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00:00Our three contestants are about to tempt fate and take on this monstrous machine.
00:05Which one of them will drop this jackpot counter for a chance to win $20,000?
00:10I'm Todd Woodbridge. Let's find out on Tipping Point.
00:13Welcome to Tipping Point, where three contestants are ready to take on the machine. So let's meet them.
00:37Hi, Todd. I'm Annie, a retired personal care worker who loves horses. And if I win some money, I'd like to buy a good racehorse.
00:45I'm Paul. I'm a self-employed tradie from Adelaide. And if I win the money, I'd like to travel to Costa Rica and volunteer with the sloth.
00:52And I'm Brandon, a cinema staff supervisor from Footscray. And if I win the money, I'm going to go to the Cannes Film Festival.
00:58Brandon, do you like being in front of the camera or more behind the camera?
01:05Definitely behind the camera. I'm doing like film and television honours and I want to kind of, I don't know, sound design, write, direct is fun.
01:12Great stuff. Jack of all trades. That's the way to make it. Paul, why sloths?
01:16Oh, look, it wasn't really on my radar. My wife, Sam, brought it up fairly recently. And I know they're a pretty cool, chill animal.
01:22Yep. Well, you need a bit of money for the pair of you to be able to get over to do that. And talking about money, don't racehorses just like chew up the money, Annie?
01:30Yes, they do. But a share, a nice share and a good horse.
01:34You've got a real passion for it, right?
01:36Yeah, we've actually had some nice winners, but I've never had a thorough break.
01:40All right. Good luck to the three of you. Let's play round one, Bank Builder.
01:50Bank Builder, it is your chance, guys, to build some serious cash. Push a counter over the tipping point and $100 will be added into your bank.
01:58In this round, you each start with three counters. If you buzz in and answer a question correctly, you can choose to play one of your counters into the machine or you can pass to one of your opponents and they can play one of their counters instead.
02:10If you answer incorrectly or don't answer within three seconds, we'll take one of your counters away from you.
02:16Now, you can see in the machine the two double counters, which will double the value of your drop, along with the two mystery counters, which you'll need to push over that tipping point to see what prizes they hold.
02:27Hands on buzzers. Here comes the first question.
02:36Paul. Sunday. That's right. Good start.
02:39Pass or play, Paul? I think I'll pass.
02:42Who to? Let's go with Brandon. Thank you.
02:45Brandon. Can I light up drop zone four, please?
02:48Of course you can. Light her up. First counter for the day.
02:51Paul, hesitant to play. Maybe tactically astute.
02:58Okay. Sits in there, but there should be enough room for it to go flat, Brandon. And there is. As long as you get a strong push.
03:07But it's sitting in that little V, which... I expected that.
03:14It just stays in there. Paul, good call by you.
03:19Second question. Known for elaborately patterned wings, painted lady is a species of what flying insect?
03:26Annie. Butterfly. That's right, Annie.
03:29Are you tempted to pass too, Annie? I might do a payback.
03:33Paul. Oh. Do you like this counter?
03:36Do I feel tension between you? No.
03:39Paul, it's yours. I'd like to go drop zone one, please.
03:42Light up drop zone one.
03:44Okay. It's going to sit straight behind. It's better looking dropped than Brandon.
03:58Yes. Should be able to get something solid off the top.
04:01Nice. There you go. Good start.
04:04Triple. Excellent.
04:09Four, Paul. Thank you.
04:11Over the tipping point for you, $400.
04:13Thought you was putting weights in your saddle, but not really.
04:16No. Let's take it from the machine, put it into your bank.
04:19And you've got the lead with $400.
04:22Here comes the next question.
04:24Launched internationally in 2017 by ByteDance, which video sharing app features a musical note in its logo?
04:31Brandon. TikTok. Yeah, I thought you might get that one.
04:37Yeah, I'll pass to Annie.
04:39Jeez. Just evening it up, you know.
04:42Thanks, mate. You're welcome.
04:43Tipping point turning into a game of Uno.
04:45Yeah. Can you light up drop zone four, please?
04:49Can do that for you, Annie. Light her up.
04:57Down she goes. That should get some off, and it does.
05:03Is there enough, though, to get something from the...
05:10You're welcome. You're welcome.
05:12Oh, Brandon. It's all right.
05:14You may live to regret that, because, Annie, you've got seven over the tipping point.
05:18$700 fires up into the machine.
05:21Let's get it out of there, put it in your bank,
05:24and you've got yourself a three-counter lead,
05:27and everybody has two counters left to play.
05:30We move on.
05:31In a standard deck of playing cards,
05:33which suit shares its name with hard-pressure stones?
05:37Brandon. Diamond.
05:39It is diamond, yes.
05:41You've been kind once. There's stuff leaning over there and a mystery, Brandon.
05:46I'll take it, and I'll go for one.
05:48Light up drop zone one.
05:56Oh, that looks good.
05:59Perhaps because there's a gap in the front for you, Annie.
06:02No, down she goes.
06:04Might get the mystery, Brandon.
06:10Not quite. The good news is you have got some money on the board.
06:13$200 into the machine.
06:15You've got to take it from there, and now you're in the game with $200,
06:18but only one counter left for you to play.
06:20Annie and Paul with two counters.
06:23The next question.
06:25The inauguration of which US president took place in 2021?
06:29Paul.
