Music Pointless Celebrities

APPLAUSE Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.

And a very warm welcome to this special music edition

of Pointless Celebrities.

This is the quiz where the questions have been asked

to 100 people before the show.

All our celebrities have to do is come up with the answers

no-one else could think of.

Let's meet today's Pointless celebrities.

And couple number one.

My name is Ben Adams and I am from a band called A1.

My name is Tony Christie.

I am a professional singer and have been for a long time.

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Couple number two.

My name is Ian H Watkins, better known as H from Steps.

LAUGHTER

And I am Claire Richards, also better known as Claire from Steps.

-LAUGHTER

-Very good.

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Couple number three.

I am Sinitta. I am not from Steps.

But I am a singer and a mentor.

And I am Jaymi Hensley and I am from Brit boy band Union J.

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And finally, couple number four.

My name is Easther. I am from the group Eternal.

Hi, I am Vernie, and I am also from the group Eternal.

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And these are today's contestants. Thanks very much, all of you.

We'll find out more about you throughout the show as it goes along.

So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

The getaway driver for our heist on human ignorance, it is

my Pointless brand, it is Richard.

-Hiya.

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Good evening, everyone, evening.

-Good evening.

-Good evening to you.

-This should be fun, shouldn't it?

-I think it should.

-We have got a couple of returners.

They have both done the same thing. H is back.

And H last time came on with Faye Tozer,

-better known as Faye from Steps.

-LAUGHTER

So disappointed with her performance,

he has fired her and now Claire from Steps, she is back in.

-So we will see how well they do.

-Thank you!

And Sinitta has done the same thing. She came on with Chico.

-Oh, yeah, so she did.

-But she has swapped him

for a very much younger model from Union J, Jaymi.

So, again, we will see if that works.

But amazing, Eternal on the last podium there.

-Ben. The great Tony Christie on the first...

-I know!

-I know, it is amazing, isn't it?

-I know. Wonderful.

OK, thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now, as usual, all of today's questions have been

put to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants here are looking

for those all-important pointless answers,

these being 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,

each of our celebrities is playing for a nominated charity.

So we start off with a jackpot of £2,500.

APPLAUSE AND OOHS

There we are. Right, if everyone is ready, let's play Pointless.

So the only thing you have to remember is the pair with

the highest score at the end of each round will be eliminated.

So do everything you can to make sure you are not in that pair.

Best of luck with all of that. Our first category today is...

It's famous people.

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

who's going second?

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

OK, and the question concerns...

Matthews, Marks, Lukes and Johns, Richard.

Yeah, on each board, we'll show you seven questions

and the answers to all of those questions are famous people

with the name Matthew, Mark, Luke or John.

Just need you to give us the most obscure answer.

OK, let's reveal our first board of clues. And here is the first seven.

We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

-There we are. Tony, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

Fabulous to have you here. You have had a career in showbiz for 50 years.

Do you have any favourite bits of that?

Any bits you look back particularly fondly on?

I think because of the resurgence of Amarillo, it got me

back from living in Spain, which, I mean, to be honest, was great.

I was playing golf three times a week in shorts.

But it got me back to England.

And, you know, my kids were having kids and they were all growing up,

so I was seeing more of my kids and my grandkids.

-So that was the good bit.

-Very good.

-And it got me back recording again, so it was great.

-Fabulous.

-Now, Tony.

-I gave in.

-ALEXANDER LAUGHS

What about these Matthews, Marks, Lukes and Johns?

I don't know.

I mean, I can go for the obvious one. I know the top one.

-It's John Prescott.

-John Prescott, says Tony. John Prescott.

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

It's right.

Look at that, it's only 48.

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Well played, Tony, very good start.

Yeah, the UK's longest-serving Deputy Prime Minister - ten years.

There we are. Thank you.

-Now, Claire.

-Hi.

-Welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-Ah!

-What are you up to at the moment?

-Um, mostly being Mum at home.

-Lovely.

But I have just recently been recording a little

-bit on my own, which is exciting.

-Very good. This is good news.

But do you look back on the Steps days and think,

"I would love to do that again"?

-No...

-No? Really? Just punishingly hard work.

-Well, obviously, I wouldn't like to do it to that extent again.

-Yeah.

I am too old.

But, yeah, I loved it. I, you know, enjoyed every single second of it.

She has been eating fire recently, Steps is nothing compared to that.

Wha...wha... How did you do that?

I just did a show where I had to learn how to eat fire. As you do.

-Was it all right?

-Yeah, it was all right.

-Tasty?

-Really tasty.

-Mm!

-That is all I eat now.

-It is a bit hot for me.

LAUGHTER

Claire, what about these Matthews, Marks, Lukes and Johns?

I...think...

I am going to go for the second one.

Mark Zuckerberg.

Mark Zuckerberg, says Claire. Is it right?

How many people said it if it is?

It is right.

SHE SIGHS

Yes, 20, well done, Claire.

Yay!

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-Phew!

-Faye who? SHE LAUGHS

Great start, Claire. Very good answer.

You know he is worth 35 billion?

-H WHISTLES

-But is he happy?

-No.

