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- Thu Jun 10, 2004 9:41 am
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(The Round 1 Line Up, James get the Sudden Death question wrong and the Chris scans the questions)
1. Basement Jaxx feat Lisa Kekaula - Good Luck 7:00 NEWSBEAT 2. U2 - Beautiful Day, 3. The 411 feat Ghostface Killah - On My Knees, 4. Lostprophets - Wake Up (Make A Move), 5. BUZZ OFF - Shampoo - Trouble, 6. Christina Aguilera - Fighter 7:30 NEWSBEAT 7. Faithless - We Come One, 8. Kanye West feat Syleena Johnson - All Falls Down, 9. Baddiel & Skinner and The Lightning Seeds - 3 Lions, 10. Christina Milian - Dip It Low 8:00 NEWSBEAT 11. Outkast - Hey Ya, 12. Scissor Sisters - Laura, 13. 50 Cent - In Da Club, 14. The Farm - Altogether Now (Euro 2004 Mix) 8:30 NEWSBEAT 15. Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head, 16. Mario Winans feat Enya & P. Diddy - I Don't Wanna Know, 17. Eminem - Without Me, 18. The Rasmus - In The Shadows, 19. Pink feat William Orbit - Feel Good Time, 20. Kelis - Trick Me, 21. The Killers - Mr Brightside, 22. No Doubt - It’s My Life 9:30 NEWSBEAT 23. The Darkness - Love Is Only A Feeling, 24. Cassidy feat R. Kelly - Hotel, 25. Joss Stone - Super Duper Love, 26. Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl
Today is the day that Chris and the team finally fly out to their Portuguese villa for Euro 2004, accompanied by three lucky Radio 1 competition winners and their three freeloading friends. This morning’s tense but dull show eventually decided who those six were, as it came live from the Mariott Hotel near Heathrow for the airport final of the Where’s Aled competition. Tense and dramatic radio doesn’t always make for great listening and today was a perfect example of that. The show was funny in parts but by far the worst of the week, simply because not enough of us cared who went to Portugal, so therefore lost interest in a large majority of links as Chris continually went on about it or asked the contestants questions. The absence of both Tedious Link and Carpark Catchphrase also meant no light relief from the big final, so therefore it totally dominated over two and a half hours of the show today. I can’t complain too much cos the standard of shows this week has been top notch up until this point. The writing was on the wall today though from pretty much the beginning. Chris stumbled his opening words, feedback kicked in doing the second link and then it was revealed that all the competition winners eating brekky next door couldn’t actually hear the show due to the lack of any speakers or radios in there. Chris and Dave had a monitor on them all and scanned their eyes up and down the 18 finalists and their 18 friends. The reason there wasn’t 20 was because two of the finalists couldn’t make it down to London this morning. Chris said the ones that did turn up seemed fairly nice though, despite the disappointing lack of any female leggy, busty nymphomaniacs. Last night all the finalists met up for a drink in the hotel bar, which Chris said was a nice opportunity for him to get to meet them all. Plus of course work out the normal ones from the weirdos. The alarm call this morning was half six for the competition winners and their freeloading friends, but an earlier 6 o’clock for the radio team. Chris and Dave talked about their lovely rooms at the Mariott last night, although Chris said Aled was now such a huge celebrity that he’s asking for rooms with a separate bath and shower only. He doesn’t like the bath and shower combo apparently, and even switched hotels in Manchester because of this on one occasion recently. Aled put up a bit of a half arsed protest but the story was essentially true...oh and yep Aled is back btw. Chris said Jones had returned modelling the whitest shirt ever and pants like them horrible cream coloured ones him, Chris, Dave and Will wore during their boy band performance at last years One Big Sunday in Leicester. Chris compared Aled to that annoying prat Marco from Big Brother...he said he’s just a shorter, Welsh version of him with added hair (urghh what a thought). Aled said he was happy to be back with the team, especially for Buzz Off where he feels Dom has been waiting far too long to buzz in on certain tracks. Dom disagreed (both him and Jules were live from the airport too this morning). Both aren’t going to Portugal later though, they’ll remain back at base at Yalding House. Dom said he wasn’t bitter or owt but the weather in Portugal is freezing. Chris said he’s gonna wear his new £135 pair of sandals tomorrow whatever the weather (you may remember these were the sandals being discussed on yesterday’s show). Aled sounded disgusted at Chris for paying such a price. He always pays at least £200 (only kidding).
Chris - So Aled hasn’t done it for a few weeks...if you pardon the expression...(laughs) er maybe he has, I dunno. So a little bit later than advertised it’s time to do this morning’s Buzz Off...
(plays O Mio Babbino Caro bed)
Today’s tune was randomly chosen once more by the team, from another of Chris’s compilation CD’s. It was the July 94 number 11 hit Trouble by Shampoo. Dave buzzed in first on 14 seconds (he called it muck), Rach was next a second later, the listeners waited till 1 minute 23 and Aled even longer after that. Chris in the end buzzed in for him on 1:52...harsh but fair. Aled asked Dom if he’d have buzzed it off by that point. Dave interrupted and said of course he would have done - Dom hates shampoo (ber dum cha). Aled soon cheered up anyway when he found out that Chris will be taking the first series of 24 on DVD with him to Portugal, that’s alongside a huge bag of Buzz Off CD’s of course.
(Chris on the mic this morning)
I’m really struggling as far as other non football/airport final related stuff goes from today’s show, but here’s a few other little bits and bobs that I’ve got noted down. Dave had yet another case of the acidic breakfast syndrome @ 7:40, Chris said Aled’s rear of the year ass was looking as fat as ever this morning, Juliette looked like a cross between Lisa Lobe and Nana Mouskouri in her specs and Dom was amusingly firing off all his news clips and travel jingles from a big button under his foot, therefore making him look like he had some sort of nervous twitch. Best of all though was the fact that Newsbeat’s big text debate of the day was on wireless doorbells that set off simultaneously on the street (Chris said that deserved an award on it’s own).
THE AIRPORT FINAL - MEET THE 18 FINALISTS:
(Aled talks to “magician” James)
After 7:30 Aled walked down the line of the 18 finalists, getting their name, home town and interesting fact. Aled could hear Chris in his ears, but the contestants couldn’t hear Moyles at all - therefore allowing him to slag them off as much as he wanted. Here we go with a quick summary of all the finalists then:
- Rowan from Cambridge :- Has just finished her finals
- Mark from Newcastle :- Used to live next door to Jimmy Nail
- Derek from Sunderland :- Is happily married with two kids
- Adele from Leeds :- Once shared a muffin with Kevin Keegan (and is fit - see pic below)
- Kevin from Southampton :- Has a beautiful 6 year old son called Jack
- James from Longfield :- Is an electrical tester
- Roy from Barrow :- Has no hair (and according to Chris is weird)
- Charles from Birmingham :- Runs http://www.tightsplease.co.uk
- Neil from Bristol :- Started a new job on Monday and wants a 3 week holiday straight away
- Dan from Taunton :- His friend will miss his 1st wedding anniversary if he wins
- Ian from Cardiff :- Chose his mate over his girlfriend to take to Portugal
- Vince from Milton Keynes :- Who is a bad loser
- Kate from Swindon :- Has bigger breasts than Rachel
- Karl from Hinckley :- Drinks in the same pub as Greengrass (Bill Maynard) from Heartbeat
- Dan from Cambridge :- Who gets married in 86 days
- Tracy from Congleton :- Who can make balloon animals and looks fit (see her pics further below)
- Karl from Warwick :- Who named his company after his two daughters
- James from Northampton :- Who does magic tricks
**Aled - Oh how the hours will fly by!!
(Chris and the contestants laugh)
Chris - Will he do some magic for us later?
Aled - Will you do some magic for us later?
James - Yeah if you’ve got some fags for me to eat
Chris - Oh there you go
Aled - Nice, classy
(Dave and contestants laugh)
Chris - Good morning it’s ten to 8
(Dave and Aled laugh)**
(Adele from Leeds, pictured here for no other reason than for the fact that she’s fit)
- You can see pics of all 18 contestants on the Where’s Aled pages @ Radio 1 Online - click these links to view Page 1, Page 2, Page 3 and Page 4.
ROUND 1 - PLAYER? NOT A PLAYER?:>>>
With Round 1 fast approaching and the tension mounting, Chris checked out his TV monitor showing all the finalists preparing next door. Will Kinder was clambering into shot, which Chris said was becaause he’s an egomaniac. Will replied with an abusive gesture to the camera and Chris said that that was the reason why he’s not coming with them to Portugal later.
Dom (watching monitor) - They’re looking very nervous now
Chris - D’ya think?
