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Secret Genius - Season 1 - Episode 05: The Semi-Final
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00:06So, Alan, we're in Oxford.
00:08We're here to crown the winner of Secret Genius.
00:11Are you excited?
00:11I am excited.
00:13I just don't know why we have to come to your old college.
00:16It's almost like my Drama and Fear studies degree
00:18at Middlesex University isn't the stuff of genius.
00:21Well, to be fair, Oxford has produced a lot of geniuses.
00:24I mean, Einstein formulated a lot of his groundbreaking theories here.
00:27Yes, but could Einstein explain one of his precious theories
00:31through the medium of expressive dance?
00:37In an imaginary box?
00:41So, Susie Dent, I ask you, who's the genius now?
00:45Four weeks ago, our search for Britain's first-ever secret genius began.
00:51Being a pastry chef carries certain connotations.
00:54If you work in a kitchen, it's because you're not clever enough
00:56to work elsewhere.
00:5848 ordinary people.
01:00I'm a delivery driver.
01:02I've met hundreds of people.
01:03I remember all of them.
01:04I'm known as a super recognizer.
01:06With extraordinary brains.
01:09When I was a kid, I used to know everybody's ready to play
01:12on a state where I lived.
01:13Took on a series of mind-stretching games designed with Mensa.
01:18Dark door, loud, trap, fast, fast.
01:21That was impressive.
01:22I mean, that was incredibly fast.
01:23To test their raw intelligence.
01:26Oh, my goodness.
01:27This is so sharp.
01:29There we are.
01:30How'd you get that?
01:32Oh, my God.
01:33I got it right.
01:34Wow.
01:36I've literally just figured it out.
01:38Super powers.
01:39Press the button.
01:40Take time.
01:41Okay, I'm done.
01:43She's so impressive.
01:44Only the top three from each heat
01:48earn themselves a place in the finals.
01:51I don't know whether I'm laughing or not.
01:54Now at Oxford University.
01:57Who thinks they're out the deck?
01:59Oh, definitely.
02:00I wasn't nervous.
02:01Now I am.
02:01The games are going to be harder.
02:04Oh, Christ.
02:05Than anything they've played before.
02:08Quite daunting, but it would be lovely to win.
02:10And they'll have less time.
02:12You have one minute left.
02:14To complete them.
02:16Oh, what an idiot.
02:17This is really going to separate the wheat from the chaff.
02:20Do or die.
02:21All because only one can be crowned.
02:24The winner of Secret Genius is...
02:36I spent so many years trying to fit in
02:39and be what other people wanted me to be.
02:41I finally got to that point
02:42where I'm comfortable enough
02:43to put myself in the firing line
02:45and find out if I'm a secret genius.
02:48Welcome to Secret Genius.
02:50We're at Oxford University,
02:52the birthplace of Mensa,
02:54and where this modern architectural marvel
02:57awaits our 12 finalists.
03:01I'm a waitress,
03:03although I love the job at the restaurant.
03:04I think it's fair to say
03:05I've been hiding my intelligence
03:07for quite a long time.
03:08Some have been overlooked by the school system
03:11and are here to prove they have more potential
03:14than they ever thought possible.
03:17It took me four attempts to get five O-levels.
03:20I really, really struggled to do them.
03:22Fingers crossed.
03:23I can prove that I'm not as thick
03:24as the school teachers said.
03:26From each heap,
03:27these are our top-performing players.
03:29Put it this way,
03:31if they've won the genetic lottery,
03:32I've won a fiver on a scratch card.
03:35It's exciting,
03:36but now the games are going to get harder,
03:38so it's all very intimidating.
03:41This is where it gets intense.
03:43Bring in the clever people.
03:47How are you feeling?
03:48I have been nervous in the run-up to it,
03:50but now I'm here,
03:51it's just like, yeah, bring it on.
03:51Love it.
03:52Just ask me again later
03:54when I'm probably going to be a puddle on the floor,
03:55to be honest.
03:56Oh, hello.
03:57Hello.
03:58Hello.
03:59More people, new people.
04:01Today, the finalists from all four heats
04:04are meeting for the first time.
04:06I'm Justin.
04:07All of a sudden,
04:08we're against nine other people.
04:10They've come from different heats,
04:11so they're the best in those regions as well.
04:13So we're now against people
04:14who are potentially cleverer
04:16than the other people within our group.
04:17I'm Nathan.
04:18I'm Olly.
04:19I think it's just it me.
04:21Final 12 feels really quite big.
04:23What is it you do?
04:24Oh, I'm an ambulance tech.
04:27I'm not quite a paramedic.
04:28Oh.
04:29I get old ladies off at floor
04:30and stuff like that mainly.
04:32What's your name?
04:33Hadja.
04:34Hadja?
04:34Hadja.
04:35Yeah, Hadja like badger.
04:36How'd you take your coffee?
04:38That's actually the first time I heard that.
04:39There we go.
04:40Sitting in that waiting room
04:41with those other finalists,
04:43there's lots of people that seem,
04:45you know, certainly on the surface,
04:46seem very intelligent.
04:48I'm a machine learning engineer.
04:49Everyone seems just as nervous
04:52and terrified as each other.
04:54Mm.
04:55Mm.
04:55Oh, no.
04:56That's sick.
04:57I'll spill something on myself
04:58later on for solidarity.
04:59Don't worry.
05:02Hello, everyone.
05:05Welcome to Oxford University.
05:09Graduates from here have included
05:11Stephen Hawking, Oscar Wilde,
05:14and also Liz Truss and Rupert Murdoch.
05:17So, what a freshers week that must have been.
05:21But what an amazing achievement to reach this far.
05:24Who thinks they're out the depths?
05:26Oh, definitely.
05:27Really?
05:28You don't.
05:30You've scared me a little bit.
05:31You've scared me a little bit.
05:32Well, obviously, I can't do it all by myself.
05:35It's time to meet the brains behind the operation.
05:38It's Miss Susie Dent!
05:40Hello.
05:42Hello.
05:43Welcome to Oxford.
05:45Today's games are going to be a bit of a step up
05:47from the ones that you've been through before.
05:49Aww!
