WEBVTT - Ant Middleton - MILLION DOLLAR ISLAND - HOST

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<v Speaker 1>Aunt Middleton, the host of Channel seven's new reality series

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<v Speaker 1>Million Dollar Island, which launches this week on Australian screens.

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<v Speaker 1>The series is extremely ambitious and has the most amount

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<v Speaker 1>of reality TV contestants ever formed, competing for the cash

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<v Speaker 1>prize of a million dollars does borrow a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>ideas from your favorite reality shows, kind of rolls them together. Sure,

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<v Speaker 1>there are elements of Survivor and Big Brother which fans

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<v Speaker 1>will notice, but there's also new ways in which these

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<v Speaker 1>contestants get tested that makes this format new and exciting.

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<v Speaker 1>Anthony Middleton is a British adventurer, writer, television personality and

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<v Speaker 1>former UK Special Forces soldier. He is best known in

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<v Speaker 1>Australia for his role as chief instructor on SAS and

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<v Speaker 1>it's very exciting to have him here today. On the podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>I will find out why Ant said yes to this

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<v Speaker 1>show and if it's excited to show a softer side Ant.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll talk about why it wasn't hard for him to

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<v Speaker 1>control one hundred contestants and what the pressure of one

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<v Speaker 1>million dollars can do to a person. We will also

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<v Speaker 1>unpack Ant's love of Australian television and if a role

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<v Speaker 1>on Home in a way would interest him. Plus, guys,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to get plenty of exclusives from behind the

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<v Speaker 1>scenes of Million Dollar Island, which starts on the twelfth

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<v Speaker 1>of June and is on three nights a week Monday,

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<v Speaker 1>Tuesdays and Wednesdays Plus will be available to catch up

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<v Speaker 1>on seven Plus. Anyway, let's bring Anne into the podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>And guys, I really hope you enjoyed this special preview

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<v Speaker 1>of Million Dollar Island. Hi, and how are you?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, Ben, I'm good, how are you?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm very excited because I really do enjoy a new

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<v Speaker 1>format of a reality show, and this one is like

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<v Speaker 1>nothing we've ever seen before. What did you say when

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<v Speaker 1>they came to you with the idea of doing Million

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<v Speaker 1>Dollar Island?

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<v Speaker 3>It was one of those where you tried to imagine

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<v Speaker 3>it in your head. You know, one hundred people on

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<v Speaker 3>the island. They've got ten thousand dollars on their wrists,

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<v Speaker 3>so they're worth ten thousand dollars. The bracelets and the

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<v Speaker 3>money have to stay on the island whilst people obviously

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<v Speaker 3>leave or go or get eliminated or just leave off

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<v Speaker 3>their own will. And then they have to battle it

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<v Speaker 3>out every single day. So the survival element really intrigued me.

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<v Speaker 3>I thought, I love survival. Surviving on an island for

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<v Speaker 3>a month by itself, as hardcore enough as it is,

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<v Speaker 3>and then to add the battle element, you know, challenges

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<v Speaker 3>every single day where it's a real challenges or survival challenges.

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<v Speaker 3>On top of that survival, I thought to myself, this

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<v Speaker 3>will be very interesting and also, you know I could

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<v Speaker 3>help them along the way where necessary or where I could.

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<v Speaker 2>So I snapped it up straight away. I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>let's do it.

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<v Speaker 3>Let let's implement some pain and suffering and you know,

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<v Speaker 3>let's let's get it on. So it was no brainer

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<v Speaker 3>for me when Channel seven aim and offered me the

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<v Speaker 3>hosting role.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought it was really interesting because we're getting a

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<v Speaker 1>much softer side of you than what we've seen on

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<v Speaker 1>SAS and what we've known of you. Was that also

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<v Speaker 1>a bit of a draw card to maybe, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>take it down a couple of notches.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, You know SAS is so unique. You know, it's

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<v Speaker 3>a military show. It's a compressed sort of form of

