Sweepstake Special! ⚽️ The Official Hanging Out Podcast Live Draw 2026!️

Welcome to a very special bonus episode; The Official Hanging Out Podcast Sweepstake Live Draw 2026! Join Ant & Dec for a THRILLING live draw sweepstake featuring all your favourite members from the Hanging Out Universe, past, present, and future. Watch as Ant launches balls from his mouth with astonishing speed, Dec shares the most fascinating facts from all 48 countries and discover which one of the boys is packing his bags for Boring Town, Oregon, USAYou won't want to miss a second of the action! Keep your correspondence coming at [email protected]. Sign off your email using the name you'd like us to use; if you don't want your surname mentioned, please don't add it, and it you'd like a full name shout out, throw it all in there! ——00:00 - The Official Hanging Out Sweepstake 202604:00 - The New Spanish Anthem?06:30 - VAR Check!09:50 - Bono’s Hat14:20 - The Current Mr’s Donnelly17:05 - Unlimited Sausage Sandwiches18:52 - Dec’s Moving to Boring Town24:15 - Gary Oldman25:25 - Back to Space!----Your personal data will be handled in accordance with applicable data protection laws and will only be retained for as long as is reasonably necessary for production, editorial, legal and compliance purposes. You can read more about our privacy policy at: ⁠https://www.mitrestudios.com/privacy-policy/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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• 1:59Speaker 03

  Ooh, he's got something sexy and nice. Burn me down, I was dying! Top dogs. Respect, guys.

• 2:05Declan Donnelly?

  Welcome to the hangout for more hanging out with him and me.

• 2:08Speaker 05

  Locked incredible footwork from that very talented pair.

• 2:24Declan Donnelly?

  Hello and welcome to the official Hanging Out Podcast World Cup Sweepstake Live Draw 2026.

• 2:31Ant McPartlin?

  That's a mouthful, isn't it really?

• 2:32Declan Donnelly?

  It's been long, isn't it?

• 2:32Ant McPartlin?

  It's too long.

• 2:33Declan Donnelly?

  We're your hosts, Declan Donnelly and Tony Mack.

• 2:36Ant McPartlin?

  I'm not Tony Mack.

• 2:37Declan Donnelly?

  Welcome along. Today's podcast is all about two worlds colliding. In this ball here, this ball here, we have every nation playing in the World Cup. There are 48 of them, to be exact. The biggest World Cup tournament there has ever been on planet Earth.

• 2:53Ant McPartlin?

  Ever, and I'm very much looking forward to it. In this ball, we have 24 of our favourite characters from the Hanging Out Podcast Universe. It's the Universe now. We'll be pairing two nations with each character to be with a chance of winning.

• 3:10Declan Donnelly?

  As a prize, we will be sending to the winner, a personalised voice note rendition of Where on the Ball?

• 3:18Ant McPartlin?

  Whether they like it or not.

• 3:20Declan Donnelly?

  Whether they want it.

• 3:21Ant McPartlin?

  The tournament kicks off on the 11th of June with a whopping 103 games to get through before that much anticipated final on the 19th of July, where we all go out to Dex's house to watch it.

• 3:32Declan Donnelly?

  What? Who will lift the trophy?

• 3:35Ant McPartlin?

  And more importantly, who will win that very special voice note?

• 3:38Declan Donnelly?

  There's only one way to find out.

• 3:40Ant McPartlin?

  Problemles!

• 3:41Declan Donnelly?

  It's the official Hanging Out Podcast World Cup Sweepstake Live Draw 2026!

• 3:46Ant McPartlin?

  Okay, first name out of the ball.

• 3:49Declan Donnelly?

  Good luck, everybody.

• 3:50Ant McPartlin?

  From the Hanging Out Podcast Universe is, oh, I'd have to be him, didn't it?

• 3:55Declan Donnelly?

  True.

• 3:56Ant McPartlin?

  Kiran, the comer guy. So you've got two teams, Kiran. Your first team is?

• 4:02Declan Donnelly?

  Norway.

• 4:03Ant McPartlin?

  No way!

• 4:04Declan Donnelly?

  Norway.

• 4:04Ant McPartlin?

  No way!

• 4:05Declan Donnelly?

  And Saudi Arabia.

• 4:07Ant McPartlin?

  No way, Saudi Arabia!

• 4:09Declan Donnelly?

  Let me give you some fun facts on Norway and Saudi Arabia.

• 4:12Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, if you must.

• 4:13Declan Donnelly?

  Norway is one of the few nations with a winning record against Brazil.

• 4:16Ant McPartlin?

  Really?

• 4:17Declan Donnelly?

  Mmm.

• 4:17Ant McPartlin?

  That's a good fact.

• 4:18Declan Donnelly?

  You ever been?

• 4:19Ant McPartlin?

  Yes, I have.

• 4:19Declan Donnelly?

  Have you?

• 4:20Ant McPartlin?

  You didn't expect that, did you?

• 4:21Declan Donnelly?

  I did not.

• 4:21Ant McPartlin?

  I went to Norway when I was five. We got the ferry over from Newcastle. We got the ferry to Norway because my auntie lived there. I say she's my auntie, she's just a friendly mum.

• 4:31Declan Donnelly?

  Mum's friend.

• 4:32Ant McPartlin?

  Just a friendly mum.

• 4:32Declan Donnelly?

  What was her name?

• 4:33Ant McPartlin?