05:51Not only is they going to be a little bit harder,
05:53but you will have less time to complete them.
05:56First of all, we've got two quick-fire rounds.
05:58After those, 12 will be reduced to just eight.
06:04And that's when things get really, really tough.
06:06Because for the first time in the competition,
06:08you're going to go head-to-head against each other.
06:11No!
06:13There will be a knockout round,
06:14which will decide which four of you
06:16will go through to the final round.
06:19No pressure.
06:20Good luck.
06:21See you later.
06:24This is so horrible.
06:25Isn't it?
06:27Well, shame you, Sam.
06:29I didn't actually feel that nervous before.
06:31Because it feels ten times worse this time round.
06:35You smashed it last time.
06:36You'll be great.
06:37Not lucky.
06:39There's definitely a lot more pressure.
06:41And I just put a lot of pressure on myself.
06:43I want to do really well.
06:45So, one in three chance to be here tomorrow.
06:49That's not great odds.
06:51This way, please.
06:53You're so polite, Susie.
06:55It's the name of the first quick-fire round, Ellen.
06:58Oh, you weren't being polite.
06:59So, in this first game,
07:01the players have to work out
07:03the missing distance on a signpost,
07:05following the pattern that has been set
07:07by the other ones.
07:09The second quick-fire,
07:10they will see a 3D model of a college
07:12with its various rooms.
07:13They have to make their way out of this college,
07:17passing through every single room,
07:20but they then have to memorise the route.
07:22And they have not got long.
07:23They've got ten minutes for the total.
07:24Ten minutes!
07:25Yeah.
07:25So, for this final 12,
07:27we're really upping the ante, aren't we?
07:28We really are.
07:29I think this is really going to separate
07:31the wheat from the chaff.
07:34All of a sudden,
07:35it's just all got very, very real.
07:37It does, it's crazy.
07:37I'm terrified.
07:38I think, whether they want to or not,
07:40everyone feels a little bit like
07:41there's more on the line.
07:43First to face the quick-fire round,
07:45village pharmacist Amy.
07:47I'm going to go for a pee in a minute
07:48and probably have a cry
07:50and then come back and be OK.
07:53OK, Susie's number is 0131.
07:58Six.
07:59Her lightning-fast processing skills
08:02saw her come out top
08:03in the South Western Wales Hint.
08:05OK, I'm done.
08:06Yes.
08:07She's got it.
08:08The person who scored the highest
08:10is Amy.
08:12Yay!
08:14How do you deal with, like, the pressure?
08:15I do get a bit nervous.
08:17Pressure?
08:18With people.
08:18I work really well under pressure.
08:20It is more the case of
08:21my biggest weakness
08:21is getting in my own way.
08:24I think my lack of self-belief
08:26comes from school.
08:28Bullies.
08:29If I ever say
08:31I think that I'm smart,
08:33I think there'll be somebody
08:34waiting in the wings
08:35to shoot me down
08:36and say,
08:36fraud.
08:37No, you're not.
08:39So I'm feeling a bit apprehensive
08:40about going to Oxford now.
08:42The nerves are starting to set in
08:44and I don't know why.
08:45I've got every confidence in you.
08:46I always knew that you were
08:48a clever little madam
08:49because, you know,
08:50your first word was helicopter.
08:53But, you've always had
08:55a little bit of self-doubt.
08:56She is a very intelligent,
08:59articulate woman
09:01but she's hidden it.
09:03It's been a long time coming, Amy.
09:05And that is,
09:06as a parent,
09:07that's a very, very nice thing to see.
09:09Thanks, Mama.
09:13Amy.
09:15Oh, go have fun.
09:17After my technique.
09:18Good luck, mate.
09:22If, out of this,
09:23I find out that I do have
09:24that slightly higher IQ,
09:26I think I'll hold my head
09:27a little bit higher.
09:28I think I'll feel
09:29a little bit more confident
09:30in voicing my opinions
09:32and my thoughts.
09:33This is the diving board
09:35and I'm ready to jump off.
09:40OK.
09:49Solve the puzzle
09:50to work out
09:50how far it is
09:51to genius district.
09:54Solve the puzzle.
09:56So, what parts of the brain
09:58are they going to have
09:59to use for this one?
10:00This is all about
10:00fluid reasoning.
10:01So, this is about
10:02recognising the pattern.
10:04OK.
10:04So, we've got London, 24.
10:05Swansea, 28.
10:06Manchester, 70.
10:08Glasgow, 35.
10:10What is the relationship
10:11between these places
10:12and these numbers?
10:1528, 17, 35.
10:16We'll divide by 7
10:17but 24 doesn't.
10:18Do you think
10:19we're going to get letters
10:20from people going,
10:21London isn't 24 miles?
10:23Where are you
10:24if London is 24 miles
10:26and Swansea's 28?
10:28Are there mileage?
10:30There's no place
10:31that is 24 miles
10:32from London
10:32and 28 miles from Swansea
10:33so, like, throw that out.
10:35It's nothing to do
10:35with geography.
10:36To crack this,
10:38the players need to work
10:39out the mathematical
10:40relationship between
10:41the place names
10:41and the distances
10:42and then apply that
10:44to find the missing number
10:45on genius district.
10:47But it's not easy
10:48because there are a lot
10:48of false trails on this one.
10:50Lots of red herrings.
10:51A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
10:53H, I, J, K, L, 12.
10:55That's not going to work.
10:56Ten minutes is so little time
10:58for these charges.
10:59I mean, that's almost
10:59the most difficult thing
11:00of these.
11:03One, two, three, four, six.
11:04London has six letters.
11:0624 is four times six.
11:08Five, six, seven.
11:09Swansea has seven letters.
11:1128 is four times seven.
11:13OK.
11:15Four by seven.
11:16One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
11:18Glasgow has seven letters.
11:2135 is five times seven.
11:24It's related to the number
11:25of letters.
11:26Yeah.
11:28What's the relationship?
11:31I know there is a relationship
11:32between the number of letters
11:34in these words
11:34and the distances they're giving me.
11:36I know that's what it is.
11:37What is it?
11:38Ooh.
11:39Six times four consonants, 24.
11:42Seven times one, two, three,
11:44four consonants, 28.
