“£97,000. 5 FINALISTS. 30 SECONDS… AND EVERYONE CRASHED OUT.” On The 1% Club, five contestants survived a brutal field of 100 players and stood one question away from a massive £97,000 jackpot. Then came the nightmare: a twisted balloon puzzle involving just 3 missing letters. Sounds easy… until the countdown starts. One guessed U-R-L. Another tried U-N-C. Others changed answers at the last second… but all 5 players failed. Seconds later, host Lee Mack revealed the answer. £97,000 gone. Just like that. Now the real question: sitting at home, would YOU have solved it before the clock hit zero?

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The 1% Club players LOSE out on HUGE £97k prize on tricky balloon question – but could you get it right?

Five contestants faced the 1% Question but they were unable to get it right

THE 1% Club players have lost out on a huge £97k prize due to a tricky balloon question – but could you have got it right?

The popular ITV game show tests the audience’s common sense and logic, rather than general knowledge.

Game show screen with a question about balloons and the word "CONGRATULATIONS" spelled out in gold balloon letters.
The 1% Club players have lost out on a huge £97k prize due to a tricky balloon question – but could you have got it right?
Comedian Bob Mortimer on a game show.
Host Lee Mack revealed that none of the contestants had got the answer correct

On tonight’s episode, Lee Mack was back with more quiz questions aimed to stump the 100 players in the game.

By the final question, only five remained and they had to face a question only a reported 1% of the UK would be able to answer.

Host Lee asked: “When Vince announced his engagement, his friends decided to buy him some celebratory balloons.

“His Best man only bought the balloons to spell Stag Location but Vince’s other friends insisted he go out and buy the additional balloons to spell Congratualtions.

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“What were the other three balloon letters he needed to buy for them to be able to display the word Congratulations?”

With time running against them, the five remaining players had to tell Lee out loud what their answer was.

Simon replied, U, R and L but explained he had been rushing and might have got it wrong.

Nicholas replied U, R and O but said he could then see the answer and knew he was wrong.

Sam then replied U, N and C while Jenna said T, R and U.

Finally, Kit revealed he had put R, U and T.

Unfortunately neither of the players got the correct answer and Lee bid them all goodbye after revealing the answer was R, U, N.

Viewers took to social media and one wrote: “Gutted that all 5 failed to get it. Hate that. #The1PercentClub.”

Another said: “As with many of these, it wasn’t hard while sat on me sofa, but I suspect my brain would scramble in the studio.”

While a third wrote: “A bit gutting no one got the 1% question right but at least Kit has his £1,000 everyone played really well again and it was another great show tonight see you again next Saturday.”

Meanwhile, last week a contestant made history on the show as the first contestant ever to walk away with the full £100,000 prize pot.

As Lee revealed she had taken home the win, Maccisha clapped her hand over her mouth in shock as the studio turned gold in celebration.

The question was: “What is the lowest number that replaces the question mark in this sequence?”

The three contestants then were shown:

  • 1+2 = one
  • 2+2 = four
  • 3+2 = three
  • 3+3 = eleven
  • 4+3 = ??

School teacher Maccisha guessed correctly that the answer was fifteen.

A quiz show question on a dark stage with a blue light design, asking to identify three letters needed to spell "CONGRATULATIONS" if "STAG LOCATION" is already spelled.
With the clock ticking down the five contestants revealed their answers out loud
A multiple-choice question asking what three letters are needed to complete the word "CONGRATULATIONS," with the answer R, U, and N.
Lee revealed the correct answer to the question was R, U and N and unfortunately no-one won

The 1% Club is available to watch on ITVX.