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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown. It is Friday, April the 12th. We are ready for another 15 rounds of letters and numbers. But will it be easy for our current champion or will it be a hairy finish? Hello, Rachel Riley. Hello, Colin. I still call you Colin. Have you got a new name? Well, you've had your hair done, right. But yes, I've gone with a beard. I've designated 90 seconds for all the insults. Let's hear it go.
00:59OK, you know when a football manager gets his new job and everything's good at the start and then the worry sets in, he doesn't have time to shave, but everything turns grey. You don't need to do it. You can take your time. Shave.
01:10Oh, well, listen, I'll keep it for a month. It's on trial to use football analogies. I'm going to see what it looks like in a month from now. I think I got away with that a little bit. Let's cross over to Dixonry Corner. Susie, I know that you hate when I shave my head.
01:25I don't hate it. You don't like the sides, but what do you think? I think it's a really good look. Nice. Well, listen, beside you all today and for four days of next week, we're a bit out of sync just for a week or two. We have a, well, we're in the fraternity of the beard, aren't we?
01:40I feel connected to you straight away and we're only getting to know each other properly over the next five shows. Well, listen, 10 million albums, just 10 million odd albums sold with JLS, but singer, turned presenter, turned farmer, which you can't wait to hear all about that.
01:56J.B. Gills with us. Thank you. Thanks very much. Right, well, who's that girl? We know who that girl is. It's Jess, Jessica Brattese, and such a big day for you because you could become our seventh, count them, seventh Octo Champ of Series 89 and still two months of heats to go before the season finale. How are you feeling about it all?
02:18It's pretty insane that I've made it this far, to be fair. I didn't think, I came here just hoping that I would win one. I never expected that I would ever be in a position where I could win eight.
02:31Well, listen, let's see if we can get you into that end of series final today. Hoping that's not the case of Steve Henton, who's originally from Mansfield, but is living the retired life in Nottinghamshire. What do we do of a day then?
02:43I spend a lot of my time travelling and watching my favourite Mansfield Town Football Club.
02:50And why the cards and the shirt? Is it a fancy shirt or are you a bit of a card shark?
02:56Bit of a card shark, but this is my good lady's choice, so you have to do what you're told.
03:03Tell me about it. I have two good ladies and I do exactly what they tell me.
03:07Listen, best of luck to you today. Let's see if you can be a countdown ace. It's Steve Henton and Jessica Brattese.
03:13APPLAUSE
03:14Once more then, let's do it.
03:18Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:19Good afternoon, Jessica.
03:20Can we start with a consonant, please?
03:22Thank you. Start today with T.
03:24And a vowel.
03:26A.
03:27A consonant.
03:30S.
03:31A vowel.
03:32E.
03:34A consonant.
03:36F.
03:37A vowel.
03:39U.
03:40A consonant.
03:41G.
03:42Another consonant.
03:45M.
03:48And a final vowel.
03:50And a final A.
03:53At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
03:56Aiskt.
03:57Atering.
03:57A=#
03:57A flowing.
03:58A contradiction.
03:59A ISIL.
03:59A �
04:12Aüssel.
04:13A collaboration.
04:14Aitat.
04:15A relación.
04:17A
04:18A
04:20A
04:22A
04:22Jessica, how many?
04:28Just a five.
04:28And Steve?
04:29Five.
04:30Yeah, difficult start, Jessica.
04:32Uh, Feast.
04:33Yes, and Steve?
04:34Feast, same, yeah.
04:36We'll have to have a wee look.
04:37Yeah.
04:37Yeah.
04:38Lovely stuff, five points each.
04:40Nice, easy start.
04:42JB Gill, you could be covered in glory in your debut round.
04:46What have you managed to spot?
04:47There's actually a six.
04:49Fumitz.
04:50Oh, what's that?
04:51Yes.
04:51Um, it is an old word, and I'm not sure we will be covered in glory with this one,
04:56but it's the excrement of deer.
04:57Well, listen, I thought you might have been able to steal the show, but actually you've
05:01been upstaged because we have a little treat on the board.
05:04I'd listen to this radio station.
05:06Oh, nice.
05:08Wouldn't it be great?
05:08We could host Gatos FM, come on.
