Tipping Point viewers could not believe it when Ben Shephard asked the most ironic question ever on the show.
It came very awkwardly after a contestant called Megan had failed to correctly guess the answer to very easy question.
Host Ben asked the contestants: "Which planet in our solar system is the only one with intelligent life?"
Nick buzzed in straight away and answered: "Earth."
He was correct, but the question came at an awkward time given Megan's fail on the previous question.
Ben had asked: "Which reality TV series released a number of online mini episodes titled Fresh Out Of Essex?"
Megan buzzed in straight away, but then appeared to go totally blank and could not even offer a guess before the time ran out.
"Megan!" exclaimed a frustrated Ben.
"Oh Megan, it was The Only Way is Essex!"
Plenty of viewers took to Twitter, all to make the same joke.
One wrote: "#tippingpoint ironically on intelligence here".
"The irony of that intelligent life question" quipped another.
A third wrote: "Earth has intelligent life, present #tippingpoint contestants excepted".
"Earth the only place with intelligent life? Well the way things are, I don't know. It's debatable if there is any intelligent life anywhere," wrote a fourth.
Others added: "As always, this show is devoid of intelligence #TippingPoint" and: "That question was clearly wrong. Intelligent life on earth? This proves that to be untrue. #tippingpoint".
The show recently caused controversy when a contestant starred on it shortly after taking part in another ITV quiz show, Tenable.
One viewer tweeted a photo of Georgia on Tenable alongside a photo of her on Tipping Point.
They wrote: "Georgia who recently appeared on #Tenable now on today's #TippingPoint."
But some fans seem to think people should only be allowed to take part on one game show.
One ranted: "Same people on quizzes all the time UNFAIR #TippingPoint".
Another chipped in: "I could name a dozen people who have been on several quizzes and 95% of people don't even get a reply, Richard in my postcode has been on 12 quizzes UNFAIR #TippingPoint ".
* Tipping Point airs on weekdays on ITV at 4pm
