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I'm watching! I do tend to try and guess them from their singing voices. A bit stumped tonight although I did guess Mo Farah. :D Some seem to think Kingfisher is Harry Hill.

I did watch it. It was nice to see how it came about and some behind the scenes stuff. And I didn't pick up on that with Corden. If he did seem like that, it's probably just because he's a bit awkward in general. Nothing wrong with that.

The Welsh accent thing is certainly different. I'm almost more interested in whether she can keep the accent up than what she's saying. Armani was beginning to dig a hole for herself by trying to plant stuff rather outwardly. I think any player who's rather open about "I'll be good at the game cos I'm smart etc" gets a target on her back, hence Yin.

Blame her team rather than her.

COVID?

It annoyed me when, in some interviews leading up to the show on Wednesday, people kept asking Rob Brydon what happens. I'm not interviewer or journalist and even I know you're not getting an answer.

I don't think the f word has ever really been heard on G&S, has it? They certainly gave us free reign to love to hate Sonia 😅 but I enjoyed it. Nicely tied up the loose ends. Nice twists and turns which meant it was less predictable.

It's interesting because in 2021/2022 it seemed she was on the way up, what with the John Lewis advert and getting a Graham Norton Show slot. None of that charted though, and she seemed to be marketed as an Amy Winehouse/Adele type. I get the impression she feels more like herself now.

That sub section of society who hate everyone and everything. The internet probably amplifies it. The kind of people on social media who would reminisce about the good old days when we had "real bin men" (I'm not making that up).

I'd have liked Richard but I'm happy with Danny.

Digital Spy criticises everything within 10 seconds and then has the audacity to criticise today's generation for not having much of an attention span. It was nice to see a big flashy Saturday night vehicle. At least in Q4, I feel like ITV1 barely has any. I didn't grow up with it but I guess two episodes will give ITV an idea of the viewer response. Internal data rather than what people on Twitter are saying! I enjoyed it. The forfeit would have been even funnier had it been one of the guys but it was fun.

I think the high placement in 2018 was helped by her performing it on X Factor.

I don't know if I have one, but I think I'll go: Take That - Patience

I'm looking forward to the Xmas specials of Outnumbered, Gavin & Stacey and Would I Lie to You?. I will probably also watch Mrs Brown's Boys and Wallace & Gromit. I am also looking forward to The Masked Singer & The 1% Club, as well as the Big Fat Quiz.

Coleen is the only one I'm not that keen on winning now. I'd like it to be Oti but I think Danny is most likely.

Yeah, in a way I'm surprised they were definitive about it being the last ever. I think it's risky for anyone to, unless you are absolutely 100% for whatever reason.

The next two days. It's for a ticket to the Cyclone.

I'd have liked Melvin to stick around for longer but you could argue he stayed in longer than might have been expected pre-series.

Yes, although before the series began.

It's for a Netflix film rather than his own single. The film itself is not out yet. I think it'll pick up quite significantly after that.

I'd like all of the women to get close to the end. Of the men, I'd be happy with Danny, Melvin & Richard being the last bunch left. It's really difficult to call this year.

I saw a comment on Reddit where someone hoped that the bridge would collapse as Dean walked across it. When I raised it, I got "welcome to the internet".

If I had to guess the final three at this point, I think it'll be something like GK, Richard and Danny. I would like Oti & Melvin to get quite far too.

I'm struggling to see any kind of fanbase for Dean, at least online. Even your more overt villains like Lady C had a fanbase. I don't think Nella had much of one that I saw either.

I don't know why they released that as a single in the first place. There were so many more suitable tracks on that first album. More Than This would have even been better. Yes, it's very "classic boyband" but they'd already done the "not a typical boyband" thing with WMYB.