0:00:15 > 0:00:18APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and a very warm welcome to this special Eurovision edition
0:00:29 > 0:00:33of Pointless Celebrities - the show where we are always striving
0:00:33 > 0:00:34to find the most obscure answers.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Let's meet today's Pointless Celebrities.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43And couple number one.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46My name is Johnny Logan, and I won the Eurovision Song Contest
0:00:46 > 0:00:49three times - twice on my own and once with this young lady.
0:00:49 > 0:00:54And my name is Linda Martin, and I was second in Eurovision,
0:00:54 > 0:00:58and then I won it in 1992, with a song written by this young man.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Couple number two.
0:01:05 > 0:01:06Hello, my name is Russ Spencer.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09I'm part of the Eurovision group Scooch,
0:01:09 > 0:01:11and we came second...to last.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18I'm Natalie, also in Scooch, and we definitely can't compete with you, Johnny.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Couple number three.
0:01:25 > 0:01:30Hello, I'm Jenny Frost. I was in Eurovision in 1999... Correct.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32..in the band Precious, but probably best known for being
0:01:32 > 0:01:34in Atomic Kitten after that.
0:01:34 > 0:01:35And I'm Sophie McDonnell.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40I too was in Precious in 1999, and we came joint 12th.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Did we? Yeah. Oh.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48And, finally, couple number four.
0:01:48 > 0:01:49Hi, I'm Jay Aston.
0:01:49 > 0:01:54I'm a former original member of Bucks Fizz, and we won in 1981.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57And I'm Cheryl Baker, and I was in the band with Jay,
0:01:57 > 0:02:00and we won with the song Making Your Mind Up. Yayhey!
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Thank you all so much. It's lovely to have you here.
0:02:05 > 0:02:06A very warm welcome to Pointless.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10We'll get to chat to each of you a little bit more throughout the show as it goes along.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12So, that just leaves one more person for me to introduce -
0:02:12 > 0:02:15a man who'd never let HIS inhibition take him from behind! LAUGHTER
0:02:15 > 0:02:17It's my Pointless friend...
0:02:17 > 0:02:19It's Richard.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Hiya. Hello, everybody.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Good evening.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28Well, it's the start of a very exciting evening. I love Eurovision.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31I cannot wait, and this is going to be a terrific little taster,
0:02:31 > 0:02:33a little pre-tease. So exciting.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Four Eurovision wins between our four podiums here. LAUGHTER
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Not quite spread out as they might be, but that's OK.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43And a couple of people who've been on before. Johnny's been on before.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Not only has Johnny been on before, he's won before.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49Cheryl has also been on, and got all the way to the head-to-head. So, they've both got good records
0:02:49 > 0:02:53on this show. I think everyone's going to be happy with the first two rounds.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55There's stuff you're going to be able to do,
0:02:55 > 0:02:56stuff that's in your realm of interest.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58But I'm very, very excited about Eurovision.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00I love it now we're underdogs all the time.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05Yes! Good. It's quite rare that the UK and Ireland are underdogs to Azerbaijan.
0:03:05 > 0:03:06I like it. Yeah.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09You know, one year...one year we're going to win it. Might be this year.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15Can you imagine, Richard? Wouldn't that be the most exciting thing ever?
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Do you know, I can't imagine, but you never know. LAUGHTER
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Oh, do you know, no, I've got something really exciting to tell you. Oh, go on.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25There is a rumour that we might have a performance at the end of the show.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Oh, really? Yeah. I'll just leave it at that.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28You are kidding me.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Are you telling me here and now that Scooch are reforming? LAUGHTER
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Let's just leave it at that, shall we say. OK. All right.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Thank you very much, Richard.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Now, as usual, all of today's questions have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43Our contestants are looking for those all-important pointless answers.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47These are answers that none of our 100 people gave. Find one of those and we will add ?250 to the jackpot.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Now, as today's show is a celebrity special,
0:03:49 > 0:03:52and each of our celebrities is playing for a nominated charity,
0:03:52 > 0:03:54we're going to start off with a jackpot of...
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08So, just remember this -
0:04:08 > 0:04:11the pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be
0:04:11 > 0:04:13eliminated, so make sure your scores are nice and low.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Very best of luck. No conferring for our first two rounds.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Our first category this evening is...
0:04:20 > 0:04:22What about that? Music.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Can you all decide in your pairs, who's going to go first,
0:04:24 > 0:04:26who's going to go second.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29And, whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35OK. And the question concerns...
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Richard. On each board, we're going to show you the names of seven
0:04:43 > 0:04:46top-40 singles from the UK which have one word in their title that
0:04:46 > 0:04:48were also released by artists who have one word in their name.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Tell us the names of those artists, please. We'll give you their initials as well.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54There'll be seven on the first board, seven on the second.
0:04:54 > 0:04:5614 in all to have a go at at home. Very best of luck.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Thanks very much. OK, so, we're looking for the artists -
0:04:59 > 0:05:03also one word - who had hits with these singles. And here they are.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04We've got...
0:05:21 > 0:05:23I'll read those all again...
0:05:31 > 0:05:33There we are.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Johnny. Welcome back to Pointless. Thank you.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41Tell me, does that jacket, like every cloud, have a silver lining? LAUGHTER
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Um.... No, it doesn't! No, it doesn't actually.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47No, it's just a black lining. I don't like clouds like that.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Now, Johnny, you're sort of Mr Eurovision.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52I'm not sure there's anyone who's had so much success with Eurovision.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56I've been called a lot of things... I hope that's... That's one of them.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59But, you know, you've won twice in your own right...
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Twice as a singer, and twice as a writer.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04So, you've got your trophies at home. Three trophies. Yep.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Have the trophies improved over the years?
0:06:07 > 0:06:10The funny thing is that I have a 24-year-old son who's
0:06:10 > 0:06:11a musician as well,
0:06:11 > 0:06:14and his friends wanted to come along and have a photograph taken
0:06:14 > 0:06:15with one of my trophies,
0:06:15 > 0:06:18and they weren't interested in the Eurovision ones at all.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20They wanted the Pointless trophy that I had.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23That is fantastic. What about that! There you are.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Now, Johnny, I imagine you'll know all of these answers,
0:06:26 > 0:06:29it's just a matter of working out which is the lowest scorer.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31I know that Linda's probably much better at this than me.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34I'm going to go with Africa and Toto.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38Toto, says Johnny. Let's see how many of our 100 people went with Toto.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Not bad. Good start to the show.
0:06:52 > 0:06:5434 for Toto. That is a good start.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57They had a number three hit, sold over 13 million records worldwide, Toto.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Thank you very much, Richard.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02And now, Natalie. Hello. So, Scooch.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05I mean, lots of people obviously remember Flying The Flag.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Yes. Absolutely.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11But, Scooch, you had quite a lot of success before that. You had a top-five single, didn't you?
