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Sophie Buchan

Scottish player on The Chase racks up £8k before losing out on tricky question

The Chase returned to our screens this week - and last night viewers saw one Scottish player make his way to the very final.

Taking to the spotlight last was Alan from North Ayrshire who tunes pianos for a living in his hometown as well as Glasgow. And talking about who he has tuned for, he name dropped the likes of Tony Bennett and Coldplay.

Alongside the Scots man, Suzi from London, Theo originally from Denbighshire and Fey from Gateshead all worked together in a bid to get to the final, and of course, take home the cash prize.

Host Bradley Walsh welcomed the four new players for the first episode of the new week on STV's - or ITV if you're outside of Scotland - and taking them on was Chaser Darragh 'The Menace' Ennis.

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The Scottish player managed to score an impressive £8,000 in the cash-builder with the Chaser saying that his performance was "like one of your pianos - finely tuned and grand."

Having been offered £1,000 as his lower offer and £62,000 as his higher offer, Alan stuck with his £8,000 with Darragh adding he was "too good" for the lower option. During the second-half of the show, Alan explained one of the answers with Bradley joking "right you two swap" as he pointed to the Scots man and the Chaser.

Alan was praised by the Chaser and Bradley. (STV)

Thankfully he managed to get home alongside Fey with a total of £12,000 between them. Sadly however, they only managed to rack up 11 points with Chaser Darragh catching them with 57 seconds on the clock after they answered some obvious questions wrong - including a question mentioning cycling and 'Down Under' in refence to the Below Deck series with Alan answering that it was set in Scotland.

Before the final chase one said: "Well done, Alan. They’ve got a good chance here."

Another added: "Alan's come to win money, Fey's just happy to be there."

"Fey was positively salivating with Alan's knowledge and score" said a third.

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