{"id":360913,"date":"2026-01-09T13:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/360913\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T13:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:06:09","slug":"jeremy-clarkson-addresses-itv-millionaire-spin-off-complaints-as-fans-blast-frustrating-new-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/360913\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Clarkson addresses ITV Millionaire spin-off complaints as fans blast \u2018frustrating\u2019 new feature"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeremy Clarkson has addressed criticism over his new show, which is a fresh take on ITV classic Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?<\/p>\n

The presenter was back on screens this week for Millionaire Hot Seat’s debut, but just moments into the first episode, viewers were flooding social media with complaints about the format.<\/p>\n

The fast-paced game sees six contestants rotating in the “hot seat” to face questions from former Top Gear star Mr Clarkson.<\/p>\n

The players were given 15 seconds to answer each question, but the brainteasers gradually became harder, much like the flagship programme.<\/p>\n

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Jeremy Clarkson’s new ITV show divided viewers<\/p>\n

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If questions were answered correctly, the contestant would remain in the seat and be able to play on, but if they got a question wrong, they were immediately taken out of the game.<\/p>\n

The top prize amount also dropped as a result of wrong answers, but each player was allowed one “pass” to use.<\/p>\n

If they opted to use their pass, they’d be able to return to the hot seat later in the game.<\/p>\n

While the speedy nature of the show added a new element of pressure to the quiz series fans are used to, not everyone was impressed by the changes.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jeremy Clarkson addressed the criticism of his new game show<\/p>\n

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Most were critical about the overly-fast pace of the show and how contestants seemed to choose to waste precious time “chatting” to Mr Clarkson.<\/p>\n

One X post was in direct response to Mr Clarkson’s own post, which read: “I’ve hosted a new show starting on @ITV this evening. <\/p>\n

“It\u2019s called Hot Seat and it\u2019s Who Wants to be a Millionaire. But faster. Can\u2019t wait to see how it\u2019s turned out. @MariaMac1 @MariaMac110.”<\/p>\n

The viewer replied: “Can someone please explain to the contestants that they need to stop nattering and answer the questions as quickly as possible. So frustrating!”<\/p>\n

\"JeremyJeremy Clarkson debuted the new ITV game show on Tuesday | ITV<\/p>\n

Responding to the complaints, Mr Clarkson admitted he had tried to remedy the conduct of contestants in a bid to curb complaints. He wrote: “I do. Before the show every time.”<\/p>\n

A few other viewers also chimed in on the conversation, with one X user advising: “Perhaps let one of them run out of time\u2026.the others might get the message.”<\/p>\n

“I must admit that this format shows how brilliant the original (and JC era) format of Millionaire was! I enjoyed it, but it wasn’t the same,” another responded.<\/p>\n

Someone else replied: “I want to see all the pressure on one person, not to see someone go home with nothing just because it happened not to be ‘their turn!'”<\/p>\n

The series comprises eight 30-minute episodes, with several contestants already having secured \u00a3100,000 prizes during filming.<\/p>\n

Mr Clarkson revealed last month he was initially hesitant when approached about the hosting role, noting he already juggles nine other jobs.<\/p>\n

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Jeremy Clarkson addressed fans’ complaints about the new show<\/p>\n

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“I have got nine jobs already, so I don’t really need to do it, and it’s obviously another quiz – but they sent me the Australian version, and I watched it once, and I thought, ‘Yes, this can work,'” he said.<\/p>\n

The presenter has likened the format to “a very expensive game of musical chairs” where outcomes can prove unpredictable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeremy Clarkson has addressed criticism over his new show, which is a fresh take on ITV classic Who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,830,21393,96,347,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-360913","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-celebrity","10":"tag-clarksons-farm","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-itv","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}