Mind-Bending, Egg-Cupping, Unicycle Golfing, Domino Ding-Dong 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!

-Oh!

# And a woman with a beard...

What?!

# Officially, officially, officially...amazing! #

Welcome to Officially Amazing Goes Bunkers.

We're here in our top-secret record-breaking bunker,

and so is our bumper bunker crowd!

CHEERING

They'll be playing along with every record on today's show,

and so can you. Not only that, guess who else is here?

Al Jackson!

Well, hello there. Here's what's coming up on today's show.

-Selfie?

-I think so.

We've got some awesome Guinness World Records title attempts,

including...

Body-buckling egg cupping.

Backflipping board breaking.

And positively perplexing golfing.

As always,

one of our bunker squad will earn the chance to gunge

a record-breaking legend at the end of the show.

Let's kick off by releasing a trio of Titans to jaunty music.

Starting with the Japanese Jedi...

# 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-ch

# Cherry-san! #

Majestic.

Next through the tunnel is my diddy droid...

# 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 knows his name, and it's US Ray. #

Fairly impressive.

But now for the UK's special storm trooper...

Sizzlin' Steve.

-# In Sizzlin' Steve

-In Sizzlin' 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?

# Well, you can set him any test

# And he will yearn to be the best.

# Because he's a record-breaking legend, Sizzlin' Steve. #

And with that, The Sizzler is set for battle.

But before we reveal what challenge lies ahead,

Haruka and I have a real kicker of a record from China.

Wow, that's a lot of kung fu!

And a lot of firewood!

Huynh Dang Khoa

and Lo Chi Shen

are here to compete for the record for...

That means backward somersaulting!

Kicking and destroying a 2.5cm thick board...

..and landing perfectly on your feet...

..over and over again!

Exhaustingly tricky.

Khoa holds the current record with nine.

So, do you think one of them will break it?

Our bunker guests have made their first predictions,

and a confident 88% of them think

that, yes, we will see a record.

And after the traditional massage under a puffer jacket,

Lo's good to go.

Incredible!

Chopping wood with your foot is impressive in itself.

But Lo's doing it upside down in mid-air!

This must be so hard.

Oh, and that was a wobbly landing.

Fanatical support from the home crowd.

But his hand touched the ground, so that kick won't count.

Lo's exhausted, but he won't give up.

Oh, he stubbed his toe on that one, he's down again!

-HOOTER BLOWS

-And that's attempt over.

An heroic effort, Lo's equalled Khoa's record with nine.

He's not celebrating though.

Can Khoa take the record back?

Wow, fast start.

He needs incredible strength to keep on flipping himself,

breaking a board, landing and going again.

Phenomenal! Lo looks worried.

He should be, Khoa is powering through this.

HOOTER BLOWS Oh, no, a fall, right at the end.

Khoa's exhausted.

A celebratory cuddle for his challenger,

but could he have kicked more than nine?

A final total of 11, congratulations!

-Unbelievable!

-Wondrous wood chopping from the world number one.

Now, let us return to the bunker

for another seismic session of...

Previously on Officially Competitive...

Steve and I broke a Guinness World Records title in a team event!

Congratulations again, Ben, for being the best in the world

at bending over with shaving foam on your head.

Thanks, Al!

And that precious victory put Steve just one point behind Mr Cherry.

But with only three events left,

Ray needs to win them all to have any hope of the title.

Starting today with the record for...

But first, domino toppling artiste Al Jackson has prepared

a huge-scale demonstration.

Stand by for astonishment.

Turns out this is harder than it looks.

Here are the rules.

Standard-sized dominoes must be stood one at a time,

using one hand only.

Dominoes must be placed within a designated A3-sized area.

Once the minute is up, the competitors

must topple the dominoes.

And any dominoes still standing will not count.

For the record, our idols need to topple a colossal 75 dominoes.

Do our prodigies think they can do it?

Let's interrogate them and find out.

-Talk me through your tactics?

-I've been meditating, Ben.

And how have you been doing that?

I've got my energy levels lower.

-Lower?!

-Yes.

Give me your wrist.

It's true, the man has no pulse.

Now for a man who is 100% pumped.

Have you ever worked with dominoes before?

Playing it here or there.

But what about stacking them?

Stacking 'em? More just like watching them tumble over.

-So you just looked at them?

-Yes.

All the dominoes will fall, and when they do,

there'll be one left standing and his name is Ray.

