University Challenge fans were left seriously distracted by one contestant’s ‘nonsensical’ habit during Monday night’s episode. 

Viewers of the BBC Two show saw eight students from Queen’s University Belfast and Warwick University students battle it out for a place in the semi-finals.

Presenter Amol Rajan took them through a double elimination round, where students had three chances to pick up at least two wins to qualify for the next round. 

The Queen’s team consisted of Sarah Carlisle, Jason McKillen, Daniel Rankin, Sam Thompson, while Ananya Govindarajan, Thomas Hart, Oscar Siddle, Benjamin Watson played for Warwick.

While watching the episode, many fans took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to point out an unusual habit from player Thomas.  

Many pointed out that the player, from South Wales, had a very unique way of buzzing in for his questions. 

University Challenge fans seriously distracted by contestant’s ‘nonsensical’ habit – and realise it isn’t his first time pulling focus on BBC quiz

Viewers of the BBC Two show saw eight students from Queen’s University Belfast and Warwick University students battle it out for a place in the semi-finals 

One tweeted: ‘Only watching for the elbow action.’

A second said: ‘Noooo! Not Hart and his flying elbow again.’

‘Oh God the elbow is back,’ a third added. 

A fourth wrote: ‘Why am I being distracted by Hart’s nonsense elbow action, and his absolute RASCAL medallion. #UniversityChallenge.’

A fifth questioned: ‘Does Hart hover over the buzzer like that so that god can push down on his elbow?’

But it’s not the first time that Thomas has done it on our screens. 

The maths student was on University Challenge at the start of February too and he did the same thing then.

February 3rd’s instalment of the BBC show saw Warwick take on players from Oriel College Cambridge.

While watching the episode many fans took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to all say the same thing about player Thomas 

Many viewers rushed to X, formerly known as Twitter, to point out Thomas’ elbow habit 

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Thomas’ habit has been hilariously named ‘The Hart Attack’. 

On Monday evening, Warwick University were crowned winners of the episode with 215 points. 

Queen’s Belfast ended the show with 95 points. 

But luckily they aren’t out of the compeтιтion just yet.  

Host Amol said: ‘You know what guys, that was such an impressive performance against at exceptional performance. 

‘And it would be so sad if we had to say goodbye to Percy the Potato, and you!

‘But luckily for you, it’s not over yet because you get to come back  and have another go. 

‘So we don’t have to say good bye just yet. 

‘Though Warwick, we have to say well done. I mean, that is a tremendously impressive performance. 

‘And imagine how good you’d been if we’d given you Femtochemistry as well. 

‘That would have been even better. 

‘Bad luck on that one. But we shall see you again!’

University Challenge airs Mondays at 8:30pm on BBC Two and is available to stream on iPlayer.