Good morning.
Who among us has not, slumped on the sofa in our pyjamas, passively watched a contestant blow it on The Chase and thought: I could do better than this.
Mariane Léveillé certainly did. In 2000, the French-Canadian applied to be on a quizshow, smashed her audition and soon discovered “it was so exciting to be on set, answering quickfire questions. I didn’t care about being on TV … It was just such an adrenaline rush to hit that buzzer and get the answers right.”