Series 62

Ben Hunter · Post by **Ben Hunter** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:47 pm

Who's thinking of applying for series 62? Who do you want to apply for series 62? What rumours are in the air about DC guests? I'm weeing myself thinking about it all now.

I personally can't wait to see how Oliver Garn-dogg got on. Great on both the letters and numbers, I reckon he's a potential series champ.

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:52 pm

Ben Hunter wrote:Who's thinking of applying for series 62?

Already applied.

Ben Hunter · Post by **Ben Hunter** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:54 pm

Phil Reynolds wrote:
Ben Hunter wrote:Who's thinking of applying for series 62?
Already applied.

Sweetness, when's your audition?

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:06 pm

Ben Hunter wrote:Sweetness, when's your audition?

Honeytrousers, they haven't offered me one yet. Had an acknowledgment from Sarah but I expect they'll be back in touch after the holidays.

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:30 pm

Phil Reynolds wrote:
Ben Hunter wrote:Sweetness
Honeytrousers

Clever.

(Yeah I have nothing to add but I wanted to acknowledge a subtle joke.)

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:36 pm

Charlie Reams wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:
Ben Hunter wrote:Sweetness
Honeytrousers
Clever.

(Yeah I have nothing to add but I wanted to acknowledge a subtle joke.)

Fuck me, that was so subtle I had to look it up.

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:50 pm

Charlie Reams wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:
Ben Hunter wrote:Sweetness
Honeytrousers
Clever.

(Yeah I have nothing to add but I wanted to acknowledge a subtle joke.)

If there's a subtle joke hiding under the straightforward one I thought I'd made, you'll have to explain it to me...

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:32 am

Phil Reynolds wrote:If there's a subtle joke hiding under the straightforward one I thought I'd made, you'll have to explain it to me...

Sweet and honey have a sugary connection, and a ness and trousers are both items of clothing, so it fitted together quite nicely. Have I overestimated the famous Reynolds wit?!

Lesley Hines · Post by **Lesley Hines** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:38 am

Charlie Reams wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:If there's a subtle joke hiding under the straightforward one I thought I'd made, you'll have to explain it to me...
Sweet and honey have a sugary connection, and a ness and trousers are both items of clothing, so it fitted together quite nicely. Have I overestimated the famous Reynolds wit?!

I didn't know ness had a clothing connection but it made me laugh anyway sugarpants

Ben Hunter · Post by **Ben Hunter** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:40 am

Phil Reynolds wrote:If there's a subtle joke hiding under the straightforward one I thought I'd made, you'll have to explain it to me...

It's always better to just take the compliment in these situations.

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:44 am

Ben Hunter wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:If there's a subtle joke hiding under the straightforward one I thought I'd made, you'll have to explain it to me...
It's always better to just take the compliment in these situations.

Thanks very much, Ben.

(Am I doing this right?)

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:45 am

Ben Hunter wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:If there's a subtle joke hiding under the straightforward one I thought I'd made, you'll have to explain it to me...
It's always better to just take the compliment in these situations.

It would have been good if you were an Apiarist though.

Andy Wilson · Post by **Andy Wilson** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 2:34 am

In college til May and considering how easily distracted I am by countdown as a spectator, i think i might wait til series 63 to apply.

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:13 am

Charlie Reams wrote:a ness and trousers are both items of clothing

Really? What's a ness (in the clothing sense)? Neither the dictionary nor Google are of any help.

Matthew Green · Post by **Matthew Green** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:12 am

'Sweetness. When's your audition?' = 'That sounds great. When's your audition?'

'Sweetness, when's your audition?' = 'I'm gay and I fancy you. I don't even care about your audition, I'm just being polite'

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:39 pm

Ben Hunter wrote:Who's thinking of applying for series 62?

I didn't think people applied for a particular series. I thought they applied, waited for an audition and then if they pass then wait to go on. Could take weeks, months or years. Is this not the case then?

Lesley Hines · Post by **Lesley Hines** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:48 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote:
Ben Hunter wrote:Who's thinking of applying for series 62?
I didn't think people applied for a particular series. I thought they applied, waited for an audition and then if they pass then wait to go on. Could take weeks, months or years. Is this not the case then?

