Scott broadcasts from the Brit Awards with Beccy’s cocktail bar
Scott and Beccy took the show to the O2 for the Brit Awards, broadcasting from Radio 1’s backstage “shed” while the ceremony built towards the evening. The usual awards glamour was undercut by the team’s own makeshift hospitality operation: Beccy had set up a non-alcoholic cocktail bar to compete with the superior spreads offered by rival stations in previous years. Her ingredients included cranberry juice, orange juice, glacé cherries and squirty cream, but no ice, making the cocktails more enthusiastic than refined.
Ellie Goulding was among the guests to try the menu. She discussed presenting an award, her nervous excitement about the night and her recent spray tan, which had initially made her feel “more orange” than Snooki. Beccy offered her a drink with a name borrowed from Take That, while Ellie sensibly asked for one without cream. The encounter captured the backstage atmosphere perfectly: major pop stars, Radio 1’s improvised bar and Scott trying to convince everyone it was sophisticated.
On the red carpet, Matt Edmondson was tasked with asking guests questions submitted by listeners instead of standard awards-show prompts. Peter Andre arrived first, and Matt rehearsed questions with Scott before speaking to Taio Cruz, Kimberley Walsh and others. The listener questions included whether anyone had considered learning to yodel, whether they had ever found and eaten a sweet from down the back of the sofa, and why a fridge has a light while a freezer does not.
The guest list continued backstage. Take That’s Robbie Williams and Jason Orange discussed opening the show, their tour plans and James Corden’s nerves about hosting. Matt Cardle spoke about his Best British Single nomination, a possible acceptance speech and his reluctance to yodel on demand. Justin Bieber, in London for the Brit Awards and his film premiere, confirmed he had never stroked a cat backwards, a question he found understandably peculiar.
Scott’s Brit Awards coverage made room for the bigger conversations around the night as well as the deliberately pointless ones. From guests worrying about awards speeches to Beccy shaking room-temperature juice in plastic cups, it gave the ceremony a distinctly Radio 1 treatment: close enough to the glamour to speak to the stars, but never too grand to ask them something daft.
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