Episode 1 Copycats

Welcome to Copycats.

Today's copycats are Jodie's team from County Armagh

and Eleanor's team from North London.

APPLAUSE

And here are your hosts, Sam and Mark.

Hello, welcome to Copycats.

This is the show where copying is not only good, it's how you win.

Yup, you've got to be a mimic to win it.

And clever copiers pick up precious points,

but why are those points so precious?

-I'm glad you asked me that. I'm glad you asked me that.

-Phew!

It's because they give you the chance of winning the most

famously flexible prize on TV,

the boingy-bingy bingy-boing beauty

that is the Copycats trophy.

-AUDIENCE: Woo! Yes.

-Oh, yeah.

But only one of today's teams is in with a chance of taking that

-trophy home.

-So, let's meet them.

CHEERING

-Over here we have Jodie, team captain. How are you?

-I'm good.

-Excellent. You look excited.

-Yeah, really.

Good, nice one. Well, introduce the team for us, Jodie.

OK. Hi, I'm Jodie and this is my dad and this is my mum.

This is my cousin, Oliver, and this is my best friend, Scarlett.

And this is my drama friend, Alex.

Excellent. It is lovely to have you all here.

Jodie, is there any secret weapons in your team?

Who do you reckon's going to be really good at Copycats?

Erm, I reckon my dad because he's like...

Well, I wouldn't call him flexible...

SAM CACKLES

He's, like, sporty, in a way.

-OK, that's good.

-And he's confident, he's really outgoing.

That's nice to know, Rodney. The best of luck for today.

Give it up for Jodie's team.

APPLAUSE

But over here we've got the winning team.

We've got Eleanor's team. How are you doing, guys, are you all right?

-CHEERING

-All right!

Over here, team captain, Eleanor.

Would you like to introduce the rest of the gang, please?

Hi, guys, my name's Eleanor, this is my brother, Henry,

this is my friend, Antonia,

this is my dad, Des, this is my uncle, Stuart,

and this is our family friend, Matt.

Awesome. How are you all feeling? Confident?

-Yes!

-Fantastic.

You've got a secret weapon over here,

I've got three at the back here.

Whoa! I'm glad I'm on MY side.

MARK LAUGHS

All right, well, best of luck. Give it up for Eleanor's team.

CHEERING

-It's going to be a good show, this, I've got a good feeling.

-Absolutely.

Well, it looks like our teams are ready to start copying.

As with every game of Copycats, our teams will take turns to copy

pictures, actions, hit music, famous people or maybe even sound effects.

And if that wasn't enough,

they can win loads more points when they test

themselves against the mighty Copycats Challenge later on.

Now, before the show, I suggested that our team captains have

a dance-off to decide who went first.

Yeah, but you were the only person dancing.

Dance like no-one's watching, that's what I always say.

No-one fancied it, so we just tossed a coin,

and Eleanor's team won the toss and they will be going first.

Let's play Copycats.

APPLAUSE

OK, Eleanor's team, you need to bring your "A" game in this round.

And I mean A for artist, because it's time to play Quick On The Draw.

OK, Stuart.

You are going to pick one of these three cards, you're then

going to have ten seconds to draw whatever is on that card

for the player next to you, which is Henry,

and then so on and so on, down the line.

There's a maximum of 50 points to be won in this round but you

will lose ten of those points for every incorrect answer. Understand?

Yes.

-Fantastic. Copycats, are you ready?

-Yes!

In that case, let's close the doors.

APPLAUSE

OK, Stuart, I have got green, blue or pink.

-Which one would you like?

-I'm going to go with blue.

Blue for your shirt, lovely, have a look at that.

-Do you reckon you can draw that?

-Yeah, I've got it.

-Oh, he's got it.

Best of luck, Stuart. Ready, steady, draw. Off you go.

OK, Henry, your turn.

OK, Matt, your turn.

Antonia, come on, you can do it.

OK, Eleanor.

OK, stop drawing. Right.

Interesting. For 50 points, Desmond, what's the answer we're looking for?

Erm, an insect?

Good guess, but it's not an insect. Let's open the door.

For 40 points, Eleanor?

A balloon?

Another good guess, but it's not a balloon.

Antonia, for 30 points, what is that?

-A guitar?

-Yes!

APPLAUSE

Fantastic. Fantastic.

