'I can't sing, I can't dance... but I can retain stuff' - Darragh Ennis of 'The Chase' on becoming a TV star, his new tour and the joke that made Bradley Walsh crack up

"When Darragh Ennis first got the call to apply to become a Chaser on ITV's hit show The Chase, he figured it was a prank. "I thought it was my friends who were arranging some sort of wind-up. But no, it was one of the producers," he says. Ennis first appeared on The Chase as a contestant in 2017. He had been on ITV's Rebound previously. He came second and missed out on the cash prize."

"The game show quiz master tells Kirsty Blake Knox about his motivation to go on the programme, how he had to study for two years to become a Chaser and why he knows nothing about pop culture and cricket"

Darragh Ennis received an unexpected call to apply to become a Chaser and initially assumed it was a prank. The call came from a producer rather than friends. Ennis first appeared on The Chase as a contestant in 2017 and had previously competed on ITV's Rebound, where he finished second and missed the cash prize. He studied for two years to prepare for the Chaser role. He reports having little knowledge of pop culture and cricket. He was motivated to take part and to embrace the challenge of being a quiz master.

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