Dom - Especially the guy in yellow
Dave - That’s cos Will’s stood behind him
Dom - Oh that’s true yeah (Chris & finalists laugh)
Chris - It could’ve been worse. It could’ve been Aled stood behind him
(Finalists laugh as Chris plays Hey Ya by Outkast)
The final began with a big dramatic voiceover courtesy of Paul Turner, who has obviously recorded a whole load of new stuff for this competition and the team’s trip to Portugal. The concept of the game was fairly easy - Chris would read out a name in turn to each finalist and they had to tell him whether it was the name of a real footballer player playing at this summers Euro 2004 (i.e. “player”) or the name of someone who isn’t a footballer at all (i.e “not a player”). An incorrect answer meant immediate disqualification and the order the finalists were asked their questions in was decided in a draw before the show, so to make it fair for everyone. With Chris ready and the finalists lined up looking petrified, the game began. Seven were knocked out in Round One - Vince, Adele, Neil, Charles, Kate, Dan and Mark. Vince (the bad loser) was gutted in particular, Chris said his hands were shaking and James from Northampton (who did get his question right) announced that he may have followed through. Will and Dave in particular found this hilarious.
(Charles goes out in Round 1)
- For more photos from Round 1 click here
ROUND 2 - PLAYER? NOT A PLAYER?:>>>
Three out of the remaining eleven went this round - Rowan, Karl and James from Longfield. Karl’s question was easy (Karl Dittersdorf) but he said player, resulting in his freeloading friend screaming “you idiot!!!” across the room at him. Again Dave almost split his sides. Chris was being Mr Caring and told Karl that his mate still loved him. He also developed an annoying habit of calling everybody his pal, which really got irritating after a while. James from Northampton described his pants as “streaked” to Chris this round. I just hope nobody was tucking into their coco pops at this point...
(Karl goes out as the very fit Tracy gets her question correct - back off Chris you cheeky git)
- For more photos from Round 2 click here
ROUND 3 AND SUDDEN DEATH - PLAYER? NOT A PLAYER?:>>>
Eight people qualified for the sudden death stages, but only Roy from Barrow got his first question wrong so Chris played a couple of songs and then came back to the remaining seven. Kevin, Karl and Ian were next to go, leaving just four people left fighting over three spots. Unfortunately it was James from Northampton who lost out. Chris hugged him and said he felt a bit teary for him, as he looked devastated when he broke the news to him. Here are the three to go to Portugal though:
(The winners - Derek from Sunderland, Tracy from Congleton and Dan from Cambridge)
Dan is a swimming pool manager and is taking his brother Mal, Derek is taking his brother Paul and Tracy is taking her “travelling buddy” Andy Brown. She met him in Sydney last year at the rugby and that is where her boyfriend is now. Along with Chris, Dave, exec Rhys and Chappers (who popped in for a quick chat about his and Scott Mills' blossoming relationship), these six will go to all to England’s three Euro 2004 group games against France, Switzerland and Croatia in Portugal. Also joining them for the French match in Lisbon on Sunday will be Monday’s big star guest, who’s yet to be announced. All the runners up didn’t go away empty handed though - they all got sparkling new DAB Digital Radios and a pair of VIP tickets each courtesy of Radio 1 to go and see the Red Hot Chili Peppers perform live this weekend in London’s Hyde Park. Everyone seemed chuffed to bits with this (as you would be), and even two of the winners going to Portugal were gutted to have missed out on the chance to have seen the Chili’s. Chris said the nailbiting final round was one of the tensest things he’s ever done in his radio career, and Dom called it an “emotional rollercoaster” (despite not actually doing anything himself). It was undoubtedly tense but for me personally it didn’t really make great radio. Let’s just hope tomorrows show in Portugal is a lot better.
(The Runners Up celebrate their consolation prizes)
- For more photos from Round 3 and the Sudden Death final click both here and here
- To see Chris’s video account of the show and his Euro 2004 prediction click here and to see Aled’s account of his 17 days on the road, including how he nearly got arrested on suspicion of drug dealing in Northampton then click here
NO CARPARK CATCHPHRASE TODAY
Chris chose to chat more with the competition winners after 9:30 and technically Carpark Catchphrase may also have been a bit of pain to operate on the mobile desk so Chris saved himself the bother. Roy Walker and Mr Fish will return on tomorrows show instead, live from Portugal for a special continental version of Carpark Catchphrase.
NO TEDIOUS LINK TODAY EITHER
Due to the tension of the final couple of rounds and the fact that they overran badly, Tedious Link was cancelled this morning. Rest assured it’ll return tomorrow morning @ 9 o’clock, when the show will be coming live from Portugal (as if you didn't know already). Catch it all on your radio from 6:55 am, and if not then check back here in a few days time for my full show review.
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(The Round 1 Line Up, James get the Sudden Death question wrong and the Chris scans the questions)
1. Basement Jaxx feat Lisa Kekaula - Good Luck 7:00 NEWSBEAT 2. U2 - Beautiful Day, 3. The 411 feat Ghostface Killah - On My Knees, 4. Lostprophets - Wake Up (Make A Move), 5. BUZZ OFF - Shampoo - Trouble, 6. Christina Aguilera - Fighter 7:30 NEWSBEAT 7. Faithless - We Come One, 8. Kanye West feat Syleena Johnson - All Falls Down, 9. Baddiel & Skinner and The Lightning Seeds - 3 Lions, 10. Christina Milian - Dip It Low 8:00 NEWSBEAT 11. Outkast - Hey Ya, 12. Scissor Sisters - Laura, 13. 50 Cent - In Da Club, 14. The Farm - Altogether Now (Euro 2004 Mix) 8:30 NEWSBEAT 15. Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head, 16. Mario Winans feat Enya & P. Diddy - I Don't Wanna Know, 17. Eminem - Without Me, 18. The Rasmus - In The Shadows, 19. Pink feat William Orbit - Feel Good Time, 20. Kelis - Trick Me, 21. The Killers - Mr Brightside, 22. No Doubt - It’s My Life 9:30 NEWSBEAT 23. The Darkness - Love Is Only A Feeling, 24. Cassidy feat R. Kelly - Hotel, 25. Joss Stone - Super Duper Love, 26. Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl
Today is the day that Chris and the team finally fly out to their Portuguese villa for Euro 2004, accompanied by three lucky Radio 1 competition winners and their three freeloading friends. This morning’s tense but dull show eventually decided who those six were, as it came live from the Mariott Hotel near Heathrow for the airport final of the Where’s Aled competition. Tense and dramatic radio doesn’t always make for great listening and today was a perfect example of that. The show was funny in parts but by far the worst of the week, simply because not enough of us cared who went to Portugal, so therefore lost interest in a large majority of links as Chris continually went on about it or asked the contestants questions. The absence of both Tedious Link and Carpark Catchphrase also meant no light relief from the big final, so therefore it totally dominated over two and a half hours of the show today. I can’t complain too much cos the standard of shows this week has been top notch up until this point. The writing was on the wall today though from pretty much the beginning. Chris stumbled his opening words, feedback kicked in doing the second link and then it was revealed that all the competition winners eating brekky next door couldn’t actually hear the show due to the lack of any speakers or radios in there. Chris and Dave had a monitor on them all and scanned their eyes up and down the 18 finalists and their 18 friends. The reason there wasn’t 20 was because two of the finalists couldn’t make it down to London this morning. Chris said the ones that did turn up seemed fairly nice though, despite the disappointing lack of any female leggy, busty nymphomaniacs. Last night all the finalists met up for a drink in the hotel bar, which Chris said was a nice opportunity for him to get to meet them all. Plus of course work out the normal ones from the weirdos. The alarm call this morning was half six for the competition winners and their freeloading friends, but an earlier 6 o’clock for the radio team. Chris and Dave talked about their lovely rooms at the Mariott last night, although Chris said Aled was now such a huge celebrity that he’s asking for rooms with a separate bath and shower only. He doesn’t like the bath and shower combo apparently, and even switched hotels in Manchester because of this on one occasion recently. Aled put up a bit of a half arsed protest but the story was essentially true...oh and yep Aled is back btw. Chris said Jones had returned modelling the whitest shirt ever and pants like them horrible cream coloured ones him, Chris, Dave and Will wore during their boy band performance at last years One Big Sunday in Leicester. Chris compared Aled to that annoying prat Marco from Big Brother...he said he’s just a shorter, Welsh version of him with added hair (urghh what a thought). Aled said he was happy to be back with the team, especially for Buzz Off where he feels Dom has been waiting far too long to buzz in on certain tracks. Dom disagreed (both him and Jules were live from the airport too this morning). Both aren’t going to Portugal later though, they’ll remain back at base at Yalding House. Dom said he wasn’t bitter or owt but the weather in Portugal is freezing. Chris said he’s gonna wear his new £135 pair of sandals tomorrow whatever the weather (you may remember these were the sandals being discussed on yesterday’s show). Aled sounded disgusted at Chris for paying such a price. He always pays at least £200 (only kidding).
Chris - So Aled hasn’t done it for a few weeks...if you pardon the expression...(laughs) er maybe he has, I dunno. So a little bit later than advertised it’s time to do this morning’s Buzz Off...