  Barrett, me auntie Barrett. She had two daughters and we played in the garden and I ate lots of biscuits. And she had rabbits. That's all I remember. I was five. Come on, guys. What else do you expect? So, there you go.

• 4:47Declan Donnelly?

  Lovely fact, all you fact fans.

• 4:48Ant McPartlin?

  No way.

• 4:49Declan Donnelly?

  But can they win the World Cup? No way.

• 4:51Ant McPartlin?

  No way.

• 4:51Declan Donnelly?

  No way.

• 4:52Ant McPartlin?

  Maybe. Maybe they could.

• 4:53Declan Donnelly?

  And Saudi Arabia. It is the world's largest country without a permanent river.

• 4:59Ant McPartlin?

  Good fact.

• 5:00Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah.

• 5:01Ant McPartlin?

  Good fact.

• 5:02Declan Donnelly?

  Now, we are Norway and Saudi Arabia. To Kirin.

• 5:05Ant McPartlin?

  Well done, Kirin. Best of luck. This is for you.

• 5:09Ant McPartlin?

  Nelly, I'm getting... Whoever I hit the camera with, I reckon's gonna win. Okay?

• 5:13Declan Donnelly?

  Okay.

• 5:14Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah. All right. Next person from the Hanging Out Podcast universe is Mike, who we gave the GCSE textbook to.

• 5:22Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah, he was fun. Oh!

• 5:24Ant McPartlin?

  Who's Mike's two teams?

• 5:26Declan Donnelly?

  Spain.

• 5:26Ant McPartlin?

  Spain!

• 5:27Declan Donnelly?

  Mike, you got Spain.

• 5:28Ant McPartlin?

  Spain!

• 5:29Declan Donnelly?

  And Australia.

• 5:31Ant McPartlin?

  Australia!

• 5:32Declan Donnelly?

  Ah, so some fun facts.

• 5:34Ant McPartlin?

  Ask me!

• 5:35Declan Donnelly?

  Uh, Spain, have you ever been?

• 5:37Ant McPartlin?

  Yes! Loads of times. Been to loads of places in Spain.

• 5:40Declan Donnelly?

  Do you like it?

• 5:41Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, I love it.

• 5:42Declan Donnelly?

  Australia. Have you ever been?

• 5:43Ant McPartlin?

  Loads of times!

• 5:44Declan Donnelly?

  Oh, that's good. The men's team are called the Socaroes. The women's team are called the...

• 5:49Ant McPartlin?

  Socarines.

• 5:52Declan Donnelly?

  The Matildas.

• 5:53Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, there!

• 5:54Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah, the Matildas. And as we all know, in Australia, everybody walks around upside down.

• 5:59Ant McPartlin?

  Obviously.

• 6:00Declan Donnelly?

  Spain.

• 6:01Ant McPartlin?

  Spain!

• 6:02Declan Donnelly?

  That's right, mate. Back here.

• 6:05Ant McPartlin?

  They could have done this electronically, you know.

• 6:06Declan Donnelly?

  They could have done. Could you not give me an iPad? Spain's national anthem has no official lyrics.

• 6:13Ant McPartlin?

  Doesn't it?

• 6:14Declan Donnelly?

  No. Not one.

• 6:15Ant McPartlin?

  We could be in it next time.

• 6:16Declan Donnelly?

  Not one.

• 6:16Ant McPartlin?

  We are Spain and we like Spanish things and we like paella and it's been hot.

• 6:23Declan Donnelly?

  A spin and drink.

• 6:24Ant McPartlin?

  We are Spain and we like hot things. Yeah?

• 6:28Declan Donnelly?

  But you've got to get potatoes bravas in there.

• 6:30Ant McPartlin?

  And potatoes bravas and paella.

• 6:32Declan Donnelly?

  Good luck, Mike!

• 6:33Ant McPartlin?

  Good luck, Mike!

• 6:34Declan Donnelly?

  You don't have to do any revising here.

• 6:35Ant McPartlin?

  There we go.

• 6:36Declan Donnelly?

  Spain and Australia are your teams.

• 6:38Ant McPartlin?

  Good luck, Mike.

• 6:42Ant McPartlin?

  I'm getting closer, all right? I'm getting closer. Okay. Next person out of the bowl is Sexy and Nice on that camera. Sexy and nice. That's both of you. Sexy and nice. So...

• 6:58Declan Donnelly?

  I didn't know they were a couple. I think it's the other way around. They're a couple. I think it's the other way around.

• 7:02Ant McPartlin?

  Sexy and nice. How long you been a couple? January.

• 7:09Ant McPartlin?

  When this podcast started.

• 7:10Declan Donnelly?

  The podcast started.

• 7:11Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, I can't lean in. It's sure I'm not wearing a full suit.

• 7:13Declan Donnelly?

  Oh, yeah.

• 7:15Ant McPartlin?

  Don't give it away.

• 7:17Declan Donnelly?

  Cabo Verde.

• 7:18Ant McPartlin?

  Whoa.

• 7:20Declan Donnelly?

  And the Netherlands. Okay, let me give you an interesting fact about Cabo Verde. It is one of the world's largest nesting sites for loggerhead turtles.

• 7:29Ant McPartlin?

  Is it?

• 7:29Declan Donnelly?

  Mm-hmm.

• 7:30Ant McPartlin?

  Have you had a couple of loggerhead turtles in your life?

• 7:33Declan Donnelly?

  I had one before we started.

• 7:36Ant McPartlin?

