Rebecca and Donovan, Playing Cards, Hagrid the Sausage-Catching Dog Officially Amazing

# Officially...

-# Biggest...

-..shoe!

-Weirdest...

-..face!

-# Fastest...

-..loo!

-Tightest...

-..space!

-# Longest...

-..snake!

-Smallest...

-..van!

-# Heaviest...

-..cake!

-Tallest...

-..man!

-# Longest ears on a dog

-Aw!

-# Most poisonous frog

-Ooh!

-# And a woman with a beard

-What?!

# Officially, officially, officially

# Amazing! #

Welcome to Officially Amazing Goes Bonkers.

CHEERING

Here's what's coming up in today's show.

Sparklingly sequinned legends Donovan and Rebecca return

for some dizzying derring-do.

Can this massive dog break a record by catching sausages?

And an incredible gravity-defying dice record from China.

Plus, we have a packed bunker ready to predict the results of all

today's Guinness World Record title attempts in a bid to be

the lucky individual that gets to send one of our

officially competitive warriors into the gunge tank of doom

at the end of the show.

-So let's welcome them now. Strike up the band...

-One, two, three, four...

..as first to fly forth into the bunker today

is the giganotosaurus from Japan, Mr Cherry.

# Brace yourselves It's the man from Japan

# The four-time competitive champion

# Do Ray and Steve even have a chance?

# Of beating the man with the spangly pants?

# Who can break records like nobody else can?

# Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Cherry-san! #

Argh!

Japanese green tea!

Matcha!

-Matcha, matcha, ma...

-LAUGHTER

-Matcha ma!

-It's a strong start,

but Cherry can't beat the physical power of my little jumpasaurus,

US Ray.

# Good things come in small packages they say

# But they don't come much smaller than US Ray

# Can the pocket rocket break a record today?

# Everybody loves the USA! Well it's US Ray... Hey! #

Gymnastic fantastic!

And last of all, from Great Britain,

the T-Rex in snazzy specs, it's Sizzling Steve.

-# In Sizzling Steve

-In Sizzling Steve

-# We do believe

-We do believe

-# What mundane skill

-What mundane skill

-# Has he got up his sleeve?

-Has he got up his sleeve?

BOTH: # Well you can send him any test

# And he will yearn to be the best

# Cos he's a record-breaking legend Sizzling Steve. #

Don't touch that, Steve.

Before the nature of the tricky test for today is revealed,

let's join Haruka for some dicey deeds from China.

Meet Xi Jiaoning and Yung Bo, who will attempt the preposterous record

for...

Just look at how this works.

Take one plastic tube, fill it with dice and whirl it round and round.

The centrifugal force produced inside will then magically create

a double column of dice! This is an incredible skill.

The record to beat is 56 dice made into one double column.

Who do you think will win this doubly-dicey challenge?

The first predictions have been made in the bunker,

and 67% are backing Xi.

Yung is up first. He's put 58 dice in his tube.

Now, can he make them into a double column?

Some rigorous shaking here.

And if we slow it down we can see the columns gradually forming.

Fascinating! And he seems to have done it...

..all under the impassive gaze of Xi.

Hold on, he reminds me of someone.

Could this man be China's own Sizzling Steve?

For the attempt to count, Yung now must remove the tube

and then the tower must stand on its own for five seconds.

Oh, but it's a dice debacle!

Disappointment for Yung.

But now it's Sizzling Xi's turn.

CHEERING

Xi is going to try to obliterate the record and go for 62 dice.

Yung couldn't do 58, Haruka. Is this possible?

OK, Xi has 62 dice arranged in two columns.

But now he needs to remove the tube to let the tower stand

on its own for five seconds.

I would be useless at this.

-No argument here, Ben.

-Thanks.

And the clock starts...now!

Xi has done it!

That's pretty incredible, Haruka, and with that waistcoat and bow-tie,

he's also my kind of record-breaker.

But formal attire is not required or even advisable

in...

Previously on Officially Competitive...

Cherry's unslippery skin helped him to a noteworthy win,

putting him top of the leaderboard with Steve.

So US Ray will be desperate to level it up

in today's record that you can try at home.

It's...