05:11You know I'm a playlist fiend, so I'll give you a playlist at the end of the show for Gatos
05:17FM.
05:18Okay.
05:18All right?
05:18Oh, I love stuff like that.
05:20Steve, your first time picking the letters.
05:22Off you go.
05:23Oh, hello, Rachel.
05:24Hi, Steve.
05:24Could I have a consonant, please?
05:26Indeed.
05:27N.
05:28And another one, please.
05:30R.
05:31And another one.
05:34D.
05:35And a vowel, please.
05:37I.
05:38Another vowel.
05:39E.
05:40E.
05:40And another consonant, please.
05:44V.
05:45And a vowel, please.
05:48I.
05:49And a consonant, please.
05:52T.
05:53And another consonant, please.
05:55And lastly, S.
05:57istime Chamin'.
05:59Eерг-
06:02E.
06:03E.
06:04E.
06:06E.
06:07E-
06:07E.
06:08E.
06:13E.
06:13E.
06:16E.
06:17E.
06:18E.
06:18E.
06:21E.
06:21E.
06:22E.
06:23E.
06:23Steve, how many?
06:31Six.
06:32And Jessica?
06:33Um, seven.
06:34Seven for you. Steve, the six?
06:37Divots.
06:38Divots. I'm taking a chunk out of the score. Jessica?
06:41Uh, divines.
06:42Divine inspiration. Divines, Susie, with the S.
06:46Yep. It is a cleric or a theologian, an old term for that.
06:51Um, it's absolutely fine. But also you can divine something by discovering it by intuition, that kind of thing.
06:56So that's absolutely fine. I don't think, however, we will find divot, unfortunately, because it is divot, with an O.
07:02So I have to discard that one. I'm sorry.
07:03No worries. Well done, Jessica. Well done. Can you add anything to that for me, Jay?
07:08Divinest?
07:09Yes. Sorry, Jess.
07:11Yes. Specified in the dictionary. It sounds a bit odd. The most divine, but it's in there.
07:16That would only hurt Jess if Steve had a spot on it, but he didn't, so you're OK there.
07:2012 points to five. On to the numbers for the first time today. Off you go, champ.
07:25Uh, let's go for six small, Rachel.
07:27Let's six little ones to start this contest.
07:30Off, and your selection is three, eight, two, seven, five, and eight.
07:39And the target, 362.
07:42Three, six, two. Numbers up.
07:43Eight, six, three, five, and eight.
07:56Victory.
08:00Three, six, two.
08:05THEY CONFER
08:13Tiger was 3-6-2 with six small. Jess?
08:183-6-1. One away for seven points. Steve?
08:21No, sorry, didn't get it. Lost it. Jess, see if you can convert.
08:25Um, eight times eight.
08:27Eight times eight is 64.
08:29Plus seven. Plus seven is 71.
08:33Times by five.
08:34Times by five is 355.
08:37Um, three times two is six.
08:39And then you have three and two left over.
08:42And add it on. Yep. Well done.
08:44One away. Can you take me right to it?
08:47Three, six, two, Ridge?
08:48It's there. You have to come back to me.
08:51Oh, I love that. Did you see it?
08:53And then you've blanked it.
08:54I've had one of those moments. I think they have names for them.
08:57I'll be back with you momentarily.
09:00I love it. We'll pick it up after the break.
09:01We'll give you a tea-time teaser.
09:03They both have a food theme today.
09:05This one concerns the fastest bun in the world, scone.
09:10Mud scone. Mud scone.
09:12The answer? It's eight.
09:14The answer? It's eight.
09:15Welcome back. The answer? It's eight.
09:33We have consumed the mud scone.
09:36We have consumed the mud scone.
09:38And we can now give you three, six, two.
09:40Rich?
09:41Yes. If you say seven plus eight is 15, times that by three for 45, times that by the second
09:49eight for three, 60, and then you can add two on.
09:52We knew it was there.
09:53Brilliant.
09:56Now, during that break, every single one of us agreed scone until we got to Steve.
10:01And you're a scone man, aren't you?
10:02Yes, I'm a scone man.
10:04I'm not arguing with you, let me tell you.
10:05Let's just get more letters.
