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00:00This is my cousin Brandy, who's about to play football against Brazilian legend Roberto Carlos.
00:06But he has absolutely no idea.
00:09That's because he's flown from another country and he's been blindfolded for over 8 hours.
00:14But how will he react when he realises what he's about to do?
00:19Well, we'll get to that.
00:20But first, let me show you how we got here.
00:23And our journey begins in Ireland, where I surprised my cousin Brandy with the help of our other cousin Mark.
00:29What's happening?
00:33Do you know what it is?
00:34You should have got a haircut!
00:36What's happening?
00:37Do I whip it out?
00:38Do you whip it out? Is that what you just said?
00:41So is it that kind of a deal?
00:46Right, OK.
00:47It's going to be a while.
00:49Right.
00:49Roughly 8 hours.
00:508 hours?
00:51You have to trust me, it'll be worth it.
00:53Can I get dressed first?
00:54You can throw some clothes on, yeah.
00:56Get ready.
00:58Don't!
01:01Just pack clothes.
01:02Just clothes, right, OK.
01:03Nothing, you don't need anything special.
01:04He does need something special, but I don't want him to know about it yet.
01:07Stole his password and he doesn't even know.
01:09He hasn't a clue where he's going.
01:10I can't wait to see where the plane takes off.
01:12And he's like...
01:14Right then, you ready?
01:15Right, you can't see anything?
01:17No.
01:18Nothing?
01:19Nothing.
01:19My work definitely know about this.
01:20I'm expecting it to start at night.
01:23Once I'd put on Brandy's headphones and led him to my car,
01:26I went inside to grab his football boots.
01:28He's tiny feet.
01:30He's tiny feet?
01:31But he's the right size.
01:32So we've got his boots, we've got his passport.
01:34Let's go.
01:35I can't believe this is happening.
01:36Serious?
01:38Here, this blindfold's class.
01:40You can see absolutely nothing.
01:41Am I getting out?
01:42Yeah.
01:43Come here.
01:44Is this a parachute?
01:47And this gave me a great idea to prank Brandy.
01:50So we're going to get you to step off a small ledge here.
01:52There might be a little fall.
01:53Right, right.
01:57Oh, the amount of trust I have in you right now.
02:02He doesn't have a clue that he's about to get in a plane to a different country.
02:06John, what a job you have.
02:07Just running around Sundays just kidnapping people and blindfolding them.
02:11I don't know if this comes across on camera, but he is so loud.
02:14He is shouting.
02:15Where are we going?
02:18Eight hours?
02:20Oh, the atmosphere's changed.
02:21We're indoors.
02:22And now we were inside the airport.
02:24It didn't take long for Brandy to start attracting attention.
02:27He's going to play football today with Roberto Carlos.
02:30I don't know if any of us are into football.
02:31Actually?
02:32Yeah, yeah.
02:32So we're flying him over.
02:33There's like a charity match in Brighton.
02:35So when he takes that blindfold off, the plan is he'd take it off and he'd be stood with Roberto Carlos shaking his hand.
02:40Right, come on.
02:41It's time for security.
02:42I have no idea how it's going to go.
02:44But although we were allowed to guide Brandy through the gate with his blindfold and headphones on, security asked him to take it off.
02:50And once he'd been searched, we put it all back on.
02:53I actually trust him as well.
02:54He seems like bought in.
02:55I feel like he genuinely was like...
02:57And because I'd taken away Brandy's sight and hearing, I thought I'd let him try some whiskey to test his other senses.
03:03Ew.
03:04What is this?
03:05Drink it.
03:08Oh, lovely.
03:12This is the kind of something we need.
03:14And once I'd sprayed some perfume to test his smell, I had a job for him.
03:19Here, Brandy.
03:20Go and check our date there for me, will you?
03:23Good man.
03:26Is that a wall?
03:28And as Brandy was going to be playing football, he needed to order a pre-match meal.
03:32What is going on?
03:33But because he couldn't see the menu, I had an idea for how he could choose what to eat.
03:38And of course, he needed a drink to wash it down.
03:41Water?
03:44Aww.
03:45He's drinking beer and I'm drinking water. Is that what's happening here?