0:07:11 > 0:07:13You had a run of successful singles. We did, yes.
0:07:13 > 0:07:18'99 was our first release, and we had a couple of number fives.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20One was with Flying The Flag, actually.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23But then you disbanded, and then you reformed. We did.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26What were you doing in those years off? Many things. Having babies.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30Ah, yeah. You can't be Scooching and having babies at the same time.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34Well, it's quite tough. And then back you came for Flying The Flag.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Did you keep going after that, or did you...?
0:07:37 > 0:07:42Yeah, we're still doing gigs now. A very busy time of the year.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Just one day of the year...
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Now then, Natalie. What would you like to go for?
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Well, I'm just relieved that I actually know some of the answers.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53So, that's a good start.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55I'm going to go for...
0:07:55 > 0:07:59And I just hope I've got the name right, I think I've got it right.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01The Milkshake song. Kelis.
0:08:01 > 0:08:07Kelis. Oh, you say Kel-eese. I would just say Kel-iss. But no, Kel-eese. If that's how it's pronounced.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Taking a little bit of a chance here.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10Kel-eese. Let's see if it's right.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14Let's see how many of our 100 people said Kelis. Or Kel-eese.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16It's right.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Well, we have 34 for Toto.
0:08:23 > 0:08:2618 for Kelis. Very well done.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Yeah, I would say Kel-eese too. Number two hit that was, Milkshake.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36And she's now got her own cooking show in America. She does lots of cooking.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Does she? Yeah. There we are. Thank you very much indeed.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Now, Jenny. Hello. Welcome. Thank you.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43It's just marvellous to have you here.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Now, when you sang as Precious... Say It Again was your hit. Yes.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Who chose you to be our representative?
0:08:49 > 0:08:53Because, in those days, we didn't have the TV show, did we, where it was voted by an audience.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56I think it was the writer of the song... Yeah. ..who put it forward.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00And then we did have to do a bit of a competition to get in, didn't we?
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Beat some bands off. I've got a really bad memory,
0:09:02 > 0:09:06so I kind of phone Sophie if I ever need to know anything about that era.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09But was there an evening when you all got up and sang your songs?
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Yeah, on Top Of The Pops, actually. On Top Of The Pops it was, yes (!)
0:09:11 > 0:09:14And somebody voted, or there was a panel, or...
0:09:14 > 0:09:17The general public voted in their thousands. Oh, there we are.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21And then you got the news that... Our mothers, our fathers... Yeah.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Speed dial.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Yeah, but that's brilliant. Exciting news to get.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28And then terrifying, I should think. Yeah. Yeah.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30You kind of don't really understand how there's the audience that
0:09:30 > 0:09:33watches it, when somebody actually tells you the figures, you go,
0:09:33 > 0:09:35"Oh. OK, that's a lot of people."
0:09:35 > 0:09:38It gets a little bit daunting all of a sudden.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Just a bit. Thinking, "What, they were all watching? Blimey."
0:09:41 > 0:09:43So, Jenny, what would you like to go for?
0:09:43 > 0:09:48Um... I'm going to go for Glamorous. Fergie.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Fergie, says Jenny.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Let's see if that's right for Glamorous,
0:09:52 > 0:09:54let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Fergie.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01It's right. 34 is our highest score, 18 is our low.
0:10:01 > 0:10:06Passing the high score, passing the low. Look at that, Jenny!
0:10:06 > 0:10:08A new low.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Best score so far.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Yeah, another very good answer. Number 6 hit, that was.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15I think that was genuinely the thing that made him
0:10:15 > 0:10:18think for the first time, "I'm probably going to leave Man United."
0:10:18 > 0:10:23He thought, "Do you know what? There's other things I want to do with my life and my career."
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Because that was his first big hit, really. Massive hit, yeah.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Produced by Sir Bobby Charlton.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Was it really? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34And, to this day, David Moyes never had a bigger hit single than that.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37So... Well, to date. To date. There's time yet.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39There's time yet, you're absolutely right.
0:10:39 > 0:10:40Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44Cheryl. Welcome back to Pointless. Thank you very much.
0:10:44 > 0:10:45Lovely to have you here.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47When you went as Bucks Fizz to Eurovision,
0:10:47 > 0:10:51you'd been already in Co-Co, hadn't you? Yeah. In 1978.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54We did worse than any other time that the UK had entered,
0:10:54 > 0:10:56at that time.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58No! We came eleventh. ALEXANDER GASPS
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Really?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Now? Come eleventh now and you're, "Wow!"
0:11:02 > 0:11:04But it means that you were in a position to enjoy it all
0:11:04 > 0:11:06the more, the great glory.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Because there were only four points in it, weren't there?
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Yeah. It was the skirt that did it.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13It was the piece of Velcro on our skirt that won us
0:11:13 > 0:11:18those extra points. And it held. Yeah. Fantastic. Now, Cheryl, you're the last person to have this board.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Would you like to talk us through it?
0:11:20 > 0:11:25I can't talk you through it completely, but the first one of course, Skyfall, is Adele.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Vogue is Madonna.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30I don't know Hyperballad.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32And Flash is Queen.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34So, out of the three that I do know, I think I'm going
0:11:34 > 0:11:36to go for Flash and Queen.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40Queen. OK, let's see how many of our 100 people agree with Cheryl.
0:11:40 > 0:11:41How many people said Queen?
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Well, it's right. 34 still our...
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Oh, no!
0:11:48 > 0:11:49Oh, look at that.
0:11:49 > 0:11:5265 for Queen.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55No-one ever forgets anything Freddie Mercury ever did.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57I'll have to remember that at some point. 65.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00That's true, actually. All three you knew were fairly big scorers.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04Adele is the biggest scorer of all, up the top there. She would've scored you 82 points.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Vogue, Madonna, would've scored you 64.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10And the best answer on the board is Hyperballad,
0:12:10 > 0:12:12which is Bjork. Bjork, yeah.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15And that would've scored 2 points, so very well done if you said that.
0:12:15 > 0:12:16Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19So, we're halfway through the round. Let's take a quick recap of those scores.
0:12:19 > 0:12:229, Jenny. What about that? Very impressed with ourselves.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23The best score of the pass.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Jenny and Sophie, I think I'll be very surprised
0:12:26 > 0:12:27if you're not in Round Two.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Ditto Natalie and Russ. Very well done on 18.
0:12:29 > 0:12:3134 is where we find Johnny and Linda.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34And then up to 65. I'm so sorry, Cheryl and Jay,
0:12:34 > 0:12:35that's quite a high score there.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37So, Jay, you'll get the new board.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Find a lovely low-scoring answer on that... I'll try. ..and let's hope that will keep you in the game.
