WHO Wants To Be A Millionaire viewers were left shocked after a contestant missed out on the chance to win £875,000 after making a series of silly mistakes. 

One question in particular tripped her up – but did you know the right answer?

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During Sunday’s episode (October 6), host Jeremy Clarkson welcomed a new group of contestants who hoped to bag their shot at becoming a millionaire. 

Jackie Lynch from Bayswater was first to step up to challenge – but ITV viewers were quick to criticise her performance. 

She initially sailed through the competition, although she used up her lifelines in the first few rounds. 

But as her confidence increased, it seemed like Jackie would do well as she continued to climb the money ladder.

By the time she reached £125,000 unscathed, Jackie decided to use her safety net, meaning that prize money was in the bag. 

But she was tripped up by the next question, with no lifelines left. 

Jeremy asked: “Dubbed the ‘Fight of the Century,’ Floyd Mayweather’s 2015 boxing match against which opponent was the highest-grossing in history?”

He then read out the multiple choice answers which were: “A: Oscar De La Hoya, B: Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, C: Manny Pacquiao or D: Conor McGregor.”

As Jackie realised this would have been a good question for her friend who she already phoned, she admitted she can’t go any further. 

Before revealing that she would have guessed De La Hoya, Jackie firmly said that she was not going to guess and will take the money instead.

The correct answer was Manny Pacquiao.

Jackie’s decision to take the money and quit the competition meant she missed out on her chance to bag a further £875,000. 

And viewers thought she could have done this if she hadn’t used up her lifelines on the earlier questions. 

Taking to X, formerly Twitter, to voice their fury over the episode, one fan raged that Jackie “made an expensive mistake” using her lifelines too early in the show. 

“She could have gone all the way if she used the lifelines smarter,” said another.

While a third fumed: “And this is why you shouldn’t waste your lifelines on easy questions.”

“3 lifelines wasted,” agreed another, while a fifth ITV viewer moaned: “Well, that was a very expensive lesson.”

Viewers were particularly annoyed that Jackie chose to ask the audience for help on a pop culture question, which they felt she should have easily been able to answer. 

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“Which singer was played by Austin Butler in a 2022 film?” Jeremy asked for £8,000. 

Jackie visibly groaned as the TV host read the question and gave her the answers: “A: Elvis Presley, B: Bruce Springsteen, C: Kurt Cobain, D: Axl Rose.”

“I saw the film. I just couldn’t be sure who played him,” she admitted, before thanking the audience for their help. 

The audience’s participation helped Jackie advance much further into the competition before she stumbled on the boxing question – but did you know the answer?

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Big Brother viewers have taken issue with the crop of housemates selected for this year’s instalment of the reality show.

During the live launch on 6 October, the show’s hosts Will Best and AJ Odudu introduced a new group of 16 housemates in front of a studio audience.

However, fans were quick to complain that the housemates seemed like they had been auditioned from a “university dorm” since the majority of the cast are in their twenties.

One viewer joked online that ITV accidentally “approved a list of Love Island applicants as Big Brother contestants”, referring to the channel’s popular reality dating show that features contestants between 20 and 30.

Another person asked: “Where are the older housemates?! Where are the people of different classes?”

The oldest housemate is 53-year-old aesthetics business owner Emma, who is the only person on the series over the age of 40. The second oldest housemate is 38-year-old forensic psychologist Ali, followed by Dean, a 35-year-old barber.

Another person added: “This cast are giving All Bar One on a Saturday night.”

Last year’s contestant Henry Southan wrote on X/Twitter. “More oldies please,” as another added, “Only ONE housemate over the age of 40.”

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Another said: “It needs more older people. Like Farida and Kerry from last year. It needs more diversity too and age gaps.”

Last year’s cast included 50-year-old makeup artist Farida, 40-year-old NHS manager Kerry, 39-year-old DJ Dylan.

One viewer added: “Launch night is always hard to make a judgement call but the lack of ages does make me think this series will pale compared to last year. There’s only four above the age of 30.”

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Aside from 53-year-old Emma, other contestants include a 24-year-old climate activist, a 23-year-old sales manager and a 26-year-old NHS administrator.

The youngest housemate is 20-year-old Lily, a Chinese takeaway server from Warrington. Lily said that if she wins, she wants to spend the prize money on “a party holiday to Ibiza with a private jet”. She said: “I just want to rinse it all because I wouldn’t have it anyway.”

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Joining Lily is 23-year-old Nathan who is a pork salesman from Dumfries, and he used to be Prince (and now King) Charles’s butler. Read more about this year’s housemates here.

The 2024 cast will be hoping to replicate the success of Jordan, the 26-year-old lawyer who walked away with the £100,000 cash prize in 2023.

Jordan, from Scunthorpe, was popular with fans for his deadpan humour and sarcastic comments. When he won, he simply declared: “I need a drink.”