11:45OK.
11:46Isn't it amazing
11:47when you see it just click?
11:48Yeah.
11:49And she goes...
11:50Ultimately,
11:51they just have to distill it down
11:52to number of letters,
11:54number of consonants.
11:55Simple when you know it.
11:56How many letters
11:57are in genius district?
11:58It's 14.
11:5914, OK?
12:00How many consonants?
12:02Nine times 14
12:04is 28
12:07times four,
12:09which is 112,
12:09plus 14 is 126.
12:12126 miles
12:13to genius district.
12:14It is 126.
12:15Well done.
12:16Well done.
12:18She has got the first one,
12:20but she's left herself
12:20with a little time
12:22only for this one.
12:23Using the 3D model provided,
12:26work out the starting position
12:27and make your way
12:29to the exit.
12:30This second game
12:31is a maze modelled
12:32on a university college.
12:34The players must find
12:35the start point,
12:36then plot their route out,
12:38but they must pass
12:39through every door once.
12:42This tests logical reasoning,
12:44but that's really
12:44only half of it.
12:45OK, so...
12:48..if that's the exit,
12:50this is the last room I'm in
12:51because there's no other doors.
12:53So the archives is last
12:55before the exit.
12:56She's working backwards
12:57from the exit.
12:58That's a smart move.
13:00Into the refectory,
13:01into the inner hall,
13:02into the senior common room,
13:03into the reading room,
13:03into the head's office.
13:04The head's office is the start point.
13:06OK, so start memorising it
13:07from there.
13:08Head's office,
13:10reading room,
13:11senior common room.
13:12Now, Alan,
13:13there is a key thing
13:14in this game.
13:16You have the 3D model,
13:17you memorise it,
13:18you move away,
13:19you cannot go back.
13:20Inner hall,
13:21refectory, exam hall,
13:22lab, profs,
13:23lecture, labs,
13:24study, archives.
13:25It's just...
13:28Hmm...
13:28I always second guess.
13:30That's definitely a weakness.
13:31You have one minute left.
13:34Right.
13:36Head's office.
13:38First.
13:41Archives were lost.
13:46Oh, I've lost it already.
13:48Oh, you can just see
13:50the rising panic.
13:52Oh, crap.
13:53Oh, she needs to really
13:54speed up here.
13:57Senior common room.
13:59In the room.
14:00Time has been still.
14:02And the time is up.
14:05That was really tough.
14:18I've just noticed
14:19your footwear.
14:20What's the soul like?
14:22In the heart of Oxford University,
14:25our 12 finalists
14:26are all vying to be crowned
14:28Britain's first secret genius.
14:31Amy, how are you feeling?
14:33I ran out of time.
14:33And now I'm just, like, a mess.
14:35So far,
14:36only village pharmacist Amy
14:38has faced the quickfire round.
14:40Did you find when you had your kids
14:41that you kind of changed
14:42how you thought about your intelligence?
14:44Because, like, I thought,
14:45like, a big chunk of my brain
14:46just switched off.
14:47Yeah.
14:47My mum always says, like,
14:48she gave her brain cells to us.
14:50So I feel like maybe
14:51that's what happened a little bit.
14:52You have to make space in your brain
14:53for all the other things,
14:54like the name of their teachers
14:55and, like, when their exams are
14:56and things like that.
14:57Reminding them to go to the toilet.
14:59Yeah.
14:59Both of mine are going to university,
15:01like, away from home,
15:02like, moving out of the house
15:03in September.
15:04This is the first time
15:04in about 19 years
15:07that I've had time to do anything
15:08just for me
15:09without the family.
15:11You guys are obviously
15:13leaving this year
15:14and, I mean,
15:15I'm sad that you're going
15:16but I'm going to have
15:17a little bit more time
15:18to try something for myself.
15:20The real me that was around
15:22before they were born,
15:23it's hard to remember her.
15:25No more laundry,
15:26so extra time.
15:28Until we come back.
15:29Yeah.
15:29Don't bring it all home at Christmas.
15:32Yeah.
15:32Just getting this far
15:33has been good for me.
15:34I'm just looking to go home
15:36and show my sons
15:37and be like,
15:38I'm not that stupid, actually.
15:39You know?
15:42OK, on with the next.
15:46Eleven finalists
15:47are still to face
15:47the first round
15:49where they must tackle
15:50two games
15:51in just ten minutes.
15:54Oh, Christ.
15:55Damn, OK,
15:56that's pretty hard.
15:57But only the top eight
15:58will make it through
15:59to the next round
16:00of the competition.
16:02What?
16:03Seems this is all
16:04the information I have.
16:05I'm going to have a look
16:06and see if there's anything
16:07behind.
16:08And there's not.
16:10Pink,
16:10orange,
16:11yellow.
16:12Pink isn't in the rainbow,
16:14though.
16:14Pink isn't in the rainbow?
16:16A, B, C, D,
16:18E, F, G.
16:19I think there's a lot
16:20of overthinking going on.
16:22E.
16:24Hmm.
16:25Oh, time's going quick.
16:26Oh, God.
16:27Um, I don't know.
16:29Um, I am now realising
16:31that if anything
16:31it's going to be a guess.
16:3352.
16:3359.
16:3480.
16:3540.
16:3664.
16:37115.
16:3815.
16:40Oh.
16:41Oh.
16:43Oh.
16:43She's sussed it.
16:45Six letters times four consonants.
16:48I can see there's a connection
16:49between the number of letters
16:50and the words
16:51and the consonants.
16:52I do London first
16:53and I'm like,
16:54oh, this actually works.
16:56My final answer is 126.
16:58Yes.
16:59Well done, Selena.
17:00Selena.
17:01My final answer is 126.
17:04Yes.
17:05Yes.
17:05So I move on
17:07to the next game.
17:10Oh, Christ.
17:12I'm not going to remember
17:12this at all.
17:13So archives is the exit.
17:15You must come through
17:15the lavatories.
17:16I love the way
17:17you've put lavatories
17:17instead of toilets.
17:19This is a classy show.
17:20Of course.
17:21I've noted that.
17:22The lav.
17:23OK, so we're starting
17:24at the head's office.