  He was on loggerheads. I heard him in the bathroom. What other team they got? The Netherlands?

• 7:41Declan Donnelly?

  The Netherlands.

• 7:42Ant McPartlin?

  Holland?

• 7:43Declan Donnelly?

  Holland.

• 7:44Ant McPartlin?

  The Netherlands.

• 7:45Declan Donnelly?

  Dutch.

• 7:45Ant McPartlin?

  Dutch.

• 7:47Declan Donnelly?

  The Dutch hold the record for the most World Cup finals without winning. They were finalists in 1974, 1978, and 2010, and they didn't win. They were losing finalists in all three years.

• 7:57Ant McPartlin?

  See, we think we've got a barn as England barn, but at least we've won one.

• 8:01Declan Donnelly?

  Yes. Well done. Netherlands and Cabo Verde. Two.

• 8:05Ant McPartlin?

  Sexy and nice.

• 8:06Declan Donnelly?

  Sexy and nice.

• 8:07Ant McPartlin?

  Camera one and camera three. Okay. Good luck you two. Who's on? You're closer. Hmm. Right.

• 8:16Ant McPartlin?

  Next, it's me.

• 8:18Declan Donnelly?

  Oh.

• 8:20Ant McPartlin?

  Anthony David McPartlin, born 18th of November 1975, birthplace Newcastle upon Tyne.

• 8:27Declan Donnelly?

  So Anthony McPartlin gets.

• 8:28Ant McPartlin?

  Better luck in half of Antedec.

• 8:30Declan Donnelly?

  The Democratic Republic of Congo.

• 8:32Ant McPartlin?

  Ah, Dr Congo.

• 8:33Declan Donnelly?

  Dr Congo and.

• 8:35Ant McPartlin?

  And?

• 8:35Declan Donnelly?

  Ecuador.

• 8:36Ant McPartlin?

  You did this on purpose?

• 8:37Declan Donnelly?

  I didn't.

• 8:38Ant McPartlin?

  I swear to God you did. How long did he have his fingers in that ball? We can rewind this. We can rewind this, you know?

• 8:43Declan Donnelly?

  Don't rewind it.

• 8:52Declan Donnelly?

  Lamono Trazoluallua.

• 8:54Ant McPartlin?

  Uh-huh.

• 8:55Declan Donnelly?

  Is a former Congolese forward.

• 8:57Ant McPartlin?

  Yes.

• 8:57Declan Donnelly?

  Celebrated for his electric pace, acrobatic goal celebrations, and his impact in the English Premier League when he played for Newcastle United. During the 2000s.

• 9:06Ant McPartlin?

  Remember him well.

• 9:06Declan Donnelly?

  Ecuador is.

• 9:08Ant McPartlin?

  Hot.

• 9:09Declan Donnelly?

  Is.

• 9:10Ant McPartlin?

  So hot there.

• 9:11Declan Donnelly?

  Is in the top four of the world's top banana exporters.

• 9:15Ant McPartlin?

  Oh.

• 9:15Declan Donnelly?

  It exports 7.6 million tonnes of bananas a year.

• 9:18Ant McPartlin?

  Wow. 7.5 of them go straight to my house. Okay, good luck, Ant.

• 9:23Declan Donnelly?

  Thank you.

• 9:24Ant McPartlin?

  The funnier and more handsome half of Antedec. If this hits the camera.

• 9:31Declan Donnelly?

  Did you say fun?

• 9:32Ant McPartlin?

  Funny.

• 9:33Declan Donnelly?

  Oh, funny, I think.

• 9:33Ant McPartlin?

  Funny, I'm more handsome. I'm more fun. Well, I'm not as well, actually. I'm more fun.

• 9:44Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, I was so close. Sorry there was a lot of spit on that ball. I held it in my mouth too long. Sorry, nice.

• 9:50Declan Donnelly?

  Right, who's next?

• 9:56Ant McPartlin?

  A recent friend of the pod. David Attenborough.

• 10:00Ant McPartlin?

  Sir David Attenborough.

• 10:01Declan Donnelly?

  Sir David Attenborough to you.

• 10:02Ant McPartlin?

  Very disrespectful. Who's he got?

• 10:04Declan Donnelly?

  He'll be thrilled with that. Haiti.

• 10:07Ant McPartlin?

  Yes, well, he will be thrilled with that.

• 10:09Declan Donnelly?

  And South Africa.

• 10:10Ant McPartlin?

  South Africa. I'll give you a fun fact about it. It's where we recently shot on the Celebrity South Africa.

• 10:15Declan Donnelly?

  Haiti are returning to the World Cup after 52 years.

• 10:19Ant McPartlin?

  About time.

• 10:19Declan Donnelly?

  That's nice of them, isn't it?

• 10:20Ant McPartlin?

  Take your time, Haiti.

• 10:21Declan Donnelly?

  There you go. Congratulations to Sir David Attenborough.

• 10:25Ant McPartlin?

  Good luck to you.

• 10:25Declan Donnelly?

  Happy birthday.

• 10:26Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, sorry. That was very weak.

• 10:29Declan Donnelly?

  Len.

• 10:29Ant McPartlin?

  So weak. Right. Oh, really? Really? Oh, no, I've dropped it. That's what I thought of this person or persons, if they're even real. It's the Bethens.

• 10:42Declan Donnelly?

  Everybody called Bethan.

• 10:43Ant McPartlin?

  Bethens of the world unite.

