BBC University Challenge fans swoon as they beg stunning player for 'hand in marriage'
A student on University Challenge captured viewers' attention during the latest episode dubbing her "beautiful".
BBC Two viewers were very taken by one player in particular on the latest episode of University Challenge (August 26).
Amol Rajan returned to the helm to grill eight students from two academic institutions on general knowledge in hopes of landing a coveted place in the second round.
Cambridge’s Gonville and Caiuse college took on the University of Bristol and as the students introduced themselves to fans at home, it was brunette stunner Bridie Rogers who captured viewers’ attention.
Telling fans she hailed from Bristol and was studying medicine, fans took to social media to swoon over the player. “Be still my beating heart Rogers,” gushed one fan
“Rogers on the Bristol team tonight certainly is a beautiful woman,” penned a second.
One even went as far as to offer a marriage proposal, saying: “Rogers, the woman I intend to marry ( Well, for the next half hour at least).”
Bristol appeared on top form, thwarting their competition with an impressive score of 325. Speaking to a local newspaper in Bristol, team captain and Artificial Intelligence PhD student Kevin Flanagan said: “It was surreal walking onto the set for the first time and seeing our names in front of the seats.
“It was also really cool meeting the presenter, Amol Rajan, and Roger Tilling who does the voiceover."
The quizzers were whittled down from 200 University of Bristol applicants, in a series of trials that included a 100-question paper and a mock University Challenge episode.
The team spent months learning facts, watching old episodes of the show and entering pub quizzes as they prepped for the qualification rounds.
Organic Chemistry PhD student Olivia Watts said: “Playing along with University Challenge a lot you realise it’s not the same as a pub quiz, as so much of it is about speed on the buzzer and taking risks on what the rest of the question will be.”
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Biology student Ted Warner said: “More important than learning facts is quizzing as a team. You can tell when people haven’t quizzed together before – and you can tell when they’re mates.”
The last time Bristol entered the show was in 2022, when they made it to the final for the first time in the University’s history.
Bridie Rogers said: “Watching that team is partly what inspired me to apply.
“I really enjoyed our weekly practices but by the end I was like ‘I really need to not talk about quizzing for a while!' Now that the show’s back, I can’t wait to watch it.
