Do you think you’ve got the X-factor? Have you got the talent to really stand out in the crowd? If so why not take up Dick and Dom’s invitation to go carolling at your local supermarket for the chance to win five minutes of fame!

Get your family to sing for their Christmas supper and you could end up appearing on this years Christmas Pringles advert that will be shown on national television on Christmas Day! You can audition at your local supermarket with Jingles for Pringles staff or you can submit your entry over the internet, it really is that simple. Between now and Christmas, the best video submitted each week will also receive and on-the-spot prize of £2,000, so get practicing now!

Dick and Dom are dropping in to tell us all about this amazing competition and will be offering a few singing tips along the way. So if you fancy having your Christmas shop paid for or just want the chance to be spotted by a leading talent scout, why not submit a question to Dick and Dom and find out how to sing your way to success!

Dick and Dom join us live online on Friday 9th November at 13:45 to discuss a great new contest

H: Vicky Letch, host
D: Dick
Dom: Dom

H: Hello and welcome to the Lifestyle Show, I'm Vicky Letch. Now do you think you've got the X-Factor? Do you think you've got what it takes to stand out in a crowd? If so, how about taking part in a competition which is so big it could see you winning the chance to star in a national TV ad being aired on Christmas day. Now I've been joined in the studio by Dick and Dom who are going to tell us more. Hello and welcome!

D: Hello

Dom: Hello, how are you?

H: Big studio audience, go mad!

Dom: Humungous!

H: Now you're going to tell us all about this, what's it about boys?

D: He'll tell you the start, he's very good at all this bit.

Dom: Yes

D: Here he goes. Watch him go!

H: Ok

Dom: It's called ‘Jingles for Pringles'

D: I told you he was good

Dom: We basically decided that in this world the art of Christmas carol singing and families getting together and doing that have disappeared

H: Yes

Dom: You don't see many families getting together any more and going down the street and knocking on people's doors and you know doing the Christmas carols do you?

D: Without getting arrested

Dom: Yes so we've joined together with Pringles and it's a nationwide search, we're trying to find the best family in this country, in the UK, the best Christmas carol singing family

D: Company

Dom: Family

D: But it doesn't have to be just exclusively a family, it can be a mixture of family and friends and stuff like that, all grouped together, doesn't matter how many, you know a nice big group, go for it

H: Just love in the group and you can join in

Dom: But they have to be over 18

D: Yes

Dom: But that doesn't mean to say that under 18s can't get involved, they just can't be –

D: Yes

Dom: In front of the camera as we are now

D: The under 18's – say if you're 8 years old and mummy and daddy and a few of their friends want to sing carols nicely, you can hold the camera and film them, so that's what you've got to do, you've got to film the family and then you've got to upload it onto a website

Dom: Yes or even you know if you're a director, you can be a director you see if you're under 18, you can tell your mum and dad and the rest of the family what to wear, how to behave, what song you want them to sing you know, so everyone can get involved

H: Ok so via the internet, but how else can you get involved? Is it just the internet?

D: No it's mainly the internet, what they do is they film themselves, once they've uploaded it onto the computer –

H: Very technical that!

D: This is how – uploading – then what they do is they type in an address which is www.pringles.com/christmas

Dom: Christmas

H: Yes what way would you go? Now just a little reminder before we get stuck in, we are totally live, are we live?

Dom: Yes

D: Yes

H: Couldn't be more live if we were being paid to do this so –

Dom: If I do this people are watching it at home?

H: Right now

Dom: If I do this –

D: It gets bigger

H: Right now

D: Gets bigger

H: Keep it clean, this is a family show!

D: Is it?

H: Yes

D: This is clean, he's got his top on.

Dom: If I took it off, now that's not clean. That's not clean

H: Stop it

Dom: That's disgusting

H: That's a Pringle belly

Dom: It needs waxing

H: So if you've got any questions put them in the box on the screen, send them to us and these boys, they're well good, they'll answer them for you

D: We're well good is it?

H: That's a bit street wasn't it? It's for the kids, I'm keeping it real

D: Aye

H: Now whilst you're getting your questions into us, if you look down there

Dom: Right

H: This is really clever

D: Oh yes

H: We're going to show you an example of what it is that you would like to see in the competition

D: Jolly good

Video footage

“The holly and the ivy when they are both full grown, of all the trees that are in the wood the holly bears the crown. On the rising of the sun and the running of the deer, eating of our favourite Pringles are gathered round the fire.

