Viewers react to “worst contestant” Jools Holland’s appearance on ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?’

Jools Holland has been branded the “worst contestant” by viewers after he appeared on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?.

Host Jeremy Clarkson welcomed the musician and broadcaster to the ITV show last night (December 29) for this year’s celebrity special.

Viewers had high hopes for Holland but he struggled to reach the £1,000 mark, calling in his ask-the-audience and phone-a-friend lifelines for his fourth and fifth questions.

He was heavily criticised by viewers with one fan writing: “Jools Holland might be the worst contestant in Millionaire history. Two lifelines on the first 5 questions.”

Another added: “Wow. It’s a good job Jools can play the piano well because he’s bloody useless at this….”

Jools Holland might be the worst contestant in Millionaire history. Two lifelines on the first 5 questions. His chosen charity must DESPISE him

— James (@JTurnC) December 29, 2024

Wow. It’s a good job Jools can play the piano well because he’s bloody useless at this…. #whowantstobeamillionaire @ITV

— David S (@dms2507) December 29, 2024

What the hell is Jools Holland doing on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Two lifelines to get to one grand? Grow up

— Ian Woodcock (@Ian_A_Woodcock) December 29, 2024

When he was asked to draw on his film knowledge for a question on the Alfred Hitchcock classic Psycho, Holland called a friend, who pushed him towards the correct answer.

This led one viewer to write: “I love Jools Holland but frickin eck , if you have to call a friend to answer the question about what Psycho is about, Who wants to be a millionaire is not for you.”

I love Jools Holland but frickin eck , if you have to call a friend to answer the question about what Psycho is about, Who wants to be a millionaire is not for you

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— Matthew Todd 🌏🔥 (@MrMatthewTodd) December 29, 2024

Elsewhere, the musician struggled to guess which member of the Spice Girls shared a maiden name with two former US Presidents.

This surprised viewers after he previously appeared in the 1997 Spice Girls movie Spice World as a musical director.

Jools Holland getting a Spice Girls question when he appeared in the movie Spiceworld #WhoWantstobeaMillionaire

— DarioK 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺🇮🇪🇪🇸 (@InformeOculto) December 29, 2024

The appearance came ahead of his New Year’s Eve show on BBC Two, Jools’ Annual Hootenanny which this year includes the likes of The Boomtown Rats, CMAT, Jungle, Marc Almond, Queen‘s Roger Taylor, Ruby Turner, Toby Lee, and The Dead South.

The show will go out at 11.30pm GMT on BBC2 and BBC iPlayer on Tuesday (December 31). You can watch it here.

His last New Years’ Eve show included appearances by Rod Stewart, Joss Stone, Olivia Dean, Paul Jones, P.P. Arnold, RAYE, Sugababes and The Mary Wallopers.