0:12:41 > 0:12:46We're going to come back down the line now. Can the second players please step up to the podium.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52OK, let's put seven more single-word song titles up on the board, and here they are.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10I'll read those all again...
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Jay. Mmmm. Fantastic to have you here.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24A very, very warm welcome. Thank you.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Let's just talk a little bit more about that skirt moment.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30Because, I have to say, I think if you compile ten iconic moments -
0:13:30 > 0:13:32just ten iconic moments from the 1980s -
0:13:32 > 0:13:35you'd have probably the Royal Wedding, you'd have Torvill and Dean
0:13:35 > 0:13:39winning in Sarajevo, and you'd have that skirt coming off.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41It was that important, I think.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45It was fantastic, yes. We both couldn't quite agree on the length of the skirt,
0:13:45 > 0:13:47so it was kind of a compromise that worked very well.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50I can't remember what the differentiation was between the...
0:13:50 > 0:13:52I mean, it wasn't TOO long, the first skirt, was it?
0:13:52 > 0:13:55The song was a bit rock and roll, so Cheryl wanted this sort of '50s look.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59And I thought the miniskirts would get us a few more points.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01And she was right. There you go.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04But it was the skirt removal, I think, that's what, you know...
0:14:04 > 0:14:06It was a great moment, a real "wow" moment,
0:14:06 > 0:14:08worked like a charm. Very well done.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Now, listen, you're the high scorers at the moment, Jay. Yes.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13But, look at this lovely, pristine board - box-fresh.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16I've got to put my glasses on. OK. Yes.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19But don't go for something too comfortable and easy.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Make sure you go for something that's a little bit challenging.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26Mmmm. I think I'm going to just go with one I know, which is
0:14:26 > 0:14:27Believe, which is Cher.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30She didn't listen to a word I said, did she?
0:14:32 > 0:14:34So, now, Believe, Cher, says Jay.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37No red line for you as you're the highest scorers, but let's see
0:14:37 > 0:14:40how far down the column we can get with Cher.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44It's right.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48Oh, that's not bad at all. Look at that.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Very well done indeed, Jay.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Yeah, that was a number-one single for Cher.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00Her first-ever single was Ringo, I Love You, which was a flop.
0:15:00 > 0:15:01Believe it or not.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Ringo, I Love You. Yeah.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05She was a backing singer on Be My Baby by The Ronettes.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08No! Yeah. How about that? I didn't know that at all.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10That's quite cool, isn't it? Yeah.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12There we are.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16Now, then. Sophie, welcome to Pointless. Hello. Great to have you here.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20Now, you and Jenny had known each other for ages, hadn't you, before you started...
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Yes, we were friends before the band. ..Precious. And how did Precious come about?
0:15:23 > 0:15:26We were manufactured - not for Eurovision,
0:15:26 > 0:15:28but we auditioned as a girl band.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30They took both of us, so...
0:15:30 > 0:15:33But you went to Eurovision - only two years before
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Katrina And The Waves had won in '97, so there was real expectation.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40How old were you when you did that? I was 22. I was the oldest member of the band.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43The youngest one, Kalli, was 16, so we were young girls, yeah.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46And that's an enormous audience to play in front of.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49How did you cope with that, or was it just a sort of blur?
0:15:49 > 0:15:50It was exciting.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54Our families all came, we went to Tel Aviv, and we had a great time.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Sophie got us all strip-searched in the airport on the way home.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59I took a present for one of my...
0:15:59 > 0:16:02They said, "Did you pack your bags yourself?" She said,
0:16:02 > 0:16:05"Oh, yes, we've all got those gifts off the record company, haven't we?"
0:16:05 > 0:16:06And we all went...
0:16:06 > 0:16:10The next minute, all these bags are getting torn apart. "It's a candle!"
0:16:10 > 0:16:12It was a candle. Yeah.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15That was what you got from your record company? Yeah.
0:16:15 > 0:16:16Now then, Sophie,
0:16:16 > 0:16:19brilliant low score from Jenny in the first pass, which means,
0:16:19 > 0:16:21if you can score 87 or less,
0:16:21 > 0:16:23you are definitely through to the next round.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Oh, good. So, a little bit of pressure off there.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28OK. I do know a couple of the answers, I think, but I'm trying to
0:16:28 > 0:16:32think of the most obscure, because that's the game, so... LAUGHTER
0:16:32 > 0:16:36I'm going to go with Disturbia and Rihanna.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Rihanna for Disturbia, says Sophie. Here's your red line.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Get below that with Rihanna and you are home and dry.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Let's see how many of our 100 people said Rihanna.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49It's right, and you are through. Very well done.
0:16:51 > 0:16:52Look at that - down it goes.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56Good answer! 15 for Rihanna, taking your total up to...
0:16:58 > 0:17:00I reckon that will be the lowest total of the round.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Yeah, very nicely played. Another number-three hit.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06Her real name is Robyn. With a Y? With a Y, yeah.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Her middle name's Rihanna, to be fair to her.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11What's your middle name? Henry Fenwick. I've got two of them.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Which one should I perform under? Fenwick. Fenwick.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Yeah, you should call yourself Fenwick Armstrong.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19I've heard people call you something very similar. LAUGHTER
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Thank you very much, Richard.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Russ. Hello. Welcome to Pointless.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Now, Flying The Flag. You co-wrote Flying The Flag. I did, yes.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36It's my fault. No, I'm not saying that.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38But when you start writing a Eurovision song...
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Obviously, there are some songs that have to have...
0:17:41 > 0:17:45If you're writing a Bond song, for example, you have to have your Bond strings in there, don't you?
0:17:45 > 0:17:48There are the little chromatics you have to have. If you're writing a Eurovision song,
0:17:48 > 0:17:51where do you start from? What are the building blocks you have to have?
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Well, we listened to Making Your Mind Up over and over again.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58No, but we just wanted to do something a little bit camp.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00It all came around the concept, and...yeah.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03We just had a bit of fun with it, really, to see
0:18:03 > 0:18:04what we could get away with.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Lots of silly innuendos and things. LAUGHTER
0:18:08 > 0:18:12But, actually, in the heyday of Eurovision, there were no innuendos.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15It was a very innocent affair in the '70s and '80s, actually.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Oh, Russ, you changed all that.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Now, listen, you're there on 18. The high scorers
0:18:20 > 0:18:22are Jay and Cheryl, at this stage, on 97,
0:18:22 > 0:18:25so 78 or less keeps you in the game.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Not too much of a challenge, I wouldn't have thought there, Russ.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31No. Well, I've got a couple,
0:18:31 > 0:18:36but I'm thinking Boombastic, Shaggy.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Shaggy, says Russ, for Boombastic.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Here is your red line.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Get below that and you are through the next round.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44How many of our 100 people said Shaggy?
