Only the Young leave the X Factor house
Only the Young visited after their elimination. The four members said the shouty man had become a running joke among the contestants, with cameras catching serious result-show faces breaking into laughter whenever he began.
They confirmed that he was related to one of them but protected his identity. Life outside the X Factor house was sad but considerably more comfortable: the crowded bedrooms, early alarms and cold showers had made the accommodation less glamorous than it appeared.
The band also cleared up an online poll that appeared to show a Stereo Kicks member voting for Only the Young to leave. The tweet had been generated automatically and became funny once the initial surprise passed.
A guest invades Bingo
Only the Young began Innuendo Bingo as a four-against-one contest with Chris. Clips from Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners and a demonstration of lights that could brighten a “Christmas bush” produced immediate attacks.
During the second clip, a man wearing a brown paper bag over his head charged into the Live Lounge and shouted the band’s name. It was the real X Factor audience member, still refusing to show his face. He briefly returned for another scream before allowing the game to continue.
The interruption pushed an already excitable edition into chaos. Caroline Martin asked a caller to sort out her flaps, a Radio 4 guest lovingly described a heavy black package and Eamonn Holmes crossed to a reporter “in Amman”. One member slipped to the floor laughing and the water fight left the band drying trousers beneath hand dryers.
Scott considered buying a hairdryer as the show’s Christmas present, then decided that guests leaving Radio 1 visibly drenched was part of the point.
America adopts the Aniston prank
The Jennifer Aniston interview had spread around the world. The American Today show called Chris a cute young Hugh Grant, E! News incorrectly said he had cried, and publications variously described him as a reporter, co-worker, intern and sidekick.
Translations from France, Belgium and the Netherlands became less reliable when the show fed articles through an automated translator. One version promoted Scott to a leader of the BBC; another appeared to say Aniston had been instructed to fill Chris up.
Chris insisted he had not cried. Aniston had offered a tissue because he was sweating and overwhelmed, although the international version of the story had already decided otherwise.
Greg James played Real or No Real. Velociraptors really were closer to turkey-sized than their Jurassic Park portrayal, Robin Williams had tested his Mrs Doubtfire disguise in public, and Jennifer Lawrence had found singing in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay distressing despite the finished result.
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