A player on tonight’s show told Lee: “his is the one thing I didn’t want to happen”
A player on tonight’s show told Lee: “his is the one thing I didn’t want to happen”
A player on The 1% Club told host Lee Mack “don’t even go there”, after she was eliminated in the first round. The popular ITV show, hosted by Lee Mack, puts players logic and common sense to the test rather than general knowledge, offering a top prize of £100,000.
One hundred contestants start with £1,000 each, aiming to win the top prize by answering increasingly difficult questions starting with a question that 90% of a survey got right, and working down to a question that only 1% got right.
Contestants have 30 seconds to lock in answers via a tablet. Incorrect answers eliminate players, adding their £1,000 to the potential £100,000 prize pot.
After the first and easiest question, Lee scanned the audience to learn which players were eliminated. Sue Bond was one of 10 and told the host “don’t even go there”, before he had a chance to speak.
Sue said: “I’m gutted. This is the one thing I didn’t want to happen. Can we start again?” Lee said: “For someone who didn’t want to go there you’ve got a lot of internal monologue going on.”
A flustered Sue fumbled her sentences before adding: “Aw no. I’m going home.” Lee joked she wasn’t going anywhere as she was obligated to remain seated for the remainder of the programme.
After being quizzed on why she applied for the show, Sue answered: “I sit at home on my bed watching it and when someone gets the first question wrong I go ‘you don’t even deserve to be there, how can you get that wrong?’ And I’ve just gone and done it myself.”
Lee said: “I’ll tell you what, I wish you were calmer.” Sue runs ladies’ retreats in North Wales with the aim of helping guests relax. Lee joked her career was ironic given her flummoxed expressions.
In an interview with the Liverpool Echo, Lee explained the mental technique he relies on to calm his nerves before gigs—telling himself he’ll never see the audience again.
It’s also why he refuses to perform in his hometown of Southport. “You can’t say that if your auntie Gladys is in”, he joked. Liverpool, the closest he comes to a hometown show, still makes him anxious because he often bumps into people from his past as he leaves the venue.
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- ITV