17:25Remember, Alan,
17:26once you've left
17:27the 3D model,
17:28you can't go back.
17:30That's it.
17:31What do we have
17:31to do with this, then?
17:32Oh, what's this?
17:34Ha-ha!
17:35So I can't go back.
17:37Oh, sugar.
17:38I was meant to remember
17:39all the rooms.
17:40My brain is a little
17:41bit too frazzled.
17:42Let's just take a guess,
17:43shall we?
17:44There we go.
17:46Read the instructions.
17:48Yeah.
17:48It's how they cope
17:49with the pressure.
17:50I mean, in some ways,
17:50we're testing that
17:51as much as anything.
17:53Oh.
17:54Fuck, I don't remember.
17:56The first game
17:57wasn't playing to my strengths.
17:58The second game
17:59isn't playing to my strengths.
18:00You have one minute left.
18:03Jesus Christ.
18:04Is there a pen?
18:05Oh, God.
18:07Oh.
18:07I can't find anything.
18:09Fuck, I can't remember.
18:10Ah, no!
18:11You can really feel
18:13the pressure, can't you?
18:14Fuck.
18:15Ha-ha-ha.
18:16This is where
18:16it all falls apart.
18:18Mmm.
18:19Come on.
18:21I feel like Cillian
18:23who's the quietest
18:23asset 10 out of 12
18:25and she got
18:26the first one right.
18:27I've really stood
18:28in that case.
18:30Well done, Nathan.
18:36Your time
18:37has been stopped.
18:41Jesus, that was tough.
18:43Oh.
18:44Pooh.
18:45I think the games
18:46have got a lot tougher
18:47from here.
18:49Have you prepared, Nathan?
18:50Did you prepare in any way?
18:52No.
18:52No.
18:53Do you?
18:54I didn't know what to do.
18:55No, exactly.
18:55You can't.
18:56The final person
18:57to attempt
18:58the quickfire round,
18:59ambulance crew member
19:00Olly.
19:01Her mind-blowing memory
19:03saw her come top
19:04in the north-western
19:05Northern Ireland heat.
19:07Oh, my God!
19:08That was impressive.
19:09I mean,
19:09that was incredibly fast.
19:11A top performer
19:12was Olly.
19:13Well played, Olly.
19:16Oh, I feel so sick about it.
19:18Oh, don't.
19:19You'll be fine.
19:20You've underestimated
19:21yourself at every single juncture
19:22and come out all right,
19:23so I don't expect
19:24this to be any different
19:25because the less confident
19:26you are,
19:27the more convinced
19:27I am that you've
19:28smashed it.
19:29Yeah.
19:31I don't know
19:31what a genius looks like.
19:34I wouldn't have a clue.
19:37Hiya, hon.
19:38You OK?
19:39Yes, you.
19:40Hello.
19:40OK.
19:41I'm covered up.
19:42You fancy a brew?
19:43Shall I put a kettle on?
19:44Yes, please.
19:46What's your tree, Olly?
19:47That one's
19:48Syscandinensis.
19:49Pansy tree.
19:50She's always been clever.
19:51She's always been switched on
19:53right from being her
19:54tiny top.
19:55As a child,
19:56she'd not got her phone,
19:57and yet,
19:57if she'd got her number
19:58to recall,
19:59she could tell you
20:00faster than I could
20:00find it in my phone book.
20:02But Olly didn't achieve
20:03grades that she wanted
20:04at school,
20:05and for that reason,
20:06she's always sort of
20:08been down on herself.
20:10At school,
20:11I just used to hate
20:12the repetition of it.
20:13I just found it really
20:15banal and boring.
20:16I probably wear away
20:17with fairies a lot.
20:18It'd be nice if she
20:19didn't doubt herself so much.
20:21She doesn't even know
20:22what she's capable of yet.
20:23And I think it will be
20:25good to see.
20:29Olly!
20:30Oh, yep.
20:31It's your time.
20:31Good luck.
20:32Good luck, Olly.
20:33You'll smash it.
20:34Yes.
20:37I'm really, really nervous
20:38about the first game.
20:40Feels ten times worse
20:41this time round.
20:42Overall, it's just
20:43fear of failure on my part.
20:45Right, just send Olly in.
20:55Solve the puzzle to work out
20:56how far it is
20:57to Genius District.
20:59I start looking at
21:01the first two numbers
21:02that are 24 and 28,
21:04and then I go down
21:04to Manchester
21:05and it's a huge difference
21:06between 28 and 70.
21:08So I'm thinking,
21:09oh, it's not just
21:10a linear thing.
21:13Oh, God.
21:16I feel sick.
21:18That's something
21:19that I can normally do
21:20and I'm completely
21:21letting the nerves
21:22get the better of me.
21:24I'm not getting
21:24anywhere here.
21:26Oh, poor thing.
21:28I might not have time
21:29to do the next task.
21:31Come on, come on, come on.
21:32Cut your losses.
21:34Have a guess.
21:36So my final answer
21:37for this one is 54.
21:4054.
21:41No, that's not it.
21:43No, what else
21:44you got to that?
21:45Why aren't they
21:45getting the first game?
21:47The only thing
21:48that seems likely
21:49is the pressure.
21:52she's got a great memory,
21:53Olly.
21:54So she might be a bit
21:54more successful
21:55in this one.
21:58Right.
21:59I'm thinking, yeah,
22:01I think I can do this.
22:02It's reading common
22:03in a factory exam lab.
22:06So I'm starting
22:07to work out the route.
22:09It's reading common
22:10in a lab
22:11professor lecture.
22:13It's reading...
22:13You have one minute left.
22:15Shit.
22:16Oh, God,
22:17that went quick.
22:18It's reading common
22:19in a exam.
22:20Oh, Olly,
22:21I think she's got
22:21to really leg it now.
22:23Lecture,
22:24lab,
22:25study,
22:25archives.
22:26I'm thinking, yeah,
22:27I sort of know the order.
22:29So I walk over to the board
22:30and I start placing them down.
22:37And I feel quite, like,
22:39confident in what I'm placing.
22:41Come on, come on, come on.
22:43And then I get to the seventh one.
22:48Your time has been stopped.
