of the greatest quiz brains in the UK.
On Friday night's finale episode, after securing £3,000 in his cash-builder, Brendan faced off against Darragh Ennis, Jenny Ryan, Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace and Issa Schultz with a 16-second advantage.
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Speaking to Belfast Live, Brendan said that it was actually his seven-year-old son that encouraged him to take the leap and apply to the quiz show.
Brendan said: "At dinner times, we would watch The Chase and I would get quite a lot of the questions right and they would say 'daddy you could beat that chaser'.
"I was sitting in work one day and I decided to just apply - it was October/November time and then I had a phone interview with a quiz at the end of that.
After screen tests, Skype auditions and further quizzes until January, Brendan was selected to go on the show.
"I was sick with nerves on the day - just before recording you are in a green room with five other contestants in separate green rooms not allowed to talk to each other for an hour before recording.
"I was the last person to be called up in the recording so I was so nervous, especially when they called the fourth person and I knew I was next.
"There was an old lady from Cornwall sitting beside me and they were asking me was I alright, properly looking after me," he explained.
Brendan's £60k prize was the biggest win of the series and he had no idea that his time on the show would be the finale slot.
He continued: "I'm so surprised at how calm I came across because I really was nervous.
"I'm getting messages left, right and centre and it's lovely to see - they told me to lock down my social media feeds because it is likely that people will say not very nice things about you but it has been so positive."
On the show, he revealed his intentions to take his wife to Nashville if he won big but he now has his sights set on buying a family home with his well-earned winnings.
"We will get a holiday, it may not be to Nashville, but there will be a holiday and house bought as well," Brendan added.
"My son's pushing me on now," he laughed. "There's a list of quizzes that I need to go onto now so I will have to start applying for other things."
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