Yeah, and a different mix of drawings there but, hey,

it's the desired result. You get yourselves 30 points.

-Round of applause.

-APPLAUSE

Well done.

All right, Alex, I have got two cards left,

a green one and a pink one. Which one would you like?

-I'm going to go for the pink.

-Take a look.

-Thank you.

-Yup.

-Yeah?

-Perfect.

-Confident with that?

-I think so.

Beautiful. The best of luck. You've got ten seconds.

Ready, steady, draw.

Teri, your turn.

Nice. Scarlett, your turn.

All right, Jodie, your turn.

Rodney, off you go.

Time's up. Stop drawing. Very good.

Oliver, for a maximum of 50 points, can we get off to a good start?

-What do you reckon it is?

-Traffic lights?

-Yes!

APPLAUSE

Look at that copying all the way down the line.

Nice work, guys. In round one, you get yourselves the full 50 points.

CHEERING

So, after Quick On The Draw,

can Eleanor's team stay in tune all the way to the Ball Room?

Or is it green for go for Jodie's team?

Let's take a look at the scores. Mr D, what could they be?

Well, Sam, after Quick On The Draw,

Jodie's team have 50 points and Eleanor's team have 30 points.

The next round is sure to test our teams to the max.

If they want to win big points, they'll have to put

in a big performance when they face the Copycats Challenge.

And because Eleanor's team won the toss,

-they are first to face the challenge.

-So, Jodie's team,

that means you guys are going to have a bit of a rest.

We don't want you to see what's going on.

So off you go, see you later. Bye-bye.

-Have a little nap.

-I'd love a nap.

-Yeah.

-I would love a nap now.

-We're presenting the show.

-OK.

Now, Eleanor, as team captain,

you now need to select two people to face the awesome Copycats Challenge

but, before you take your pick,

let's find out what the challenge is.

Mr D, what could it be?

The Towers.

Two players must stack six cubes of different colours

and sizes by copying the order shown on the screen.

The cubes must be stacked in the building zones

and 30 points are scored for every tower that stays

standing for two seconds.

Good luck.

CHEERING

Oh, yes, it's time to take on The Towers.

OK, Eleanor and Desmond, you are playing this game. Are you ready?

-Yes!

-Fantastic. OK, in three, two, one, go!

So it's Eleanor and Desmond, Eleanor's dad.

One minute and 30 seconds to make as many towers as they can,

but the colours must match the colours they see on the screen.

That's how it works.

All right, now leave it for...

The rest of the team really are helping.

There's the first one, brilliant.

Has to stay standing for two seconds.

Yellow, yellow, green. Yellow first.

-Onto the next tower.

-Orange!

-Green!

-Green... Red!

-And blue!

They're almost there, they're almost there. Stand clear.

Yes, it counts. Brilliant. A minute to go. A minute to go.

They're working now on the third tower.

-Yellow, purple!

-Eleanor and Desmond working together brilliantly,

I have to say.

Blue! Blue!

The blue to go on top of that, but it's got to balance,

it's got to be steady.

Oh, oh, look at this! Look at this! It is proving tricky, this one.

That's it, OK.

Place it carefully. Then the blue. Now stand clear.

Yes! You heard the sound there of the two seconds.

We have got three towers now.

Just under 30 seconds to go.

-Orange, red, yellow!

-Yellow, green!

Brilliant encouragement from the rest of the team.

You're doing so well.

Almost there, they're almost there. Stand clear.

Those are the two seconds. Excellent.

Come on, come on, yellow!

Time to make another, quickly.

-Give it a go. Ten seconds.

-Green, green!

-Quickly as you can.

-Orange!

-And they are moving quickly. Look at this.

-Three, two, one!

Oh, is this one going to count? Come on!

-KLAXON

-Oh...

APPLAUSE

OK, come on, guys, come over here.

I've heard in my ear we can't give you the last one, unfortunately.

Sorry, but you did so, so well. Well done, fantastic.

OK, team, we'll hold on tight to those challenge points for now

and add them to your score after we play Read My Lips.

Remember, Jodie's team still need to take on the Copycats Challenge,

and the points each team win could make all the difference

because only one team gets a chance to take on the Ball Room.

So let's hear it once again for Eleanor's team.

CHEERING

Welcome back to the game, Jodie's team.

I've missed you, I've missed you.

It's time to play Mime Time.

