The 1% Club Rollover: How to apply to become a contestant on ITV gameshow
Do you have what it takes to take home a major cash prize?
The 1% Club Rollover reaches its grand finale tonight (December 12) – but there’s no need to panic if you’re already missing your fix of Lee Mack. Not only is a Christmas Special on the way, but applications for future series are officially open, and we’ve gathered everything you need to know on how to apply to be on The 1% Club.
Fronted by Lee, each episode pits 100 hopeful contestants against a ladder of increasingly tricky questions, whittling them down until only a handful remain. Those still standing face the ultimate challenge: a fiendish question that only 1% of the nation managed to answer correctly.
The format has become a ratings juggernaut for ITV, racking up five series to date with an impressive average of five million viewers. It even bagged the National Television Award for Best Quiz Show in 2023. Add in Christmas editions, celebrity specials and this week’s five-night Rollover marathon, and it’s clear viewers can’t get enough.
Fancy giving it a go yourself? Here’s your guide to how The 1% Club works – plus the key info and application tips if you’re dreaming of taking on Lee’s quiz.
How to apply for The 1% Club
While applications aren’t currently open for the new series of The 1% Club, those hoping to put their brains to the test need to keep an eye out on the ITV website when applications open.
To be eligible for the series, contestants must be 18 or over. You must also be a legal resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.
You can also apply on the ITV or the Magnum Media website (the show’s production company), when applications open. Bookmark ITV’s Be On TV landing page here, as that’s where all the details will be when applications open.
But, if you don’t make it onto the show, you can always play along on the app at home, or buy the show’s board game to play with family and friends.
Where is The 1% Club filmed?
The show is filmed in dock10 studios, at MediaCityUK in Salford, Manchester.
How to play The 1% Club game
Before the series is filmed, members of the general public are quizzed before the questions are put to contestants.
The questions are then ranked by the percentage of the public that answered correctly. The lower the percentage, the more difficult the question.
Contestants have 30 seconds to answer each question. They are eliminated if they miss a question or answer incorrectly.
After answering five questions, remaining contestants earn a ‘pass’. If they reach the ninth question, any contestant who has not used their pass can choose to leave the game with their £1,000 or continue playing.
Those who reach question 15 are finalists, who then can choose to take an equal share of £10,000, or try the 1% question.
Contestants that get the question right win a share of the prize pot. Those who miss it leave with nothing.
When is The 1% Club Christmas special?
Christmas telly just isn’t complete without a festive spin on the nation’s favourite quiz. Lee Mack will be back in his rightful seat on Christmas Day, with The 1% Club Christmas Special airing at 9.15pm on ITV One and ITVX.
You can expect the usual brain-twisting logic questions, all given a seasonal twist, plus plenty of playful, festive-themed challenges to keep you sharp while you polish off the last of the Quality Street.
When is the next series of The 1% Club on screen?
A sixth full series may still be waiting in the wings, but fans aren’t exactly short of quiz-night thrills. For now, you can dive into the show’s high-stakes spin-off, The 1% Club Rollover.
The format is exactly the same – 100 contestants, increasingly tricky questions, and that notorious final 1% challenge – but with one delicious twist. If no one scoops the prize pot, it simply rolls over to the following night, cranking up the tension and the cash with every episode.
Read more: The top 10 hardest 1% Club questions ever aired