• 10:45Declan Donnelly?

  You have. Jordan and, ooh, Portugal.

• 10:50Ant McPartlin?

  Portugal.

• 10:52Declan Donnelly?

  Let me give you some fun facts about those two countries. Portugal, it's home to the largest bookstore.

• 10:59Ant McPartlin?

  Is it?

• 10:59Declan Donnelly?

  Lisbon's Livaria Bertrand, established in 1732.

• 11:04Ant McPartlin?

  I'd like to go there.

• 11:05Declan Donnelly?

  That's hapas five to you. It's officially recognising the Guinness World Records as the world's oldest operating bookstore. So they do operations in there as well.

• 11:13Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, that's standing.

• 11:14Declan Donnelly?

  That's nice, isn't it? Jordan, of course, Jordan changed his name. It was formerly known as Katie Price. And it has qualified for its first ever World Cup. Have you been to Jordan?

• 11:24Ant McPartlin?

  No.

• 11:25Declan Donnelly?

  Have you ever been to Haiti?

• 11:27Ant McPartlin?

  No, Portugal.

• 11:29Declan Donnelly?

  Portugal.

• 11:30Ant McPartlin?

  Look at the screen, man!

• 11:32Declan Donnelly?

  Have you been to Portugal?

• 11:33Ant McPartlin?

  Many times, with you.

• 11:34Declan Donnelly?

  Oh, I've been there.

• 11:35Ant McPartlin?

  We play golf there, we've got holiday homes there, we love Portugal. And that's where we are filming the new series of Holy Moly.

• 11:44Declan Donnelly?

  Good plug.

• 11:45Ant McPartlin?

  Thank you very much. Good luck to you, the Methans. Where are you going?

• 11:49Declan Donnelly?

  I've dropped a thing. I've dropped a thing.

• 11:53Ant McPartlin?

  Good luck, Mathans. Next. Ah, yes. A good friend of a podcast mentioned quite a few times this series so far. It's Bono's hat.

• 12:05Declan Donnelly?

  Bono's hat. It's two countries he gets.

• 12:08Ant McPartlin?

  I can't wait to do a voice mail with Bono's hat.

• 12:11Declan Donnelly?

  Who do you send it to?

• 12:13Ant McPartlin?

  Bono, obviously.

• 12:14Declan Donnelly?

  All right. Who's Pakistan?

• 12:16Ant McPartlin?

  Um, I don't think you're gonna win at Bono.

• 12:18Declan Donnelly?

  And Belgium.

• 12:19Ant McPartlin?

  Belgium.

• 12:20Declan Donnelly?

  Belgium.

• 12:21Ant McPartlin?

  Belgium.

• 12:21Declan Donnelly?

  Let me give you some fun facts about Belgium, first of all.

• 12:24Ant McPartlin?

  Make a break.

• 12:25Declan Donnelly?

  Belgian men are among some of the tallest in the world with an average height of five foot ten.

• 12:29Ant McPartlin?

  You should never go there. You should never go there.

• 12:32Declan Donnelly?

  Land of the giants, I call it. And Uzbekistan qualified for its first ever World Cup in 2026. To celebrate their historic qualifying clinching match, all players and coaching staff were awarded with cars.

• 12:45Ant McPartlin?

  Were they?

• 12:45Declan Donnelly?

  From BYD.

• 12:47Ant McPartlin?

  That's cool, isn't it? That's a good fact.

• 12:48Declan Donnelly?

  That's a good fact.

• 12:49Ant McPartlin?

  Okay, Bono's hat. Ooh, getting closer.

• 12:53Declan Donnelly?

  Who's next?

• 12:59Ant McPartlin?

  I'm right ahead, I'm right ahead, I'm right ahead. It's Dex Beard. It doesn't exist. It doesn't exist, because he can't grow one. But, but he's got six days worth of growth. Six days. It's going backwards.

• 13:13Declan Donnelly?

  My beard has got Bonnie Scotland.

• 13:16Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, that's good.

• 13:16Declan Donnelly?

  That's a good one.

• 13:17Ant McPartlin?

  You've got someone to cheer, you've got someone to cheer on for, you've got someone to cheer for in the house.

• 13:20Declan Donnelly?

  And New Zealand. In 1974, Scotland became the first and only team in World Cup history to be eliminated from the tournament without losing a single match. Missing out only on goal difference.

• 13:31Ant McPartlin?

  What a Swiss. What an absolute Swiss.

• 13:33Declan Donnelly?

  Who are the other ones? New Zealand.

• 13:35Ant McPartlin?

  New Zealand.

• 13:36Declan Donnelly?

  Gisborne is the first city in the world to see sunrise each day.

• 13:40Ant McPartlin?

  Ah.

• 13:40Declan Donnelly?

  That's nice, isn't it?

• 13:41Ant McPartlin?

  That's a really good fact.

• 13:41Declan Donnelly?

  In New Zealand.

• 13:42Ant McPartlin?

  Okay, best of luck, Dex Beard.

• 13:44Declan Donnelly?

  Thank you.

• 13:46Ant McPartlin?

  Don't hit the light.

• 13:47Declan Donnelly?

  Next is, oh, good old friend of the pod, it's Willie Nelly. Willie Nelly gets, oh, Willie Nelly's got Brazil.

• 13:56Ant McPartlin?

  Of course he has.

• 13:57Declan Donnelly?

  And Switzerland. Fun fact, Brazil, the only nation to play in every World Cup.