Jodie, I've got three cards here, you're going to choose one,

you will then have ten seconds to mime whatever is on that

card to the player next to you, which is Teri.

Teri will then mime it onto Alex and so on and so on, down the line.

As always, there's 50 point up for grabs

but, don't forget, you will lose ten of those points for every

incorrect answer coming back down the line.

Only one rule - silent performances in this round.

So no talking, please. Excellent. Are you ready?

-Yes!

-Beautiful. In that case, let's close the doors.

APPLAUSE

All right, Jodie. I've got three cards. Blue, green or pink?

-I'll take the blue, please.

-Take a look.

-Reckon you can do it?

-Yeah.

OK, best of luck. You've got ten seconds.

Ready, steady, mime.

Teri, your turn.

Alex, your turn.

Scarlett, your turn.

Oliver, your turn.

Time's up. Stop miming. Right.

So, Rodney, for a maximum of 50 points,

-what do you think the answer is?

-Eating sweets.

It's not eating sweets. It did look like that.

Which means we play for 40 points. Oliver. Any idea?

Erm, eating a cupcake?

It's not eating a cupcake. Which means we're playing for 30 points.

-Scarlett.

-Peeling a banana?

-You are so close.

I can't quite give it to you

cos it's not exactly what was on the card.

-So we're playing for 20 points. Alex.

-Eating a banana?

It's eating a banana!

CHEERING

Oh, Scarlett, I'm so sorry.

We've got to be strict, we've got to be strict. But well done, guys,

you're doing well in

the pass-it-on rounds. You get 20 points.

CHEERING

OK, Eleanor, best of luck. We've got two colours left. Green or pink.

Which one would you like?

-Green, erm, pink.

-MARK LAUGHS

OK, have a look at that. What do you think?

-Mm-hmm.

-OK.

-The best of luck.

-Yup.

Eleanor, ready, steady, mime.

OK, Matt, your turn.

Antonia, your turn.

OK, Henry, your turn.

OK, Desmond, your turn.

OK, stop miming. Excellent.

Very, very good miming all the way down the line.

For a maximum of 50 points, Stuart, what's the answer?

-Fishing?

-Yes!

CHEERING

I'll tell you what, she's not team captain for nothing, is she, eh?

OK, congratulations.

Eleanor's team, you get 50 points!

CHEERING

So after Mime Time, have Jodie's team avoided a banana skin

or are Eleanor's team fishing for points?

Time to check out those scores. Mr D, what could they be?

Well, Mark, after Mime Time, Jodie's team have 70 points

and Eleanor's team have 80 points.

-It's close.

-So close.

OK, so let's turn up the pressure again

because it's time for Jodie's team to take on the Copycats Challenge.

Yes, Jodie's team, are you prepared

and ready to add some VIPs to your score?

-That is Very Important Points.

-Yes.

-Awesome.

-Fantastic.

And, Eleanor's team, it's time for you to leave, but you are

-coming back. Adios, amigos. We'll see you later.

-See you later, guys.

Right, Jodie, as team captain,

you now have to select two people to take on this Copycats Challenge

but, before you do that, let's find out what's in store.

Mr D, what could it be?

The Towers.

Once again, two players must stack six cubes of different colours

and sizes by copying the order on the screen.

30 points are scored for every tower that stays standing for two seconds.

Oh, yes, it is towers time.

Team captain, Jodie, you're playing this along with Rodney.

Are you feeling confident?

-Yup.

-Yeah.

-You guys going to give them some support?

-Yes.

-Awesome.

In three, two, one, go!

Jodie and Rodney, then. Jodie's dad.

So team captain leading by example again.

Hopefully they'll show us how it's done.

Look at the screen, there, those are the colours

we need this time round, in that order, from bottom to top.

-OK, step away from it, wait for it.

-Have we built the first tower?

Yes, we have. Stayed standing for two seconds, excellent.

They are moving quickly, look at this.

Yellow, orange. Then the orange.

-Onto the next one.

-Green, green, green.

-Purple, red. Purple, purple.

-No, no, no, no.

"No, no, no, no," she says.

Jodie, Jodie, Jodie.

Plenty of help being given by the rest of the team.

Those are the two guys having to do this task. Look at that.

-Yes, two towers now.

-OK, this is good, guys. Come on.

Move across now to the next one.

Those are the colours they need. Start from scratch. Building up now.

