I DON'T REALLY WANT TO BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT JUST GETS UP AND GOES WHEN TIMES GET A BIT TOUGH. WE'VE GOT RESPONSIBILITIES HERE. FIGHT OR FLIGHT. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I THINK IT'LL BE AMAZING TO GET HOME. HAVE, YOU KNOW, DECENT SHOWER. PLUS, LETS BE HONEST ` THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MUCH, DOES IT? LET'S GET ALL THE HOLES DUG TODAY. BUT WITH A BIT OF COMMUNITY MITE, THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT. IT'S COME UP GOOD, EH. AND... WE HAD A MAKESHIFT INCUBATOR IN FRONT OF THE CAR WITH A CHILLY BIN. WE HAD HOT WATER BOTTLES IN THERE AND TOWELS. WHEN KIWI INGENUITY SAVES, WELL, A KIWI. THIS IS SAVING THE NATIONAL ICON, THOUGH, ISN'T IT? > PEOPLE GIVE OUT KNIGHTHOODS FOR THAT SORT OF THING, DON'T THEY? > WELL, I DON'T THINK SO, NO. ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY ASHLEE SCHOLEFIELD AND ALANA CRUIKSHANK COPYRIGHT ABLE 2015 DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF SEVEN SHARP, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. We're just talking about the Kiwi. Incredibly soft. They feel bony. Not so fleshy. Very shy. How was your weather? Saturday was beautiful. Just slightly windy. SHORTLY, WE'LL HEAR FROM SOME KIWIS CHOOSING TO STAY IN VANUATU TO HELP WITH THE MASSIVE CLEAN UP AFTER CYCLONE PAM. BUT ALSO MAKING HEADLINES TODAY, A SMALL PLANE CARRYING THREE TO FOUR PEOPLE HAS CRASHED IN THE MOTATAPU RIVER NEAR WANAKA. A SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATION IS CURRENLTY UNDERWAY. WHERE IN THE WORLD IS VLADIMIR PUTIN? THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT HASN'T BEEN SEEN IN PUBLIC FOR 10 DAYS, WHICH HAS SET TONGUES WAGGING ABOUT WHERE HE COULD BE. TOP RUMOURS INCLUDE HE'S DEAD OR OVERSEEING THE BIRTH OF HIS LOVE CHILD. AND SINGER ELTON JOHN IS BOYCOTTING FASHION GIANT DOLCE AND GABBANA AFTER ONE OF THE LEAD DESIGNERS CALLED IVF BABIES 'SYNTHETIC'. ELTON HAS TWO SONS WITH HUSBAND DAVID FURNISH, CONCEIVED VIA IVF USING A SURROGATE. Why wouldn't he just be on holiday? They just don't want to put a image of a strong leader being ill. SO, IT IS THE STORY OF THE PAST FEW DAYS ` CYCLONE PAM. IT IS BEARING DOWN ON GISBORNE AS WE SPEAK, HAVING LEFT DEVASTATION IN VANUATU. DOZENS ARE FEARED DEAD, AND THERE'S WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. MANY KIWIS WERE IN VANUATU AT THE TIME THE STORM HIT, AND WHILE MOST ARE TRYING DESPERATELY TO GET HOME, SOME HAVE CHOOSEN TO STAY AND HELP. THERE ARE NO LEAVES ON THE TREES. THERE'S NO... IT LOOKS LIKE AN ATOMIC WASTELAND. FOR KIWI EXPAT REBECCA MURPHY, CYCLONE PAM IS ETCHED ON HER MEMORY. IT'S A NOISE THAT'LL HAUNT ME FOREVER. JUST THE POWER... YOU COULD FEEL THE SURGING OF THE WIND. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I'LL NEVER EVER FORGET. JODIE BURNARD, ON HOLIDAY WITH HER MUM, TOOK A SOBERING WALK THE MORNING AFTER. IT IS PRETTY DEVASTATING. SHE WAS MEANT TO FLY HOME ON SATURDAY AND IS ITCHING TO LEAVE. I THINK IT'LL BE AMAZING TO GET HOME. HAVE A DECENT SHOWER AND JUST GET BACK TO OUR NORMAL LIVES. JODIE, LIKE MOST TOURISTS, IS BEING ASKED TO LEAVE THEY'RE REGISTERING ALL THE NZERS AND THE AIRFORCE ARE SAYING THEY MIGHT TAKE SOME OUT, SO I THINK THEY REALLY JUST WANT TO GET THE TOURISTS OUT OF HERE NOW. AND YOU CAN TELL THEY'RE GONNA START GETTING LOW ON SUPPLIES, SO THEY PROBABLY DON'T REALLY NEED A LOT OF TOURISTS AROUND. BUT NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO LEAVE. THEY'VE OFFERED FREE FLIGHTS FOR ME AND THE KIDS TO GO BACK ON THE HERCULES TODAY, BUT I'M NOT GOING. DESPITE THE LAUGH, THIS WASN'T AN EASY DECISION. EVERY SINGLE PERSON I WALK PAST WHEN I'M HOLDING MY SON SAYS, 'ARE YOU LEAVING? LIKE, WHY ARE YOU STAYING?' 