It certainly was for me - I sent in my application in about June, and the week before the whole Carol debacle happened. I got a call and audition the following March, then filmed in October and it was finally screened in November. That's probably unusual though. Really Kirk's got my dictionaries (

lmfao

)

Andy Wilson · Post by **Andy Wilson** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:52 pm

In that case, i'll probably send in an application sometime next summer and see what happens

Ian Dent · Post by **Ian Dent** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 1:08 pm

Oliver Garner in Series 61 would have been tasty.

Clive Brooker · Post by **Clive Brooker** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 1:43 pm

Lesley Hines wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:
Ben Hunter wrote:Who's thinking of applying for series 62?
I didn't think people applied for a particular series. I thought they applied, waited for an audition and then if they pass then wait to go on. Could take weeks, months or years. Is this not the case then?
It certainly was for me - I sent in my application in about June, and the week before the whole Carol debacle happened. I got a call and audition the following March, then filmed in October and it was finally screened in November.

My sense is that these days Lesley's experience is as untypical as it could be. I suspect that a good proportion of series 61 contestants fitted the whole thing, from application to screening, into the gap between Lesley's audition and recording. So I can see why there's an assumption that "applying now" means series 62.

I certainly think it's unwise to apply unless you're prepared to record within a few weeks. If in doubt why not call the team for advice?

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 2:11 pm

I'd like to see Howard on screen next series as there's the imminent risk he might die any minute.

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 7:58 pm

Phil Reynolds wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:a ness and trousers are both items of clothing
Really? What's a ness (in the clothing sense)? Neither the dictionary nor Google are of any help.

I remember reading once (probably in a dictionary) that it's a cape. But I just checked and its the other kind of cape. Hahah. Fail. Sorry.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 8:08 pm

Phil Reynolds wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:a ness and trousers are both items of clothing
Really? What's a ness (in the clothing sense)? Neither the dictionary nor Google are of any help.

Spot the tenuous link

http://www.kiltmakers.co.uk/index.php?c ... e473c8363e

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 8:55 pm

If I applied now, what series would I be on?

Darren Carter · Post by **Darren Carter** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 9:06 pm

Lesley Hines wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:
Ben Hunter wrote:Who's thinking of applying for series 62?
I didn't think people applied for a particular series. I thought they applied, waited for an audition and then if they pass then wait to go on. Could take weeks, months or years. Is this not the case then?
It certainly was for me - I sent in my application in about June, and the week before the whole Carol debacle happened. I got a call and audition the following March, then filmed in October and it was finally screened in November. That's probably unusual though. Really Kirk's got my dictionaries ( lmfao )

I'm surprised your whole Countdown process lasted well over a year; application to recording took less than 3 months for me.

James Robinson · Post by **James Robinson** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 12:03 am

Darren Carter wrote:
Lesley Hines wrote:It certainly was for me - I sent in my application in about June, and the week before the whole Carol debacle happened. I got a call and audition the following March, then filmed in October and it was finally screened in November. That's probably unusual though. Really Kirk's got my dictionaries ( lmfao )
I'm surprised your whole Countdown process lasted well over a year; application to recording took less than 3 months for me.

That's nothing. Application to transmission was 3 months for me.

Darren Carter · Post by **Darren Carter** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 12:34 am

James Robinson wrote:
Darren Carter wrote:
Lesley Hines wrote:It certainly was for me - I sent in my application in about June, and the week before the whole Carol debacle happened. I got a call and audition the following March, then filmed in October and it was finally screened in November. That's probably unusual though. Really Kirk's got my dictionaries ( lmfao )
I'm surprised your whole Countdown process lasted well over a year; application to recording took less than 3 months for me.
That's nothing. Application to transmission was 3 months for me.

Which time?

Andy Wilson · Post by **Andy Wilson** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 12:47 am

Eoin Monaghan wrote:If I applied now, what series would I be on?

an African swallow or a European swallow?

James Robinson · Post by **James Robinson** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 10:59 am

Darren Carter wrote:
James Robinson wrote:That's nothing. Application to transmission was 3 months for me.
Which time?

The 2nd time. The first time the gap was around 9 months from application to transmission.

Jason Larsen · Post by **Jason Larsen** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:59 pm

I wish I could, I wish I could.

I bet I would just chug along to Europe in this economy.

Rumor has it that the economy will not improve until 2020.

Sadly, Barack Obama will not be President by then.

Susie, have some onions with me!