-Yes, he is.

-Yes, he is.

-LAUGHTER

Cos he can buy anything in entire world.

I know, but how exhausting must that be?

Just wading through diamonds.

-Argh!

-No, that is difficult.

-When you turn your tap on, it is just cash pouring out.

-Plff! Cash.

HE SIGHS IN DISGUST

No, you'd get bored spending it eventually.

-It would be quite fun, though.

-Yeah, yeah.

-It would be quite fun.

-It would be quite fun. Sinitta, welcome back.

-Thank you.

Now, what are you doing at the moment?

-Have you started X Factor?

-Not yet, not yet.

They... It's, um...

The auditions are starting in a few months.

And are you across it from the very beginning or do you just

-come in for...?

-Just looking for talent. Looking for talent, yeah.

-Oh, that has got to be fun, though, hasn't it?

-Yeah, it's great.

Anyway, listen, Sinitta, Matthews, Marks, Lukes

-and Johns, what about them?

-Hm!

-Mm-hm.

So I think I am going to go with

90210, Luke Perry.

Luke Perry, says Sinitta. Luke Perry. Let's see if that's right.

And if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.

It's right.

Well, 48 is our high score. You pass that. 20 is our low. You pass that.

-Oh, gosh!

-7 is our new low.

Very well done, Sinitta.

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-Wow.

-Look at that, brilliant.

Well played, Sinitta. Yeah, great answer.

His real first name is actually Coy. His name is Coy Perry.

And his job before he was famous

was he worked in a doorknob factory.

-Are you serious?

-Seriously.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-Look at that.

Doorknob, I wonder which part of the doorknob he was.

LAUGHTER Well, you know, there are

several components to a doorknob.

I mean, unless it is just the bit you stick on.

That is a bit dull.

-Yeah.

-There could be all the cogs and the bits...

I tell you what, you know an awful lot about knobs.

-I did not know that.

-No.

-I didn't know you did.

ALEXANDER LAUGHS Oh, yeah! Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now, Vernie.

-Yes.

-Welcome.

-Thank you.

-Welcome to Pointless. Lovely to have you here.

Now, Eternal.

-Tell me how that actually came about.

-Oh, gosh.

I met a guy called Dennis Inglesby. I'll go really fast.

I met a guy called Dennis Inglesby, who I then bought Easther along.

We met him. Met Louise. Met Kelle. And together, we made Eternal.

But when it finished, you then went back to university

-and finished your law degree.

-I did. I did.

-Was that quite weird?

-No, I totally enjoyed it.

I had actually started...

I was studying law before actually joining the band.

And when it came to the end, I thought

I didn't actually get to finish it.

So I went back and completed my law degree, then went on to bar.

-Completed my bar finals, yeah...

-That is amazing.

That is such a massive change of scene.

-Yeah. Very grounding.

-Yeah, I bet. I bet.

So, Vernie, what about these remaining unanswered Matthews,

Marks, Lukes and Johns?

I am pretty sure the one from Friends is Matthew something,

but the last name I can't remember.

Actor, I can only have a guess.

I'm going to go with Matthew McConaughey.

-Matthew McConaughey.

-Yeah.

OK. Let's see if that is right.

Matthew McConaughey, who introduced Idina Menzel as Adele Dazeem.

Let's see if that's right.

If it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said

-Matthew McConaughey. Good luck, Vernie.

-Thank you.

Oh, no!

-I'm sorry, Vernie.

-No, I kind of guessed that.

That is an incorrect answer, scores you 100 points. Really sorry.

Yeah, sorry. His name is Matthew, which is very good.

Matthew McConaughey. But this one, it is a clip well worth looking at,

actually, if you are on the net. It is John Travolta.

-Oh, was it?.

-Yeah.

6 points as well, so it was a very tough one.

Now, Chandler Bing, you're right,

it was a Matthew. Matthew Perry.

He used to be called Matthew Coy.

-Yes, he did.

-LAUGHTER

18 points for that.

The creator of The Simpsons cartoon family is Matt Groening.

That would have scored you 21 points.

The best answer on the board is the tennis player.

Went to 70 games, 68 in the last set, this,

and it is John Isner.

2 points for that. Very well done if you said that at home.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. We are halfway through,

let's look at the scores. 7, Sinitta.

-What can I say?

-Yay!

That was just amazing. Amazing, amazing. So, look,

you and Jaymi surely will be going through to the next round.

-Don't say that.

-ALEXANDER LAUGHS

Then we travel up to 20, where we find Claire and H from Steps.

Then we travel up to 48, where we find Tony and Ben.

And then, I'm so sorry, up to 100, where we find Vernie and Easther.

Anything could happen in the next pass.

Easther, you get first pass on the board, so you get first dibs.

-It has already happened.

-Use it well.

Find a nice low-scoring Matthew, Mark, Luke or John

and maybe it will keep you in the game.

We'll come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put seven more clues up on the board, and here they come.

We have got...

I'll read those all one second time.

There we go. Now then, Easther.

Remember, we are looking for the most obscure of those answers.

But before we do that, tell me how you...

You came to sing to the Pope, you performed.

How did that happen?