10:06Can I have a consonant, please?
10:09I'm with you, Mr. Scone.
10:10H.
10:12And a vowel.
10:13E.
10:15And a consonant.
10:16G.
10:17And another consonant, please.
10:19D.
10:20And another one, please.
10:23T.
10:24And a vowel.
10:25O.
10:27And another vowel.
10:29E.
10:30A consonant.
10:32R.
10:32And another vowel, please.
10:34Lastly, I.
10:36Mr. Scone, that's quite a nickname, isn't it?
10:38MUSIC PLAYS
10:39VIRUS
10:54MUSIC PLAYS
10:57Right, time's up. Steve?
11:11Six. And Jessica?
11:13Seven. Seven from you. OK, the sixth, Steve?
11:16Hedger. Hedger.
11:17And you haven't been hedging your bets so far, Jessica?
11:20Goited. Susie, you're already nodding your head.
11:24Yes, goited. It is not very nice.
11:26It's to have an inflammation of the thyroid gland.
11:29All right, swelling. JB, what are we adding?
11:31Righted is a good seven.
11:33Excellent. Thank you so much. Right.
11:3526 players, five. Long way to go, Steve.
11:37Jessica, you're in charge.
11:39Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
11:41Thank you, Jessica.
11:42P. And another.
11:46T. And another.
11:49C. A vowel.
11:52E. And another.
11:54I. And another.
11:56C. A vowel.
11:58U.
11:59A consonant.
12:00L.
12:02Another consonant.
12:04M.
12:06And another consonant, please.
12:09A vowel.
12:10A vowel, L.
12:11Thanks, Rich.
12:12A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel, A vowel
12:42Talk to me, Jessica, how many?
12:44Eight. Ooh, look at this, Steve.
12:46Only six, I'm afraid. Ooh, what's the six?
12:49Millet. Yeah, we're all waiting, what's the eight?
12:52Multiple. Multiple. Excellent, well done.
12:55There you go, multiple points.
12:57APPLAUSE
13:00Eight points, I'm assuming nothing better,
13:03but you might surprise me here.
13:05No, that was my eight, multiple. Well done, Jess.
13:08That's why she might be an octo-champ today,
13:10nothing better in the dictionary. With everybody else,
13:12we can't beat what came out of Jessica's mind there.
13:15Let's get back to the numbers. Steve, you're choosing.
13:17Right, could I have one large and five small, please?
13:21You can indeed, thank you, Steve. One from the top, five not.
13:24Second numbers of the day are seven, ten, seven,
13:29four, three, and the large one, 75.
13:33And you need to reach 9158. 958, big one, numbers up.
13:38Ready, did you evet?
13:40This 54.
13:45mom 191.
13:47CHIL中
13:50Power size
13:53Power size
13:56Power size
13:58Power size
14:02Power size
14:05Oh, yee, goodness me, Steve.
14:11957.
14:12Yes, you are 99.9% of Britain, Jessica.
14:16Yeah, 957.
14:17Right. Oh, my goodness.
14:19So frustrating. Go ahead, Steve.
14:2110 plus 3 is 13.
14:24Yes.
14:24Times 75 is 975.
14:28975.
14:29Minus the 7, 4 and 3.
14:337, sorry.
14:347, yes.
14:35That gets you there.
14:36Just about.
14:37Yeah, don't worry.
14:38And still 1 away as well, Jessica?
14:39Yeah, same way.
14:40All right.
14:42There were so many ways to be 1 away.
14:45Where do we go?
14:46Well, I'd normally keep the 17 back to take away,
14:49but that's a dead end.
14:50So, if you start again,
14:5210 plus 3 is 13,
14:54but then 7 over 7 is 1.
14:57Take that 1 away from the 75 for 74.
15:0074 times 13 takes you to 962,
15:03with a 4 left over 958.
15:05APPLAUSE
15:0641 players 12,
15:10our first chance to have a chat with JB Gill,
15:12who's making his debut randomly on a Friday.
15:14We'll get back in sync soon.
15:16Don't worry about it.
15:17I mean, word of it.
15:18I kind of want to start with farming.
15:20Yeah.
15:20But I think I owe it to a nation of JLS fans,
15:24including our Rach here,
15:25who's been getting very excited today,
15:27to start there and sort of back to the origins of it.
15:31You must...
15:32So much has happened, right?
15:33You must feel like a different person now.
15:35You must be looked back at it.
15:36Like, wow.
15:37Absolutely.
15:38I mean, we were on tour in October last year,
15:41and, of course,
15:42my children came on the road with us,
15:44which was the first time that they'd really done that.
15:46And it was mind-blowing.
15:48I was on stage,
15:48and, of course,
15:49it's relatively familiar.
15:50I don't think you can ever get used to it.
15:52But being up there,
15:53I looked out and I actually thought to myself,
15:54wow, we are actually doing the O2.
15:57I think it was the 20th time we were doing it,
15:59which is just, honestly, beyond our wildest dreams.
16:02Wow.
16:03I mean, you're out on tour again this summer, I think.
16:05Yes.
16:05You're out doing a whole load of dates.
16:06But take me right back to when it was all happening.
16:10We'd been together for about a year and a half
16:12before we did The X Factor.
16:14And, of course,
16:14that's, you know,
16:14how we came to get into the industry.
16:18And I remember thinking to ourselves that,
16:20you know,
16:20we'd worked very, very hard to beat at that point
16:22where we were in the final
16:23and then actually were able to release our own music.
16:26But all the way up into that,
16:27as you can imagine,
16:28it's very much a dramatic entrance into the industry.
16:31You go through 10 or 12 weeks
16:33and then all of a sudden,
16:34everybody knows who you are.
16:36Because correct me if I'm wrong,
16:37but you didn't win X Factor, right?
16:39Correct.
16:39Do you think you were helped by not winning in a way,
16:41not doing the Christmas number one and all?
16:43I think we were.
16:44And I do think it gave us the chance,
16:46firstly, to go on tour
16:47and to travel around the country
16:48and also gave us the freedom to release music
16:51before the show came back around,
16:53which I think is around about September,
16:55October in the year.
16:56So I think our first single was released in July.
17:00July the 12th, if I remember correctly.
17:01Yeah.
17:02And because we've done all the touring
17:04sort of in that six-month period after the show,
17:06it went straight to number one.
17:07Brilliant to have J.B. Gill here.
17:09Yes.
17:09Thank you, J.B. Gill.
17:12Love it.
17:13Back to business, Jess.
17:14You're right.
17:15We'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
17:16Thank you, Jess.
17:17And a vowel, E.
17:22A consonant, S.
17:24Another consonant, T.
17:28A vowel, U.
17:30Another vowel, I.
17:34A consonant, X.
17:37Another consonant, D.
17:39And another consonant, please.
17:46And lastly, L.
17:47And start the clock.
18:19And there it is, Jessica.
18:20Eight.
18:21Steve.
18:22Only six, I'm afraid.
18:23The six.
18:23Let's not say only.
18:24That is very, very good indeed.
18:26What have you got?
18:26Listen.
18:27Listen.
18:28I am listening for the eight.
18:30What have we got?
18:31Insulted.
18:32Oh, my goodness.
18:33Well spotted.
18:35APPLAUSE
18:35Insulted for eight, which leaves the X.
18:40So, talk amongst yourselves time, isn't it?
18:42Oh, we did get one more eight.
18:43Oh.
18:44Should you like it.
18:46Unlisted.
18:47Unlisted.
18:49Yes.
18:49Right, OK.
18:50So, 49 plays 12.
18:52More letters, please.
18:53Mr Henton, you're up.
18:55Could I have a vowel, please?
18:57You can indeed.
18:58O.
18:59And another vowel.
19:00E.
19:03And another, please.
19:05O.
19:06And a consonant.
19:08T.
19:09And another consonant, please.
19:11R.
19:12And a vowel.
19:14E.
19:15And a consonant.
19:17T.
19:18And another consonant.
19:20N.
19:21And another one, please.
19:22And the last one.
19:23R.
19:24Half a minute.
19:25Half a minute.
19:55Steve, what did you dream of?
19:58Seven. Brilliant. Jessica?
19:59Just a six. Ooh, here we go, Jess.
20:02Rotten. Rotten. Come on, Steve.
20:05Torrent. Torrent. Torrent of abuse. Well done.
20:08Yes. Yeah.
20:11So, if I'm insulted, the torrent, then, they're kind of all tied together, isn't it, JB?
20:15How do you get on? Jess might be frustrated.
20:17Rotten-er. Oh, no, is it in?
20:19It is. It sounds really unlikely.
20:21Rotten-est you could get. I don't think we use the comparative very often,
20:25but rotten-er and rotten-est are in the D.
20:27Wouldn't have thought that, Jessica. No surprise you didn't put that E-R in the end at all.
20:31Let's get back on the horse and get numbers.
20:33Let's go six small again, Rachel.
20:35Let's turn the round loss into a round one.
20:37These six little ones are ten, two, three, four, seven and nine.
20:46And this target, 902.
20:49902. Numbers up.
20:50.
21:03MUSIC PLAYS
21:21Right, Jessica?
21:23Yep, 9.02.
21:24Yes, and Steve, you got up very quickly, didn't you?
21:269.02, yeah.
21:27Yeah, off you go, Jess.
21:2810 times 9.
21:3090.
21:317 plus 3.
21:33It's the hard bit, yeah.
21:34Times them together and add the two.
21:38Straightforward enough.
21:39And Steve?
21:40Exactly the same way, yeah.
21:43Yep.
21:44Lovely.
21:4710.8.
21:48Let's get our second Tea Time teaser this Friday afternoon.
21:52Another food one, as I said, roast cod.
21:54Roast cod.
21:55Forget the fish, focus on the beans.
21:57Forget the fish, focus on the beans.
22:01Welcome back.
22:16Love this Tea Time teaser.
22:18Roast cod becomes cortados.
22:20Forget the fish, focus on the beans.
22:21They're coffee beans.
22:22I call them Nellies, Nelly Cortados.
22:25And I've just discovered them, like, eight years after everybody else.
22:29But I love them, because it's just a tiny bit of milk put into your espresso shot.
22:33But where does the name cortado come from?
22:35It's actually from Spanish.
22:36So most coffee terms come from Italian, but not this one.
22:38So, cafe cortado means cut coffee.
22:41Because it's just a tiny amount, as you say, steamed milk, and it's quite small, isn't it?
22:47A little espresso.
22:48OK, six rounds left.
22:50Six rounds from now, Jessica, could be our new octo champ.
22:54Let's get back underway.
22:56Steve's trying to stop her still.
22:58And let's get more letters.
22:58Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
23:01Thank you, Steve.
23:02T.
23:03And another one, please.
23:05P.
23:06And a vowel.
23:08U.
23:09Another vowel, please.
23:10E.
23:11A consonant.
23:13D.
23:14Another consonant.
23:16R.
23:17And another one, please.
23:19M.
23:20And a vowel, please.
23:22I.
23:23And another vowel, please.
23:25And lastly, E.
23:27Let's play.
23:28Let's play.
23:59That is your time up.
24:01Steve?
24:02A seven.
24:02Jessica?
24:03Yeah, I'll stick with a seven.
24:04OK, what have you got, Steve?
24:06Trumped.
24:07Trumped.
24:07And Jessica?
24:08Yeah, I also have trumped.
24:10Let's have a look.
24:10Now, what would have trumped Trump?
24:15What did you have written down, but you didn't want to go for?
24:17Permuted.
24:18Permuted.
24:19Well, we'll go over to Susie and see, would that have counted?
24:22Yeah, it would.
24:23So, it's at the heart of permutations.
24:26It's all about change, altering, that kind of thing.
24:28So, it would have been fine, Jess.
24:30Yeah.
24:30Ah, J.
24:31I mean, Jessica's kind of done your job for you.
24:33She has.
24:34Yeah?
24:34There's not another eight, but there's umpired for seven.
24:37Nice one.
24:37Back to business, Jess.
24:38You're right.
24:39I'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
24:41Thank you, Jess.
24:42B.
24:43And another.
24:46S.
24:47And another.
24:49Q.
24:51And a vowel.
24:52O.
24:53And another.
24:55A.
24:55And another.
24:57I.
24:58A consonant.
