Three players who've already won a game
are coming back to the tower for one final battle.
I mean, it's not a battle. It's mostly just friendly conversation.
But...that sounds more dramatic!
One of them will become the Champion of Champions,
and leave with their head held high.
And the other two, well...
They will get Disconnected.
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Alec, Ellen, Vanessa...
welcome back to the Champion of Champions show!
There is no big prize here. There's no special award at the end of it.
But one of you will retire undefeated,
having taken out eight other players in total to be here.
So...very, very best of luck to you all.
We're gonna get straight into it. Alec, we're gonna go to you first.
Congratulations on winning your first match there.
How are you feeling?
Just as confident as last time, which is to say, not at all.
Alright, well, the questions start out harder this time.
So, good luck to you.
I can give you the choice of Fruit Flavours or Art Museums.
Ooh, I like that choice! I'm gonna go with Fruit Flavours.
Alright, which fruit flavour do the spirits Triple Sec and Cointreau have?
Ooh, um...
Gonna have to go with... juniper berries.
Alec says juniper berries.
Ooh!
Now, I was gonna ask if anyone wants to challenge,
but that's pretty quick and clear there!
That was straight in with a hand up there, Vanessa.
I'm guessing you know the answer to that one?
I don't have 100% confidence,
but my first thought, when you said that, was orange.
I think Cointreau has an orange flavour.
So I'm going to challenge based off of that random thought that I had.
And it is an absolutely correct challenge.
It was a solid bluff there, Alec. You came in confident.
But, I'm afraid that is a bar away from you.
Darn. Well, you know...
I do know that's what— the flavours of gin.
So, I know how to play.
It was a solid guess. Ellen, how're you feeling?
Not bad. Not bad.
Would you like Hotels or Numbers?
Whoa, uh...
Numbers. Alright.
What number is the amount of years in a septennium?
Is it...? Yeah, it would be...
..seven thousand.
Ellen says seven thousand.
Alec, Vanessa: you have a decision to make.
Alec, Vanessa: what do you reckon?
Oh, the faces there!
Yeah, yeah, I'm not gonna challenge.
Alec has challenged. Ellen, was that a guess?
Yes...!
You're going off sept- and millennium there, presumably.
Yeah, yeah.
It's seven. The answer was wrong.
But that doesn't matter, because they didn't call you on it.
But that doesn't matter, because no one called you on it.
You were confident. Alec, that's another bar gone.
Vanessa, that's a bar gone.
Well, the thing is... the mil is the thousand.
Aight.
It sounded like a guess, except it sounded like the right guess.
That's what I was thinking, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
I thought— I thought I might've been right, so...
Alec, you are in a precarious position already, I'm afraid.
You can't let a wrong answer get past you, but you also can't give a wrong challenge.
Vanessa, how're you feeling after the first game?
I'm feeling good. I'm very competitive.
But then I also feel bad for not being friendly at the same time.
So you can never win(!)
Would you like Flowers or Body Parts?
I will go with Body Parts.
Alright, which body part is the gland in the human body
in which insulin is produced?
That would be the pancreas.
Vanessa says pancreas.
Alec, Ellen: how do you feel about that?
I have a feeling... that that... it is right.
I'm not a massive person who knows loads about endocrinology,
but... I just know the word "endocrinology" is related to it.
Yeah, but you do know the word "endocrinology".
Yeah, and I'm pretty sure that's right too.
Uh, Chinese Food, please. Alright.
That's only 'cause I got
another endocrinology problem that I have!
No challenges, and Vanessa, that is the correct answer.
Congratulations, you get the twenty seconds at the end.
Congratulations, you stick around on two bars.
But of course, if it was wrong and they haven't challenged,
Alec would be out now, so... Alec.
You cannot lose this bar of signal if you give the right answer.
Good luck to you. Would you like...
Chinese Food or Formula One Grands Prix?
Which Chinese food translates literally from Cantonese as "touch-heart"?
Probably dumplings.
Alec says dumplings.
Ellen, Vanessa: you are through to the last head-to-head
Ellen, Vanessa: do you want to challenge?
You're both in a position where you can let the answer pass by.
Particularly you, Ellen, but also, you could take him out.
I don't know the Cantonese for dumplings, so that's the thing.
And I don't know any Cantonese anyway, so...
I'm not across any Cantonese either, unfortunately.
Dumpling... so here's the thing.
Is "dumpling" even a Cantonese word, right?
