New ITV game show to feature Weakest Link-style catchphrase

OMID Djalili has said his new game show will offer a twist on The Weakest Link’s famous catchphrase.

Winning Combination, which debuted on ITV this week, will see the 55-year-old comic and actor dismiss floundering contestants by shouting “Get out!”

He said the phrase was a riff on the BBC’S own long-running gameshow, where Anne Robinson would sternly send players home, saying: “You are the weakest link, goodbye.”

Djalili said: “Well, I remember 20 years ago when the catchphrase ‘You are the weakest link, goodbye’ was seen as the height of rudeness. It broke the geniality associated with quiz shows.

“Doing my best Brian Blessed impression shouting ‘Get Out!’ and dismissing the failed contestants as theatrically as I can, could be seen as a twist on Anne Robinson, I suppose.

“Every time I shout it at the contestants they start laughing because they probably have Anne Robinson in the back of their minds.

“It’s basically a joke on how rudeness has moved on in 20 years. And knowing they enjoy it is definitely a reason to look forward to that bit in the show every time.”

The show will see nine contestants randomly assigned a number between one and nine then compete in a series of fast-paced general knowledge rounds to get themselves, and their number, through to the final. In the final, the top four players come together to try and win the four-digit jackpot defined by their numbers.

Winning Combination airs weekdays at 3pm.