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<v Speaker 3>the UK selection process, and you know, you have to scream,

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<v Speaker 3>you have to shout, you have to insert discipline as

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<v Speaker 3>part of being in the military. But that's such a

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<v Speaker 3>small part of who I am. You know, that's how

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<v Speaker 3>I was taught and that's how I teach when it

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<v Speaker 3>comes to military tactics, because you know, you embed it

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<v Speaker 3>in their heads. You know, you make any mistakes on

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<v Speaker 3>the battlefield. It's life or death. So it's definitely just

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<v Speaker 3>a small part of me. Who you see on Million

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<v Speaker 3>Dollar Island is the majority of me is who I

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<v Speaker 3>really am. You know, I'm a family man. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>I love helping people. I love getting the best out

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<v Speaker 3>of people. But ultimately you do see that on SAS,

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<v Speaker 3>but in a brutal kind of way, where on Million

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<v Speaker 3>Dollar Island you get to see.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, the real me more than more than you

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<v Speaker 2>do on SAS.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, that was that was also a great way

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<v Speaker 3>of just showing people a different side to me.

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<v Speaker 1>I also thought, you know, when it came to casting

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<v Speaker 1>this role, I was like, we've got one hundred contestants.

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<v Speaker 1>We need somebody who's going to be able to command

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<v Speaker 1>a hundred people. I mean, how hard was it to

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<v Speaker 1>get the cast to shut up and listen to you?

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<v Speaker 1>At times?

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<v Speaker 3>That wasn't too hard actually, because when they first met me,

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<v Speaker 3>you can imagine, you know, their eyes sort of widened

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<v Speaker 3>just to say, you know, and were going to are

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<v Speaker 3>we going to die on this island?

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<v Speaker 1>You know?

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<v Speaker 2>And it wasn't until I got them in the arena

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<v Speaker 2>and I.

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<v Speaker 3>Sort of you know, introduced myself as this host and

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<v Speaker 3>you know, I'm there as they're ultimately as their big

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<v Speaker 3>as cheerleader.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm there to help them through.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm there to give them a few gems along the

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<v Speaker 3>way in order to survive and make it through the challenges.

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<v Speaker 3>So once I told them that I was there to

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<v Speaker 3>help them through this process and to guide them through it, they.

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<v Speaker 2>Were really responsive to that.

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<v Speaker 3>They were all ears, they were really focused, and you know,

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<v Speaker 3>as the days went by, they realized why I was there,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, to really sort of help them through and

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<v Speaker 3>to guide them through as much as I could without

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<v Speaker 3>giving the game away.

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<v Speaker 2>So the respect was there, which was great. And also

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<v Speaker 2>to be fair.

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<v Speaker 3>They did pin back their ears and listening, so I

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<v Speaker 3>didn't have to bring sas and out at all.

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<v Speaker 2>It was just a million dollar island.

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<v Speaker 1>A bit of you know, Stockholm syndrome. They end up

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<v Speaker 1>becoming obsessed with, you know, the people that are capturing them.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what, I think. I didn't capture them. I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't them. You know, you you make me make me

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<v Speaker 2>look bad.

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<v Speaker 3>You think like I've caught them and all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 3>I've just flung them on an islands. I wish I

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<v Speaker 3>could do that, but no, I think they did actually

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<v Speaker 3>come in with a bit of a.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh good lord, this is Sam Middleton and thinking that

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<v Speaker 2>I'd do a bit of screaming and shouting, but no,

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<v Speaker 2>it was completely opposite.

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<v Speaker 3>And it was nice as well, because you know, you

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<v Speaker 3>could see that they were pleasantly surprised as well.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, especially when they're tired, they're.

