And subject quickly turned back to football on Thursday, when Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield joked about killing the pig after getting everyone's hopes up ahead of their 2-1 defeat.
As the show began, Phillip could be seen frying some food in a pan with a playful look in his eye, as he yelled out: 'Holly, your bacon's ready.'
Introducing the show, Holly said: 'Marcus' 100% record has been destroyed after he predicted an England win live on the show.
Marcus the pig had recently correctly guessed that England would beat Colombia on July 3 and had a 100% unbeaten track record.
On Wednesday, the micro pig had been given two piles of apples, some with Croatian flags in them and some with England flags in them while at his Derby farm.
The eight-year-old swine, which is owned by owned by Juliette Stevens, had eaten an apple with an England flag in it, leading people to believe victory was coming.
Claiming that his predictions are 'very scientific', Juliette had said on Wednesday that the apples are identical so as not to sway the swine.
'I get two apples, the same variety, size and colour. It’s very strict,' she explained.
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