99 to Beat (British game show)
| 99 to Beat | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality game show |
| Based on | Homo Universalis by VRT, Primitives TV and De Chinezen |
| Presented by | Adam and Ryan Thomas |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Shinfield Studios |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Initial |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV1 |
| Release | 22 March 2025 – present |
99 to Beat is a British game show where 100 contestants are reduced each round until one person wins the cash prize.[1][2]
The show is hosted by Adam and Ryan Thomas. The first series was premiered on ITV on 22 March 2025.[2][3]
Format
99 to Beat is based on the Belgian TV format Homo Universalis, where 100 contestants compete over the course of an entire season, going head-to-head in a series of ability challenges, with the rule that the person that comes last in the challenge is out of the game show.
At the end of the challenge, the player that loses has to leave the competition, counting down from 100 to just 1.
The last contestant remaining wins the prize.
Contestants
| Contestant | Age | Occupation | Place | Last place in the challenge | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Oldfield | 45 | Cafe worker | 100th | Sit on an exercise ball blindfolded | Eliminated 1st on 22 March 2025 |
| Dilan Kurt | 22 | Barber | 99th | Slinky on your forehead | Eliminated 2nd on 22 March 2025 |
| Calvin Price | 40 | Psychic medium | 98th | Balance a drinks can at a 45° angle | Eliminated 3rd on 22 March 2025 |
| Caroline Baxter | 47 | Letting agent | 97th | Ping-pong ball on a spoon in your mouth | Eliminated 4th on 22 March 2025 |
| Adam | 31 | Firefighter Partner of Dani G |
85th-96th | Drainpipe bowling [a] | Eliminated 5th on 22 March 2025 |
| Andrew | |||||
| Bailie Buchanan | |||||
| Deb Jayaprakash | |||||
| Ed | |||||
| Jane Kutiwa | |||||
| Julie | |||||
| Kieran Turner | |||||
| Kyle Downie | |||||
| Pam | |||||
| Phill | |||||
| Robert Elwes | |||||
| Les Heyhoe | 67 | Retired administrator | 84th | Defrost a frozen T-shirt | Eliminated 6th on 22 March 2025 |
| Lisa Jane [b] | 50 | Beautician | WD | Withdrew on 22 March 2025 | |
| Yae | 30 | Office administrator | 83rd | Extract a £2 coin from a piggy bank | Eliminated 7th on 22 March 2025 |
| Jodie Crees [c] | Wife of Michael | WD | Withdrew on 22 March 2025 | ||
| Michael Crees [c] | 40 | Racing driver Husband of Jodie | |||
| Janet Thompson | 50 | Receptionist | 82nd | Guess the weight of a llama | Eliminated 8th on 29 March 2025 |
| Tony | 77 | Retired retail manager | 81st | Fit sticky tape in a lunchbox | Eliminated 9th on 29 March 2025 |
| Paul Mason | 63 | Retired civil servant | 80th | Retract a measuring tape between two lines | Eliminated 10th on 29 March 2025 |
| Paul Smailes [d] | 60 | Paranormal investigator | 79th | Loop six penne pasta pieces onto spaghetti in your mouth | Eliminated 11th on 29 March 2025 |
| Bethany Bradley | 66th-78th | Domino rally [a] | Eliminated 12th on 29 March 2025 | ||
| Biddy Scanlon | 26 | Delivery driver | |||
| Bruno Pinto | |||||
| Charlie M | |||||
| Chelsey Fearon | |||||
| Dan Parfitt | |||||
| Dani G | 30 | Project co-ordinator Partner of Adam | |||
| Ellie Bartle | |||||
| Ian Zippy | |||||
| Mike Adams | 64 | Retired manager | |||
| Safyah | 29 | Financial audit manager | |||
| Sue Hartley | 61 | Retired lecturer | |||
| Tom | |||||