06:30Joe Biden.
06:31It is Joe Biden, of course.
06:34Three behind Annie, Paul.
06:35I'd like to play, and I'll go drop zone two.
06:38Light it up.
06:47OK.
06:48Looking good there.
06:49First time we've been there, so sometimes it's harder to move,
06:52but that's looking good.
06:54Looking good.
06:58Well done.
06:59Paul, come over the tipping point for you, Paul.
07:01$400 goes up.
07:02$400 comes out into your bank,
07:04and now you've got the one-counter lead over Annie.
07:08Annie's still got two counters.
07:10Paul and Brandon with one.
07:12The next one coming your way is...
07:14The national men's team, nicknamed the Australian Rollers,
07:17competes in which wheelchair sport?
07:20Annie.
07:21Basketball.
07:22That's right, Annie.
07:23Wheelchair basketball.
07:25Can I have drop zone one, please?
07:27Light up drop zone one.
07:28I've got a feeling the mystery is what Annie is after.
07:36Whoa.
07:37Sneaky.
07:38Oh, well.
07:39Well, it's sitting in between...
07:40Oh, no, it's gone back into one.
07:43Come on, come on.
07:45No, Annie.
07:48That was a strange drop.
07:50Had a look at two, didn't like it,
07:52went back into one and just filled gaps, Annie.
07:54All right, this is quite tight.
07:56Brandon, you've got to make up a bit of ground.
07:58Everyone with their last counter to play.
08:00Here's the next question.
08:02In the traditional nursery rhyme,
08:04Baa Baa Black Sheep,
08:05which character lives down the lane?
08:08Paul.
08:09The little boy.
08:10It is the little boy.
08:11The little boy.
08:12Everybody...
08:13That was so funny.
08:14Everybody sitting there going,
08:16Baa Baa Black Sheep.
08:18It was who got there quick and it was you, Paul.
08:21Well done.
08:22Where would you like to play the last counter that you have?
08:24Yeah, drop zone one, please.
08:25Light up for drop zone one.
08:35Bouncing around.
08:36That will do.
08:38You've got the one-counter lead, Paul.
08:40That's nice.
08:41I think it might be a little more after this.
08:46Well done.
08:47Four more.
08:48Another $400,
08:49and at the end of your Bank Builder round,
08:51we'll take that $400, add it to the $800,
08:53and you can sit back now with $1,200.
08:57Nicely done, Paul.
09:00So, Annie, you're five behind Paul.
09:02Brandon, ten to get to Paul.
09:04Second last question.
09:06Installed in 1994,
09:08the public purse is a red granite sculpture
09:10in the CBD of which Victorian city?
09:14Annie?
09:15Melbourne.
09:16That's right.
09:18There's not much left in the public purse, though, is there?
09:21No.
09:22Can I have drop zone four, please?
09:25Light it up for Annie.
09:31Down she goes.
09:33Like that, Annie, or what?
09:35Yeah, no, that's OK.
09:36I feel like you've done a lot of studying of this game.
09:39Never mind.
09:40And you didn't anticipate that.
09:42No.
09:43OK, Annie, you can sit back yourself now.
09:45$700 is in your bank.
09:47Brandon, five behind Annie, ten behind Paul.
09:50You've got the last question.
09:51No need to buzz in, but you do need to answer in three seconds.
09:54All right.
09:55Here it is.
10:02Elemental?
10:03Correct.
10:04That was one right in your wheelhouse.
10:06That's right.
10:07You were lucky there.
10:08I remember it.
10:09I remember it very well.
10:10Here's your chance.
10:14I'm going to ask you to wait,
10:15because that's not in play at the moment,
10:17so we'll see what it does.
10:20No harm.
10:21OK, Brandon, where would you like to go?
10:26It doesn't look like you're a decisive decision-maker.
10:28Very not.
10:30I'm going to go for three.
10:32Drop zone three.
10:33Three, three, three.
10:40First time we've been in drop zone three.
10:43But you can see the pile sitting on the tipping point.
10:48But you can't push it off if nothing comes off the top shelf.
10:51Very true.
10:52All right.
10:53At the end of our bank build-around, Annie's got $700,
10:55Paul's got $1,200.
10:57Brandon, you're going to have to pick up the pace
10:59in the quickfire round,
11:00and that's coming up next on Tipping Points.
11:04APPLAUSE
11:16Welcome back, everyone, to Tipping Point.
11:18We've got Annie, Paul and Brandon.
11:19They're trying to get through to the jackpot round of play
11:21for $20,000.
11:22Let's do this.
11:23Let's play quickfire.
11:28And in quickfire, you'll each have 30 seconds
11:30to answer as many questions as possible
11:32for every correct answer.
11:33I'll give you a counter to place into the machine.
11:36Every counter becomes so, so important
11:38because the player with the lowest score
11:40at the end of this round is going home.
11:42Paul, you've got a five-counter lead over Annie.
11:45The choice is yours.
11:46Play first or do some passing again?
11:48The machine looks pretty good. I'm going to play first.
11:50All right.
11:51Take advantage of what's sitting on that tipping point.
11:53Paul, 30 seconds goes on the clock for you,
11:56and your time starts now.
11:59White.
12:06Sydney.
12:12Hammer and sickle.
12:19Julia Gillard.
12:24Daft Punk.
12:29I don't know.
12:32Doing the business.