(plays O Mio Babbino Caro bed)
Today’s tune was randomly chosen once more by the team, from another of Chris’s compilation CD’s. It was the July 94 number 11 hit Trouble by Shampoo. Dave buzzed in first on 14 seconds (he called it muck), Rach was next a second later, the listeners waited till 1 minute 23 and Aled even longer after that. Chris in the end buzzed in for him on 1:52...harsh but fair. Aled asked Dom if he’d have buzzed it off by that point. Dave interrupted and said of course he would have done - Dom hates shampoo (ber dum cha). Aled soon cheered up anyway when he found out that Chris will be taking the first series of 24 on DVD with him to Portugal, that’s alongside a huge bag of Buzz Off CD’s of course.
(Chris on the mic this morning)
I’m really struggling as far as other non football/airport final related stuff goes from today’s show, but here’s a few other little bits and bobs that I’ve got noted down. Dave had yet another case of the acidic breakfast syndrome @ 7:40, Chris said Aled’s rear of the year ass was looking as fat as ever this morning, Juliette looked like a cross between Lisa Lobe and Nana Mouskouri in her specs and Dom was amusingly firing off all his news clips and travel jingles from a big button under his foot, therefore making him look like he had some sort of nervous twitch. Best of all though was the fact that Newsbeat’s big text debate of the day was on wireless doorbells that set off simultaneously on the street (Chris said that deserved an award on it’s own).
THE AIRPORT FINAL - MEET THE 18 FINALISTS:
(Aled talks to “magician” James)
After 7:30 Aled walked down the line of the 18 finalists, getting their name, home town and interesting fact. Aled could hear Chris in his ears, but the contestants couldn’t hear Moyles at all - therefore allowing him to slag them off as much as he wanted. Here we go with a quick summary of all the finalists then:
- Rowan from Cambridge :- Has just finished her finals
- Mark from Newcastle :- Used to live next door to Jimmy Nail
- Derek from Sunderland :- Is happily married with two kids
- Adele from Leeds :- Once shared a muffin with Kevin Keegan (and is fit - see pic below)
- Kevin from Southampton :- Has a beautiful 6 year old son called Jack
- James from Longfield :- Is an electrical tester
- Roy from Barrow :- Has no hair (and according to Chris is weird)
- Charles from Birmingham :- Runs http://www.tightsplease.co.uk
- Neil from Bristol :- Started a new job on Monday and wants a 3 week holiday straight away
- Dan from Taunton :- His friend will miss his 1st wedding anniversary if he wins
- Ian from Cardiff :- Chose his mate over his girlfriend to take to Portugal
- Vince from Milton Keynes :- Who is a bad loser
- Kate from Swindon :- Has bigger breasts than Rachel
- Karl from Hinckley :- Drinks in the same pub as Greengrass (Bill Maynard) from Heartbeat
- Dan from Cambridge :- Who gets married in 86 days
- Tracy from Congleton :- Who can make balloon animals and looks fit (see her pics further below)
- Karl from Warwick :- Who named his company after his two daughters
- James from Northampton :- Who does magic tricks
**Aled - Oh how the hours will fly by!!
(Chris and the contestants laugh)
Chris - Will he do some magic for us later?
Aled - Will you do some magic for us later?
James - Yeah if you’ve got some fags for me to eat
Chris - Oh there you go
Aled - Nice, classy
(Dave and contestants laugh)
Chris - Good morning it’s ten to 8
(Dave and Aled laugh)**
(Adele from Leeds, pictured here for no other reason than for the fact that she’s fit)
- You can see pics of all 18 contestants on the Where’s Aled pages @ Radio 1 Online - click these links to view Page 1, Page 2, Page 3 and Page 4.
ROUND 1 - PLAYER? NOT A PLAYER?:>>>
With Round 1 fast approaching and the tension mounting, Chris checked out his TV monitor showing all the finalists preparing next door. Will Kinder was clambering into shot, which Chris said was becaause he’s an egomaniac. Will replied with an abusive gesture to the camera and Chris said that that was the reason why he’s not coming with them to Portugal later.
Dom (watching monitor) - They’re looking very nervous now
Chris - D’ya think?