Unfortunately, Al, this is a toppling record.

Dominoes left standing don't count.

This record requires steady hands.

A big problem for Cherry this series.

Can he conqueror the nerves today?

How will you keep yourself calm?

-TRANSLATION:

-Well, Chiki-san, I shall write an ancient, invisible,

magic word on me hand and pretend to swallow it.

Right.

It's obvious, really.

So, who do you think will dominate the dominoes?

The bunker bunch are backing the mighty Sizzler.

And today, each competitor will have two attempts at the record.

My dinky dominoist goes first.

Three, two, one - go!

And he's off.

This is bombastic balancing.

And he has the rock-steady hand of a champion domino stacker.

Ray has nerves of steel-coated steel.

He's flying here.

And he's nailed the tricky second bend too.

Perfect precision with every domin...

No!

One minute misplacement was all it took for total wipe-out.

None of those dominoes will count.

But he's still got time?

Three, two, one - stop!

Ray builds a consolation row.

But that tiny topple will not bring glory.

He can afford no mistakes in attempt two.

But it doesn't look like the first-time fail has affected him

at all, Al.

Team USA have a life motto, Ben.

"If at first you don't succeed,

"change nothing and hope it works the next time."

Well, it's working so far.

This is beauteous bolder balancing.

Here comes killer corner...

Come on, Ray!

-Aargh!

-A miraculous escape for Ray,

as his dodgy domino dive-bombs in a safe direction.

Can he keep it fault-free till the end?

Five, four, three,

two, one - stop.

-Yes!

-Topple.

-Now...

-The moment of truth.

Boom!

A titanic tumble from Ray.

Can Cherry do better?

Mr Cherry, are you ready?

-Magic hand.

-Magic hand.

Is a magic electro hand within the rules?

Yep, scientists have proved it has no domino-toppling powers.

Three, two, one.

Go!

Cherry's electro hand is quivering with nerves.

That's going to be a real danger in such a precarious record.

Even the dominoes are shaking.

But domino cam displays the face of a man who's determined to succeed.

So long as he doesn't blow his dominoes over.

Five, four, three,

two, one - stop!

Topple.

Oh!

Agonising! Cherry's topple was unstoppable

until it stopped three dominoes from the end.

They won't count.

Can he do better in attempt number two?

This is quicker.

He's got a valid score behind him, Al, he can afford to go for broke.

He's slowing up now, though.

Corners are the downfall of many a domino run.

It pays to be precise.

Cherry does not want another topple tragedy.

Five, four...

-And Cherry's going full circle.

-..three, two, one -

stop!

-Topple.

-This is huge, but will it topple?

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

A dazzling domino display.

But if there is one man born to achieve world domino-tion...

-Go!

-..it's the Sizz-Master.

Steve's lining them up the wrong way.

It's a tactical masterplan.

Was that part of the plan?

No. But The Sizzler will not be beaten.

He's right back up again, building another epic...

Aargh!

He's going for pace over precision.

It's leaving his dominoes wobbly, and that equals disaster.

But like a tenacious tornado who stacks dominoes,

he just keeps on going.

And now he's building a double track.

This one domino will topple two chains.

Steve has turned disaster into...

A catastrophe!

A third collapse and no time to recover.

Three, two, one - stop.

Topple.

Steve's heading for last place.

One more attempt and it needs to be big.

It's a flawless start.

And he's risking another double track!

It's a high-risk strategy all right.

It takes colossal courage to come back with a display like this.

Focused and unflappable, that's my Sizz.

Oh! I'm not sure I can take much more of this.

Millimetres from disaster!

Five, four, three,

two, one - stop.

-If this works, Steve... Come on!

-Topple.

Oh!

Yes!

Yeah! Come on!

We've seen three titanic topples,

but who demolished the most dominoes?

And did anyone get near that record of 75?

We need an official adjudication.

Shantha, do we have a record?

No.

THEY GROAN

But there's still the all-important competitive point to play for.

Shantha, who's got it?

I can reveal that there are just two dominoes between third and first

-place.

-Never have we ever been so close.

So, in third place,

with a total of 37...

..is Mr Cherry.

This could blow the competition wide open!

And in first place...

with a total of 39,

so winning by just one domino is...

..Steve.

Whoo! Hey!

Sizzler!

Domi-yes! Not domi-no, domi-yes!

A hard-fought victory for The Sizzler

puts him joint with Cherry at the top of the leaderboard

with only two events left.

