Human Skipping, Wakesurfing, Tea Bag Throwing Officially Amazing

# Officially

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# Smallest van, heaviest cake

# Tallest man

# Longest ears on a dog

# Most poisonous frog

# And a woman with a beard

# What?

# Officially, officially, officially

# Amazing! #

Ahh!

Hello, and welcome.

This is Officially Amazing...

..Goes Bunkers!

Yes, another huge crowd is here to see Guinness World Records' titles

broken before their very eyes.

And here's what we have for them and you today.

A troupe of acrobats go skipping...

with human ropes!

A whirling, twirling surf dude.

And a man jumps off a cliff.

Plus, our Bunker VIPs will be trying

to predict the outcome of all today's challenges

as they hope for the chance to send

one of our Officially Competitive heroes into the...

Speaking of which, here they come.

Prepare for record-breaking royalty, as we cue the house band.

One, two, three, four!

And first down our Channel of Champions,

it's the genius from Japan...

# Brace yourselves, it's the man from Japan

# The four-time Competitive Champion

# Do Ray and Steve even have a chance

# Of beating a man with spangly pants?

# Who can break records like nobody else can?

# Ch-ch-ch-Cherry-san. #

Thank you CHERRY much!

No, thank you, Cherry-san.

Not bad, but gaze in awe at the electrifying entrance of this man -

the American Eagle, 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 will go insane

# Cos it's US Ray! #

He's a crowd-pleaser and a diamond geezer.

Whatever that is.

Now prepare for the atmosphere to reach fever pitch,

as the Bunker roars in its own British badger,

Sizzling Steve.

-# It's Sizzling Steve

-It's 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?

# Well, you can send him any test

# And he will yearn to be the best

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

He's seriously competitive,

but with a fun side too.

Before we reveal the record they're about to attempt,

it's time for a record from China, with Haruka.

And this one is a spectacular,

terrifying and very dangerous record attempt.

Haruka, to me, water balloons are terrifying!

-But go ahead.

-This is base jumping.

Using their special wingsuits,

base jumpers can fly for long distances.

But as they fly so close to the ground,

it is much more dangerous than skydiving.

It's beautiful but scary.

Just like my Auntie Debbie.

We're going to see Patrick from America

attempt the record for...

He'll jump from this platform and

use his wingsuit to fly 1.6km

in a bid to hit this

three-metre-square target.

Why anyone would want to do this is beyond me.

But Patrick is ready to go.

And now it's time for our big brains in the Bunker to get predicting.

They'll be trying to guess the outcome of every record today

and one of them will play a vital role in our final challenge

at the end of the show.

And 79% of them think he'll hit that target.

What do you think?

Well, there's no turning back now.

Just look at the speed!

Here comes the target...

Whoa! He went through the gate.

But he didn't hit the target.

He missed by only 50cm - so close!

Not to be deterred, he's going again.

But the wind speed is increasing, and so is the danger.

Ooh, look how far they're dropping!

My knees are wobbling, and I'm sat down!

Can he hit the target this time?

Oh, he can!

An incredible achievement,

and a new world record.

Just as 79% of the Bunker crew predicted.

What a display of danger-defying daredevilry.

And there are surely more feats of unimaginable bravery

coming up next in...

Previously on Officially Competitive...

Quadruple champ Mr Cherry took the biscuit

as he stacked his way to a seriously sweet record-breaking start.

So the Cherry tops

the competitive cake.

But that could all change today,

as our three legends attempt the record for...

Let's brew up some rules.

Teabags must be dry and thrown from behind a line 1.5m from the mugs.

Starting at one end of the row,

bags must be thrown one at a time into the mugs in sequence.

And the target for a new world record

is five teabags in five mugs

in 30 seconds.

Let's get the team talks, starting with America's sweethearts,

Team USA.

Now, you could have purchased any shaped tea.

Which one did you go for and why?

I went for the four corners.

-OK.

-I'm going to ball it up, make it small, and then I'm just going to...

