Rhos Choir's tongue-in-cheek TV appearance

* The choir join the comedians on the set of Eight Out of Ten Cats Does Countdown.

The famous Rhosllanerchrugog Male Voice Choir put in an appearance on a popular Channel 4 comedy show last night (Friday).

The award-winning ensemble based just round the corner from Llangollen guested on Eight Out of Ten Cats Does Countdown singing in a rather different way than usual.

At a certain point in the madcap show, which saw comedians Jon Richardson and Roisin Conaty take on Rob Beckett and Kiell Smith-Bynoe, host Jimmy Carr declared that he was fed up with the usual Countdown music and had therefore arranged for the "Countdown Tongue Choir" to belt out a replacement.

That's when members of the Rhos appeared and began to sing Can't Help Falling in Love with their tongues jammed between their teeth.

Their novel recital won compliments from the comedians and warm applause from the studio audience.

Revealing how it all came about, regular choir member Mike Connolly from Llangollen - who wasn't able to join them on this occasion - said: "The choir were contacted by a production company and offered the engagement.

"The rehearsal required all those who would be involved to be physically present over two consecutive weekdays and I was not available for both.

"Then, from those who could go along on both days, the production company chose on day one those who would take part from about 40 possible entrants as they could only accommodate this relatively small number.

"Although it involved appearing on national TV, for the choir, it was just another engagement and demonstrates how flexible we can be.

"At the same time in 2024 we were singing in the big conference venue on the river front in Liverpool to an audience of 1,200 at a firm's annual dinner."

* Host Jimmy Carr conducts.

* The choir tongue their way through the song.

* Comedians Jon Richardson and Roisin Conarty enjoy the performance.