0:18:46 > 0:18:48It's right.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51And you're through. Very well done indeed. Down it goes.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Taking your total up to...
0:18:57 > 0:19:01Well played, Russ. And his real name is Orville. Is...? Orville.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03As we've discussed before, his real name is Orville,
0:19:03 > 0:19:05and Shaggy from Scooby Doo's real name is Norville.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Wow.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Thanks very much indeed. Now, Linda.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12So, you... I mean, perfect partnership, you and Johnny.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14A winning team. You've been in Eurovision twice. Yes.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17I think you came second the first time. That's right.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20And he wrote that one as well. He wrote that one? Oh...
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Johnny, I hope, somewhere, back at Eurovision's
0:19:23 > 0:19:27headquarters in Hartlepool, they have a statue of you.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31I hope they do. Yeah, they throw things at it. I bet they don't.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34But Linda, so, who partnered you with Johnny, incidentally?
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Well, believe it or believe it not, we were both managed by Louis Walsh.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Really? From, like, centuries ago, yes.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44Of course, one forgets that Louis is in fact nearly 107 now.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48That's how it all came around, you see,
0:19:48 > 0:19:51because we were both in the office. So, when Johnny was writing the songs,
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Louis was in his ears saying, "When you write this song, you've got to give it to Linda."
0:19:54 > 0:19:58And you were persuaded. Twice. Well, it didn't take too much, yeah.
0:19:58 > 0:19:59Very good.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Now then, Linda. We have a competition here.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04You have to score 62 or less.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07See, the funny thing about it is that I know the song Free,
0:20:07 > 0:20:10but I'm darned if I can think of who the heck E is.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14So, that's a big problem. You could say that.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18I know that Wonderwall is Oasis, and that is very, very obvious.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20I haven't a clue who Sober was,
0:20:20 > 0:20:25and the only alternative left to me is Venus with Bananarama.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29I'll have to go with Venus. You're going to go with... With Bananarama. Bananarama.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32OK, here's your red line. It could be higher, let's be honest.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35But let's see, if you can get below that with Bananarama,
0:20:35 > 0:20:37you are through to the next round. Very, very best of luck.
0:20:37 > 0:20:37Let's see how many of our 100 people said Bananarama for Venus.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41It's right.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46You've done it! Well done.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Very well done - look at that!
0:20:50 > 0:20:52With space to spare.
0:20:52 > 0:20:5559 is your total. Very well done.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Well played, Linda. It was originally by a Dutch band called Shocking Blue,
0:20:58 > 0:21:03and I think Shocking Blue are the only band in history to have songs covered by Bananarama and Nirvana.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Because Nirvana did Love Buzz, which was also a Shocking Blue song.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09You were right to avoid Wonderwall - would've been too many points for you -
0:21:09 > 0:21:12by Oasis, of course, and would've scored 73.
0:21:12 > 0:21:17Sober was Pink. Good scorer at 6 points for that.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Now, Free is a very, very tough answer. Very well done if you got it at home.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24She had a much, much bigger hit with American Boy, which she released with Kanye,
0:21:24 > 0:21:26and it was Estelle.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Very well done if you said that pointless answer.
0:21:28 > 0:21:29Thanks very much indeed.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Now, there we are at the end of our first round.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35I'm afraid there is one, but there always has to be a pair we say goodbye to.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39I can't bear it. Cheryl and Jay, it's you we have to send home.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Never mind. Well, I mean, it was going to be painful whoever it was,
0:21:42 > 0:21:45but it's especially painful it's you. It's been such a treat having you here.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48I heard a rumour that you might be singing for us at the end of the show,
0:21:48 > 0:21:51but I'm not going to say any more. Thank you so much for coming and playing,
0:21:51 > 0:21:54please come and play again. Jay and Cheryl. Wonderful.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00But, for our remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08And so we're down to three pairs. Obviously, at the end of this round,
0:22:08 > 0:22:09we'll have to say goodbye to another pair.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Can't say at this stage who that's going to be - you all did
0:22:12 > 0:22:14so well in that last round.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Very, very best of luck to all three pairs.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Our category for Round Two is...
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:22:23 > 0:22:25who's going to go second. LINDA SIGHS
0:22:25 > 0:22:28And, whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:22:43 > 0:22:44RUSS: Begin or end...
0:22:44 > 0:22:48European Union countries that begin or end with the letters
0:22:48 > 0:22:51A, B, C, D, or E.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53We're looking for any European country that's a member
0:22:53 > 0:22:56of the EU that begins or ends with one of those letters, please.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00As always, by country, we mean a sovereign state that's a member of the UN in its own right.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04So, those European countries that are members of the EU, and begin or end with those letters.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Thank you very much, Richard.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08Yes.
0:23:08 > 0:23:14Johnny, we come to you. Yeah. Ah. This is...
0:23:14 > 0:23:17I'm going to go for...
0:23:19 > 0:23:20E. Estonia.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Estonia, says Johnny. Estonia. Let's see if that's right.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Let's see how many of our 100 people said Estonia.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30It's right.
0:23:34 > 0:23:3626 for Estonia.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43That's a nice start, isn't it? They won Eurovision in 2001, Estonia.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45And doubly qualified.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Yes, because they begin with E and they end in A.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51I mean, how about that? Estonia, come through. Through you come.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Oi, not so fast, next country.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56We have to check you're on the list.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Now, Russ.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02I think I'm going to go for Andorra.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06Andorra. Mm. Andorra, says Russ. Let's see if that's right.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09Let's see how many of our 100 people said Andorra.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Oh! Oh, no.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17It's the EU thing again. Brussels! Ooh!
0:24:17 > 0:24:21Yeah. I thought I had a double there - two "A"s - but no.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23There you are. It scores you 100 points.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26It may very well not be the last 100 pointer of the round.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Yeah, it's really unlucky. Most European countries are a member of the EU,
0:24:29 > 0:24:32but not Andorra, it's so diddy. But it does begin and end with an A.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Yeah, that's what I thought. And it's an obscure country. I'm worried that Scooch
0:24:35 > 0:24:39are going to finish second-to-last again.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43Well, I don't know, let's see. The round is young. It's true, and that is unlucky.
0:24:43 > 0:24:44That is unlucky.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Jenny. Now, Jenny.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49OK. Bosnia.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53Bosnia, says Jenny. Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people went for Bosnia.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Oh! Oooooh.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03Bad luck. Like I said, Russ wasn't going to be the last 100 of the round. That scores you 100 points.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Yeah, again, begins with a B, which is lovely, also...
0:25:05 > 0:25:08Ends with... An A, so doubly qualifies as well,
0:25:08 > 0:25:10but not a member of the EU, I'm afraid.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14Anyway, we're halfway through the round, so let's... Yes, and it's going pretty well so far.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Yeah. Let's remind ourselves of the scores.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Only two for me to remember from the three teams.