03:48Once Brandy had finished his pizza, it was time to head towards our flight, where things were about to get seriously awkward.
03:55What's the one that he'd sing along to the most?
03:57We've just put Wonderwall on. Guaranteed he'd sing.
04:00Is there a blind man?
04:04There are many things that I would like to say to you, but I don't know how.
04:12And as Brandy kept singing in the queue for our flight, he had now been blindfolded for two hours.
04:17I'm so vulnerable right now. A lot of faith here, lads. A lot of faith here.
04:20I don't know why he has to shout.
04:22How long do you think you've been blindfolded?
04:24Two hours.
04:26I'm trying to gauge it by the song.
04:27Stop shouting.
04:29Have you ever flown first class before?
04:30No.
04:31It's not changing the day.
04:33It's raining. Yep, that's rain. Definitely rain. Still in Ireland.
04:37Then, after waiting a little longer, we boarded the plane and took our seat.
04:43Where do you think you're going?
04:45Where do I think I'm going?
04:46Brazil, John.
04:47He actually loves presenting football, and he doesn't realise he's going to meet one of his favourite players ever.
04:51And we have liftoff. He doesn't seem too fazed, does he?
04:54And after another two hours of darkness, our flight arrived at its destination.
04:59Welcome to Rio.
05:01Thank you, sir. Goodbye.
05:02And once we'd made our way through the airport past loads of on-looking strangers,
05:06it was time to try and confuse Brandy about where he was.
05:10We're going to go through passport control.
05:12So just bear with me. We might have to take something off, but I'm going to talk to them.
05:15OK. Passport control on the way out? Where are we?
05:20So you found my passport?
05:21He's asking you if you lift it up. Lift this up?
05:24But keep them closed. Keep them closed. Right.
05:34Is this a piss tank? Is that what's happening here?
05:36So with time ticking down until kickoff, we made our way to the stadium,
05:40and it was time to check in with Brandy.
05:42So how long do you think it's been?
05:44I don't know. Five, four hours or something?
05:46It's forever.
05:47It has been five hours on the nose. You've just three more to go.
05:50That hurts. That hurts.
05:52It must be a mad one for him too, playing in front of people.
05:55There could be a good few people watching this match.
05:57What are we?
05:58The nerves will get to him.
06:00What are you doing?
06:02Down to the pitch.
06:04Oh.
06:05Jeepers, lads. What is this?
06:07Glass?
06:08This is unreal. He doesn't have a notion what's going on.
06:12What are we walking on?
06:13Glass?
06:15Let's go introduce him to his teammates, shall we?
06:17How are we doing, man?
06:19Which team are you in?
06:20How's it going?
06:21Is it unreal? Well, he's playing me instead. He's your teammate.
06:24What's happening, man? Hey, Stings.
06:25How far has he come today?
06:26He's came from Belfast.
06:27I've always wanted to know. Can't hear anything.
06:29Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, no, no.
06:31Say hello. Hello.
06:32Ah! Do you know where you are?
06:35So how long has he been like that?
06:36Five, six hours.
06:37What, not taking anything?
06:38He's flown from Belfast.
06:40He's your teammate, Jack.
06:43How you doing, buddy? You good?
06:44Yeah, he's rude, isn't he? He's rude, this one.
06:46He doesn't like it, do you?
06:47Did you kidnap someone else?
06:49Well, we do VFX.
06:50You could be next, though.
06:51Me?
06:52Hey, if you make me meet Ronaldo, I will be kidnapped easily.
06:55Every day?
06:56I might just kidnap you someday, bring you around for eight hours,
06:58then you take it off, and it's just, like, me.
06:59Oh, that would be devastating.
07:01Got him!
07:02See you on the pitch, big guy.
07:03How you doing, man?
07:04Oh, you good? How's things?
07:06They can't see. You need your glasses, man.
07:07Oh, I need my glasses?
07:08Go ahead, man.
07:09I mean, there you go.
07:12Oh, wicked.
07:13Someone's taking a piss. I know someone's taking a piss.
07:15You look good.
07:17Take care, man.
07:20And as we were heading to the changing room,
07:22it was time for Brandy to meet the first of five legendary footballers,
07:26Brazilian midfielder Gilberto Silva.
