ITV Beat the Chasers: Who is The Supernerd Issa Schultz and where is The Governess Anne Hegerty?
16.05.2022 - 23:21
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The Chase is a hit amongst ITV viewers every day but that intensity on the weekday show is nothing compared to its primetime counterpart, Beat the Chasers. Bradley Walsh will be back to host the brand new series which starts on Monday night (May 16).
The quiz show spin-off sees the brave contestants given the option of playing multiple Chasers for increasing amounts of money, but with a decreasing time advantage against them. It all starts with a Cash Builder round where they're faced with five multiple-choice questions where, for each correct answer, contestants are awarded £1,000.
The players are then given the choice of going up against two, three, four, five or all six Chasers with their potential jackpot getting higher each time. And there's also the return of the Super Offers, which were introduced last series, and gives the contestants the potential to land hundreds of thousands of pounds if they ace the Cash Builder round and can answer all five questions correctly.
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But those tuning into the new series, which airs every night this week on ITV at 9pm, will see an unfamiliar face joining the line-up and one missing.
Shaun 'The Dark Destroyer' Wallace, Paul 'The Sinnerman' Sinha, Darragh 'The Menace' Ennis, Jenny 'The Vixen' Ryan and Mark 'The Beast' Labbett are all taking part and they'll be joined by Issa Schultz, aka The Supernerd, as a new Chaser. She is regular on The Chase Australia and has stepped in for Anne Hegerty.
The Governess won't be appearing in the upcoming episodes, having tested positive for COVID a day before filming began. An ITV spokesperson said at the time: "Unfortunately,