-So you have a strategy?

-Oh, yeah.

-Let's test the strategy right now.

-Let's test it out.

-All right, I've got a cup.

-Oh, excellent.

All right.

-OK.

-Yeah, yeah.

There we go. How about we do one more?

-One more, all right. Just to show it wasn't a fluke.

-Exactly.

Just to show everybody out there...

In my mind, that went in.

Well, that was rubbish.

Is this one already in the tea bag for the Sizzler?

It seems to me that this is a record made for you.

-Tell me why?

-I've had years of experience making cups of tea,

throwing teabags in cups.

That's how I make all my tea everyday.

Well, Steve, I hope that you will sail to victor-tea.

-Victory?

-Ah.

-Victor-tea?

Nah. Nah.

Cherry has travelled from Japan with Chiki, his tutor,

trainer and tea-bag-tossing teacher.

Let's see what he makes of this one.

What is more important for this record, speed or accuracy?

50/50.

Six of one, half dozen of t'other, in't it?

The pot...and the...teabags.

I'm still none the wiser.

But armed with that inside info,

the Bunker crew have made their projections,

and 66% believe Ray will throw

the most teabags into cups.

Ray's bagsied first go, and just look at him work that tea bag.

Oh. It's over to you, official adjudicator, Shantha.

Three, two, one...

Go!

Hm, Ray's aim hasn't improved since our interview.

Maybe the aerodynamics of the square bags aren't quite right.

He needs a nice, delicate lobbing action.

Are Ray's famed bulging biceps simply too powerful for this record?

Anything's possible.

Except Ray getting a bag in a cup.

Maybe a special song I've written will help him?

# Go, Ray, see jar, throw far, tea...#

Oh.

Unlucky, Al, that deserved better.

Look, in desperation, Ray threw two teabags at once.

There's no two-for-one on these bags!

Come on, Ray, come on now.

-Got to get one!

-Come on.

-Five, four...

-Oh, Ray!

Three, two, one - stop.

Yes, that was TEA-ribble.

Ahem. Arguably, even worse than that pun.

Shantha officially checks the mugs, and...

No, nothing there.

Well, the only way is up.

Steve's gone for pyramid-shaped teabags -

will they prove to be a better choice?

Go!

Yes!

Three throws in, and Sizz is already in the lead!

Legendary lobbing.

On to the next cup now.

Yes! And that's two.

This is it.

Look how fast he's throwing.

Yes! Ooh...

A terrifically tender toss into the third cup.

Yes, that target of five bags in mugs

is in his sights.

That's it, that's it. Keep going.

Oh, and CUP a load of that!

That's four.

Those pyramid bags are perfect missiles.

Look at that precise arc.

And that's five!

Come on, come on, Steve!

Yes! Six!

Brilliant!

Three, two, one - stop!

Brilliant bagging.

He really put the tea in S-tea-ve.

Wow. Let's see if Mr Cherry's chucking

is better than your punning.

He's brought his pyramids all the way from Japan.

-Go!

-And he's using a plate to hold his bags.

An incredible innovation.

Classic Cherry.

And that's one. Unlike Steve, Cherry's pyramids house green tea,

not black.

Could that give him an advantage?

Erm, it doesn't look like it.

That was 11 misses before he holed cup number two.

Chiki's got the crowd cheering.

Can they inspire him to victory?

Maybe not.

-ALL CHANT:

-Cherry, Cherry, Cherry...

That's three. Handsome hurling.

Three, two, one...

Stop.

Well, one final tea bag did loop into a cup,

but it did so after time was up.

So, Shantha, did anyone reach the magic target of five?

Do we have a record?

Yes, we do.

ALL GASP

In third place...with an invalid attempt and a total of zero...

is Ray.

Ray's attempt at tea for two cost him.

Well, that and his 18 misses from 18 throws.

And in first place, with a total of six correctly thrown teabags...

-..is Steve!

-Yes!

CHEERING

One of the strangest victory celebrations I've ever seen.