The song that we were performing in Eternal, Someday, it went

down really well and they invited us over to perform in front of him.

Which the Cardinals said, "Please, please, come and perform"?

-They were massive Eternal fans?

-It seems so.

-Well, yeah.

-It seems so.

Yeah, so it was an amazing experience.

I didn't know whether to curtsy or kiss his hand or...

Fantastic. Easther, you are recording at the moment, aren't you?

Yeah, I am doing some song-writing

and just testing the waters for my own personal career.

Excellent.

Excellent. Will we hear anything from you as a solo artist, then?

-I'm hoping. I'm hoping, yeah.

-That would be fun. Brilliant.

Well, listen, best of luck with that.

Also, best of luck with this answer, much more importantly.

There you are, you are the high scorers.

We need a low score from you.

They are hard.

Had a lead role in Boogie Nights,

Mark Wahlberg.

OK, well, you are on 100, let see how many... There is no red line

for you, as you are the high-scorers.

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

Not bad at all, 20. 120 is your total.

Yeah, could have kept yourself in the game there. Very well played.

There we are. Now, Jaymi.

-A warm welcome to Pointless.

-Hi.

-This isn't your first time at Pointless.

No... Well, this side of it, it is, yeah.

-Because?

-My sister was on it years ago.

And she got a pointless answer with the lettuce question.

She was on the round, the types of lettuce round.

Oh, that was a great ground.

One of the famous Pointless rounds of all-time. Types of lettuce.

I told her I was coming on and she was like,

"Well, I got a pointless answer," so now I am really nervous.

Yeah, what are you going to do?

-I won't get a pointless, I know that.

-How is the Union J going?

Really well.

Yeah, we are writing our third album at the minute, which is amazing.

We are on tour across the country,

-so, yeah, it is a dream come true.

-Fantastic.

OK, listen, the great news for you -

obviously, apart from your career - is that you are through to Round Two.

-Sinitta has taken the pressure off there.

-Thanks.

Anything looking appealing on the board?

I think I know the obvious ones. But...

Politics was quite low on the last one, so I think British

Prime Minister who succeeded Margaret Thatcher - John Major.

OK, John Major, says Jaymi.

No red line for you as you are already through.

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

It's right.

Not bad at all. 51 plus 7, 58.

Very well played, Jaymi. Good answer.

You can depress us all by telling us

how old you were roughly when John Major came into power.

-I was one.

-Aw.

But I love politics and my nan, yeah, would kill me

if I didn't know politics. She brushed me up before I came on.

She was like, "Don't let me down on politics."

-Excellent. What is your nan's name?

-Betty.

-Hey, Betty.

This is the first thing she's ever watched that I'm on

cos she hates pop music and she loves Pointless.

"Finally, I get to watch you on telly."

So, yeah... Hi, Nan.

Good for Betty.

Brilliant. OK, good stuff. Now, H.

HE WHIMPERS Now then, H.

Now, H, I have always wondered... Because your real name is Ian.

-Uh-huh.

-Why H? Where did each come from?

I have been called H since I was about nine.

-And it stands for hyperactive.

-Oh!

ALEXANDER LAUGHS

There have been many variations over the years...

That is why we all called you W.

LAUGHTER

Uh... Yeah.

For wicked, right?

-Yeah, absolutely.

-Wicked. Wicked! That's me. Yeah, yeah. That's...

ALEXANDER LAUGHS

Oh, dear. H, what do you do now? What occupies you now?

I have recently taken some time out and I am painting.

I actually went to art college before I started to perform,

really, so I have gone back to my first love.

Like Vernie with her law, you have gone back to painting.

-That's fantastic.

-Yeah.

Well, listen, you are on 20. The girls are on 120.

If you can score 99 or less, you are as good as through.

I know one of them and I kind of know the other one,

so do I play safe or do I risk?

I am going to go for the first one - John Terry.

John Terry, says H. John Terry, here is your red line. Nice and high.

Get below that with John Terry and you are in Round Two.

How many people said John Terry?

Well done.

Phew!

-SINITTA:

-Oh!

32, not bad at all.

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52 is your total,

which might very easily end up being the lowest total of the round.

Yeah, well played, H. Another good answer.

-I mean, a chicken's answer but a good answer. Well done.

-I agree!

-OK. Ben, welcome.

-Yes, thank you.

-Great to have you here on the show.

-Great to be here, thank you.

-A1 is still going, still going strong.

-You are three members now.

-We are down to three.

We have been three members since 2002, actually.

-Really?

-So for quite a long time, yeah.

But you do lots of writing and producing for others as well.

That's right. So at the moment, I write and produce for other artists

-when I am not doing that.

-What do you prefer?

I think performing, if I am honest,

because it is great writing and producing for other people,

but I kind of feel like you write a song for somebody, they go off

and have a great time doing it, and then it is sort of a thankless job.

You sit in the same room, doing the same for somebody else the next day.

-But I still enjoy it. I still like it.

-Yeah.

-Anyway, you cry all the way to the bank, I suppose.

-Well, yeah.

-It's a hard life(!)

-Yeah, there we are.

Listen, you are on 48.

