Sam heard what Camila thought of Spaceman
A day after Camila Cabello had listened to the UK’s Eurovision entry, Sam Ryder came back into the studio to hear her reaction.
Scott reminded him that Camila had insisted she would be honest before listening.
That detail did not help Sam’s nerves.
He admitted that playing his music to anybody made him anxious, never mind one of the world’s biggest pop stars.
Then came the verdict.
Camila praised his voice, said she liked the song and told Scott and Chris she thought Britain had a genuine chance.
Sam was visibly relieved.
For Scott, it was another piece of evidence that their attempts to build international support around “Spaceman” were working.
Bangers found a song Chris thought could not be beaten
The programme moved into Bangers, with listener Johnny choosing between Scott and Chris’s selections.
Chris offered Julio Bashmore’s “Au Seve”.
Scott went for OMI’s “Cheerleader”.
Johnny chose Chris.
Scott accepted the result because even he thought “Au Seve” was difficult to beat once its instantly recognisable electronic pulse started.
Could a moose swim?
The quiz asked Can This Animal Swim?
Moose, giraffes and pigs all went under examination.
The show learned that moose could swim and used water as part of their normal lives, while giraffes were considerably less suited to it.
Pigs provided the easy final answer because Scott and Chris immediately remembered the famous swimming pigs in the Bahamas.
That reopened their long-running fascination with Pig Beach, a place the show had once wanted to visit for a broadcast.
An old Radio 1 book came back to haunt them
The second quiz round used lines from an old book associated with the show.
Scott and Chris were asked to complete quotes neither could properly remember writing or approving years earlier.
One line concerned what people searched about a Radio 1 DJ online.
Another revived a story about somebody cutting their hand while warming up for Lady Gaga.
Chris was also described in the book as having the energy of a character from The Inbetweeners.
The overall effect was less literary celebration and more archaeological excavation of a version of Radio 1 they had partly forgotten.
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