12:33That was good.
12:34Four.
12:35Paul, good chance for you to extend your lead.
12:37I'm going to start with three.
12:39Start with drop zone three.
12:40He's going to clean that out and move along
12:42by the sound of it.
12:48Oh, it's a bit gappy there.
12:51As long as it gets a direct hit, though.
12:55Bad luck.
12:56Annie was quick in with the bad luck there.
12:57Yeah, wasn't she?
12:58Second one.
12:59I'm going to go three, please.
13:00Light her up.
13:07Oh, I was hoping the same spot, but...
13:11If I fill it in, the next one will be good.
13:16Are you going to go where you've done all the work?
13:18Yeah, yeah.
13:19Three again, please.
13:20Light it up.
13:21Third time lucky, perhaps.
13:28That's a little bit...
13:29Going to go now.
13:30Hopefully.
13:31Goes terrible if it doesn't.
13:32Yeah, look at that.
13:34Love that, though.
13:35It's going to spread to...
13:42That's a good one.
13:43A little bit better than good, I'd say.
13:44Seven came over the tipping point.
13:45Excellent.
13:46That's $700.
13:47We put it up there and we leave it there
13:49because you've got the last counter to put into the machine.
13:52Yeah, I'm actually going to switch it up
13:54and go to number one, please.
13:55OK.
13:56All the way to the left.
13:59Mysteries lurking on the tipping point.
14:02Off to the left.
14:04Oh, that's probably OK.
14:05I think it could be.
14:06Hopefully OK.
14:08Time will tell.
14:09Down she comes.
14:15There she goes.
14:16Excellent.
14:18Good stuff, Paul.
14:20Very happy with that.
14:21Five more coming over the tipping point,
14:22which included the mystery.
14:24So let's put the money into the bank first.
14:26$1,200.
14:27We'll take it out of the machine, put it into your account
14:30and you've got yourself $2,400,
14:33which is setting a tough target for Annie and Brandon.
14:38The mystery went over.
14:39I reckon you're going to like this
14:40because you've won yourself an Uvana portable pizza oven
14:43by The Mix Shop,
14:44which cooks restaurant-quality stone-baked pizza
14:47in just 60 seconds,
14:49along with the accessories.
14:51And it's worth up to $1,200.
14:56Well played, Paul.
14:57Sit back now and watch what Annie and Brandon can do.
15:01Annie, it's your choice, though, to play now
15:04or maybe Brandon might knock them off for you.
15:06I'll play.
15:07All right.
15:1030 seconds is on the clock for you, Annie.
15:12Your time starts now.
15:14Which month of the year is named for the Roman goddess Juno?
15:17January.
15:18June.
15:19Several of the main institutions of the European Union
15:22have their seat in which Belgium city?
15:24Pass.
15:25Brussels.
15:26In Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book,
15:28what animal is the character Akela?
15:31The panther.
15:32Woof.
15:33Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of which US city?
15:36Manhattan.
15:37New York.
15:38Emphasising the practice of meditation,
15:40Zen is a school of which religion?
15:43Buddhism.
15:44Correct.
15:46Got one.
15:48Got one, Annie.
15:49Well done.
15:51Oh, I was getting nervous for you there.
15:53I was getting nervous for myself.
15:55Yeah.
15:56OK, but the other issue that we had in that round there
15:59was we had an ambient drop along the way.
16:01So, unfortunately, we take those counters out.
16:04They're out of the game.
16:05They're void.
16:06And you have that decision about where to play the counter.
16:09Where's it going to be?
16:10Can I play drop zone four, please?
16:12All right, Annie.
16:13There's a good pile on the right side.
16:15Yeah.
16:16It might be enough to keep you in the game.
16:18Light up drop zone four.
16:25Left.
16:26Yes.
16:28Come on, Annie.
16:29Don't stick in there or do anything silly.
16:32Oh.
16:33That's right.
16:34Happy with that, Annie, are you now?
16:35Yeah.
16:36Good.
16:37It's going to slide on down that wall.
16:38There's what?
16:39One, two, three, four sitting on the tipping point.
16:41Oh, that's nice.
16:42Going to get a double push with that.
16:44Come on.
16:47Annie got the whip out on the last one, that's for sure.
16:50Half a dozen over the tipping point.
16:52$600 goes into the machine.
16:54Let's take it out of there.
16:55Put it into your bank.
16:56And at the end of your quickfire round,
16:58a little bit better than what it was looking.
17:00You got yourself $1,300.
17:04So, Brandon, the story is you've got 11 counters to make up.
17:08You ready to play your round?
17:09Of course.
17:1030 seconds is on the clock.
17:11Your time starts now.
17:13What is the standard four-letter term for a baby kangaroo?
17:16Joey.
17:17Correct.
17:18The coconut tree is a member of which tropical tree
17:20family known for its large green fronds?
17:22Palm.
17:23Correct.
17:24In Norse mythology, what is the name of Odin's hall
17:27where slain warriors are received?
17:29Valhalla.
17:30Correct.
17:31Australian Alexi Poppern is a professional player
17:33of which racket sport?
17:34Tennis.
17:35Correct.
17:36Meaning for a particular purpose,
17:37the term ad hoc is borrowed from which language?
17:39French.
17:40Latin.
17:41Bordering Australia,
17:42the Tasman is a marginal sea of which ocean?
