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Only Connect viewers are used to the BBC quiz delivering the occasional surprise, but Monday evening's instalment produced a scene that had even the most dedicated fans cringing.

What began as a fairly standard round between The Pear Trees and The Whitley Baes slowly drifted into unexpected and deeply uncomfortable moment.

Presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell was steering the teams through a music-based question when it triggered an on-air breakdown, forcing the show to pause temporarily.

After admitting she'd never come across 90s boyband Busted's chart-topper Year 3000, she inadvertently prompted a mass sing-along among all the contestants in what fans labelled the "most award moment ever".

All six participants broke into an eager, full-throated performance of Busted'

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