Scott’s dreadful April Fool prank (a one-minute fake proposal) falls flat, but the show bounces back with a clever guessing game pitting international Pop Idol contestants against Radio 1 Live Lounge performers — plus a chat with Natasha Bedingfield about her brother’s lucky recording pants.
The episode opens with “Pop Idol or Live Lounge,” a game where listeners hear short clips and must guess whether the singer is a contestant from an international talent show (American Idol, Bulgarian Idol, South African Idol, etc.) or a proper pop star performing in Radio 1’s Live Lounge. Clips include Meeker covering Sam Genes and Walking in Memphis (Live Lounge), a Kazakhstan Idol contestant, a Bulgarian Idol performer attempting the song “Ken Lee,” the Ordinary Boys with “Tattoo” (Live Lounge), and Foals covering “Hollaback Girl” (Live Lounge), among others. The team plays along, getting several wrong.
Scott then attempts what he admits is Radio 1’s official April Fool: a fake announcement that he got engaged the night before at the Upside Tower. The prank lasts barely a minute and falls completely flat — even the team struggles to muster enthusiasm, and Scott concedes that all the good April Fool ideas have been done already (left-handed hamburgers, spaghetti growing on trees).
The Danny Howard Daily features a “Would You Rather” challenge: would you rather have the X Factor voiceover man narrate your entire life for everyone to hear, or have G4 follow you around repeating everything you say in four-part harmony? Natasha Bedingfield joins to discuss her brother Daniel’s decision to sell his lucky pants (the ones he wears while recording) for charity. She jokes that he records only in his pants, which is why so many producers wanted to work with her early on. The segment includes Barryoke — karaoke sung by people called Barry, featuring increasingly chaotic renditions of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself.”
Later, Casualty and Joe Cole play along with Pop Idol or Live Lounge, getting several wrong and nearly mistaking Foals for hard-fi.
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