07:29Nice to meet you.
07:30This is your teammate.
07:31Oh, well done.
07:32He doesn't know it yet.
07:32We're going to take that off at kick-off,
07:35and he's going to be in your team,
07:36and hopefully he's going to be marking Roberto Carlos from the get-go.
07:39Do you think he's a chance?
07:40He is. You'll be his friend.
07:41Yeah?
07:41Yeah, he'll be his friend.
07:42And if he scores a goal for your team, he's going to win a big prize.
07:45Oh, wow.
07:46So if you can get him to score a goal, you're the man.
07:48He's about to meet all his teammates.
07:50Oh, sick.
07:51What's happening? Everyone, meet your newest teammate.
07:53Hello.
07:54You can't really hear anything.
07:56How's it going?
07:57Warming up here.
07:58And once I had led Brandy to a spot in the changing room,
08:00it was time to ask him for his biggest sign of trust so far.
08:04Take off your clothes apart from your underpants,
08:06and you need to trust me.
08:08Are you for real?
08:11Take off my clothes?
08:14I said she's very vulnerable.
08:16That would have been very vulnerable.
08:18What's this, a football cap?
08:19OK.
08:20The final piece of the outfit is these socks,
08:22and I think he'll have a clue what he's doing when he puts them on.
08:25And once Brandy had put on his socks and football boots,
08:27he began stretching and sat nervously
08:30while I introduced him to Arsenal Invincible,
08:32Jeremy Allainier.
08:34No idea who you are, but aye, how you doing?
08:36Now that Brandy had met all of his teammates,
08:39it was time to take him out to the pitch to warm up.
08:42Look at this.
08:43Give him a big cheer.
08:47Let's go.
08:50Come on, get warmed up.
08:51And although he didn't realise it,
08:53he was warming up with a former Arsenal player.
08:57But there were plenty more footballers to introduce Brandy to.
09:00Still in.
09:01He's playing against you,
09:02but he's been like this for six hours today.
09:04Doesn't know he's playing at all.
09:06Doesn't know at all?
09:07He doesn't have a clue what's happening.
09:08He doesn't even know where he is?
09:09Doesn't know anything.
09:10He came from Belfast, we flew with him.
09:15Thanks, lads.
09:16Just met an Arsenal Invincible and hasn't got a clue.
09:19Honestly, he's watched him hundreds of times.
09:20Time for him to take a penalty
09:21against his favourite ever Arsenal goalkeeper.
09:23Jens, you're his favourite ever Arsenal goalkeeper.
09:26Do you think he can score past you in a wee penalty?
09:28Come on.
09:29There's a ball in front of your right foot
09:30and you're taking a penalty.
09:31I want you to try and score it.
09:33Right, OK.
09:34He's walking back and all.
09:35He's gonna miss it.
09:39But as soon as I went and goal,
09:41Brandy took the perfect penalty.
09:46Did I score?
09:47Why couldn't he do that when he needed to?
09:49And now that he was all warmed up,
09:50it was time to introduce him to the opposition,
09:53including Real Madrid legend, Roberto Carlos.
09:56Roberto, he's gonna be marking you today.
10:00Oh, OK.
10:01Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
10:08Who's that?
10:10He can't hear him.
10:11He literally just met the greatest left back of all time
10:14and hasn't got a clue.
10:15And the best part is,
10:16he's gonna be defending against him.
10:18Good luck.
10:19So with the game now just minutes away,
10:21Brandy's place in the starting line-up was confirmed.
10:24We've just been told he's starting right wing,
10:26marking Roberto Carlos.
10:27And if he scores a goal,
10:28he's gonna get all this.
10:29£1,000.
10:31So with £1,000 on the line,
10:33it was time for Brandy to walk out
10:35in front of thousands of fans
10:37just minutes away from the surprise of his life.
10:40All right, come on, come on, come on.
10:41Let's catch up.
10:42This is it.
10:43What dreams are made of.
10:44The best players in the world.
10:45His hero's grown up.
10:46If you haven't subscribed yet,
10:48you have to.
10:49Look at this.
10:50And with a little help,
10:51Brandy got in line,
10:53met his very own mascot,
10:54and got ready to shake hands with Roberto Carlos.