17:44Pacific.
17:45Pacific's correct, but just a tad slow.
17:48A mighty fine effort, I've got to say.
17:51Under pressure, you've still managed to find yourself
17:53four counters.
17:54So, 11 to tie any is what you need.
17:57I think you need to do a bit of working out
17:59where you're going to find them.
18:01Yeah, let's start on three.
18:03OK, light up drop zone three.
18:11That's the only spot that there's a gap, Brandon.
18:14Lovely.
18:16OK, had enough on it.
18:18Could be something.
18:24Pushed a few closer.
18:25That's all right.
18:26Three to go.
18:29Yeah, I might go back to three.
18:31Light up drop zone three.
18:41Come on, baby.
18:43Is that good?
18:44What do we think?
18:53It's the one.
18:54Yeah.
18:55Just 100, which we'll put up in there.
18:56There's still a lot going on over near three.
18:58I kind of want the mystery, but I've been...
19:00I don't know.
19:01Three.
19:02Three.
19:03Yeah.
19:04I'm hearing a lot of threes, and I trust them, so three.
19:07Light up three, Brandon.
19:10Three.
19:17That might push the double over.
19:19Yeah, hopefully.
19:22Down it comes.
19:30All right, Brandon.
19:31You're getting close.
19:32That was seven over the tipping point.
19:34$700 goes in.
19:35That gives us 800 in the machine.
19:39One to tie, four to go through.
19:42I'm just going to go for three.
19:44Light up drop zone three.
19:45He's gone against the consensus.
19:47It's the first time he's made a strong decision for himself today.
19:54That could be good.
19:56As long as it sits flat.
19:57Don't you dare.
19:58Yes.
19:59Oh, it was very gentle, the way it sat down.
20:03It was like a butterfly.
20:04I think I screwed myself a little bit.
20:10Oh!
20:12Oh, Brandon.
20:14We've got to wait for all the pushes.
20:16There's two, maybe three, that might dive down.
20:19Need a little earthquake.
20:20Yeah.
20:23Oh!
20:25And he was holding her breath so tight.
20:27In the end.
20:30Not enough.
20:31That's out of play.
20:32In the end, Brandon, you needed three.
20:34You only had one that came over in the allotted pushes.
20:38A few more came over on a fourth push.
20:40Not in time for you.
20:41So we're going to put the 100 up and into the machine.
20:44And we take the 900 out.
20:46We whack it into the 200 that's there.
20:49And, unfortunately, you have fallen just short.
20:52And, of course, that means we've found your tipping points.
20:57Brandon, you were right.
20:58You might be better behind the camera.
21:00We wish you the best of luck as you pursue your career in television,
21:04screen and writing.
21:06But, Annie and Paul, you two are about to go head-to-head in the next round.
21:10Who will go on to win the $20,000 jackpot opportunity?
21:13We're going to find out next on Tipping Point.
21:28Welcome back, everyone, to Tipping Point.
21:30Annie loves her horses.
21:31Paul wants to go and see the sloths in Costa Rica.
21:34But, Annie, when we say you love your horses,
21:37it's my understanding that you're one of the great harness trainers,
21:40at least in Victoria, if not the country.
21:42Is that right?
21:43Yes.
21:44I have got that reputation as being the leading harness preparer
21:48of yearlings at the sale.
21:50There you go.
21:51That's quite something, Annie.
21:52Well done to you.
21:53Yeah.
21:54And if you get that $20,000 again, remind us what you're going to do.
21:57I'd like to buy a share in a good thoroughbred horse.
22:01Yes.
22:02I hope you get that opportunity because you've done a lot of great work.
22:05Now, Paul, when we talk about being in the front of and behind cameras,
22:09you've had a little bit of cameo as an actor.
22:11You and your wife.
22:12Yes.
22:13This is my wife, Sam.
22:14G'day, Sam.
22:15APPLAUSE
22:16We were cast as a bride and groom after we got married
22:19in MacLeod's Daughters.
22:20There you go.
22:21Yeah.
22:22Did you have any speaking lines?
22:23Unfortunately not, no.
22:24Oh, well.
22:25A lot of kissing lines.
22:26Great.
22:27We might leave it there.
22:28LAUGHTER
22:29And let's just, talking about kissing, let's go head-to-head.
22:32APPLAUSE
22:37OK, in this round, you each have two questions.
22:40Answer correctly, you'll get to play that counter into the machine.
22:43If you get it wrong, your opponent will steal that counter.
22:46If you're a little unsure, you can ask your opponent to play instead.
22:50Now, Paul, you've got the lead by 11 counters at the moment,
22:532,400 versus 1,300.
22:56Play the first one or not?
22:58Yeah, I will play the first one.
22:59OK.
23:00APPLAUSE
23:01OK, Paul.
23:03Of Santa Claus's eight famous reindeer,
23:06which two have names beginning with C?
23:09You can pass or play, remember?
23:11I was going to play, but I can only think of one of them,
23:13so I'm going to pass.
23:16AUDIENCE GROANS
23:18All right, Annie, you've had a few extra seconds.
23:21A bit like Baa Baa Black Sheep again.
23:23Yeah, singing.
23:25Comet's one, and the other one could be Clive, after my husband.
23:32LAUGHTER
23:36OK, here's one of Santa Claus's eight famous reindeer.
23:40You said Comet. Yes.
