HAHA... even better, if his Wikipedia page is correct, he was even born in 1962!
Hah well he might have lost all that money, but hopefully discovering he's ten years younger than he thought he was will be a consolation.
Seriously though it was pretty poor that he didn't double check his maths considering he had plenty of time to, and it was crucial to answering the question.
Did they ever have a Celebrity special like they have in the States with the Fastest finger and the fastest celebrity making it to the chair alone? When did they start with the pair of celebrities for these specials? Has it always been a pair of predetermined celebrities in the chair?
Also, what's up with the random pairings? I get the familial couples like Una and her husband, and the professional couples like William Roache and Michelle Collins. But what about these random pairings like Michael Ball and Eleanor Simmonds or Des O'Connor and Lee Mack or Denise Welch and David Hasselhoff? Do these couples actually know each other very well?
It's like when you watch Pointless Celebrities when they link up two ex-Corrie actresses like Rula Lenska and Wendi Peters who both appeared on the show at different times, and never intereacted.
Next week's episode features Samia Ghadie and Charlie Condou, Greg Rutherford and Duncan Bannatyne and Jon Culshaw and Debra Stephenson.
Did they ever have a Celebrity special like they have in the States with the Fastest finger and the fastest celebrity making it to the chair alone? When did they start with the pair of celebrities for these specials? Has it always been a pair of predetermined celebrities in the chair?
Also, what's up with the random pairings? I get the familial couples like Una and her husband, and the professional couples like William Roache and Michelle Collins. But what about these random pairings like Michael Ball and Eleanor Simmonds or Des O'Connor and Lee Mack or Denise Welch and David Hasselhoff? Do these couples actually know each other very well?
It's like when you watch Pointless Celebrities when they link up two ex-Corrie actresses like Rula Lenska and Wendi Peters who both appeared on the show at different times, and never intereacted.
Next week's episode features Samia Ghadie and Charlie Condou, Greg Rutherford and Duncan Bannatyne and Jon Culshaw and Debra Stephenson.
Well next week's line-up seems logical (despite the fact that they are using Samia as a plug for DOI)
Did they ever have a Celebrity special like they have in the States with the Fastest finger and the fastest celebrity making it to the chair alone? When did they start with the pair of celebrities for these specials? Has it always been a pair of predetermined celebrities in the chair?
The very first celebrity special in 2000 had Carol Vorderman and Kirsty Young but they played on their own. They used the Fastest Finger on a couple of occasions. They had a Coronation Street special in 2001 with 10 Corrie stars in Fastest Finger and the fastest played for £1 million for charity on their own. They used Fastest Finger again in 2004 when they had five stars from The Bill and five stars from Bad Girls. Whoever won Fastest Finger would pick their partner from the other show. The whole doubles game without Fastest Finger started in December 2001 and carried on from there.
One thing that differs from the US celebrity specials they had back in the day. They made sure the person in the hotseat reached $32,000 with all three lifelines then left the celebrity to play for higher money on their own.
Also, what's up with the random pairings? I get the familial couples like Una and her husband, and the professional couples like William Roache and Michelle Collins. But what about these random pairings like Michael Ball and Eleanor Simmonds or Des O'Connor and Lee Mack or Denise Welch and David Hasselhoff? Do these couples actually know each other very well?
It does puzzle me as originally the pairs did make some sense. Jonathan Ross and Jane Golding. Dermot O'Leary and his dad, Andy Gray and Richard Keys, Vic Reeves and Matt Lucas, Even when Des O'Connor played in 2002 he was with Melanie Sykes. As of late the pairings are confusing. It also puzzles me to why Ellie Simmonds and Greg Rutherford are playing separately.
It's worth pointing out both New Year specials were recorded on the same day. So why didn't they carry over the third pair tonight onto next weeks show?
sixty years ago wasn't 1962. Surely he must've been born in the 60's though and common sense should've told him he wasn't approaching 60 himself
Poor Michael, must have been nerves! He was born in 1962, has turned 50 this year and NOT 60! I bet he's kicking himself. Even so, I never twigged myself (and neither did Ellie) and I was busy working out who was Prime Minister in 1962 and calling out MACMILLAN. Would have been nice if Chris had nudged him to think about the question again as it was for charity.
Would have been nice if Chris had nudged him to think about the question again as it was for charity.
I think he did, kind of, in as much as after Ball had said "1962" a couple of times Tarrant did repeat the question as "In 2012 the SIXTIETH anniversary of..." with what seemed like a heavy emphasis on the word "sixtieth" to me.
I wonder what the rules are on what Tarrant can do to assist. Obviously helping with the answer is a no-no, but I guess you could argue that thiis was more a case of a contestant misreading the question, and that maybe that's something that he would be able to do something about.
