Eurovision Pointless Celebrities

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and a very warm welcome to this special Eurovision edition

of Pointless Celebrities - the show where we are always striving

to find the most obscure answers.

Let's meet today's Pointless Celebrities.

And couple number one.

My name is Johnny Logan, and I won the Eurovision Song Contest

three times - twice on my own and once with this young lady.

And my name is Linda Martin, and I was second in Eurovision,

and then I won it in 1992, with a song written by this young man.

Couple number two.

Hello, my name is Russ Spencer.

I'm part of the Eurovision group Scooch,

and we came second...to last.

I'm Natalie, also in Scooch, and we definitely can't compete with you, Johnny.

Couple number three.

Hello, I'm Jenny Frost. I was in Eurovision in 1999... Correct.

..in the band Precious, but probably best known for being

in Atomic Kitten after that.

And I'm Sophie McDonnell.

I too was in Precious in 1999, and we came joint 12th.

Did we? Yeah. Oh.

And, finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Jay Aston.

I'm a former original member of Bucks Fizz, and we won in 1981.

And I'm Cheryl Baker, and I was in the band with Jay,

and we won with the song Making Your Mind Up. Yayhey!

Thank you all so much. It's lovely to have you here.

A very warm welcome to Pointless.

We'll get to chat to each of you a little bit more throughout the show as it goes along.

So, that just leaves one more person for me to introduce -

a man who'd never let HIS inhibition take him from behind! LAUGHTER

It's my Pointless friend...

It's Richard.

Hiya. Hello, everybody.

Good evening.

Well, it's the start of a very exciting evening. I love Eurovision.

I cannot wait, and this is going to be a terrific little taster,

a little pre-tease. So exciting.

Four Eurovision wins between our four podiums here. LAUGHTER

Not quite spread out as they might be, but that's OK.

And a couple of people who've been on before. Johnny's been on before.

Not only has Johnny been on before, he's won before.

Cheryl has also been on, and got all the way to the head-to-head. So, they've both got good records

on this show. I think everyone's going to be happy with the first two rounds.

There's stuff you're going to be able to do,

stuff that's in your realm of interest.

But I'm very, very excited about Eurovision.

I love it now we're underdogs all the time.

Yes! Good. It's quite rare that the UK and Ireland are underdogs to Azerbaijan.

I like it. Yeah.

You know, one year...one year we're going to win it. Might be this year.

Can you imagine, Richard? Wouldn't that be the most exciting thing ever?

Do you know, I can't imagine, but you never know. LAUGHTER

Oh, do you know, no, I've got something really exciting to tell you. Oh, go on.

There is a rumour that we might have a performance at the end of the show.

Oh, really? Yeah. I'll just leave it at that.

You are kidding me.

Are you telling me here and now that Scooch are reforming? LAUGHTER

Let's just leave it at that, shall we say. OK. All right.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, as usual, all of today's questions have been put to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants are looking for those all-important pointless answers.

These are answers that none of our 100 people gave. Find one of those and we will add ?250 to the jackpot.

Now, as today's show is a celebrity special,

and each of our celebrities is playing for a nominated charity,

we're going to start off with a jackpot of...

Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

So, just remember this -

the pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be

eliminated, so make sure your scores are nice and low.

Very best of luck. No conferring for our first two rounds.

Our first category this evening is...

What about that? Music.

Can you all decide in your pairs, who's going to go first,

who's going to go second.

And, whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.

OK. And the question concerns...

Richard. On each board, we're going to show you the names of seven

top-40 singles from the UK which have one word in their title that

were also released by artists who have one word in their name.

Tell us the names of those artists, please. We'll give you their initials as well.

There'll be seven on the first board, seven on the second.

14 in all to have a go at at home. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much. OK, so, we're looking for the artists -

also one word - who had hits with these singles. And here they are.

We've got...

I'll read those all again...

There we are.

Johnny. Welcome back to Pointless. Thank you.

Tell me, does that jacket, like every cloud, have a silver lining? LAUGHTER

Um.... No, it doesn't! No, it doesn't actually.

No, it's just a black lining. I don't like clouds like that.

Now, Johnny, you're sort of Mr Eurovision.

I'm not sure there's anyone who's had so much success with Eurovision.

I've been called a lot of things... I hope that's... That's one of them.

But, you know, you've won twice in your own right...

Twice as a singer, and twice as a writer.

So, you've got your trophies at home. Three trophies. Yep.

Have the trophies improved over the years?

The funny thing is that I have a 24-year-old son who's

a musician as well,

and his friends wanted to come along and have a photograph taken

with one of my trophies,

and they weren't interested in the Eurovision ones at all.

They wanted the Pointless trophy that I had.

That is fantastic. What about that! There you are.

Now, Johnny, I imagine you'll know all of these answers,

it's just a matter of working out which is the lowest scorer.

I know that Linda's probably much better at this than me.

