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Danielle Robertson

20-year-old The Chase winner makes history on last night's show

Eden Nash made history last night on ITV's The Chase, beating chaser Darragh Ennis and taking home £75,000.

The unemployed 20-year-old, from Bishop Stortford, was the only contestant left in the final round and bagged the win by getting 18 questions right.

Chaser Darragh, 40, then got several questions wrong handing the win to Eden and making him the show's biggest ever solo winner in terms of the cash prize, reports the Mirror online.

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Eden beat previous record-holder, Judith who won £70,000 on her own during the final round, back in 2019.

Eden stunned the show's presenter Bradley Walsh, who said: "I can't believe it! This is incredible, he's 20 years old and just won £75,000.

"It's the single highest win in daytime history."

Eden is clearly proud of the massive achievement and has changed his Twitter bio to reflect his win by penning: "The Chase...is on!"

He has also pinned a Tweet to the top of his profile - that he opened in December 2020 - which says: "The Chase? Completed it mate."

The message has been liked over 5,000 times and retweeted by 299 fans.

Eden's profile picture on the social media site shows him sitting on a bench overlooking a stunning view with a big black dog on a lead for company.

His banner snap shows him attending a wedding and he can be seen beaming alongside the bride dressed in a suave ensemble.

Eden appears to be an animal lover and often retweets messages calling for the ban of animal testing and he also seems to support Manchester United, as his timeline features memes from the club.

After winning the show, many people congratulated him online, with one fan saying: "Absolutely fantastic!! I was screaming at the telly!!

I watch The Chase every single day and this has to be my favourite episode!! Well done you deserved every penny so happy for you."

A second fan added: ""Smashed it more like. Well done, you were brilliant. We were roaring for you in our kitchen! Enjoy the money."

Chaser Darragh, also congratulated Eden on the show after his win saying: "You did very well, it was all about the pushbacks in the end."

The Chase airs weeknights at 5pm on ITV.

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