23:42Is it Clive as well?
23:45No, it's Comet and Cupid.
23:47Cupid? Yes.
23:49Good pass.
23:50Paul, you've got that counter to play. Yes.
23:52Where would you like to put it?
23:55Getting instructions to go two.
23:57Please, Todd. Light it up.
24:02You can go left, I reckon.
24:04Not funny, though.
24:07It's not too bad.
24:09The main thing is to get something off the top shelf.
24:12Annie, here's your chance. Thanks.
24:15You've got 11 to try to find somewhere.
24:17Got to get the counter, though.
24:19Here's your first question of the round.
24:25I'll play. OK.
24:27And I'll say Montreal.
24:30Paul?
24:32I didn't think of Montreal.
24:34I would have gone either Toronto or Vancouver and probably gone Toronto.
24:37Annie says Montreal is the largest city by population in Canada.
24:42Is she correct?
24:44It's Toronto, Annie.
24:46Toronto. Bad luck there.
24:48Paul, another shot for you.
24:50Yeah, I'll go two again, please.
24:52Light up. Drop zone two.
25:00Left it off.
25:02A little gap at the front.
25:04No, not left.
25:06Bad luck.
25:08I just love how Annie's going.
25:10Bad luck. Don't really mean it.
25:12OK, Annie.
25:14Oh, is that within the throne?
25:18Annie, I hate to tell you, but that was on the last push,
25:21so that actually is a counter.
25:23So I'm going to put $100 into the machine.
25:25And the luck changed at the last moment.
25:28Put it into your bank, Paul.
25:30It gives you a flat $2,500.
25:32And Annie, after the break,
25:35you're going to have to find something a little special
25:38if you want that chance to play for the $20,000 jackpot.
25:41That's all coming next on Tipping Point.
25:52APPLAUSE
25:55Welcome back, everybody, to Tipping Point.
25:57Annie and Paul are going head-to-head.
25:59Paul's got the upper hand at the moment.
26:01And the next question is coming your way.
26:11Oh, I don't think I've got any idea even where to begin with that,
26:14so I'm going to pass.
26:16Oh, Annie's just given...
26:18Oh, I think Annie knows it. Annie?
26:205,000 metres?
26:225,000 metres, she says.
26:26Is Annie correct with 5,000 metres?
26:29Go green.
26:32Oh, Annie! Annie, it was 3,000 metres.
26:36Oh! Paul?
26:38It's all falling my way, thank you.
26:40It is falling your way. You've got your opportunity again.
26:42You've built a bit up the top.
26:44Something's got to start falling over.
26:46Leave me the mystery, please.
26:48It's almost falling in, though.
26:50I'm going to listen to the crowd and not to Annie.
26:52And I'm going to go drop something, too.
26:54Light her up.
27:00I don't think that mystery needs much of a nudge.
27:02It's got to lean on it already.
27:07No way, Paul.
27:09Goodness.
27:11I'm just warming it up for you. Thank you.
27:13Annie, you've at least got your chance
27:15to maybe get the mystery here.
27:17If you were to stay in the game, you would need 12 counters.
27:19But you've got to get a counter to play.
27:21Here's your final chance, Annie.
27:32Astronomer.
27:34Well done, Annie!
27:40OK, Annie, I just need to do this bit first, OK?
27:43Let's find out...
27:46..if it is Astronomer Annie.
27:49Yes, Annie!
27:53All right, you're in the game.
27:55Is there a dozen there for you, Annie?
27:57No, there's not, Todd.
27:59But I'm looking at the mystery counter, hoping,
28:02so I'll have Drop Zone 2, please.
28:05Light it up.
28:10Good luck to you, Annie, on this one.
28:12Yes.
28:14Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
28:17Come on, Annie.
28:19Don't you squeeze into the gap.
28:21Yes!
28:24Good work.
28:28Oh, hang on, Annie. Hold on.
28:30I don't like this anymore.
28:32Yes!
28:36That's happy for a minute.
28:38Annie. The suspense.
28:40I've never seen the game go in and everybody go,
28:43Congratulations, well played.
28:45No, I'm sorry about that.
28:47You needed 12.
28:49It's a pretty big drop.
28:51But it's only nine.
28:53That was close in the end.
28:55Annie, I've got to do this.
28:57I've got to take the 900 out of the machine,
28:59add it into your bank.
29:01You have a grand total at the end of 2,200.
29:03It's not going to be quite enough,
29:05but you got the mystery
29:07and you can prepare to cook up a storm
29:09with this exceptional Swiss Diamond XD
29:12Classic Ultimate Collection Pack.
29:14Now, it's compatible with all cooktops,
29:16including induction,
29:18valued at over $1,700.
29:20Yes!
29:22But after all of that, Annie,
29:24unfortunately,
29:26we have found your tipping points.
29:28Thanks, Tom.
29:30Good luck.
29:32And Paul, this is what you're going to be playing for,
29:34the jackpot counter.
29:36It's worth $20,000.
29:38We can't wait to see if you're going to master the machine
29:40and that's all coming up next
29:42after the break.
29:54Welcome back, everyone,
29:56to Tipping Point. Paul's our winner today.
29:58$2,500 is sitting in the machine.
30:00Paul, you're here from Adelaide.
30:02Yes.
