Hannah Mustralengo, a student from West Sussex, has hit back at critics, after she failed to impress on the ITV daytime quiz show, saying she’s anything but ‘dumb’.
Things didn’t get off to the best of starts for Hannah during the episode which aired last week.
When she told host Bradley Walsh that she was at Bath University studying French and Italian, all she could muster was ‘Bonjour’ and ‘Ciao’ when she was asked to say ‘Hello Brad, it’s a pleasure being on The Chase’ in both languages.
Things went from bad to worse for the 19-year-old when she was given the opportunity to wow us with her general knowledge in the Cash Builder round, but failed to get a single question right.
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But now Hannah has broken her silence over the criticism she received, telling The Argus that she received good GCSE grades and a Gold Duke Of Edinburgh award.
Despite her apparent lack of general knowledge, Hannah still made it through to the Final Chase and took home £2666 - her share of the £8000 prize fund.
"She was shaking, she was petrified,” Bradley explained. “I just said to her as we were going to the next part of the show 'if you want to go for zero, go for zero'."
He added that he was "thrilled" for her after she took home a share of the cash prize.
'The Chase': 9 Facts In 90 Seconds
'The Chase': 9 Facts In 90 Seconds(01 of08)
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1. ‘The Chase’ has become a global hit with versions of the show now appearing on television screens in the Russia, China, Croatia, Germany, Norway, Serbia, Turkey and the US. (credit:ITV)
'The Chase': 9 Facts In 90 Seconds(02 of08)
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2. Three hour-long episodes of ‘The Chase’ are filmed back-to-back each day, with each episode taking around two hours to record. (credit:ITV)
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3. Mark Labbett, aka The Beast, is the only Chaser to appear on more than one version of the show. As well as the British series he can also be seen taking on American contestants on ‘The Chase USA’. (credit:ITV)
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4. The newest Chaser, Jenny 'The Vixen' Ryan was recommended by fellow Chaser Anne 'The Governess' Hegerty. The pair are on the same quiz league team. "I’m the captain so I get to boss her around," Jenny revealed. (credit:ITV)
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5. Back in 2013, Twitter was all of a fluster after Chaser Paul Sinha won the final chase even though many viewers believed he had run out of time before fully answering the final question, as this picture appears to prove. The finalists ended up missing out on a prize fund of £53,000. Ouch. (credit:Twitter)
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6. Chaser Anne ‘The Governess’ Hegerty might be the top performing Chaser AND hold the rank of Grandmaster in the UK quiz rankings (yes, this is a thing), but she’s only 40th in the World Quizzing Championships rankings, which is a whole 9 places lower than fellow chaser Paul Sinha. (credit:ITV)
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7. Spoiler alert! The Chasers are given a little help from a scriptwriter with the witty lines they dish out to the contestants and host Bradley Walsh, but they’re just suggestions and are never set in stone, as much of the banter which comes across on screen is ad libbed. (credit:ITV)
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8. Chaser Shaun Wallace (who is a barrister by day) won the 2004 series of ‘Mastermind’. His specialist subject in the final was FA Cup Finals. (credit:ITV)