Mastermind Celebrities.

[Paul22118]

Did you watch Mastermind Celebrities this evening? There was a contestant in a yellow trouser suit who was neither a celebrity or a master mind, who was so out of her comfort zone that her answers were either incorrect, flippant or irritatingly banal. This was cringingly embarrassing to watch. Could the BBC not trawl up someone we know and has been granted a decent brain.
For one answer she said 'I don't know coz I wasn't there'. ???

[pat2604]

This shows her level of intelligence and use of English. I hope the participating employers will be impressed by the contestants.

//This is gonna be such a great show, the candidates are all amazing and I’m having the most fun presenting it! Let’s get dishing out some sick jobs!”//

I do realise what 'sick' means nowadays to some young people.

The BBC falls to even lower standards!

[roslyn251254]

I think that even on "normal mastermind" the GK questions have been very much "damped down". The recent contestants are nothing like Eggheads Kevin or Chris of the old days. There is occasionally a very clever person on. Semis start tomorrow....

[Prudie]

I would normally support the 'at least she had a go' camp but I watched this in horror. It wasn't about her lack of knowledge, it was about her cocky proud of the fact that she was so thick. I agree completely with the surly and aggressive descriptions.

[ladybirder]

It was her waving a dismissive hand at Clive that got me as well. I forgot that bit when I commented yesterday.

[ladybirder]

Oh heck. I did mention it yesterday. Please pretend you haven't seen my 10.37 post:-(
Must do better.

[maggiebee]

Must say I always have a wee chuckle when I see lots of posts saying "Who? Never heard of her/him." First thought is that they have probably never heard of you (or me) either. Doubt if many, or any, on here listen to Radio 1 XTRA, probably all about 30+ years too old.

[pat2604]

Maggie, I don't expect anyone to have heard of me. I'm not classed as a celebrity. And the young people I know wouldn't relate to the likes of her language or her lack of manners. I expect celebrity mastermind contestants to at least have manners and be celebrities.

[Maydup]

I appreciate that I sometimes haven’t heard of the minor celebrities but I’m happy to be introduced to them and to learn about the next generation. But this lady set a really poor example to her generation, to her culture and to her industry. Shame on you BBC.

[maggiebee]

Afraid those days are long gone Pat, money talks now.

[Bazile]

//But this lady set a really poor example to her generation, to her culture//

What is her culture ?

[douglas9401]

Something growing in a petri dish?

[ladybirder]

Only you Douglas could come up with that answer LOL.

[andy-hughes]

Maybe when the idea was suggested, she heard the 'celebrity' bit, but zoned out when the word 'mastermind' was also used in the same sentence.

I forget who it was who did Fawlty Towers, but I got the same score as she did, as fast as she did, I was dead impressed.

I haven;t studied FT - just watched it regularly since 1976 - one of my friends had one of the first video recorders in our county, and taped them all on broadcast, and we watched avidly night after night.

Then I found that my youngest daughter loves them as mush as i do - cue another ten years of viewing sessions!

No wonder I didn't need to study them for MM!!