Game show viewers were left outraged by a buzzer 's failure to ring out on Wednesday night 's Family Feud , which saw a family miss out on winning a brand-new car . Team captains Matt Molloy and Mary Ryan were facing off at sudden death when the controversial moment happened . If the Ryans won they would have become the brand-new champions of the show , while the Molloys would have walked away with a Mitsubishi Outlander four-wheel-drive . Viewers were outraged when the Molloy family were beaten out by the Ryan family on Family Feud when a buzzer appeared to malfunction . Host Grant Denyer asked the pair to 'name something you might eat with egg ' . In footage of the show , Mr Molloy is seen pushing down on the buzzer first to answer but no sound comes from it . A split second later , Ms Ryan reacts but her buzzer rings out much to the surprise of herself , Denyer , her opponent and the audience - who let out a big collective groan . The female contestant had to check the light below her button had been illuminated before she ventured to answer . Mary Ryan ( left ) and Matt Molloy ( right ) faced off at sudden death on Wednesday night . Denyer pauses for a few moments but in the end he allows Ms Ryan to answer the question with 'bacon ' , winning her family their title . Mr Molloy who is visibly disappointed walks back to his team with a confused look on his face . It appears he was not alone in his reaction . Angry viewers took to social media to vent their frustration at the oversight . Host Grant Denyer asked the pair to name 'something you might eat with egg ' 'Matt hit it first ... no doubt ... I think family feud owe it to the molloy family to return to the show , ' one woman wrote . 'For family feud to post this statement you obviously have recieved an outcry from your viewers . # Bringbackthemolloys . ' While another accused network of rigging the outcome : 'Clearly @ channelten do n't have the budget to give away a car . He [ Mr Molloy ] clearly hit the button first . ' The show was slammed with so much criticism that they released a statement in relation to the incident later on Wednesday . 'The Molloy family missed out on the car tonight in a very close Sudden Death segment , ' the statement said . 'Mary hit the buzzer with a greater velocity and held it down , activating the buzzer ’ s electronic trigger . ' Family Feud 's technical experts also added : 'The buzzers are wired to identical electronic relays - as soon as one buzzer is `` closed '' ( triggered ) , the other one is disabled . 'Mary ’ s relay has definitely been triggered first . '
Contestants Matt Molloy and Mary Ryan were facing off at sudden death . Denyer asks the team captains to 'name something you might eat with egg ' Mr Molloy presses down on his button first then Ms Ryan pushes down . His buzzer fails to ring out while his opponent 's makes noise and lights up . Audience is heard groaning when this happens as Denyer lets her answer . Angered viewers took to social media to vent their frustrations about glitch . Comment: