Ep 290: Anthony Kendall, Jonathan Prout (March 27, 2015; originally aired October 7, 2011)

Rounds: Here.

Disclaimer: I watched this episode when it first aired, and although I did not recall any of it I cannot rule out memory being a factor.


Anthony returns for his last night until the finals.  Richard goes with a variation of the technique question, asking whether any of Anthony's training techniques for the half-marathons have helped him develop the mental stamina that has been on display here.  The answer, more-or-less, is that there is no connection.

Standing in the way of Anthony's successful retirement is Jonathan Prout, a mathematics and science teacher who also conducts historical walking tours of Melbourne.  Richard rather bizarrely says that we'll probably get to hear about those walking tours at some stage, which would only be true if Jonathan wins.  In any case, Richard takes tonight's chat in another direction by noting that Jonathan is a big karaoke fan.  Jonathan enthuses that he loves karaoke; a couple of years ago he was on a cruise and entered a karaoke competition that they held.  He made the top five and had to sing in front of 650 passengers.  His competition was an NFL anthem singer, a Russian opera singer, a Canadian jazz singer, and an Albury music teacher.  As Richard observes, that's some tough competition!  Jonathan is a little embarrassed to reveal that the song he sang was I'm Just a Gigolo.


The contestants shared points in the first two rounds, but then it was all Anthony.  He took unanswered points in the next four rounds, and his last six rounds were all maximal.  Jonathan recovered a little late in the piece to share the last two main rounds, and was only just a little slower at the conundrum, but the result was Anthony's best game so far and a 72 to 29 victory.  Anthony successfully retired, and will be back in a week or so for the finals.


As usual, details after the jump.