New The Chase star Darragh Ennis has spoken out about joining the ITV gameshow.
It was recently confirmed that a new Chaser would be joining Paul Sinha, Mark Labbett, Jenny Ryan, Anne Hegerty and Shaun Wallace on the team.
The Mirror exclusively confirmed on Wednesday the identity of the new quizzer on the team, as former contestant Darragh.
He'd been on the show in 2017 with viewers campaigning for justice for him, after he won a whopping amount of money - only for other contestants to dramatically decrease the amount in the pot.
Since the announcement, his new co-stars including Mark and Paul have applauded the new addition.
Darragh himself has also spoken out about his new job, sharing his "excitement" to get involved.
Taking to Twitter after the news broke, he revealed all about it.
He said: "I'm really excited to be the 6th chaser on #TheChase.
"I've been working hard on this for a while now and can't wait for my episodes to air. Well the ones I win anyway."
It seems Darragh may already have been filming with the show before filming was stopped, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Due to COVID-19 cases soaring in the UK and around the world, the country is currently on lockdown with restrictions in place.
The Chase, like other shows, halted filming new episodes, and currently re-runs are being broadcast on ITV.
Viewers were quick to praise the newcomer, but many were left fearing an original Chaser would be leaving as a result.
After being messaged about who he was replacing, Darragh cleared up any confusion and confirmed the team were all still there.
He said: "Nope, everyone is staying. I'm number 6."
The Chase airs weeknights at 5pm on ITV.