Deck the halls with bowls of Pringles fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, ‘tis the season to sing jingles fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, salt and vinegar, sour cream fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, eating Pringles makes us beam, fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la”

H: Wow, that's impressive

D: Can you do better than that?

Dom: I'm sure you can!

D: Can you do better than a bunch of people in an office?

Dom: You see like they did then, we've some other examples to show you as well but they've kind of maybe changed the words a bit in a well-known Christmas carol, you could do that, get together with your family

H: Nice, good tip

Dom: Like “Dick and Dom merrily –

D: Dick on merrily on high?

Dom: Dick and Dom – that's the one

D: Dick and Dom merrily on high –

Dom: We wish you a merry bogies, I don't know

D: Or Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, had a very shiny – no he didn't –

Dom: So you can change it to however you want

H: So Christmas carols but just be a bit edgy with it

Dom: Yes

H: We're looking for edgy here

D: Well it doesn't – edgy, funny, friendly, whatever – don't forget you can dress up, you can stand in the middle of Dartmoor and do it being surrounded by vache – French for cows

Dom: You could dress up as Ozzy Osbourne in a field full of cow pats and sing Silent night, rock version, anything

D: Or

H: Ok

D: Or if your cow just died you can hold the cow and cry as you're singing it

Dom: Lovely

H: Sobbing into its dead body. Nice. Very Christmassy

D: Or you could get Noel Edmonds round and sing about Noel, Noel –

H: I love that little man

D: He's not little. We've seen him in the flesh

H: I have

D: He's actually as tall as him. Taller than

H: And you're very tall

D: Doesn't say much

H: You're very tall. Ok, right a question for you – are you ready?

D: We are, we love questions

H: Ok, James wants to know “Hi guys. Where can I enter the comp?”

D: The comp?

H: Which is short for competition

Dom: That's so cas. Street innit, it's the comp! Well as we said have a look at the website again, there's the address again, it's www.pringles.com/christmas, now if you're not technicallyfied like we aren't, then the Jingles for Pringles staff will be touring round supermarkets in the UK, and they'll have all the cameras and bits and bobs, so if you see them in the supermarket you can enter there as well

D: He's very good isn't he?

H: You're very good. I'm trying to work out if you were on the panel of judges, like in an X-Factor swing of things here, who would be the Cowell out of you two?

D: Who would be the Cowell?

H: The Cow-ell

D: Do your Cowell

Dom: That is possibly the worst I have ever ever seen. That's all he ever says anyway

H: Is that really Simon Cowell?

Dom: No it wasn't really

H: It sounds a little

Dom: It sounds – and now Parkinson. That was the worst voice I have ever – I can do Michael Caine in there as well, a bit of Barry Manilow – no Barrymore

H: Barrymore

Dom: I –

D: And now the Queen

Dom: That was the worst I've ever seen. Anyway it doesn't matter how we dress it up

D: He's the new Rory Bremner –

H: I don't know

Dom: We're going to be judging

H: Him actually, I don't know

Dom: We can't do that. Anyway we're going to be doing impressions –

D: no we're not, shut up –

Dom: Sorry it doesn't matter how we judge, we're going to be looking at some of the finer selections, and remember that one best one will be shown on Christmas day

D: And the prizes, we haven't told you about the prizes

H: This is so exciting, I mean this is big. This is huge

D: Yes this is huge. It will be shown on Christmas day, yes on Christmas day, this is the big prize, the main prize, best carol singing family in this country will have their video shown on Christmas day on prime time ITV1 national TV

H: Oh come on

Dom: You can watch yourselves back on telly in front of millions and millions of people, and it will be on the advert break in Emmerdale.

D: Now that is big time

Dom: Come on, don't tell me you don't watch Emmerdale at Christmas

H: I love Emmerdale

Dom: At Christmas especially

H: Yes all of them

D: That's the whole point

H: It's like a Tarantino triangle in here. Without the guns

Dom: Anyway leading up to Christmas, right, every single week there'll be a winning weekly entry and they'll win £2000,

H: My goodness me

Dom: so we're going to be giving away £2000 each week

H: Like it's penny sweets

D: Like it's money

H: Like nothing, like it's money

Dom: We're going to be penniless by Christmas aren't we, giving that much money away

H: Listen while you look after your belly, Michael wants to know “this sounds like a great idea” – I know it does – “my kids would love to do it, can anyone enter?