If you can score 71 or less, you are through to the next round.

71 or less, Ben.

So lead singer of British rock band Muse - I should know that,

but I absolutely don't.

So unfortunately, I am going to have to go with

the member of the Beatles who married Yoko Ono.

-And that would be John Lennon.

-John Lennon.

Well, listen, sometimes... As we have been doing this show,

we've found Beatles things that you would imagine would be universal...

-Yeah.

-..just get a little bit less well-known as time goes by.

So hold on to that.

-OK.

-There is your red line.

-Fingers crossed.

You have to get below that red line, Ben. Very best of luck.

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

He's right.

Oh! 75!

-That is annoying.

-75 is really annoying, isn't it? That's a bore.

That is a bore.

123 is your total.

-A doorknob away.

-Terrible!

-LAUGHTER

-Terrible.

-Hm.

-Aw.

The good news is you should see how happy Eternal are there,

-on the last podium.

-Aw.

Absolutely delighted.

It is really, really unlucky.

There are some tough ones left there, Ben,

but we will go through them for you.

The Welsh actor, this is the best answer on the board, actually.

-Do you know that one?

-I don't know.

-It is Luke Evans.

2 points for that.

H, there was one you were going to take a risk on,

is that still on the board?

-The bottom one.

-Yep.

-Mark Gatiss?

Mark Gatiss is absolutely right.

-Argh!

-Or Mark Gate-iss. Would have scored you 6 points.

-Would have been a terrific answer.

-But it was a risk.

The good news is you are through and you get to look clever as well,

so you got the best of both worlds.

And the last one, Ben, I hope you don't recognise the name

-when I say it. Do you know it?

-Matt Bellamy.

Matt Bellamy is lead singer.

-Actually, I feel better cos I had no idea.

-That is good.

-Phew.

-7 points for that.

So Luke Evans is the best answer on that board.

Thanks very much, Richard. So at the end of our first round, I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry, the pair who are heading home...

Short and sweet, just like us. You know.

Only 3 points ahead of the high-scorers, it is Ben and Tony.

-Will you come back, both of you, please?

-Love to.

-Yes.

Come back and triumph. Well, thank you so much.

Ben and Tony, wonderful, wonderful contestants.

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-Sorry.

But for the remaining three pairs, it is now time for Round Two.

And so, obviously, we are now down to three pairs.

At the end of this round, we will have to lose another pair

in time for our head-to-head round.

But congratulations are due all round.

H and Claire, you are our lowest scoring pair.

Jaymi and Sinitta, congratulations,

our lowest scoring individual answer for Luke Perry.

Vernie and Easther, congratulations to you for getting through.

LAUGHTER

It was touch and go there. But you came through smiling, so well done.

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two this evening is...

It's Dancing.

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

who is going to go second?

And whoever is 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...

-This is your thing, baby.

-Yes!

Strictly Come Dancing, 2014 participants.

That is what we are after. Richard.

Yeah, we're looking for any of the 15 celebrities

or 15 professional dancers who took part in the 2014 series

of Strictly Come Dancing, please.

First names and surnames. Very best of luck.

Thanks much indeed, Richard. So, Claire.

-Hi.

-Hi.

-We only need...

-One name?

You don't have to have the partnership?

No, it could be either a celebrity or a professional.

Oh!

Gregg Wallace.

-Gregg Wallace?

-Yeah.

-Nothing wrong with that.

I think it is a great answer. Let's see if it is right, though.

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

It's right.

SHE SIGHS

Still going down. Still going down.

SHE YELLS

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8 for Gregg Wallace. That is

an exceptionally good answer.

-Great start to the round.

-Well played, Claire.

Very well done.

Yeah, he was an early casualty in that, Gregg Wallace.

-Thank you, Richard. Jaymi.

-It is between two.

-I am going to say Alison Hammond.

-Alison Hammond.

-Yeah.

Alison Hammond, says Jaymi. Let's see if that is right.

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

It's right.

8 is our only score so far.

Alison Hammond...

Finishes...below that!

With 6.

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Very well done indeed, Jaymi.

-Great score.

-Very well played, Jaymi.

-He is almost as good as his sister, Jaymi, isn't he?

-Almost.

-Not quite.

Don't say that, she is going to be like, "Not as good as me."

So far. There might be pointless answers around the corner, though.

-Don't bet on it.

-Well, we'll see. We'll see. We'll see.

Now then...

Easther, what are you going to go for?

I can see their faces but I can't remember the names,

so I'm just going to choose a name.

I don't think he did do it - Shane Richie. But...

Shane Richie you're going for. Let's see if it's right.

If it is, let's see how many people said Shane Richie.

Oh, bad luck, Easther!

I'm afraid an incorrect answer.

That scores you 100 points.

He's never done it, Shane Richie. He'd be good, wouldn't he?

-He would. I'm surprised he hasn't done it.

-On Strictly.

Thank you very much, Richard.

We're halfway through the round - let's take a look at the scores.

6 the best score of that pass, Jaymi.

-Very well done there.

-Wow.

Up to 8, where we find Claire and H.