11:04But now,
11:05after eight hours of darkness
11:07and kick-off just seconds away,
11:09the time had come for Brandy to meet Roberto Carlos.
11:13You ready?
11:14Okay, we're gonna take it off.
11:18Oh, guess what you're about to do?
11:19What?
11:20You're marking this man.
11:23It's Roberto Carlos.
11:25I've been marking Roberto Carlos.
11:28Where am I?
11:29You're marking Roberto Carlos.
11:30Brandy, to make it more special,
11:32if you score, you're getting £1,000.
11:34Let us score.
11:36Look, here's the team mate.
11:48Danny, if he scores against you,
11:50he wins a grand.
11:51He's my cousin and he's been in a blindfold for eight hours.
11:53Unbelievable.
11:54Enjoy.
11:55Love you.
11:56Hold on, I've got to go and see my team here, do I?
11:58Sorry lads, sorry lads.
11:59He's not a centre, he's a centre.
12:02Everyone, he should do the speech.
12:04Do the speech.
12:05Do the speech.
12:06Let's go.
12:07What speech?
12:08Let's go folks!
12:13I wouldn't want to be him.
12:14He's marking Roberto Carlos.
12:16And just like that, the game was underway.
12:20Literally kicked off against Roberto Carlos.
12:22And it was quickly clear
12:24how hard Brandy was going to try to win his money.
12:27But Roberto Carlos soon reminded him
12:29who he was playing against.
12:34Brandy, don't let him do you like that!
12:36And when there was a break in play,
12:38Brandy got chatting to his team mates.
12:41You're one of my heroes.
12:42You're one of my heroes.
12:43But Brandy got back to work,
12:45making some great passes in midfield
12:47and was even man-marking Roberto Carlos.
12:49I want nothing more than him to score tonight.
12:51It would be amazing.
12:52But he's up against Roberto Carlos, Jens Lehmann,
12:54and a load of other really good footballers.
12:56But just as I was saying that,
12:57Brandy had a chance to go through on goal.
12:59Oh, go on!
13:00Put me in, put me in!
13:01Oh, go on!
13:02Oh, go on!
13:03His eyes are probably still adjusting.
13:05He's been in that blindfold for eight hours.
13:07But although Brandy was getting back into the game
13:09and even winning headers against Premier League legends,
13:12the unthinkable happened.
13:13What are they doing, taking him off?
13:15Let's go see him.
13:16Not having that.
13:17What's happening?
13:18Is he not good enough?
13:19Yeah, yeah.
13:20He's great.
13:21We need him on, we need him to score.
13:22If he doesn't score, he gets a grand if he scores.
13:24He gets a grand if he scores.
13:25So every second he's sat here is a second he's not getting £1,000.
13:28You off already?
13:29Just give me a minute to break it, take it all in.
13:30Just like, blend over to Roberto Carlos.
13:32What?
13:33And as Brandy found out what he'd been up to all day,
13:36Roberto Carlos was getting ready to take a trademark free kick
13:39from just outside the penalty area.
13:42Hold on, is this a Roberto Carlos free kick?
13:47CHEERING
13:48Oh, so he did.
13:50What a goal.
13:51If you were out there, that wouldn't have happened.
13:53How do you feel about watching Roberto Carlos score a free kick?
13:55Yeah, excellent.
13:56Absolutely fantastic.
13:57I probably didn't think he was doing that this morning,
13:58but he looked up, I'll tell you that.
14:00He wants back on, Gaffer.
14:01He says he's unfinished business out there.
14:02Unfinished business, OK.
14:03But all Brandy could do was stand on the sidelines and watch
14:06as his £1,000 prize was slipping through his fingers.
14:10And despite warming up on the sidelines,
14:12the manager refused to substitute him on.
14:14Time for a little gift for me.
14:15I'm going to ask Roberto to sign my shirt.
14:17Excuse me, Roberto, would you mind signing my shirt?
14:21I got this after the 2002 World Cup.
14:23I've had this for 20 years,
14:25and the best left back in the world just signed it.
14:27Thank you so much.
14:29I loved your free kick.
14:32That is like genuinely, genuinely a childhood dream come true.