D: Ah well as Dom said earlier if you're under 18 you can't enter I'm afraid, but then you can join in, like Dom said, by being the cameraman or the director or –

Dom: Or you can be make-up, you know get your dad, sit him down, get out your mum's mascara, whack it all over his face

D: Stick on some false eyelashes

Dom: Yes and then get your mum's high heels and then give them to him to put on as well

H: Interesting. Right so we're saying Christmas carols, mix them up, make them your own, are we looking for some real class A talent here or are we an A for effort school?

D: A for effort school

Dom: Us being Dick and Dom there's all that X-Factor at the moment where you've got to be a good singer obviously. We're looking for – how would you describe it?

D: Weird

H: Weird and wonderful

D: Weird and wonderful

H: Right guys we've got another question, this is from Charlotte Smith and Mandy, they want to know “if we do the competition with our aunt does that count as family. We are best friends and love Dick and Dom” – thank you very much

Dom: Aunt is family, and friends, yes they can count as a family can't they?

H: Of course

D: Friends are family, family are friends

Dom: Of course they are

D: Perfect, yes. All get together

Dom: All together

H: And then we've got Charles Clark – good name Charles Clark – wants to know “can I just enter with my friends?”

Dom: Well I suppose – I suppose they count as your family

H: Yes

Dom: Yes you can

D: Yes big groups of people-type – yes it's all about grouping people together and having fun, it doesn't have to be family.

Dom: Cheers Clarky

H: Thanks Clarky

D: Lovely name

H: Just put your arms round your friends and then you'll look a bit like family. Wear matching jumpers

D: Yes exactly

H: You didn't like that idea, I can tell! You weren't buying that at all

Dom: Didn't really smile a lot

H: Keep your questions coming through, keep them coming through. This is huge, this could open doors for someone

D: Could be

Dom: Absolutely. Or tubes of Pringles, could open them as well

H: Once you pop

Dom: Come on, what flavour are you thinking of right now/

H: Barbecue
Dom: Everyone says barbecue

D: Everyone says barbecue

H: Love it. I also love chive, sour cream and chive

D: The Original. Still the best

Dom: You can't beat salt and vinegar

H: If I was to eat some it would be the original

D: Licking off that salt after.

H: Yes I do too

Dom: Ah nice.

H: Ok here we go. Mike Smith wants to know “my wife is not –

Dom: Mike Smith?

H: A professional singer, but I am. We would like to enter, is that possible even though I am professional?” Interesting question

D: Yes of course you can enter, you can even write your own ditty, you know your very own tune from start to finish, you know you can do the whole lot

Dom: We'll set it all straight now. You can be anyone, anywhere, in the world – in the UK – and enter this competition, but you have to be over 18 years of old, it doesn't matter how you can sing, what you look like, anything like that, enter!

D: That's what he said

H: Yes and I third the motion

Dom: Yes, hear hear. It would all make more sense if you did it.

H: What?

Dom: Explain it

H: Oh no I'm not here to explain, you're here to explain

Dom: Are we?

H: Yes, you're the experts

Dom: But we've explained

H: You're the experts

Dom: We did it, we've already done it

H: You've done it, you have explained.

Dom: Ok

D: Idiot

H: Right do you want another question because you're very good at answering these questions

D: Do you know what I was just thinking? We'd love another question

H: Let's do it. This one's from Steven Whittam and he wants to know “how long have you been in the Dick and Dom duo?”

Dom: How long have we been in the Dick and Dom duo? We've been in the Dick and Dom duo for about 11 years now

D: Yes

Dom:11 long years and we've lived together for about 5 years?

D: Yes

Dom: Did you ever come to one of our house parties? Didn't come round?

H: I was there last night, do you not remember?

Dom: We don't have them any more, they're all finished

D: You're a liar

H: Why, why have they all finished

Dom: What?

H: Why have they all finished?

D: What house parties?

Dom: Because we don't live together any more

D: They only happened when we lived together, for 5 years

Dom: And now we're very sensible, carpet-slipping men.

H: I bet they were crazy bashes

D: Carpet-slipping? You said we were carpet-slipping

Dom: Yes well, it's a new sport

H: Ok do you know what let's bring this back round. We're talking singing, I think –

D: Sorry I'm just really hot, it's boiling in here

Dom: Take your top off

D: Well I can't the microphone's –

H: Oh look at that ladies. Just one for the girls!

