& the new Countdown host is...

[scoobydoo]

Sky host Stelling joins Countdown

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7675710.stm

I wonder if he'll carry on doing Soccer Saturday??

[mathare]

When he was originally interviewed for the job he said he would carry on with Soccer Saturday

[scoobydoo]

When he was originally interviewed for the job he said he would carry on with Soccer Saturday

That is good news Mat. Apparently he turned down the screen test a month ago and they offered job to Alexander Armstrong, who then backed out and then they came up with a better offer for Stelling. I think he is class on Soccer Saturday but all the women in my family and female friends dont like him, they all remark on him whenever he is on!:doh Of course I always put them right but not sure how he'll go down with the 'oldies' on channel 4!! :)

[mathare]

It's a bold move by Channel 4 to say the least but he should be good value for it

[scoobydoo]

It's a bold move by Channel 4 to say the least but he should be good value for it

I agree. I wonder if he is stood on a box here?! :laugh

[mathare]

Don't you think she looks older than 22?

[lowe1]

Just a Tad:yikes:

[scoobydoo]

Don't you think she looks older than 22?

Do you think that will be Stellings excuse! :laugh Yes I do think she does...late 20's do you think??

[Win2Win]

I knew that 2 weeks ago when it was announced! :doh

[MattR]

I can hear it now.

It's 14 games since the word Perfectly has scored points


If someone gets the word Brown, is he going to get his musical doll out? :laugh



Hope he does well at it, he is great on a saturday.

[mathare]

I knew that 2 weeks ago when it was announced! :dohIt was announced that Alexander Armstrong was getting it though. Stelling turned down the original screen test interview

[Win2Win]

It was announced that Alexander Armstrong was getting it though. Stelling turned down the original screen test interview
No...It was definitely Jeff as I spent a while showing the wife who he was....she knew the voice.

[mathare]

He was tipped for the job just over a month back but pulled out of negotiations a few days later. I certainly didn't see anything saying he had got the job before today's announcement

[scoobydoo]

I knew that 2 weeks ago when it was announced! :doh

Can you pick my lottery numbers then? :ooo

[Win2Win]

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1085134/Sky-Sports-presenter-Jeff-Stelling-set-named-new-host-Countdown.html

It was in a number of papers that he was getting the job, I seen it on Sky somewhere. He did pull out of negotiations , but that was mid-October.