The next series of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? will see a contestant become the show’s first winner in 14 years.
The unnamed contestant will answer 15 questions correctly from the ITV quiz show’s famous hot seat to become the sixth champion.
Host Jeremy Clarkson said he was “in awe” and believed them to be the best entrant in the programme’s 22-year history.
This series was filmed without a studio audience due to Covid-19 and Government guidelines around social distancing.
Each contestant will still have four lifelines but they will be 50:50, Ask The Host and two opportunities to Phone A Friend.
Clarkson said: “Well, I’m absolutely thrilled and delighted that we’ve found someone who seems to know just about everything. I can’t wait for the viewers to see it and I want to watch it back too. It was a joy to sit and watch it unfold.”
Clarkson said the contestant “whizzed through the 15 questions and, all of a sudden, confetti was falling from the ceiling and I was saying, ‘You’ve just won £1million’.
“I wasn’t sure I’d ever get to utter those immortal six words and I’m not embarrassed to say, it was a little emotional but boy did it feel good.” In all, five contestants have previously won the £1million prize on the UK version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?.
Perhaps the most famous contestant was Major Charles Ingram, back in the news recently thanks to ITV drama Quiz.
Ingram “won” the grand prize but it was never paid out after he was accused of cheating in an infamous coughing scam.
●Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? returns to ITV in September.