'ARE YOU LEAVING? LIKE, WHY ARE YOU STAYING?' AND IT'S AWFUL, COS IT CREATES A DOUBT IN YOUR MIND ABOUT WHETHER YOU'RE BEING A GOOD PARENT OR NOT BY STAYING. IT WAS THE ONLY DECISION SHE FELT SHE COULD MAKE. THIS IS MY HOME, AND I DON'T REALLY WANT TO BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT JUST GETS UP AND GOES WHEN TIMES GET A BIT TOUGH. WE'VE GOT RESPONSIBILITIES HERE, LIKE WE EMPLOY LOCAL PEOPLE. AND THEY RELY ON THE MONEY WE PAY THEM TO SURVIVE AND TO REBUILD THEIR HOMES. IT'S JUST... I DON'T WANNA GO. A SHORT TIME AGO, I SPOKE TO CHLOE MORRISON FROM WORLD VISION, WHO IS IN PORT VILA. THIS LATE-EDITED ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. YOU'VE HAD A DAY TO ASSESS THIS. HOW BAD IS IT? TODAY AND YESTERDAY, WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT TO THE WIDER AREAS OUTSIDE OF PORT VILA, SO 20-30 MINUTES AWAY. AND THESE ARE VILLAGES THAT HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY DECIMATED. I'VE SEEN WHOLE VILLAGES JUST TOTALLY GUTTED. THE WIND OF CYCLONE PAM JUST LITERALLY PICKED UP THESE VILLAGES AND DROPPED THEM ON THE GROUND LIKE IT WAS RUBBISH. AND NOW WE'RE STARTING TO HEAR STORIES OF PEOPLE; MOTHERS TOLD ME OF HOW THEY JUST HUGGED THEIR BABIES SO TIGHTLY TO TRY AND BLOCK OUT THE SOUND OF TREMENDOUS WIND, BUT, OF COURSE, NOTHING COULD DROWN OUT THE SOUND OF CYCLONE PAM AND HER DEVASTATION ON FRIDAY NIGHT. HOW ARE PEOPLE COPING? ARE THEY DOING OK OR ARE THEY STILL IN SHOCK? PEOPLE ARE IN SHOCK AND IN DISBELIEF. AND THAT WAS CERTAINLY THE CASE ON SATURDAY IN THE DIRECT AFTERMATH. BUT NOW PEOPLE ARE WALKING AROUND AND THEY'RE ASSESSING THE DAMAGE. They're trying to get on and rebuild with what little they have. People have actually been in good spirits and grateful that they have survived. There some suggestions that people on the outer islands didn't actually get the message that's how ferocious this thing was. We have staff to assess the situation on the ground and do a rapid assessment and check on staff and start deploying central Items. I'm happy to have received news from our staff on other islands. Some islands were able to escape pretty much unscathed. Definitely very good news in what it's been a very tough few days. WORLD VISION NEEDS YOUR HELP TO CONTINUE THEIR WORK ON THE GROUND. WE'VE PUT ALL THE DETAILS ON HOW TO DONATE ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, SO JUMP ON THERE NOW. AND EMMA KEELING'S ON HER WAY TO VANUATU WITH WORLD VISION. SHE'S HEADING TO TANNA ISLAND, 100KM SOUTH OF PORT VILA. THAT REGION'S REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN TOTALLY DECIMATED BY THE CYCLONE. BUT IT'S NOT JUST VANUATU THAT'S FELT THE FORCE OF CYCLONE PAM. THE STORM IS RIGHT NOW HOVERING OVER GISBORNE. JEHAN HAS SPENT THE DAY THERE. JEHAN, WHAT'S IT BEEN LIKE THERE TODAY? It has been absolutely hideous. People have been asking where is Mike Hosking? They would've like to see if your hair would've moved during the cyclone. These are pictures from our road trip. We also found emergency services were doing what they do based moving some of the debris. But overwhelming sense here is a sense of gratitude that it was not the predicted distraction. WHAT ARE YOU DOING, YOU CRAZY PEOPLE? WE'RE JUST COMING TO LOOK FOR T THE STORM. WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'LOOKING FOR' THE STORM? CAN'T YOU SEE IT? HAS IT BEEN AS BAD AS YOU HAD EXPECTED. IT'S THE WORST IT'S BEEN SINCE BOLA. HAS SOMEONE GIVEN YOU A