Because you have, like, dim sum and yum cha
and, like, these other words that are Chinese.
But like, "dumpling", do Chinese words have an -ing at the end?
Well, I do know what the word is in Mandarin.
It's jiaozi. Hmm, do we believe that, Ellen?
Challenge or don't. I'm going to ask for a call or not.
It's up to you, Ellen. I don't know. I don't know.
There's no challenge there. Alec, did you know that answer?
Truthfully, no.
But I—But jiaozi is actually what it is in Mandarin.
I do know that.
Alec, the answer was wrong.
Ah, yes. Ohh!
They could've knocked you out.
Instead, you got a wrong answer past both of them.
Ellen, you're down to two bars. Vanessa, you're down to one.
Oh no!
It was dim sum. It was dim sum.
It's a style of different bites. Dumplings is one of that.
But the translation of "dumpling" is not "touch-heart".
You were in the right area, but literally: dim sum, touch-heart.
And Ellen, it is your question.
Would you like Nationalities or Famous Novels?
Twitter, not on the list. Ooh.
Let's go... Nationalities.
Alright, what nationality was the explorer Vasco da Gama,
who discovered a route to India by sea?
Uh...
Vasco da Gama... I believe Portuguese.
Ellen says Portuguese. Now...
You're both on one.
If she gets a wrong answer past both of you, you two go to a tiebreak.
But a correct challenge would knock Ellen down to one.
What do you want to do?
Alec, where's your head at? In the clouds.
Literally(!)
Um, truthfully, I don't know enough
about that sort of history to give a reasonable answer.
But you know what, I'm just gonna challenge it,
because if I don't... I'll be gone anyway.
Alec has challenged. Ellen, was that a guess?
It sounded like a guess. Was it?
It was a guess, yes.
But there's only, like, three or four countries to choose from.
I think he could've been Portuguese. And that's why I wasn't really sure.
And he was Portuguese. It was a very, very good guess!
I deserve that for how the first round went.
Alec, congratulations on making it this far,
but that is your last bar of signal gone.
You've been disconnected. Thank you very much for playing.
Thank you very much for watching. Good night!
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Players, congratulations. You have made it
to the final round of the Champion of Champions.
One of you will be getting disconnected,
but the other will have defeated eight other players to make it to the end.
So, very best of luck to both of you.
I realise that wishing best of luck to both of you
does absolutely nothing at all.
I'm very nervous. I'm so nervous!
Imagine if you were playing for money or something.
How nervous you would be! I know! I'd be hopeless!
Ellen, you struck the killing blow there, so you're gonna be going first.
You both know how it works. We're looking for things in a category.
Challenge if you think there's a wrong answer.
There is no penalty for letting a wrong answer slip past you here,
other than it makes your job harder.
Ellen, we are looking for the 100 most followed individuals on Twitter.
So, just to clarify that, we're looking for the hundred individuals
whose dedicated Twitter accounts have the most followers.
So, no brands, no abstract concepts.
We just need their usual names. We don't need their usernames.
Barack Obama.
Ellen says Barack Obama. Vanessa?
Donald Trump.
We're starting with our presidents.
That is a sceptical face. Challenge...
Alright, straight away
Ellen?
Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Vanessa?
I mean, yes: Barack Obama, Donald Trump, both good answers.
Why did you go for Lin-Manuel?
I-I think 'cause of the political thing in Hamilton.
But, um... I follow him.
I don't really look at follower numbers a lot.
He gets a lot of engagement, and that kind of gives me an idea
of how many followers he would probably have.
I wouldn't be surprised if he was on the 100 list.
I just thought, there's, like, so many other people
that would probably have more followers than him.
So, that is a formal challenge from Vanessa.
I'll tell you this: Barack Obama, Donald Trump, both good answers.
Lin-Manuel Miranda... not on the list.
Ellen, that was a wrong answer. Vanessa, that was a correct challenge.
Ellen, you're down to one bar.
I should've said a Kardashian!
You should! They're all on there!
They're all on there. It's an endless pit of names!
Follower numbers and talent don't have the strongest relationship sometimes.
Bill Gates is on there. Ellen DeGeneres, Ed Sheeran,
Khloé, Kim, and Kourtney Kardashian,
and Kanye West as well would've been on there.
Katy Perry, LeBron James, not Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Unlucky, but there's still a chance.
Vanessa, you're kicking off this list.
And we are looking for Best Picture Oscar winners.
So, this is any film that has won the award for Best Picture
or equivalent, if it was called something else in that year.