I'm going to go with Africa and Toto.

Toto, says Johnny. Let's see how many of our 100 people went with Toto.

Not bad. Good start to the show.

34 for Toto. That is a good start.

They had a number three hit, sold over 13 million records worldwide, Toto.

Thank you very much, Richard.

And now, Natalie. Hello. So, Scooch.

I mean, lots of people obviously remember Flying The Flag.

Yes. Absolutely.

But, Scooch, you had quite a lot of success before that. You had a top-five single, didn't you?

You had a run of successful singles. We did, yes.

'99 was our first release, and we had a couple of number fives.

One was with Flying The Flag, actually.

But then you disbanded, and then you reformed. We did.

What were you doing in those years off? Many things. Having babies.

Ah, yeah. You can't be Scooching and having babies at the same time.

Well, it's quite tough. And then back you came for Flying The Flag.

Did you keep going after that, or did you...?

Yeah, we're still doing gigs now. A very busy time of the year.

Just one day of the year...

Now then, Natalie. What would you like to go for?

Well, I'm just relieved that I actually know some of the answers.

So, that's a good start.

I'm going to go for...

And I just hope I've got the name right, I think I've got it right.

The Milkshake song. Kelis.

Kelis. Oh, you say Kel-eese. I would just say Kel-iss. But no, Kel-eese. If that's how it's pronounced.

Taking a little bit of a chance here.

Kel-eese. Let's see if it's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Kelis. Or Kel-eese.

It's right.

Well, we have 34 for Toto.

18 for Kelis. Very well done.

Yeah, I would say Kel-eese too. Number two hit that was, Milkshake.

And she's now got her own cooking show in America. She does lots of cooking.

Does she? Yeah. There we are. Thank you very much indeed.

Now, Jenny. Hello. Welcome. Thank you.

It's just marvellous to have you here.

Now, when you sang as Precious... Say It Again was your hit. Yes.

Who chose you to be our representative?

Because, in those days, we didn't have the TV show, did we, where it was voted by an audience.

I think it was the writer of the song... Yeah. ..who put it forward.

And then we did have to do a bit of a competition to get in, didn't we?

Beat some bands off. I've got a really bad memory,

so I kind of phone Sophie if I ever need to know anything about that era.

But was there an evening when you all got up and sang your songs?

Yeah, on Top Of The Pops, actually. On Top Of The Pops it was, yes (!)

And somebody voted, or there was a panel, or...

The general public voted in their thousands. Oh, there we are.

And then you got the news that... Our mothers, our fathers... Yeah.

Speed dial.

Yeah, but that's brilliant. Exciting news to get.

And then terrifying, I should think. Yeah. Yeah.

You kind of don't really understand how there's the audience that

watches it, when somebody actually tells you the figures, you go,

"Oh. OK, that's a lot of people."

It gets a little bit daunting all of a sudden.

Just a bit. Thinking, "What, they were all watching? Blimey."

So, Jenny, what would you like to go for?

Um... I'm going to go for Glamorous. Fergie.

Fergie, says Jenny.

Let's see if that's right for Glamorous,

let's see how many of our 100 people said it.

Fergie.

It's right. 34 is our highest score, 18 is our low.

Passing the high score, passing the low. Look at that, Jenny!

A new low.

Best score so far.

Yeah, another very good answer. Number 6 hit, that was.

I think that was genuinely the thing that made him

think for the first time, "I'm probably going to leave Man United."

He thought, "Do you know what? There's other things I want to do with my life and my career."

Because that was his first big hit, really. Massive hit, yeah.

Produced by Sir Bobby Charlton.

Was it really? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And, to this day, David Moyes never had a bigger hit single than that.

So... Well, to date. To date. There's time yet.

There's time yet, you're absolutely right.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Cheryl. Welcome back to Pointless. Thank you very much.

Lovely to have you here.

When you went as Bucks Fizz to Eurovision,

you'd been already in Co-Co, hadn't you? Yeah. In 1978.

We did worse than any other time that the UK had entered,

at that time.

No! We came eleventh. ALEXANDER GASPS

Really?

Now? Come eleventh now and you're, "Wow!"

But it means that you were in a position to enjoy it all

the more, the great glory.

Because there were only four points in it, weren't there?

Yeah. It was the skirt that did it.

It was the piece of Velcro on our skirt that won us

those extra points. And it held. Yeah. Fantastic. Now, Cheryl, you're the last person to have this board.

Would you like to talk us through it?

I can't talk you through it completely, but the first one of course, Skyfall, is Adele.

Vogue is Madonna.

I don't know Hyperballad.

And Flash is Queen.

So, out of the three that I do know, I think I'm going

to go for Flash and Queen.

Queen. OK, let's see how many of our 100 people agree with Cheryl.

How many people said Queen?

Well, it's right. 34 still our...

Oh, no!

Oh, look at that.

65 for Queen.

