How does Beat Luke Littler work? Public vote used to decide final challengers ahead of £501,000 challenge

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Beat Luke Littler will take place on Friday night in Manchester, with more information being confirmed as to how the event will work, which will be broadcast live on Netflix from 7pm GMT.
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A lot of uproar has arisen in this event in particular due to the inclusion of Mitchell Lawrie and Fallon Sherrock. Lawrie, despite still being a schoolboy at 15, is a WDF World finalist, a multiple World Youth winner, and a WDF singles title winner and has hoovered up on the JDC for fun. He has also faced Littler in the past.

How does Beat Luke Littler work?

Up to 20 players are each given one leg of 501 to beat Littler. The first challenger to defeat him will win the jackpot and bring the competition to an end. There are 24 players involved, but only 20 places are available. But how will the field be reduced?
Sixteen challengers will be seeded into four pots of increasing difficulty, with random draws dictating who takes on Littler. The producers have picked out eight contestants viewed as the most experienced players. They will be paired with four head-to-head viewer votes; fans at home can use their remotes to select who progresses.
Katie Sheldon faces Sonny Johal, while Bhav Patel takes on Zac Griffiths. Fallon Sherrock and Jarod Becker will contest another vote, while Jacob Gwynne and Ashley Coleman form part of the final vote. Interestingly enough, though, Mitchell Lawrie and Jayden Walker are not involved in said vote.
Each successful contestant earns a place among the final four challengers provided Littler remains unbeaten long enough. This will add jeopardy to the format, as players waiting in later groups will need Littler to keep winning to even have a chance at winning the event.
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But also it perhaps adds more questions to an event which already has a mixed feedback. For instance, those travelling overfeasibly if they lose the vote, like Becker, could even be going home without even throwing a dart on the stage and presumably without any money for the privilege. But being a game show and live TV, the stakes no doubt need to be raised in this case.
For others, it is a showcase of how much darts has expanded in huge part due to Littler that we now have events like this with shots of the arena being circulated showing Manchester Central with a huge crowd likely for the event, something that darts fans would've dreamt of years ago.

Players facing Luke Littler

Should he not lose before their match
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1Kasey Smith
2Makinley Cooper-Johnson
3Taylon Forrester
4Tony Cole
5Lauren Bloomfield
6Zac Spain
7Mark Pooke
8Pwyll ap Llyr Edwards
9Will Kemp
10Brett Todd
11Theodore Wallich
12Pearse Mackle
13Jasper Scarott
14David Wawrzewski
15Jayden Walker
16Mitchell Lawrie
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Netflix public votes

Player 1Player 2
Fallon SherrockJarod Becker
Ashley ColemanJacob Gwynne
Katie SheldonSonny Johal
Zac GriffithsBhav Patel
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