Yes, I noticed a couple of dubious counting moments but it’s not like he had organised a massive event, presented it and had every single detail to sort out at the same time as the ‘counting’ which is apparently really important… I <3 Luke

You won’t find any criticism of Luke or Fionna here either. Both were outstanding hosts.

And yes, I realise there is the odd spelling error in that previous comment, and you know what? It doesn’t bother me, bet it really irritates you though, doesn’t it?

When you say ‘every time’ you mean…maybe three times? Evidently the judges’ scores are fairly fundamental, but Luke’s counting is not, give the guy a break! If you weren’t so busy trying to elevate pedantry into an artform (yes, I take an Arts degree too) you’d have realised (as my ‘numskull’ friends did) that he made a simple error and was bound to correct himself within a moment or two (which he did, in general). As it happens, I was engaged by him, but then I wasn’t distracted by trying to take myself or the show, too seriously.

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(P.S you stole that from BBC Sport!)

Additionally, there is a certain irony in slating the presenters who had the balls to stand up there in front of shedloads of people whilst you don’t have the courage to present your actual name. I’d like to see how well you would do with winging it for almost 3 hours in front of Central Hall, and to call someone vacuous who you evidently don’t know is both ‘egotistical’ and ‘critical’ in the extreme. Don’t know if you were in the hall but I was and I thought they (and particularly ‘Tess’ at times) did a hell of a job holding the thing together, it’s hardly their fault that things like the counting went wrong, and if you noticed, her name wasn’t even in the programme!

In short, congratulations on a storming achievement from YCD, maybe it could have been more polished, but that’s hardly the fault of the presenters or Nouse for that matter. And they did raise a hell of a lot of money. I really enjoyed it and wish I could Tango like Ed! As for you ‘A Pendant,’ to coin a phrase, you are about as useful as an appendix.

I think you mean “and then eventually recline with some nudity”?

1) Nouse: learn to spell and punctuate correctly please!
2) Nouse: stop being so egotistical and critical in your writing
3)YCD: next year get a presenter who is a) engaging and b) can actually count!
4)YCD: I wish the scores were held up for the duration of the score-giving
5) YCD: how about a good ‘Tess’ next time? How did you manage to find someone so vacuous??