Who will win Radio 1's Giant Face Off? - A Friday finale awaits Greg James and Jamie Laing

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24-07-2025

Update:
Date: 17:43 BST
Title: We're wrapping up coverage for the day
Content: See you tomorrow at 7am for the big finale. Here's a round up of today's action
The day started with a 'flag in a haystack' game on Tom the Young Farmer's farm. Dean McCullough (Team Greg) managed to win a flag for his side. "This victory feels sweet, with a hint of manure," he said.
Here's Dean holding the tiny flag in triumph
Listener Lily then secured another flag for Team Greg via a Cornish bakery. Everything was looking rosy for our Breakfast Show host.
But the scores were narrowed again via Katie, who made her way to Happy Bottom Nature Reserve after clues were spotted via BBC Bristol
Our DJs Charlie Hedges and Lauren Layfield were summoned to play a daft game involving eggs. They had to create contraptions that would protect an egg being thrown from the top of HMS Warrior. No idea why, but Lauren won the game with a very nice feat of engineering. Another win for Team Jamie.
And after more shenanigans and flag-finding in the Shetland Islands, a showdown awaited our DJs in North Wales. First one down a 100mph zip wire would secure a flag - Team Greg knew they needed just one more flag to win the whole game.
But it was the awesome Ore who won the North Wales race, zooming via zip wire to pick up a crucial flag for Team Jamie. This means the game will reach its summit tomorrow morning (Fri 25 July) in Newcastle.
Update:
Date: 17:36 BST
Title: Greg and Jamie have been summoned to the North East
Content: A new message from the mysterious studio phone
You're at a 9-9 split. There's a big gap in the North East.
The weather in Newcastle is looking pretty good tomorrow. Maybe check it out.
Also, why don't you bring one of your teammates for you?
Lots of love, phone.
Update:
Date: 17:29 BST
Title: Get Involved
Content: Can't believe it. Ore's already at the top?!
Rachel in Birmingham
I'm team Greg! I thought we had it in the bag!
Jade in Hastings
I think we all need to take a collective breath
Sam MacGregor, Team Jamie
For those wondering, Alyx still got to go on the zip wire
Update:
Date: 17:23 BST
Title: "One of the best experiences of my life"
Content: Our victor of the latest flag, Ore Olukoga, is buzzing to have won a crucial flag for Team Jamie.
We don't have confirmation of this yet, but we think this means the game continues until Friday!
Ore wins it for Team Jamie
Update:
Date: 17:19 BST
Title: New flag for Team Jamie!
Content: Via a 100mph zip wire
Alyx (Team Greg) knew that if she got to the zip wire first, she would get the 10th - and final - flag for her side. The game would be over.
But by the time she arrived on site, she spotted her rival Ore (Team Jamie) already by the flags.
He'd already completed the zip wire! Much to Alyx's dismay. "I can't swear because I'm live on Radio 1, but..."
It's 9-9.
So this game is going right to the (zip) wire.
Update:
Date: 16:51 BST
Title: Alyx Holcombe is speeding to the zip line
Content: Can she bag the final flag team Greg needs?
Our latest clue points to the zip wire in Penrhyn Quarry and we heard from Ore Olukoga who is running to get that flag for team Jamie, but Sam and Danni were struggling to get through to Alyx Holcombe who is repping team Greg.
Luckily for Greg, we've just heard from Alyx who was struggling with patchy phone signal. She said she's just 20 minutes away from the zip wire but will she get there in time to bag the win for Greg?
The whole game hinges on who gets this flag as Greg just needs one more to win the entire game. Danni pointed this out to Alyx for a bit of motivation, to which she replied: "It's quite a lot of pressure though isn't it Danni!"
Update:
Date: 16:33 BST
Title: Ore's been briefed to get the next flag via a zip wire
Content: Meanwhile, nobody can get hold of Alyx Holcombe on Team Greg
Ore OlukogaTeam Jamie
"Ok, I've never done a zip wire in my life. Oh my word."
"I'm here to win. I can worry about my fear of heights a bit later."
Update:
Date: 16:20 BST
Title: A new clue!
Content: A new clue's popped up on Netflix's socials, tagging Greg and Jamie, external.
It features a clip from comedy show I Think You Should Leave - a funny sketch in which Tim Robinson's character is in a Love Island-style villa, but only wants to use a zipwire.
Netflix's caption reads: "are you only here for the zipline?"
And subtitles on the clip are in Welsh.
So we think this means our Wales-based presenters, Alyx and Ore, need to head to zip world in Penrhyn Quarry.
