8:45am Wednesday 25th November 2009
A LOCAL councillor has failed in his bid to prove he was the strongest link when he appeared on a hit television show last night.
Conservative councillor Phil Ashcroft, who represents Hulton ward, was a contestant on BBC’s The Weakest Link, but was voted off the show in the second round after tripping up on a music question about singer Rachel Stevens.
Cllr Ashcroft, he has been a DJ for more than 20 years, said: “Anne Robinson asked me which ex-S Club singer had hits with More More More and Sweet Dreams my LA Ex? As she said it, I was thinking ‘it’s Rachel, Rachel’. My mind just went black. I think it was the pressure. I was the first person to get an answer wrong so I stuck in their minds.
“I was a bit disappointed I didn’t get to have more of a chat with Anne. All she said was ‘You are the weakest link. Good bye’.”
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