FURIOUS Mastermind fans have slammed the BBC quiz show after branding one contestant’s specialist subject choice as “ridiculous”.
BBC quiz show Mastermind has come under fire yet again, with furious viewers blasting its “low standards” and demanding a rule change.
Fans reckon the show, hosted by Clive Myrie, has set the bar too low by allowing a subject that “only needed a few hours of binge-watching TV.”
This week’s specialist subjects – Henry II, Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple novels, Wales rugby test matches, and sitcom Friday Night Dinner – sparked outrage, with fans branding the final topic “hardly mastermind material” after contestant Gary smashed through the round with ease.
While Gary won some respect after acing his general knowledge questions to bag the win with 22 points, the controversy raged on.
Viewers slammed the show for veering away from its traditionally tough topics, which have ranged from Norse mythology to quantum mechanics.
With past subjects including Narnia, The Matrix films, and Robbie Williams‘ solo career, fans are fuming over what they see as a shift towards pop culture, claiming the show is now a “shadow of its former self.”
The show began in 1971 and requires contestants to sit in the famous black chair under the glaring spotlight and answer a series of questions.
The show’s creator, Bill Wright, drew inspiration from his experiences of being interrogated by the Gestapo during World War II, and the questions are supposed to be notoriously tricky due to this very reason.
But this isn’t the first time viewers have slammed the quiz show and its changes.
Viewers have previously questioned if the show has been “dumbed down.”
Fans pointed out that some questions were “too easy” after a viewer controversially took to X, formerly Twitter.
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“I’m not looking for University Challenge levels but it’s been dumbed down a lot.
“I haven’t watched Mastermind in years, but I just caught tonight’s show’s last couple of minutes. Has it been dumbed down?”
The questions the last contestant got wouldn’t have been out of place on Junior Mastermind.”