Mastermind finalists struggling to cope with groupies
Many of this week’s finalists in the wildly popular television talent show Mastermind are showing signs of distress under the pressure their new-found celebrity status has brought. Some psychologists are calling for a rethink, warning that these shy, retiring people are ill-equipped to cope with the fame game.
There is particular concern for the well-being of tweed-suited 48-year-old librarian Brian Griffiths because of the intense roller-coaster of love and hatred that has greeted his progress in the competition so far.
Some of the studio audience in Manchester sniggered openly at his weak, stuttering voice when he first sat in the black chair and said that his chosen specialised subject was ‘The Novels of Charles Dickens’. This soon turned to hysterical applause as Griffiths reeled off 17 correct answers in a row and won his heat by the highest margin ever seen on the show.
Posted: May 29th, 2010
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