No-one ever forgets anything Freddie Mercury ever did.

I'll have to remember that at some point. 65.

That's true, actually. All three you knew were fairly big scorers.

Adele is the biggest scorer of all, up the top there. She would've scored you 82 points.

Vogue, Madonna, would've scored you 64.

And the best answer on the board is Hyperballad,

which is Bjork. Bjork, yeah.

And that would've scored 2 points, so very well done if you said that.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, we're halfway through the round. Let's take a quick recap of those scores.

9, Jenny. What about that? Very impressed with ourselves.

The best score of the pass.

Jenny and Sophie, I think I'll be very surprised

if you're not in Round Two.

Ditto Natalie and Russ. Very well done on 18.

34 is where we find Johnny and Linda.

And then up to 65. I'm so sorry, Cheryl and Jay,

that's quite a high score there.

So, Jay, you'll get the new board.

Find a lovely low-scoring answer on that... I'll try. ..and let's hope that will keep you in the game.

We're going to come back down the line now. Can the second players please step up to the podium.

OK, let's put seven more single-word song titles up on the board, and here they are.

I'll read those all again...

Jay. Mmmm. Fantastic to have you here.

A very, very warm welcome. Thank you.

Let's just talk a little bit more about that skirt moment.

Because, I have to say, I think if you compile ten iconic moments -

just ten iconic moments from the 1980s -

you'd have probably the Royal Wedding, you'd have Torvill and Dean

winning in Sarajevo, and you'd have that skirt coming off.

It was that important, I think.

It was fantastic, yes. We both couldn't quite agree on the length of the skirt,

so it was kind of a compromise that worked very well.

I can't remember what the differentiation was between the...

I mean, it wasn't TOO long, the first skirt, was it?

The song was a bit rock and roll, so Cheryl wanted this sort of '50s look.

And I thought the miniskirts would get us a few more points.

And she was right. There you go.

But it was the skirt removal, I think, that's what, you know...

It was a great moment, a real "wow" moment,

worked like a charm. Very well done.

Now, listen, you're the high scorers at the moment, Jay. Yes.

But, look at this lovely, pristine board - box-fresh.

I've got to put my glasses on. OK. Yes.

But don't go for something too comfortable and easy.

Make sure you go for something that's a little bit challenging.

Mmmm. I think I'm going to just go with one I know, which is

Believe, which is Cher.

She didn't listen to a word I said, did she?

So, now, Believe, Cher, says Jay.

No red line for you as you're the highest scorers, but let's see

how far down the column we can get with Cher.

It's right.

Oh, that's not bad at all. Look at that.

Very well done indeed, Jay.

Yeah, that was a number-one single for Cher.

Her first-ever single was Ringo, I Love You, which was a flop.

Believe it or not.

Ringo, I Love You. Yeah.

She was a backing singer on Be My Baby by The Ronettes.

No! Yeah. How about that? I didn't know that at all.

That's quite cool, isn't it? Yeah.

There we are.

Now, then. Sophie, welcome to Pointless. Hello. Great to have you here.

Now, you and Jenny had known each other for ages, hadn't you, before you started...

Yes, we were friends before the band. ..Precious. And how did Precious come about?

We were manufactured - not for Eurovision,

but we auditioned as a girl band.

They took both of us, so...

But you went to Eurovision - only two years before

Katrina And The Waves had won in '97, so there was real expectation.

How old were you when you did that? I was 22. I was the oldest member of the band.

The youngest one, Kalli, was 16, so we were young girls, yeah.

And that's an enormous audience to play in front of.

How did you cope with that, or was it just a sort of blur?

It was exciting.

Our families all came, we went to Tel Aviv, and we had a great time.

Sophie got us all strip-searched in the airport on the way home.

I took a present for one of my...

They said, "Did you pack your bags yourself?" She said,

"Oh, yes, we've all got those gifts off the record company, haven't we?"

And we all went...

The next minute, all these bags are getting torn apart. "It's a candle!"

It was a candle. Yeah.

That was what you got from your record company? Yeah.

Now then, Sophie,

brilliant low score from Jenny in the first pass, which means,

if you can score 87 or less,

you are definitely through to the next round.

Oh, good. So, a little bit of pressure off there.

OK. I do know a couple of the answers, I think, but I'm trying to

think of the most obscure, because that's the game, so... LAUGHTER

I'm going to go with Disturbia and Rihanna.

Rihanna for Disturbia, says Sophie. Here's your red line.

Get below that with Rihanna and you are home and dry.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Rihanna.

It's right, and you are through. Very well done.

Look at that - down it goes.

Good answer! 15 for Rihanna, taking your total up to...

I reckon that will be the lowest total of the round.

Yeah, very nicely played. Another number-three hit.

Her real name is Robyn. With a Y? With a Y, yeah.

Her middle name's Rihanna, to be fair to her.

What's your middle name? Henry Fenwick. I've got two of them.