The show initially made a comeback to screens for a reboot in 2023, having previously been cancelled by Channel 4 in 2010 and Channel 5 in 2018.

BIG Brother star Dean is already famous and has appeared on a TV show 10 years ago.

Many ITV viewers were quick to recognise barber Dean after he made his debut on last night’s launch show.

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The 35-year-old starred on Channel 4‘s The Island with Bear Grylls in 2014.

The reality television programme show participants placed on remote island as a test of their survival skills.

Dean lived completely alone as he filmed himself – with only the clothes he was wearing and equipped some basic tools and training.

Viewers saw him live on the uninhibited island of Isla Gibraleón, which is one of the Pearl Islands off the coast of Panama.

In one clip, he is seen chopping wood, as he jokes: “I’m a hairdresser and look what I’m doing now.”

Fast forward a decade on and Dean is hoping for a second chance at fame.

Before heading into the Big Brother house, he revealed why he had singed up to live in the famous pad.

“I’ve been a fan for the longest time. I’ve wanted to do it from the age of 11 and never had the confidence to do it,” he said.

“As I got older, I was still obsessed with the show and as soon as it came back it was ‘this is my time to apply’.

“I really want to have a great time and experience everything that Big Brother has to offer – the highs, the lows, the good, the bad, the fun, the not so fun. I want it all.”

He continued: “I’m going to bring good energy, good vibes, some fun, some love, some charismatic charm. I’m just going to be me and that’s the only thing I know how to do.”

Revealing what he’s most excited about, he said: “Just being in that environment. Heading to the diary room – I don’t know why I’m looking forward to that so much.

“And just seeing the iconic chair. Hearing Big Brother call my name. And being in an environment with other people that I would never normally meet in my life – that’s the whole point and I can’t wait for that.”

Dean also has big plans for the money.

He shared: “I’ve said from the beginning, if I won the money I would take a sabbatical, take six months off, probably take many holidays. I’d like to potentially start my own shop.

“I would also like to give some to my brother so I could give my nephew the best education possible.”

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Terminally ill BBC DJ Johnnie Walker has shared “a very sad announcement” with his listeners.

Walker, who has worked at the BBC since 1969, began his career at Radio 1 before moving to Radio 2 in 1998, where he currently hosts Sounds of the 70s and The Radio 2 Rock Show.

However, the DJ, who was previously told he should “prepare to die at any moment”, is officially retiring at the end of October due to his declining health.

Walker, 79, shared a message live on air on Sunday (6 October) during the latest episode of Sounds of the 70s, in which he told his listeners: “The struggles I’ve had with doing the show and trying to sort of keep up a professional standard suitable for Radio 2 has been getting more and more difficult.

“So I’ve had to make the decision that I need to bring my career to an end after 58 years. And so I’ll be doing my last Sounds of the 70s on 27 October.”

Walker said he will “make the last three shows as good as I possibly can”.

Back in June, the DJ suggested his popular radio show was keeping him alive, stating: “As long as I can keep doing the show I will. It gives me a purpose. If I stopped doing it I’d probably die a lot sooner.

Since Walker was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an inflation of the lungs, he has been presenting his radio shows from his home in Dorset.

Walker needs round-the-clock care and is being looked after, full-time, by his wife, Tiggy.

The couple opened up about Walker’s terminal illness on BBC Sounds podcast, Walker and Walker: Johnnie and Tiggy, in honour of Carers Week back in June.

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In the special, the DJ opened up about having “only a finite amount of time left here in the physical before I pass over”, calling it “a very reflective time for us”.

Walker, who was previously cared for by Tiggy when he was diagnosed with cancer shortly after their marriage in 2006, told his wife: “Here we are at the end of my life when you’re having to care for me all over again.”

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He said of Tiggy: “You definitely saved my life when I went through cancer. I’m positive I wouldn’t have made it without you. Your love was just so sustaining, it gave me so much to look forward to. And your caring for me now makes my life so much better.”

Tiggy said she has required help in “grieving” the life they had together, stating: “It’s only by going to the doctors and going on antidepressants that I have kept going because I was crying every single day and I was overwhelmed.”

She recalled how the couple were told by a consultant that Johnny should “prepare to go at any moment”, before adding: “Equally, you might be around for six months.”

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Tiggy said she “internally thought, ‘Oh my goodness, how can I keep up this level of caring for six months?’ Because it’s just about my own energy. Caring is hard”.

Walker said that at night Tiggy “very lovingly helps me get into bed and gives me a nice kiss good night, and then she has to wonder whether I’m still going to be alive in the morning, which must be pretty hard for her”.

Walker worked at Radio 1 from 1969 until 1976, when he had a dispute with his managers after describing successful group The Bay City Rollers as “musical garbage”.

He left the station for 11 years before returning to host his Saturday afternoon show The Stereo Sequence.