25:00C.
25:02Another consonant.
25:04W.
25:05And a final consonant.
25:09And a final R.
25:10Here we go.
25:11Here we go.
25:11Then we go.
25:33Here we go.
25:33Jessica?
25:43I'm going to try a six.
25:45OK, and Steve?
25:46Five.
25:47The five is?
25:48Balls.
25:49It may count.
25:50Jessica's a bit worried about this.
25:51Uh, carbo's.
25:52Hmm.
25:53No.
25:54Uh, you can't have that either as a plural of carbo either, I'm afraid.
26:00Um, because that's an abbreviation, so no can do.
26:02Sorry, Jess.
26:02Yeah, unlucky, unlucky.
26:04So, Bores gets you five points.
26:07Well done, Steve.
26:09Well, let's take a pause and get our last origins of words of the week.
26:12Susie?
26:12Yeah.
26:13Uh, this comes from Alison Gregson, who's in south-west France.
26:17Uh, so thank you for watching, um, from there, Alison.
26:20And she says, ever since I read James and the Giant Peach as a child,
26:23I've always loved the word lollygagging.
26:26Uh, where does it come from?
26:28Uh, and it does sound gorgeous.
26:30And one of the reasons I chose this particular query,
26:33because we get so many wonderful ones from our viewers,
26:35is that I know you, Colin, love the whole lexicon of pootling and tootling.
26:40Love it.
26:41And you have a real passion for sauntering.
26:43You like that word, don't you?
26:44Um, and this is one of those, and we use it today to mean, um, wandering aimlessly or sort of dawdling about.
26:51You know, it's got that real sense of languor and laziness about it.
26:55But when it first appeared in the 19th century, um, it was a very different kettle of fish,
27:00because it was used more in romance, uh, than in time-wasting terms.
27:05And specifically, to lollygag, was to flirt or to cuddle.
27:09Oh.
27:10Uh, so, um, it, it kind of broadened then to mean general fooling around, I suppose, and, um, yeah, and so on.
27:17But, yeah, it was, it was, I suppose what we might say is necking.
27:21But I still don't get why those words are together to mean necking or, like, lollygagging.
27:28I think, rather than dismantling, it's one of those dialect words that just, the sound of it almost, um, you know, imitates the idea.
27:35Um, and I think it's really suited to if you lollygag around, you just sort of, as I say, you wander aimlessly.
27:41And that is very much where it ended up, in the dilly-dallying sense of things.
27:46Because from fooling around and just sort of not behaving oneself, uh, it broadened then to mean just not up to much.
27:53Nice. Brilliant. Thank you very much.
27:55APPLAUSE
27:56OK. Uh, four rounds to play.
28:02Look at that cap, just 25 points as it stands now.
28:05So, still, it's game on, Steve. Let's see what happens here.
28:08Uh, can I have a consonant, please?
28:10Thank you, Steve. G.
28:11And another one, please.
28:13S.
28:14And a vowel.
28:16E.
28:17Another vowel, please.
28:18O.
28:19And a consonant.
28:21J.
28:22And a vowel.
28:24I.
28:25And another consonant, please.
28:28R.
28:28Another consonant, please.
28:30C.
28:31And another one, please.
28:33And a final...
28:34N.
28:35Good luck.
28:35I.
28:37I.
28:41I.
28:43I.
28:47I.
28:48I.
28:48I.
28:49I.
28:50I.
28:50MUSIC PLAYS
29:06Steve, how did you get on?
29:08Seven. And Jessica? Yeah, seven.
29:10Seven as well. Very good. Steve?
29:12Joining us. Yes. And Jessica?
29:15Scoring. Scoring. And joiners?
29:18Yeah, very good.
29:19Is that our lot?
29:21We've got cringes, also seven.
29:23Cringes for seven. Yeah.
29:25Good. Sevens all round.
29:27Seven points apiece. Very, very important indeed.
29:30Jessica, you're picking the last letters.
29:32We'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
29:34Thank you, Jessica. F.
29:36And another.
29:38S.
29:39And another.
29:41N.
29:42And another.
29:44Y.
29:46A vowel.
29:47U.
29:47And another.
29:49I.
29:50And another.
29:53E.