And then I'm afraid it's up to 100,

where we find Vernie and Easther.

A low score from you could keep you in, you never know.

-It would have to be below

-8. Yeah.

-But still, there we are.

Best of luck. We'll come back down the line now.

Can the second players step up to the podium?

Remember, we are looking for the name of any participant

in Strictly Come Dancing in 2014.

Vernie.

-I know she has done it, so Ann Widdecombe.

-Ann Widdecombe.

-Yeah.

Ann Widdecombe. No red line for you as you're the high-scorers.

Let's see if Ann Widdecombe is right and how many people said it if it is.

Ooh, I'm sorry. I'm afraid it's

another incorrect answer, Vernie

That scores you 100 points,

takes your total to 200.

So close, just four years out. She is 2010, Ann Widdecombe.

LAUGHTER

-That is frustrating, isn't it?

-Isn't it? Yeah.

Thank you. Now, Sinitta, good news - you're through to the head-to-head.

You're through to the head-to-head even if you get this wrong.

-What are you going to go for, Sinitta?

-OK.

I can't think of anyone obscure, so I am going to say Kristina Rihanoff.

Kristina Rihanoff, OK.

Let's see if that is right and how many of our 100 people said it.

No red line for you as you're already through.

It's right.

-What if she's really popular?

-She's not.

No, look at that! Great.

It's a brilliant score!

1! APPLAUSE

Best score of the round, Sinitta,

takes your total up to 7. Very well done indeed.

That is another very good answer from Sinitta. 1 point.

Kristina appeared on Celebrity Mastermind

and her specialist subject was Patrick Swayze.

-Wow. Good.

-Yeah.

-SINITTA CHUCKLES

H, to round it off. You are on 8. Do you follow Strictly closely?

No.

I know that Simon did it, Simon Webbe.

And I can't remember her name and I spent so much time with her

and I feel awful and she was in Mrs Brown's Boys.

It doesn't really matter at this point, does it?

-I can just choose anything.

-You can say anything you like.

-I'm going to play safe, we are safe, so Mark Wright.

-Mark Wright, says H.

Mark Wright. No red line for you as you are already through.

Let's see how many people said Mark Wright.

Oh!

Not bad, H. Look at that!

11 for Mark Wright!

-APPLAUSE Takes your total up to 19.

-Wow.

Not bad at all.

Very good answer. You're quite right,

-it is Jennifer Gibney from Mrs Brown's Boys.

-Ah, yes!

She would have scored 2 points.

I'll take you through the other celebs.

Thom Evans would have scored you 3,

Sunetra Sarker would have scored you 3.

3 for Steve Backshall as well.

You'd have got 5 for Tim Wonnacott.

It is all the dancers where the pointless answers are.

Lots of 1-point answers.

Trent Whiddon, Pasha Kovalev, Natalie Lowe and Kevin Clifton

all 1-point answers. Let's take a look at the pointless ones.

Aljaz was a pointless answer. I won't try the surname.

Joanne Clifton was a pointless answer.

And Iveta, as well, was a pointless answer.

Well done if you said any of those at home.

Thanks very much, Richard.

At the end of our second round, the pair heading home

with their high score of 200 - I'm sorry - Vernie and Easther, it's you.

-That was a tough round for you.

-Just a little bit.

-You haven't watched it for a while, have you?

-No. Can you tell?

But it's so hard! It's one of those things

that's known universally by people who watch it

-and then it is just - wfff! - who knows?

-Yeah.

Who knows? But it has been wonderful having you on the show.

-We've enjoyed being here.

-Thank you so much for playing.

Best of luck with everything you're doing.

-Please come back and play again. BOTH:

-Thank you.

Easther and Vernie. APPLAUSE

For the remaining two pairs, it is now time for the head-to-head.

Congratulations, Jaymi and Sinitta, Claire and H.

You are one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at...

There we are.

Now, to decide who goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot, you are now going to go head-to-head.

The big difference is you are now allowed to confer.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

Very best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

OK, here comes your first question and it concerns...

-What?!

-You're joking?

Flags of countries that begin with the letter S.

We're going to show you five flags now

of countries that begin with the letter S.

Can you tell us the most obscure country, please?

Let's unfurl our flags, and here they are.

There we are.

Flags of five countries that

begin with the letter S.

Now, Jaymi and Sinitta, you have been so good throughout the show so far...

-Don't say that.

-..that you get to answer first.

-I think we'll go for C.

-Mm-hm.

-Just go for it?

-Yeah.

-Sweden.

-Sweden.

OK. Jaymi and Sinitta are saying Sweden for C.

Sweden for C.

Now, Claire and H, talk us through the other flags.

-Um...

-Think of countries

-beginning with a S.

-So, Spain.

-Yeah.

South Africa.

-SHE GASPS

-That might be one of those!

-Yeah, go on, do that.

-Which one?

I would say B, because it looks tropical.

-No, I think it's A.

-Oh, yeah, maybe.

-A, we're going to say South Africa.

-A, South Africa.

So, we had C, Sweden and A, South Africa.

-Oh.

-Jaymi and Sinitta said C was Sweden. Let's see if they were right

and how many people said Sweden.