Which one should I perform under? Fenwick. Fenwick.

Yeah, you should call yourself Fenwick Armstrong.

I've heard people call you something very similar. LAUGHTER

Thank you very much, Richard.

Russ. Hello. Welcome to Pointless.

Now, Flying The Flag. You co-wrote Flying The Flag. I did, yes.

It's my fault. No, I'm not saying that.

But when you start writing a Eurovision song...

Obviously, there are some songs that have to have...

If you're writing a Bond song, for example, you have to have your Bond strings in there, don't you?

There are the little chromatics you have to have. If you're writing a Eurovision song,

where do you start from? What are the building blocks you have to have?

Well, we listened to Making Your Mind Up over and over again.

No, but we just wanted to do something a little bit camp.

It all came around the concept, and...yeah.

We just had a bit of fun with it, really, to see

what we could get away with.

Lots of silly innuendos and things. LAUGHTER

But, actually, in the heyday of Eurovision, there were no innuendos.

It was a very innocent affair in the '70s and '80s, actually.

Oh, Russ, you changed all that.

Now, listen, you're there on 18. The high scorers

are Jay and Cheryl, at this stage, on 97,

so 78 or less keeps you in the game.

Not too much of a challenge, I wouldn't have thought there, Russ.

No. Well, I've got a couple,

but I'm thinking Boombastic, Shaggy.

Shaggy, says Russ, for Boombastic.

Here is your red line.

Get below that and you are through the next round.

How many of our 100 people said Shaggy?

It's right.

And you're through. Very well done indeed. Down it goes.

Taking your total up to...

Well played, Russ. And his real name is Orville. Is...? Orville.

As we've discussed before, his real name is Orville,

and Shaggy from Scooby Doo's real name is Norville.

Wow.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Linda.

So, you... I mean, perfect partnership, you and Johnny.

A winning team. You've been in Eurovision twice. Yes.

I think you came second the first time. That's right.

And he wrote that one as well. He wrote that one? Oh...

Johnny, I hope, somewhere, back at Eurovision's

headquarters in Hartlepool, they have a statue of you.

I hope they do. Yeah, they throw things at it. I bet they don't.

But Linda, so, who partnered you with Johnny, incidentally?

Well, believe it or believe it not, we were both managed by Louis Walsh.

Really? From, like, centuries ago, yes.

Of course, one forgets that Louis is in fact nearly 107 now.

That's how it all came around, you see,

because we were both in the office. So, when Johnny was writing the songs,

Louis was in his ears saying, "When you write this song, you've got to give it to Linda."

And you were persuaded. Twice. Well, it didn't take too much, yeah.

Very good.

Now then, Linda. We have a competition here.

You have to score 62 or less.

See, the funny thing about it is that I know the song Free,

but I'm darned if I can think of who the heck E is.

So, that's a big problem. You could say that.

I know that Wonderwall is Oasis, and that is very, very obvious.

I haven't a clue who Sober was,

and the only alternative left to me is Venus with Bananarama.

I'll have to go with Venus. You're going to go with... With Bananarama. Bananarama.

OK, here's your red line. It could be higher, let's be honest.

But let's see, if you can get below that with Bananarama,

you are through to the next round. Very, very best of luck.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Bananarama for Venus.

It's right.

You've done it! Well done.

Very well done - look at that!

With space to spare.

59 is your total. Very well done.

Well played, Linda. It was originally by a Dutch band called Shocking Blue,

and I think Shocking Blue are the only band in history to have songs covered by Bananarama and Nirvana.

Because Nirvana did Love Buzz, which was also a Shocking Blue song.

You were right to avoid Wonderwall - would've been too many points for you -

by Oasis, of course, and would've scored 73.

Sober was Pink. Good scorer at 6 points for that.

Now, Free is a very, very tough answer. Very well done if you got it at home.

She had a much, much bigger hit with American Boy, which she released with Kanye,

and it was Estelle.

Very well done if you said that pointless answer.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now, there we are at the end of our first round.

I'm afraid there is one, but there always has to be a pair we say goodbye to.

I can't bear it. Cheryl and Jay, it's you we have to send home.

Never mind. Well, I mean, it was going to be painful whoever it was,

but it's especially painful it's you. It's been such a treat having you here.

I heard a rumour that you might be singing for us at the end of the show,

but I'm not going to say any more. Thank you so much for coming and playing,

please come and play again. Jay and Cheryl. Wonderful.

But, for our remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.

And so we're down to three pairs. Obviously, at the end of this round,

we'll have to say goodbye to another pair.

Can't say at this stage who that's going to be - you all did

so well in that last round.

Very, very best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two is...

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,

who's going to go second. LINDA SIGHS

And, whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.

OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

RUSS: Begin or end...

European Union countries that begin or end with the letters

A, B, C, D, or E.

We're looking for any European country that's a member

of the EU that begins or ends with one of those letters, please.