• 14:03Ant McPartlin?

  Really? That's a good fact.

• 14:05Declan Donnelly?

  Switzerland. The tap water in Switzerland is often so pristine, it is purer than bottled water. Almost eighty percent of it comes from natural alpine springs and groundwater.

• 14:15Ant McPartlin?

  You ever been?

• 14:16Declan Donnelly?

  Yes, have you?

• 14:18Ant McPartlin?

  Yes.

• 14:19Declan Donnelly?

  Damn.

• 14:20Ant McPartlin?

  Yes, I have, actually. Went skiing there a couple of times, loved it. And I also went in the summer, when there was no snow, but I just went hiking. I went hiking in Switzerland and I milked some goats.

• 14:32Declan Donnelly?

  Is that how you do it?

• 14:34Ant McPartlin?

  I did. I milked a goat and drank the milk. And it was, I did. It was lush on a mountainside. I did. Anyway, Willie Nelly.

• 14:44Declan Donnelly?

  Brazil, you ever been?

• 14:46Ant McPartlin?

  No. I love Brazil.

• 14:48Declan Donnelly?

  I know you would, I know you would.

• 14:49Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, that's the closest we've had so far, so I reckon Brazil are gonna make the final. Next, Your Majesty, the King.

• 14:57Declan Donnelly?

  The King.

• 14:58Ant McPartlin?

  The King has to get England, surely.

• 15:00Declan Donnelly?

  Kursao and Sweden. Kursao's population is just over a hundred and fifty-six thousand.

• 15:06Ant McPartlin?

  I thought that.

• 15:07Declan Donnelly?

  Fans jokingly call the team Caribbean Netherlands F C. I don't know why, I don't know why. Sweden is famous for fika, a mandatory daily coffee and pastry break used to socialise and relax.

• 15:21Ant McPartlin?

  Why don't we reduce that?

• 15:23Declan Donnelly?

  Fika, let's have a fika.

• 15:24Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, I love coffee and I love pastries. Yeah, I do fancy a fika. They're good stats.

• 15:29Declan Donnelly?

  Thanks.

• 15:29Ant McPartlin?

  To the King.

• 15:30Declan Donnelly?

  The King.

• 15:32Ant McPartlin?

  Next, he's gonna get a good ninni. Of course he is. It's Tom Holland.

• 15:36Declan Donnelly?

  Oh.

• 15:36Ant McPartlin?

  Spider-Man.

• 15:37Declan Donnelly?

  He has got Algeria and.

• 15:40Ant McPartlin?

  Pretty good, to be fair.

• 15:41Declan Donnelly?

  Korea Republic. Algeria is very handy. It's the first on the list.

• 15:46Ant McPartlin?

  Good.

• 15:46Declan Donnelly?

  Africa's largest country.

• 15:48Ant McPartlin?

  Come on, tell us something we don't know.

• 15:50Declan Donnelly?

  Algerian women represent a huge portion of the judicial system. Do they? Approximately sixty percent of the country's judges and seventy percent of its attorneys. Of the fairer sex.

• 16:00Ant McPartlin?

  Good for you, Algerian woman.

• 16:02Declan Donnelly?

  And the Korean Republic. In Korea, many elevators skip the fourth floor because the number sounds like death. You ever been?

• 16:12Ant McPartlin?

  No, it doesn't sound like that.

• 16:14Declan Donnelly?

  In, in Korean it does.

• 16:15Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, that makes sense. Have I ever been? No, but I'd love to go. Good luck.

• 16:25Ant McPartlin?

  Next. It's the Queen, Mrs. Dunleavy.

• 16:29Declan Donnelly?

  She has got Iran.

• 16:31Ant McPartlin?

  Ah.

• 16:32Declan Donnelly?

  Oh.

• 16:34Ant McPartlin?

  No way. What a fix you did this on purpose. Shut up. What a fix.

• 16:39Declan Donnelly?

  Rewind it. Play the tip.

• 16:47Ant McPartlin?

  What a fix.

• 16:48Declan Donnelly?

  England.

• 16:48Ant McPartlin?

  England. We can all see it, Jemima.

• 16:53Ant McPartlin?

  It's really good doing the voice note to your wife.

• 16:56Declan Donnelly?

  England. I actually love it. Do you know any facts about England? Ever been?

• 17:01Ant McPartlin?

  Uh, yes, I have been a couple of times, yeah. We won it once and we've been in the final another time.

• 17:08Declan Donnelly?

  All horses in England must have.

• 17:10Ant McPartlin?

  I call Clive. I do know that.

• 17:12Declan Donnelly?

  They must have passports.

• 17:14Ant McPartlin?

  Yes.

• 17:15Declan Donnelly?

  Since 2005, it is a legal requirement for all equines in the country to carry an official equine passport. There we go.

• 17:22Ant McPartlin?

  Because a lot of them are going through customs without it.

• 17:25Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah.

• 17:25Ant McPartlin?

  So now we've made it official.

• 17:27Declan Donnelly?

  Yes, thank goodness.

• 17:28Ant McPartlin?

  Anything about Iran?

• 17:29Declan Donnelly?

  Ancient Persia created one of the earliest postal systems.

• 17:33Ant McPartlin?

  Did they?

• 17:34Declan Donnelly?

  There you go.

• 17:34Ant McPartlin?

  Good luck, the Queen, Mrs. Dunleavy. Ooh, she's gonna be close.