-It's right!

-Well done.

69. APPLAUSE

I think they're right.

Now, Claire and H have said that A is South Africa.

Let's see if that is right and how many people said South Africa.

-SINITTA:

-We know that it's not.

It's right! It is South Africa.

And it wins you the point.

APPLAUSE

Oh, my God!

-Complete fluke.

-There we are. South Africa.

We'll just go home now, it's fine.

-And it means that after one question, you are up 1-0.

-Oh, my God.

-SINITTA:

-Unbelievable. Amazing guess.

-H was suggesting going for B

because that was tropical.

It was Claire who actually, clearly, knew it

because you can't randomly pick that out if you've got it.

It is an unbelievable fluke, I swear.

-We literally said South Africa...

-I said geography is my worst subject.

-This is vexillology.

-Is it?

-LAUGHTER

-Let's go through the rest of these.

B is Senegal.

Would have scored you 7.

D, I know people at home, especially football fans,

will be going, "It's either Slovakia or Slovenia."

You are absolutely right, it is Slovakia.

Would have scored you 9.

The last one is one of the coolest flags in the world.

-It is Sri Lanka.

-CONTESTANTS:

-Oh.

That would have scored you 12 points.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Here comes your second question.

Jaymi and Sinitta, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

-Yeah.

-Very, very best of luck.

It concerns...

-LAUGHTER H AND CLAIRE:

-Oh, that's not fair!

-Louis Walsh. SINITTA:

-I didn't choose it.

You can't say that's not fair when you have just guessed a flag.

-LAUGHTER

-Let's see what the question is first.

-We shall do.

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

Nobody knows more than I do about Louis.

Actually, that's not true.

One person knows more than I do about Louis Walsh.

So, we thought we would ask him to read the questions out to you.

Louis.

Hi, Xander and Richard. Sorry I can't be there tonight

but I have got five questions all about me.

The first one is...

which Spice girl was on a panel alongside me

-called Popstars: The Rivals?

-I know that.

What was the name of the act that I mentored - to victory -

-on X Factor in 2005?

-I know that.

What is the name of the band that I once managed?

Two of their members were Ronan Keating and Keith Duffy.

In which decade was I born?

Which Irish singer did I discover, and they went on to win

the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland twice?

Good luck.

Oh. There we are. I'll read those questions out one more time.

-Claire and H, you will answer first.

-Ooh.

-OK.

We think we know the last one.

-We think it's quite obscure.

-OK.

-Johnny Logan.

-Johnny Logan, say H and Claire.

Johnny Logan. Jaymi and Sinitta, the board is all yours.

Do you want to talk us through it?

So, former Spice Girl is Geri.

Act he mentored in 2005

was Shayne Ward.

Boyzone is the next one.

Decade he was born was the '50s.

I think the act he mentored in 2005.

-Yes.

-Act he mentored in 2005,

-Shayne Ward.

-Shayne Ward, that's the answer you're going to give?

-Yeah.

-OK. We have Johnny Logan, we have Shayne Ward.

Claire and H said Johnny Logan. Bit of a gamble there.

-Oh, shoosh!

-Still, no, it's all right!

Let's see if it has paid off.

Is it right, Johnny Logan? If it is, how many people said it?

-WHIMPERS:

-Mm!

-It's right!

-Ah!

Johnny Logan.

Ooh, it is a low-scorer, too. 22.

APPLAUSE

22 for Johnny Logan.

Jaymi and Sinitta, meanwhile,

have gone far the act mentored who won in 2005 as Shayne Ward.

Let's see if that is right.

If it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Shayne Ward.

Well, it is right, we knew that.

Ohh...!

It wins!

9 for Shayne Ward. APPLAUSE

Impeccable reasoning there, Jaymi. You worked that one out.

-You are back in the game. H:

-Oh, I thought that was it!

-After two questions, it is one-all.

-Love you, Louis.

-Richard.

-Well played. It is the best answer on the board, Shayne Ward.

-Very well played.

-Well played.

By quite some way, actually. You're right about Geri Halliwell.

She would have scored you 27 points.

You are right about Boyzone as well. That would have scored you 68.

And for 48 points, he was born in the 1950s.

He was born in 1952. He's looking pretty good on that,

-isn't he, Louis?

-He is, actually, yeah.

Thanks very much, Richard. Here comes your third and final question.

This is the decider. Whoever wins this goes through to the final.

Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...

-JAYMI:

-Simon Cowell.

-SINITTA:

-Oh, goodness me.

-LAUGHTER

Popular crisp flavours. Richard.

We'll show you five popular crisp flavours now,

but in the form of anagrams.

-Can you unscramble them?

-Oh, no!

-Yes!

No, I'm joking.

Can you unscramble them and give us the most obscure answer, please?

Very best of luck.

OK, let's reveal our five anagrams of popular crisp flavours.

Here they come. We have got...

Jaymi and Sinitta will go first.

-We know four.

-OK.

Think of the fourth one, quickly.

Yeah. You think the second one is

the hardest...the most obscure one?

Yeah, cos it has the most letters.

-Right, OK.

-Just go for it?

-Yeah.

