99 to Beat - Episode Guide

Season 1

Episode 1

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Mar 22, 2025

Episode 1

Adam and Ryan Thomas host as 100 ordinary people compete in a series of simple games to win a cash prize, all they have to do is not finish in last place. In the first episode, the contestants are tasked with sitting down on an exercise ball whilst blindfolded, successfully stacking a slinky on their forehead without using their hands and balancing a drinks can at a 45-degree angle.

Episode 2

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Mar 29, 2025

Episode 2

Adam and Ryan Thomas host as 82 players remain in the competition. To avoid being eliminated, they must guess the weight of a llama, fit a roll of parcel tape into a lunchbox, create a giant domino run, play a supersized game of volleyball and more before their number is reduced again.

Episode 3

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Apr 5, 2025

Episode 3

Sixty-three players remain and are tasked with knocking over a balloon with a rubber band slingshot, balancing ten nails on top of a single nail and estimating the number of peas in a bottle to try and avoid elimination.

Episode 4

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Apr 12, 2025

Episode 4

Adam and Ryan Thomas host as the 46 remaining players find a T-shirt with their name on, produce the longest peel they can from a potato and bounce a pencil into a cup.

Episode 5

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Apr 19, 2025

Episode 5

Adam and Ryan Thomas host as the remaining 36 players guess the decade of a music track, balance an egg on a tray and play a massive game of bin skittles to avoid elimination.

Episode 6

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Apr 26, 2025

Episode 6

The remaining 26 players must find a dummy in jelly whilst blindfolded, untangle themselves from a length of rope and defrost a whistle from a block of ice to avoid elimination.

Episode 7

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: May 3, 2025

Episode 7

There are 16 players left in the ITV's light-hearted answer to Squid Game. To avoid being eliminated, they must balance on a seesaw, lick lollipops until they are small enough to fit inside a bottle, compete in a race inside a sleeping bag and pack up a pop-up tent as fast as they can.

Episode 8

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: May 10, 2025

Episode 8

Adam and Ryan Thomas host the final round of the game show as the eight remaining player try to avoid being eliminated. They must catch a butterfly in a net, stack a series of boxes, sharpen pencils and more as seven of them are sent packing, leaving the champion to take the £25,000 prize.

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