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Daily Mail
10 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Sex-obsessed Jessica Hayes was the first Love Island winner. Now she reveals she's celibate... for a VERY surprising reason
, the first ever winner of Love Island in 2015, is reflecting on an extraordinary decade. Over the years the iconic ITV dating show has been running, more than 300 contestants have taken part – professing to be searching for love, only to find themselves caught up in public splits, scandals and shockers.
Daily Mail
20 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
The 1% Club players befuddled by challenging letters question - but can YOU defy the odds and solve it?
The 1% Club players were left very confused by a challenging letters question in a previous episode of the ITV show - but can you defy the odds and solve it? Three contestants waved goodbye to host Lee Mack, 56, and the other players after being asked the 15% question. Ten players remained and Lee asked them: 'It's now time for the 15% question... 'Which two words, that contain the same five letters as each other but in a different order, mean the same as the two words below?' The words below were 'fairly silent'. Making light of the situation, Lee told them: 'And the answer isn't Silent Fairly.' The 1% Club players were left very confused by a challenging letters question in a previous episode of the ITV show - but can YOU defy the odds and solve it? After revealing that their time was up, three players were given the boot. 'We lost three people there, let's look at the answer,' Lee said. He continued: 'It's quite and quiet. 'Fairly equals quite and silent equals quiet.' Lee pointed out: 'Somebody who got it right is Jackie Eminsang. You have just answered the 15% question... 'Did you think you'd get this far?' 'No, not at all,' she replied. 'I'm getting less confident with each question.' Lee didn't hold back and said: 'That's weird. But I know what you mean. It gets more tense I guess, doesn't it? Player Jackie was one of the contestants who got the question right - but did you? 'Anyone waiting specifically to see how you get on?' Jackie replied: 'I came with my dad, actually. 'My dad is here tonight, we came together.' Lee replied: 'He's on the show?!' 'He is indeed,' Jackie told him. But unfortunately he was one of the players who had been booted off the programme. Lee pointed out: 'We haven't spoken to you yet, but you are in blue... 'So I am assuming you've gone.' Jackie's dad confessed that he 'went a long time ago', with Lee revealing he went on the 80% question. It comes after The 1% Club aired an alphabet question that wiped out a whopping 15 celebrity players during the latest all-star special. The likes of Jill Scott, 38, Iain Stirling, 37, Tony Bellew, 42, and Chris Kamara, 67, took to the studio to see if they could get the 1% question. But at the 30% question round, a huge number of celebrities got the boot after presenter Lee asked the famous faces: 'Which England footballer is spelt out in this code below?' as they were shown nine different symbols. The players were given the options of: A) Mary Earps, B) Ella Toone and C) Fran Kirby. After their time was up, Lee said: 'Wow. We've lost 15 of you... 'Let's look at the answer. It's Frank Kirby.'
The Sun
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
The 1% Club baffles players with difficult arrows question – but could you get it in 30 seconds?
CONTESTANTS on The 1% Club have been left bemused by an arrow-inspired visual brain teaser. The ITV quiz saw players perplexed by the confusing arrow-heavy question - but could you get it right? 6 6 Yet again, the challenging 45% question proved too difficult for some contestants. Host Lee Mack asked the players: "If you turn this image 90 degrees clockwise, how many arrows are pointing to the right?" "This is like when my nan used to do a three-point turn," Lee joked. With just 30 seconds to work out the correct answer, two people were lost after getting it wrong. After the brain-basher, 18 people were still left in the game with the jackpot at £87,000. But can you work out how many arrows there should be? Lee confirmed the answer: "As it's a 90 degree clockwise turn, you needed to find the arrows that were pointing up that would then be turning to the right." The Not Going Out actor revealed: "The answer is 2." The ITV game show is a TV quiz favourite that doesn't rely on general knowledge, but instead tests players' logic and common sense. Round by round, the puzzles get increasingly difficult as more people are eliminated. The 1% Club players struggle on very tough letters question - can you outsmart them? It's not the first time players have struggled to get their heads round a question - and it certainly won't be the last. The popular show recently saw 16 celebs wiped out with an easy anagram question. The Soccer Aid special of the ITV game show tested 100 celebrities and athletes on their logic and common sense. The star-studded lineup included Jill Scott, Iain Stirling, Paddy McGuinness, Tommy Fury, Tony Bellew, Chris Hughes and many more. They all hoped to reach the end and win up to £100,000 prize money for the UNICEF charity. But by the 1% question there were just two contenders remaining. Could you tackle their teaser in just half a minute? The 1% Club airs on ITV1 and ITVX. 6 6 6 6
The Sun
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
The 1% Club players struggle on very tough letters question – can you outsmart them?
