0:00:02 > 0:00:05# Usually drink, usually dance Usually bubble... #
0:00:05 > 0:00:07POD, you've got your work cut out!
0:00:08 > 0:00:11I'm Ellie Taylor, and if you're a fan of fakery, then listen up
0:00:11 > 0:00:15because "Snog, Marry, Avoid?" is on tour and we're ready to do battle.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19'Our Personal Overhaul Device, or POD for short,
0:00:19 > 0:00:21'has been stripped down and re-booted
0:00:21 > 0:00:25'and has waged war on Britain's biggest fakers.'
0:00:25 > 0:00:28'POD would like to know, how much does it cost to look this cheap?'
0:00:29 > 0:00:31'And nowhere is safe.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33'This time round, POD is on the road.'
0:00:33 > 0:00:35'POD computes, you look orange!'
0:00:35 > 0:00:37I look brown!
0:00:38 > 0:00:41'From Manchester to Newcastle, Liverpool to Cardiff,
0:00:41 > 0:00:43'if it's fake, we'll find it.'
0:00:43 > 0:00:45- BOTH:- POD, please let us in!
0:00:46 > 0:00:51'POD is also challenging me to try out some local style disasters.'
0:00:51 > 0:00:52SHRIEKS WITH LAUGHTER
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Well, if you can't beat them, I suppose you have to join them.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00'This week, POD's landed in a place
0:01:00 > 0:01:04'where the locals have their own alternative twist on fakery.'
0:01:04 > 0:01:06- GEORDIE ACCENT:- 'That's right, pet! We're in...'
0:01:06 > 0:01:07the North East.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21- Hiya, POD. It's me! - 'Hi, Ellie. Please enter.'- Thank you.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26- Hello, POD.- 'Hi, Ellie.'- Guess what this is, guess what this is?
0:01:26 > 0:01:29'It's you, but asleep.'
0:01:29 > 0:01:32No, it's me being the Angel of the North because we're in the North East.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36'Yes, we are. But it's not angels I want you to investigate, Ellie.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39'It's the demons from the dark side of fakery.'
0:01:42 > 0:01:45What, like, sexy Robert Pattinson kind of people?
0:01:45 > 0:01:47'No, Ellie. It's not about boys.'
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Sorry. What, then?
0:01:49 > 0:01:52'The North East has a vibrant alternative scene,
0:01:52 > 0:01:55'but some individuals are taking it too far,
0:01:55 > 0:01:59'caking and encrusting themselves in frightening fakery.'
0:01:59 > 0:02:01I reckon I can do that. I'm quite alternative.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04I've got BOTH my ears pierced. Not a problem. I'm onto it.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08'Coming up on tonight's show,
0:02:08 > 0:02:11'we meet a Welsh Barbie whose look is more plastic drastic
0:02:11 > 0:02:12'than fantastic.'
0:02:14 > 0:02:16My motto is, "If you've got it, flaunt it!"
0:02:16 > 0:02:19'I check out the North East's alternative scene
0:02:19 > 0:02:21'and go cyberpunking.'
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- Wahey! That's mad, that, like! - Isn't it?
0:02:24 > 0:02:26'And POD meets a yummy mummy
0:02:26 > 0:02:29'whose idea of clothing on a night out would make a stripper blush.'
0:02:30 > 0:02:34I like to wear skirts that are more like a belt.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35So that they show my arse!
0:02:37 > 0:02:40POD's asked me to look into Geordie style,
0:02:40 > 0:02:42and by the look of this bunch, I've got quite a bit to learn.
0:02:42 > 0:02:43- CROWD:- Hi, POD!
0:02:50 > 0:02:52'I like the alternative look and alternative people.'
0:02:52 > 0:02:55'You get Emos. They're a bit like cyberpunks.'
0:02:55 > 0:02:57'Goths as well, in dark clothing...'
0:02:57 > 0:02:59you know, black eyeliner and stuff.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02What would you consider yourself to be,
0:03:02 > 0:03:04if you were going to pigeonhole yourself?
0:03:04 > 0:03:06I'm not sure. At work, everyone thinks I'm a Goth.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08I think that's just cos I'm the only one with black hair there.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Newcastle is great. Everybody travels from all over to come here.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17There is a lot of different fashion that is around Newcastle as well,
0:03:17 > 0:03:19so you never see the same thing around.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25I can't imagine snogging you with that!
0:03:25 > 0:03:29Is it not just like sucking a knife and fork?
0:03:32 > 0:03:34So, have you ever had any crazy-coloured hair?
0:03:34 > 0:03:37I've had my hair pretty much any colour you can imagine.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40- Always in the Mohawk?- Always in a Mohawk. It used to be two foot long!
0:03:42 > 0:03:45My look is Sweet Lolita.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48I like bears and lots and lots and lots of lace.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50'You look like a loo roll cover!'
0:03:50 > 0:03:52At least I'm not in my knickers!
0:03:52 > 0:03:53THEY LAUGH
0:03:53 > 0:03:54That's a change, Freya!
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Next up is a girl from Llandudno.
0:03:59 > 0:04:00If she were a stick of rock,
0:04:00 > 0:04:03she'd have the word "fake" running the whole way through.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05So, can POD lick her into shape?
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Hi, I'm Rachel, otherwise known as Barbie,
0:04:07 > 0:04:10and I'm 19 and I live in Llandudno in Wales.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13# Uh-oh, we're in trouble
0:04:13 > 0:04:16# Something's come along And it's burst our bubble... #
0:04:16 > 0:04:19I'm nicknamed Barbie because of my platinum blonde hair
0:04:19 > 0:04:23and my blue eyes, pink lipstick,
0:04:23 > 0:04:25and cos I just love pink!
0:04:25 > 0:04:28My motto is, "If you've got it, flaunt it!"
0:04:28 > 0:04:29Natural's just not for me.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33Got to have loads of make-up, just look dead girlie,
0:04:33 > 0:04:35plenty of pink blusher, pink lipstick.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41'Wear fake tan every day, darker the better!
0:04:41 > 0:04:43'I wear about three layers in the daytime,
0:04:43 > 0:04:45'but when I go out, it goes up to about six.'
0:04:46 > 0:04:48The more fake tan, the better!
0:04:51 > 0:04:54'She is really, really naturally pretty.'
0:04:54 > 0:04:58And then, as the years have gone on, she just gradually got worse.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00'And I think she just gets a bit carried away.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01'She does not know where to stop.'
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Hiya!
0:05:05 > 0:05:06I'm a trained beauty therapist,
0:05:06 > 0:05:10but it'd be my dream job to eventually own my own salon.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13But for now, I'm just happy practising on my friends.
0:05:13 > 0:05:14Ow!
0:05:16 > 0:05:17'If I had a make-under...
0:05:17 > 0:05:20and I liked the way that I looked naturally,
0:05:20 > 0:05:22I think it'd be a massive confidence boost.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24'I'd be able to feel comfortable,
0:05:24 > 0:05:27'not having to hide it with a fake tan
0:05:27 > 0:05:29'and really heavy make-up.'
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Party time!
0:05:32 > 0:05:34# Come on, Barbie, let's go party!
0:05:34 > 0:05:37# I'm a Barbie girl, In my Barbie world... #
0:05:37 > 0:05:39'I'm a bit of a party animal.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42'Just love going out, having a good time with everyone.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45'On the dancefloor, partying. That's, like, the best thing.'
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Saturday night, I have to be on the town.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50# I'm a Barbie girl... #
0:05:50 > 0:05:52POD, I'm a Barbie girl. in a Barbie world.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56Life is plastic, it's fantastic! Good luck with changing me!
0:06:00 > 0:06:02- Hello, Miss Rachel! How are you? - Hello. I'm fine, thank you.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04How are these bad boys as well?
0:06:04 > 0:06:06- They're fine. - They're looking pretty perky!
0:06:06 > 0:06:09- They're girls.- Oh, sorry! - They're called The Girls. - OK. The Girls.- Yeah.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- Do you often have them out like that?- Yeah. All the time.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14So tell me, from head to toe, what's fake.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16I bleach my hair, I've got hair extensions in,
0:06:16 > 0:06:18fake eyelashes, make-up.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21My boobs are real. Fake tan.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25- Do you ruin towels and bedsheets, just by looking at them, I imagine? - Yeah.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27You wake up in the morning and you've slept there,
0:06:27 > 0:06:29and just brown, everywhere.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32It looks like you've made a bit of a dirty protest or something.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34- I know.- A sort of sexy look?- No. No.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Why do you want to go in for a make-under?
0:06:36 > 0:06:39I just want to see people's reaction, really.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42To see whether, when they look at me, do they think bad, do they think good?
0:06:42 > 0:06:46And it'd be nice to just see what I'd look like differently.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49And whether people'd like it or not. And whether I'd like it.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51You're a beautician, aren't you, by trade?
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- Yeah. - Now, I've got a little quiz for you,
0:06:54 > 0:06:57to try and work out exactly what kind of beauty therapist you are.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00So, microdermabrasion, or micro-miniskirt?
0:07:00 > 0:07:01Miniskirt.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03- You're rocking the look today. - Yeah.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Smooth strip or hairy bush?
0:07:06 > 0:07:08- Smooth.- Like Barbie.
0:07:08 > 0:07:09- Yes!- Absolutely.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14Frown lines, or small prick, (Botox).
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- Botox.- You just seem quite chilled out about going into POD.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- I think you're quite up for it. - I am, but I am a little bit nervous.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22I don't know what she's going to do to me.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24All the very best of luck, Rachel. POD awaits.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27POD, good luck with me.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37I am POD, the Personal Overhaul Device.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39- Who are you?- I'm Barbie.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41- You're Barbie?- Yeah.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43- What's your real name?- Rachel.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Rachel, why do you want to be a Barbie?
0:07:46 > 0:07:50Cos Barbie's pretty, Barbie's cute, Barbie's fun, Barbie's pink.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52- Do you know what Barbie's not?- What?
0:07:52 > 0:07:54She's not real.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Exactly, fake!
0:07:56 > 0:08:00How long does it take to put all that sticky slap on your face and body?
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Probably about four, five hours?
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- Are you working at the moment?- No.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07And why do you think that is?
0:08:07 > 0:08:10I think that if my look was a bit less over the top
0:08:10 > 0:08:13then I might have more chance of owning my own business,
0:08:13 > 0:08:15cos it'd look more professional.
0:08:15 > 0:08:20Shall we find out what the public think your look says about you?
0:08:20 > 0:08:21If we have to.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Run phase 1 - Public Analysis.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27I asked the public, showing them a picture of you,
0:08:27 > 0:08:31would you want to snog, marry or avoid this girl?
0:08:31 > 0:08:33- What do you think they said?- Snog.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37I'm definitely going to have to say avoid.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Way, way too much make-up, and does look a bit like Count Dracula.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42SHE GASPS
0:08:42 > 0:08:44That's not very nice, is it?
0:08:44 > 0:08:47I would avoid her, I think she looks like a Scouse Oompa-Loompa.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Liverpool girls are pretty.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Perhaps it's because you're orange
0:08:51 > 0:08:52and have a massive Scouse brow.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Yes. I love the Scouse brows.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58I'd avoid her, she looks like she's got a bit too much make-up on
0:08:58 > 0:09:00and a bit too chavvy for me.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03I'm not chavvy!
0:09:03 > 0:09:06In fact, 90% of the public - that's nearly everyone -
0:09:06 > 0:09:08said they would avoid you.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11No, I don't know where you're finding these people.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14OK, Rachel, POD computes that you need
0:09:14 > 0:09:16my drastic plastic dolly
0:09:16 > 0:09:18to luscious, living doll make-under.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Are you ready for the next stage of the make-under process?
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Not really, but there we go.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28- Be brave.- OK.
0:09:28 > 0:09:29It's a necessary process.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33Run phase two Deep Cleanse.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Now, I want those scraggly extensions.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Awww.
0:09:38 > 0:09:39- Let's have them.- All of them?
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Come on.
0:09:41 > 0:09:42There's one.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44There's another one.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46I wouldn't be a Barbie without hair, would I?
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Come on, Rachel, you can do it.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50This is a big step.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52POD's proud of you.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56You're making me pale now, look at that.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58- And my eyes as well?- Everything.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59Awww!
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Including those silly Scouse brows.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03How are you feeling at the moment?
0:10:03 > 0:10:08Very nervous. I'm not very Barbie, at all.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12Run the make-under, in three, two, one.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Oh, my God!
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Oh, my God, I look completely different!
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Oh, it's gorgeous.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29I absolutely love it.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Oh, my God, I love my hair.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34How does it feel to see yourself as such a young, fresh, natural beauty?
0:10:34 > 0:10:36I'm just in shock, it just looks so nice,
0:10:36 > 0:10:39it's not what I expected at all.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42It just goes to show that I don't need all the make-up
0:10:42 > 0:10:43and everything just to look nice.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Previously, I asked the public,
0:10:45 > 0:10:48showing them a picture of you with your new look,
0:10:48 > 0:10:49would you want to snog,
0:10:49 > 0:10:51marry or avoid this girl?
0:10:51 > 0:10:53What do you think they said?
0:10:54 > 0:10:55Snog, maybe?
0:10:55 > 0:10:57I'd marry her, cos she looks like
0:10:57 > 0:10:59someone I could introduce my mum to.
0:10:59 > 0:11:00That's cute.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Yeah, I'd snog her, she's
0:11:02 > 0:11:04quite pretty, she's got nice eyes,
0:11:04 > 0:11:05nice make-up,
0:11:05 > 0:11:07it's quite a natural look.
0:11:07 > 0:11:08That's much better than what
0:11:08 > 0:11:09they said before, isn't it?
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Certainly is!
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Snog, because she's naturally
0:11:13 > 0:11:14pretty, got a great pair of eyes
0:11:14 > 0:11:16and I love the short hair.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Aww. So, the short hair's better, then.
0:11:19 > 0:11:20It seems to be.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24In fact, a whopping 70% of the public want to snog you.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27And the other 30% wants to marry you.
0:11:27 > 0:11:28Oh, that's good.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31People are much nicer about the way that I look now, aren't they?
0:11:31 > 0:11:35POD computes is that this make-under has been 100% successful.
0:11:35 > 0:11:36Yay!
0:11:36 > 0:11:39- Thank you, Rachel, goodbye.- Bye!
0:11:42 > 0:11:43'I love my new look.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45'Absolutely love my hair.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47'It's much better short. The colour's gorgeous
0:11:47 > 0:11:48'and I'm dead happy with it.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52'I'm here to meet my best friend, Rosie.'
0:11:52 > 0:11:54I'm well excited, but so nervous as well.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56I can't wait to see what she's going to say.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59Oh, my God!
0:11:59 > 0:12:01You look amazing.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04- Do you like it? - Yeah, it's so different.- I know!
0:12:04 > 0:12:08'I was so shocked. I was amazed at how different she looked to this morning'
0:12:08 > 0:12:11before she went in and all the fakery had completely gone
0:12:11 > 0:12:13and she was back to the Rachel that I knew.
0:12:13 > 0:12:14Barbie is dead!
0:12:14 > 0:12:17'Rachel looked really naturally pretty before all the fakery,
0:12:17 > 0:12:20'and I could never really understand why
0:12:20 > 0:12:22'she used to put all the fake tan on'
0:12:22 > 0:12:23and eyelashes and extensions,
0:12:23 > 0:12:25cos she never needed it in the first place.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28I reckon with this look I'll be much more on the lines
0:12:28 > 0:12:32of getting my own business set up and not scaring away clients.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Yeah, I'd let you pluck my eyebrows now.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Rosie's reaction was much better than I thought.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38She loves it and I'm so pleased.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41- Do you think you'll stick? - Yeah. 100%.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43- You're not going to put your extensions back in?- No.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45- I can't, it's too short anyway! - Promise.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47- Pinky promise.- Good.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49POD, thanks so much, I love my look.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51You'll be pleased to know that Barbie is gone.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57My investigations into the alternative scene in Newcastle
0:12:57 > 0:13:00have thrown up tattoos, which I don't like,
0:13:00 > 0:13:01piercings, really not for me,
0:13:01 > 0:13:04and Mohicans, and I don't think I can pull one of those off.
0:13:04 > 0:13:05So this will have to do.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10Let's see what the people of Newcastle make of cyber Ellie.
0:13:12 > 0:13:13It's not just a look.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17Oh, no, the neons reflect cyberpunk's electric lifestyle.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Do you overdress like this, then?
0:13:19 > 0:13:22I do when I'm going out, more than anything.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24So is the outfit right? Have I done it right?
0:13:24 > 0:13:26I think it's fantastic, I absolutely love it.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Do you know what I'm meant to be, what kind of person I am?
0:13:31 > 0:13:32A mental person?
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Chaps, chaps!
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Hi! Stop and talk to me.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Do you like what I'm wearing?
0:13:40 > 0:13:43- PASSER-BY:- Love it!- Thank you! - They love it apparently.
0:13:43 > 0:13:44Do you love what I am wearing?
0:13:44 > 0:13:45It's a bit out there.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47You look like you just fell out of a '90s rave.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54- Wahey, that's mad, that, like! - Isn't it!
0:13:54 > 0:13:55It's like a slinky!
0:13:55 > 0:13:56SHE LAUGHS
0:13:56 > 0:13:57Careful, that was my eye!
0:13:57 > 0:13:59- Play with it, they're real good. - Oh, right, OK.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01- How fun is that?- Yeah...
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Right, do you want to stick your finger in?
0:14:06 > 0:14:07That feels nice, doesn't it?
0:14:07 > 0:14:09- Oh, God!- Now you're mine!
0:14:16 > 0:14:18What's your favourite bit?
0:14:18 > 0:14:20- Er, the fluffies. - They're good, aren't they?
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Is that what they're called?
0:14:22 > 0:14:24I think those are the best part.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27I tell you what the best thing is about this outfit -
0:14:27 > 0:14:29due to the holes, if you get an itchy arse...
0:14:29 > 0:14:31- Not a problem. - No worries, straight in there.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Next up is a yummy mummy who's a slave to fakery.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Can POD save her from a life of slap,
0:14:39 > 0:14:41or has she simply gone too far?
0:14:50 > 0:14:52- VOICE OF SIGNER:- A lot of people say I'm slutty.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57I like to wear low-cut tops, cos I've had a boob job.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00I like to show my legs off.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05I can't leave the house without my hair extensions, my false nails,
0:15:05 > 0:15:07my eyelashes, my fake tan,
0:15:07 > 0:15:09cos I want to look glamorous.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14At first I was a little tomboy when I was growing up,
0:15:14 > 0:15:17and then my best friend, she changed me, you know.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20"Come on, start dressing up a little bit more, put make-up on,
0:15:20 > 0:15:21"look more girlie."
0:15:23 > 0:15:25So, then, I think from being a tomboy,
0:15:25 > 0:15:27I changed completely to being slaggy.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33- VOICE OF SIGNER: - She looks like a tart.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36I've tried to say, "Come on, control it, you know,
0:15:36 > 0:15:37"settle down a little bit,
0:15:37 > 0:15:38"you're a mum now."
0:15:38 > 0:15:41CHEERING
0:15:49 > 0:15:51- VOICE OF SIGNER: - I like to wear skirts
0:15:51 > 0:15:53that are more like a belt.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55So that they show my arse.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57And my front, I'm not bothered.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00VOICE OF SIGNER: It's awful.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03It's embarrassing most of the time. But if we go out,
0:16:03 > 0:16:04you know, it's too much.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08I want POD to change me,
0:16:08 > 0:16:10because I'm looking a bit sluttish at the moment.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13I really want to be more mature,
0:16:13 > 0:16:17because I'm a mum now with two boys, and I get a lot of attention.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Really, I want to be changed. Please?
0:16:24 > 0:16:26So I'm just about to meet Holly and her signer, Babs.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Me and Holly are going to have sex on the beach, but Babs
0:16:29 > 0:16:32is only allowed an orange juice, just in case she slurs her signing.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- Hello, Babs.- Hello.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Hello, how are you?
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Tell me what brings you to POD.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Because I've got two boys,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47and I want to stop embarrassing my little boys,
0:16:47 > 0:16:49other people looking at me, I want
0:16:49 > 0:16:50to change myself for the children.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53And do you think in some way your quite extreme look
0:16:53 > 0:16:56is to compensate, maybe, for you being deaf?
0:16:56 > 0:17:00Kind of, because if I was a hearing person
0:17:00 > 0:17:04I would probably just attract different men, make new friends.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06So, why do you think you crave so much attention, then?
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Not just men look at me, girls look at me, also,
0:17:11 > 0:17:13so I feel good, cos they're jealous of me.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16So, do you like winding up the other girls, then?
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Yeah, of course, cos their boyfriends look at me and I'm a bit of a flirt.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22You're naughty! That's so deliberate!
0:17:22 > 0:17:25So, good luck to you both.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27- POD awaits.- Nervous!
0:17:33 > 0:17:36I am POD, the Personal Overhaul Device.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Who are you?
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Hi, I'm Holly, I'm 24
0:17:42 > 0:17:43and I'm from Leeds.
0:17:43 > 0:17:44Hello, Holly.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Is this your mum with you?
0:17:46 > 0:17:47No, it's not my mum,
0:17:47 > 0:17:49it's my friend.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51She's helping me to interpret.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55POD computes that you use your hands very cleverly to communicate.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Why do you use them so sloppily when applying your make-up?
0:17:59 > 0:18:01My make-up's great!
0:18:01 > 0:18:03You're a computer, how do you know how to put perfect make-up on?
0:18:03 > 0:18:06POD is the world's one and only make-under computer.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09I know everything about natural beauty.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Why have you got hotpants on?
0:18:12 > 0:18:13To show off my legs.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16Pod computes that your legs would look much nicer
0:18:16 > 0:18:17if we could actually see them.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Instead, it looks like you're covered in net curtains.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23It looks modern, it's fashionable -
0:18:23 > 0:18:24I like the look I have.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27And what else isn't real about you?
0:18:27 > 0:18:32Hair, my nails, my eyelashes,
0:18:32 > 0:18:35fake tan, and false boobs.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Well, everything is going apart from the boobs.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Run phase one - Public Analysis.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44POD asked members of the public
0:18:44 > 0:18:45if they wanted to snog,
0:18:45 > 0:18:47marry or avoid you.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49What do you think they said?
0:18:51 > 0:18:52Snog.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54I'd avoid her,
0:18:54 > 0:18:56she looks too much trouble for me.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Too much trouble over my piercings, my earrings?
0:19:01 > 0:19:02Is that what you're meaning?
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Avoid. She looks a bit too much like Madonna.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09Too much gold, skin-tight, looks about 40.
0:19:09 > 0:19:10Not my type at all.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14I look 40?! Oh, thank you very much(!)
0:19:14 > 0:19:1660% of the public wanted to avoid you.
0:19:16 > 0:19:1835% would snog you,
0:19:18 > 0:19:21and only 5% would marry you.
0:19:22 > 0:19:255%, is that all? Oh, no, never.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Pod computes that a make-under will turn you
0:19:28 > 0:19:31from a moron magnet to a sexy, yummy mummy.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36Are you ready for the next stage of the make-under process?
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Yes.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Run phase two Deep Cleanse.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Remove all of your fakery.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48When I'm out of here
0:19:48 > 0:19:50I'm putting these straight back on.
0:19:50 > 0:19:51I'll incinerate them first.
0:19:59 > 0:20:00Aladdin!
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- VOICE OF SIGNER:- Awful! Oh, I don't like this.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09I don't like how I look like this.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Let's have a look at that pad.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16OK, Holly. I am now going to run the make-under
0:20:16 > 0:20:20in three, two, one...
0:20:27 > 0:20:30- Oh, my God!- Oh, my God!
0:20:30 > 0:20:32What do you think?
0:20:32 > 0:20:35- VOICE OF SIGNER:- I feel naked without all my false bits on.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40I don't feel younger like this.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43I do like the look, but I think it's a bit plain for me, personally.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47POD computes that you look classy.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49I'm not too keen on my hair.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51What is it about your hair that you don't like?
0:20:51 > 0:20:55- The bun in the middle.- What do you think your boys would say?
0:20:55 > 0:20:57They'd probably laugh over my head with my hair.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00It's possible my cat could even sleep on my head.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Is this a look your boys could be proud of?
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Yes, I think they would be very proud of me.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13But I think the clothes are still a bit old for me.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15POD computes that you look classy.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19What do you think the public will say about you?
0:21:19 > 0:21:22"Divorced." I'd get a "divorced."
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Marry me, I hope. I'd hope somebody would marry me.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28- Shall we find out?- Yes, OK.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31I would snog her. I think she looks nice. I think she looks natural.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35I'd marry her, because I think she looks very homely and sophisticated.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38I would snog her because she looks classy
0:21:38 > 0:21:40and she has that natural beauty.
0:21:40 > 0:21:45Previously, 60% of the public wanted to avoid you.
0:21:45 > 0:21:4935% wanted to snog you and only 5% wanted to marry you.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53Now 80% of the public want to snog you
0:21:53 > 0:21:55and 10% want to marry you.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Oh, really? Oh, that's nice.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02It's been a great pleasure meeting you, Holly.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05Nice to meet you too, POD.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08- Goodbye.- Goodbye!
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Holly's about to reveal her stylish new look.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Her sister and best friend are in for a right shock.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25- FRIEND GASPS VOICE OF SIGNER:- How do I look?
0:22:28 > 0:22:30That's nice!
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Oh, my gosh!
0:22:32 > 0:22:36Oh, I'm all emotional, look.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Stop it, give me a hug. Come here. Come here.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Oh, you look like a lady. You look like a lady.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Oh, I'm too emotional.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51VOICE OF SIGNER: Wow. What an impact.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57I've known my best friend from being so young and growing up together.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00She's been a tomboy, she's been sporty,
0:23:00 > 0:23:03a teenage girl who changed her clothes, lots of different things,
0:23:03 > 0:23:05but I've never seen her so natural.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12I'm crying on telly! Stop, you're making me all emotional.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15- VOICE OF SIGNER: - She looks beautiful.
0:23:15 > 0:23:16When her children see her at school,
0:23:16 > 0:23:19they'll be, "Natural mummy!" So it's better for the kids as well.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26Thank you, POD, for helping me change my new look.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30I like it, but I won't get rid of my hair extensions.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34We'll find out later in the show if Holly has kept her new look.
0:23:37 > 0:23:38Earlier, we met Rachel,
0:23:38 > 0:23:42who was a complete Barbie girl until POD made her under,
0:23:42 > 0:23:43so has she kept her natural look
0:23:43 > 0:23:45or gone back to her plastic fantastic ways?
0:23:45 > 0:23:49You look a little bit different to when I last saw you.
0:23:49 > 0:23:50- How are you?- I'm good, thank you.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52- Your hair's shorter...- Yeah.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55But I don't think that's the colour POD gave you, is it?
0:23:55 > 0:23:56No, I've gone lighter.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00- Was it not bold enough?- I did like it, but yeah, it wasn't...
0:24:00 > 0:24:02I didn't feel blonde, even though it was.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06You still look a little bit orange and I can see some sort of orange tide marks
0:24:06 > 0:24:09knocking around your hands. Did POD teach you nothing?
0:24:09 > 0:24:12- She did, but only one layer of tan this time.- Last time we met,
0:24:12 > 0:24:15you were telling me about how you were a beauty therapist
0:24:15 > 0:24:18and how you quite wanted your own salon, but you didn't think
0:24:18 > 0:24:20your look, the old one, was going to help you do that.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23What do you think about the new version of you?
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Yeah, it's much more toned down
0:24:25 > 0:24:27and I think a little bit more approachable to people
0:24:27 > 0:24:31- so yeah, definitely.- So, Rachel, if you had a final message for POD,
0:24:31 > 0:24:34- what would you say to her? - I'd say, "Thanks, POD,
0:24:34 > 0:24:37"for giving me the confidence to go on with my ambitions
0:24:37 > 0:24:39"and yeah, make-under success."
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Brilliant. Can I get a cheap discount on a bikini wax?
0:24:41 > 0:24:43- Of course.- Excellent.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53As darkness descends, POD meets Newcastle's final fashion offenders.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55- BOTH:- POD, please let us in.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57What on earth are you?
0:24:57 > 0:25:00- We are drag queens, and we're fabulous!- Mm-hmm.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04POD computes you look like an insane cockatoo.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Thanks, POD.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12- Please describe your style. - I'm shiny and I'm black.
0:25:12 > 0:25:13But so is a bit of coal.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18What are those tentacles sticking out of your head?
0:25:18 > 0:25:19Dread falls.
0:25:19 > 0:25:20Dread what?
0:25:20 > 0:25:22They're dread falls, POD.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24More like "dread-ful!"
0:25:26 > 0:25:29It looks like you got it from a dead body.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33- Watch what you're saying, POD, cos we're Geordie girls!- Aye! Aye!
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Earlier, Holly was transformed before our very eyes,
0:25:39 > 0:25:42but did she keep her natural look? Let's go and see.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Now, I'm going to be honest,
0:25:44 > 0:25:49there's not a massively drastic change
0:25:49 > 0:25:53apart from, you're wearing quite more clothes than you were before!
0:25:53 > 0:25:56- VOICE OF SIGNER: - Yeah, that's right, Ellie.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58And what else have you kept?
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Just a little bit of make-up, but I've got rid of all the fake things.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05And what about the hair? Because that's much shorter.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08- You haven't got the extensions in. - Just my natural hair, that's right.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12So have you given the extensions up? For good?
0:26:12 > 0:26:17- No, no, no! Not for good. - So what do the kids think of it?
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Really happy. They feel really better for me.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22And do you think you're going to keep this more natural look?
0:26:22 > 0:26:28Yes. Hopefully, I'll improve and get a bit more ladylike.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Are you really pleased that you went in to see POD, then?
0:26:30 > 0:26:34Yes. Yeah, because if I didn't meet POD,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37I would never have known I could ever look like this,
0:26:37 > 0:26:39- in a different way.- Brilliant.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43Thank you, Holly. And Babs. You can have a drink now.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Howdy!
0:26:48 > 0:26:49Hello, Ellie. Come in.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Thank you!
0:26:54 > 0:26:56POD, I'm so glad to be back in these clothes.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Were you getting out of your clothes, Ellie?
0:26:58 > 0:27:00I was dressed up as a cyberpunk.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Oh, my Lordy! I couldn't even come in here,
0:27:03 > 0:27:06I thought you would have overloaded or something.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08What have you learnt from your trip to the North East?
0:27:08 > 0:27:13I've learnt that it's not all about the girls who go out in their little dresses with no coats on.
0:27:13 > 0:27:14There's a massive alternative scene
0:27:14 > 0:27:16that I don't think people know about.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19Well, POD would certainly like to see more of them.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21No way! I am all punked out.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24You, madam, can POD off.
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