22:51And then the floor goes red
22:52and I think, oh, crap.
22:54Oh.
22:55Oh, what an idiot.
22:56My score isn't that bad,
22:58though, Alan.
22:58Olly managed to get
22:59seven out of 12.
23:00Well, she'd have got them all
23:01if she had a bit more time.
23:02Yeah, true.
23:04I don't know why
23:04I froze on the first one.
23:06I think I've scuppered
23:07my chances of getting
23:08through to the next round.
23:11What have they done
23:12to us all, eh?
23:13I feel like
23:14the mood's gone
23:15really somber.
23:16Yeah.
23:17Do you know,
23:17compared to the heat,
23:18it's like,
23:19they're really up the ante,
23:20aren't they?
23:21Hi, guys.
23:21How's the nerves holding up?
23:23Can we talk about
23:24the last challenge?
23:26Oh, I'd rather not.
23:28What happened?
23:29You sort of crumbled.
23:30I think it's the nerves,
23:32the anxiety
23:32just gets on top of you.
23:33Everything was a step up
23:35in difficulty.
23:36Like, there was less time.
23:37The puzzles were more complex.
23:38Every little bit
23:39was just ramped up
23:40that bit more.
23:41Well, as you know,
23:4212 has to become 8.
23:47And it's come down
23:48to speed and precision.
23:51Only three of you
23:52worked out the distance
23:54to Genius District.
23:56And only one of you
23:58could recall
23:59all the rooms
24:00in the right order.
24:02So,
24:03the eight people
24:05going through
24:05in no particular order
24:09are...
24:23Well, as you know,
24:2512 has to become 8.
24:28In Oxford University,
24:30the birthplace of Mensa,
24:32the 12 finalists
24:33have now all competed
24:34in the first round.
24:35So,
24:38the eight people
24:39going through
24:40in no particular order
24:43are...
24:49Selena.
24:52Nick.
24:55Justin.
24:58Nathan.
25:01Victoria.
25:04Rosie.
25:07Sarah.
25:09And the last person...
25:14Amy.
25:16Congratulations, guys.
25:18You're through
25:18to the final eight.
25:19Well done.
25:21Which means, sadly,
25:23we've got to say goodbye
25:24to Hadja,
25:26Richard,
25:27Jess,
25:28and Ollie.
25:29You know the score.
25:30Do you want to say
25:31your goodbyes?
25:32Well done, buddy.
25:33Good to meet you.
25:34Good to meet you.
25:36It's been lovely meeting you.
25:37You too.
25:39I'm feeling disappointed
25:40in myself,
25:41but, yeah,
25:42I'm glad I've come this far.
25:43I've come here.
25:44I have completely superseded
25:46myself from when I started.
25:48I feel like I've done so well
25:49compared to how I thought I'd do.
25:51I think I've got a little bit
25:53more faith in myself
25:53than I initially did.
25:56but I'm glad I haven't got to do
25:57the head-to-head.
25:58I've been so dumbed
25:59and I'm so chuffed
26:00that I haven't got to do that.
26:03OK, guys, listen.
26:06The final game of the day
26:07is head-to-head
26:09and the winner of each battle
26:11will make the final four.
26:14Now, there's no way
26:15I'm going to get involved
26:16and start choosing
26:17who you're up against.
26:19That's down to you.
26:20Oh, no.
26:22Yes, you're going to have
26:24to pick your opponent.
26:26This is actually nerve-wracking
26:28because last time
26:28we did a pairs game
26:29it was somebody you think
26:30you could work well with
26:31and now, you know,
26:33you're trying to beat this person
26:34so it's not a very nice feeling, actually.
26:38Selena, you perform best
26:40in the quickfire round
26:41so you get to choose first.
26:44Selena, who are you going to choose?
26:49Pick your opponent.
26:52Sarah.
26:54Selena, you're going for Sarah.
26:55I was kind of thinking, like,
26:57in the final,
26:57if I don't go through,
26:58I definitely want girls to get through
27:00and I thought, like,
27:01you're the most, like,
27:02interesting person to watch.
27:05The next person to pick...
27:08Amy.
27:09Oh, no.
27:10Who's your opponent going to be?
27:12This is horrible.
27:14I'm going to pick Justin.
27:16That's right,
27:16you've got to pick someone.
27:17I felt like he was a safe pick.
27:21The next person to pick is Rosie.
27:24I'm going to pick Nick.
27:26Ooh.
27:27But because I think
27:28we have very different strengths
27:30and I'm honestly happy
27:33for us to leave it up to
27:34what kind of game it is.
27:35OK.
27:36Do you know what I mean?
27:36Sounds good.
27:37Yeah.
27:37No, that should be fun.
27:39I mean, you're going down,
27:40but, you know,
27:41it should be fun.
27:43Well, it doesn't take a genius
27:45to understand
27:46it's Victoria and Nathan.
27:49You've got your opponents.
27:52Look at them
27:53because they are the one person
27:55standing in the way of you
27:57getting to the final four.
28:00I think it's definitely
28:01more intense now
28:02that we're down to eight.
28:03Some people's competitive heads
28:05have turned on
28:05and they're just like,
28:06I will destroy you.
28:08And I'm just like,
28:09OK, chill.
28:13So, what have you got
28:14in store for us here?
28:16This involves
28:16the periodic table.
28:19I love this game.
28:21I think it might be
28:21one of my favourites.
28:22The periodic table
28:23will be illuminated
28:24with squares
28:25in different colours
28:26and they have to 60 seconds
28:28to plot their path
28:30from one side to the other
28:31using the colour sequence
28:33of red, yellow, green and blue.
28:35Now, we make it tricky for them
28:36because when they play the game,
28:39the colours will disappear
28:40and they must make their way
28:41across the table
28:42following the route
28:43they've memorised.
28:45I wish the periodic table
28:46at school lit up
28:47like a gay disco.
28:51I just want to get it
28:52over with now.
28:53The fastest player
28:54in the quickfire round,
28:55restaurant manager Selina,
28:57is first to go head-to-head
28:59with stay-at-home mum, Sarah.
29:01Selina, Sarah.
29:03Are you ready?
29:03Good luck.