0:25:19 > 0:25:20Look at that.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24A dazzling beacon you are, Johnny, there with your correct answer.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27And then we travel up to 100 where we find Russ and Natalie,
0:25:27 > 0:25:29and Jenny and Sophie. So, very best of luck.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33We're going to come back down the line now. Can the second players please step up to the podium.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39OK. Sophie, remember we're looking for any European Union country
0:25:39 > 0:25:43that begins or ends with A, B, C, D, or E.
0:25:44 > 0:25:49OK. I'm going to play it safe, I think, and say Denmark.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Denmark, says Sophie. Denmark.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54No red line for you, you're the joint high scorers.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Let's see how many of our 100 people said Denmark.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01It's right. Well, 26 is our...
0:26:01 > 0:26:02Oh!
0:26:02 > 0:26:0469 - it's good enough.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09Denmark. Very popular country. 169's your total.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Yeah, they've won it three times, Denmark.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14They won it in 2013, which makes you think we could win it. We could.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17We could win it again. Come on. We could.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21Yeah. Happiest country to live in the world, Denmark.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Ah. That's nice, isn't it? That's nice.
0:26:23 > 0:26:24Thank you very much.
0:26:24 > 0:26:29Now, Natalie. 68 or less is what you need to score.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Otherwise we have to say goodbye to you.
0:26:31 > 0:26:32No pressure.
0:26:32 > 0:26:38OK. I'm going to go for... I'm still worried it might be wrong.
0:26:38 > 0:26:39I'm going to go with Greece.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42Greece. Greece, says Natalie.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Let's see how many of our 100 people said Greece. There's your red line.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49Get below that with Greece, you're through to the next round.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Absolutely right, Natalie.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55And you go through to the next round, Natalie.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Lowest score of the round so far.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01118 is your total.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07That's a great answer, Natalie. Exactly the thing to do as well, look for the ones at the end,
0:27:07 > 0:27:09sometimes you get a lower score, and it ends with an E.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13They won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, last time they won it.
0:27:13 > 0:27:14Thanks very much.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Now, Linda.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17I have great news for you...
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Oh, good. ..which is, doesn't matter what you score,
0:27:19 > 0:27:22you're still going to be in the head-to-head. Mm-hmm.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26Um, I'm going to go with B, and I'm going to try Belgium.
0:27:26 > 0:27:27Belgium, says Linda.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30No red line for you, Linda, as you're already through. Let's see how many
0:27:30 > 0:27:32of our 100 people said Belgium.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39There we are.
0:27:39 > 0:27:4198 is your total.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Yeah, missing a trick on that, podium one.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48I'll tell you what would've been the lowest scorer of the round. Where are you from?
0:27:48 > 0:27:51ROI. Ireland. Ireland, yeah, it would've scored you 12 points.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54I thought it was very obvious. That would've been a terrific answer.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56There's quite a few low scorers, no pointless answers at all,
0:27:56 > 0:27:59but you'd have got 3 points for Malta and Slovenia,
0:27:59 > 0:28:02you'd have got 4 for Lithuania and Finland, 5 for Slovakia,
0:28:02 > 0:28:057 for Romania, 8 Cyprus, 9 Poland...
0:28:05 > 0:28:07This is a bit like the Eurovision Song Contest.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10I should have done it like that. Slovaquie, cinq points.
0:28:10 > 0:28:15Roumanie, sept points. La Chypre, huit points.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Le Pologne, neuf points.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21What's Latvia in French? Let's say "Latvie". Latvie...
0:28:21 > 0:28:23LAUGHTER
0:28:23 > 0:28:26..onze points. Et l'Irlande, douze points.
0:28:26 > 0:28:27Wayhey!
0:28:27 > 0:28:31Et aussi, douze points pour la Republique tcheque.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34"Tcheque"? Tcheque, oui.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36LAUGHTER
0:28:36 > 0:28:39Dix-neuf points pour la Bulgarie.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42Bulgaria. LAUGHTER
0:28:42 > 0:28:47Trente-et-un points pour la Croatie. La Croatie.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49Croatie. Croatia. Right, I've got it, yeah.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51Et la belle France, trente-cinq points.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54L'Osterreich, l'Austriche,
0:28:54 > 0:28:56quarante-neuf points pour l'Austriche.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Et, er...
0:28:58 > 0:29:00Everything else we've had. LAUGHTER
0:29:00 > 0:29:01Wouldn't it be ironic if
0:29:01 > 0:29:06this actually pushed Eurovision back in the schedules?
0:29:06 > 0:29:09You know what I mean? They now can't start until after 10pm.
0:29:09 > 0:29:10And these suddenly became the points.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14They'd go, "Blimey, Austria getting 49 points there from the UK jury.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17"That's very impressive." Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19So, at the end of our second round,
0:29:19 > 0:29:21the pair who are heading home with their high score of 169...
0:29:21 > 0:29:24Oh, Sophie and Jenny, I'm sorry, it's you.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26Thank you so much. I'm not enjoying the ends of these rounds. No.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29The partings. Well, listen, thanks so much for playing.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31It's been lovely having you here. Sophie and Jenny.
0:29:31 > 0:29:32Thank you very much. Thank you.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34APPLAUSE
0:29:35 > 0:29:38But, for Linda and Johnny, Natalie and Russ,
0:29:38 > 0:29:39it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42APPLAUSE
0:29:43 > 0:29:46Well, congratulations Linda and Johnny, Natalie and Russ,
0:29:46 > 0:29:48you are now one step closer to the final,
0:29:48 > 0:29:51and a chance to play for that jackpot for your charities,
0:29:51 > 0:29:54and that jackpot is standing currently at ?2,500.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56APPLAUSE
0:29:57 > 0:30:00So, this is the part where we decide who goes through to
0:30:00 > 0:30:03play for that jackpot, and we do it by making you go head-to-head,
0:30:03 > 0:30:05but the difference is you now start playing as a team.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07You can confer before you give your answers, and the first pair
0:30:07 > 0:30:10to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13Well, Linda and Johnny, no surprise there, Johnny.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16Everything to do with Eurovision that you just touch turns to gold.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18So yes, here you are as our low-scoring pair,
0:30:18 > 0:30:22and Natalie and Russ, very well done indeed. Greece, Natalie.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24I salute you.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27That's what earned you your place here, so very, very well done.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29Best of luck to both players. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32APPLAUSE
0:30:35 > 0:30:38Here is your first question, and it is all about...