30:04You and your wife, Sam, made the trip to Melbourne,
30:06but you wanted to do something
30:08a little bit better than that if you're able to get the jackpot today,
30:10and that's to go travelling to Costa Rica.
30:12Sam,
30:14a couple of kids at home, time to get on the road again.
30:16That's why we thought we'd go and see the Sloths,
30:18but they're teenagers, so we've had some practice.
30:20Right!
30:22Let's see if we can get you
30:24$20,000, but who knows, it could be even more.
30:26Let's play the jackpot round.
30:32Alright, Paul, time to put
30:34the jackpot counter into the machine.
30:36Where would you like to place it?
30:38It's all pretty open, isn't it?
30:40I think I'm going to go on an edge.
30:42Four is probably my best option.
30:44Okay, like that.
30:46Light up, drop zone four.
30:48It's holding this perfectly.
30:50Yep.
30:52We want to make sure we get it flat.
30:54That doesn't ride.
30:56That's pretty good.
30:58Just spin to the right a little.
31:00Spin to the right.
31:02It's gone into the left.
31:04That's the main thing, a reminder
31:06that every counter that comes over the tipping point
31:08is worth $100 that will be added
31:10into your bank. Let's take a look at the categories
31:12that you'll be playing. You've got tourism,
31:14politics, TV, sport
31:16and musicals. For each category
31:18you'll choose to play one, two or three
31:20counters. The more you play for, the harder
31:22that question is going to be.
31:24So where would you like to start, and for
31:26how many?
31:28There's no real good place to start, so let's do them in alphabetical order.
31:30Oh!
31:32That's a first.
31:34I'll go three tokens, so I guess musicals.
31:40Musicals for three it is.
31:42What is the name of a jukebox
31:44musical in which a Shakespeare character
31:46survives her
31:48original tragic ending?
31:50Is it
31:52Aunt Cleopatra
31:54and Lady Macbeth
31:56or Aunt Juliet?
31:58Original tragic ending. Juliet's definitely got one.
32:00Lady Macbeth, maybe have one.
32:02I think everyone dies in that, don't they?
32:04But I feel like the best sounding one
32:06is Aunt Juliet, just because it's Romeo and Juliet.
32:08So I'm going to go Aunt Juliet.
32:10Okay, let's light up Aunt Juliet.
32:14Are we off to a good start?
32:18Well worked, Trude.
32:20You've got three counters to play, Paul.
32:22Let's light up Job Zone 4 and see how
32:24your luck's going to fare today
32:26in the jackpot round.
32:30Aw.
32:32Comes flying out.
32:34This one's just across a little bit of the island.
32:36Yeah.
32:38And it can lighten that bottom bit.
32:40Can it get something off?
32:42What?
32:44What I do like is it looks pretty even on the top shelf.
32:46So let's put the second counter in.
32:48Light up Job Zone 4.
32:54More right.
32:56A little more right.
32:58It's getting righter, though.
33:02You can see there's that little bit of weight
33:04in column 2.
33:06And we start to build
33:08a bit of cash with two over the tipping point.
33:10$2,700 goes in
33:12the machine, and we get the third counter in.
33:14Now the thing is, I think you're going to have to get a direct hit
33:16because the jackpot counter's
33:18a little heavier, and you've got a double
33:20counter sitting at the front, one on top of it.
33:22So get it right in behind there, Paul.
33:24Light her up one more time, please.
33:28Oh!
33:32Oh!
33:34It's getting closer.
33:36Yeah.
33:38See how that weight keeps
33:40pushing it around?
33:42That's good.
33:44All right, we've got some money again.
33:46Another three, so that gets you
33:48$3,000 sitting in the bank.
33:50But we're out of counters for that category,
33:52so let's go back to the board.
33:54All right, what did I say? Alphabetical.
33:56Yeah. Politics is next. Excellent.
33:58Let's do that. Let's go politics for three, please.
34:00Light her up.
34:02Here we go.
34:04Popularised by
34:061870s political cartoons,
34:08a common symbol of the US Democratic
34:10Party is what animal?
34:12Is it an eagle, a donkey,
34:14or elephant?
34:16Ah, look, when the question was coming up
34:18before the answers, I was thinking elephant.
34:20But now I'm wondering whether it's a donkey.
34:22I don't think it's an eagle. I think I'm going to
34:24go with my gut and go
34:26with elephant, for no
34:28other reason than that was my first thought.
34:30Light up elephant. Is elephant
34:32what we're looking for here?
34:34It's a donkey.
34:36It was donkey. All right, not what
34:38we were after. Let's go back to
34:40the board once more.
34:42It is sports, Ben, in the
34:44alphabetical order.
34:46Good with your sport, I would assume?
34:48You would assume incorrectly.
34:50Sport's probably one of my weaknesses.
34:52Is it right? Okay.
34:54Here comes the question.
34:56Which sport begins each
34:58quarter with the umpire bouncing or throwing
35:00the ball in the centre circle?
35:02Soccer, netball, or Aussie rules?
35:04It's funny how
35:06when you say ball, I immediately think
35:08of a spherical ball
35:10because I didn't think of Aussie rules originally.
35:12But that's what I'm going to go with, is Aussie rules.
35:14Light up Aussie rules.
35:16Is that correct?
35:18Yeah.
35:20Quarters is a part of it
35:22as well. You're not allowed to touch the
35:24soccer ball, are you? No.
