So who has lost the most? Despite only being in 399 episodes, it's
Analysing success rates and the number of questions answered per minute in more than 1,800 episodes and 13 years since the show began, the quiz show newbie Darragh Ennis - aka 'The Menace' - is the best chaser of the six with an overall 80 per cent winning streak. However, he has only appeared in 40 episodes to date.
The Chase's Mark Labbett has revealed the secrets behind his incredible 10 stone weight loss. Known as The Beast on the hit ITV show, 57-year-old Mark looked almost unrecognisable as he appeared on This Morning to talk about his impressive transformation.
The Chaser who is statistically easiest to beat is Shaun Wallace, with the barrister having the lowest win record out of all six Chasers.
In nearly 2,000 episodes, the Chasers have lost a whopping £9,774,051 to teams. In a table of 14 teams, the largest prize pot was £100,000, two teams have won £90,000, two teams won £80,000, and eight teams have bagged £75,000 each. Anne Hegerty, Jenny Ryan and Darragh Ennis made the list once.
Paul was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in May 2019, and has spoken publicly about his illness to fans on multiple occasions via his social media accounts.
Issa Schultz (born 1 March 1984) is an English-born Australian television quiz personality best known for being one of the "chasers" on The Chase Australia, where he is nicknamed "The Supernerd".
The study revealed that Shaun Wallace – otherwise known as the Dark Destroyer – is the Chaser who has been defeated the most times. Wallace has a victory average of 75.1%, which is still quite impressive, but puts him at the bottom of the ranking when compared to his fellow Chasers.
Best Chaser: Anne Hegerty
Anne has the best win % and only 1 loss!
The 56-year-old star confirmed to fans in March that a new line-up for the show had been selected and he would not be part of it. Mark shared his disappointment online, and when asked by a fan if he was not reappearing due to contact reasons, he said: “No they just didn't renew me. No reason was offered.”
He said he completely changed his diet due to battling diabetes and said that played a part of his weight loss. 'I think the diabetes may have helped because I eat a lot less. I drink a lot more fluids,' he said about his weight loss. 'And looking after a five year old during lockdown didn't help.
The Chase star Mark Labbett said cutting out two food groups has helped him lose 10 stone. The 57-year-old appeared on This Morning last week and talked about his weight loss. Speaking about his diet, Mark said that cutting down on sugar and carbohydrates has been the key to his "complete nutrition overhaul".
Chaser Mark, 57, who stars as quiz master The Beast on the ITV show, has lost a staggering 10 stone within the last couple of years.
Darragh Ennis, aka The Menace, comes out on top.
Dubbed “The Smiling Assassin”, Australia's youngest-ever Chaser, Mara Lejins, is just 27. She looks harmless - but she is ready to take down her contestants with a smile and a flip of her hair.
Jenny Alexis Ryan (born 2 April 1982) is an English quizzer, singer and television personality, best known as one of the six chasers on the ITV game show The Chase. In 2019, she competed in the ITV competition series, The X Factor: Celebrity, in which she placed third.
The Governess Anne Hegerty was replaced by Australian Chaser Issa Schultz on The Chase spin-off after she contracted Covid. But Issa, dubbed 'Supernerd' in Oz, didn't have the loudest debut on the show and often kept pretty quiet.
Coverdale is the Chaser who has lost the most money (almost $1.7 million), but he has also appeared in the second-highest number of episodes.
Introducing Dorjana Širola, the highest-scoring female player in the world.
It's been previously reported that she has an IQ of 154. This is said to be 6 points less than the late Stephen Hawking. The average IQ score is believed to be around 100. There has yet to be confirmation of the IQ scores of the Chasers, though Mark Labbett is said to have an IQ of around 151.
During the trip, Mark alongside fellow Chasers Anne Hegerty and Shaun Wallace, took an IQ test to see just how intelligent they were. It turns out that Mark has an IQ of 151, which puts him in the top 1 per cent of people.
Chasers. Appeared on several Australian quiz programs, including Million Dollar Minute where he won $307,000 in 2014, becoming the first grand champion of Pass the Buck where he won $38,788 in 2002.
But speaking exclusively to The Sun Online, Darragh explained it's all down to the TV schedules, and he isn't going anywhere any time soon.