As always, by country, we mean a sovereign state that's a member of the UN in its own right.

So, those European countries that are members of the EU, and begin or end with those letters.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Yes.

Johnny, we come to you. Yeah. Ah. This is...

I'm going to go for...

E. Estonia.

Estonia, says Johnny. Estonia. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Estonia.

It's right.

26 for Estonia.

That's a nice start, isn't it? They won Eurovision in 2001, Estonia.

And doubly qualified.

Yes, because they begin with E and they end in A.

I mean, how about that? Estonia, come through. Through you come.

Oi, not so fast, next country.

We have to check you're on the list.

Now, Russ.

I think I'm going to go for Andorra.

Andorra. Mm. Andorra, says Russ. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Andorra.

Oh! Oh, no.

It's the EU thing again. Brussels! Ooh!

Yeah. I thought I had a double there - two "A"s - but no.

There you are. It scores you 100 points.

It may very well not be the last 100 pointer of the round.

Yeah, it's really unlucky. Most European countries are a member of the EU,

but not Andorra, it's so diddy. But it does begin and end with an A.

Yeah, that's what I thought. And it's an obscure country. I'm worried that Scooch

are going to finish second-to-last again.

Well, I don't know, let's see. The round is young. It's true, and that is unlucky.

That is unlucky.

Jenny. Now, Jenny.

OK. Bosnia.

Bosnia, says Jenny. Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people went for Bosnia.

Oh! Oooooh.

Bad luck. Like I said, Russ wasn't going to be the last 100 of the round. That scores you 100 points.

Yeah, again, begins with a B, which is lovely, also...

Ends with... An A, so doubly qualifies as well,

but not a member of the EU, I'm afraid.

Anyway, we're halfway through the round, so let's... Yes, and it's going pretty well so far.

Yeah. Let's remind ourselves of the scores.

Only two for me to remember from the three teams.

Look at that.

A dazzling beacon you are, Johnny, there with your correct answer.

And then we travel up to 100 where we find Russ and Natalie,

and Jenny and Sophie. So, very best of luck.

We're going to come back down the line now. Can the second players please step up to the podium.

OK. Sophie, remember we're looking for any European Union country

that begins or ends with A, B, C, D, or E.

OK. I'm going to play it safe, I think, and say Denmark.

Denmark, says Sophie. Denmark.

No red line for you, you're the joint high scorers.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Denmark.

It's right. Well, 26 is our...

Oh!

69 - it's good enough.

Denmark. Very popular country. 169's your total.

Yeah, they've won it three times, Denmark.

They won it in 2013, which makes you think we could win it. We could.

We could win it again. Come on. We could.

Yeah. Happiest country to live in the world, Denmark.

Ah. That's nice, isn't it? That's nice.

Thank you very much.

Now, Natalie. 68 or less is what you need to score.

Otherwise we have to say goodbye to you.

No pressure.

OK. I'm going to go for... I'm still worried it might be wrong.

I'm going to go with Greece.

Greece. Greece, says Natalie.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Greece. There's your red line.

Get below that with Greece, you're through to the next round.

Absolutely right, Natalie.

And you go through to the next round, Natalie.

Lowest score of the round so far.

118 is your total.

That's a great answer, Natalie. Exactly the thing to do as well, look for the ones at the end,

sometimes you get a lower score, and it ends with an E.

They won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, last time they won it.

Thanks very much.

Now, Linda.

I have great news for you...

Oh, good. ..which is, doesn't matter what you score,

you're still going to be in the head-to-head. Mm-hmm.

Um, I'm going to go with B, and I'm going to try Belgium.

Belgium, says Linda.

No red line for you, Linda, as you're already through. Let's see how many

of our 100 people said Belgium.

There we are.

98 is your total.

Yeah, missing a trick on that, podium one.

I'll tell you what would've been the lowest scorer of the round. Where are you from?

ROI. Ireland. Ireland, yeah, it would've scored you 12 points.

I thought it was very obvious. That would've been a terrific answer.

There's quite a few low scorers, no pointless answers at all,

but you'd have got 3 points for Malta and Slovenia,

you'd have got 4 for Lithuania and Finland, 5 for Slovakia,

7 for Romania, 8 Cyprus, 9 Poland...

This is a bit like the Eurovision Song Contest.

I should have done it like that. Slovaquie, cinq points.

Roumanie, sept points. La Chypre, huit points.

Le Pologne, neuf points.

What's Latvia in French? Let's say "Latvie". Latvie...

LAUGHTER

..onze points. Et l'Irlande, douze points.

Wayhey!

Et aussi, douze points pour la Republique tcheque.

"Tcheque"? Tcheque, oui.

LAUGHTER

Dix-neuf points pour la Bulgarie.

Bulgaria. LAUGHTER

Trente-et-un points pour la Croatie. La Croatie.