It's all over for US Ray, though,

he's guaranteed to finish in last place.

Again.

But he could reclaim pride when two of our heroes join forces

to attempt another record

at the end of the show.

If they fail, they'll send the remaining competitor

straight to the...

The victim will be chosen by one member of the audience,

based on their powers of prediction.

So, it's predicting fingers at the ready,

as I limber up for our next record.

I've been perfecting my contortion skills

for the return of our next guest.

No need to get yourself into a twist,

all it takes is a bit of practice.

And it's amazing what you can achieve!

Oh, dear.

Today, we welcome back our favourite elasticated enigma,

contortionist Claudia Hughes.

We first met Claudia in series five,

when she came within two seconds of the record for...

-29.47.

-Aw!

And today, this ludicrously limber lady is back

and determined to crack the record.

Here are the rules.

Claudia must place each egg fully in each cup.

She can use her feet only.

And if she gets six eggs in cups

within 27.42 seconds,

it's a world record.

Claudia, welcome back to Officially Amazing.

-Why, thank you.

-Thanks for being so flexible.

Just a minute, getting comfy.

How's training been going?

Have you been breaking the record?

Very, very close, not quite, not quite.

Despite that revelation, a massive 88% of the bunker crew

think Claudia will get the record this time.

What do you think?

Three, two, one - go.

HOOTER BLOWS

Nice. That's what we want to see.

Yes.

And that's two perfectly placed eggs.

What talented tootsies.

Yes, it's a little plop and roll.

Oh, no - there's trouble on the fourth.

It's all too tight for her toes.

And a tiny nudge has sent egg number six off on a roll.

That's five in, but she's off on an egg hunt for the final one.

Yes! Impeccable egg work.

Could Claudia have done it in under 27.42 seconds?

It's a time of 30.96 seconds.

Oh!

Just 3.5 seconds away from the record.

Can Claudia conquer her eggy Everest

on the next attempt?

Go.

This time, she's placed the cups further apart,

so there's less chance of her feet disturbing the other eggs.

Could this revolutionary tactic help her dip below

the magical 27-second mark?

This looks fast, but she can't afford any mistakes.

Ooh. They're all in!

You see, that again felt fast to me.

-Yeah.

-I think the spacing definitely helped.

-That definitely helped.

-That one egg,

just got caught on a flailing toe and trickled away, didn't it?

-I know.

-Will it have affected the record attempt?

Mark?

-That was your fastest attempt.

-OK.

It was a time of 20...

..5.45! It's a brand-new Guinness World Records title!

-Oh, yes!

-Oh, yes!

Claudia never gave up and finally has a world record to prove it.

Eggs-trodinary scenes!

Much like those in the bunker right now...

..as an entire row of correct predictors

get coveted Al Jackson low tens.

It's everything they've dreamed of and more.

But will the magical touch of Al Jackson help when

it comes to predicting the outcome of one of the weirdest

golf records you'll ever see?

And so, Ben Shires prepares to tee off.

He needs to calm those nerves.

100% focus now.

Here we go.

Oh, what's this?

Look at that, oh...

CHUCKLES

That's much better than whatever Tweedy Trousers was going to do.

Shires settles once more.

Oh, how will Shires react to that?

Ah, not well.

Meet Kevin Carpenter,

one of the world's leading golf trick shot performers.

Today, Kevin is going to combine his gasp-inducing golf skills

with riding a unicycle, as he attempts the record for...

Here are the rules.

Balls must be hit whilst in mid-air and travel through

at least 50 yards, which is 45.72m.

And if he touches the ground, the attempt is over.

If Kevin hits ten balls

over 45.72 metres in 30 seconds,

it's a world record.

You've taken trick golf to a new level, haven't you?

You do it on a unicycle?

As far as I'm aware, no trick-shot golfer

is hitting shots on a unicycle.

I wonder why? It seems so obvious.

Tell me, how difficult is this as a skill?

The difficulty that I've got with the challenge

is being able to throw the ball in the air

and time that with my feet going round on the pedals

in order to feel balanced to have a swing at hitting the shot.

This is a preposterously problematic challenge,

and the bunkerites are torn, with a narrow 59% predicting a record.

What do you think?

Three, two, one - go!

What a start! Excellent.

Ooh, close.

A miss there.

It's another hit!

Brilliant balance as Kevin steadies himself

and then smashes that ball

into the distance.

Golf instructors say the key to a good swing

is to keep your head still.

