A contestant on the new series of Mastermind New Zealand won a seat on the famous black chair by filming a rap video of himself pleading to be on the show.
Charity worker Ben Mai was given the nod after sending the wacky audition tape to producers of the legendary quiz show, which returns to Kiwi screens tonight after 25 years.
Mai, 35, from Auckland, will be grilled on his specialist subject - the 1987 and 2011 Rugby World Cups - by host Peter Williams on the third episode.
In his video audition, Mai sports a back-to-front baseball cap and raps self-penned lines such as: "Facts and figures, that's my thing - keen to give this Mastermind gig a fling."
"I was keen to get on the show as I was a big fan when I was a boy," Mai told the Herald on Sunday. "I like to do a bit of rapping and thought I'd put together a film that would get my strengths across."