The Exit List - Episode 3

The Exit List - Episode 3

ITV's latest big budget quiz/game show continued last night and after enjoying it much more last week I was eager to catch up with the latest instalment on ITV Player (which I keep forgetting exists!). This episode featured Phil and Danny from Manchester.

The format is getting familiar now with easy opening questions, gradually getting tougher and mixed in with very demanding rounds they call the "Panic Room". The contestants tonight got off to a bad start missing the second question which meant after two rooms their memory list was five. It couldn't have got much worse for Danny and Phil as the room after was a Panic Room on names of Cheese's based on pictures. Really hard and the lads struggled meaning a random string of letters was added to their list. It was now going to be very hard for them proving again that the Panic Rooms are the key players in this game. Yet again I found myself really enjoying The Exit List which I never thought I would be saying after the first episode.

A few good answers stopped the decline, a wrong answer on Dragons Den added 4 more answers to the list, although not the end of the world given the subject matter and £30,000 was now in the kitty as the game got serious. The pair had a few more questions in them and two more wrong answers saw another 8 added to the list which I believe makes it the longest Exit List of the series so far.

With an imposing Exit List they decided to call it a day and leave the maze to take on the final challenge. Remembering any list on this show in the studio lights, with the pressure and the money that is at stake must be tough going and will take some mental strength but as we saw last week it is doable. Tonight's pair though have a much much tougher challenge on their hands. Recalling it in order is key as if you start skipping it is going to make it doubly hard. Not only that but also remembering the route out of the maze is not going to be as easy as it seems!

Phil was the one recalling and he started confidentially and got over the first Panic Room set of letters fine and was moving to half way on the list. Saying Boxer instead of Boxing seemed to through the flow a little but he kept his nerve but began to struggle naming the Dragons from Dragons Den and skipped the question which sent him into a flurry. This proved to be his downfall and he failed with a few answers to go.

However, of course the interesting twist here was whether Danny had took the safety option and accepted a sum before the Exit List started. £4,000 was offered and I think this is a really great part of the game and along with the Panic Room adds some drama. Danny had not took the deal and the pair were cruelly told on the big screen they had total winnings of £0.

All in all The Exit List, whilst never going to be up there as my favourite with the more serious quizzes, is a solid, entertaining and enjoyable big budget prime time gameshow and you cannot really say fairer than that. If you have not seen it give it a whirl!