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<v Speaker 3>Hungry, they're suffering, you know, they're weak into it, they

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<v Speaker 3>know they've got three weeks left. They really looked they

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<v Speaker 3>looked to me for for for guidance, and I could

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<v Speaker 3>see it in their eyes. You know, very good at

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<v Speaker 3>at figuring people, sussing people out, and I could tell

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<v Speaker 3>sometimes that they really needed that sort of pit me

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<v Speaker 3>up because they're having to survive for a month is

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<v Speaker 3>hardcore enough as it is. To survive just for a

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<v Speaker 3>month is hardcore. To battle every single day physically and

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<v Speaker 3>psychologically against each other. On top of that, yeah, it was.

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<v Speaker 3>It was just a new format and a brutal, a

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<v Speaker 3>brutal way of doing the show. So it was brutal

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<v Speaker 3>enough for them, so they didn't need me to be

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<v Speaker 3>to be like that.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like, with one hundred million dollars on the line,

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<v Speaker 1>that it's going to bring out either.

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<v Speaker 2>One hundred million, cop I said, million dollars.

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<v Speaker 1>One million? Oh my god, it's very early for me

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<v Speaker 1>on a public holiday. I've managed to loose my mind.

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<v Speaker 1>One hundred million would be good, but a million dollars

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<v Speaker 1>would for anybody. I would say, is either going to

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<v Speaker 1>bring out the best or the worst in people? Do

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<v Speaker 1>you think it brings out the best in these contestants

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<v Speaker 1>or do you think it's bringing out the worst of them?

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<v Speaker 2>Or do you know what?

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<v Speaker 3>We're naturally empathetic towards each other. You know, we naturally

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<v Speaker 3>as humans, you know, want to help each other, want

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<v Speaker 3>to be.

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<v Speaker 2>There for each other.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's the twist, that's the interesting dynamic because you know,

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<v Speaker 3>on an island, to survive, you need each other, and

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<v Speaker 3>then all of a sudden you throw a million bucks

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<v Speaker 3>into the mix. You know, all of that goes out

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<v Speaker 3>the window, especially when they get closer. I saw as

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<v Speaker 3>I was getting closer and closer to the money, and

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<v Speaker 3>towards the end of the game, let's call it, you

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<v Speaker 3>could see the million dollars taken over. You could see,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, dollar signs in their eyes. You know, when

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<v Speaker 3>they're waking up, you could see that they were hungry

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<v Speaker 3>for the money and then cough talk about seeing you know,

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<v Speaker 3>going from the best of humanity to the worst of humanity,

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<v Speaker 3>and I suppose I don't like to call it the

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<v Speaker 3>worst of humanity, but you know, their game plans really kicking,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, when they see and smell when they can

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<v Speaker 3>touch that million bucks, the game plan definitely definitely comes

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<v Speaker 3>into play. And yeah, you do see, you know, but

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<v Speaker 3>again a lot of manipulation, a lot of vindictiveness, a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of you know, a lot of strategies, shall we say,

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<v Speaker 3>negative strategies in order to get their hands on the money.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you try it any of these challenges because a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of these challenges look like a lot of fun.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean some of them a bit, but I was

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<v Speaker 1>wondering whether or not you'd be standing or on the

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<v Speaker 1>sideline going I want to try that one.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh absolutely, you know, before they came into the arena,

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<v Speaker 3>I was I was having to go on on on

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<v Speaker 3>the ones that didn't need resetting as much. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>that's what was great about the show as well, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I was I was sat on the sidelines and I

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<v Speaker 3>really wanted to get involved, but it was really really

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<v Speaker 3>good to sort of help help out as much as

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<v Speaker 3>I could in order for them to succeed. It was

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<v Speaker 3>ultimately that's what that's what you want people to do.

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<v Speaker 3>You want to succeed in life. But it was really

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<v Speaker 3>hard because sometimes I'd be like, do it like this?

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<v Speaker 2>You really you know it's hard.

