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Martin Bishop

I think it sort of had an "unfair advantage" if it had already been number one in a load of countries already, which goes against what I said above - that these songs should be new to the viewers. All the entries have to be selected by mid-March, so it's kinda hard to keep them secret. Pr...

Martin Bishop

Here we go again... HOW DID THE NETHERLANDS NOT GET THROUGH???!!!!! :( :cry: :x Meh, I only ever thought it had a borderline chance. This year was one of the better Dutch efforts, but for the most part they send useless entries. Amongst the Easterner bashing, it may be worth pointing out that Serbi...

Martin Bishop

Romania have said in an interview that their earpiece went faulty. The last time it happened was in 2003 (United Kingdom) and we got nul points... Yeah, but (a) Romania remained in tune and (b) in 2003 it was actually the UK's fault for not taking it seriously and coming ill-equipped. Loreen was am...

Martin Bishop

UK - Englebert Humperdinck is massive in East Europe. Same tactic that Turkey did in 2010. Turkey 2010 were also massive in Turkey. Turkey are one of the nations that take ESC seriously. Sending an artist that is both really good and internationally popular is not a tactical move. I don't think Hum...

Martin Bishop

Sweden - Bookies' favourite and it's Claudia Winkleman in a wind machine. I prefer "House music version of Kate Bush" and every bit as good as that sounds. UK - Englebert Humperdinck is massive in East Europe. Same tactic that Turkey did in 2010. Turkey 2010 were also massive in Turkey. T...

Martin Bishop

Chris Wills is on right now.

Martin Bishop

Took me a while to get through all the finals, because I had an exam that week, but just want to say congrats to Graeme. A deserved winner who looked more nervous than he played. The last numbers game was outstanding under such pressure. It's a shame we couldn't get the dream Deeks-Cole final, but C...

Martin Bishop

Martin Bishop

For Christmas this year, I want a thinometer.

Martin Bishop

Has anyone else applied for the next series? Me and a friend from my pub quiz team put in an application a couple of weeks ago. Haven't heard anything yet. They rang me on Monday, I have an audition tomorrow :) How did the audition go? I still haven't heard anything, so I guess it's not looking goo...

Martin Bishop

... while Tim Vine will continue to appear, no one will enjoy having him on the show as much as Jeff.

Martin Bishop

Obviously I watched this in the audience, but I didn't hear a lot of what you can hear watching it on TV. My favourite bit has to be "if you don't say something I'm going to say Caravaggio again", also some of Paxo's facial expressions were awesome. Can't remember; did he say "Carava...

Martin Bishop

Karran is so much fun on Uni Challenge.

Also loving the tweets about him. Both #universitychallenge and UCL were trending just now.

Martin Bishop

Has anyone else applied for the next series? Me and a friend from my pub quiz team put in an application a couple of weeks ago. Haven't heard anything yet.

Martin Bishop

I think the most offensive thing about FIFA's decision is it's been taken to circumvent any risk of offending any sponsors. Always, always boils down to money. :roll: I thought the reasoning was their rule banning political statements on international kits. They don't want to let one through and se...

Martin Bishop

You guys are rubbish.

It's Dave Gorman.

Martin Bishop

I'll give you a free clue instead.

He has a beard.

If that doesn't cause a sudden spark in interest, I don't know what will.

Martin Bishop

Thomas Carey wrote:
Douglas Wilson wrote:Where did Innis come?
12th.

Where did you get the results from?

Martin Bishop

Karen Pearson wrote:Simon Pegg?

No.

Martin Bishop

Karen Pearson wrote:Was he arriving on a train at Waterloo?

Was he leaving on a train from Waterloo?

Does he live in the Midlands?

Does he live in the South East?

Yes, no, no, yes.

Douglas Wilson wrote:Jasper Carrott???

Douglas Wilson wrote:Stewart Lee??

No, no.

Martin Bishop

Karen Pearson wrote:Was he getting a train from Waterloo or was he arriving at Waterloo?

Yes.

Karen Pearson wrote:Is he posh?

No

Karen Pearson wrote: Is he a southerner?

Is he a Midlander?

Is he a northerner?

No, yes, no.

Karen Pearson wrote: Is he a satirist?

Is he an impressionist?

No, no.

Martin Bishop

Michael Wallace wrote:Did the baguette have tomato in it?

(Come on, priorities, people.)

Yes!

Martin Bishop

Frank Skinner? Stewart Lee? Jimmy Carr? Russell Howard? No, no, no, no. It's got to be Tim Vine. Walking through stations at midnight eating baguettes is exactly the sort of thing he's known for. No. I associate him more with doing Karaoke in Epsom pubs. Is he mostly known for doing stand-up comedy...

Martin Bishop

Brian Moore wrote:Alexander Armstrong?

No.

Gavin Chipper wrote:Has he been a comedian for a while?

Yes.

Gavin Chipper wrote:Has he just come to light in the last year or so?

No.

Martin Bishop

Eoin Monaghan wrote:Has he been a comedian for a while or just come to light in the last year or so?

Yes.

Eoin Monaghan wrote:Has he hosted his own show?

Yes.

Martin Bishop

Edwin Mead wrote:Is he a racist?

Not that I'm aware of.

Martin Bishop

Gavin Chipper wrote:Has he appeared on Mock the Week?

I don't believe so.

Martin Bishop

JimBentley wrote:Harry Hill?

No. I find it hard to believe Harry Hill has ever eaten a baguette on the move. Chips, yes.

Aren't there other questions you can ask other than guessing names?

Martin Bishop

JimBentley wrote:Is it Marcus Brigstocke?

No!

Martin Bishop

JimBentley wrote:Is he a comedian?

Yes!

Martin Bishop

Phil Reynolds wrote:Does he live in Leamington Spa?

Incredibly, no.

Martin Bishop

Any sign of the final standings?

Martin Bishop

Thomas Carey wrote:Is his age less than or equal to 44?

Yes.

Thomas Carey wrote:Is his age greater than or equal to 58?

No.

Interesting choice of ages there.

Martin Bishop

No and no.

Martin Bishop

Andy Wilson wrote:Is he an actor?

No.

Martin Bishop

Yes, yes, no.

Martin Bishop

Thanks to Raccoon and CF for organising another excellent tournament. Congratulations to Matt for a well-deserved win. Your ploy of talking yourself down on the forum so people would underestimate you worked a treat. Commiserations to Mark Deeks for failing in his attempts to take out Graeme from th...

Martin Bishop

I missed my train home last night by two minutes, meaning that I had to hang around Waterloo for another half an hour. BUT, that meant I got to see a famous person walk through the station at midnight eating a baguette. Totally worth it.

Guess who.

Martin Bishop

Jimmy Gough wrote:website needs more love imo

Add me to the list of people who love it.

Martin Bishop

I don't like the idea of there being a top 2 or top 4 play-off after the Swiss stages, but since any such final would never involve me anyway (other than as a spectator), my argument here is somewhat theoretical. Weren't you in the CoLei final once, or have I gone mad? I like the Bristol format. Th...

Martin Bishop

An acquaintance from university claimed that the further forward you jump in to a queue, the better. His theory is that people near the front of a queue don't care as much, because they know they'll reach the front very soon anyway. He proved it in practice once, when after me and some other friends...

Martin Bishop

Spoiler That guy Grinter on the opposing team tonight was terrifying. He answered his starter questions like a psychopath. I can understand you losing, simply out of fear. Spoiler I SAID CARBONIC. If you're going to post spoilers in different coloured text, might I suggest picking a colour that doe...

Martin Bishop

Spoiler

That guy Grinter on the opposing team tonight was terrifying. He answered his starter questions like a psychopath. I can understand you losing, simply out of fear.

Martin Bishop

I don't think you need to advertise Countdown. Everybody's heard of it, it's ingrained in popular culture, but seeing an advert for it is unlikely to make significant numbers of people watch it who don't already. Top two questions I get asked about Countdown 1. "That Rachel Riley bird's fit, i...

Martin Bishop

Money sent.

Martin Bishop

Either way, what Countdown needs is stability, not a refresh just for the sake of it.

Martin Bishop

I don't know what's going on anymore.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/201 ... -23381865/

Martin Bishop

I'm guessing that for today's final question, they only asked people in the North.

There certainly can't have been any Arsenal fans in the poll.

Martin Bishop

The site is still down for me. Got back from holiday yesterday and found a bunch of my players are injury doubts and there's no way to change my team.

Martin Bishop

That one and today's were both fairly gettable, I think. By that, I mean, I got them. Two pointless sportspeople and three pointless Man Booker winners.

Martin Bishop

If I hadn't mucked up that easy numbers I would have got my first CO top ten finish. Instead it's 11th again.

It was good to see everyone again and meet a few new faces. And to play football with some of them. Thanks Ben and Ben's mum for an excellent day.

Martin Bishop

Ben Wilson wrote:2. There won't be a cooked lunch on offer but if there's enough demand there can be a cold lunch of sandwiches at £1.50 a head.

I'd be interested in sandwiches.

Martin Bishop

Went for Culshaw, without whom, we'd have never uncovered Graeme's secret talent.

Martin Bishop

I may be just speaking to myself, but the women's world cup final was amazing. Two late equalisers from Japan, in normal and then extra time. They were helped by sloppy American defending, but it was great to see such a previously unfancied team win on penalties through guts and near flawless passin...

Martin Bishop

You see some great goals in the Women's World Cup because the keepers are so bad. I have no idea why that might be the case, but it is. I knew someone would say that. It still required a great finish. The standard of goalkeeping has, however, been better than in the last world cup. I expect women's...

Martin Bishop

I've been enjoying the Women's World Cup. I guess it helps being an Arsenal fan, as our ladies' team win everything, so I've been watching the women's game for a while. While I get that you are all being ironic, this here is a nice counterpoint nonetheless. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1...

Martin Bishop

They get soft quite quickly when you hit them as hard as those guys do. So they all get soft at different rates. I guess it's an advantage to serve with harder balls since they go faster. Fair enough but why do they still keep that soft ball in the rotation? That's the point I'm making. Well the ba...

Martin Bishop

Been a great day's play at Wimbledon today. Picked Sabine Lisicki in the office predictions game, so I'm feeling pretty smug right now. My nerves are shot to hell, though. It's a good job Baltacha isn't playing tonight. I can't take much more. Actually, I also picked Tsonga in the competition. He's ...

Martin Bishop

Finally booked into a decent hotel! ;) :) :D Anyone else staying in Nottingham on the Friday night :?: Me. I'm staying at the Paramount Hotel. Probably should have mentioned this myself - finding a room proved to be a bit of a nightmare. England are playing India at cricket at Trent Bridge that wee...

Martin Bishop

Marc Meakin wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:
Thomas Carey wrote: I don't think RW was famous before he became the presenter
Before CD he presented (and continued to do so) Yorkshire regional current affairs and political shows.
His global claim to fame pre countdown was the weasel incident from 'Calender', shown on 'It Will Be Alright On The Night.'

Ferret.

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