35:26Except for the goalkeeper. I don't know how they start it.
35:28How do they start that? They...
35:30That's how I get my cat
35:32off the couch.
35:34Here we go. Three counters.
35:36Light up job zone four.
35:38Come on.
35:40We need that right side here, Paul.
35:42Yeah, a little bit more right. Not too right, though.
35:44You've lost centre right.
35:47Oh!
35:49That's good.
35:51Come on, push, push, push.
35:53No, too right.
35:55Too right.
35:57Yeah, too right, he said.
35:59And two more over the tipping point.
36:01200. Made score total
36:033,200.
36:05And we're just going to have to get a direct hit,
36:07I feel. Light her up.
36:09Come on.
36:11Centre right.
36:13No, just right.
36:16Come on, come on, come on.
36:18Go righter.
36:20It's
36:22getting there.
36:24If I can have 100 tokens, I reckon I can.
36:26It's moving a millimetre at a time. Keep positive.
36:28Paul.
36:30One more. Here we go.
36:32Light her up.
36:38Oh, that's better.
36:40There you go. I told you to keep
36:42positive, Paul. That's right.
36:44Now we're on our way.
36:46OK, we had to clear that
36:48little pile that was there.
36:50Well done.
36:52Three more for you, so we're at
36:54$3,500.
36:56All right, we got rid of that heavy little pile
36:58at the front. We're one push from getting that
37:00jackpot counter over the top shelf.
37:02We've got to go back one more time to categories
37:04here, and of the two left, the two Ts,
37:06it is Tourism
37:08that is next, alphabetically. Yep.
37:10Got to be three, right? Yep, absolutely.
37:12Touring the world, you need to
37:14get the jackpot counter over.
37:16Paul.
37:18A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Dutch
37:20village of Kinderdijk, is
37:22famous for what?
37:24Windmills, tulip fields
37:26or clog cobblers?
37:28A clog cobbler?
37:30I don't know what that is. I know what a clog is.
37:32I know what a cobbler is. I feel like they don't go together.
37:34Maybe they do.
37:36Me and Sam would have liked
37:38to have visited the tulip fields at some point,
37:40so I feel like that might have rung a bell,
37:42but the village name does not.
37:44So I'm going to go with windmills.
37:46Okay, I'm going to light up
37:48windmills, but Paul, let's find out if you're
37:50one step closer to winning that $20,000
37:52jackpot after the break.
37:54APPLAUSE
37:56APPLAUSE
37:58APPLAUSE
38:00APPLAUSE
38:02APPLAUSE
38:04APPLAUSE
38:06APPLAUSE
38:08Everybody to tipping point. Paul is today's
38:10winner. Currently has $3,500
38:12in the bank. Now, before we
38:14went to the break, the question for you was
38:16a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Dutch
38:18village of Kinderdijk, is famous for what?
38:20You worked your way through. You said light up windmills.
38:22Is that the correct answer?
38:24It is!
38:26APPLAUSE
38:28APPLAUSE
38:30Were you confident
38:32with that, Sam? He's pretty good.
38:34He was pretty good. Come on, Paul.
38:36We want that $20,000. Now's the time
38:38to get it off the top shelf. Light up drop zone
38:40four.
38:42APPLAUSE
38:44APPLAUSE
38:46APPLAUSE
38:48Almost there.
38:50I should be going right for the machine.
38:52That's when it doesn't work.
38:54You play it that way.
38:56APPLAUSE
38:58APPLAUSE
39:00Sometimes you can use reverse psychology.
39:02Two over the tipping point. $3,700.
39:04Let's go back there again.
39:06APPLAUSE
39:08APPLAUSE
39:10APPLAUSE
39:12APPLAUSE
39:14Are we going to get enough of it? Maybe.
39:16Hopefully. Yes, we are.
39:18APPLAUSE
39:20APPLAUSE
39:22Come on, just a little slight earthquake.
39:24A little tremor. It might.
39:26That's two more, though, over the
39:28tipping point. So another $200 goes,
39:30and we keep building in your bank.
39:32APPLAUSE
39:34And as we're putting the money in,
39:36it gently just comes on down.
39:38How good is that?
39:40And it now pushes forward.
39:42APPLAUSE
39:44That's looking much better. And another one went over.
39:46Let's not forget, as we were watching that
39:48happen, so you've now got $4,000 in the bank
39:50as well.
39:52APPLAUSE
39:54Final count of this category. Light her up.
39:56APPLAUSE
39:58Come on, Paul. I just wonder
40:00if we've got enough of it lying up at the top.
40:02I don't know if I do.
40:04That's good. We just need that to probably
40:06close that gap.
40:08Come on, get in there.
40:10You can see what I mean, right?
40:12But it means that we need more counters.
40:14As we head back to categories.
40:16TV. Yep.
40:18You're a TV star.
40:20You've been on McLeod's Daughters.
40:22The pair of you. Three counters? Yep.
40:24APPLAUSE
40:26Come on, Paul.
40:28What is the title of the Angry Anderson
40:30song played during
40:32Scott and Charlene's wedding scene
40:34on Neighbours? Talking about wedding scenes,
40:36McLeod's Daughters' wedding scene, Scott and Charlene's
40:38wedding scenes. Suddenly,
40:40Perfectly or Possibly?
40:42There's so much good information to know here.
