Beat The Chasers is back for a week of special episodes but the show that aired on Monday, May 16, has left viewers confused. Fans were quick to take to Twitter to complain about a "brutal" Dirty Dancing question. Now Chaser Paul Sinha has stepped in to explain.
As a string of quizzers faced The Chasers hoping to bag the big cash prize on offer, the final challenger of the programme stepped forward. The last hopeful of the night, Steven, managed to beat the Chasers after choosing the option of taking three of them on for a chance to win a £25,000 prize.
However, fans were left puzzled as Bradley Walsh branded Paul's answer as incorrect. Bradley posed the question: "What Patrick Swayze film became a West End musical..." to which Paul buzzed in and answered: "Dirty Dancing!"
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Bradley then told Paul his answer was incorrect, reported the Mirror, continuing that the answer was in fact, Ghost. The Chasers were visibly shocked.
Fans also took to Twitter to vent their frustrations, insisting it couldn't be incorrect. One fan wrote: "How come Dirty Dancing wasn’t right?! #BeatTheChasers".
A second added: "Dirty Dancing is definitely a musical though? #BeatTheChasers," as a third person shared on social media: "The Patrick Swayze question isn’t that dirty dancing? #BeatTheChasers."
Paul took to Twitter after the episode aired to clarify why he was told he was wrong with his answer. "That was episode 1. When we're chasing the game, mistakes are made. But that Dirty Dancing/Ghost call was brutal. Just to clarify, the Swayze question hadn't finished."
One fan replied: "That’s what I thought! Patrick Swayze was the male lead in both films and Dirty Dancing is a musical in the West End ... I don’t understand!?" to which Paul then added: "There was going to be a year in the second part of the question."
The show aired without regular Chaser Anne Hegerty. Australian Chaser Issa Schultz - whose nickname is the Super Nerd - stepped in for Anne, The Governess, who was not on the show because she had Covid at the time of filming.
"I got a last-minute call to step into The Governess’s cold and chilly shoes. What a delight. It was close to 1am Brisbane time - I’m a night owl and my Australian boss said to the UK bosses: ‘Just call him, he’ll be up,'" he shared, "And then I was on the plane, I think it was close to 9am that very morning. As they say, the show must go on! I’d be foolish not to do it."