David Roe · Post by **David Roe** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 10:50 pm

Applied January, audition February, recording April, broadcast June. But as that was in 2001 it'll be of no relevance. Waste of a post really. Bye.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:22 pm

David Roe wrote:Applied January, audition February, recording April, broadcast June. But as that was in 2001 it'll be of no relevance. Waste of a post really. Bye.

Awesome, you applied after I did, got an audition before me and was on five months earlier.

Then again, iirc Tom Hargreaves applied sometime mid-2000 and only debuted on-screen on Boxing Day 2001.

David Roe · Post by **David Roe** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 12:13 am

Ben Wilson wrote:
David Roe wrote:Applied January, audition February, recording April, broadcast June. But as that was in 2001 it'll be of no relevance. Waste of a post really. Bye.
Awesome, you applied after I did, got an audition before me and was on five months earlier.

Then again, iirc Tom Hargreaves applied sometime mid-2000 and only debuted on-screen on Boxing Day 2001.

Probably because I'm based in East Lancs so had my audition at the studios in Leeds. I dare say they had more auditions there than at any given site around the country.

Stuart Arnot · Post by **Stuart Arnot** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 6:23 pm

I'm thinking of applying, but probably not until February, as I'll need to spend most of January flat-and-job-hunting, and relocating. I am moving to Manchester, though, so perhaps that will speed up the application/audition turnaround? I hope so.

Jason Larsen · Post by **Jason Larsen** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 6:29 pm

Now it's like the '30s all over again!

How are you all able to get to Manchester in this economy?

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 1:50 am

Jason Larsen wrote:Now it's like the '30s all over again!

How are you all able to get to Manchester in this economy?

By train. Countdown pay for the travel expenses if you've passed the audition.

Jason Larsen · Post by **Jason Larsen** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:42 am

How nice of them, Kirk!

Andrew Herbertson · Post by **Andrew Herbertson** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:41 pm

Stuart Arnot wrote: I am moving to Manchester, though, so perhaps that will speed up the application/audition turnaround? I hope so.

Seem to help my application being from down the road, audition to filming to broadcast in about six weeks.

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:10 am

Applied July, audition August, recording...in three weeks.

Julie T · Post by **Julie T** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:49 pm

Kevin Davis wrote:Applied July, audition August, recording...in three weeks.

Best of luck, Kevin!

Martin Smith · Post by **Martin Smith** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 9:24 pm

Applied March 2007, audition November, filmed early December, screened late January 2008. Was told I'd been accepted by phone 2 days after the audition, and offered a place as an emergency contestant (because they'd had an octochamp and knew I was unemployed and thus available) that Friday, but it was too much to organise within the 2 days I had. So anyone applying now could easily be in series 63, so they might have to think of another way to meet Oliver or Jan.

Ian Fitzpatrick · Post by **Ian Fitzpatrick** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:01 pm

An Octochamp already, now who could that possibly be?

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:18 am

Ian Fitzpatrick wrote:An Octochamp already, now who could that possibly be?

I don't know. Care to enlighten us?

Howard Somerset · Post by **Howard Somerset** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:31 am

Dinos Sfyris wrote:I'd like to see Howard on screen next series as there's the imminent risk he might die any minute.

Are you wanting to see me on screen before or after death?
If I'm going to die any minute, next series may be far too late to see me alive.

D Eadie · Post by **D Eadie** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:02 am

Ian Fitzpatrick wrote:An Octochamp already, now who could that possibly be?

Dunno but the person you replied to was referring to 2007.
Have you got crystal ballls?

Ian Fitzpatrick · Post by **Ian Fitzpatrick** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:24 pm

D Eadie wrote:
Ian Fitzpatrick wrote:An Octochamp already, now who could that possibly be?
Dunno but the person you replied to was referring to 2007.
Have you got crystal ballls?

If it doesn't stop snowing soon, I may well have

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 12:14 am

Julie T wrote:
Kevin Davis wrote:Applied July, audition August, recording...in three weeks.
Best of luck, Kevin!

Thanks!

Scott Gillies · Post by **Scott Gillies** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 12:52 am

i've applied and i'm currently waiting on a audition date so whatever series that gets me on, whether this or next we'll see! although suppose i better just try pass the audition first!

Jason Larsen · Post by **Jason Larsen** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 3:16 am

Congratulations, Scott!