The Chase Contestant Takes Just £300 After Saying She Wants a House Deposit — Then Anne Hegerty Delivers an Even Bigger Blow

A contestant on The Chase told Bradley Walsh she hoped to win money toward a house deposit — only to stun viewers moments later by choosing the lowest offer on the table.

Tash, from Liverpool, had already earned a respectable £3,000 in her Cash Builder when Anne “The Governess” Hegerty presented her with three choices.

At the top was a potentially life-changing £33,000.

At the bottom was just £300.

Tash chose £300.

But the controversial decision didn’t ultimately buy her the safety she had hoped for.

Tash Reveals Her Plans for the Money

The Chase contestants went head-to-head against Anne (Credit; ITV)

The episode saw Binesh, Tash, Omar and Annabelle attempt to build a prize fund while facing Anne Hegerty.

Before her head-to-head, Tash explained exactly why winning would matter to her.

“Me and my partner, we are saving up for a house deposit so anything I win would go towards that,” she told Bradley.

Her Cash Builder then produced £3,000.

But when she reached the table, Anne dramatically widened the possibilities by offering £33,000 as the high offer and £300 as the low.

Tash decided survival was more important than the size of the contribution.

She went low.

The £300 Decision Immediately Divides Viewers

The choice quickly became one of the episode’s biggest talking points.

Some viewers struggled to reconcile Tash’s plans for a house deposit with her decision to sacrifice most of the £3,000 she had just earned.

One viewer mocked the contrast between wanting a deposit and choosing £300, while others complained about contestants taking low offers rather than gambling for larger sums.

Another viewer went even further, declaring that it was an episode that “should have just been scrapped.”

But Tash still had to make the strategy work.

She didn’t.

Anne Makes the Gamble Even More Painful

Taking £300 gave Tash an easier route toward the Final Chase, but The Governess caught her before she could get there.

Her £300 therefore disappeared from the potential prize fund entirely.

Omar also failed to survive his encounter with Anne, while Binesh had already been eliminated earlier.

That left the final contestant, Annabelle, facing an increasingly difficult situation.

And instead of following Tash’s cautious approach, she went in the completely opposite direction.

Annabelle Suddenly Puts £80,000 on the Line

With her teammates gone, Annabelle produced the biggest moment of the episode.

She managed to secure an enormous £80,000 and progressed to the Final Chase alone.

Suddenly, an episode that had seen one contestant choose just £300 had transformed into a solo battle for £80,000.

But there was one enormous obstacle remaining.

Anne Hegerty.

Annabelle now had to build a Final Chase target by herself before watching The Governess attempt to hunt it down.

Despite getting further than her teammates and putting a huge sum on the table, she couldn’t complete the upset.

Anne caught her in the final.

The £80,000 was gone.

From £300 to £80,000 — But Nobody Leaves With Anything

The episode ultimately produced two completely different approaches to The Chase.

Tash sacrificed most of her Cash Builder in an attempt to improve her chances of reaching the final — and was still eliminated.

Annabelle later took the opposite path, putting a massive £80,000 at stake and successfully reaching the Final Chase — only to be caught there.

By the end, Anne had eliminated all four contestants.

Nobody took home any money.

Yet it was the contrast between those two decisions that gave the episode its most memorable twist: one contestant came looking for money toward a home and gambled on just £300, while another suddenly found herself standing alone with £80,000 between her and The Governess.