17 Contestants Were Wiped Out By A Question That Looked Almost Impossible To Get Wrong—And The Jackpot Shot From £12,000 To £29,000. The 70% Question Appeared To Be Nothing More Than A Quick Test Of Concentration. Contestants Were Given Numbers From 1 To 61 And Just 30 Seconds To Identify The Single Number Missing From The Sequence. No Specialist Knowledge Was Needed. No Complicated Calculation Was Involved. Yet When The Clock Hit Zero, 17 Players Had Given The Wrong Answer. The Result Immediately Changed The Game, Adding £17,000 To The Jackpot In One Brutal Sweep. Even Lee Mack Looked Taken Aback As The Prize Pot Suddenly Jumped From £12,000 To £29,000. Then Viewers Saw The Answer….

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The 1% Club: Difficult Numbers Question Leaves 17 Players Stumped

A numbers question on ITV’s The 1% Club proved far harder than expected, with 17 contestants eliminated after failing to identify the missing number.

Presented by Lee Mack, the weekend primetime game show puts contestants through a series of riddles and puzzles rather than testing traditional general knowledge.

The 100 players must rely on logic, reasoning and common sense, with only 30 seconds to solve each question. As the rounds progress, contestants are gradually eliminated.

Number puzzle: Find the missing number from 1 to 61.

Each player who leaves adds £1,000 to the prize pot, giving those who survive a chance to compete for a potentially substantial jackpot and a place in the prestigious 1% Club.

Can you spot the missing number?

Screenshot of the 17 Out game show set.

Lee, 56, reached the show’s 70% question, which challenged the contestants with a deceptively simple numbers puzzle.

He asked: “Here is a range of numbers from 1 to 61. What is the missing number?”

The screen displayed the numbers in a brightly coloured box, with the rainbow of colours making the arrangement appear slightly jumbled.

As the contestants concentrated on finding the answer, Lee joked about the pressure of hosting the show.

“If you find this stressful, think about the pressure I’m under,” he said.

He then added: “In a minute I’ve got to pretend my surprise that some of you got it wrong.”

The missing number was 29. Surprisingly, 17 contestants failed to identify it correctly and were eliminated.

17 players leave in one round

Screenshot of a game show question: What is the missing number in the sequence from 1 to 61? The answer 29 is shown.

Lee appeared genuinely surprised when the result was revealed, while audible gasps could be heard from the audience.

“Woah. Quite a lot that time, we lost 17 of you,” he remarked.

He repeated the answer to make clear just how many players had been caught out by the puzzle.

“It’s 29. We lost 17 players there,” he said.

The mass elimination had a significant effect on the jackpot. With £1,000 added for every contestant knocked out, the prize jumped from £12,000 to £29,000 in a single round.

Screenshot of a game show displaying a prize of £29,000.

Would you have managed to spot 29?

The 1% Club is available to watch on ITV1 and stream on ITVX.