Quiz show contestant wins millionaire jackpot after four months and 87 consecutive shows

Paz Herrera, an unemployed architect from Torrelavega (Cantabria), has taken part in 87 consecutive editions of the quiz show Pasapalabra (which means 'pass', as in, 'don't know').

But this is not even her first time on the programme - serial game show contestant Paz already held the record for the highest prize on the Telecinco slot when she took home 62,400 euros last year after taking part in 54 back-to-back episodes.

Having won the Christmas 2013 edition of Pasapalabra - after being invited back on it when she won the jackpot weeks previously - Sra Herrera was given the chance to go back on the show on January 27 this year.

Tuesday night saw her answering all 25 of the tough questions in the 'quiz wheel' (pictured) and scooping up a prize of 1,310,000 euros.

Her long-standing presence on the programme meant ratings shot up for Telecinco, Spain's Channel 5.

According to sources from the station, audience figures rocketed from 16.7 per cent to 25.6 per cent - more than a quarter of all TV viewers at that time of day and over three million spectators - as residents were glued to the box to see whether the invincible Paz would fall or whether she would make it through to the next round.

Controversy was rife when she won the jackpot amid claims a male friend was 'whispering' answers to her, which she denies, although she says she will give him part of her prize money.