THREE contestants were left stumped by a tricky letter riddle that whittled down the competition in its final stages. Host Lee Mack tasked the 10 remaining players with a tough challenge for the 15% question. 3 It read: "Which two words, that contain the same five letters as each other but in a different order, mean the same as the two words below? Fairly silent." The clock began to tick and the remaining players did their best to find the answer from within the recesses of their minds. The correct answer was "quite quiet". Contestant Jackie successfully got the answer right but told Lee that she was getting "less confident with every question". Sadly for her, she fell close to the final hurdle with the 5% question proving too much. For that question, the contestants were presented with a jumbled up clock face with the minute hand pointing at six, which was in the 12 position, and the small hand close to 10, which was was where nine is usually found. They were tasked with working out the time on the clock if the hands moved 30 minutes clockwise. The answer was 10 o'clock. Jackie was the sole casualty of the question and her exit paved the way for five contestants to have the opportunity to win a potential £97,000. All five men standing decided to gamble their £10k prize for a chance of winning more money and to become a member of the 1% Club. The question was: "What new word links the capitalised words below? My SON TED ate raw FOOD and got SICK, then went to BED with me by his SIDE." The answer was 'sea' which could be placed before each word to make a series of new words. No one got the answer right. The 1% Club's Lee Mack stunned as 60% question wipes out ZERO celebrities 3 The 1% Club's Most Difficult Questions The 1% Club sees 100 contestants try and make it to the 1% question and be in with a chance to win a share of the jackpot. Here are just some of the show's most difficult teasers. Players had to compare and contrast three images of butterflies then explain which of the butterflies were exactly the same on both sides. Find the image and answer here. Players were shown groups of six symbols then asked which were in the same order whether you read them from left to right or right to left. Find the image and answer here. Players were asked how many different combinations were there of displaying four digits on one hand. Find the answer here. Peter had recently found his old diary that he'd written in secret code but he couldn't remember how to decipher what he wrote. Players were asked to crack the code and find out what the bold word was. WH89 I GR1W UP I WA92 21 B8 A 5L1RI72. Find the image and answer here. Players were tasked with working out how many eyes they could see in an image, which was made up of letters, symbols and emojis. Find the image and the answer here. A 1% question was based on a grid of numbers going in ascending order from 1 to 49. Starting on 25, the middle square, SEEN took you to square 27. From there, NEW took you to 20. From there, which square would SEWN take you to? Find the image and the answer here. And finally, an easy one - What common food in bold has had its letters rearranged into alphabetical order? ABDER If you really don't know you can find the answer here.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
12 Behind-The-Scenes Secrets You Didn't Know About Race Across The World
Race Across The World might not have the Bushtucker Trials of I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! or the physical demands of SAS: Who Dares Wins, but there is no doubt it is one of the toughest shows on TV – both for the contestants and the production team. Now five seasons down and with a batch of famous faces getting ready for the third celebrity series, most viewers are now familiar with the rules of the BBC show. As the title suggests, five pairs are tasked with racing across the globe, from a designated start point to a finish line in another country over the other side of the world. On their journey, the teams cross various checkpoints, and are not allowed to use a smartphone or credit card, with only the cash equivalent of a one-way economy air ticket to their destination to pay for all travel, food and accommodation. But what about all the rules that we don't know about, and the planning that goes into making the show? Well, allow us to lift the lid… If you thought bosses just came up with a route for the contestants and hoped for the best, you'd be wrong. In fact, a whole team of people test it out beforehand. Line producer Maria Kennedy told Radio Times: 'You get some really brave people out on the road for a couple of months [from the production team]. [They tell us], 'Here are going to be the sticking points. This is quite tricky. This bit is amazing'.' She added: 'They do it all on a budget as well so they're not like going out and spending loads of money and having a great jolly. They're literally looking at the budget and seeing if it's possible to get by on less than 50 quid a day.' According to the Guardian, only two producers go on the dry run, only one of whom actually knows the route and which way they are going. 