COMEDIENNE Ellie Taylor missed out on the top £50,000 cash prize as she failed to guess one particular Celebrity Catchphrase brainteaser.
The Radio 2 DJ and Strictly Come Dancing alum, 41, fell at the final hurdle as she failed to fathom an athletics based conundrum in the last round.
Yet would you have gone one step further and got it right?
Ellie was joined by on Stephen Mulhern‘s ITV show by Paralympian Kadeena Cox and actor Adam James.
She told how she was competing on Celebrity Catchphrase to raise cash for the Spread a Smile charity.
The broadcaster and stand-up kept her cool as she reached the final Pyramid stage, correctly guessing answers including Beans on Toast, Ribcage and Bee Gees to clock up £25,000.
Yet it was the top box of the triangle that proved the sticking point.
It showed a man running around an athletics track, with a graph in hot pursuit.
The diagram featured an upward bent line and an arrow pointing to the runner yet, after a series of incorrect answers, Ellie ran out of time.
Host Stephen then revealed the correct response was “ahead of the curve.”
After her efforts he said: “Oh Ellie that was so exciting.
“That was unbelievable £25,000 and you made it to the top but you sadly ran out of time.
“But listen, forget about that.”
He then went on to detail the correct answer and said: “I know but listen who cares now, because you banked £6,300 earlier on.
“You’ve now just banked £25,000 so your your amazing charity you’re taking away £31,300.
“She did very well.”
Stephen Mulhern’s career so far
The presenter is a mainstay on various ITV shows, but how did he become one of Britain’s most well-known faces?
Stephen first gained an interest in magic and tricks from his father who taught him as a kid.
After performing at Butlins, he became the youngest member of the Magic Circle and even made an appearance on Blue Peter in a piece about Harry Houdini.
His career started in Children’s TV when he presenter the show Finger Tips in 2001.
After four years, he launched Tricky TV on CITV in 2005, which he presented until 2010.
During this time, he was handpicked by bosses to front the ITV2 spin-off for Britain’s Got Talent.
He presented Britain’s Got More Talent until the cancelation of the companion in 2019.
But it’s not all bad news for Stephen who is known for his duties on a number of quiz shows.
In for a Penny, a format originally launched on Ant & Dec‘s Saturday Night Takeaway was launched the same year.
Before, he was chosen by bosses to host Catchphrase in 2013 and has been fronting the show ever since.
Other huge shows he presented for ITV included Big Star’s Little Star, Rolling In It and the reboot of Deal Or No Deal.
He also made regular appearances on This Morning in ‘The Hub’ segment between 2011 and 2014.
After the Philip Schofield scandal rocked ITV, he was chosen to reunite with his former CITV co-star Holly Willoughby as the host of Dancing on Ice.
Recently, an EastEnders legend was also left stumped by a Celebrity Catchphrase riddle.
Ellie’s fellow comedienne Sue Perkins was also beaten by the boxes as she reached the final stages of the show.
Yet The Chase star Jenny Ryan showed off her game show prowess as she won her episode in record time.
Ellie’s Strictly triumph came after she left fans disappointed when she was forced to cancel a show at the last minute.
In March, she been due to perform a stand-up set, but a family emergency meant she had to scrap the show.