Let's deal out some rules.

Cards must be thrown individually towards a container measuring

no more than 30cm in diameter,

and at least 15cm deep.

Participants must throw from behind the line 1.83m

from that container.

And the huge record to beat, held by Johnny Herring of the United States,

is 62 playing cards thrown into the target in one minute.

So who'll win this one?

Well, let's check out Sizzler's card-chucking chops

in the team talks.

I have set up a little demonstration arena for you to show us

how you will be tossing these cards.

-Can you give us a little example?

-I can try.

Oh, on the rim.

Nearly, in a teacup.

Oh! I'm...dare I say it...impressed.

You think that was impressive, Ben? Ray can trump that, no problem.

-PARP

-That's not what I meant...

So what's your technique going to be for doing well in this? How about...

Don't tell me, show me.

Where did you...

It's all about technique and the release.

Just like that, and then you just grab another one...

..and another one...

and another one.

There we go.

-The cards might be playing, but he's not.

-US rubbish!

Now to Cherry and his personal professor of playing cards, Chickie.

Have you found the right throwing techniques in training?

TRANSLATION: It's all in the wrist lob.

Snap, snap, snap.

-Snap.

-Ace!

I'm top draw.

Cherry San may be flushed with confidence,

but it's Ray who's convinced 38% of the bunker

-that this challenge will be his strong suit.

-Do you agree?

Steve told me privately that he has beaten the record in training,

so prepare to witness actual history in the making.

His decks have been carefully laid out. He's in position.

This could be explosive.

Official adjudicator Shantha, over to you.

-Three...two...one...go!

-KLAXON

Go on, Steve.

'It's not exactly a record-breaking start...

Maybe Steve was practising with a paddling pool instead of a bucket.

Come on, Steve. Oh... 'That was close though.

'He struck the jar with ferocity.'

Come on, Steve. All right.

He's onto his second deck.

That means he's thrown 52 cards!

And missed the target...52 times.

He's favouring speed over accuracy,

but it's a tactic that really isn't working.

'Come on. Oh!'

But Steve's a fighter. He never gives up.

Come on, Steve. Come on. Focus now.

'A third deck now, that's over 100 wayward throws!'

Come on, Steve.

You can see the panic in his usually hawk-like eyes.

-Come on, Steve.

-Five...four...three...

-He's packed it in!

-..two...one...stop!

KLAXON

'Shantha takes a closer look.

'Yep, nothing there.'

'Well, we thought we'd witness history,

'but instead Steve collapsed like a house of cards.

'And while he fumes at his failure, Cherry has ditched the table

'and put the bucket on the floor...'

-Three...two...one...go!

-'..to create a different angle of attack.'

It's a nice, easy flick of the wrist.

Oh!

That card just agonisingly floated over the top.

Ooh, he's hit the jar! Getting closer...

'And it's in! Wow.'

'Cherry takes the lead with the humble three of diamonds.'

-Ooh!

-Yeah!

-'And another.

-A fabulous flight there.'

'And a third!

'Superb accuracy.'

-Yeah!

-CHEERING

Putting the container on the floor looks like a great move.

'It's certainly working for Cherry-San.

'It's like he's fitted these cards with sat nav!

'Apart from that one.

-'Yeah...'

-Three...two...one...stop.

CHEERING

'Having seen Jerry's success, Ray's kept the container

'on the floor.

'His pre-game demo made him look like the joker in the pack,

'but could he be the king?'

-Ready.

-Go!

-KLAXON

'He's just getting his eye here.' There you go, Ray.

'No need to panic.'

Ooh!

'Oh, so close!'

-'His aim's improving.'

-Oh!

'Ah, so unlucky.

'It cracked the edge and just toppled the wrong side.

'Come on, Ray. You only need one to beat Steve!

'The nine of spades drops agonisingly wide.

'Ooh, he flipped to at once there!

'And neither was even close. Wayward wanging.

'And now he's lost all discipline. Cards are flying everywhere.'

-Five...four...three...

-'Except in the target.'

-..two...one...stop.

-KLAXON

'And it's over.

'Here are the highlights from Ray's attempt.

'That's it.

'Let's go to Shantha for the foregone conclu...