29:04Good luck, ladies.
29:05No fighting.
29:06I had so much potential
29:08when I was younger
29:09and just didn't live up
29:10to any of it.
29:11Now I've gotten this far,
29:13I would love to show my son
29:15that anything is possible.
29:17I'm quite introverted,
29:18but I do have this other person
29:20inside me that people don't know.
29:22Understanding my intelligence more,
29:24I think it'll just make me
29:24more confident.
29:27The grid in front of you
29:28will illuminate
29:29in a series of colours.
29:30Use the colour pattern below
29:32to work out your route
29:33across the grid.
29:34Red, yellow, green, blue.
29:36You must move one step at a time
29:37to the sound of the beep.
29:39If you step onto
29:40an incorrect square,
29:41the grid will disappear
29:42and you must return
29:43to the memory plinth
29:44for 20 seconds.
29:46In the last third of the grid,
29:47you will not be told
29:48if you step on
29:49an incorrect square.
29:50You must press the stop button
29:52to finish.
29:53Good luck.
29:54We're putting them
29:55under a lot of pressure here,
29:57aren't we?
29:57Yeah, they are.
29:58They have to 60 seconds
29:59to memorise their route
30:01and they must move
30:01in time with the beep.
30:02Any hesitation,
30:03the board goes white
30:04and they have to start again.
30:06Remember, Alan,
30:07this is high stakes.
30:08The person who loses
30:09goes home.
30:13It seems easy enough.
30:16You follow a colour pattern
30:18through from one end
30:19of the board
30:19to the other end.
30:20So, first of all,
30:22work out
30:23what the route is.
30:24There is only one correct way
30:26and then I just need
30:27to memorise it.
30:29This seems to have
30:30a lot more riding on it
30:31than the other games.
30:32It's the first time
30:33when I'm actively
30:34trying to put somebody out.
30:35Your 60 seconds are up.
30:38I love this one.
30:39There's memory.
30:41There's, oh,
30:42there's just logic.
30:42There's everything
30:43in this one.
30:44My minute finishes
30:45and I'm thinking,
30:46I can actually remember
30:47the shapes,
30:48like Tetris patterns.
30:53So, I'm stepping
30:54with the time.
30:56The beeps are making
30:57my heart, like,
30:58race so fast.
31:01This is feeling
31:02much more intense
31:03and focused.
31:05And the further along
31:07I get,
31:08the more my confidence
31:08is starting to fade away.
31:13You can sort of sense
31:15what your opponent
31:16is doing,
31:17where they are.
31:18You can hear their breathing.
31:20You've got the beeps
31:21going on.
31:21There's a lot kind of
31:22interfering with the brain
31:24at this point.
31:26I take one more step
31:29and the board clears.
31:31So, Selina's had to go back
31:32but you see what happens.
31:33The entire thing
31:34is drained of colour.
31:35Back to the memory plinth
31:36if you forget.
31:44Just before I get
31:45to that final third,
31:46I know if I make
31:47a mistake there,
31:48I'm not going to be told
31:49I've made a mistake.
31:50So, I need to know
31:51that I've got it down.
31:54So, I step off
31:55and I will take
31:56the 20 seconds
31:57and look at the colours again
31:59just to make sure
32:00I'm getting it right.
32:01It looks like
32:02she stepped off on purpose.
32:04Well, let's say
32:04it doesn't come back
32:05to bite her on the arsenic.
32:06As I'm standing
32:07for this 20 seconds,
32:09I'm trying to use
32:09other strategies
32:10so I can see Krypton
32:11is where I went wrong.
32:12So, I look and I'm like,
32:14oh, I have to turn
32:14left at Krypton.
32:18Did you just like
32:19the periodic table?
32:20I didn't really know
32:21what was going on.
32:25Once I've done
32:26something once,
32:28I don't need to think
32:29about that anymore.
32:29It's kind of locked in.
32:31So, I'm confident
32:33in, like, the first
32:34ten steps now.
32:39I'm ready.
32:40I'm good to go.
32:41I'm pretty sure
32:42Selina has already finished
32:43because there's no
32:44stepping noises
32:45or anything.
32:45So, I need to have
32:47everything right
32:48if I want to stand a chance.
32:50I get to Krypton
32:51and my brain kicks
32:52into gear.
32:53Krypton go left.
32:58Selina's quite close,
33:00isn't she?
33:00But remember the risk
33:01of this last third
33:02because from this point
33:03on, she won't know
33:04if she's put her foot wrong.
33:06I'm immediately starting
33:08to, like, second-guess myself
33:09but I have to risk it
33:11because if she's right
33:12and faster,
33:13she's going to win.
33:14So, I'm going to go for it.
33:16Yes.
33:17She's almost there.
33:20The adrenaline is running
33:21like crazy
33:22but I just go
33:24and I don't really think
33:25about it.
33:26I just end up
33:26where I end up
33:27and I press the button.
33:34I can't have done
33:35this any faster
33:36so it's all down
33:38to how well she did
33:39and we'll find out.
33:40That was in 7-11.
33:42That's pretty good going.
33:45I press the button
33:47straight away
33:47because there's no point
33:48wasting another second.
33:50That was so close.
33:52Sarah finished
33:52just 39 seconds
33:53behind Selina.
33:54But because the final
33:55third of the board
33:57doesn't show them
33:57what they've done wrong,
33:59they don't know
33:59who's won.
34:00No, exactly.
34:02Wow.
34:03Now I'm really
34:04double-thinking
34:04the last bit
34:05so I don't know.
34:07I've pressed the button
34:08now so here we are.
34:21It seems a bit tense
34:22in here now.
34:23Would anybody appreciate
34:24doing some meditation?
34:25Yeah?
34:26Yeah.
34:27In Oxford,
34:28for the first time
34:28in the competition,
34:29the remaining players
34:31are preparing
34:31for their turn
34:32to compete
34:33head to head.
34:35Start breathing
34:36gently in
34:38through your nose
34:38for four.
34:40Where only the
34:41strongest players
34:42will make it through
34:43to the final four.
34:45In through your nose,
34:47out through your mouth.
34:48Just keep that cycle going.