Excellent, that's it.

-Oh, no!

-It's got to balance.

-Start again, start again.

-Take your time with this.

-Red, orange.

Rodney is now concentrating on building them carefully.

That's better.

Now, is that going to stand for two seconds?

"Yes," is the answer. Brilliant. Three towers.

Off we go, across to the fourth one now.

Let's build this as quickly as we can.

Get the balance right. Place those carefully, those cubes.

Stand clear.

Yes, four. Brilliant. Under ten seconds, come on, quickly.

Do this as quickly as you can. You never know, we're doing well.

Is this going to count, can we do this?

-KLAXON

-Oh!

Well done, round of applause. APPLAUSE

Come on over, guys. Beautiful. That was good. That was really good.

Really fast. Are you tired?

-Yeah.

-RODNEY:

-Nope.

Rodney's not tired.

OK, there is just one more round to go before we add those

challenge points to your total score

and reveal which team will be taking on the Ball Room

to try and win the metallic marvel that is the Copycats trophy.

Right now, though, give it up for Jodie's team. Good effort, guys.

Very good. APPLAUSE

Welcome back, Eleanor's team. This is Read My Lips.

Now, all you have to do is sing a top tune

down the line for each of them to copy.

Except you'll be wearing headphones,

so, even though you have to sing the song out loud, you can

only work out what your team-mate is singing by watching their lips move.

What could possibly go wrong?

There are 50 points up for grabs but, for every incorrect answer,

you will lose ten points as we go down the line.

Antonia, you get to hear the song and,

you get the lyrics to have a look at as well.

So you're in a good position. All right,

could everybody except for Antonia please put their headphones on?

Lovely.

Our copycats look ready. In that case, let's close the doors.

OK, Antonia, I've got three cards here.

-We've got blue, green or pink. Which one would you like?

-Blue.

Blue, have a look at that.

-Do you know that one?

-Yeah.

All right.

We are going to play it into the studio right now, have a listen.

# Haters going to hate, hate hate, hate, hate, baby

# I'm just going to shake, shake shake, shake, shake

# Shake it off, shake it off

# Heartbreakers going to break break, break... #

You reckon you can sing that?

-Yeah.

-OK. The best of luck, Antonia.

Ready, steady, play.

Shake it off, shake it off, shake it off, shake it off.

Shake it off.

Shake it off. Shake it off.

OK, Matt.

Shake it off, shake it off, yeah, shake it off.

Shake it off. Yeah. Shake it off. Yeah, yeah.

Shake it off, yeah, shake it off. Shake, shake, shake it off, yeah.

Shake it off. Shake it off. Shake, shake, shake it off.

Shake it off, shake, shake, shake it off.

Go on, Desmond.

Take it off. Take it off, yeah. Yeah. Take it off.

Take your jacket off, yeah, yeah, yeah. Take your jacket off.

Yeah, take your jacket off, yeah, yeah, yeah.

-Take your jacket off.

-Go on.

Take your jacket off, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Take your T-shirt... Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Take your jacket off, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Take your jacket off, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Stop, stop!

MARK LAUGHS

That was amazing!

OK, for a maximum of 50 points, what's the answer, Stuart?

Take Your Jacket Off, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah?

That world-famous song, Take Your Jacket Off(!)

It's not, I'm afraid.

OK, let open the door. For 40 points.

OK, what do you think it is?

The song It's Getting Hot In Herre?

Ohh... It's a great guess but it's unfortunately the wrong answer.

Let's open the door. Desmond.

What is it?

Take Your Jacket Off, It's Hot, Hot, Hot.

LAUGHTER

It's not that. OK.

I think Henry, for 20 points, knows it? What do you think it is?

Shake It... Shake It Off.

Yes!

# Cos the players going to play play, play, play, play

# And the haters going to hate hate, hate, hate, hate... #

Absolutely brilliant. That was so entertaining, guys.

Well done, you get yourselves 20 points. Yes!

APPLAUSE

All right, Jodie, we've got two cards.

We have a pink one or a green one.

-Green, please.

-Take a look.

-Have you heard that song before?

-Yeah.

-Yeah?

OK, we're going to play it into the studio as well,

so let's have a listen to it.

# And we danced all night to the best song ever

# We knew every line now I can't remember

# How it goes but I know... #

OK, best of luck. You've got ten seconds. Ready, steady, play.