40:44Like watching Neighbours, knowing
40:46Angry Anderson songs. I don't know any
40:48of that information.
40:50So we'll go with Wedding Theme.
40:52I don't think Possibly. Suddenly's got a good
40:54serendipitous feel to it. But I think
40:56Perfectly's probably a nicer feel for a
40:58wedding. So that's what I'm going to go with.
41:00I'm going to light up Perfectly. Cross my fingers.
41:02Hmm.
41:04You don't like it.
41:06Well, it wasn't me. Your wife just
41:08shook her head.
41:10She watches Neighbours. Let's hope that she's
41:12wrong. Is Perfectly
41:14the Angry Anderson song?
41:18It was Suddenly, of course.
41:20And unfortunately, we've got
41:22no counters to play.
41:24So, you've still won yourself $4,000.
41:26Exactly. Thank you.
41:28And don't forget the pizza oven
41:30that was valued at $1,200.
41:32But, this is
41:34looking pretty good. We're two pushes away.
41:36It's time for Jackpot Temptation.
41:40And look for a
41:42moment like we wouldn't have to go there.
41:44But, you can go home
41:46with $4,000. That's yours.
41:48Or, I'm wondering if I could tempt you
41:50to try to win that $20,000
41:52that is sitting there two pushes away
41:54from coming over. Now, if you decide
41:56to take temptation, the $4,000
41:58is gone. Yep. How many counters do you think
42:00you might need? You know, as many as you're willing to give me.
42:02Hmm.
42:04Well, I'm feeling good. So, I'm going to give you four.
42:06Okay. I love four. Yeah.
42:08And I'm going to increase the value of the jackpot counter to $40,000.
42:12Wow.
42:14That's the most pensive I've seen you look the whole show.
42:16I know.
42:18What should I hold off
42:20to see if Todd's got a better deal? I don't know, love. You decide.
42:22Why don't I just keep it on
42:24the podium? Yep.
42:26Four for $40,000. Yep.
42:28What if I put over the other side of the podium here
42:30five counters?
42:32I've got to reduce it to $20,000.
42:34But, I can't send you to
42:36Costa Rica, but I could send you
42:38to a tropical
42:40paradise holiday in Fiji.
42:44It's a package for two people.
42:46Hang on.
42:48It's already finished.
42:50It's a package for two people
42:52at the Beachcoma Island Resort.
42:54Valued at around $5,000
42:56and it's all thanks to our Fiji experts
42:58at MyHoliday. Pretty good.
43:00That is pretty good. And I hadn't even finished
43:02explaining what it was all about
43:04and Sam goes, you're in.
43:06You're in. Do it.
43:08Here's the deal. You've got two offers.
43:10Four for $40,000
43:12or five counters for $20,000
43:14and a trip to Fiji.
43:16We're going to the newsroom.
43:18Before we went to the newsroom, Paul,
43:20I gave you four for $40,000, five counters
43:22for $20,000 and a trip to Fiji.
43:24What are you going to do? I am willing to forego
43:26the $4,000. Yep.
43:28And I'm going to go for the five for $20,000
43:30in Fiji.
43:34Alright. You've decided to take the
43:36jackpot temptation. Good on you.
43:38But I've got to do this. $4,000 was yours.
43:40It's no longer.
43:42But I'm going to put
43:44$20,000 back up there because
43:46that's what we're aspiring to win.
43:48There it is.
43:50And so let's
43:52get started. Five counters to get
43:54that jackpot counter over the tipping point.
43:56Light up drop zone four and get
43:58the first counter into the machine.
44:00Here we go.
44:02You've got to get it on the right, Paul.
44:04Come on. No.
44:06That's the left.
44:08We want it on the machine's
44:10other side.
44:12Anything that comes
44:14over is worthless
44:16except the jackpot.
44:18It was a nice drop and it's not
44:20going to count for us. But let's get the
44:22second counter into the machine. Light up
44:24drop zone four.
44:26Come on.
44:30Yeah. That's good.
44:32That's good.
44:34Maybe it's got to squeeze in
44:36there. Get that one down the front.
44:38Two down.
44:40Three to go. Let's put the third in.
44:42Light her up.
44:48That's good.
44:50That's good.
44:52What's it going to get over? Come on.
44:54Come on.
44:56You're kidding me. It's going to split the difference.
44:58You're kidding me.
45:00No.
45:02It's not super helpful still.
45:04It's better than it was.
45:06We've got two to play. Let's get the
45:08fourth one in there.
45:18I kind of like it.
45:22It's a little bit terrible.
45:24We needed it down.
45:26We have one counter left to put
45:28into the machine. $20,000
45:30and a trip to Fiji rests
45:32on this drop. Light up
45:34drop zone four.
45:38I feel like I need a pretty
45:40miraculous drop.
45:42I think we're going to need
45:44both of those to come off and get something
45:46special. Come on. There goes one.
45:54I need that one to fall.
45:56I don't think it's going to help.
45:58No. Don't do
46:00that and ride.
46:04So close. Not the ending that we
46:06were hoping for. But you're not going home
46:08empty handed. You're going home with the pizza oven.
46:10It's valued at $1,200.
46:12Thanks very much for coming on the show, Paul.
46:14Great to have you and great to have you
46:16watching this as well at home. Join us next time
46:18with three new contestants dropping to the
46:20win zone and trying to get that jackpot
46:22counter over the tipping points.