| Paul Oliver | 21 | Scaffolder | 65th | Hold a flower in secateurs at shoulder height | Eliminated 13th on 29 March 2025 |
| Katy Henry | 41 | School teacher | 64th | Giant volleyball match | Eliminated 14th on 29 March 2025 |
| Freddie Cashbolt | 26 | Voice actor | 63rd | Knock a balloon off with rubber bands | Eliminated 15th on 5 April 2025 |
| Ali [b] | 34 | Teacher | 62nd | Balance eleven loose nails on top of another nail | Eliminated 16th on 5 April 2025 |
| Jeff | 74 | Retired prison governor | 61st | Make and throw a paper plane | Eliminated 17th on 5 April 2025 |
| Aaron Mukerji | 49th-60th | Flip pancakes down the line [a] | Eliminated 18th on 5 April 2025 | ||
| Dáire McGill | |||||
| Flex Singh | 25 | Actor/martial arts | |||
| Frankie Fitzgerald [c] | |||||
| Georgia Kennon | 19 | Student Twin sister of Courtney | |||
| Kingsley Hamilton | 45 | Bus driver | |||
| Louis Moyes | 20 | Student | |||
| Megan Holly | 24 | Content creator | |||
| Miles Williams | |||||
| Neil Greenwood | |||||
| Nevaeh | 19 | Retail assistant | |||
| Surabhi Shubz | |||||
| Bianca Starkie | 32 | Team leader | 48th | Guess the number of peas | Eliminated 19th on 5 April 2025 |
| Lewis Greenough [c] | 20 | Graduate | 47th | Light three tealight candles and place them into tealight holders | Eliminated 20th on 5 April 2025 |
| Will Miles | 19 | Bartender | 46th | Find the T-shirt with your name on it | Eliminated 21st on 12 April 2025 |
| Charlie H | 27 | Jeweller | 41st-45th | Find teammates with the same instrument while blindfolded [a] | Eliminated 22nd on 12 April 2025 |
| Georgia Gregory-Morris | 23 | Acupuncturist | |||
| Shane Yerrell | 40 | Mayor of Waltham Abbey | |||
| Will Lawford | 21 | Escape room manager | |||
| Will Thomas | |||||
| Amy Morris | 20 | Finance assistant | 40th | Peel a potato to produce as long a peel as possible | Eliminated 23rd on 12 April 2025 |
| Amir | 39 | Fire alarm technician | 39th | Push off a scooter without stepping off | Eliminated 24th on 12 April 2025 |
| Mia Welsh | 23 | Theatre performer | 38th | Bounce a pencil into a pot | Eliminated 25th on 12 April 2025 |
| Dexter | 30 | Maths tutor | 37th | Fire a champagne cork | Eliminated 26th on 12 April 2025 |
| Jake Farrar | 27 | Cobbler | 36th | Guess the decade of pop songs | Eliminated 27th on 19 April 2025 |
| Beth Derbyshire | 31st-35th | Balance an egg on a drinks tray with only your index finger [a] | Eliminated 28th on 19 April 2025 | ||
| Jess Waddington | 33 | Dog walker | |||
| Omali Hutson | 34 | Personal trainer | |||
| Stephen Roberts | 40 | Railway engineer | |||
| Yasmin Forbes | 31 | Model | |||
| Lydia Wilby | 19 | Student | 30th | Knock down a skittle with a wheelie bin | Eliminated 29th on 19 April 2025 |
| Kieran Lyall | 29 | Carpenter | 29th | Cut a rope at 13.7 metres | Eliminated 30th on 19 April 2025 |
| Jay Slater | 23 | Retail manager | 28th | Thread a drawstring through a pair of shorts and put them on | Eliminated 31st on 19 April 2025 |
| Poonam Sharma | 39 | Banker | 27th | Pop two balloons with a cactus | Eliminated 32nd on 19 April 2025 |
| Karl Emanuelsson | 46 | Retreat officer | 26th | Find a dummy from a jelly whilst blindfolded | Eliminated 33rd on 26 April 2025 |
| Ashley Meredith | 35 | Teacher | 21st-25th | Untangle yourself from your teammates [a] | Eliminated 34th on 26 April 2025 |
| Bella Tolman | 33 | Trading manager | |||
| Derek Benford | 67 | Retired police officer | |||
| Duval Jefferson | 24 | Dancer | |||
