“100 PLAYERS. 30 SECONDS. 28 ELIMINATED BY ONE CHRISTMAS PICTURE.” A festive episode of The 1% Club turned into absolute carnage after an “easy” 80% question instantly wiped out more than a QUARTER of the contestants. The challenge? Spot the ONE missing item between two nearly identical Christmas scenes. Sounds simple… until the pressure hits. Then came the shock: 28 players crashed out at once, leaving host Lee Mack visibly stunned as the studio floor lit up with eliminations. One hidden mistake. One brutal countdown. And suddenly the game became a massacre before it had barely even begun.

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1% Club’s Christmas 80% pic question knocks out over a quarter of players leaving Lee Mack shocked – did you know it?

It isn’t the first time Lee has been stunned by a mass exit in the earlier stages of an episode

THE 1% Club’s festive 80% picture question knocked out over a quarter of players leaving Lee Mack shocked – but did you know it?

The ITV quiz show has been a huge success since it first launched in 2022.

A man in a suit jacket speaks at a podium.
The 1% Club’s festive 80% picture question knocked out over a quarter of players leaving Lee Mack shocked
A quiz show screen displays a question: "What is the only item which does NOT appear in both images?" Below are two side-by-side illustrations of a Christmas dinner scene with Santa, a snowman, and a reindeer.
Contestants had to work out what item doesn’t appear in both images
A game show set with a circular stage in the center, a host, and audience members seated in tiered rows.
28 people were caught out by the question

It has gone on to feature a number of specials, including the recent Rollover Week, a Soccer Aid special and of course – Christmas episodes.

In this festive edition of the show, host Lee was left gobsmacked after almost a quarter of players went out the competition in the early stages.

The 80% question was: “What is the only item which does NOT appear in both images?”

The contestants were then shown two images side by side of santa, a snowman, a reindeer sitting at a dinner table with a log fire behind them and snow falling outside the window.

After 30 seconds, the contestants had to lock in their answer, before Lee revealed how many had got it wrong.

As 28 appeared on the floor of the studio, a visibly surprised Lee said: “Wow. We’ve lost 28 on that one, let’s have a look at the answer.”

The screen then revealed the correct answer was that Santa’s legs were missing on the image on the right.

Lee then asked players what went wrong, and one replied that he “couldn’t see anything wrong with it.”

The result meant the prize pot was boosted to £29,000 at a very early stage in the episode.

It isn’t the first time Lee has been stunned by a mass exit in the earlier stages of an episode.

Lee asked the contestants: “How many of these dancers have their left leg in the air?”

Meanwhile, the screen featured a grid showing eight images of ballet dancers.

After time was up, Lee was gobsmacked to discover a whopping 22 people had been knocked out.

He quipped: “Wow, that is a massacre. We’ve lost 22 people.

Illustration of a Christmas spot-the-difference puzzle with two scenes of Santa, a reindeer, and a snowman at a dinner table.
The correct answer was Santa’s legs

“Were you lot listening when I said you had a pass?”

Ultimately, the right answer was four dancers – with Lee later pointing out the pictures.

A man stands at a podium in front of a large screen displaying a trivia question: "How many of these dancers have their left leg in the air?" Below the question are six images of ballerinas in various poses.
Lee was previously surprised to see 22 people go out on this 50% question

The 1% Club airs on ITV1 and is available on ITVX.