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Sophie McCoid

ITV The Chase contestant bears striking resemblance to comedian

A contestant on The Chase had viewers doing a double take tonight as they were convinced he was comedian Lee Mack.

Barry, 43, chatted to host Bradley Walsh about his love of singing and obsession with karaoke.

The Essex account manager managed to get £6,000 in his cash builder as he turned to face The Vixen, Jenny Ryan, who was the Chaser on tonight's episode, which was a repeat.

Despite saying to his team all game that he was going to go high, when push came to shove he opted to play for the middle offer of £6,000.

He said: "For the team I'm going for the £6,000 to get back."

But viewers at home couldn't get past Barry's resemblance to comedian Lee and many took to social media to point it out.

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Lee Heedviking said: "Barry looks like comedian Lee Mack."

Marten Howay said: "He may look like Lee Mack, but that doesn’t mean he’s Not Going Out in the head-to-head."

Bobby McG said: "Cross between Lee Mack and Peter Kay?"

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@Misslionheart said: "Lee Mack is up next."

Despite a promising start Barry was knocked out by The Chaser after tripping up on a question about American sports teams.

*The Chase continues at 5pm on ITV tomorrow

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