Michael Ball and Alfie Boe: Back Together on ITV: how well do they know each other?
Ball on Boe
So, Michael, what’s Alfie’s eye colour?
[Laughing] A green that you can sink into.
Alfie’s answer: Green. ✅
His favourite musical?
Les Mis.
Alfie’s answer: Les Misérables. It changed my career.✅
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First musical he starred in?
When he was a kid he played Tony in West Side Story.
Alfie’s answer: Tony in West Side Story.✅
His favourite role ever?
Jean Valjean in Les Mis — it changed his life completely.
Alfie’s answer: I’ve loved playing Jimmy in Quadrophenia recently.❌
First album he ever bought?
Something by the Who. Quadrophenia or Tommy .
Alfie’s answer: 12 Gold Bars by Status Quo.❌
Karaoke song?
A Led Zeppelin classic.
Alfie’s answer: New York, New York — I won a karaoke competition and £1,000 in a pub in Shepherd’s Bush when I was a student singing that. West London Karaoke Champion 1994. Still proud.❌
Favourite TV programme?
He loves things about motorbikes and sharks. No cooking. I don’t know. Top Gear?
Alfie’s answer: South Park. Or Family Guy. Or Ghost Adventures. I bet he said Dad’s Army? I travel with the box set…❌
Favourite TV show growing up?
Knight Rider?
Alfie’s answer: I loved Happy Days, I’d tune in every Friday to watch it.❌
Perfect holiday?
He’d love a road trip around America.
Alfie’s answer: I love just being at home in Utah. If I’ve got to go away it’d be Italy or Hawaii.❌
His last supper?
Roast beef. Or a pie. Whatever it is, it’s got to have gravy.
Alfie’s answer: Steak and chips. Simple.❌
Superpower?
The ability to smile. Or superstrength.
Alfie’s answer: Flight.❌
Newspaper he reads?
The Beano.
Alfie’s answer: Is it bad to say that I’m not a big newspaper reader?❌
Favourite TV double act?
Morecambe and Wise.
Alfie’s answer: Morecambe and Wise ✅
Final Score: 4/13
Boe on Ball
Your turn Alfie. What’s Michael’s eye colour?
Blue. Pretty blue — not pretty! Take that out. I didn’t say pretty. Icy blue. Cold as his heart.
Michael’s answer: Blue.✅
Favourite musical?
He really connected with Sweeney Todd, but I’ll plump for Hairspray.
Michael’s answer: Hairspray or Sweeney Todd. Hairspray is the most perfect feel-good well-structured happy joyous experience, Sweeney Todd is a work of genius — dark, challenging, everything you wouldn’t expect a musical to be.✅
First musical he starred in?
Marius in Les Mis?
Michael’s answer: I think he might say Pirates of Penzance, but it’s Godspell.❌
His favourite role ever?
Edna in Hairspray.
Michael’s answer: Edna in Hairspray — it was a nonstop laugh, on and off stage, it brought so much joy, and earned me a fortune.✅
First album he bought?
Barbra Streisand?
Michael’s answer: Jesus Christ Superstar cast album.❌
Karaoke song?
No clue.
Michael’s answer: Delilah. He won’t know that. We’ve never done karaoke together.❌
Favourite TV programme?
Game of Thrones. He never stops talking about it, it’s really annoying.
Michael’s answer: Game of Thrones. And he’ll know that. I’m obsessed.✅
Favourite TV show growing up?
Dynasty.
Michael’s answer: Doctor Who.❌
Perfect holiday?
Bognor? Just kidding. He spends a lot of time in Mallorca.
Michael’s answer: A beach, lying down, sun, eating and drinking my own bodyweight. Mallorca, Mauritius, Bermuda. Idyllic beach life.✅
His last supper?
Some fancy chicken dish he’d done himself, and a soufflé for dessert.
Michael’s answer: An amazing roast dinner.❌
Superpower?
He’d want x-ray vision.
Michael’s answer: I want everything. Telekinesis, invisibility, and to be able to control minds.❌
Newspaper?
The Times.
Michael’s answer: The Telegraph.❌
Favourite TV double act?
Morecambe and Wise.
Michael’s answer: Morecambe and Wise — you can’t beat them. Or French and Saunders.✅
Final Score: 6/13
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Ball and Boe: Back Together is on Sunday 9.00pm ITV
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