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University student Ben was tonight’s first contestant on the ITV game show, which has been filmed since the outbreak of coronavirus. Due to this, there was no studio audience present. This

has instead led to two opportunities to Phone A Friend instead of the Ask The Audience lifeline. However, when the player used up his last lifeline on another friend, Jeremy became confused

when he asked to call someone with the same name as his previous contact, warning him: “You’re not allowed to use the same contestant!" The contestant got off to a strong start but

became stumped over a question on the cocktail, mimosa.  However, he ended up phoning his friend David after using the Ask The Host lifeline, with Jeremy unsure of the answer.  Jeremy had

told him: “I don’t think there’s anything like Buck's Fizz,” but he decided to go for the 50/50 to try and reassure himself, before phoning his friend David.  Luckily, his friend gave a

quick answer, explaining how Mimosas were the same as Buck's Fizz, one of the options he had been left with.  READ MORE: JEREMY CLARKSON UNVEILS FIRST WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE

WINNER “Good job you didn’t listen to me as you say, he sounded confident,” Jeremy said, with Ben soon opting for the correct answer. However, after struggling on the question, he was only

left with one more lifeline - another Phone A Friend, which he used on the next question. But when Jeremy quizzed him on who he was calling, the player said: “Another David, Dave.” This led

the host to remind the player: "You’re not allowed to use the same contestant,” which he had explained earlier on the programme.   “Not really, I don’t really have much of an idea,” Ben

responded, leading him to decide to go home with the £8,000 he had accumulated already.  Elsewhere, viewers were divided over the lifeline shake-up to tonight’s episode to adapt to the fact

there was no studio audience present. At the beginning of tonight’s show, Jeremy explained the Ask The Audience lifeline had been scrapped. He said: “Lifelines are different, you’ve got

50/50, two phone and friends and of course, ask the host.” Those watching were quick to comment on the change, with one writing on Twitter: “Strange without an audience. Great to have 

#WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire back though.” “No Ask the Audience lifeline in  #WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire the world is gone mad,” shared another. A third wrote: “It looks so bare without the

audience, it's so strange #whowantstobeamillionaire.” “Actually don't miss the audience... #whowantstobeamillionaire,” commented another viewer. _WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE

CONTINUES TOMORROW AT 9PM ON ITV._