Mae's fake medium show

Here's a description of the contestant's attempt. Someone's probably working on collecting some images to illustrate it.

Mae's fake attempt is presented as a paranormal TV show called 'Crossing to the Other Side with Mae Martin'. On their show, which is filmed in the lab, they appear as a medium, and attempt to contact the 'other side' for their guest, Alex Horne. They start off by saying that they're "getting an older male figure" who they think is a teacher. After Alex acknowledges that he did, in fact, have teachers, Mae suggests that it was someone he travelled with. After Alex says that he'd been on a school trip with a Mr Arnold, Mae says that they're "getting the name Adrian", which Alex (looking genuinely surprised) then admits was Mr Arnold's first name. After suggesting that Alex send Mr Arnold an email, Mae then switches subject, stating that they are hearing "animal noises". They ask if there is significance to a pair of rhyming names, such as "Tim and Jim", or "Dot and Scott". Alex responds that, yes, he used to have cats called Horace and Boris, who passed a long time ago. Mae tells Alex that Horace, in particular, is very frustrated with Alex (which really catches him off-guard), and is telling them something about George Clooney. Alex can't think of what relevance George Clooney might have, but then Mae says that they're "getting Fantastic Mr Fox" (a 2009 animated film in which George Clooney starred). Alex acknowledges that he has seen that, and also used to have a toy fox. Mae suggests that Horace's frustration with Alex is related to the toy fox, which Alex interprets to be something about him loving the fox more than his cat. Finishing up their session, Mae shares that they're just "trying to be a vessel" and give him "the tools" that he needs, "moving forward, to live in a more authentic way" (Alex doesn't seem to know how to respond to this, and just laughs). Mae then asks him for £60, but accepts just £40, for their services. In the studio, Alex admits that he was genuinely freaked out by Mae's psychic performance, and Mae admits that they'd just rung his wife for information. Alex adds that his wife had also rung his mum to gather more information for Mae. Mae also notes that they've kept in touch with his wife ever since. Greg decides to award Mae joint second place, along with Ivo.

(Written by Karl Craven)