Dom: Thatcher. It is. Got Thatcher on your top

H: It's a sexy look

Dom: It is

H: Can you just give us maybe a little rendition of a carol, just a note

D: Carol. Carol Thatcher. Carol, Carol Vorderman? Carol Smillie?

H: No, Christmas carol.

D: Don't have her sorry.

Dom: Is she nice?

H: Sarah wants to know, “hi guys, what are your vocal cords like? Any chance of a pre-Christmas tune, ha ha.” I like the way you're laughing already Sarah.

D: So people are obviously trying to get us to sing now. Yes?

H: Obviously yes

D: Would you like us to harmonise?

H: Yes

D: We can do this

H: I'd like you to really feel it as well, I mean –

D: Feel what?

H: The song. Really throw yourself into it

D: What song?

H: Any song you want to sing

Dom: Which one? There's a really good rugby song that I used to know but I got expelled from school for singing it so I won't sing that one

D: Oh I know one, I know one

H: A Christmas carol would be good

D: Well it's not really a carol but it's a Christmas ditty

H: Ok

D: It goes on for a bit so just cut me off when you get –

H: Join in if you know the words!

D: On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me –

Dom: Oh God

D: 12 Cantanas, 11 Cantanas, 10 Cantanas, 9 Cantanas, 8 Cantanas, 7 Cantanas ,6 Cantanas, 5 Cantanas, 4 Cantanas, 3 Cantanas, 2 Cantanas and an Eric Cantana – United

Dom: 9 Cantanas, 8 Cantanas, 7 Cantanas ,6 Cantanas, 5 Cantanas, 4 Cantanas, 3 Cantanas, 2 Cantanas and an Eric Cantana – United

D: That's what we sung on the old lanes at Old Trafford

Dom: What an intellectually well worked out song

D: It took a lot to come up with that one

H: It was genius, genius

H: Maybe you want to think a little bit more about it if you're going to go in. right guys we are hurtling towards the end, can you believe it we've had so much fun

D: We've had lots of fun in a short space of time.

H: But listen

D: It will stick in our memories for ever and ever

Dom: Are we allowed to -

H: It's not over

Dom: But you just said we're –

H: I'm squeezing in –

D: But are we allowed to sum it all up in like a little ditty?

Dom: Oh right

H: In a momento, I'm just going to squeeze in one more little nugget –

D: Will you stop squeezing –

H: Of a question. No I like all of that. Becky wants to know “how will you judge the videos?” What are you looking for?

D: Well we'll sit together with the guys from Pringles and there'll be a short-listed selection for us to be looking at

H: Yes

Dom: And we're going to be looking for weirdness, originality, vocal – no vocal training is necessary but effort is very important

H: Yes

D: Uniqueness

Dom: Uniqueness

D: And a little bit of shoddiness thrown in

Dom: Yes

H: Do you, because everyone wants to see a bad audition

D: Of course, it doesn't have to be that professional

Dom: And dressing-up, you've got to do some dressing-up, I don't know what as but you know have a good think, what could they do? What's that frog man you thought up earlier?

D: A frog man

Dom: Frog man, do it under water or something

H: Ok

Dom: Just something completely different -

D: Or a cross between Marilyn Monroe and Marilyn Manson

Dom: Yes there's one, yes

D: Dressed up the face with the dress and the wind

H: And the big white pants

D: Yes

H: Thank you so much guys, I feel all educated and I might even give it a go myself

D: Really?

H: Yes

D: Who would you dress up as?

H: Myself with a – maybe a reindeer

Dom: Why don't you dress up as Dick?

H: Or a Christmas angel

Dom: Have we got a few seconds to sum it up?

H: Could you just sum it up? How do we get more information?

Dom: Ok, Jingles for Pringles, we want you and your family – or friends – to get together and make a new Christmas carol with your own words, dress up, do something different, film it and then upload it onto the website, www.pringles.com/christmas, you could be winning £2000 because each of the best videos we pick each week up to Christmas, and the big star prize is that on Christmas day on national primetime ITV1 TV, your family could be there on TV, with the prize and his hands doing lots of strange things so I'm going to stop now

H: Brilliant

D: Didn't he do well, didn't he do well ladies and gentlemen?

H: Didn't he do well

D: That's why he's getting paid twice as much as me

H: And there's another corking impression to end on, superb. Thank you so much

D: Thank you very much

Dom: Thank you very much

H: No thank you

Dom: Thank you

H: Lovely. Fun, thank you. Join us next time

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