'I mean, the official word.

'Have we got a record?'

No.

'Perhaps not totally unexpected.

'But there's still that vital competitive point to play for.'

Ray, you were disqualified for throwing multiple cards at a time.

No glory for Ray, just some shiny showboating.

So in first place with a total of six...

..is Mr Cherry.

'A whole six more than Sizzling Steve.'

Yeah! Number one!

'Yes, he's truly the ace of our hearts,

'and that pushes Mr Cherry to the top of the deck.

'With five events to go, the champ has edged in front as he bids

'for that unprecedented fifth title.'

Later on, one of our top predictors will pick two of our legends

to join forces for another record attempt.

With the remaining one forced to take the long, lonely walk

to the gunge tank of doom.

But now it's time for Haruka and me

to welcome back the most delightfully dazzling dynamic duo

the world has ever seen, Donovan and Rebecca.

You'll remember them from such world record breaking feats as...

..most spins on a Spanish web.

-# A-a-a-a-a-a-a-a... #

-And the unforgettable longest time

to hold a note whilst holding a person with one hand.

# ..a-a-a-a-h! #

And now they're back, but this time Rebecca's doing the heavy lifting,

starting right now with a dead weight I have lying around.

Argh!

CRASH

-Sorry!

-Useless.

Fortunately, Rebecca will be teaming up with much-more-capable husband

Donovan to attempt the record for...

-Rebecca, Donovan...

-Hello.

-Let's talk about today.

Rebecca, you're going to be dangling from a trapeze by one leg

-and holding and spinning Donovan.

-That's what he tells me.

My first question is...what?

We wanted to try and show off Rebecca's strength a little bit,

to show everybody that it's not just about the muscles,

that it's also about the inner strength and the core.

So how is he not just taking you off from the trapeze, Rebecca?

It's actually a nice stretch when I lift him,

but I do feel the weight when he's elevated.

-Is there any singing involved in this record?

-I wish!

-They wouldn't allow me to sing.

-What?

-I don't know what happened.

-So in the training, what's the best you've done?

-Um...

I think we've gone to 19.

-And the worst?

-The worst?

-I mean, the worst we don't...

-We don't want to think about that.

Of course, no.

Well, as the old saying goes, you can't hang upside down from a

trapeze while spinning your husband without first studying the rules.

Rebecca can touch the trapeze with one leg only...

..and only hand-to-hand contact between Donovan and Rebecca

is allowed.

Each spin must be a full 360-degree rotation,

and if Donovan touches the floor within the minute,

they will be disqualified.

The world record target is 19 spins.

And because this challenge is so brutal on Rebecca's body,

there will be only one attempt.

70% of the bunker bunch still predict they'll spin

to victory.

Are you as confident?

The minute will start when Donovan's feet leave the ground.

KLAXON Ooh, they're off!

Powerful yet graceful.

'A strong splint and a firm grip.

'That's three rotations so far.

'But there's a long way to go yet.

'Donovan's moving his legs to maintain the spin,

'but every movement is putting extra strain on Rebecca.

'He weighs a beefy 91 kilos.'

That's the same as supporting the weight of a baby elephant

with just one knee! Stupendous strength.

'If you listen very carefully, you can hear Mark's clicker

'clicking as he counts each spin.

'And if you listen even more carefully, you can hear

'my heart racing...

'Oh, I love these guys!

Less than 10 seconds left,

and Donovan's gritting his glistening teeth.

'Can they last the full minute?'

-Time.

-Yes, well done, guys. Well done!

'Another spine tingling display of strength from them both.

'And Rebecca did it all with pointed toes! But was it a record?'

In order to achieve the record, you needed 19 or more.

On that occasion you achieved...

..19, which is a brand-new Guinness World Record title!

Oh, look at that!

'Another exquisite exhibition of wold record-breaking strength

'in a luxurious Lycra and double-denim combo.

'There was only one thing missing for me...'

# My only human... #

Perfection!

So 70% of the bunker correctly predicted that

record-smashing outcome, including the entire front row of Block C.

You guys really made that look trap-easy...

-Trap-easy?

-Oh, no.

'Let's try and regain some dignity with a dog record.'