Croatie. Croatia. Right, I've got it, yeah.

Et la belle France, trente-cinq points.

L'Osterreich, l'Austriche,

quarante-neuf points pour l'Austriche.

Et, er...

Everything else we've had. LAUGHTER

Wouldn't it be ironic if

this actually pushed Eurovision back in the schedules?

You know what I mean? They now can't start until after 10pm.

And these suddenly became the points.

They'd go, "Blimey, Austria getting 49 points there from the UK jury.

"That's very impressive." Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our second round,

the pair who are heading home with their high score of 169...

Oh, Sophie and Jenny, I'm sorry, it's you.

Thank you so much. I'm not enjoying the ends of these rounds. No.

The partings. Well, listen, thanks so much for playing.

It's been lovely having you here. Sophie and Jenny.

Thank you very much. Thank you.

APPLAUSE

But, for Linda and Johnny, Natalie and Russ,

it's now time for our head-to-head.

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Well, congratulations Linda and Johnny, Natalie and Russ,

you are now one step closer to the final,

and a chance to play for that jackpot for your charities,

and that jackpot is standing currently at ?2,500.

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So, this is the part where we decide who goes through to

play for that jackpot, and we do it by making you go head-to-head,

but the difference is you now start playing as a team.

You can confer before you give your answers, and the first pair

to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

Well, Linda and Johnny, no surprise there, Johnny.

Everything to do with Eurovision that you just touch turns to gold.

So yes, here you are as our low-scoring pair,

and Natalie and Russ, very well done indeed. Greece, Natalie.

I salute you.

That's what earned you your place here, so very, very well done.

Best of luck to both players. Let's play the head-to-head.

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Here is your first question, and it is all about...

Oh, dear. Richard.

Have you heard of this(?) The Eurovision Song Contest.

It's an annual contest they hold for the best song in Europe.

We're going to give you five clues now to facts about

the Eurovision Song Contest.

Whichever team gives us the most obscure answer will win a point.

OK, thank you very much indeed.

Well, listen, I could, of course turn the board round,

and read you the things.

It'd be very... YAWNS

Why would we do that

when we've got Graham Norton here?

Hi there, Xander and Richard.

I'm sorry I can't be there,

but as you know, I'm currently in Stockholm, keenly awaiting the acts.

But here are five questions, all about Eurovision.

Who was the female singer who, in 1967, became the UK's first winner?

Which UK seaside town hosted the event in 1974, when ABBA won?

Which year did I take over from Sir Terry Wogan

as the BBC's Eurovision commentator?

What was the title of the song by Jemini which scored

"nul points" at the 2003 contest?

What was the title of the interval act

created by Michael Flatley for the 1994 contest?

So easy.

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There we are. Let me read those all again.

There we are. Now then, Linda and Johnny will go first.

Looks like they've already got an answer.

Yeah, I think...

We're going to try and go for the female singer who won in 1967,

and became the UK's first winner. Was it Sandie Shaw?

Sandie Shaw, say Linda and Johnny. Sandie Shaw.

Now then, Natalie and Russ. That board is all yours.

Do you want to talk us through it?

Erm, yes. CHUCKLES

The seaside town, I'm pretty sure that was Brighton.

Graham Norton, I'm pretty sure was 2009.

The song which Jemini did was Cry Baby. And, obviously, Riverdance.

Shall we go for...Jemini?

Yeah? Cry Baby for Jemini.

OK, Cry Baby. So, we have Sandie Shaw and Cry Baby.

Linda and Johnny said Sandie Shaw.

Let's see if that is right, for 1967 act, Sandie Shaw.

It is right.

36 for Sandie Shaw.

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You get a life. All the questions you know... Get a life!

Natalie and Russ.

Impressive Eurovision knowledge there, by the way, Natalie and Russ.

You've gone for Cry Baby, let's see if that's right for Jemini,

let's see how many of our 100 people said Cry Baby.

It's right.

Oh, look, it beats Sandie Shaw!

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1 for Cry Baby! Very well done indeed.

That means, after one question, Natalie and Russ are up 1-0.

Goodness me, Scooch, absolutely killing that board there.

That's amazing stuff.

You're right about Brighton. That's 24 points.

You're absolutely right about Graham Norton, 2009.

That's very impressive. That would have scored you 2.

And you were right about Riverdance, of course.

Riverdance, biggest scorer up there with 43.

Thanks very much indeed. So, here comes your second question.

Natalie and Russ, you get to answer it first, but Linda and Johnny,

you have to win it to stay in the game, so very, very best of luck.

Our second question this evening is all about...

We're going to show you five pictures now of different

cuts of gemstone. We're going to give you the names

as well, each alternate letter.

We just need you to tell us what they are, please.

Thank you very much indeed.

OK, let's reveal our five gemstone cuts, and here they come.

There we go. Five gemstone cuts. Now, Natalie and Russ will go first.

Hmmm. OK, erm...