-Worcester sauce.

-Worcester sauce.

-Now, Claire and H.

-We were going to say that!

Ah, OK.

-Oh, gosh.

-Will we just go for the

first one? It's the only one I know.

Yeah, we'll have to say

-the first one.

-Ready salted.

-Ready salted.

-You're going to go for ready salted.

We have Worcester sauce and we have ready salted.

Jaymi and Sinitta went for Worcester sauce.

Let's see if it's right

and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Worcester sauce.

It is right.

Oh, not bad! 22 for Worcester sauce.

APPLAUSE

THEY WHISPER

Claire and H have gone for ready salted at the top.

-It's really hard.

-Let's see if that's right

and if it is, how many of our 100 said ready salted.

It is right.

46 for ready salted.

APPLAUSE

Very well done, Jaymi and Sinitta.

After three questions, you're through to the final two-one.

Well played, both teams there. Those can be tough.

There's two answers that would have won it.

The bottom one wouldn't have done.

Navigated snarl is....

-Salt and vinegar.

-Salt and vinegar.

-Oh.

-Big scorer - 63 for that.

But these other two do win it.

Scan my book.

-Smoky bacon.

-Oh, yeah!

Would have scored you 19,

would have seen you into the final.

And nice kind pool?

-Pickled onion.

-Pickled onion.

Absolutely. 11 points,

best answer on the board.

There we are. Thank you very much indeed.

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

-Claire and H. SINITTA:

-Sorry.

Oh! What a right bumpy ride that was!

-We hit a few mountains tops...

-Doing so well.

-..on the way down there.

South Africa did us a bit of a favour.

It has been wonderful having you on.

-Thank you so much, H and Claire.

-Thank you.

Real treat. Please come back again.

-Wonderful contestants, Claire and H.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Damn!

But for Jaymi and Sinitta, it is now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Jaymi and Sinitta.

You have seen off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.

Thank you.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot for your charities.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at...

Well...

so many personal milestones have been passed here.

Sinitta, you've done so much better than you did with Chico.

Got a trophy to take home.

-Jaymi, done so much better than your sister did.

-I know.

Got a trophy to take home. It is just wonderful.

Actually, it has been brilliant.

You haven't put a foot wrong all the way through. Very, very well done.

-Thanks.

-Thank you.

-Who knows what will appear on the screen behind me.

There'll be four options up there

and as always, you get to choose your category from those.

-Let's hope there is something you like the look of.

-We know about.

Best of luck. Here we go. We've got...

I know about food.

Don't know about tennis.

-I think food. Do you think food?

-Food.

-Yeah. Food.

-We like food.

-# Food, glorious food! #

RICHARD CHUCKLES

Not a bad choice at all. Three very different questions here.

Hopefully one of these will suit you. We are looking for...

the name of any book written by Nigella Lawson up until

the end of November 2014, so any book published by Nigella Lawson.

We are looking for the name of any person

who has won a series of Celebrity MasterChef.

That is all the way from 2006 up to the 2014 series.

Or we are looking for, every year, Restaurant magazine

publishes its 50 best restaurants in the world.

We are looking for any village, town or city

that has a restaurant on that list.

So, any books by Nigella Lawson,

anyone who has won celebrity MasterChef

or any village, town or city that has a restaurant

on the list of the World's 50 Best Restaurants 2014.

OK. As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that jackpot for your charities

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yep.

-Yep.

OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are.

Your time starts now.

-Nadia Sawalha won MasterChef.

-Yes.

-Liz McClarnon, was it?

Liz McClarnon from Atomic Kitten won.

Locations of world's best restaurants - I don't know.

-It's going to be a village. Henley or...

-So many cities.

-Locations of the world's best.

-I don't think we'll get any of them.

-You don't think so?

-LA?

-London.

-London. But it won't be pointless.

-People are going to say them, aren't they?

-So, high places.

Books by Nigella Lawson? Don't know.

I can see the covers but I can't remember what they're called.

MasterChef. Nadia Sawalha, Liz McClarnon... One more, one more.

Who else won MasterChef? Uh...

-No, no, no, no.

-Oh, God, what is it?

-Let's do a city, let's do a city.

-OK.

Locations of the World's 50 Best Restaurants.

Where do you think? Somewhere obscure that's got great food.

Dubai?

Dubai? Lots of people go to Dubai. Sydney?

-Sydney, Dubai, Sydney.

-New York, London, Italy.

-Thailand?

-Ten seconds left.

-Thailand...

OK, I think we've got to go with... Locations...

Think of something...think of a really obscure location.

-Italy.

-Cities...

-Paris.

OK, that is your time up. I now need your three answers.

What are you going to go for?

-So, Nadia Sawalha.

-Nadia Sawalha.

-For MasterChef.

-Liz McLaren.

-Liz McClarnon.

-Liz McClarnon.

Locations for World's 50 Best Restaurants.

-There's 50, so take a punt anywhere.

-There's 50...

-Phuket.

-Phuket?

-Bangkok.

-Go Bangkok. Bangkok.

Bangkok. OK, of those three,

which of those do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

I think the best answer is going to be Liz McClarnon.