29:55A consonant.
29:58D.
30:00And a final vowel, please.
30:03And a final O.
30:05And last letters.
30:06And a final vowel.
30:08Time shop.
30:38Jessica? Seven. And Steve? Just five. The five is? Sound. And the seven? Infused. Infused. Very nice. Beautiful. There you go. Infused. 80 plays 48. I'm going to officially say that the brilliant Jessica Pettisi is now an octo-champ. Well done.
30:59But there's always something to play for, Jessica. If you can get a maximum 20 points in the last two rounds, you'll be the third seed as it stands.
31:07If you don't, you'll be the fourth seed. You know, that's all the difference when you get to the draw. So let's do it, Steve. Let's stay full on here and get our last numbers from you.
31:17We'll go for it. Oh, can I have one large and five small, please, Rachel?
31:21You can indeed. Thank you, Steve. Last numbers of the week are...
31:25Three, six, seven, four, nine. And the large one, 50 this time. And the target to reach, 449.
31:35449, numbers up.
31:37449, numbers up.
31:37549, numbers up.
31:38549, numbers up.
31:395.06, numbers up.
31:405 pecans.
31:415.06, number 8.0, jersey time.
31:496.5kg, 3.0, jersey time.
31:5337.0, jersey time.
31:575.06.
31:587.0, jersey time.
32:007.0, jersey time.
32:027.0, jersey time.
32:05A couple of easy ones today, haven't we?
32:10Steve?
32:104-4-9.
32:12Yep, Jessica?
32:13Yeah, 4-4-9.
32:14Off you go, Mr Henton.
32:15Nine times 50.
32:17450.
32:17450.
32:19And four minus three is the other one.
32:21Easiest ten points you'll get on this show.
32:23Yeah, did you get your one the same way?
32:25I did seven minus six for the one.
32:27We're not writing that up.
32:28Well done.
32:29APPLAUSE
32:30And that is the 90 on the board for Jessica.
32:35Steve's got a fantastic 58 against our most recent octo-champ and could do even better.
32:41Let's get your fingers on the buzzers.
32:44In terms of seeding, Jess, as I said, a very big ten points.
32:47It's not crucial, but it's important.
32:49Friday's conundrum.
32:55Jessica, for the century.
32:57Potassium.
32:58What a way to go out.
32:59All right, let's have a look.
33:01Yes.
33:03Well, potassium is right and you are some spod, let me tell you.
33:07That, as we say back home, well done.
33:09That is your eighth win on the board.
33:11Now, Jessica, as you walked into the studio for your very first appearance,
33:15your nerves were jangling.
33:17I know it wasn't easy for you to be here.
33:19Did you think you could go the eighth?
33:22In my wildest dreams only.
33:24Fantastic work.
33:25And Steve, on another day, I think you'd be taking a teapot home with you,
33:29but you just ran into such a player.
33:31But it's been lovely to have you here.
33:33Shirt and all.
33:34Yeah, I've enjoyed it.
33:35It's been brilliant.
33:36Good man.
33:36Thank you so much.
33:37Great experience.
33:38Isn't it just?
33:38Good laugh, isn't it, JB?
33:40Happy?
33:40It's been brilliant.
33:41And I checked, there's no JLS songs that mention cakes, as far as I can see.
33:45Cakes?
33:46No, I don't think so.
33:47You're right.
33:47No cakes, yeah.
33:48Oh, well.
33:49But I've taken advice from you as well, Susie.
33:51So your favourite track has made the cake playlist.
33:53Oh, good.
33:54Yes, it has.
33:55We're going to go route one, Crowded House, Chocolate Cake.
33:58What a tune that is from the album Woodface, if my memory serves me right.
34:02And then one for Susie.
34:03She gets a credit for this.
34:04Originally from way back in the day, but you want the Donna Summer version.
34:08MacArthur Park.
34:09Fantastic.
34:10Then we're going to have a bit of Johnny Cash, so we'll change it up again with Strawberry
34:13Cake.
34:14And the last track, just for you, it's Riri for Ray Ray.
34:19I've got you a bit of Birthday Cake.
34:20As long as you bring some.
34:22Eat as we listen.
34:24Love it.
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