0:30:41 > 0:30:43Oh, dear. Richard.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46Have you heard of this(?) The Eurovision Song Contest.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48It's an annual contest they hold for the best song in Europe.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51We're going to give you five clues now to facts about
0:30:51 > 0:30:52the Eurovision Song Contest.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55Whichever team gives us the most obscure answer will win a point.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57OK, thank you very much indeed.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00Well, listen, I could, of course turn the board round,
0:31:00 > 0:31:01and read you the things.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03It'd be very... YAWNS
0:31:03 > 0:31:05Why would we do that
0:31:05 > 0:31:07when we've got Graham Norton here?
0:31:07 > 0:31:08Hi there, Xander and Richard.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10I'm sorry I can't be there,
0:31:10 > 0:31:14but as you know, I'm currently in Stockholm, keenly awaiting the acts.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17But here are five questions, all about Eurovision.
0:31:17 > 0:31:23Who was the female singer who, in 1967, became the UK's first winner?
0:31:26 > 0:31:31Which UK seaside town hosted the event in 1974, when ABBA won?
0:31:33 > 0:31:36Which year did I take over from Sir Terry Wogan
0:31:36 > 0:31:38as the BBC's Eurovision commentator?
0:31:41 > 0:31:44What was the title of the song by Jemini which scored
0:31:44 > 0:31:47"nul points" at the 2003 contest?
0:31:49 > 0:31:51What was the title of the interval act
0:31:51 > 0:31:55created by Michael Flatley for the 1994 contest?
0:31:55 > 0:31:57So easy.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00APPLAUSE
0:32:03 > 0:32:05There we are. Let me read those all again.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27There we are. Now then, Linda and Johnny will go first.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30Looks like they've already got an answer.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Yeah, I think...
0:32:32 > 0:32:38We're going to try and go for the female singer who won in 1967,
0:32:38 > 0:32:41and became the UK's first winner. Was it Sandie Shaw?
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Sandie Shaw, say Linda and Johnny. Sandie Shaw.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Now then, Natalie and Russ. That board is all yours.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47Do you want to talk us through it?
0:32:47 > 0:32:50Erm, yes. CHUCKLES
0:32:50 > 0:32:54The seaside town, I'm pretty sure that was Brighton.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57Graham Norton, I'm pretty sure was 2009.
0:32:57 > 0:33:02The song which Jemini did was Cry Baby. And, obviously, Riverdance.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05Shall we go for...Jemini?
0:33:06 > 0:33:10Yeah? Cry Baby for Jemini.
0:33:10 > 0:33:14OK, Cry Baby. So, we have Sandie Shaw and Cry Baby.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Linda and Johnny said Sandie Shaw.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20Let's see if that is right, for 1967 act, Sandie Shaw.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25It is right.
0:33:28 > 0:33:3036 for Sandie Shaw.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32APPLAUSE
0:33:32 > 0:33:35You get a life. All the questions you know... Get a life!
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Natalie and Russ.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41Impressive Eurovision knowledge there, by the way, Natalie and Russ.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43You've gone for Cry Baby, let's see if that's right for Jemini,
0:33:43 > 0:33:46let's see how many of our 100 people said Cry Baby.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49It's right.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Oh, look, it beats Sandie Shaw!
0:33:55 > 0:33:57APPLAUSE
0:33:57 > 0:34:001 for Cry Baby! Very well done indeed.
0:34:00 > 0:34:04That means, after one question, Natalie and Russ are up 1-0.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08Goodness me, Scooch, absolutely killing that board there.
0:34:08 > 0:34:09That's amazing stuff.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13You're right about Brighton. That's 24 points.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15You're absolutely right about Graham Norton, 2009.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18That's very impressive. That would have scored you 2.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20And you were right about Riverdance, of course.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22Riverdance, biggest scorer up there with 43.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25Thanks very much indeed. So, here comes your second question.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28Natalie and Russ, you get to answer it first, but Linda and Johnny,
0:34:28 > 0:34:31you have to win it to stay in the game, so very, very best of luck.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34Our second question this evening is all about...
0:34:38 > 0:34:40We're going to show you five pictures now of different
0:34:40 > 0:34:43cuts of gemstone. We're going to give you the names
0:34:43 > 0:34:44as well, each alternate letter.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46We just need you to tell us what they are, please.
0:34:46 > 0:34:47Thank you very much indeed.
0:34:47 > 0:34:51OK, let's reveal our five gemstone cuts, and here they come.
0:35:29 > 0:35:34There we go. Five gemstone cuts. Now, Natalie and Russ will go first.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37Hmmm. OK, erm...
0:35:39 > 0:35:42I'm not going to go with the one that I think is the most obvious.
0:35:42 > 0:35:48The only other one that I know for sure, I hope, is the princess cut.
0:35:48 > 0:35:53C. OK, C, princess, say Natalie and Russ. C, princess.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57Now then, Linda and Johnny, talk us through the rest of those gem cuts.
0:35:58 > 0:36:03I think E is oval. Oval. Right. I think that's the one that we know.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06OK. The only one that we have a clue on. Yeah.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09Is D brilliant?
0:36:09 > 0:36:10B, R, I...
0:36:12 > 0:36:15We should go for D and do brilliant, I think. OK.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17Go D and go brilliant. Brilliant.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20OK, so we have princess and we have brilliant.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22Natalie and Russ said princess for C.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25Let's see if that's right, and let's see how many of our
0:36:25 > 0:36:26100 people got it.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30It's right.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37Look at that, 12 for princess. What about that, Natalie?
0:36:37 > 0:36:39APPLAUSE
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Very well done indeed. Good scoring there.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43That's why.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45Meanwhile... That's why I know. Yeah.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48Linda and Johnny, meanwhile, have gone for brilliant for D.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people got it.
0:36:53 > 0:36:54It is brilliant.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58Where's it going to end up?
0:36:58 > 0:37:00Ooh, 38 for brilliant.
0:37:00 > 0:37:01APPLAUSE
0:37:04 > 0:37:07Which means, after only two questions,
0:37:07 > 0:37:10Scooch are going through to the final, 2-0.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12Very well done indeed, Natalie and Russ.
0:37:12 > 0:37:16APPLAUSE
0:37:16 > 0:37:21Let's fill in this board, shall we? A is... Emerald. Emerald cut.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27B is the best answer on the board. I can't work it out.
0:37:27 > 0:37:28It's Marquise.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32Oh, Marquise. That would have scored you 6 points.
0:37:32 > 0:37:33And E, of course, is oval.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38So, I will point out, Scooch, you are through to the final,
0:37:38 > 0:37:41and you did it by scoring the second-lowest score.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43It's what you did in Eurovision, but on Pointless...
0:37:43 > 0:37:45LAUGHTER
0:37:45 > 0:37:49On Pointless, it's a good thing. It's a terrific performance.
