The Chase viewers tuning into an episode of the Australian series were left scratching their heads after spotting a much-loved soap star appear as one of the players

The Chase fans had to do a double take after a much-loved soap star ‘appeared’ on The Chase.

The iconic gameshow was back with another episode in March last year. For the Aussie version of the series, Larry Emdur was on hand to host.

But fans were quickly left scratching their hands after Kyle Shilling seemed to be one of the players hoping to bag some cash. Kyle plays Mali Hudson on the Aussie soap Home and Away.

With a successful background as a musician, dancer and actor, Kyle was the soap’s first-ever Indigenous main character. Making his debut last year, Kyle has quickly become a firm-favourite with viewers.

But on the gameshow The Chase, Kyle appeared to be competing under the name Jesse. Gobsmacked, fans soon shared their thoughts online at the discovery.

One person pointed it out on a Facebook fan group and said: “He looked exactly like Kyle but a different name. Haha how funny…thought he got a haircut and changed his name on the show.”

Someone else added: “I thought [Kyle] played on The Chase, it looked so much like him lol.” A third penned: “Explains [why] I was seeing double last night.”

Another viewer chimed in on. the fan group page and wrote: “I thought it was Kyle with a beard at first. Then saw the name Jesse, so I thought he was just a lookalike.”

But it turns out soap star Kyle actually has a twin called Jesse – who was the one appearing on The Chase. Jesse is a musician and even recruited his Home and Away star twin to feature on his song Angels.

Meanwhile Kyle is known for his acting – but he also has a rap career performing as BLACX. He has released songs such as Socks, Thongs, Brown Eyes, Feeling Good and Do My Dance.

The actor and rapper has a dedicated music Instagram page, which is entitled KyleShillingMusic, and has more than 700 followers. Posting snaps of him recording music in a recording studio, as well as snippets from recorded tracks, the Mali star was incredibly active on the account prior to joining the soap.

His music page’s Instagram bio has a YouTube video linked, which sees him sing, rap and star in a music video for the track SOCKS and THONGS.The upbeat track was uploaded onto YouTube in July 2018.