WIN with Pirate FM!
Cornwall's Secret Sound, Cornwall Has Talent and other great comps.............
Pirate FM are searching Cornwall for raw talent! On Friday the 18th of July Pirate FM & Gum & Glue in association with Guitar Rockstar present McFly, Amy MacDonald… Sandi Thom… David Jordan and the amazing Beth Rowley…… PLUS more artists to be announced!
We'd like a local act to play support... Pirate FM knows Cornwall Has Talent….so we've been inviting you to send in your demos, whether you are a solo artist or a band to try and win the ultimate prize, the chance to open the show on this amazing first night of The Pirate FM Big Top Weekend.
Entries are now closed. Keep listening for more samples of the brilliant entries and for details of the winner's announcement.
Cornwall's Secret Sound
Win BIG MONEY with Cornwall's Secret Sound on Pirate FM............
We play at 8.25 tomorrow for £3,100. Remember if you make it on air you can ask me a question to which I will answer yes or no.....hopefully that will help us get to a right answer.
To play call 0901 11 42 102 to register. Calls cost 25p from a BT landline, other network charges may vary. Lines open until 8.15 each weekday morning. They re open after each time we play the game.
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JANE COPELAND WINS CORNWALL'S SECRET SOUND!
Today Jane Copeland from Perranporth correctly identified our current secret sound and won herself £2,350!! She asked Bob if the sound is anything to do with horses, Bob said yes.
She then suggested that it could be medieval jousting. The sound being the crash of the lance hitting the sheild and the horse galloping off. That is precisely what our sound is!
This sound (click the ear below to hear it) has been running for just over two months, so congratulations to Jane (and her hubby!) who finally worked it out - enjoy your winnings!!
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NEW SECRET SOUND!!! Click THIS ear to hear the new one!
Wednesday April 23rd £500
Catman Joe from St Austell launched the new sound by suggested that it could be somebody doing Origami - making a paper swan for example. Bob said no!
Thursday April 24th £550
Mike Clements at work at Landlake Saw Mills thought it was someone shuffling paper and banging it on the desk
Friday April 25th £600
Junior from Newlyn thought it was shuffling and dealing playing cards.
Monday April 28th £650
Ann Sellers in Bodmin thought it was a brickie slapping his mortar about!
Tuesday April 29th £700
Caren Rotherhay thought it was cutting paper with scissors
Wednesday April 30th £750
Jim in Saltash thought it was mixing a cake.#
Thursday May 1st £800
Steph Colliver thought it was buttering your toast!
Friday May 2nd £850
Jeanette in Plymouth thought it was writing on a piece of paper!!
Tuesday May 6th £900
Darren Neville thought it was folding a letter and putting it in the envelope and sticking it down!
Wednesday May 7th £950
Sara Munns who is head of music at Helston Community College thought it as shuffling a pack of cards!
Thursday May 8th £1000
Janine Trease from Camborne thought it might be sticking a stamp on a letter!
Friday May 9th £1050
Nigel Tonkin thought it was unwrapping and tapping a chocolate orange!!
Monday May 12th £1100
Barbara Shaw in Fourlanes thought the secret sound was a bank teller counting out the cash!
Tuesday May 13th £1150
GrahamWaters thought it was using wooden paddles to pat butter in to shape in a Dairy
Wednesday May 14th £1200
Cheryl Derby from Indian Queens thought it was making a sandcastle!
Thursday May 15th £1250
Ray Longhurst from Saltash thought it was de fluffing or removing dog hair from a jumper with sellotape,
Monday May 19th £1300
Cathy Savage from Landrake thought it was opening a triangular plastic sandwich wrapper. Great idea, but sadly wrong!!
Tuesday May 20th £1350
Rick Sidwell from Hayle thought it was walking in snow!
Wednesday May 21st £1400
Clive Bicknell at Higson Windows in Newquay thought it was sharpening a pencil and tapping he shavings off!
Thursday May 22nd £1450
Amanda Davies from Torpoint thought it was opening a cup a soup!
Friday May 23rd £1500
Clare from Bude thought it was a slug eating a leaf!!
Tuesday May 27th £1550
Sue from Bugle thought it was a horse stamping it's feet and snorting!
Wednesday May 28th £1600
8 year old Iona Kellow from Newquay thought it was eating an apple!
Thursday 29th May £1650
Matt Sutton is in Looe and was sure that it was shuffling and seperating paper before putting it in a printer!