34:49I just want you to imagine
34:51in a place
34:52that you find calming.
34:55I think people sometimes
34:56think Vickers can be
34:57a bit daft
34:58and a bit silly.
34:58A place you know well.
35:00I guess people don't think
35:01you're massively intelligent
35:02and sometimes that can
35:04really knock your confidence.
35:05I want you to imagine
35:06a warm sensation
35:08starting at the tips
35:09of your toes.
35:10I think this competition
35:11is about wanting
35:12to prove myself
35:13to people.
35:14But I think there's
35:15probably a big part of it
35:16for proving it
35:16to myself as well.
35:18When you feel able,
35:20slowly begin
35:21to open your eyes.
35:23It was very lovely.
35:24I'm just a child.
35:27Hi.
35:28Restaurant manager Selina
35:29and stay-at-home mum Sarah
35:31are the only ones
35:32to have faced each other.
35:34Let's see how the rest
35:34of the players get on.
35:38Oh, OK.
35:40Red, yellow, green, blue.
35:42Red, yellow, green, blue.
35:43So I've got to figure out
35:44the only route that will work
35:45following that colour sequence.
35:49And then suddenly
35:50a minute's gone by
35:51and I've not even
35:52figured out my route.
35:55Here we go.
35:58The beeps keep on coming.
36:00It's like if Danny Dyer
36:01did see Bebe.
36:04I've mapped out the route.
36:06What do I need to end on?
36:07I'm going to end on Nickel.
36:09I'm now standing on the square
36:10and I'm not really sure
36:11where to go.
36:15Oh, Justin.
36:17It's four across.
36:19It's two down.
36:20It's one across.
36:21It's one down.
36:24Memory is my weakness.
36:25So I'm feeling, like,
36:26really nervous.
36:30I feel like it's getting
36:31to some of them.
36:33Annoyingly, I've come
36:33to the same point
36:34and I'm still can't remember
36:35which one I need to go for.
36:40How many times has it just
36:41been back to that memory plimp?
36:42We should ask for a loyalty card.
36:46I have finished stepping
36:47on all the ones
36:48where I'm going to know
36:48if I'm going to go wrong.
36:49Do I step off
36:51and validate what I've done?
36:53Amy always second guesses herself
36:55and I think that will be a problem.
36:57Yeah.
36:58Do I just trust myself?
37:02Wow, look at Amy go.
37:04That's impressive.
37:04Yes.
37:08He's completed that
37:09in seven minutes.
37:11Not sure I got it right, but...
37:15Back yourself.
37:16Let's just press the button.
37:19So Amy is now complete.
37:217.45.
37:23I'm really, really hoping
37:24that Amy's struggled
37:25somewhere along the line.
37:28But I've got a sinking feeling
37:30that Amy's already finished
37:31and I'm just waiting to be told
37:32that the game's over.
37:37I did the best I could.
37:40There they are.
37:42Yes, I finished before him
37:44or I believe I did
37:45but it's not to say
37:47I might have done it quicker
37:48and wrong
37:48and he did it longer
37:49and right.
37:53It's just the two of us now.
37:55Yeah.
37:55The final two players
37:57to go head-to-head
37:58is public servant Nathan
37:59and delivery driver Victoria.
38:02There's a part of me
38:02that's trying to
38:03big myself up
38:04by saying,
38:05no-one picked you
38:06because they didn't
38:07want to go against you
38:07and that's why
38:08we were left to last.
38:10So maybe we're the strongest.
38:12I grew up
38:12in a little village
38:13just outside Carlisle.
38:15I had a very
38:16normal upbringing
38:17for someone who
38:18turned out to be
38:19anything but.
38:20Dad and I,
38:21it was evident to us
38:23from when you were
38:23a little boy
38:24that your brain
38:25worked in very
38:26different ways.
38:27I do see things
38:28a bit differently.
38:29The trickiest situations
38:31for me tend to be
38:32social ones.
38:33I'm a bit
38:35peculiar
38:35in my mannerisms
38:36in the way
38:37I conduct myself.
38:38I remember you
38:39always used to
38:39get into trouble
38:40doing your maths tasks
38:41and the teachers
38:42would be saying to you
38:43you need to show
38:44all your workings out
38:45Nathan.
38:45I've just done it
38:46in my head.
38:46You couldn't understand
38:47how to do that
38:48could you?
38:49It was a real challenge.
38:50I mean I knew
38:50how to do it
38:50but I didn't see the point.
38:51I think my mum
38:52would be worried
38:53about mainly
38:55just me settling down.
38:56I just hope
38:57it gives him
38:58just the belief
38:59in himself
39:00but also seeing
39:01that you know
39:02there's lots of
39:02other people
39:03like him
39:04that think
39:04the way
39:05that he does
39:06and that
39:07it's not such
39:08a lonely place
39:09to have the brain
39:09that he has.
39:10I think what
39:11this competition
39:11could offer me
39:12is a chance
39:14to understand
39:15myself
39:16at a deeper level
39:17and to
39:18carry myself
39:19with more confidence.
39:20Dad and I
39:21are really proud
39:22of you
39:22for getting this far
39:23but more importantly
39:24than that
39:25you've got a lot
39:25from it
39:25I think haven't you?
39:27Hopefully it'll
39:27encourage you
39:28in other aspects
39:29of your life
39:30as well
39:30so maybe try
39:31different things.
39:34Nathan,
39:34Victoria,
39:35your turn.
39:36Go on guys.
39:37Good luck.
39:38Thanks guys.
39:39Go for it.
39:40Let's go.
39:40Enjoy it.
39:42I've always had
39:43a child at home
39:44for the last 25 years
39:45but my youngest son
39:47starts school
39:47in September
39:48and delivery driving
39:49is definitely
39:50not where I want to be
39:52so yeah
39:52if I won this
39:53it would definitely
39:54open up new doors.
39:56Only one of us
39:56can go through
39:57which is a little bit
39:58scary in that regard
39:59but yeah
40:00I've got to be prepared
40:01to do it
40:01if I want to advance.
40:03Nathan and Victoria
40:04were the remaining
40:05pair
40:05they didn't
40:07choose each other
40:07I think they're
40:08quite a good match
40:09aren't they?
