I was on The Chase – ITV bosses made a surprising demand and we had a ‘fake round’ before filming even started
A CONTESTANT on The Chase has revealed the surprising demand made by ITV bosses during filming.
Fertility therapist Nicola Crawley starred on the show in 2023 and brought a whopping £8,000 back to the table.
Opening up about backstage secrets to FruitySlots.com, the 50-year-old said: “Production staff advised us to stay off social media for a few days after our episode aired.
“They warned us about trolls and how they can be quite personal.
“I did look online because I was curious and actually only saw positive comments.”
After beginning the day at around 8am, contestants are taken to the green room by producers who ask trial questions to get used to the format.
Nicola added: “We were told to bring five outfits and they inspected them to make sure no one clashed or was wearing anything with a logo or something offensive.
“We had to do our hair and make-up before but we got it touched up again.
“We started filming at 10 am and were done by midday.
“I did really well in the cash builder round and got eight of the questions right, but then I went to the table with £8000 and was playing against Paul Sinha.
“I really struggled in that round and only answered about two questions right.
“I wasn’t invited back for the final round but I had a great time overall.”
Host Bradley Walsh surprised Nicola by being totally different behind the scenes.
She explained: “He came on to the set and went straight to speak to a runner.
“He didn’t look at the contestants at first but then came over to us.
“He placed his hand on the desk and said: ‘You’re the best pub quiz team in the land and I’m your fifth member. Let’s smash this’.
“He also said: ‘Don’t call me Bradley, it’s not Sunday’. He wanted us to call him Brad.
“No, he’s quite different when the cameras stop rolling. He’s naturally very funny but between takes, he was just taking calls and drinking coffee. He was quite quiet.”