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<v Speaker 1>Just I'd be the same. I'd be like, I'm sorry

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<v Speaker 1>with your home, that's not how you do it. Step aside.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me a big elbow coming in.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to ask you. You know a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>these shows, there's like, you know all these you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there's Love Island, there's f Boy Island, there's all these islands,

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<v Speaker 1>and I found out that a lot of them are

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<v Speaker 1>not actually on islands. Was this on an island? And

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<v Speaker 1>where was it filmed?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>You it is? How you see it again? That was

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<v Speaker 2>really important for me.

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<v Speaker 3>When the channel Channel seven came up to me and

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<v Speaker 3>said about the idea, I said that is it going

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<v Speaker 3>to be authentic?

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<v Speaker 2>First of all? You know, is it going to be real?

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<v Speaker 1>What?

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<v Speaker 2>How is it going to work?

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<v Speaker 3>And this is why we want you to host it?

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<v Speaker 3>And that was a big big part of me hosting it.

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<v Speaker 3>So it was done on an island. It was it

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<v Speaker 3>was an island in Malaysia, just off Langkawi and as

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<v Speaker 3>you see it as it played out, So obviously there's

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<v Speaker 3>an element of you know, rallying the troops together, which

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<v Speaker 3>I do through a tannoy in order for them to

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<v Speaker 3>make their way to the other side of the island

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<v Speaker 3>where the arena is where they do their challenges. So

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<v Speaker 3>there was a bit of command and control for a tannoy.

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<v Speaker 3>But how you see it is how it played out.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what I was thinking, because this is coming

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<v Speaker 1>after Home and Away, A good cross promotion might have worked.

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<v Speaker 1>What about something like that? Would you ever consider being

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<v Speaker 1>on Home and Away or doing any act while you're

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<v Speaker 1>here in Australia.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a big fan of Home and Away.

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<v Speaker 3>I remember as a kid. You know, I've watched Home

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<v Speaker 3>and Away all the time. And listen, yeah, I'll be

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<v Speaker 3>honest to do a part in the Home and Away.

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<v Speaker 2>So listen, never say never, right, we.

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<v Speaker 1>Can do the crossover the other way. We get alf

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<v Speaker 1>Stewart on the island.

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<v Speaker 3>No, listen, I couldn't do anything to Alfie. He commands

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<v Speaker 3>too much respect. I remember Alfred as a child, like I.

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<v Speaker 2>Said, growing up, so listen, Yeah, that's that's.

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<v Speaker 3>One person I couldn't shout at, so I'd have to

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<v Speaker 3>I'd have to leave.

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<v Speaker 1>It at that before you go. You know, we've got

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<v Speaker 1>another season of Says that's coming up, and you know

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<v Speaker 1>it's a huge show for you. One thing. Are you

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<v Speaker 1>worried that now being on a softer side on this show,

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<v Speaker 1>you then have to go back to this other version.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that going to be a hard transition?

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<v Speaker 2>No, No, it's not. Actually, when I'm it's really not strange.

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<v Speaker 3>But when I do my stoes, I get into a

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<v Speaker 3>certain headspace. You know, when I do SAS, I don't

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<v Speaker 3>revert to a character. I don't get into character, go

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<v Speaker 3>back to my military headspace of being an instructor, of

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<v Speaker 3>being on operations, you know, and really taking it really seriously.

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<v Speaker 3>So all I do is I go back to that headspace,

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<v Speaker 3>get in the moment, and then everything just flows naturally.

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<v Speaker 3>So that's that's all I do. But Sas this season

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<v Speaker 3>was brutal, and I'd say even more brutal, just because

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<v Speaker 3>maybe because I'd filmed Million Dollar Island just before, so

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<v Speaker 3>you know, the chief instructor in me was raring to

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<v Speaker 3>get out. So as soon as I step I stepped

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<v Speaker 3>foot with the new recruits on sas they got the

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<v Speaker 3>good news, Do.

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<v Speaker 1>They get more and more used to the idea of

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<v Speaker 1>it because it's now being on TV for a while

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<v Speaker 1>and it's so popular, like the do these people that

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<v Speaker 1>turn up on the show, do they sort of understand

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<v Speaker 1>it a little bit more?