• 17:40Declan Donnelly?

  That's the England semi-final, that.

• 17:42Ant McPartlin?

  It's baby, Jean-Paul and Crisp. They've got to share the voice note. You've got to share it. You win it, all right?

• 17:48Declan Donnelly?

  You've got Egypt and Paraguay.

• 17:52Ant McPartlin?

  Paraguay.

• 17:54Ant McPartlin?

  It's very funny to say to me, I thought we were both.

• 17:57Declan Donnelly?

  Egypt, ever been?

• 17:59Ant McPartlin?

  No, I'd love to go.

• 18:00Declan Donnelly?

  I'd like to go, see the pyramids. No umbrella is needed in Egypt. The country averages less than two and a half centimetres, that's one inch of rain per year, making it one of the driest places on earth.

• 18:11Ant McPartlin?

  Oh god, it's so dry.

• 18:13Declan Donnelly?

  Paraguay.

• 18:13Ant McPartlin?

  Paraguay.

• 18:14Declan Donnelly?

  Ever been?

• 18:15Ant McPartlin?

  Uh, no.

• 18:16Declan Donnelly?

  No, me neither. Because the earth bulges at the equator, did you know this?

• 18:20Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, I did not know that.

• 18:22Declan Donnelly?

  I did not know that. Its peak is the farthest point from the centre of the earth. That makes it closer to space and the sun than to Mount Everest.

• 18:31Ant McPartlin?

  Wow, wow.

• 18:33Declan Donnelly?

  That is a fun fact.

• 18:34Ant McPartlin?

  That's a very good fact. Right, next, Kelly and Anatoly.

• 18:38Declan Donnelly?

  Kelly and Anatoly has got Germany.

• 18:40Ant McPartlin?

  Ah, you can't count them out, can you?

• 18:41Declan Donnelly?

  Never, never count out the Germans.

• 18:43Ant McPartlin?

  Never.

• 18:44Declan Donnelly?

  And Morocco, two strong teams there.

• 18:47Ant McPartlin?

  Well done, Kelly.

• 18:48Declan Donnelly?

  Let me tell you about Morocco first of all. Morocco became the first African nation to reach a World Cup semi-final.

• 18:54Ant McPartlin?

  Ever been?

• 18:55Declan Donnelly?

  I have.

• 18:55Ant McPartlin?

  Have you?

• 18:56Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah.

• 18:56Ant McPartlin?

  With who?

• 18:57Declan Donnelly?

  To Morocco, Marrakech.

• 18:58Ant McPartlin?

  With who? With who?

• 19:01Declan Donnelly?

  My good lady wife.

• 19:02Ant McPartlin?

  Ah, okay, I've got to let you off.

• 19:03Declan Donnelly?

  Germany has over 300 types of bread and 1,000 kinds of sausages.

• 19:08Ant McPartlin?

  Oh.

• 19:09Declan Donnelly?

  That's an unlimited amount of sausage sandwiches you can have.

• 19:11Ant McPartlin?

  That's why I love Germany. And our striker, Nick Baldomare, plays for Germany.

• 19:18Declan Donnelly?

  Big Nick energy.

• 19:19Ant McPartlin?

  Big Nick, big Nick energy.

• 19:22Declan Donnelly?

  So can somebody run the sums on that? It's got 300 types of bread and 1,000 kinds of sausages. How many types of different sausage sandwiches could you have? That sounds like an A level maths question.

• 19:33Ant McPartlin?

  That's me thinking about it. Just put those things on my head.

• 19:37Declan Donnelly?

  How many types of different sausage sandwiches could you have?

• 19:39Ant McPartlin?

  Make sure you do it, because I look stupid otherwise, Alex. Okay, well done, Kelly and Anatoly. Oh, boya. Right, next.

• 19:53Declan Donnelly?

  I will have turkey.

• 19:56Ant McPartlin?

  No, with what? With what?

• 19:59Declan Donnelly?

  With all the trimmings.

• 20:01Ant McPartlin?

  With sauce?

• 20:01Declan Donnelly?

  And Canada.

• 20:03Ant McPartlin?

  Oh.

• 20:03Declan Donnelly?

  Oh, no. Canada will host 13 World Cup matches in Toronto and Vancouver. I don't know why I did an accent there.

• 20:11Ant McPartlin?

  Good luck, Dec.

• 20:11Declan Donnelly?

  Thank you.

• 20:13Ant McPartlin?

  Ah, I just fell on the floor.

• 20:15Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah, I don't think I've got much of a chance.

• 20:16Ant McPartlin?

  Well, you don't know, you never know. Boya.

• 20:20Ant McPartlin?

  Next! Mill mate, when you're not around. Degli Rice!

• 20:24Declan Donnelly?

  Ah, the other deck.

• 20:25Ant McPartlin?

  Let me lead winner. The taller, funnier deck.

• 20:29Declan Donnelly?

  Ghana.

• 20:30Ant McPartlin?

  Ghana.

• 20:31Declan Donnelly?

  And the United States of America.

• 20:34Ant McPartlin?

  You sound very much like Canadians.

• 20:36Declan Donnelly?

  Well, people do, to the untrained ear, people do get them mixed up, don't they?

• 20:39Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, they do.

• 20:39Declan Donnelly?

  Let me tell you a little something about Ghana. Brothers Inaki and Nico Williams could face each other internationally, one for Ghana and one for Spain.

• 20:47Ant McPartlin?

