A listener remembers kissing Zac Efron
Sixteen-year-old Emily described meeting Zac Efron when her younger sister’s wish took the family to the High School Musical 3 premiere. After telling him that she loved him and struggling to absorb their conversation, Emily decided it was her only opportunity and kissed him on the cheek. Efron kissed her back, while Vanessa Hudgens appeared untroubled by the encounter.
With Chris off sick, Beccy made her first lyrics call to their friend Gemma using only lines from Lady Gaga and Beyoncé’s “Telephone”. Gemma accepted claims about poor reception, a club and a drink without recognising the song, then became irritated when Beccy repeatedly said she was too busy to talk. She eventually ended the call believing Beccy was simply behaving strangely, so nobody’s timed prediction earned points.
Scott reported that an American promotion promising a Pitbull appearance to the most-liked Walmart branch had been hijacked by an “Exile Pitbull” campaign. Online voters chose the remote store in Kodiak, Alaska, giving it about 71,000 likes despite the town having only around 6,000 residents. Pitbull accepted the result and confirmed that he would travel there.
Auditions continued for the Fun and Filth Cabaret. Sean attempted Maroon 5’s “Payphone”, Longie claimed that he could squirt milk from his eye and swallow a hot dog whole, and Liam combined singing with beatboxing. Sam mixed dubstep beatboxing with impressions of Alan Carr, Captain Jack Sparrow and Fozzie Bear, an unusual combination Scott thought could work particularly well on the Edinburgh screen.
Hayley Williams joined Grimmy, Beccy and Scott for Oh, What’s Occurring?. A trailer gradually revealed an American remake of The Inbetweeners, which the team feared would lose the qualities of the British original. A celebrity-tweet round then covered Jedward’s confused worldwide greeting, Florence Welch’s pre-show nerves, Richard Madeley blessing “the old girl”, Chris watching an auction programme while ill and Phillip Schofield laughing at Holly Willoughby being described as squeaky clean.
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