40:10I think so.
40:13Good luck.
40:18I know right now
40:19I need to be quick
40:20it's going to take
40:21a good time
40:22to advance
40:22to the next stage
40:23so I can't hang about.
40:30There are two
40:31kind of straight lines
40:33of red, yellow, green, blue
40:34where you just walk
40:35one step forward
40:36at a time
40:36and you won't go wrong
40:37so I've kind of got
40:38some anchor points there
40:39I then realised
40:41okay
40:41now I've got to
40:42connect them
40:43the first connection
40:44there's a couple
40:45of lightning ball shapes
40:47and from the second
40:48straight line segment
40:49to the end
40:49I realise it's just
40:50going to be easier
40:51to try and remember
40:51some sort of
40:52mnemonic
40:53which is just
40:54smashing all the
40:55symbols together
41:00Can I do it
41:01in time to the beat?
41:02Yes I can.
41:06Yes I've remembered
41:07the first few steps
41:08they were fairly simple
41:12They're both doing
41:13really well
41:13look
41:13they're neck and neck
41:14at this point
41:16I'm going to see
41:17if I can go
41:17a little bit further
41:19but this pattern
41:20is just not
41:21sinking in today
41:26Oh
41:27look how the board's
41:28gone white
41:29back to the memory
41:30plinth of Victoria
41:40Well Nathan's like
41:41Usain Bolt
41:44It's almost like
41:46steam coming off
41:47his moccasins
41:47His memory
41:49is genuinely
41:50phenomenal
41:50Wow
41:53I'm feeling
41:53relatively confident
41:57But I don't know
41:59how Victoria
41:59is going to do
42:00but I don't want
42:01to leave it to chance
42:02and so I take a risk
42:06I press that button
42:07first time
42:09That was 3.51
42:10That's incredible
42:12he only looked
42:12at the table once
42:13No other player
42:15has been able
42:15to do that
42:20I'm not confident
42:21at all
42:22but yeah
42:25I took a risk
42:26and it'll either
42:26pay off
42:27and I'll look
42:28quite competent
42:28or it won't
42:29and I'll look
42:30very silly
42:31but I went
42:32with my gut
42:32hopefully it works out
42:34Hi everyone
42:35So what did you think
42:37of that last challenge?
42:39Frustration
42:39Some of you struggled
42:40some of you
42:41it was just a walk
42:42in the park
42:43Did any of you
42:44find it weird
42:45having that wall there?
42:46Did anyone know
42:47someone was a little
42:47bit further ahead?
42:49Yeah me
42:49I didn't hear him
42:50come back once
42:52Well as you know
42:548 must become 4
42:56Those fantastic 4
42:57will then battle it out
42:59and then one of you
43:00will be crowned
43:01Britain's secret genius
43:04Let me put you all
43:05out of your misery
43:07Selina and Sarah
43:09you went head to head
43:10in a really close game
43:12The person going through
43:14is
43:19Selina
43:19Well done
43:21Well done mate
43:21Good effort
43:25Amy and Justin
43:26you also went head to head
43:27The person going through
43:29is
43:32Amy
43:33Well done
43:34Well done Andy
43:40Oh bless you
43:41Oh bless you
43:42Oh mate
43:42Oh you all right
43:42You start
43:43Oh
43:43Bless you mate
43:45Are you feeling relieved?
43:47I thought I messed up
43:49because I overthought it
43:49but I trusted my gut
43:50And you were right
43:51to trust your gut
43:53Rosie and Nick
43:55the person going through
43:56is
44:00Nick
44:01Well done
44:03Oh bless you
44:06Oh bless you
44:06And so
44:07the last couple
44:08going head to head
44:09was
44:10Victoria
44:10and Nathan
44:12The final person
44:14going through
44:14to the final four
44:16is
44:19Nathan
44:25You took a risk
44:26and it paid off
44:28Nathan
44:29your time
44:29was incredible
44:31Well listen
44:32it's time for you all
44:33to say
44:33your goodbyes
44:34Mate
44:36It is disappointing
44:37I think I've done
44:38I do think I've done
44:39really well
44:41I think it's just been
44:42you know
44:43shown to me
44:43that I am actually clever
44:44than I actually realised
44:45I was
44:46You are incredible
44:47and you were going to go places
44:49Thank you
44:51I've really impressed myself
44:52by how far I've gotten
44:54This has really helped
44:55my confidence
44:56At the end of the day
44:57miss all that matters
44:58Well done
45:01I'm definitely feeling
45:03more confident
45:04about my intelligence level now
45:06I think finally
45:07that's the moment
45:09that's clicked
45:10and gone
45:10You know what
45:12actually believe in yourself
45:13a little bit
45:14You trusted your gut
45:15and that is the thing to do
45:16OK
45:16Final four gut
45:17You are much
45:18much more powerful
45:20inside than you realise
45:21Yeah
45:21Yeah
45:22I can't believe
45:23that I'm in the final four
45:24I'm chuffed
45:25You can relax now
45:27Yeah
45:27I can relax now
45:28I suppose I should start
45:30standing tall
45:31Final four
45:32Final four
45:33Final four
45:34Everyone says
45:34say it with your chest
45:35I'm final four
45:36and seek you a genius
45:41Susie
45:41I've embraced
45:42my imposter syndrome
45:43I've got myself a gown
45:44got myself a hat
45:45and got myself a top knot
45:47Next time
45:48I'm sorry guys
45:50You're going down
45:51It's the final showdown
45:53in Oxford
45:54Let's do or die
45:56Salty anagrams
45:57Oh good God
45:58Where our four finalists
46:00play with the greatest genius
46:03Shakespeare must be
46:04in a blue square
46:05south of Curie
46:06Oh Christ
46:06This is so frustrating
46:08Where one move
46:09could be the difference
46:10between going home
46:11My final answer is the pass
46:14I'm 25
46:15Nathan's got his age role
46:17and taking the crown
46:19So close
46:20Wow
46:20The winner
46:21of Secret Genius
46:23is
46:27To apply for a potential
46:30future series
46:31of Secret Genius
46:32go to Channel 4
46:34Take part
47:05To be continued to listen
47:05to play
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