The 1% Club Knocks Out 27 Contestants With A Yoga Puzzle — Could You Have Got The Answer Right?

A yoga question proved surprisingly difficult for contestants on The 1% Club, eliminating 27 players in just the third round of the ITV quiz. The puzzle was designed to be answered correctly by 70% of the public, yet dozens of contestants failed to spot the simple pattern — leaving host Lee Mack to explain where they had gone wrong.

The show challenges 100 contestants to work their way through a series of increasingly difficult questions, testing their logic, reasoning and common sense rather than relying on general knowledge. The ultimate goal is to reach the final 1% question, where only the sharpest minds are expected to know the answer.

But for 27 players, their hopes of reaching that stage ended with a sequence of yoga poses.

Can You Solve The Yoga Question That Eliminated 27 Players?

During the episode, Lee Mack presented contestants with a sequence of yoga positions and asked: “Which yoga position comes next in this sequence?”

Players were given three possible answers — A, B or C — and had just 30 seconds to work out the correct option.

When the time ran out, Lee revealed that C was the right answer. The key was to count the number of limbs touching the floor in each position.

Explaining the pattern, Lee said: “Because if you follow the sequence the figure has one limb on the floor, then two limbs then three, so to follow on the next move has to have four limbs on the floor.”

The sequence therefore progressed from one limb on the ground to two, then three, before reaching a pose with all four limbs on the floor.

Despite the explanation, 27 contestants had already been eliminated by the question — a result that highlighted just how easily a seemingly straightforward puzzle can catch players out.

Contestant Sarah Admits She Chose The Most Comfortable Pose

Among those knocked out was Sarah, who was asked by Lee what had been going through her mind when she selected her answer.

Rather than carefully analysing the sequence, Sarah admitted she had gone with her instincts.

“I just went for the one that looked the comfiest really,” she explained.

Sarah also revealed that she worked as an assistant psychologist and had spent the show analysing Lee himself.

Curious to hear her conclusions, the presenter asked: “Have you? What have you discovered?”

Sarah responded with a cheeky jab: “Very small IQ,” barely able to contain her laughter.

Lee was quick to turn the joke back on her, quipping: “Yeah, not me that’s out after round 3 though is it?”

His comeback prompted applause from the audience, adding a light-hearted moment to an otherwise frustrating elimination for the contestants.

Lee Mack Discovers A Contestant Has A George Michael Tribute Act

Another eliminated player, Wain, provided a different kind of entertainment when Lee discovered that he was a professional singer who performed as a George Michael tribute act.

After a bit of joking around, Lee encouraged Wain to demonstrate his singing ability for the audience.

Wain delivered an impressive performance, earning praise from the host. Lee admitted that the voice had taken him by surprise.

“I’m not going to lie Wain, when I saw you and heard you talk. that is not what I was expecting to come out of your mouth,” he said.

Wain replied: “I get that a lot.”

Lee made it clear that he had been impressed by the performance, giving the eliminated contestant a moment to shine despite his exit from the competition.

Fourteen Players Had Already Fallen At The First Hurdle

The yoga challenge was not the only question to catch contestants out during the episode. Earlier in the show, 14 players were eliminated by a counting puzzle that appeared deceptively simple.

Lee asked contestants to imagine three people — Oliver, Emily and Rosie — taking turns to count from one to 20.

Oliver says 1, Emily says 2, Rosie says 3, and the sequence continues in the same order. The question was: Who would say the number 20?

Contestants had 30 seconds to work out the answer.

The correct response was Emily. Since the three participants take turns, Rosie says 18, Oliver follows with 19, and Emily says 20.

Fourteen players failed to identify the correct answer, demonstrating that even basic counting can become a challenge when contestants have limited time to think.

The 1% Club’s Toughest Questions Keep Players Guessing

Although the yoga puzzle was intended to be answered correctly by 70% of the public, the show regularly features much more demanding challenges that test contestants’ ability to recognise patterns and think beyond the obvious.

Past puzzles have included comparing butterfly images to identify which ones are symmetrical, spotting groups of symbols that remain in the same order when read backwards, and calculating how many different combinations can be displayed using four digits on one hand.

Other challenges have asked contestants to decipher a secret message written in code, count the eyes hidden among letters, symbols and emojis, and navigate a number grid using a sequence of coded instructions.

One particularly unusual question involved the letters ABDER, which had been rearranged into alphabetical order. Players had to identify the common food hidden within the letters.

The range of puzzles illustrates the variety of reasoning skills required to progress through the competition, where even a small mistake can end a contestant’s chance of reaching the final question.

The 1% Club airs on Saturdays on ITV and ITVX.