-Liz McClarnon we'll put last. Least likely to be pointless?

-Bangkok.

-Bangkok we'll put first.

-Yeah.

-OK.

I think Nadia's quite a good one as well.

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

And here they are. We have got...

-Three good answers on the board.

-Hopefully.

Let's hope at least one of those is pointless.

If one of those is pointless and you win that jackpot,

what are your charities? Who are you playing for? Jaymi?

Oh, I am playing for Make Some Noise charity, which is

for underprivileged kids, by disease or illness or bereavement

or where they live, giving them the best start

in colleges and education, apprenticeships... So, yeah.

Very good. Sinitta, how about you?

I am playing for the Diana Awards, which awards young people

who are making a difference in their communities

and just helping them find good careers through life.

And it's to continue the legacy of Princess Diana.

Very well done indeed. Two great charities there.

APPLAUSE

Now, fingers crossed one of these answers is pointless

and you can split the jackpot between those two charities.

OK, in the first instance we were looking for locations

of the 50 Best Restaurants in the world and you went for Bangkok.

This is your least confident shot at a pointless answer,

but if it is pointless it will win £2,500 for those two charities.

Let's find out how many people said Bangkok.

Is it right? Is it pointless?

-It's right!

-At least we're in.

It is correct. Now, if this goes all the way down to 0,

you will leave here with that £2,500

jackpot for your charities.

Down it goes. Still going down,

still going down, still going down!

Oh, 1! 1!

APPLAUSE

Damn that one person!

-I am coming to find you.

-Who was it?

-I don't know.

-One person. That is a great start.

-That is a good start.

-That's a great start.

-And that was our worst answer.

-That was your worst answer.

-OK.

-Two more shots at today's jackpot.

Let's see. Your next answer was Nadia Sawalha.

We were looking for people who had won Celebrity MasterChef.

This has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot.

For £2,500, let's find out how many people said Nadia Sawalha.

It is right.

Your first answer, Bangkok, took us all the way down to 1.

Your second answer, Nadia Sawalha,

is taking us down through the teens,

through single figures, down it goes,

still going down...

Oh! 1!

APPLAUSE

-One person.

-If it is that same person, I am coming for you.

Let's change the show to One-Pointers. Let's do that.

Two brilliant, brilliant answers there.

The last answer, your best,

your most confident shot at a pointless answer, was Liz McClarnon.

This has to be correct then it has to be pointless

for you to win that jackpot.

For £2,500, let's see how many people said Liz McClarnon.

It is right.

So far, we have had one and one.

Bangkok scored one, Nadia Sawalha scored one.

Liz McClarnon now takes us down through the teens

into single figures. Down it goes,

still going down, still...!

Oh, 1!

APPLAUSE It is 1 again!

That, I think, is the most unfortunate final round we have had.

You have been so close on all three.

I am so sorry that you didn't happen to find the pointless answer,

which means you don't win today's jackpot of £2,500.

However, as it is a celebrity special

and all our celebrities are playing for a nominated charity,

we're going to donate £500 to each celebrity pair

-for their respective charities.

-Thank you so much.

-Thank you.

You have been fantastic. We've loved having you on the show.

-You have been brilliant throughout.

-It's been so much fun.

I mean, that last round characterises your play the whole way through.

-And you get to take home a Pointless trophy each.

-Amazing.

-So all is not quite lost.

-Amazing.

-There we are.

-So much fun.

-Richard?

Yeah, you really have been brilliant right from the start.

Very, very well played.

Incredibly unlucky. You played absolutely brilliantly.

-I'll take you through some of the pointless answers.

-Please.

I hope none of them ring a bell at all.

We'll start with the Nigella books,

in case people at home had a go on that one.

There is only two there.

How To Eat, her first book, was a pointless answer.

Also Nigella Summer.

How To Be A Domestic Goddess was the high-scorer on that category.

Now, let's look at Celebrity MasterChef.

Both pointless answers there.

1 point, obviously, for the two you gave us.

Matt Dawson would have scored 1, Sophie Thompson, 1,

Phil Vickery and Lisa Faulkner, 5.

Ade Edmondson got 6, the high-scorer there.

Now, the villages, towns and cities.

There's all sorts of big cities that are pointless answers.

Let's take a look. Bray, which is, of course,

-the home of The Fat Duck...

-Yeah.

-..Heston Blumenthal's restaurant,

was a pointless answer. Chicago. Melbourne.

You mentioned Sydney - Melbourne was a pointless answer.

Modena was pointless.

You also could have had Cape Town, Gerona,

Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Vienna. None of the ones you mentioned,

-fortunately, were pointless...

-Perfect.

..which is very good news.

Thank you for being fantastic throughout.

-Brilliant performance.

-It's been amazing. Thank you.

-So much fun. Thank you.

-Thanks, Richard.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to Jaymi and Sinitta.

It's been fabulous having you on.

You have been superb the whole way through.

Thank you so much for playing. Jaymi and Sinitta, great contestants.

CHEERING

Join us next time when we'll be putting

more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.

-Meanwhile, it is goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it is goodbye from me. Goodbye.