We are looking for the award for the best film.
Vanessa, it's you to start. Okay.
I'm gonna start with Green Book.
Vanessa says Green Book. Ellen?
The Shape of Water.
Spotlight.
Sorry, you are the definition of a side-eye emoji at that moment.
Like, that was...
I'm sorry, I was just thinking!
That was this incredibly sceptical look. That was wonderful!
Titanic.
Titanic, says Ellen. A nod from Vanessa.
La La Land.
Challenge.
Ooh! That was quick.
Ellen, why do you challenge?
They didn't win Best Picture.
They were mistakenly given Best Picture,
and then it went to Moonlight, I believe,
which is why I'm a bit confused about Spotlight.
I think that might also have been a fake one.
But yeah, it wasn't La La Land.
I'm pretty sure Spotlight is right, I-I think.
But I can't remember the outcome of La La Land and Moonlight.
I think it could've been the other way around.
Spotlight is correct.
Titanic, Green Book, Shape of Water, all correct.
Ellen, your memory of that Oscar ceremony...
..is correct.
Yes! Damn it!
You were correct to challenge. Vanessa, it did go to Moonlight.
It wasn't La La Land, so that's a bar away from you.
And the Champion of Champions comes down to the final list.
Wow...
I watched that one live,
and my jaw hit the floor when that happened!
We are looking for the 100 most valuable brands.
So, these are corporate or product brands with the highest revenue,
before interest and taxes, according to Forbes in 2019.
They do have to have some sort of presence in the US.
So this excludes Vodafone and Alibaba.
But other than that, it's pretty much anything you're gonna recognize.
Ellen, we're gonna start with you. Good luck.
Apple.
Ellen says Apple. Vanessa?
Google.
Vanessa replies with Google. Ellen?
Microsoft.
We're sticking with technology.
I can't imagine why, given our various specialties(!)
It's a solid strategy. Vanessa?
Amazon.
Ellen?
Activision Blizzard.
Activision Blizzard, says Ellen. Vanessa?
Facebook.
Twitter. Twitter.
We are very much sticking in technology here, aren't we?
Sorry, the look of concentration.
I know I keep pointing this out, but it's wonderful!
Coca-Cola.
Pepsi.
An immediate reply with Pepsi!
Not even a thought of challenging Coca-Cola there.
Just like, "Yep, no, that's fair." N-Yeah. Yeah.
It's a solid strategy. Vanessa?
Nike.
Nike. This is basically, "How much consumerism can you remember?"
Ellen?
Adidas [ah-dee-das or ə-dee-dəs], depending on how you want to pronounce it.
I would accept either pronunciation.
Adidas [ə-dee-dəs or ah-dee-das], says Ellen.
It's a solid strategy. Vanessa?
Chevron.
Ford.
I can't help but point out...
that Vanessa keeps changing the topic, and Ellen just keeps batting it back!
It's her strategy!
It's a solid strategy. Vanessa?
Walmart.
I was gonna go for that one.
Rockstar.
Rockstar, says Ellen.
Challenge.
Challenging on— I was resisting challenging.
But I have never even heard of Rockstar.
Now, Rockstar are the video game company that does Grand Theft Auto V,
among quite a lot of other games...
and there are a lot of people that pay for that game.
I'll tell you this much: between you, you hit the top six on the board.
Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Coca-Cola,
top six between you.
Pepsi, Nike, Adidas, Ford, Walmart, all good.
Activision... not on the list.
Twitter, not on the list. Ooh.
Chevron, also not on the list.
They're a big oil company. They're not the big oil companies.
So...Rockstar.
If Rockstar is on the list,
if Grand Theft Auto V and all their others are big enough...
..Ellen, you've won.
If they're not on the list... Vanessa, you've won.
Rockstar...is not on the list.
Vanessa, you were absolutely right to challenge!
Rockstar are owned by Take-Two. They're not top 100.
Unfortunately, video game companies haven't made it up there yet.
I don't know if there are any on the list. There's a lot.
Could've had Budweiser. Could've had American Express.
Bank of America, Hyundai, Kellogg's, Louis Vuitton,
Red Bull, T-Mobile, they're all up there, but Rockstar are not.
Ellen, that is your last bar of signal away.
Thank you very much for playing. It was so close, but...
..you've been disconnected.
Thank you very much for being part of it.
Vanessa, that is game, set, match!
It is all yours. You are Champion of Champions!
Plug your stuff again if you want to.
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