But what a win.

Despite only 9% of the Bunker thinking he could do it.

Yeah, Sizz Biz bags his first

Guinness World Records' title of the series,

and joins Cherry

at the top of the leaderboard.

Look at that.

Right, cup of tea, anyone?

No thanks, Sizz, because we must move on.

Our heroes will be back later on.

Two will team up to attempt another world record.

But should they fail,

the third will be trudging to a sludging inside the...

And the decision on just who will be cruising for an oozing will be taken

by one of the most successful predictors in the Bunker.

So they will be watching carefully as Haruka and I take to the water.

This is Lee Debuse, one of the country's leading wakesurfers.

Wakesurfing starts with being towed on a short surfboard

behind a motorboat.

But unlike wakeboarding, once you're balanced,

you chuck away the cable and then simply surf the wave,

or wake, created by the boat's speed.

Today, Lee's going to be attempting the record for...

A 360 is a vertical spin performed

whilst riding the waves behind the boat.

Let's see how Lee's feeling.

Tell me exactly how you make that 360 work, then?

What technique is involved?

Using your body, your head, your arms.

Once you pick up the momentum from that, you can keep turning.

-Sounds easy.

-Hopefully!

Are there any danger elements?

We're not going too fast,

so as long as you wear a life jacket and you've got a good driver,

you should be fine.

And during training, what's the best you've done?

I've not done it all together,

so we're going to see how we go today.

Now, Lee, don't hammer me for this,

but has anyone said you look a bit like Thor?

LAUGHTER

Erm, yeah, my girlfriend does, actually.

Oh!

Oh, my hard-hitting questions do it again.

Here are the rules.

Only full 360-degree rotations will count towards the total.

And if Lee falls, the attempt is over.

And the target for a new world record is 16 360s in one minute.

The Bunker Bunch have made their predictions.

And even though Lee admitted he's never tried this

in the one-minute timeframe,

72% still think he'll end up with a world record.

What do you think?

-He's in.

-Makes it look so easy!

-He really does.

Once he gives the signal to official adjudicator Mark...

KLAXON BLARES

..the surf is up.

And the surf is down!

Aw!

He got halfway through the turn, then got a mouthful of lake.

He's straight back on the board for another go.

And this time, he completes the first 360.

Tremendous balance here!

Sensational surf spinning.

Look at him paddling to keep up.

The wake got wobbly, and he weally had to work to wemain on that wave.

He's working really hard now!

He hung on, but he'd lost precious time.

Could that be crucial?

-Time!

-That's it.

-Did he do it?

-Well done, Lee!

Has Lee twirled his way to a new record?

Lee, you needed a minimum of 16 360s within the one-minute timeframe.

On that occasion...

-15.

-Aw, no!

So close!

Oh, he can't get that close and give up.

One more time, come on, Lee!

First one down.

A minute of precarious perching and treacherous turning ahead.

He'll need to be almost faultless.

Ooh, a wobble. He stayed upright.

And he's quickly back on track.

It looks like he's using his hand as a kind of rudder

to help guide himself along the wake.

30 seconds!

That's nine 360s at the halfway stage.

Just seven away from the magical 16 required.

He only needs one more spin than last time.

But he must be exhausted.

Can he keep going?

This is looking good, but it's going to be close.

Don't WAVE goodbye to this record, Lee.

-Stop!

-That's it, that's time.

Well, he thinks he's done it.

But did he manage the 16 required this time?

-Let's find out.

-On that occasion...

..18, which is a brand-new Guinness World Records' title!

He needed one more 360, he got three more 360s!

And what a celebration!

He even kept the certificate safe and dry.

72% of the Bunker was spot on there, including Demi Lee,

who gets the coveted Al Jackson high five.

How about a hand for Demi Lee, everybody?

'I'm the gift that keeps on giving.'

Our Bunker guests now have one final prediction to make

before someone will be banished to the...

-So what's next?