0:37:49 > 0:37:50Very well done indeed.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:37:53 > 0:37:55I'm afraid, Linda and Johnny, it is you. I know.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57It's been wonderful having you on, please come and play again.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Linda and Johnny, superb. Thank you.
0:38:00 > 0:38:01APPLAUSE
0:38:01 > 0:38:05But, for Natalie and Russ, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07APPLAUSE
0:38:08 > 0:38:11Well, congratulations, Natalie and Russ.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13You've seen off all the competition
0:38:13 > 0:38:15and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,
0:38:24 > 0:38:27and at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at...
0:38:29 > 0:38:32APPLAUSE
0:38:32 > 0:38:35Well, what about that? I just think there's something poetic about this.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39Scooch have knocked out Bucks Fizz, you've knocked out Precious,
0:38:39 > 0:38:42and you've knocked out Johnny Logan and Linda Martin.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45Here you are, Scooch. Exactly. The underdogs.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48The victors of all you survey.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Well, listen, very, very well done, hats off to you.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52You know what happens in this last round.
0:38:52 > 0:38:53We put four categories up on the board,
0:38:53 > 0:38:56and you get to choose the category that you like the most.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59Let's hope there's something up there that you like the look of.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01Today's selection reads like this.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14I don't know. What do you think? Dogs. I'm not...
0:39:14 > 0:39:16I don't know much about dogs at all.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19I'd probably go for the soul singers, but...
0:39:20 > 0:39:22What do you think? OK, yeah.
0:39:22 > 0:39:23I think so, cos we both might know...
0:39:23 > 0:39:27I might not be able to help you, but, yeah. Let's go for the singers.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30OK. Soul singers, Natalie and Russ. Very best of luck.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32We're looking for any UK Top 40 single,
0:39:32 > 0:39:36according to officialcharts.com, by any of the following three, please.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47So, Top 40 singles by any of those three. Very best of luck.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51OK. Now, as always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three
0:39:51 > 0:39:54answers, and all you need to win that jackpot for your charities
0:39:54 > 0:39:56is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:39:56 > 0:39:57Are you ready? Yes.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01OK. Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock. There they are.
0:40:01 > 0:40:02Your time starts now.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Right, what about Alicia Keys,
0:40:04 > 0:40:05have you got anything?
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Fallin', I know is one. OK.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Mary J Blige, she did a duet with
0:40:10 > 0:40:12George Michael, As, I don't know
0:40:12 > 0:40:13whether that would be...
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Would that be classed as... I don't know.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19Yeah, if she's named on the thing, yeah.
0:40:19 > 0:40:20OK. Yeah. So, I think that.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22Luther Vandross, I think
0:40:22 > 0:40:23he did a song called
0:40:23 > 0:40:26Love The One You're With.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30So... I know I know another
0:40:30 > 0:40:31Alicia Keys one.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33But I just can't think of the title.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35I think As is a good one. Yeah.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Love The One You're With. I think it's Love The One...
0:40:38 > 0:40:40You know that one?
0:40:40 > 0:40:41# Love the one you're with. #
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Is that... You know the one? Erm...
0:40:44 > 0:40:45I might need a bit more than that.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47I think Bucks Fizz did a cover
0:40:47 > 0:40:50of it, actually. I don't know.
0:40:50 > 0:40:51Alicia Keys, I'm not.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53Ten seconds left. Is it New York...
0:40:53 > 0:40:55New York song, isn't there? Oh, yeah.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Bit it's probably going to be high. Empire State Of Mind.
0:40:57 > 0:40:58And there's Fallin'. So it's
0:40:58 > 0:41:00Fallin', I reckon. Do Fallin'.
0:41:00 > 0:41:01I think we do Fallin', As,
0:41:01 > 0:41:02and Love The One You're With.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06OK, that is your time up. I'm afraid that minute is never long enough.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09I now need your three answers. What would you like to go for?
0:41:09 > 0:41:13Alicia Keys, we'll go with Fallin'. Fallin'.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16Mary J Blige, we'll go with As. As.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20And Luther Vandross, Love The One You're With.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Love The One You're With. OK, of those three, which is
0:41:22 > 0:41:24your best shot at a Pointless answer, do you think?
0:41:24 > 0:41:28I reckon As. Yeah. Yeah? OK. I don't know about the other two.
0:41:28 > 0:41:33Should we do Fallin' first, then Love The One You're With...
0:41:33 > 0:41:34And then As. Then As, OK.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37Let's put those answers up on the board in that order, then,
0:41:37 > 0:41:38and here they are.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45Well, three good answers up there on the board. Very, very best of luck.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48Let's hope one of these is pointless and wins that jackpot
0:41:48 > 0:41:50for your charities. What charities are you playing for?
0:41:50 > 0:41:53Natalie, what's yours? The Royal Brompton Hospital.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56My son actually had a week's stay in that hospital
0:41:56 > 0:41:59when he was one-and-a-half. They were amazing. Absolutely brilliant.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Fantastic. Russ...
0:42:01 > 0:42:03APPLAUSE
0:42:05 > 0:42:08I'm going to go for the Royal Bournemouth Hospital,
0:42:08 > 0:42:10they've been fantastic to my mum.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12Fantastic. APPLAUSE
0:42:12 > 0:42:14Well, two lovely institutions there that stand to benefit
0:42:14 > 0:42:17if one of these excellent answers turn out to be pointless.
0:42:17 > 0:42:18Let's hope one of them is.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19Your first answer was Fallin'.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23In this case, we were looking for Alicia Keys UK Top 40 hits.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27If this is pointless, it will win ?2,500 for your charities.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31Let's see how many of our 100 people said Fallin'. Is it pointless?
0:42:33 > 0:42:35It's right. That was the first thing it had to be.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38Now, it just has to take us all the way down to zero.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41Fallin', takes us now down through the 30s, into the 20s,
0:42:41 > 0:42:43still going down into the teens...
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Ooh, 12.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Good, though. Not bad.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49APPLAUSE
0:42:51 > 0:42:53Fallin' fell, but didn't fall quite far enough.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55That's it, but still, not bad.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57A good score in any other part of the game.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Just in this round, we have to have pointless answers.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02So, we now move onto your next answer, Love The One You're With.
0:43:02 > 0:43:06In this case, we were looking for Luther Vandross UK Top 40 singles.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08If this is pointless, it wins you ?2,500.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10Let's see how many of our 100 people said
0:43:10 > 0:43:13Love The One You're With for Luther Vandross.
0:43:16 > 0:43:21Well, it's right. Fallin', your first answer, took us down to 12.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23Love The One You're With now takes us down through the 20s,
0:43:23 > 0:43:26through the teens, passes 12 into single figures.
0:43:26 > 0:43:28Down it goes, still going down...
0:43:28 > 0:43:30You've done it, look at that! Very well done indeed.
