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Rhys Benjamin

The stop sign was quite difficult, really. Hexagon really threw me. I’m not a huge fan of the two major changes. And what really annoys me is how the music cues are slightly changed from the original (for example, when the contestant gets the £1,000 question right, when the lights go back down the £...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Tue May 08, 2018 4:12 pm

Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑
Tue May 08, 2018 2:44 pm
my money's on an each-way bet for Sweden, whose song, "Dance You Off", is my favourite this year.
I heard Abba are making a comeback so I presume this is their entry.

Alas, no. It’s relative unknown Benjamin Ingrosso.

Rhys Benjamin

(Where's Martin Bishop gone these days?) SuRie was a backing singer for Belgium in 2015 and 2017, so she has loads of Eurovision experience (and, it would seem, has sung "Rhythm Inside" (Belgium 2015) at every opportunity). Hot favourite until last night was Israel, but Cyprus (!) has now overtaken ...

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84 points by Round 9. This may sound a bit odd, but from that position 123 could well be considered somewhat... disappointing, for want of a better word...

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^^ Good post. Seconded. Thirded. This hits worryingly close to home for me, with the guy being in pretty much the exact life position that I'm in :( RIP James Fourthed. To some extent, the fact this is a very real problem being faced - and all-too-often dismissed - by many. I believe suicide is the...

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No comment.

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I was in seethe mode when I first saw this article. Maybe it was something to do with the dismissive tone of the article, the completely over the top criticism of Rachel Riley (far better than Carol Vorderman in terms of both Maths ability and personality) or the signalling out of Martin Lewis (his...

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Nick comes across very well in the studio and does engage very well with the contestants in the studio, but I'll admit that this is sometimes misconstrued as favouritism on TV. It didn't help when I was there that the recording went on until 11pm due to a number of reasons, and by that stage everyon...

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This somehow has only just now wound up on the Daily Mail Twitter feed. What if they found out that thousands of past contestants, including us, received the same guidelines about wardrobe and game procedure when they went on the show and didn't give them to the press, on the paper-thin pretext that...

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I would have put this on after the practice session (15:15 or so). Channel 4 is really going downhill generally at the moment, daytime aside.

Rhys Benjamin

John made a right pig's ear of the third numbers, don't know why he didn't see the rather easier 9 x 5 x 10 + 8 + 7 - 1.

Rachel appears to be wearing an ice lolly today.

Rhys Benjamin

It's amazing what one finds on the internet at 3am. In the final series of Dick & Dom In Da Bungalow, the final round was a parody of a game show (and Question Time). Some (The Crystal Muck, Muck or No Muck) were very good. Others (Strictly Come Mucking, Muckety Muck) weren't. This was one of those ...

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2017-05-26 18:29:56 [...] The answer to DMTOOTBE was BOTTOMED.
2017-05-26 18:29:57 Chris Hare is playing Apterous Nude in a Letters Attack.

Rhys Benjamin

Whoever wrote Nick's line (or whether Nick cane up himself with it) of "according to that well-known spy, Richard Whiteley..." - GENIUS.

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Montenegro's entry is brilliant. Camp as Christmas, but brilliant.

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This was the lead story on two of the "red top" papers today...

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(Personally think this warrants its own topic)

Telegraph article: https://www.facebook.com/TelegraphEnter ... 8516229908

I agree... think it's a non-story.

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Euan Slatter wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 07, 2017 3:11 pm
You literally put the exact same thing as on tubechallenge

Yes, because it's a different forum.

Rhys Benjamin

(I haven't been here for a long old while. Older, wiser, but no less opinionated.) Doesn't time fly? Here we are again. I actually actively dislike our entry (zzzzz) which means it will probably do well. Mind you, the Eurofans abroad seem to like our song. If you didn't see You Decide, we've picked ...

Rhys Benjamin

That'll be on Points of View, probably.

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That does it, I'm going to complain.

Dear Sir, it has come to my attention...

Rhys Benjamin

The Catsdown specials Channel 4 get really picky about, so the title sequence (and the 1989-91 one as they used it on the 80s special) will register as Catsdown and get blocked.

Otherwise OK, I think.

Rhys Benjamin

A little part of me always thought that the result wouldn't be the catastrophe both sides had made it out to be, and it looks that might be the case. Brexageddon doesn't appear to be happening, and the EU have suddenly gone schtum on EU army plans.

Rhys Benjamin

My favourite is very difficult but my favourite is actually for sentimental reasons as it's the earliest Countdown I still have on a VCR tape. It's a tight, tight game too: John Hastings vs Les Noble.

Rhys Benjamin

Everyone loves one of these "best ever X" discussions, or so I'm told. What is, therefore, in your opinion, the best ever game(s) of televised Countdown? For whatever reason? Maybe it's Innis Carson vs Chris Davies for sheer excitement? Or a record-breaking affair like Jack Hurst vs Conor Travers , ...

Rhys Benjamin

Amazed Annie was allowed the points for Round 6 considering she practically had two goes at it.

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It's worth mentioning a few years ago I made an FOI request to Channel 4. Behind all the legal preamble it was confirmed to me that they themselves didn't write down the scores in the early days so having to go back and watch the episodes is probably the only way it can be done. we can confirm that ...

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Jennifer Steadman wrote:RuPaul's Drag Race (so many fashion choices I aspire to)

Can't wait to see you lip sync for your life at the next co-event.

Rhys Benjamin

So the person who got the most correct answers did worse than would be expected by random guessing? Probably only one entrant. I actually entered but Rhys discarded it as coming from a Trotskyite entryist and so ineligible. Then he asked me for £25. (I scored 6½ by the way) I did raise a small chuc...

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The correct answers were as follows: 1 - (upon hearing Madonna was doing the theme for "Die Another Day") "Are we going to need earplugs?" - Philip 2 - (on the British embassy in Berlin) "It's a vast waste of space." - Philip 3 - "Cats kill far more birds than men. Why don't [we] have a slogan: "Kil...

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In light of Boris Johnson's appointment as foreign secretary and people tonight on Twitter getting some of his gaffes mixed up with Prince Philip's, let's have a quiz. Do not use Google at any point; this is just a bit of fun. This is also going on the Tube Challenge forums. Please PM your answers t...

Rhys Benjamin

Bristol-style events are difficult to get results for. For Leicester 2010, I know I played Mary Jo Clayton, Amie Bateen, Conor Travers, Stewart Gordon, and I think (think) that was it insofar as I was concerned. Remember Kirk played Robbo at one point. I've got the grid for this now and it looks li...

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Survation Poll on whether Indy Ref 2 (the sequel) should occur:

Support 41%
Oppose 43%

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However, the idea of a General Election later on this year is a very attractive one as (presumably) it wouldn't give the Tories enough time to push through their gerrymandering boundary reforms? If so, I think if Labour ran on a manifesto including the introduction of Proportional Representation (w...

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Putting the two together, is it time for the Conservative party to do the honest thing and make its final split, the two factions becoming the basis for the two dominant parties going forwards? Steady on! Aye, that's a bit much! However, the idea of a General Election later on this year is a very a...

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Sharing "Lexit: The Movie" in here was one promise I'll admit I failed to keep. Anyhow... This clamour for a second referendum on the EU - surely just a case of sour grapes? The so-called "New Left" do like to throw their toys out of the pram when they don't win, like in last year's election result....

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The Left wing argument for leaving the EU (which does exist, and has persuaded people I know) has been rather unexplored because of the media's insistence that this is a "blue-on-blue" affair (the BBC is by far the worst offender here). Vote Leave have had either Kate Hoey or Gisela Stuart on nearl...

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Following the huge success of the Brexit film, the folks at Labour Leave are about to release "Lexit: The Movie". It will be well worth a watch, that's for sure. The Left wing argument for leaving the EU (which does exist, and has persuaded people I know) has been rather unexplored because of the me...

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Took me days to write this... http://rhysbenjamin.blogspot.co.uk/2016 ... f.html?m=1

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Don't like the new voting system. Gave too much power to the "bloc" voters, the exact reason the juries were reintroduced in the first place. See Poland.

Rhys Benjamin

If he can't control his own campaign, why would he be any better at controlling the Metropolitan Line? Just saying. I did have a little chuckle at this... In the week of the election the gap between the two started to shorten in the polls, and it left us at CCHQ somewhat optimistic, particularly a ...

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The most compelling argument for leaving (which I will be voting for) is the one put forward on the radio by I forget who (Gove?) who said that if we are not in the EU, non-EU countries importing into us will not have to pay Common External Tariff. Not only does this mean the developing world will ...

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...both Khan and Goldsmith's campaigns were awful. I didn't follow the London mayoral election in my usual forensic detail, but one thing was certainly striking; the closer that election day came, the longer the odds you could get on Zac Goldsmith. At one point - no more than a couple of months ago...

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The most compelling argument for leaving (which I will be voting for) is the one put forward on the radio by I forget who (Gove?) who said that if we are not in the EU, non-EU countries importing into us will not have to pay Common External Tariff. Not only does this mean the developing world will i...

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Countdown Team wrote:All we specify is no logos, ie Adidas Nike etc......for obvious advertising reasons.

Aside from that, we have no input into what contestants wear and don't wish to have.

I was told I wasn't allowed white or blue shirts either.

Rhys Benjamin

Odd this year. I seem to like everything everyone else doesn't, like Belgium, Moldova, Finland, Ireland, and the UK. Russia were favourite to win but after first rehearsals they're drifting like a barge and the UK are the big movers in the other direction. General consensus (Wiwibloggs etc) is that ...

Rhys Benjamin

Bristol-style events are difficult to get results for. For Leicester 2010, I know I played Mary Jo Clayton, Amie Bateen, Conor Travers, Stewart Gordon, and I think (think) that was it insofar as I was concerned. Remember Kirk played Robbo at one point.

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Two days in charge for Sadiq Khan and the Metropolitan Line has suffered huge delays on both days. Just saying. Quickly on the mayoral election, the response on the doorstep that I received was that both Khan and Goldsmith's campaigns were awful. And to be honest, I agree. I know that Goldsmith didn...

Rhys Benjamin

Zarte Siempre wrote:ALONGSIDE in... one of the rounds.

That was one of those "there's obviously a nine, but I can't see it" rounds for me.

Rhys Benjamin

The Sunday Telegraph nailed this yesterday:

"I would go to Church, but I'm afraid the Communion wine would push me over the new alcohol limit."

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Friend of mine claims to have heard of the conundrum answer through a friend of his who works in construction.

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Not quite sure what Matt was thinking of on the WAIGED round...

2nd numbers alt: (8 x 9 - 6 - 4) x 10 - 7.

Rhys Benjamin

Nice letters selections so far, and even better spots from the pair of them.

Rhys Benjamin

Last night I had a dream best described as "C4C/Apterous/Countdown does Strictly Come Dancing". In the first week, Gev was voted out after his Waltz started out as political sketch and he forgot to actually end the speech and start dancing when the music came on, meaning he just stood yelling his he...

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I'm not a fan of capital punishment on the whole, but there are certain circumstances, the specifics of which I don't want to get into, where it would be seen as the only option, if life solitary confinement isn't worse. The other point is that what evidence is there that bombing a terrorist organis...

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So, in no particular order... Many post-war advocates of what is known as "modern liberalism" (although I see "capacitites" as a better word for them) define self-realisation/actualisation is the fulfilment of the potential of oneself. When you made so few circumstances initially regarding the clean...

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I understand your point of view - but I don't agree to it. It's a very collectivist, Marx-cum-Mill way of thinking. I think the second person and the hunter are very different, actually. The hunter is trying to justify being a lazy git - and as an advocate of performance-related pay, he deserves a r...

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I'm just going to dump this here, considering I had a very long discussion about this today... http://rhysbenjamin.blogspot.co.uk/2015 ... orism.html

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I'm back from my holiday to America now so I will reply to this. Interesting analysis, Jim. Why have you excluded Northern Ireland by the way? I wondered about this but just gave up in the end, as it's a separate election entirely. There aren't many candidates at all not affiliated one way or the o...

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Johnny Canuck wrote:Is this the first time anyone has ever been #9 seed by a single point?

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