A new clue posted by Netflix UK
Update:
Date: 16:15 BST
Title: We have entered 5-a-side territory with the latest score
Content: Next goal wins?
Update:
Date: 16:13 BST
Title: New flag won for Team Greg!
Content: One flag away from glory
Listener Chloe moved quickly - she's at the Sumburgh Head
Lighthouse in Shetland.
Chloe was in the middle of baking a cake when she heard about Shetland's involvement in the Giant Face Off.
She had two flags to choose from, as per. And she went for Team Greg!
"I hope your cake is absolutely disgusting," joked Team Jamie rep Sam MacGregor.
9-8 to Greg
Update:
Date: 16:04 BST
Title: To the lighthouse!
Content: Shannon from Shetland (who has a Shetland pony called Aoife) is 15 minutes' drive from the lighthouse.
She just picked her daughter up from childcare - she says she's going to head over and find out what all the fuss is about.
Go on Shannon!
Update:
Date: 15:52 BST
Title: It would take Sam MacGregor 22 hours to drive to the Shetland Islands
Content: So he needs your help - text/WhatsApp [phone]
Sam MacGregorRadio 1 DJ (Team Jamie)
"If you live there, good for you, it looks beautiful. But do us a job please. We need you to find the flag on the lighthouse!"
Update:
Date: 15:41 BST
Title: Here's what's at stake
Content: Giant Face Off forfeits
Greg JamesBBC Radio 1 Breakfast host
If I win, I also get to become godfather of Jamie Laing's child.
If he wins, I go back and do the Going Home show, like it's 2015. And Jamie has also promised to stop all the avenues of joy in my life.
I'm quite worried about that, actually.
Update:
Date: 15:30 BST
Title: It's 8-8 - all square
Content: Matt EdmondsonRadio 1 presenter (Team Jamie)
Two flags to win it, first to 10. It was looking bad for Jamie earlier, but it's looking up now.
Is it going to get done today? It very well might do.
Update:
Date: 15:09 BST
Title: Any listeners in Shetland?
Content: We're 99% sure our latest clue is directing Teams Greg and Jamie to the Sumburgh Head Lighthouse.
Text/WhatsApp [phone] to get in touch (full contact details here).
Update:
Date: 15:00 BST
Title: We've passed the 3pm deadline for flags being 'stolen' by another team
Content: So that's it, Greg has 8 flags, Jamie has 8.
Any more flags won need to be new and previously undiscovered - no funny business.
One is in North Wales, and now one appears to be on a lighthouse in the Shetland Islands. That's where those new cryptic coordinates are pointing to.
We're hoping to hear from Ore Olukoga and Alyx Holcombe (pictured below next to team colours) soon to find out how their Wales ventures are going.
Update:
Date: 14:57 BST
Title: A new clue: Where do these coordinates point to?
Content: Radio 1's in-house studio phone just rang, and it's given us another clue.
The latest message says:
It's me, your best friend, the phone.
We've only got 3 more flags to find.
How about you try looking here..
59.8543N
1.2746W
Update:
Date: 14:47 BST
Title: We finally have visuals on the egg contraptions
Content: The moment you've been waiting for
We've been sent some pics of Charlie and Lauren's #egggate inventions.
It very much looks like a low-budget episode of Taskmaster, and we're here for it.
Lauren's was the winner. An engineering triumph. We hope she's kept hold of it.
Update:
Date: 14:24 BST
Title: It's a flag win for Team Jamie!
Content: The scores are level again
This wasn't an easy flag to win.
Our Portsmouth-based presenters were tasked with making egg vessels out of recyclable goods. The eggs, in their parcels, were to be be dropped on the floor from the top of the HMS Warrior, and the presenter with the most eggs still in fact wins a flag.
Lauren (Team Jamie) attempted something daring, an engineering feat - a yoghurt pot attached to a plastic bag, with blown up rubber gloves underneath the pot.
Charlie (Team Greg) went with coffee cup with lots of bubble wrap inside, resembling a handbag in design.
But who won the game?
Both receptacles landed relatively comfortably.
An independent adjudicator declared this a win for Team Jamie. "As predicted, a hot air balloon would perform better than a handbag."
Update:
Date: 14:10 BST
Title: What exactly is Radio 1's Giant Face Off?
Content: We are three days in to a very chaotic, daft game on Radio 1.
If you're new to the Giant Face Off, allow Greg James to explain...
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Greg James explains the rules for Radio 1's silly game of the summer.