Who Wants To Be A Millionaire host Jeremy Clarkson was left visibly speechless after one contestant showed she had the quickest response time ever seen on the ITV programme.
Tonight's episode, Sunday 9 October, sees six new contestants ready to compete to earn £1m. However, they first have to earn that place opposite host Clarkson by winning the 'Fastest Finger First'.
All six contestants were asked to put four birds in order from the heaviest to the lightest weight.
The options were ostrich, hummingbird, blackbird and chicken. Half the contestants answered the question correctly, which is ostrich, chicken, blackbird, hummingbird.
Yet it was contestant Michelle Brook who answered the question in a speedy 0.74 seconds. As the audience applauded, Jeremy was initially speechless. However the 62-year-old presenter quickly responded: "I can't believe that, 0.74 seconds, that's less than a second.
"We've established that your fingers work very well, but what about this?" before he pointed to his brain.
Contestant Michelle shrugged off her speedy answers, as she replied: "Hopefully the adrenaline will help, we'll see how we go."
Whilst it wasn't officially announced on the show, Michelle's speedy answer in 0.74 seconds is the fastest ever response on the quiz show. The previous record was held by another contestant Jonathan Pash who held the UK title having set a time of 0.97 seconds in May 2008.
Whilst Michelle's answer was speedy, it doesn't quite beat the official world record. That record goes to Emilia Busquets, who answered Fastest Finger First on the Spanish version of the show in an unbelievable 0.06 seconds in November 1999.
Host Jeremy Clarkson took over presenting Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in 2018, replacing former host Chris Tarrant. Clarkson was well known for his long-running stint as presenter of BBC's Top Gear.
He's also won over fans in his Amazon Prime Video reality show Clarkson’s Farm, which aired in 2021. The programme showed the ups and downs of Clarkson trying to get to grips with British farming life, and won over viewers.
Updates on the second season have been slowly trickling in, with Jeremy providing hints on his Instagram, giving clues at what may be happening in season 2.
The Grand Tour presenter has also just published his second farm book, Diddly Squat: ‘Till the Cows Come Home, following Clarkson’s life on the farm after the series.