# And we danced all night to the best song ever

# And we danced all night to the best song ever. #

Nice.

# And we danced all night to the best song ever

# It goes every night and I can't remember. To the best song ever

# And we danced all night to the best song ever. #

Alex.

# And we danced all night to the best song ever

# Yeah, we danced all night to the best song ever

# Yeah, we danced all night to the best song ever. #

Teri, your turn.

# Yeah, we dance all night to the best song ever

# We dance all night to the best song ever

# We dance all night to the best song ever. #

Oliver.

# Dance, we danced all night to the best song ever

# We danced all night to the best song ever

# We danced all night # to the best song ever.

Time's up. Nice work.

APPLAUSE

Rodney, for a maximum of 50 points, what's the song we looking for?

-Best Song Ever?

-Yes!

# And we danced all night

# To the best song ever

# We knew every line

# Now I can't remember... #

That is fantastic, guys. Congratulations. The full 50 points.

CHEERING

So, after three rounds, Jodie's team have 120 points

and Eleanor's team have 100 points.

So, now it's time to reveal the scores from the Copycats Challenge.

Which team triumphed over The Towers

and which team will be tangoing into the Ball Room?

Well, it's time to find out.

In today's challenge, one team scored 120 points.

-Very good, very good.

-AUDIENCE:

-Ooh!

And one team...

also scored 120 points.

Ohh...

-That's, like, the same and everything.

-Yeah!

We have added those scores to each team's total

and it's a close one, guys, it really is.

But the team going through to the Copycats Ball Room

and playing for that trophy is...

..Jodie's team.

CHEERING

That means we have to say goodbye to the fantastic Eleanor's team.

-You have been such great sports. Have you enjoyed yourselves?

-Yeah.

Fantastic. Give it up one more time for Eleanor's team.

APPLAUSE Thank you very much.

Hey, Jodie's team, congratulations.

You have made it to the Ball Room.

Are you ready for this final challenge?

-Yes.

-Nice.

-OK.

Well, that's good, because it's time to play the Ball Room.

CHEERING

Jodie's team, you have copied like champions so far,

can you keep it up for this final challenge?

-Yeah.

-Yup.

-Yeah!

Let's hope so because, if you do, you will get your hands on this.

-The Copycats trophy.

-# Aah-ahh. #

Jodie, who have you chosen to play?

-Myself, Alex and my dad.

-Fantastic.

Before we open the doors and let you in,

let's take a look at how you win.

Players must collect 20 blue balls and deposit them

in the scoring cylinder before the time runs out.

Any other coloured balls collected will be deducted from the total.

Good luck.

-Teams, are you ready?

-Yes.

-They look ready.

-In that case, three, two, one, blast the balls.

Off we go, then.

And, look, Jodie, Jodie's got one already. Straight in there.

Dad's working hard as well, look at that.

Quite a few going in all at the same time.

Dad's got one stuck in his polo shirt.

That's what he's using, he's using his polo shirt.

He brings them towards him. In they go.

Quite a few in there already.

The concentration on that man's face is just fantastic.

25 seconds to go, guys, come on.

They're standing fairly still in there, aren't they?

Let the balls come to you, that's the answer, perhaps.

It's sort of working, look at that.

They're doing really well. But will they have done well enough?

In the next few seconds. Ten seconds ago.

They need 20 blue balls

inside the scoring cylinder. Will they have done it?

We are about to find out and they are working really hard. Excellent.

KLAXON

CHEERING

-OK, that looked like a good effort to me.

-Mm.

But we're about to find out because the balls have been counted,

the result has been checked and verified and then verified again.

And then once more.

You needed 20 blue balls to win this trophy.

I can reveal that you collected...

-..55 blue balls.

-Yes!

APPLAUSE

Which means, this is yours.

Hold it in the air with pride.

Well done.

You didn't just win, you smashed it. Well done. Fantastic.

What a great way to end the show, eh?

I know, it's been brilliant. Have you enjoyed yourself, guys?

-Yes.

-Awesome. On top of that trophy,

we're going to give you some Copycats T-shirts as well.

-That's the kind of guys we are.

-Fantastic.

Give it up for Jodie's team, everyone.

APPLAUSE

-I've had a great time, have you?

-It's been lovely, mate.

-We'll see you next time on Copycats.

-Bye.

-Bye.