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    Father-son duo are first to ever win BBC gameshow’s full jackpot

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    Cliff Notes – Father-son duo are first to ever win BBC gameshow’s full jackpot

    • Paul and Tom from Liverpool made history as the first contestants to win the full £10,000 jackpot on The Hit List after over 250 pairs attempted the feat in six years.
    • The duo correctly identified all ten songs in the endgame within five seconds, showcasing their extensive music knowledge.
    • Rochelle and Marvin Humes, the show’s hosts, expressed their surprise and excitement at the duo’s achievement, highlighting the competitive nature of the show.

    Father-son duo are first to ever win BBC gameshow’s full jackpot

    Rochelle and Marvin Humes co-host the BBC gameshow The Hit List (Picture: BBC/Tuesday’s Child)

    A father and son team have become the first contestants ever to win the full £10,000 jackpot on the game show The Hit List.

    More than 250 pairs of contestants have attempted to win the top prize on the BBC One show.

    But ahead of series eight launching on Saturday night, someone has finally done it after more than six years.

    The Hit List sees contestants hear excerpts of music and they have to name the song and the artist who sang it.

    In the show’s endgame, the prize money starts to drop after five seconds of music so the longer contestants take to answer, the less money they make. Contestants are also allowed to skip to a new song.

    Both Paul, 61, and Tom, 26, from Liverpool, managed to get every one of the endgame’s 10 songs right within five seconds, meaning they were able to scoop the full prize on offer.

    Tom, an events and marketing coordinator, said: ‘We’ve been watching The Hit List for years, this was our third time applying to be on the show, and it was third time lucky.

    Contestants hear excerpts of music and they have to name the song and artist (Picture: BBC)

    ‘We always knew that we’d go on together, as you need knowledge of music spanning all decades.

    ‘The two teams we were competing with were incredible, I couldn’t believe when we go through to the final round, the adrenaline was immense and obviously over the moon with the result.’

    The show, which began in 2019, is hosted by husband and wife presenting duo, Rochelle Humes and Marvin Humes.

    Marvin said: ‘I was starting to believe that it couldn’t be done, but they came and proved us wrong, after seven years I’ve seen so many attempts.

    ‘Tom and Paul were so in sync from the start I knew we were on to something special.’

    The winning duo guessed every song correctly on the show (Picture: BBC/ Tuesday’s Child)

    This comes after Rochelle and Marvin opened up about working together on The Hit List, explaining how they’re able to avoid any ‘domestics’ and quarrels while filming the game show together.

    While speaking to Metro, the superstar couple explained what it’s been like to work together on the show.

    Former The Saturdays singer Rochelle said that while it ‘could have ended up as a nightmare’, they have a lot of fun working together, adding that it’s ‘the show we’d be watching if we weren’t hosting it’ as it’s ‘real family Entertainment’.

    Marvin, who soared to fame as a member of JLS, also outlined the advantage of ‘working with the love of your life’, as it means that he feels he can be far more direct with his co-presenter.

    Viewers can watch all available episodes of The Hit List on BBC iPlayer.

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    Savanah is the Fashion news correspondent for WTX News. She has over 15 years experience in journalism and communications on a range of organisations, with roles that range from Reporting and Editorial to Brand Account Manager and production roles. She regularly writes features in Middle eastern Fashion and the latest trends coming through the world of fashion.

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