Helen Flanagan angered BBC viewers after getting a simple question wrong on The Wheel.
The gameshow, hosted by veteran funnyman Michael McIntyre, sees contestants hoping to win a stack of money by relying on celebrities for answers to general knowledge questions. A staple of the BBC’s Saturday night schedule, the gameshow is watched by millions, with a host of famous faces taking on the challenge each week.
On Saturday (November 9), the show once again returned to our screens and host Michael was thrilled to welcome a new batch of celebrities to his gameshow. Among these was former Celebs Go Dating star, Helen.
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During the show, Michael paused the game in order to introduce the Money Spinner round, a bonus round to boost contestant’s savings by a comfy £1,000 per correct answer. If every celebrity gets their question right, they can help add a total of £10k to the total prize fund.
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In the hilarious episode, host Michael said that the mystery category would be on the military, with each celebrity being required to give the name of a rank within the British Army. Kicking things off was boxer Tony Bellew, who passed his turn with ease.
After Tony easily got his question right, other celebs – including Anton du Beke, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Richard Osman – all helped to top up the prize fund. However, when the time came for I’m A Celebrity legend Helen, she was less than confident in giving her answer.
Going blank in the moment, she blurted out the response: “Army?” Michael, shocked at her answer, hit back: “Army is not correct, I’m so sorry Helen.”
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Helen herself apologised to the contestant admitting that she “didn’t know” any other ranks, before getting flustered. “I’m so hot!” she said, “I got so red, I really didn’t know. As soon as you said it, I was just like, ‘Wow, no idea.'”
But viewers watching the chaos unfold were not impressed with Helen’s lack of military knowledge and took to social media to vent their frustrations. One bemused fan penned: “Oh Helen, Army isn’t an answer haha.”
A second cruelly added: “Helen, proving her skills lie elsewhere.” Whilst a third was left stunned at her poorly thought answer: “Oh Helen…. what was that???? That was £6k banked there.”
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Luckily for contestant Tiago, the £6k that was lost in the Money Spinner round was quickly replenished when he won a whopping £82k thanks to the help of This Morning star Josie Gibson. The former Big Brother winner was roped in to help Tiago with his final round.
Josie initially was uncertain about the final answer to the question and gingerly gave her answer to Tiago. However, Tiago put his faith in the ITV presenter and it paid off, landing him the massive cash prize.
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