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<v Speaker 3>No, because everything we do just is so different. They

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<v Speaker 3>come with a preconceived idea. That's where they fall down,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, rather than coming.

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<v Speaker 2>Just with an empty mind and going, do you know

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<v Speaker 2>what it is?

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<v Speaker 3>What it is, I'm just going to take it every

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<v Speaker 3>hour as it comes. They come with this preconceived idea

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<v Speaker 3>of how the show's run, and it trips them up

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<v Speaker 3>every single time, every single time, because this is so

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<v Speaker 3>unique to any sort of TV world that you know,

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<v Speaker 3>you'd think that they we wouldn't be able to put

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<v Speaker 3>them through what we put them through. So they always

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<v Speaker 3>come with that preconceived idea that this is a TV

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<v Speaker 3>show well ultimately for me and running a course in

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<v Speaker 3>military course. So no, they always they I think we

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<v Speaker 3>always shot them from day one.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you know, I've upgraded it to one hundred million

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<v Speaker 1>dollar island, but I love it.

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<v Speaker 3>You put in the nine are you putting the other

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<v Speaker 3>ninety nine million in are you ben?

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<v Speaker 1>I know it's so weird. I just looked up yesterday

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<v Speaker 1>like what I was worth. I don't know if you've

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<v Speaker 1>ever done that. I put it into Google, you know

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<v Speaker 1>what am I worth? And it came up and said

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<v Speaker 1>I was worth five million dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, have you worked that?

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, that's not true. I mean, I'm still

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<v Speaker 1>coming to you more than thattment I could do with

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<v Speaker 1>the money. I'll audition for the next series, just to

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<v Speaker 1>meet you in the flesh. Everyone who joins the podcast

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<v Speaker 1>gets this last question. What's something from behind the scenes,

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<v Speaker 1>something from behind the scenes of what it was like

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<v Speaker 1>to make this show. Can you give us a bit

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<v Speaker 1>of a secret or something that happened along the way.

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<v Speaker 3>Because we were figuring it out, because it's a new format,

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<v Speaker 3>we were we were literally, you know, figuring it out

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<v Speaker 3>on the move.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not joking you.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I'd have a script that I'd revise the

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<v Speaker 3>night before because I wanted to go on and make

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<v Speaker 3>sure you know that I nawled everything, said, a script

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<v Speaker 3>that I've advised on how the task would run and

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<v Speaker 3>how how things would play out.

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<v Speaker 2>That just went out the window.

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<v Speaker 3>After you know, I'd literally go on to set, there's

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<v Speaker 3>no word of going to set, and they'd be.

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<v Speaker 2>Like, has that got the new scripts? And I'm like, no,

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't. I'm just gonna run with what I've got.

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<v Speaker 3>So but to be fair that, you know, the production

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<v Speaker 3>we were working around the clock, but yeah, I was.

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<v Speaker 3>I was going on on on into the arenas scriptless sometimes.

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<v Speaker 2>But that wasn't any fault of anyone there.

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<v Speaker 3>But it just changed all the time because it's such

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<v Speaker 3>a new format and we're figuring it out on the move.

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<v Speaker 2>But it worked out in the end, it worked out

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<v Speaker 2>really well.

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<v Speaker 3>But yeah, I was literally, you know, ripping up scripts

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<v Speaker 3>before I was walking onto set.

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<v Speaker 2>So that was that was interesting, very interesting, and the first.

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<v Speaker 1>Good preparation for your home in away gig.

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<v Speaker 2>There you go.

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<v Speaker 1>We've just made up in our own heads. Can I

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<v Speaker 1>just say how amazing it is to talk to you

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<v Speaker 1>this morning. I'm a big fan. Good luck with this series.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really looking forward to it. And then you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll catch up with you again when Says comes out

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<v Speaker 1>later this year.

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<v Speaker 2>Brilliant look forward to it. Ben, Thanks very much for

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<v Speaker 2>having me.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for the chat.