'The other person has no idea and that person is in charge of making the decisions,' series producer Lucy Curtis said. Each time travels with two members of the production crew, a local fixer and a security adviser, but they apparently keep enough distance to 'make the trip feel authentic', the Guardian reported. Executive producer Mark Saben also told BBC News that a medical support vehicle also travels an hour or so behind the teams in some countries. Mark Saben told Broadcast that a director of photography and a series director follow all the teams, capturing the atmospheric camera shots that showcase the destinations. He explained: 'Not only did they shoot those big sweeping drone shots that capture the beauty and scale of their surroundings, but also the on-the-ground shots that convey the hustle and bustle of travelling, so viewers would feel immersed in the competitors' journeys.' The production team have to stay quiet, even when it is clear that the teams are making mistakes. Mark told Broadcast: 'How they made their journey was up to them. This meant, as a production, we had to react to their decisions, however nonsensical. 'It was a nightmare for production management, as the competing contributors decided how and where to go. You cannot underestimate how challenging the journey could be at times.' Executive producer Stephen Day also told The Telegraph: 'We will intervene if they're in danger, and we have a real duty of care. 'If contestants – and there have been some – who are so focussed on budget that they're not eating then you have to get them to spend money on food.' However, producers accompanying the participants on the road are not allowed to outright give them food, either. Praising the embedded crews, exec Mark told the BBC: 'They had to do the same journey as them, sleeping alongside them on the bus, they weren't given a five-star hotel. So they were almost like a family, with its ups and downs. 'And while we had done recces, the teams found bits of the world which were totally surprising.' Having done the initial recce before filming began, executive producer Mark Saben told BBC News that 'one of the poor sods had to do the actual trip again', this time with the real contestants. 'He was very stoical and didn't tell them until the very end, though. As much as possible, we wanted it to feel like a dry run,' Mark added. Prior to filming, exec producer Mark said the first series was 'a year in the making', but added to the BBC: 'It's all very well doing theoretically, looking at timetables and things. But until someone does it for real, you don't know where the difficulties might lie.' Things like visas and vaccines 'for every conceivable country' were sorted in advance. He added to Broadcast that they also 'research every likely bus and train option, cost and connection'. 'We drew up protocols that set rules for how the teams could hitchhike, travel at night and cross borders safely,' he added. 'If there was a significant issue at home, we might allow them to speak to a nominated person but we really try to keep them in the bubble as much as possible,' Maria Kennedy explained (per Radio Times). While the pamphlet of job ads is created by bosses, all the jobs are 100% real. 'We don't go to any of those places and say, 'For the purposes of the show, can you provide this kind of service?'' BBC commissioner Michael Jochnowitz said, according to Radio Times. 'Those are real jobs, real places, real money or accommodation and things like that so again, because they don't have access to a phone or the internet, we basically just give them a guide of potential opportunities in the area.' Executive producer Mark Saben added: 'We use as a rule of thumb, it's like what you'd find on a board in a hostel or something like that so we want [it] to feel absolutely as authentic as it possibly can be.' With budgets extremely tight, eating can become a real issue for the teams, and while you might think they are being given extras off camera, this is not the case. Series two winner Emon Choudhury – who triumphed with his nephew Jamiul – said they would often ask strangers for food and water. He told the Daily Express: 'I lost over a stone, a stone and a half and the same with my nephew, he lost quite a bit as well. The food was an issue. 'You always think on these TV shows, you get a sandwich off-camera or water or a little snack here or there but no, it wasn't like that!' Series one winners Tony and Elaine Teasdale also told the Telegraph that during one leg, they 'wouldn't eat unless somebody fed us or we found super-cheap street food'. 'We'd buy little packs of rice for 20p each, then eat those for three meals a day. I went down a dress size from 14 to 12!' Elaine said. 'Water is more important. We took chlorine tablets, so we didn't have to buy bottled water. That saved both money and time because we never had to find shops. Kebabs in Europe, rice in Asia, and we never bought any drink.' While season one of Race Across The World saw contestants travel from London to Singapore, and season two saw them begin in Mexico and end in Argentina, the third series was contained to just one country – Canada. This was because when the show was filmed, there were still many Covid travel restrictions still in place, which would have been an added complication for the teams and the production. The third season and the celebrity edition were originally planned to air much earlier, but production was pulled early into the pandemic. Season three winners, Tricia Sail and Cathie Rowe revealed that they first applied for the show in 2019, but didn't hear anything back until 2021 because of Covid. Race Across The World concludes with the reunion special on Wednesday at 9pm on BBC One, with a celebrity version due to air later in the year. Race Across The World Winners Reveal Sweet Plans For Their Prize Money Here's What These Former Race Across The World Finalists Did Next After Crossing The Finish Line Race Across The World Stars Caroline And Tom Take On 'Posh' Critics