No, it's funny because...

Now, meet Hagrid, a magnificently massive Leonberger dog.

He weighs in at a whopping 12st.

That's heavier than me!

Hagrid has a pedigree talent for catching with his mouth,

a skill he discovered when being fed popcorn while enjoying a movie.

And today, he will attempt to break his own record for...

..his item of choice being a classic doggy delight, the humble sausage.

Time to get the inside scoop from the big man. Well, dog.

Hagrid, it's a pleasure to meet you. Oh, thank you very much, sir.

You could choose any object for this record attempt

but you've gone for sausages. Why?

Well, I didn't think it was that tough a question.

Hopefully, Hagrid's human companion and chief sausage thrower David

will be less frightened by my hard-hitting questions.

-Let's just talk very quickly, then, about numbers.

-Yep.

-How well is his best in training?

-So 18 is his best in training.

-Mm-hm.

-The worst, probably down at two or three.

-Two or three?!

Yeah, but that's me. I'm just a rubbish throw.

Twice we've done 18 though...

-Excellent.

-..in the last week. So, fingers crossed.

-It could be a new record to be gobbled up.

-We hope so.

As we all know, sausage lobbing requires strict regulations.

Hagrid must catch the sausage pieces with his mouth.

'He and David must be two metres apart throughout the attempt.'

Neither of them may cross the two-metre line

with any part of their body.

And Hagrid's own world record to beat is a mouthwatering 13 pieces

of sausage scoffed in 30 seconds.

Do you think he'll do it?

Well, 71% of the bunker crew predict he will.

Let's see if they're right.

-Three...two...one...go.

-KLAXON

Yes, one. 'A flying start from the big guy.

'Hungry AND nimble.'

Two...

Cor, this is great.

'Watch how Hagrid's eyes follow each sausagey prize

'with the precision of a hawk.

'Noble moshing!' Look at the jaws!

'Ooh, a tremendous recovery there. Get in!'

Lovely.

'David's sausage tossing really is on point.'

Good pace.

Ooh, lovely. Come on!

-Three...two...

-Yes!

-..one...time.

-KLAXON

The last one just sailed by!

'Hagrid missed that final ear skimmer,

'but overall a performance of world-class banger bingeing.

'Could it be a new record?'

One of the main rules for this record attempt is that both David

and Hagrid have to be two metres apart throughout the entirety.

Unfortunately Hagrid leapt forward quite far and was over the line,

so I'm afraid it was disqualified.

'Devastating scenes as Hagrid's mighty moosh invalidates the attempt

'as these state-of-the-art graphics show.

'And with 19 pieces of sausage caught,

'he would have obliterated the record.

'So David's moved him well behind the line

'to make sure there's no nose fault this time.

'Can Hagrid come back from the disappointment?

'Is he even still hungry?!'

-Three...two...one...go!

-KLAXON

Good, great throws there. Great throws.

'Hagrid's staying well back from the line this time.

'He's the consummate sausage-catching professional.'

Yes, lovely.

'Check out that eruption of doggy drool.

'That's how much this boy loves a bit of banger.'

-Oh, Hagrid...

-Hagrid!

-Come on.

Yes. 'Phew! For a moment, I thought he was ready for doggy dessert,

'but he's back in the sausage game.'

Powering through these. Yes.

-Hagrid!

-Hagrid!

Hagrid, in the game. 'He's gone for a lie-down

'in the middle of a record!'

-Hagrid!

-Three...two...one...time.

Oh, one at the end. 'Unbelievable!

'He doesn't even need to be upright to catch them.

'A lacklustre performance by his own high standards,

'but did Hagrid do enough to break that record of 13?'

On that attempt,

I can tell you first of all that it was a valid attempt.

Today you achieved...

-..14, which is a new Guinness World Record title!

-Yes!

Yes! Hagrid demolishes his own record.

'That final laid-back catch proved vital. Time for the grand finale.

'Standby slow-mo cam...'

Sausages!

Oh...

Less successful than I was hoping for.

And with that, we can reveal our top predictors in the bunker today.

Sara...

Mia...

Jamie...

Miss Miles...

Harry...

Fraser...

Isla...