  Really?

• 20:48Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah.

• 20:49Ant McPartlin?

  What a swish.

• 20:49Declan Donnelly?

  That's crazy, innit?

• 20:50Ant McPartlin?

  Crazy times.

• 20:51Declan Donnelly?

  And of course, the United States of America. There is a city named Boring in Oregon.

• 20:58Ant McPartlin?

  You should go. Have you got a house there? Is that where your holiday home is?

• 21:04Declan Donnelly?

  It is home to roughly 7,000 residents. It famously paired itself with the village of Dull in Scotland.

• 21:11Ant McPartlin?

  Did it?

• 21:12Declan Donnelly?

  Boring in Dull.

• 21:12Ant McPartlin?

  That's clever. That's clever. Boring in Dull, but it's clever. Well, he's the only person, I think, in this ball who will be at the World Cup. Degli Rice, we hope you win it. Ho, ho! Oh, sorry, Alex. Oh, sorry, Alex, sorry, Alex, sorry, Alex. I have had vaccination shots.

• 21:28Declan Donnelly?

  You might need a tetanus after that.

• 21:31Ant McPartlin?

  Next, out of my ball of names, it's Mill mate, Jimmy Oliver.

• 21:37Declan Donnelly?

  Jimmy Oliver gets Bosnia and Herzegovina and France.

• 21:43Ant McPartlin?

  Oh.

• 21:45Declan Donnelly?

  He would, wouldn't he?

• 21:46Ant McPartlin?

  Of course he would get France.

• 21:47Declan Donnelly?

  Bosnia has over 200 waterfalls.

• 21:49Ant McPartlin?

  Sure.

• 21:50Declan Donnelly?

  French fans joke that France's B-team could still reach the World Cup quarterfinals.

• 21:58Ant McPartlin?

  That's not funny. That's not funny. Probably true, but it's not funny. Good luck, Jimmy Oliver.

• 22:04Declan Donnelly?

  Ooh.

• 22:05Ant McPartlin?

  Next, the original friend of the podcast. It's Zendaya's dog.

• 22:11Declan Donnelly?

  Ooh, Zendaya's dog gets. Uruguay.

• 22:14Ant McPartlin?

  Uruguay.

• 22:15Declan Donnelly?

  And.

• 22:16Ant McPartlin?

  The best ever winners of the World Cup.

• 22:17Declan Donnelly?

  Colombia.

• 22:18Ant McPartlin?

  Colombia.

• 22:19Declan Donnelly?

  Very South American feeling.

• 22:21Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, well done, Zendaya's dog.

• 22:24Declan Donnelly?

  Colombia is the birthplace of globe superstar.

• 22:28Ant McPartlin?

  Shakira Shakira.

• 22:30Declan Donnelly?

  Uruguay means river of painted birds.

• 22:38Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, oh, sorry. Oh, you're really getting attacked there, Alex. I was trying a different technique.

• 22:43Declan Donnelly?

  Good luck, Zendaya's dog.

• 22:44Ant McPartlin?

  Good luck, Zendaya's dog. Next, it's Heckless Corner.

• 22:50Declan Donnelly?

  Heckless Corner again. Senegal. And. Iraq, home to the world's oldest civilization, Mesopotamia. And known as the cradle of civilization. A lot of things originated in Iraq, including the concept of time.

• 23:06Ant McPartlin?

  Heavy, innit? It's heavy for a podcast.

• 23:08Declan Donnelly?

  Senegal, though, on the other hand, is the home to stunning lacrosse, the Pink Lake. You ever been?

• 23:15Ant McPartlin?

  I've never been to Senegal.

• 23:17Declan Donnelly?

  It is a birdwatcher's paradise.

• 23:18Ant McPartlin?

  Is it now?

• 23:19Declan Donnelly?

  Alongside neighbouring the Gambia, Senegal is considered one of the best birdwatching positions on the planet.

• 23:25Ant McPartlin?

  Good luck, Heckless Corner. Ah, hit the light. What a sheer, that could have hit them right on the head. Right, next. Out of the ball, there's not many left now, don't worry. It's Caroline in her top shoes.

• 23:39Declan Donnelly?

  Oh, Caroline's top shoes. They get Argentina.

• 23:42Ant McPartlin?

  Argentina.

• 23:45Declan Donnelly?

  The defending champions and Qatar.

• 23:47Ant McPartlin?

  Qatar.

• 23:48Declan Donnelly?

  Argentina indeed are the defending champions. Buenos Aires celebrations after the 2022 World Cup were reportedly visible from space.

• 23:56Ant McPartlin?

  What a, I'd love to go to Buenos Aires.

• 23:58Declan Donnelly?

  Qatar Doha has a fully automated driver.

• 24:01Ant McPartlin?

  Bridge.

• 24:01Declan Donnelly?

  Metro system.

• 24:04Ant McPartlin?

  That's got a fully automated fridge as well. Good luck, oh!

• 24:08Declan Donnelly?

  Oh, weary, weary, weary.

• 24:10Ant McPartlin?

  Next! It's the guy that looks like me on the ice cream van and the plum and van!

• 24:15Declan Donnelly?

  He has got Panama.

• 24:17Ant McPartlin?

  Panama, England player Panama.

• 24:19Declan Donnelly?

  And Mexico.

• 24:21Ant McPartlin?

  Mexico. Ever been there? Yes, I have.

• 24:23Declan Donnelly?

  Ever been there?