Kevin manages that on one wheel!

Whoa-ho-ho!

He missed it!

And Kevin's fighting just to stay on the unicycle.

A great recovery but that wasted time could cost him.

-Ooh, it's high...

-Time.

Oh.

Well, some balls received a spanking,

others ducked the punishment.

But did Kevin manage to thwack ten beyond that 46 metre target?

-On that attempt, there was only five.

-OK.

It didn't get any better for Kevin on attempt number two.

He connected with half the balls,

but needs a near 100% hit rate for the record.

-Time.

-Oh!

Can he find his rhythm on the final round?

Go!

Yes. A perfect start.

That's two. Come on, Kevin!

Some determined driving here.

Can he possibly pull this off?

Is this it?

He didn't connect well there.

-Time.

-Aw!

A delightful display of uni-golfing

but did Kevin hit that target of ten?

-Mark?

-On that last round, it was just six.

You might not have got the record, but you're still amazing to me.

-Put it there.

-Cheers, thanks very much.

-Well done.

-Thank you.

Disappointment for Kevin.

But we're on the edge of delight in the bunker,

as we reveal today's most accurate predictors.

Leia!

Nathan!

Euan!

Carla!

Rhys!

Kristoffer!

Morven!

And some bigger bunkerites...

Mrs Glynne!

Mrs Head!

And Mrs Kinsella!

They all predicted with over 97.7% accuracy.

Incredible skills,

but only one will be chosen by our mega-computer

to take part in our final record-breaking challenge.

And that person is...

Kristoffer!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Tell me more about cool kid Kristoffer.

Well, Kristoffer would love to be a dog.

You've come to the right man.

He loves the sound of dogs barking.

My cat does not.

Good to know. And his favourite food is a hot dog.

-Done.

-I'm not sure that's the kind of hot dog he meant.

Anyway, Kristoffer must now decide which two Officially competitive

legends will unite to attempt the record for...

And everyone's in the Christmas spirit, even Shantha!

Kristoffer, you're going to decide which of our competitors

will be sent to the Gunge Tank Of Doom!

Now, Kristoffer, which of our competitors

are you going to send to meet their possible gungy fate?

-Mr Cherry.

-Mr Cherry.

Oh! Kristoffer!

Ohhhh!

Ohhhh...

Kristoffer!

Let him go, Kristoffer, let him go.

Cherry makes his way to the gunge tank for a record fifth time.

Leaving Ray and Sizzle to reform the pairing

that has claimed a staggering one world record this series.

Let them be called Sizzlay.

Can Sizzlay save Cherry with a record?

Only one thing is certain, Al, we need some rules.

Each cracker must be pulled individually.

Crackers must make a cracking sound to count.

And if Sizzlay pull 20 crackers

in 20 seconds or under,

it's a world record.

If they don't, Cherry gets smothered in splodge.

Sizzlay have laid out 23 crackers,

so they have spares should any not properly crack.

Three, two, one - go!

This is an incredible Christmas cracking.

Watch how Sizzler leads,

taking each cracker before, boom,

Ray pulls to exploding point.

Did that cracker crack, Ben?

It didn't sound like it.

And, look, we'd usually see a snapped snapper,

but it's missing.

That won't count, so they'll have to pull an extra one to reach 20.

Ooh, but look, they got an oversized plastic paperclip.

So it's not all bad.

Sizzlay are tearing through them at a ridiculous rate.

It's like they've been pulling crackers for years.

That's 18, 19, 20!

Oh, really good!

What a tremendous tussle.

Has Cherry been saved?

Have Sizzlay achieved Christmas cracker world domination?

Over to official adjudicator, Shantha.

The target to beat was 20 seconds.

Today, you managed...

16.26 seconds.

Ding dong, merrily on high!

That was amazing!

They had to pull an extra cracker,

but still Ray and Steve

claimed a second joint Guinness World Records title.

Meaning Cherry is released unsplatted from the gunge tank.

It really is Christmas Day every day in the bunker.

Anyway, must dash.

Bye!

# Well, Claudia was back and this time she had the knack

# Of moving eggs with her feet

# And Kevin's crazy golf skills almost paid the bills

# But in the end, he tasted defeat

# Khoa's pine board breaking was really quite breathtaking

# Sizzler got a win with his domino toppling

# And Steve and Ray's cracker pulling went off with a bang

# It's all been Officially...

# ..Amazing! ' #