-Well, Al, this is Acropolis -

a team of 11 astonishingly strong and flexible young men and women,

aged between 11-22,

who compete for Britain in the spectacular sport

of acrobatic gymnastics.

This group of British,

European and World championship-winning gymnasts

have gathered at Durham Cathedral - a famed sports arena.

-Really?

-Erm, no.

To do some skipping!

But instead of a rope, they'll be using...

Whoa! A small human?!

Well, apparently so, because this is the record for...

Acropolis has sensationally - but hopefully temporarily -

split itself into two teams to compete for this title.

Let's hear from the two whirling human ropes - Finn and Georgia.

Talk me through what it feels like to be a human skipping rope?

I imagine it's a little bit weird, right?

-Just a little bit.

-Are you secretly enjoying it?

-It's quite fun.

-You're just like, "whee!"

So, Finn, how's training been going for your team?

It's good. We've been keeping a log of how well we're doing and our time

and how many we've been able to do.

Who do you think, out of the two teams,

is more likely to get the record?

-Definitely us.

-I saw that coming, but excellent.

Jesse, what could go wrong?

We need to make sure that, firstly,

the skipper actually jumps over Georgia.

If they slip, it's going to go all over.

And we need to make sure her back doesn't hit off the floor,

otherwise she's going to end up with a bad back.

Wow. So, lots of risk.

-Yeah!

-Prediction, then, how do you think you're going to do?

Are you going to beat this team?

If we do as well as we've been doing in training, I think we should.

Here are the rules.

Only full 360-degree revolutions of the human skipping rope will count

towards the total.

Any failed jumps will not count.

The target is 40 skips in one minute.

Dave the Medic is on stand-by for this dangerous record.

Remember, Acropolis is a highly trained team

of acrobatic gymnastic experts.

Do NOT try this yourself.

Can they break the record?

54% of our wise watchers in the Bunker predict they will.

And it's Team A up first.

So, the two bases - twin brothers Paul and Stephen -

get to grips with Finn's wrists and ankles,

and Marcus is ready to start skipping.

Three, two, one - go!

KLAXON

Wow! They are flinging him through the air at a frightening pace!

Why have we picked a room with chandeliers?

At least it adds to the drama.

Look how high Marcus jumps to avoids collision with the flying Finn.

Sharp focus from the two bases - they're in perfect sync.

That's it, keep it up, guys, keep it up!

That's 25 skips at the halfway point.

They're well on course for the target of 40.

But now they're really battling against tiredness.

THEY PANT

You can hear Paul and Stephen breathing heavily with exertion.

Brilliant effort. And Marcus is feeling it too.

One tired slip now could bring this awesome foursome crashing to a heap.

-Time!

-Oh, lovely!

What a dizzying display of hazardous high jumping.

Finn the human skipping rope looks a little dazed.

But while he unwinds, let's see how Team B respond.

Go!

Unlike Marcus, Jesse is facing sideways as he jumps.

Could that technique prove to be better?

The bases - Liam and Angus -

are whipping Georgia around at a startling speed.

Absolutely phenomenal flexibility from this human rope.

Going really strong at the moment, this is great stuff.

Ooh, a tiny miscalculation, Jesse clipped Angus's arm,

but somehow they recovered.

They've matched Team A with 25 skips at the halfway point.

But the margins are so fine!

You can see Georgia's T-shirt brush the carpet on some revolutions.

The bases' arms must be aching.

Jesse's thighs must be burning.

Georgia must be dizzy!

Amazing. Can they keep going?

Last few seconds...

That's it, excellent.

Big push... Ooh!

Time!

Whoo!

Whoa! Jesse bumped into Angus,

but still somehow leapt over Georgia

to complete a final skip without disaster.

So, which team came out on top,

and did either reach that target of 40 skips?

It's over to official adjudicator Mark.

I can tell you both teams exceeded the minimum required.

The first team achieved 46 skips.

That is a new world record.

But there are no celebrations yet,

because we don't know how many skips Team B managed.

