Category: Show Diary
The show opens with a discussion about "X Factor guilt" — the uncomfortable feeling of laughing at struggling contestants — before pivoting to an internet oddity that's captured the team's attention: a man who spent 89 days counting to a million on webcam. [...]
Scott's attempts to speak Russian seem to be having an unexpectedly powerful effect on female listeners, while he vehemently denies rumours that he's about to appear on Strictly Come Dancing. [...]
Scott and the team wade through a selection of bizarre voicemail messages left on the Flirt Divert line, before exploring the emerging phenomenon of "X-Factor guilt" — the uncomfortable feeling of laughing at tone-deaf auditionees on the talent show. [...]
Scott and the team revisit the question of which musical instruments make people more attractive, then send Laura onto the streets to ask members of the public to guess the age of the artists behind Scott and Chris's drawings — with hilariously misjudged results. [...]
Scott and a guest explore which musical instruments make people more attractive, testing out drums, violin, cello, saxophone and bassoon to comic effect, while also reviewing celebrity charity artwork and discussing Scott's inability to whistle. [...]
Laura returns from a wedding-packed weekend with stories of grooms recycling the same internet speech at two separate ceremonies, while the team discuss The X Factor and a sweet Japanese contestant who flew to meet Simon Cowell. [...]
Pearl Mackie sits in for Grimmy on Breakfast, and the team orchestrates a surprise phone call from Louis Walsh to birthday girl Furnitcheon, pitching an unlikely charity record collaboration and attempting to coax a reluctant singing performance over the phone. [...]
Scott admits to wine-fuelled phone book purging after a Heroes screening, and the show dissects the infamous Miss South Carolina beauty pageant answer that's sweeping the internet. [...]
KT Tunstall drops in for a chat and performs a series of custom singing telegrams for lucky listeners, plus the return of "Are You Sick?" — the feature that tests whether your sense of humour is twisted beyond repair. [...]
Scott surprises an 11-year-old girl named Cass with an incredible gift after she bravely dealt with losing her best friend in a tragic accident — bringing in members of the High School Musical cast to invite her to the London premiere. [...]