I'm not going to go with the one that I think is the most obvious.

The only other one that I know for sure, I hope, is the princess cut.

C. OK, C, princess, say Natalie and Russ. C, princess.

Now then, Linda and Johnny, talk us through the rest of those gem cuts.

I think E is oval. Oval. Right. I think that's the one that we know.

OK. The only one that we have a clue on. Yeah.

Is D brilliant?

B, R, I...

We should go for D and do brilliant, I think. OK.

Go D and go brilliant. Brilliant.

OK, so we have princess and we have brilliant.

Natalie and Russ said princess for C.

Let's see if that's right, and let's see how many of our

100 people got it.

It's right.

Look at that, 12 for princess. What about that, Natalie?

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Very well done indeed. Good scoring there.

That's why.

Meanwhile... That's why I know. Yeah.

Linda and Johnny, meanwhile, have gone for brilliant for D.

Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people got it.

It is brilliant.

Where's it going to end up?

Ooh, 38 for brilliant.

APPLAUSE

Which means, after only two questions,

Scooch are going through to the final, 2-0.

Very well done indeed, Natalie and Russ.

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Let's fill in this board, shall we? A is... Emerald. Emerald cut.

B is the best answer on the board. I can't work it out.

It's Marquise.

Oh, Marquise. That would have scored you 6 points.

And E, of course, is oval.

So, I will point out, Scooch, you are through to the final,

and you did it by scoring the second-lowest score.

It's what you did in Eurovision, but on Pointless...

LAUGHTER

On Pointless, it's a good thing. It's a terrific performance.

Very well done indeed.

So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,

I'm afraid, Linda and Johnny, it is you. I know.

It's been wonderful having you on, please come and play again.

Linda and Johnny, superb. Thank you.

APPLAUSE

But, for Natalie and Russ, it's now time for our Pointless final.

APPLAUSE

Well, congratulations, Natalie and Russ.

You've seen off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at...

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Well, what about that? I just think there's something poetic about this.

Scooch have knocked out Bucks Fizz, you've knocked out Precious,

and you've knocked out Johnny Logan and Linda Martin.

Here you are, Scooch. Exactly. The underdogs.

The victors of all you survey.

Well, listen, very, very well done, hats off to you.

You know what happens in this last round.

We put four categories up on the board,

and you get to choose the category that you like the most.

Let's hope there's something up there that you like the look of.

Today's selection reads like this.

I don't know. What do you think? Dogs. I'm not...

I don't know much about dogs at all.

I'd probably go for the soul singers, but...

What do you think? OK, yeah.

I think so, cos we both might know...

I might not be able to help you, but, yeah. Let's go for the singers.

OK. Soul singers, Natalie and Russ. Very best of luck.

We're looking for any UK Top 40 single,

according to officialcharts.com, by any of the following three, please.

So, Top 40 singles by any of those three. Very best of luck.

OK. Now, as always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three

answers, and all you need to win that jackpot for your charities

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Are you ready? Yes.

OK. Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock. There they are.

Your time starts now.

Right, what about Alicia Keys,

have you got anything?

Fallin', I know is one. OK.

Mary J Blige, she did a duet with

George Michael, As, I don't know

whether that would be...

Would that be classed as... I don't know.

Yeah, if she's named on the thing, yeah.

OK. Yeah. So, I think that.

Luther Vandross, I think

he did a song called

Love The One You're With.

So... I know I know another

Alicia Keys one.

But I just can't think of the title.

I think As is a good one. Yeah.

Love The One You're With. I think it's Love The One...

You know that one?

# Love the one you're with. #

Is that... You know the one? Erm...

I might need a bit more than that.

I think Bucks Fizz did a cover

of it, actually. I don't know.

Alicia Keys, I'm not.

Ten seconds left. Is it New York...

New York song, isn't there? Oh, yeah.

Bit it's probably going to be high. Empire State Of Mind.

And there's Fallin'. So it's

Fallin', I reckon. Do Fallin'.

I think we do Fallin', As,

and Love The One You're With.

OK, that is your time up. I'm afraid that minute is never long enough.

I now need your three answers. What would you like to go for?

Alicia Keys, we'll go with Fallin'. Fallin'.

Mary J Blige, we'll go with As. As.

And Luther Vandross, Love The One You're With.

Love The One You're With. OK, of those three, which is

your best shot at a Pointless answer, do you think?

I reckon As. Yeah. Yeah? OK. I don't know about the other two.

Should we do Fallin' first, then Love The One You're With...

And then As. Then As, OK.

Let's put those answers up on the board in that order, then,

and here they are.

Well, three good answers up there on the board. Very, very best of luck.

Let's hope one of these is pointless and wins that jackpot

for your charities. What charities are you playing for?

Natalie, what's yours? The Royal Brompton Hospital.

My son actually had a week's stay in that hospital

when he was one-and-a-half. They were amazing. Absolutely brilliant.

