{"id":13886,"date":"2022-04-14T17:09:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T15:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1628015"},"modified":"2022-04-14T17:21:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T15:21:10","slug":"tipping-points-ben-shephard-is-still-in-contact-with-first-ever-winner","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/tipping-points-ben-shephard-is-still-in-contact-with-first-ever-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Tipping Point\u2019s Ben Shephard is still in contact with first ever winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Flora Carr\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 14 April 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Tipping Point\u2019s Ben Shephard has revealed that he is still in touch with the show\u2019s first ever winner, Kelley, revealing he still messages previous contestants.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking exclusively to <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/RadioTimes.com&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Shephard said he also receives messages from popular former contestant Clive, who won the top prize of \u00a320,000 two years ago.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"&quot;auto&quot;\">Asked what his highlights from the show have been, the presenter said: \u201cThe first ever winner of show 1 is a lovely girl called Kelley, who I\u2019m still in touch with now over social media and she comes down to the show to watch the recordings.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"&quot;auto&quot;\">\u201cKelley won the first ever show- she didn\u2019t get the jackpot, but she got through to the final and she won \u00a32,500, something like that.<\/p> <p dir=\"&quot;auto&quot;\">\u201cShe\u2019s still an ardent viewer of the show and watches now all these years later, and there\u2019s a lovely bond amongst previous contestants who have come down and given the show a go, whether they win or lose.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"&quot;auto&quot;\">\u201cI think that community is really special as well. So there are some really magical highlights along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">SPOILER ALERT \u26a0\ufe0f<br\/><br\/>TONIGHT Tipping Point history was made ???? Clive took home the DOUBLE jackpot\u2026 ????????<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TippingPoint?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#TippingPoint<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/rp0gG1u3gh&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/rp0gG1u3gh<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Ben Shephard (@benshephard) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshephard\/status\/1235248641264078848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">March 4, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p dir=\"&quot;auto&quot;\">Speaking about his interactions with fan-favourite Clive, Shephard went on: \u201cEvery now and again, Clive will message me because he\u2019ll see something. His show gets repeated. His show got shown recently in New Zealand \u2013 it\u2019s very big in New Zealand and Australia.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"&quot;auto&quot;\">\u201cHe gets a message from his family and he messages me saying, \u2018Oh Ben, my show was shown on TV\u2019, so he\u2019s a bit of a celebrity Down Under, our Clive, and I love the fact that the ripples of this little show that we make over here are felt well over the world!\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"&quot;auto&quot;\"><em>Additional reporting by Grace Henry.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tipping Point airs on ITV\u00a0 and <a href=\"\/\/www.itv.com\/hub\/itv&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">ITV Hub<\/a> on weekdays at 4pm. 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