• 24:24Ant McPartlin?

  Yes.

• 24:24Declan Donnelly?

  Tell us about it.

• 24:25Ant McPartlin?

  I liked it a lot. How long would you like me to fill for whilst you find a fact about Mexico?

• 24:29Declan Donnelly?

  Mexico will become the first country to host three FIFA World Cups.

• 24:33Ant McPartlin?

  Really?

• 24:33Declan Donnelly?

  Hmm, did not know that. Panama is the only place where you can watch the sunrise over the Pacific.

• 24:38Ant McPartlin?

  I wear a hat.

• 24:39Declan Donnelly?

  And... And set up the Atlantic.

• 24:42Ant McPartlin?

  I wear a hat.

• 24:42Declan Donnelly?

  And you can wear your Panama hat.

• 24:44Ant McPartlin?

  Good luck Panama, I mean, good luck me on an ice cream van and a plum and van!

• 24:50Ant McPartlin?

  Hmm, so next it's my butcher!

• 24:53Declan Donnelly?

  Oh!

• 24:54Ant McPartlin?

  Still don't know his name, it's really rude of me.

• 24:56Declan Donnelly?

  Austria.

• 24:57Ant McPartlin?

  Austria.

• 24:57Declan Donnelly?

  And Ivory Coast.

• 24:59Ant McPartlin?

  Ooh!

• 25:01Declan Donnelly?

  Austria. Austria's flag is one of the world's national flags still in use. Ivory Coast produces a third of the world's cocoa.

• 25:09Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, I love cocoa. Good luck, butcher!

• 25:14Ant McPartlin?

  Right!

• 25:15Declan Donnelly?

  Is it still going?

• 25:16Ant McPartlin?

  The first ever guest on the podcast was... Five, four, three, two, one, KSI!

• 25:24Declan Donnelly?

  Oh, KSI, huh?

• 25:25Ant McPartlin?

  Yes.

• 25:26Declan Donnelly?

  Chechnya.

• 25:26Ant McPartlin?

  Chechnya.

• 25:28Declan Donnelly?

  And Japan!

• 25:30Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, we love Japan!

• 25:31Declan Donnelly?

  Prague Castle is the world's largest ancient castle complex.

• 25:34Ant McPartlin?

  Ever been?

• 25:35Declan Donnelly?

  Yes, I have been.

• 25:36Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, same here. We shot a video there in Prague. Video for perfect.

• 25:41Declan Donnelly?

  Falling.

• 25:41Ant McPartlin?

  The video for falling by pigeon and...

• 25:45Declan Donnelly?

  Ant and Dec.

• 25:47Ant McPartlin?

  But one of the prettiest places I've ever been in my life.

• 25:50Declan Donnelly?

  Beautiful. In Japan, Christmas brings KFC.

• 25:53Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, yeah.

• 25:54Declan Donnelly?

  Because of a massive marketing campaign in the 1970s, eating Kentucky Fried Chicken is a widely celebrated Christmas Eve tradition.

• 26:00Ant McPartlin?

  And it's finger-licking good. Right!

• 26:02Declan Donnelly?

  Okay!

• 26:03Ant McPartlin?

  KSI, the best of luck to you!

• 26:07Declan Donnelly?

  Last two teams.

• 26:08Ant McPartlin?

  Do you want to say who's left?

• 26:09Declan Donnelly?

  Yes.

• 26:10Ant McPartlin?

  I don't know who this could be. It's got my almond!

• 26:15Declan Donnelly?

  Gary Oldman gets Tunisia and?

• 26:18Ant McPartlin?

  Good team.

• 26:19Declan Donnelly?

  Croatia.

• 26:20Ant McPartlin?

  Also a good team. Two solid teams, that.

• 26:23Declan Donnelly?

  Your final two facts today are the necktie originated in Croatia.

• 26:28Ant McPartlin?

  Did it? Thank you. Thank you very much. Say thank you.

• 26:32Declan Donnelly?

  Thank you. And finally tonight, Tunisia. Oh, home of the Jedi. The Star Wars movie set, including the Lost Homestead, is still standing in the Tunisian desert and can be visited by tourists. You should go and see that.

• 26:47Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, okay.

• 26:48Declan Donnelly?

  You'd like that.

• 26:48Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, you would, no, would you?

• 26:49Declan Donnelly?

  No, don't give a toss.

• 26:52Ant McPartlin?

  Hold on, Gary Oldman. Good luck to you.

• 26:56Ant McPartlin?

  Ah, well, if my spitting's anything to go by, I think possibly Zendaya's dog's gonna win.

• 27:03Declan Donnelly?

  That concludes the draw for the 2026 World Cup in Mexico, USA and Canada. Good luck to all the teams. Good luck to all the participants. Remember, the winners will receive that much coveted voice note of us singing, "We're on the ball."

• 27:22Ant McPartlin?

  Make sure you follow along on our socials to keep a track of who's still in, who's out, et cetera, et cetera.

• 27:28Declan Donnelly?

  We've got a spreadsheet and everything, so we might as well see this through. Now, though, we have to go back to space.

• 27:35Ant McPartlin?

  Come on, everybody. Shut up.

• 27:37Declan Donnelly?

  We've gone back in our rocket.

• 27:38Ant McPartlin?

  My trunk. Fire it up, respect, guys!

• 27:41Declan Donnelly?

  See you Thursday for the main pod.

• 27:44Ant McPartlin?

  See you Thursday.

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