TIPPING POINT fans were left baffled over a contestant's name as she was introduced on the latest episode of the ITV gameshow.
Viewers were confused during the latest episode of Tipping Point and took to Twitter to talk about one contestant's rather unusual spelling of their name.
The show kicked off, as usual, with Ben Shephard welcoming four new contestants up to the podium.
As the contestants introduced themselves, the camera panned down to their name tags.
It came as a shock to viewers when the camera revealed one contestants name, typically spelt "Shannon" was in fact spelled as "Shannyn".
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Fans were left confused by this particular spelling and turned to social media to discuss it.
One viewer remarked: “When someone called 'Shannyn' beats you in a quiz… you need to have a serious word with yourself.”
Another joked: “How many times already has Shannyn had to spell her name out to people… only another 50 years of doing that.”
While one viewer said: “Shannyn's parents can't spell."
Sadly, Shannyn got a question wrong about her favourite movie franchise.
Ben asked her a question about The Avengers, and Shannyn quickly buzzed in and answered “Marvel” instead of the name of the superheroes.
After realising she was wrong, Shannyn looked frustrated and told Ben that she was disappointed because The Avengers is one of her favourite movies.
Unfortunately, Shannyn went on to answer more questions incorrectly and viewers were not impressed with her knowledge skills.
With brutally quipped: "Tipping Point finalist Shannyn doesn't know Marvel from Avengers. Butter from Cheese. £20 from £50; or her Eurovision, and thinks Hippology is the study of Hippos. "
They added: "That Vegemite is a French cooking pot and is muddled between Scottish 'cities' and 'countries, and Tangiers is in Algeria."
Another cruelly added: "Does Shannyn actually have a brain? Does she know anything?"
Despite Shannyn not coming out on top, she did end up walking away with £1950.
Tipping Point airs on ITV on weekdays at 4pm.
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