14:35Roberto Carlos, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, 2002 Brazil World Cup.
14:39That's what got me into football,
14:40and that's why we're here making videos, 100%.
14:42Right, Brandy, stretching in front of the gaffer.
14:44You don't need a goal, so you might need to come on to score.
14:46That'll be it.
14:47But Brandy wasn't just coming on for anyone.
14:50He was replacing a player he watched growing up,
14:53Arsenal striker Jeremy Aliadier.
14:55Go on, Brandy!
14:56And although it looked like Brandy was struggling
14:58to keep up with the pace of the game,
15:00he started to make some nice passes,
15:02including this brilliant through ball,
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15:34But back in the game, Brandy had a great chance to score.
15:39Oh!
15:40And although he was upset, after a bit of encouragement from the fans,
15:44Brandy! Brandy! Brandy!
15:46he went through on goal again.
15:52He won one!
15:54He called him off!
15:55Look, watch this, watch this.
16:00Say nothing. Say nothing.
16:02Say nothing.
16:03But while I was focusing on bribing the officials,
16:05disaster struck,
16:07as it looked like Brandy had picked up an injury.
16:10He's touching his hamstring, I might have to come on for him.
16:12If a Nellis scores today, if any Nellis scores today, he'll get the money.
16:15There's half time, we need to run.
16:17I might have to come on for him, he looked injured.
16:19Mightn't move much.
16:20There's a bit of class there, kind of like Brandy.
16:22Nellis for Nellis, no substitution.
16:23You need to come off.
16:24Need to come off.
16:25Nellis, Nellis, substitution.
16:26If I score, he'll still get it.
16:28That's going to get changed.
16:29So we're swapping?
16:30Yes.
16:31It's a bit wet, Brandy.
16:32This is good.
16:33Coming on when everyone else is a bit gassed.
16:35But here's something for you.
16:37I have a new pair of football boots.
16:38Total 90 era.
16:39Absolutely beautiful boots.
16:41Absolute classics, aren't they?
16:43This is it.
16:44I want to score from a grand for Brandy.
16:45We need to go, we need to go.
16:46But before the second half kicked off,
16:48I had to test out my new boots.
16:50These boots, honestly, these are unbelievable.
16:53And now it was time to make my impact.
16:55But after stretching and warming up on the sidelines,
16:57I remembered something.
16:59Honestly, I'm way too fat to do this.
17:01But now it was my time.
17:03All I needed was one goal to win Brandy £1,000.
17:07Where are you? Up top?
17:08Where am I? Up top?
17:10Up top.
17:11And although I'd started the second half well,
17:13dribbling like a chubby Ronaldinho
17:15and even pulling out some skills,
17:17after 20 minutes, I had only had one decent chance on goal.
17:21Why did he block it?
17:23But I had a genius plan to increase my chances of scoring.
17:26Yeah, give me that.
17:28Breath.
17:30My pay-off.
17:32Were you with a goal?
17:33Yeah.
17:34The ref didn't want the bribe.
17:36He has integrity.
17:38And after being subbed off minutes later,
17:40it was time to test if my manager would accept the money.
17:43Gaffer, get me on for five.
17:45Honestly, we're giving...
17:46Can you double it?
17:47Double it?
17:48You're going to play up front,
17:49and we're going to bring big John back.
17:51Hero.
17:52Are you happy with that?
17:53Yes. We're going to get a goal for you.
17:54Brilliant. Let's have that.
17:55Get the linesman in my pocket.
17:56Lionel, you need to let me score.
17:58Deal.
17:59He only cost 20 quid. Take the rest back.
18:02I've got it.
18:03Come on, man.
18:04Come on, John!
18:05John's a tank!
18:07And with just five minutes to get my goal,
18:09I got into a great position.
18:11Yeah.
18:18Why did it not shoot?
18:19Why did it not shoot?
18:21Then, in the final minute,
18:23I made a late run into the box on mark.
18:25Back post!
18:26Back post!
18:27Back post!
18:35I'm sorry, Brandy.
18:36I couldn't win you the grand.
18:37I should have shot a bit more,
18:38but the money is going to a great charity, Cam.
18:40If you want to see me surprise a taxi driver like that,
18:43click this video now.