Friday 30th May £1700
Kelly Hog from Helston thought it was the silver paper being put in someones hair when they are having highlights
Monday 2nd June 2008 £1750
John Smith who was delivering for Cornish Linen thought it was doing up the velcro on a bikers jacket and boots.
Tuesday 3rd June 2008 £1800
Paul Harris in Bodmin thought it was one of those sticky roller thingies for getting hairs off your clothes!
Wednesday 4th June 2008 £1850
Steve Campbell from Helston thought it was somebody peeling a potato...NO!
Thursday 5th June 2008 £1900
Di Bristow from Kelly Bray thought it was the crab that visted the studio from Blue Reef aquarium to crush walnuts!
Friday 6th June £1950
Joanne Sleeman from Redruth guessed that it might be the lamb that we had in the studio a while ago being fed its bottle - WRONG!
Monday June 9th £2000
Dion Cahart from Liskeard was sure it was someone having hair removed by waxing....OUCH!!
Tuesday June 10th £2050
May Hooper in East Taphouse thought it was opening a letter with a letter opener!
Wednesday June 11th £2,100
Kate Walsh from Wadebridge thought it was tearing up cardboard and stamping on it!
Thursday June 12th £2150
Jean Trewint from Delabole thought it was puting the needle of a record player on an old vinyl record
Friday June 13th £2,200
Charlotte Danials near Wadebridge thought the sound is someone walking on snow!
Monday June 16th £2,250
Bronya Hopkins in Plymouth thought it was taking tablets out of the foil!
Tuesday 17th June £2,300
Alex Hobden at the First and Last pub in Penzance thought it was a horse eating an apple!
Wednesday 18th June £2,350
Steven Horne from Bude thought it was a croupier shuffling a pack of cards in a casino!
Thursday 19th June £2,400
Catherine Little in Camelford thought it was carding wool!! ( Winding wool on to a card for storage)
Friday 20th June £2,450
Tracy House in Penzance thought it was tapping and scraping a microphone.
Monday 23rd June £2,500
Samantha Hunt didn't want to ask a question....she just went straight for her guess......is it hanging wallpaper? Sadly the answer was no.
Had she asked the question, " Is it anything to do with decorating?", I would have said no......and she might have had a plan B to go with! So don't forget if you get on ask a question. It might not help you.....but it will help narrow it down for those that come after you!
Tuesday June 24th £2550
Kelly called us from St Austell, firstly he asked, " Is it anything to do with dealing or shufflling cards?", Bob answered NO ! So he we nt to his plan B......chopping lettuce! Sadly that was wrong too!
Wednesday 25th June £2,600
Ken Weston from Redruth asked, " Is it a sound you would hear in nature?" The answer to that was NO.....and sadly Ken had no plan B.
He had thought that it was a wasp scraping wood to get the material to build it's nest.
Thursday June 26th £2650
Peter Van Evilengen was left in charge of the Secret Sound guess while his wife Mary popped out to get the paper......he didn't have a question but went straight for his guess, which was scraping the scales off a fish !
Friday 27th June - £2700
Jenny Tobin in Helston asked if it was something you'd normally do in the bathroom, James said 'NO' - so she asked if it was the sound of a plaster being put on... WRONG!
Monday 30th June - £2750
Sally Brown from Falmouth asked if it could be anything to do with nature - James said 'NO'. She then asked if it could be a bill coming through the post, being opened and then stamped on! (We know how she feels!) WRONG!
Tuesday 1st July - £2800
Richard Harris in St Austell didn't bother with a question, he just suggested it might be somebody laying bricks... NO!
Wednesday 2nd July - £2850
Steve Campbell in Helston asked if the sound has anything to do with food - James said 'NO'. Steve then guessed it was the sound of someone laying bricks - INCORRECT!
Thursday 3rd July - £2900
Michelle Trimmings from St Austell asked if it was a paper-related sound, James answered 'NO', so Michelle guessed that it might be the sound of loading film into a camera... WRONG!
Friday 4th July - £2950
Jamie Keevil from Newquay asked if the sound involves machinery - another 'NO' to that question, so then Jamie suggested it could be manually cutting tiles with a stanley knife or similar. INCORRECT!
Monday 7th July - £3000!!
Lisa from Penzance asked, " Is it to do with vegetables?" NOPE !
So her plan B was, is it opening a letter? Not that either....so we'll try again tomorrow!
Tuesday 8th July £3050
Amanda Dodd from Falmouth asked:" Is it to do with wax or waxing?"
That eye watering hair removal idea was answered in the negative , so her other idea was doing up the sticky tabs on a baby's nappy!
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