Rachel...

Kayla...

and Mr White.

Well done to all of our top predictors there.

But of course, only one of them can go through

and participate in our final record-attempting challenge.

I can now reveal the person chosen by our supercomputer

completely at random is...

Mia!

Magical stuff from Mia.

'Mia's favourite Officially Competitive competitor

-is Mr Cherry..

-Everyone loves a champion.

Her favourite sound is the patter of rain drops.

-She must hear that a lot in the UK.

-Harsh, but fair.

And the superpower she'd most like to have is to make it snow.

Please welcome Snow Mia!

Mia must now decide who will await their fate in the gunge tank

of doom while the other two warriors attempt the record for...

Now, Mia, no pressure, but this decision is a crucial one.

You have to decide which of our competitors remain here to take part

in the challenge, and which is sent to the gunge tank of doom.

-Cherry.

-Oh!

-It's Cherry.

-Argh...

ji....poof!

Well, no-one saw that coming.

Mia sensationally sends her favourite competitor,

Mr Cherry, for a sliming.

Unless Ray and Steve, AKA Stars, Stripes and Sizzle,

can bank a new world record.

Let's get the rules.

Two dishes and a bucket must be placed in a line with five metres

between each one.

Using one bare foot, Steve must transfer golf balls

one at a time from the first dish to the second.

But for a ball to count towards the total,

it must be dispatched by Ray's foot into the final bucket.

If a ball is dropped, the competitor must start again with a new ball.

And the target for a new world record is to transfer five golf

balls to the buckets in one minute.

Towels are on standby for sweaty feet, and Steve has trimmed the

toenails of his right foot specifically for this record.

The secret to the state of his left foot remains hidden

beneath a stripy stocking.

-Three...two...one...go.

-KLAXON

'Steve digs in and grabs one between big toe and toe two.'

-But can he unlodge it?

-Yes!

-'There it goes.

-Ray takes over.

-'And it's a hole in one!'

-Yes.

'Look how he clasps it under his toes for an easy drop-off.

'Top tootsie technique.

'Cherry watches on as Steve already places a second ball for Ray.

'Could they do this?' Struggle... Come on, Steve. Oh, no.

'Not with foot fumbles like that.

-'Meanwhile, Ray's got that second ball...'

-Steve, Steve, Steve!

-'..and dispatches it.

-Finally, Steve grabs the third.

-Nice!

-All right.

'Fancy footwork from Sizz Bizz.'

-Come on, Steve.

-'And no mistake from Ray either.

-'Two more for the record.'

-Yes, Steve. Come on.

-Argh!

-Oh, no! No.

'Ray's ball slips and bounces into the abyss.

'What a tragedy. Come on, Ray.

'Wrap those tootsies round that ball.'

-You can do it, you can do it.

-Come on. Come on, guys. That's it, Ray.

Slow and steady. Yes.

Come on, Ray. Hurry up. Run, run!

'It's in! That's four.

-'There's still time for five.' Yes, come on!

-Five...four...

'Oh, no! It slipped from his clutches.

'And that ball is now out of bounds.'

-Three...two...one...stop.

-KLAXON

Oh, no! 'Well, they both put their best foot forward.

'But it doesn't look good for Cherry.

'Over to Shantha for the official result.'

The target to beat was five.

Today you managed...

..four.

-Oh, no!

-So no record.

'No! So close.'

'Yes, this agonising drop from Ray is the difference between Cherry

'going home clean and dry and going home smothered in gunge.'

-ALL:

-Gunge...

-No!

-..gunge...

-No!

Three...two...one!

The clothes peg that might spare his nostrils,

but he'll need a serious sponging after this glorious gunging.

Moving scenes. Well, that's it for today.

Thank you to Mia, thank you to all our record breakers, and thank you

to gunge, without whom we wouldn't be having so much fun.

See you!

# Well, the sequence shone as Donovan was held by Rebecca up high

# And Hagrid smashed his record for catching sausages

# Flying through the sky

# And China's Xi looked solid then built the tallest double-dice column

# But his competitors found it too hard to break the record

# With playing cards

# And Stephen Ray's golf moving was under par

# They've all been Officially Amazing! #