Blimey I remember Tarrant once saying that he wanted to keep the standard of sleb high on this show. That was back when they were getting massive ratings though:rolleyes:
They were getting massive ratings due to having the members of the public play. Why couldn't they do a whole series featuring the members of the public rather than celebrities.
Apparently there's another 'New Year's Special' next week.
Poor Michael, must have been nerves! He was born in 1962, has turned 50 this year and NOT 60! I bet he's kicking himself. Even so, I never twigged myself (and neither did Ellie) and I was busy working out who was Prime Minister in 1962 and calling out MACMILLAN. Would have been nice if Chris had nudged him to think about the question again as it was for charity.
I doubt whether it would have made much difference. When it came to the two left after the fifty-fifty, they plumped for Attlee over Churchill as to who was PM in 1962. If they had realised the correct date should have been 1952 then they would have been even more likely to have gone for Attlee.
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Seriously though it was pretty poor that he didn't double check his maths considering he had plenty of time to, and it was crucial to answering the question.
Why have they spelt the words with a 'Z'? THIS IS NOT AMERICA!
Yes, with a poor imitation of the X Factor words fly in.
It also feels like X factor, when they get a questions wrong as it goes all red, like deadlock.:D
It's a winter sport getting your party snacks from Iceland
She's one of The Saturdays - she needs constant caring
Now they are using the time to talk about the stupid competition.
I have turned over. Those's 2 whoever they are
The girl is in The Saturdays and the bloke is an England rugby international. They are pretty well known i would have thought.
Did they ever have a Celebrity special like they have in the States with the Fastest finger and the fastest celebrity making it to the chair alone? When did they start with the pair of celebrities for these specials? Has it always been a pair of predetermined celebrities in the chair?
Also, what's up with the random pairings? I get the familial couples like Una and her husband, and the professional couples like William Roache and Michelle Collins. But what about these random pairings like Michael Ball and Eleanor Simmonds or Des O'Connor and Lee Mack or Denise Welch and David Hasselhoff? Do these couples actually know each other very well?
It's like when you watch Pointless Celebrities when they link up two ex-Corrie actresses like Rula Lenska and Wendi Peters who both appeared on the show at different times, and never intereacted.
Next week's episode features Samia Ghadie and Charlie Condou, Greg Rutherford and Duncan Bannatyne and Jon Culshaw and Debra Stephenson.
Well next week's line-up seems logical (despite the fact that they are using Samia as a plug for DOI)
The very first celebrity special in 2000 had Carol Vorderman and Kirsty Young but they played on their own. They used the Fastest Finger on a couple of occasions. They had a Coronation Street special in 2001 with 10 Corrie stars in Fastest Finger and the fastest played for £1 million for charity on their own. They used Fastest Finger again in 2004 when they had five stars from The Bill and five stars from Bad Girls. Whoever won Fastest Finger would pick their partner from the other show. The whole doubles game without Fastest Finger started in December 2001 and carried on from there.
One thing that differs from the US celebrity specials they had back in the day. They made sure the person in the hotseat reached $32,000 with all three lifelines then left the celebrity to play for higher money on their own.
It does puzzle me as originally the pairs did make some sense. Jonathan Ross and Jane Golding. Dermot O'Leary and his dad, Andy Gray and Richard Keys, Vic Reeves and Matt Lucas, Even when Des O'Connor played in 2002 he was with Melanie Sykes. As of late the pairings are confusing. It also puzzles me to why Ellie Simmonds and Greg Rutherford are playing separately.
It's worth pointing out both New Year specials were recorded on the same day. So why didn't they carry over the third pair tonight onto next weeks show?
I know, it was a bit uncomfortable to watch.
Poor Michael, must have been nerves! He was born in 1962, has turned 50 this year and NOT 60! I bet he's kicking himself. Even so, I never twigged myself (and neither did Ellie) and I was busy working out who was Prime Minister in 1962 and calling out MACMILLAN. Would have been nice if Chris had nudged him to think about the question again as it was for charity.
I wonder what the rules are on what Tarrant can do to assist. Obviously helping with the answer is a no-no, but I guess you could argue that thiis was more a case of a contestant misreading the question, and that maybe that's something that he would be able to do something about.
They were getting massive ratings due to having the members of the public play. Why couldn't they do a whole series featuring the members of the public rather than celebrities.
Apparently there's another 'New Year's Special' next week.
I have heard of the Saturdays but .......
I doubt whether it would have made much difference. When it came to the two left after the fifty-fifty, they plumped for Attlee over Churchill as to who was PM in 1962. If they had realised the correct date should have been 1952 then they would have been even more likely to have gone for Attlee.
Yeah Chris did...Michael was proper kicking himself afterwards!