Dom - Especially the guy in yellow
Dave - That’s cos Will’s stood behind him
Dom - Oh that’s true yeah (Chris & finalists laugh)
Chris - It could’ve been worse. It could’ve been Aled stood behind him
(Finalists laugh as Chris plays Hey Ya by Outkast)
The final began with a big dramatic voiceover courtesy of Paul Turner, who has obviously recorded a whole load of new stuff for this competition and the team’s trip to Portugal. The concept of the game was fairly easy - Chris would read out a name in turn to each finalist and they had to tell him whether it was the name of a real footballer player playing at this summers Euro 2004 (i.e. “player”) or the name of someone who isn’t a footballer at all (i.e “not a player”). An incorrect answer meant immediate disqualification and the order the finalists were asked their questions in was decided in a draw before the show, so to make it fair for everyone. With Chris ready and the finalists lined up looking petrified, the game began. Seven were knocked out in Round One - Vince, Adele, Neil, Charles, Kate, Dan and Mark. Vince (the bad loser) was gutted in particular, Chris said his hands were shaking and James from Northampton (who did get his question right) announced that he may have followed through. Will and Dave in particular found this hilarious.
(Charles goes out in Round 1)
- For more photos from Round 1 click here
ROUND 2 - PLAYER? NOT A PLAYER?:>>>
Three out of the remaining eleven went this round - Rowan, Karl and James from Longfield. Karl’s question was easy (Karl Dittersdorf) but he said player, resulting in his freeloading friend screaming “you idiot!!!” across the room at him. Again Dave almost split his sides. Chris was being Mr Caring and told Karl that his mate still loved him. He also developed an annoying habit of calling everybody his pal, which really got irritating after a while. James from Northampton described his pants as “streaked” to Chris this round. I just hope nobody was tucking into their coco pops at this point...
(Karl goes out as the very fit Tracy gets her question correct - back off Chris you cheeky git)
- For more photos from Round 2 click here
ROUND 3 AND SUDDEN DEATH - PLAYER? NOT A PLAYER?:>>>
Eight people qualified for the sudden death stages, but only Roy from Barrow got his first question wrong so Chris played a couple of songs and then came back to the remaining seven. Kevin, Karl and Ian were next to go, leaving just four people left fighting over three spots. Unfortunately it was James from Northampton who lost out. Chris hugged him and said he felt a bit teary for him, as he looked devastated when he broke the news to him. Here are the three to go to Portugal though:
(The winners - Derek from Sunderland, Tracy from Congleton and Dan from Cambridge)
Dan is a swimming pool manager and is taking his brother Mal, Derek is taking his brother Paul and Tracy is taking her “travelling buddy” Andy Brown. She met him in Sydney last year at the rugby and that is where her boyfriend is now. Along with Chris, Dave, exec Rhys and Chappers (who popped in for a quick chat about his and Scott Mills' blossoming relationship), these six will go to all to England’s three Euro 2004 group games against France, Switzerland and Croatia in Portugal. Also joining them for the French match in Lisbon on Sunday will be Monday’s big star guest, who’s yet to be announced. All the runners up didn’t go away empty handed though - they all got sparkling new DAB Digital Radios and a pair of VIP tickets each courtesy of Radio 1 to go and see the Red Hot Chili Peppers perform live this weekend in London’s Hyde Park. Everyone seemed chuffed to bits with this (as you would be), and even two of the winners going to Portugal were gutted to have missed out on the chance to have seen the Chili’s. Chris said the nailbiting final round was one of the tensest things he’s ever done in his radio career, and Dom called it an “emotional rollercoaster” (despite not actually doing anything himself). It was undoubtedly tense but for me personally it didn’t really make great radio. Let’s just hope tomorrows show in Portugal is a lot better.
(The Runners Up celebrate their consolation prizes)
- For more photos from Round 3 and the Sudden Death final click both here and here
- To see Chris’s video account of the show and his Euro 2004 prediction click here and to see Aled’s account of his 17 days on the road, including how he nearly got arrested on suspicion of drug dealing in Northampton then click here
NO CARPARK CATCHPHRASE TODAY
Chris chose to chat more with the competition winners after 9:30 and technically Carpark Catchphrase may also have been a bit of pain to operate on the mobile desk so Chris saved himself the bother. Roy Walker and Mr Fish will return on tomorrows show instead, live from Portugal for a special continental version of Carpark Catchphrase.
NO TEDIOUS LINK TODAY EITHER
Due to the tension of the final couple of rounds and the fact that they overran badly, Tedious Link was cancelled this morning. Rest assured it’ll return tomorrow morning @ 9 o’clock, when the show will be coming live from Portugal (as if you didn't know already). Catch it all on your radio from 6:55 am, and if not then check back here in a few days time for my full show review.
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