| Fred Obasa | 29 | CX specialist | |||
| Finlay McKillop | 25 | Musical theatre performer | 20th | Use a ball in a pouch to roll a can across the studio floor | Eliminated 35th on 26 April 2025 |
| Ashton Victor | 30 | Creative consultant | 19th | Extinguish a candle flame using a syringe of water | Eliminated 36th on 26 April 2025 |
| Dani B | 33 | Influencer | 18th | Catch a potato on a fork | Eliminated 37th on 26 April 2025 |
| Robin Nixon | 63 | Technical author | 17th | Melt ice and blow a whistle | Eliminated 38th on 26 April 2025 |
| Nikki Sneddon | 45 | Dance teacher | 16th | Balance a seesaw | Eliminated 39th on 3 May 2025 |
| Courtney Kennon | 19 | Student Twin sister of Georgia K |
15th | Lick a gobstopper and fit it into a bottle | Eliminated 40th on 3 May 2025 |
| Sarah Plummer | 36 | Nursery manager | 14th | Sleeping bag race across the studio floor | Eliminated 41st on 3 May 2025 |
| Clinton | 22 | Student | 13th | Cut an onion into 42 rings | Eliminated 42nd on 3 May 2025 |
| Nicola King | 54 | Hairdresser | 11th-12th | Transfer 50 metres of rope from one partner to the other [a] | Eliminated 43rd on 3 May 2025 |
| Ryan Hamlet | 32 | Estate agent | |||
| Huseyin Ahmet | 24 | Tattoo artist | 10th | Fold and pack up a collapsible tent | Eliminated 44th on 3 May 2025 |
| Charlie Jones | 23 | Flight attendant | 9th | Push a vacuum cleaner onto a target | Eliminated 45th on 3 May 2025 |
| David Smith | 40 | Hairdresser | 8th | Catch a paper butterfly in a net | Eliminated 46th on 10 May 2025 |
| Libby Wood | 19 | Sales | 7th | Stack boxes | Eliminated 47th on 10 May 2025 |
| Grant Gibbs | 42 | Fitness coach | 6th | Sharpen two bicolour pencils | Eliminated 48th on 10 May 2025 |
| Nancy Pearce | 43 | Travel consultant | 5th | Transfer a ping-pong ball on a hairdryer through an obstacle course | Eliminated 49th on 10 May 2025 |
| Joan Pons Laplana | 49 | Senior nurse | 4th | Flip a traffic cone and land it onto another | Eliminated 50th on 10 May 2025 |
| Jason Howard | 42 | Chef | 3rd | Perform a U-turn in a golf buggy | Third place on 10 May 2025 |
| William Joel | 22 | Student | 2nd | Knock down 12 tin cans with a swinging ball | Runner-up on 10 May 2025 |
| Caitlin Lawlor | 25 | Financial crime associate | 1st | Winner on 10 May 2025 |
- Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g Team elimination game
- ^ a b Lisa withdrew from the competition after suffering an ankle injury in the previous game. She was replaced by Ali.
- ^ a b c d Jodie and Michael both left the competition after the first episode and did not return for the second episode. They were replaced by Frankie and Lewis.
- ^ Paul S was just known as Paul in the second episode.
Results
Due to size constraints, this table will only include the top 10 (or Top 15) contestants.
Series overview
| Series | Episodes | Premiere | Finale |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 22 March 2025 | 10 May 2025 |
See also
References
- ^ "ITV 99 to Beat viewers instantly recognise 'famous' contestant". Yahoo News. March 22, 2025. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
- ^ a b Breen, Nadia (May 12, 2025). "'It feels like a dream': NI woman crowned first winner of new ITV game show". Belfast Live. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
- ^ Iqbal, Hamaiz (March 22, 2025). "Everything you need to know about ITV's latest game show 99 to Beat". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved May 14, 2025.