Second team achieved...

..48, which is a brand-new Guinness World Records' title!

They're almost too exhausted to celebrate.

But what a contest between these towering giants of gymnastics.

And after that incredi-record, the results are in,

and our top predictors are...

-Finlay!

-Amrit!

-Charlie!

-Athena!

-Isabel!

-Ms McCrory!

-Angus!

-Ms Fullerton!

-Conor!

-And Jack!

They all predicted with an amazing accuracy

of 74% or more across the show.

But only one will be chosen at random by our supercomputer

to star in our final challenge.

And that person is...

-..Isabel!

-Great job, Isabel!

Chocolate-loving Isabel can balance on one foot for up to ten minutes.

I can barely manage that on two feet.

The animal she'd most like to be is, of course, a narwhal.

Genuine fact - that horn is actually a really long tooth.

Thankfully, we don't have them. But if we did, I think...

Stop it, Al!

And her favourite sound is whale song.

-WHALE SONG

-Soothing.

Isabel must now choose which two of our Officially Competitive icons

will team up to attempt the record for...

Between them, our heroes have broken chopstick record 11 times.

Five came from Cherry, six from Steve, and,

erm...none from Ray.

The choice should be easy.

Now, Isabel, the power is well and truly in your hands.

Because you have to choose which of our two competitors will be facing

this final challenge, and who is going to end up...

In the gunge tank of doom!

SINISTER MUSIC

Mr Cherry.

CHEERING

He's taking it pretty well.

HE WAILS

So, for the first time ever, Ray and Steve -

Team Ray-ve, I'm calling them -

will hunt together in a small pack in search of glory.

Which leaves Mr Cherry in the gunge tank.

He looks scared, and rightly so.

Ray is useless with chopsticks.

Sorry, Cherry. Let's get the rules.

The 30 jelly babies must be five different colours and laid out

randomly on a plate.

Using one pair of chopsticks,

Steve and Ray must alternately

pick up and sort one baby at a time,

while always keeping one hand

behind their back.

If they sort all 30 jelly babies in under 54 seconds,

they'll claim a world record.

If they don't...Cherry-san will be taking a shower...

..of gunge!

Once Isabel has randomised the jelly babies,

it's over to Shantha.

-Three, two, one - go!

-KLAXON

Steve, the chief of chopsticks, goes first.

And amazingly, no mistake from Ray.

Even the passing of sticks is as smooth as silk.

Ray grabs from the bottom, Steve from higher up.

Top teamwork from these unnatural allies.

But there's the first fumble, and it's Steve!

Shock waves rip through the Bunker as a white jelly baby slips

from Steve's vice-like chopstick grip.

But they're quickly back on track.

That 54-second target is still within reach.

But now a fumble from Ray,

as he can't quite grasp that green baby.

It's a candy catastrophe!

Mr Cherry is beginning to fear the worst.

Last few now. But Ray's dropped another green one.

Just choose another colour, man.

Sizz Biz bravely hides his fury at those green-coloured gaffes.

And that's it.

KLAXON

Superb sweetie sorting.

For the most part.

But did they dip under 54 seconds

for a baby-bunging world record?

Or will Cherry get a gunging?

Today, Ray and Steve...

..you managed a time...

..of one minute 23 seconds.

So, no record.

Mr Cherry looks distraught.

Not that the crowd seem to care.

It's time for the glop to drop.

ALL: Three, two, one - go!

Mr Cherry - four-time Officially Competitive champion -

immersed in a maelstrom of mucusy muck.

Magical.

Oh, wasn't that messy, marvellous mayhem?

More next time. See you!

# Well, out on the lake, Lee surfed the wake

# And did a record-breaking 18 spins

# Acropolis amazed with their skipping display

# And Georgia's team just beat Finn's

# Patrick took to the skies

# And broke a record way up high

# Steve got a victory by throwing six bags of tea

# And the jelly baby failed and Cherry got gungey

# They've all been Officially Amazing! #