returned to with a star-studded special, however, viewers quickly took to social media with complaints about the line-up.
Host introduced famed fitness coach Mr Motivator, star Julia Goulding, wine expert Oz Clarke and presenter Laura Hamilton.
After Laura was beaten by the chaser, Paul Sinha, and lost her place in the game show, the team breezed through until the final chase.
Despite being able to push the chaser back twice, fans noticed Mr Motivator was repeatedly pressing the buzzer just to “pass” the question and expressed their fury on X.
One viewer fumed: “Stop passing…guess. Most of those questions had a very small amount of answers to choose from.#thechase.”
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Mr Motivator’s game plan on The Chase was slammed (Image: ITV )
As another echoed: “WHY just say ‘pass’ instead of having a guess!!!”
In a brutal swipe at the fitness expert’s nickname, a third viewer commented: “Mr Pass more like #TheChase.”
One was angered and remarked: “Mr. Motivator struggled to motivate in the final chase.”
While another addressed ITV and questioned: “Do they deliberately have stupid contestants on this show.”
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The Chase Celebrity Special featured a star-studded line-up (Image: ITV)
During the final chase Mr Motivator said “pass” on four questions while the other members of his team only did so on one question.
He opted against guessing on questions such as: “Elena Rybakina is a star in what sport? Kearsney is a town on what sea? and Never Too Much was a hit from which singer?”
Before going up against the players, chaser Paul even mentioned it and said: “I think there were too many passes where you could’ve guessed something like what sea, what country but it was a decent score, I have no idea what’s about to happen.”
Despite being pushed back twice by the celebrities, the chaser won the game and pointed out: “To maximise your chances of winning you needed four people and I think you just passed too many times.”