{"id":2242113,"date":"2026-01-20T12:33:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T12:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2242113"},"modified":"2026-01-20T12:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T12:33:19","slug":"bbc-celebrity-mastermind-viewers-distracted-as-they-make-same-complaint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bbc-celebrity-mastermind-viewers-distracted-as-they-make-same-complaint\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Celebrity Mastermind viewers distracted as they make same complaint"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Celebrity Mastermind viewers issued the same complaint about the line-up just minutes into the latest episode<\/h2>\n
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Monde Mwitumwa<\/strong><\/span> and Jennie Buzaglo<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

12:28, 20 Jan 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Viewers were not impressed as they tuned into the programme.
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Celebrity Mastermind viewers were left distracted, voicing a common concern just moments into the latest episode.<\/p>\n

BBC<\/a> host Clive Myrie greeted the newest group of celebrities on Monday’s (January 19) episode, which included Olympic gold medallist James Cracknell, comedian Jen Brister, TV<\/a> presenter Craig Rowe and Emmerdale<\/a> actor Bradley Riches.<\/p>\n

However, minutes into the show, viewers claimed that they didn’t recognise most of the so-called celebrities.<\/p>\n

One viewer posted on X: “I’d forgotten how crucial it is to tune into #mastermind in time for the introductions when it’s the ‘celebrity’ version I recognise…none of them.”<\/p>\n

Another chimed in: “#mastermind I’ve heard of one of the celebrities,” while a third echoed: “And here’s the token celeb for tonight. The rest you’ll have to Google.”<\/p>\n

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Fans complained that they didn’t know who the celebrities were(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A fourth concurred: “Another half an hour of the word ‘celebrity’ doing some seriously heavy lifting.”, reports the Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Yet another queried whether this was “still the celebrity version”, while another remarked: “I like the way you no longer have to be a celebrity to get on.”<\/p>\n

Echoing the same complaint, another fan stated: “Have just had to look up word #celebrity & folks it means famous. So who are these people on #celebritymastermind ? ? Aside from Cracknell (Olympic Champ) none are known. For anything!”.<\/p>\n

In the notorious black chair, James was grilled on Russian mystic and faith healer Grigori Rasputin, while Jen fielded questions on writer and actress Tina Fey.<\/p>\n

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Clive Myrie(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Craig’s chosen topic was the American singer and model Grace Jones, while soap actor Bradley was quizzed on the stage and film musical, Little Shop of Horrors.<\/p>\n

Craig led the scoreboard with nine points, closely trailed by Jen, 50, on eight. James, 53, ended up with seven points, while it was a challenging evening for Bradley, 24, who managed to answer only three questions correctly.<\/p>\n

The general knowledge round ensued and Bradley managed to bounce back, answering seven questions correctly. James, Jen and Craig shone in the round, all finishing on 14 with no passes.<\/p>\n

Due to their equal scores, the contestants faced a three-way tie-break, with Clive posing the same questions to each of them. James emerged triumphant with 16 points, outscoring both Craig and Jen who had 15 points.<\/p>\n

Mastermind airs <\/strong>Monday nights<\/strong> at 7:30 PM on BBC Two<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.bristolpost.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Celebrity Mastermind viewers issued the same complaint about the line-up just minutes into the latest episode Monde Mwitumwa and Jennie Buzaglo 12:28, 20 Jan 2026 Viewers were not impressed as they tuned into the programme. (Image: BBC\/Comic Relief\/Daniel Loveday) Celebrity Mastermind viewers were left distracted, voicing a common concern just moments into the latest episode. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2242114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[25507],"class_list":["post-2242113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-bbc"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BBC-Celebrity-Mastermind-viewers-distracted-as-they-make-same-complaint.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2242113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2242115,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242113\/revisions\/2242115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2242114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2242113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2242113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2242113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}