0:43:30 > 0:43:34Love The One You're With was a pointless answer.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37Very well done.
0:43:37 > 0:43:38APPLAUSE
0:43:38 > 0:43:41Look at that, wonderful!
0:43:43 > 0:43:45Many, many congratulations.
0:43:45 > 0:43:48Love The One You're With was a pointless answer, which means
0:43:48 > 0:43:51you go home with that jackpot of ?2,500 for your charities.
0:43:51 > 0:43:53Brilliant.
0:43:53 > 0:43:55APPLAUSE
0:43:57 > 0:43:58How brilliant was that?
0:43:58 > 0:44:00Congratulations, you've been amazing throughout that show.
0:44:00 > 0:44:03Not only is that a pointless answer, but you're quite right,
0:44:03 > 0:44:05Bucks Fizz also did do a cover version of it.
0:44:05 > 0:44:07We'll be hearing from them in a moment. It's all linked.
0:44:07 > 0:44:10It is all linked. It's originally a Stephen Stills song.
0:44:10 > 0:44:13And As, which as you know is Mary J Blige and George Michael,
0:44:13 > 0:44:15also a pointless answer.
0:44:15 > 0:44:17APPLAUSE
0:44:21 > 0:44:23Let's take a look at the pointless answers now,
0:44:23 > 0:44:25in the different categories. Alicia Keys first.
0:44:25 > 0:44:27The Bond theme, Another Way To Die, is a pointless answer.
0:44:27 > 0:44:30Empire State Of Mind wasn't pointless, but she released
0:44:30 > 0:44:33her own version without Jay Z, Empire State Of Mind (Part II),
0:44:33 > 0:44:35it was a pointless answer. Gangsta Lovin' with Eve was
0:44:35 > 0:44:36a pointless answer,
0:44:36 > 0:44:40and Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart, also a pointless answer.
0:44:40 > 0:44:44Mary J Blige now. She had a hit with Wyclef Jean, 911.
0:44:48 > 0:44:51And we'll finish with Luther Vandross.
0:44:55 > 0:44:57Very well done if you said any of those at home.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00That's not actually the end of me reading stuff out this evening,
0:45:00 > 0:45:02because one very exciting thing I'm doing this evening
0:45:02 > 0:45:05is I'm going to read out the UK's votes on the Eurovision.
0:45:05 > 0:45:09No! Yeah. What, the jury? Yeah, that's where I'm heading now.
0:45:09 > 0:45:14That's exciting, isn't it? Kept that quiet, didn't I?
0:45:14 > 0:45:16LAUGHTER
0:45:16 > 0:45:18# Ba ba ba ba Ba ba ba ba! #
0:45:18 > 0:45:22But it means I can make them up. # Ba ba ba ba! #
0:45:22 > 0:45:23Which I won't.
0:45:23 > 0:45:26But if I did, I'd give 12 points to Ireland, that's what I'd be doing.
0:45:26 > 0:45:30Oh, you must. Yeah. But no, they don't let you cheat.
0:45:30 > 0:45:33I've asked and asked and asked, but they don't let you.
0:45:33 > 0:45:34Thanks very much, Richard,
0:45:34 > 0:45:38and thanks once again to our winning players, Natalie and Russ,
0:45:38 > 0:45:41who go away with today's jackpot of ?2,500 for their charities.
0:45:41 > 0:45:44APPLAUSE
0:45:45 > 0:45:48Join us next time, when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge
0:45:48 > 0:45:49to the test on Pointless.
0:45:49 > 0:45:51Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard. Goodbye.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54And it's goodbye from me, but before we go, playing us out
0:45:54 > 0:45:57with Making Your Mind Up are Cheryl, Mike, Bobby and Jay,
0:45:57 > 0:45:59Formerly Of Bucks Fizz!
0:45:59 > 0:46:03APPLAUSE
0:46:10 > 0:46:13# You gotta speed it up
0:46:13 > 0:46:15# And then you gotta slow it down
0:46:15 > 0:46:18# Cos if you believe that our love can hit the top
0:46:18 > 0:46:21# You gotta play around
0:46:21 > 0:46:25# But soon you'll find that there comes a time for making your mind up
0:46:27 > 0:46:29# You gotta turn it on
0:46:29 > 0:46:32# And then you gotta put it out
0:46:32 > 0:46:34# You gotta be sure that it's something
0:46:34 > 0:46:38# Everybody's gonna talk about
0:46:38 > 0:46:40# Before you decide that the time's arrived
0:46:40 > 0:46:42# For making your mind up
0:46:44 > 0:46:46# Don't let your indecision
0:46:46 > 0:46:49# Take you from behind
0:46:49 > 0:46:52# Trust your inner vision
0:46:52 > 0:46:55# Don't let others change your mind
0:46:55 > 0:46:58# And now you really gotta burn it up
0:46:58 > 0:47:01# Or make another fly by night
0:47:01 > 0:47:04# Get a run for your money and take a chance
0:47:04 > 0:47:07# And it'll turn out right
0:47:07 > 0:47:09# And when you can see how it's going to be
0:47:09 > 0:47:11# You're making your mind up... #
0:47:11 > 0:47:13Come on, everyone, clap your hands! Come on.
0:47:24 > 0:47:27# Try to look as if you don't care less
0:47:27 > 0:47:30# But if you wanna see some more
0:47:30 > 0:47:32# Bending the rules of the game
0:47:32 > 0:47:35# Will let you find the one you're looking for
0:47:35 > 0:47:38# And then you can show that you think you know
0:47:38 > 0:47:41# You're making your mind up
0:47:41 > 0:47:45# Don't let your indecision
0:47:45 > 0:47:47# Take you from behind
0:47:47 > 0:47:50# Trust your inner vision
0:47:50 > 0:47:53# Don't let others change your mind
0:47:53 > 0:47:56# And now you really gotta speed it up
0:47:56 > 0:47:59# And then you gotta slow it down
0:47:59 > 0:48:02# Cos if you believe that our love can hit the top
0:48:02 > 0:48:05# You gotta play around
0:48:05 > 0:48:07# Soon you will find that there comes a time
0:48:07 > 0:48:10# For making your mind up
0:48:10 > 0:48:13# And now you really gotta speed it up
0:48:13 > 0:48:16# And then you gotta slow it down
0:48:16 > 0:48:18# Cos if you believe that our love
0:48:18 > 0:48:21# Can hit the top You gotta play around
0:48:21 > 0:48:24# Soon you will find that there comes a time
0:48:24 > 0:48:26# For making your mind up
0:48:27 > 0:48:29# For making your mind up
0:48:30 > 0:48:32# For making your mind up
0:48:33 > 0:48:34# For making your mind up. #
0:48:36 > 0:48:38APPLAUSE AND CHEERING