The following article appears in the July 22, 2000 issue of the Times Mega section, and is copyright 2000 Times Newspapers.

LIVE AND DIRECT!

After 100 rockin' shows - and not-so-rockin' crack-of-dawn starts - Ant, Dec and Cat must know each other inside out, right? Armed with probing questions and a cunning pair of soundproof headphones, Mega decided to test the chaps' knowledge of their co-host. Once Cat's confessions were in the bag, would the boys' answers match up? Challenge Ant (and Dec)!

Confession time : Cat, are you ever late for the show?
Cat: Never. I'm always there in plenty of time for my breakfast bacon butty!
Dec: Yes. She's late for rehearsals, she's late all the time. It's the traffic... she says!
Ant: Aye. Quite a lot, but we're late, too!

If you were offered a huge Hollywood movie role, would you leave SM:TV on the spot and land Ant & Dec right in it?
C: Oooh. I think I'd have to see out my contract. Yeah, I'd stay.
D: She'd finish her contract. Cat's very loyal like that. We'd be like, go for it, but I don't think she would.
A: I'd make her stay! No, she would stay... I think.

It's Friday night, you've got to do the show early the next morning. Do you : visit your granny who loves to see you; stay at home and learn your lines or go to a phat party?
C: Parteeeeeee!
D: Learn her lines.
A: Stay in, like. Cat likes her beauty sleep on a Friday. And if she said party, don't believe her. Cat hasn't been to one party in 48 weeks!

What really annoys you about the boys?
C: The way they say "Like" after everything!
D: Probably that we gang up on her a bit - just in a nice way, like.
A: We're a bit 'ard sometimes, like. We're not mean, but if Cat argues with one of us she argues with both!

What's your worst habit?
C: Talking too loudly on my mobile. The boys hate it! And I say "Goodbye" in this really nasal voice.
D: She's always on the phone and she's got this other really annoying thing. She says "Goodbye" in a silly voice at the end of every conversation. It really gets on my nerves.
A: Being on her mobile phone.

Think carefully: would you pucker up to Gary Barlow, Steps' H or Barry from Eastenders?
C: Barry, definitely!
D: Oh, I'd say, ooh... I don't think she'd go for Gary Barlow, or H, so it's got to be Barry!
A: Gary Barlow.

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