Fantastic. Russ...

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I'm going to go for the Royal Bournemouth Hospital,

they've been fantastic to my mum.

Fantastic. APPLAUSE

Well, two lovely institutions there that stand to benefit

if one of these excellent answers turn out to be pointless.

Let's hope one of them is.

Your first answer was Fallin'.

In this case, we were looking for Alicia Keys UK Top 40 hits.

If this is pointless, it will win ?2,500 for your charities.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Fallin'. Is it pointless?

It's right. That was the first thing it had to be.

Now, it just has to take us all the way down to zero.

Fallin', takes us now down through the 30s, into the 20s,

still going down into the teens...

Ooh, 12.

Good, though. Not bad.

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Fallin' fell, but didn't fall quite far enough.

That's it, but still, not bad.

A good score in any other part of the game.

Just in this round, we have to have pointless answers.

So, we now move onto your next answer, Love The One You're With.

In this case, we were looking for Luther Vandross UK Top 40 singles.

If this is pointless, it wins you ?2,500.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said

Love The One You're With for Luther Vandross.

Well, it's right. Fallin', your first answer, took us down to 12.

Love The One You're With now takes us down through the 20s,

through the teens, passes 12 into single figures.

Down it goes, still going down...

You've done it, look at that! Very well done indeed.

Love The One You're With was a pointless answer.

Very well done.

APPLAUSE

Look at that, wonderful!

Many, many congratulations.

Love The One You're With was a pointless answer, which means

you go home with that jackpot of ?2,500 for your charities.

Brilliant.

APPLAUSE

How brilliant was that?

Congratulations, you've been amazing throughout that show.

Not only is that a pointless answer, but you're quite right,

Bucks Fizz also did do a cover version of it.

We'll be hearing from them in a moment. It's all linked.

It is all linked. It's originally a Stephen Stills song.

And As, which as you know is Mary J Blige and George Michael,

also a pointless answer.

APPLAUSE

Let's take a look at the pointless answers now,

in the different categories. Alicia Keys first.

The Bond theme, Another Way To Die, is a pointless answer.

Empire State Of Mind wasn't pointless, but she released

her own version without Jay Z, Empire State Of Mind (Part II),

it was a pointless answer. Gangsta Lovin' with Eve was

a pointless answer,

and Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart, also a pointless answer.

Mary J Blige now. She had a hit with Wyclef Jean, 911.

And we'll finish with Luther Vandross.

Very well done if you said any of those at home.

That's not actually the end of me reading stuff out this evening,

because one very exciting thing I'm doing this evening

is I'm going to read out the UK's votes on the Eurovision.

No! Yeah. What, the jury? Yeah, that's where I'm heading now.

That's exciting, isn't it? Kept that quiet, didn't I?

LAUGHTER

# Ba ba ba ba Ba ba ba ba! #

But it means I can make them up. # Ba ba ba ba! #

Which I won't.

But if I did, I'd give 12 points to Ireland, that's what I'd be doing.

Oh, you must. Yeah. But no, they don't let you cheat.

I've asked and asked and asked, but they don't let you.

Thanks very much, Richard,

and thanks once again to our winning players, Natalie and Russ,

who go away with today's jackpot of ?2,500 for their charities.

APPLAUSE

Join us next time, when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge

to the test on Pointless.

Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard. Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me, but before we go, playing us out

with Making Your Mind Up are Cheryl, Mike, Bobby and Jay,

Formerly Of Bucks Fizz!

APPLAUSE

# You gotta speed it up

# And then you gotta slow it down

# Cos if you believe that our love can hit the top

# You gotta play around

# But soon you'll find that there comes a time for making your mind up

# You gotta turn it on

# And then you gotta put it out

# You gotta be sure that it's something

# Everybody's gonna talk about

# Before you decide that the time's arrived

# For making your mind up

# Don't let your indecision

# Take you from behind

# Trust your inner vision

# Don't let others change your mind

# And now you really gotta burn it up

# Or make another fly by night

# Get a run for your money and take a chance

# And it'll turn out right

# And when you can see how it's going to be

# You're making your mind up... #

Come on, everyone, clap your hands! Come on.

# Try to look as if you don't care less

# But if you wanna see some more

# Bending the rules of the game

# Will let you find the one you're looking for

# And then you can show that you think you know

# You're making your mind up

# Don't let your indecision

# Take you from behind

# Trust your inner vision

# Don't let others change your mind

# And now you really gotta speed it up

# And then you gotta slow it down

# Cos if you believe that our love can hit the top

# You gotta play around

# Soon you will find that there comes a time

# For making your mind up

# And now you really gotta speed it up

# And then you gotta slow it down

# Cos if you believe that our love

# Can hit the top You gotta play around

# Soon you will find that there comes a time

# For making your mind up

# For making your mind up

# For making your mind up

# For making your mind up. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING