Karina and Dan Snog Marry Avoid?

POD, you've got your work cut out!

My name's Ellie Taylor, and if you're notching up miles

on the motorway of fakery, then be warned,

because Snog, Marry, Avoid is about to steer you in a new direction.

Our Personal Overhaul Device, or POD for short, has been stripped down

and rebooted and has waged war on Britain's biggest fakers.

POD would like to know, how much does it cost to look this cheap?

And nowhere is safe. This time round, POD is on the road.

-POD computes you look orange.

-I look brown.

From Manchester to Newcastle, Liverpool to Cardiff,

if it's fake, we'll find it.

POD, please let us in.

POD is also challenging me to try out some local style disasters.

SHE LAUGHS

If you can't beat them, I suppose you have to join them.

This week, POD has landed in the capital of Wales,

and also one of our capitals of fakery.

Yes, we're in...Cardiff.

-Well, hello.

-Hi, Ellie.

-Please enter.

-Thank you.

-Shwmae, POD.

-I'm sorry, Ellie, what does that mean?

It's "Hello" in Welsh, because we're in Cardiff, innit?

Oh, yes, and POD computes that in Cardiff,

the women have an obsession with talon-like nails.

-What, like Wolverine?

-Yes, like some crazy kind of eagle bird.

Your mission is to go out

and find out what this obsession with long nails is all about.

Do I have to go and get them?

Well, I know what you're like when it comes to fakery.

-I think you like it a little too much.

-Let's go and see.

-I reckon I could NAIL that request.

-Oh, dear.

I think that's one more nail in the coffin of good humour.

You're so mean.

Coming up in tonight's show...

Did you just shoot me?

I say I look quite hot, sexy. Amazing, really.

..we have an Essex girl who just can't let her tan go...

People call me Tangerina Karina. I absolutely hate it.

..POD takes on the worst of our Welsh style sinners...

-What have you two come as?

-You're just mean.

..and also finds Cardiff lads just can't keep their clothes on.

There's no happy medium for you, POD.

And, we meet a boy whose fondness for fakery has put

a limit on his love life.

If I was to go on a date with someone, by the time

I was to get ready, they could have gone on, like, three other dates.

Cardiff - home of rugby, dragons, daffodils

and a Welsh assembly of fakes ready to take on POD.

We always look good, because we're from Cardiff.

What do you think Cardiff girls wear?

-Not a lot, to be honest.

-Really?

Can I take off my leggings and show you my shorts?

-If you must.

-Look.

There's a lot of girls who are wearing hair extensions.

-They're both out.

-Loads of fake tan.

Life's better with a tan.

-Fake nails.

-Are those your own nails?

-Obviously not.

I think it's about five years behind the rest of the UK, probably.

ELLIE GASPS

Some people in Wales don't bother looking their best, do they?

More emphasis on the boobs.

Cardiff's not tacky or cheap.

You've got to look beautiful, glamorous - just can't look trashy.

No.

It takes a lot of bottle to look like this next girl.

In fact, it takes three bottles a month. I'm talking about fake tan,

which means she'll certainly leave her mark on POD

in one way or another.

My name's Karina, I'm 26 years old,

I'm a mum and I do glamour modelling.

When I'm on the school run in the mornings,

I do get some strange looks from the mums.

There's me walking along, sort of all done up to the max.

# Don't stop Make it pop

# DJ, blow my speakers up... #

I apply fake tan every day.

I say I look quite hot, sexy. Amazing, really.

I feel so much better now I've had my tan done.

Can you actually see out your eyes with those on?

-Yes, what do you mean?

-You do look like a tangerine, don't you?

My mum's husband... Oh, my God.

Every time I go round there, he's always got something to say.

She frightens the life out of me.

She's got a pretty face under there somewhere, but we haven't seen it for a while.

He's got a little nickname that he likes to call me as well,

which is Tangerina Karina. I absolutely hate it.

When I go to the gym, I have to make sure that I'm tanned up

to the max and I've got a full face of make-up on,

because you never know who you're going to see in the gym.

She will never, ever leave the house

without her make-up or hair being done.

She just loves the glam, the bling of things.

Because I'm a mum, I think that I need to head down the whole

sophisticated, still a bit sexy, but mature look

and I just don't really know how to go about that myself, really.

POD, I really need your help.

I really need you to help me tone it down a bit, please,

but I just don't know how to do it, though, so please help me.

Karina clearly makes fakery a full-time job,

so I think it's time to enforce a tea break.

If you just close your eyes, I'm just going to spray you down.

-Right, that's done. How are you doing?

-Hello.

-I think we've had quite enough of that then, haven't we?

-Yeah.

-So tell me, what is fake about your look?

-My tan, my eyelashes, my hair.

-Do you get a lot of attention through the way you look?

-Yeah.

-From who?

-I don't know if it's the right attention or the wrong attention, though.

-Is it from blokes?

-Yeah, the blokes, they love it.

So what brings you to POD for a makeunder, then?

Because I'm a mum as well,

I think I sort of need to start looking a bit more sophisticated.

Still a little bit sexy, but more sort of mature look.

But I am dreading the fact that they're going to take away my eyelashes.

They are like the fringing of a rug.

-POD's totally going to take them off you.

-I know.

So, I've got a quiz for you to try and work out how obsessed

you really are with your fakery.

So, imagine that you and your ideal man are on a desert island.

-Who's your ideal man?

-Vin Diesel.

-OK.

You can pick one of these two things to take with you.

-OK, bronzer or bikini?

-Oh, my God.

-Am I on a desert?

-Desert island.

Bikini then, because the sun will tan me.

Hair extensions or a hammock?

Hair extensions.

But you can't get jiggy in a hammock with Vin Diesel then.

Mirror or mobile phone?

Probably my mobile phone, because I can use that as a mirror as well.

Reflective surfaces - clever girl!

What I've learnt is that I probably wouldn't want to be stuck on

a desert island with you, because we'd have lovely hair, but we'd die.

-All that is left for me to say is POD awaits.

-Thank you.

Tangerina Karina is going to be revamped.

I am POD, the Personal Overhaul Device. Who are you?

Hi, POD. I'm Karina.

Do you have a nickname?

-Yeah, I do have a nickname.

-Go on.

My nickname is Tangerina Karina.

And why do you think that is, Karina?

It may have something to do with my tan, maybe.

POD computes you're a tangerine mummy.

SHE GIGGLES

No, I'm just a mummy, POD.

You're a tangerine mummy.

You're a bit cheeky, POD.

POD computes that you're a bit orange, Karina.

KARINA GIGGLES

What do you think your look says about you to other people?

I think guys probably think that it's quite a sexy look.

-Shall we find out?

-OK.

Run phase one - Public Analysis.

I asked the public if they would want to snog, marry or avoid this girl.

-What do you think they said?

-Erm...definitely snog.

I would avoid the girl because I prefer natural-looking girls.

She's got too much make-up and stuff.

-"And stuff"?! What's "and stuff"?

-They can't mean clothes, can they?

I would definitely avoid her, because it looks like

too many have snogged her already.

-SHE GASPS

-What a cheeky git!

I would avoid her because she looks like Pete Burns.

Pete Burns?

Oh, my God. Really? I don't look anything like them. Him.

In fact, 90% of the public want to...

-avoid you.

-Oh, my God!

-Are you ready to hear POD's verdict?

-Yes, POD.

POD computes that you need my...

Oh, you're so mean, POD.

-Run phase two - Deep Cleanse.

-OK.

Remove all your excess baggage.

There you are.

I look so stupid, POD.

-You looked stupid before.

-No!

Oh, my God.

There. I feel naked.

That's it, keep scrubbing.

-There you are.

-Oh, Karina. Run the makeunder in...

Oh, my God!

I look well different.

-Different good?

-Yeah, different good. It's a bit... I'm a bit like, wow!

I like it. I'd say I look more like a mum now than what I did before.

-And you're not tangerine anymore.

-I know, I'm really, really pale.

What do you think this looks says to the general public about how you are?

I think they'll probably think I look quite sophisticated and pretty.

I asked the public would they want to snog, marry or avoid you

looking like this. What do you think they said?

Hopefully, some said snog.

-Shall we find out?

-OK.

I would snog her.

She seems like an attractive, outward-going, smiley girl.

Oh, that's really sweet.

I would marry her, because she seems dead nice and sweet

and she doesn't wear much make-up.

Oh! Oh, bless.

I'd definitely snog her, yeah.

She's a nice, classy-looking girl, nice make-up, nice hair.

Aww! I like these people. These people are nice.

-Previously, 90% of the public wanted to avoid you.

-Yeah.

-Now, 80% of the public want to snog you.

-Oh, my God.

-And the other 20% want to marry you.

-I like the results better, POD.

POD computes this has been a complete success.

-Tangerina Karina will be no more.

-No.

-Goodbye.

-Bye, POD!

Tonight, I'm meeting my best friend Becks, my best friend Claire

and my best friend Matt.

I'm here to show them my new look and see what they think of it.

I'm really excited to see Karina, but nervous at the same time.

I'm really hoping she's going to like her new look.

-Hello.

-Oh, my God!

-Oh, my God!

-You all right?

You look lovely!

I think they was all very, very shocked when they see me.

I think they all absolutely loved it, though.

You look absolutely amazing.

-So much better, honestly. Oh, my God.

-Do you think?

It's just like you're a different person.

Seeing their faces made me want to cry.

It's just nice that they're all sort of happy to see me in my new look.

-You look a lot more sophisticated.

-I feel like a mummy now.

I feel like a proper mum now.

I think it will be a complete shock to people on the school run,

and I think she'll enjoy it.

I think she looks absolutely stunning.

They can't really call me Tangerina Karina now, can they?

They'll probably call me Mighty Whitey or something!

Thanks a lot, POD, for my new look. Really love it.

Trying to get used to it. Couldn't have done it without you.

Thanks, POD.

Earlier, POD set me the mission of embracing the local ladies' love

of massive, long, fake nails, but before I get my own set

of Cardiff claws, I think it's time to work out exactly what I'm in for.

And how I'll unzip myself if I need to...go.

I have them painted and a pattern put on.

It just makes them look pretty.

-Do you see a lot of girls around with the big...?

-They do.

All about the cat claws in Cardiff.

-Do you usually have really big nails?

-Yeah, the long ones.

-How long?

-Erm...out to there.

How do you get anything done?!

# If you like it, then you should have put a ring on it... #

I imagine doing up a zip would be quite hard with this.

Yeah, and buttons as well.

# ..Put a ring on it

# Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh... #

OK, so you're all done now, ready to wow the streets of Cardiff.

Well, let's see. Let's go and have a chat to some people

and see what they make of these bad boys.

What do you think of these bad boys?

Don't like them.

Why? Why?

I think they look like cat claws.

Shall we see what they're like,

maybe if I give you a little massage?

-I'd love that, go for it.

-Yeah?

You can just sit at home on a lonely Friday.

Ah!

-That's not even a scratch, that's more like a tickle, Ellie. Come on.

-You want it really hard?

You can do better than that, I know you can.

Do you like my nails?

Yes, I do.

-What about all the sparkles?

-I think that looks lovely.

Hello, I just wondered if you liked my nails?

Did you just shoot me?!

Now, I was going to ask you what you thought of my nails,

but I've just spied yours.

Give us a flash. Oh, my gosh.

How do you do anything with those?

I think it's basically you get used to them as they grow.

-I mean, they're quite normal to me.

-So they're real?

Yeah, yeah, they're mine.

I've had these on today and people have said I look like a witch.

Yeah, I get that all the time. Yeah.

Does it bother you?

Some days, but mostly, no. Because I'm not.

Because you're not a witch!

No.

Oh, Ellie, I think I'm going to hate this. Come in.

Do you like them?

POD thinks they are suitably horrendous.

They've got a certain charm, if you like daggers, I think.

What experiences have you had with them?

Quite a lot of the blokes really liked it because I gave them

a little bit of a back scratch, a bit of a head massage.

Ellie, POD does not send you out there to touch men.

I know, but some of them are really buff round here!

-Now take those nails off and get back out there.

-OK, then.

Next up is a bloke who blames his fakery obsession

for making him late for everything.

Let's hope he doesn't keep POD hanging around.

She's no lady when she's waiting.

I'm Dan. It takes us three hours to get ready,

but good things come to those who wait.

I'm 20 and I'm a trainee hairstylist from South Shields.

I literally paint my face from about 5.00 in the morning.

Tan is, like, the best invention ever.

I think Dan's way over the top.

Everybody just laughs. My friends think it's hilarious.

Right now, I'm Sellotaping the mitt to the end of the mop

so that I can reach me back.

I would just love him to have a makeunder

so that he just looks normal again.

When I go out with him, when we go shopping, everyone stares,

and it's just too much, so I don't go anywhere with him anymore.

It's a shame, really.

He's always late, always late for college

because he's putting his make-up on or he's dyeing the hair

or he's touching things up. Always late, never on time.

ALL: Dan!

The hair's done, the face is on, we're ready to go out.

My love life right now is, like, non-existent.

If I was to go on a date with someone,

by the time I was to get ready,

they could have went on three other dates.

POD, it takes me ages to get ready and I can't do it anymore.

I really need your help.

Blimey, Dan looks like he'd be late for his own funeral.

Although I'm sure he won't be late to meet moi.

He won't be that long, I'm sure.

Dan!

Oh, God, I won't be long. Two minutes.

-Oh, well, hello.

-Hi, hun.

Take your time, why don't you? Grab a seat.

-What have you been doing in there?

-I've been getting ready.

Your clothes are quite interesting.

You seem to have skinned a couple of chickens

and whacked them on your shoulders.

-Yeah, I thought it would look better on me so...

-Oh, my God, Dan.

You need an intervention, and I think this is the time for it.

-Yeah.

-So I know you're looking for a fella at the minute,

but I know you won't leave the house unless you look perfect.

So I've devised a quiz to try and work out what kind of man

you would be willing to leave the house for on time.

-OK, David Beckham or David Cameron?

-David Beckham, definitely.

-You don't like David Cameron?

-I don't know who that is.

Robert Pattinson or Robert De Niro?

-Robert Pattinson, but with a spray tan.

-Yeah, cos he's really pale.

-Yeah.

-Harry Styles or Prince Harry?

Prince Harry, cos he's probably, like, really rich.

Well, I hope you have a great time in POD.

I can't imagine that she's going to let you keep the blue in.

Oooh, I think POD's got her work cut out.

I am POD, the Personal Overhaul Device. Who are you?

-Hi, POD, I'm Dan.

-Are you a bit desperate, Dan?

-No, I'm not desperate. Do I look desperate?

-Certainly do.

Oh, my God, as if! I look great. I don't look desperate, I look good.

Dan, why are you covered from head to toe in fake tan?

I look sun-kissed.

I look like I've just got back from, like, a really hot country.

Dan, you don't look like you've been kissed by the sun -

you look like you've been slapped around the face by it.

How long does it take for you to look this ridiculous?

Probably, like, two days.

But all that time spent painting your face hasn't exactly

helped your love life.

Can you tell POD why that is?

Because by the time I get ready to go on a date with someone,

they could have been on, like, four dates already.

And what do you think your look

actually says about you to other people?

-That I'm rather creative.

-Shall we find out?

-OK, go on.

-Run phase one - Public Analysis.

Dan, I asked the public

if they would want to snog, marry or avoid this boy.

What do you think they said?

Well, I think they said avoid.

I would avoid him, cos he looks like

he would probably take my wallet.

No way!

I would avoid, cos his hair is a show.

This show would be on Broadway. This would be packed to the brim.

I'd probably snog

but then avoid for the rest of the night

and the rest of the year.

Oh, my God, I can't believe it. That is terrible, that's awful.

-In fact, 60% of the public do indeed want to avoid you.

-60%?

POD computes you need my...

Oh, God, bring it on, POD.

Run phase two - Deep Cleanse.

Remove all of your excess fakery.

Oh, God.

Oh, POD.

It's a bit hard with these amazing shoulder pieces in the way.

Bye, beautiful eyes.

Oh, I can see a bit better now, actually.

-Oh, my God.

-That's it, cover it all up.

-Oh, POD, this is terrible.

-POD would like you to hold up that wipe.

I want to see how much make-up is on it.

It looks like you have covered your face in cake mix.

Run the makeunder in three, two, one...

Oh, my God.

No!

I look like a completely different person.

I actually like it, though. I think I look...

I didn't think I would look good, but I do actually like it.

How does it feel to know that

you're imminently going to be saying goodbye to your single days?

Oh, POD, that would be nice.

Well, it's time to put your new look to the test.

I asked the public

if they'd like to snog, marry or avoid you,

looking like this.

What do you think they said?

-I think they said snog.

-OK, here goes.

I would snog. He looks very, very natural.

Aw, that's nice.

I'd snog. He's cute,

but we're probably both a bit too young for marriage.

Yeah, I am a bit young for marriage,

so they can all just, like, form a queue and wait till later.

I'd marry him,

just because he looks natural, and he's fit.

He is proper fit.

Oh, well, it's good to know that I'm marriage material now.

Previously, 60% of the public said they would indeed avoid you.

Now, 70% of the public want to snog you

and 20% want to marry you.

Oh, POD, that is absolutely amazing. That's brilliant.

POD computes that your makeunder has been a complete success.

Oh, thanks, POD.

-Goodbye.

-Bye!

I've come to see my sister,

and I'm really nervous as to what she's going to think of me new look.

I hope she actually still recognises us.

I'm dead excited. I've been waiting all day.

On the train, I've been thinking about what he's going to look like,

and I really can't wait to see him.

-Surprise!

-Oh, my God.

-Do you think I look good?

-Yeah.

-Do you?

-Yeah.

-Do you like it?

-I really like it.

He looks much better, fresher, and I love it. I love his hair.

So do you prefer the old me or the new me?

-Definitely the new you.

-Yeah.

-We can actually go shopping without people staring.

-I know.

-You can walk down the street with us and not be embarrassed.

-I can come out with you.

I think my sister was genuinely shocked,

but she definitely prefers the more toned-down me,

so that's a good thing.

Cheers, hun.

Thanks for the makeunder, POD.

I'm definitely going to keep this look.

It'll take us less time to get ready in the morning

and I'll have so much time to do other things, so thank you.

Earlier, POD peeled away Tangerina Karina's orange exterior

to reveal a natural beauty underneath.

But did she keep her look? Let's go and see.

-Well, hello.

-Hello.

I'm not sure if you're trying to trick me by wearing an orange top.

Is there orange tan lurking underneath here, or it's all good?

-No, it's all gone.

-Are you kidding?

No, there's nothing.

-Congratulations. That's amazing.

-I put a little bit on the face, but...

-But nothing else?

-No.

-Tangerina Karina has died.

-Yeah.

So, in POD, you said that you'd quite like a look

that would stop the other mums staring at you at the school gates.

-Has it worked?

-They did look,

cos obviously it's a drastic change from what I was before, but they're probably not looking, thinking,

"Oh, my God, she looks like she's going out for the night."

-So has everyone been positive?

-Yeah.

They've all been, "It looks so much better."

I was like, "Why didn't you tell me this before?"

-So if you had a message for POD, what would you say to her?

-Thank you, POD,

for helping me change my look.

-I really appreciate what you've done. Thank you!

-Double thumbs up.

-Double thumbs up.

-Yeah!

We're almost done for the day in Cardiff,

but we couldn't leave without letting POD get to grips

with the worst Welsh fashion failures.

-Hi, POD, let us in!

-Hi, POD!

-What have you two come as?

-I'm a dinosaur.

-I have a tail. A dinosaur tail. Who doesn't want to be neon?

-Me.

-Why not?

-Because quite frankly

you're going to give everyone a headache looking like that.

-You're just mean.

-So those glasses - do you both have trouble seeing?

-They're prescription glasses.

-Yeah, really bad.

-Would you lie to POD?

-ALL: No.

POD, let me in.

POD computes that you, young man, need to put some clothes on.

I'm not sure if I can agree to that.

At the very least, pull those tracksuit bottoms up.

How far? There?

-That's a bit too much.

-There we go, see?

There's no happy medium with you, POD.

Do you remember Dan from earlier? The one with the weird blue hair

that POD turned into a natural handsome hunk?

Let's go and see if he kept his look.

-Well, you look a little bit different.

-Do you think?

-Where's the blue gone?

-The blue is well gone.

-You do look much more natural.

-Yeah.

The thing that I really notice about you, apart from the no blue hair,

is the fact that half of your torso isn't out.

Yeah, I'm, like, a lot more covered up now.

I'm not going to get arrested for indecent exposure.

So, are you on time for things these days, then?

Yeah, I'm on time for college, going out with my friends,

and I've got a lot more time to do things as well.

So, Dan, have you got a final message for POD, then?

Thanks for the makeunder, POD, you've done an amazing job.

But I had to bring the tan back just a little bit.

Just a little bit. What's a man to do? What's a man to do?

-Hello.

-Come in, Ellie.

So, I think we can say, Wales, done.

Did you get rid of those disgustingly ridiculous nails?

I have mostly, apart from one mouldy one that wouldn't come off!

-See, Ellie? This is what happens with fakery.

-It's disgusting.

And it's pulled loads of my actual nails off,

so I definitely won't be having those again.

Good. I'm very pleased. And what else did you find out?

I found out that there are quite a lot of hunky men knocking around.

We talked about that. They're not for you to play with.

-Just a little bit!

-No, Ellie.

-Your mission is to help me, and we've got more work to do.

-No way.

I'm off to go and try some Welsh rarebit.

And as for you, it's time to POD off.

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