MILO? NO. (LAUGHS) OH, THE WIND LAST NIGHT WAS SCARY. YEAH. IT WAS GALES AND BLOWING HARD OUT, AND THE RAIN WAS GOING HARD. IT'S A BIT OF A SHOCK BUT IT'S EXCITING AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE THIS IS, LIKE, THE FIRST TIME IT'S HAPPENED WHILE WE'VE BEEN ALIVE. EVERYONE'S COME DOWN HERE JUST TO BE NOSY. YOU'RE BEING A BIT NOSY? YEAH. WE travelled 120km north, some of the worst hit towns. Pam is now looking to move on. Most of the locals around evacuated by returning to the homes tonight. Power is slowly being returned. Just six roads being close tonight. All schools will be back in session tomorrow morning. A lot of cynicism around Auckland this morning. You have to have the warnings. This is the day you don't, it that is the day when things happen. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` AND A BIG DAY IT WAS IN THE FAR NORTH. JUST HAVING OUR OWN PAVILION WILL ENCOURAGE MORE PLAYERS TO COME AND HAVE MORE TEAMS, AND IT MIGHT BUILD UP THE GAME AGAIN. ALL THAT FUSS FOR THIS LITTLE GUY. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, HE'S A VERY LUCKY CHICK. THINK NZ CRICKETING GREATS, AND NAMES LIKE BERT SUTCLIFFE, JOHN REID, GLEN TURNER, MARTIN CROWE AND RICHARD HADLEE PROBABLY SPRING TO MIND. SO WHAT ABOUT ROSS CONDON? NOT A NAME YOU RECOGNISE. WELL, HE IS A LEGEND IN THE FAR NORTH. Martin Crowe did a lovely interview with the British media. Worth tracking down. CONDON, NOT A NAME YOU RECOGNISE. WELL, HE IS A LEGEND IN THE FAR NORTH. AND TODAY THE CRICKETING FANS OF DARGAVILLE IMMORTALISED ROSS CONDON BY NAMING THEIR BRAND NEW CRICKET PAVILION AFTER HIM. WELL, BRAND NEW IN A SECOND-HAND KIND OF WAY. THIS FROM MICHAEL HOLLAND, CELEBRATING GOOD PEOPLE AND GREAT COMMUNITIES. IT HAS BEEN A CRICKETING SUMMER LIKE NO OTHER. ONE OF BEAUTY AND BELIEF. ONE THAT HAS US DARING TO CONTEMPLATE THE ULTIMATE. WHICH MAKES DOWN HOME OCCASIONS LIKE THIS ALL THE MORE POIGNANT, ALL THE MORE SPECIAL. A SIMPLE REFURBISHED PRE-FAB, SYMBOLISING A NEW BEGINNING FOR CRICKET IN DARGAVILLE. BLOODY AWESOME! BLOODY AWESOME. YOU ARE ALLOWED TO SWEAR ON A BIG DAY LIKE THIS? BLOODY AWESOME. YOU ARE ALLOWED TO SWEAR ON A BIG DAY LIKE THIS? YEAH, YEAH. YOU SEE, DARGAVILLE HAS NEVER HAD A PERMANENT CRICKET PAVILION, BE IT CLUB OR SCHOOL. JUST ASK THE NORTHERN TOWN NUMBER ONE CRICKETING SON. IT IS A PRETTY COOL JUMPER ON THE WALL OVER THERE. I THINK IT IS DION NASH'S. I THINK HIS BLAZER IS OVER THERE TOO. ALL THE CRICKET FELLAS, THEY CAN WATCH THE GAME ON THE DECK. WE SHOULDN'T JUST SAY FELLAS. THERE ARE SOME FELLA-ESSES TOO? YEAH, AND GIRLS. THEY WELCOME TOO? YEAH, THEY ARE WELCOME. PHEW, THANK GOODNESS YOU SAID THAT. YEAH, OTHERWISE I WOULD GET IN TROUBLE. THE PREFAB TRANSFORMATION BY A TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS ` MIRACULOUS. THIS LESS THAN A FORTNIGHT AGO, AS IT SAT IN A CORNER OF DARGAVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE MESS, ABSOLUTE MESS. ROTTEN FLOOR AND DIFFERENT THINGS, JUST A MASSIVE EFFORT FROM EVERYONE. WHAT DOES IT TELL YOU ABOUT COMMUNITY? MATE, SMALL TOWNS ARE THE BEST. SORRY, AUCKLAND. EVERYONE JUST BANDS TOGETHER, PHONE CALLS EVERYWHERE, EVERYONE JUST WANTS TO HELP. THE PAVILION IS NAMED IN HONOUR OF LOCAL CRICKETING IDENTITY, ROSS CONDON, WHO LONG DREAMED OF SUCH A FACILITY, BUT SADLY SUCCUMBED TO CANCER JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS. I RECKON IT'S FABULOUS. I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS HAPPENING. I AM VERY PROUD, VERY PROUD OF THE COMMUNITY. WHEN I PLAYED THERE WAS ONE BROWN SEAT BENCH. IF YOU WERE LUCKY YOU GOT A SPOT ON IT. IT'S LIKE THE BACK OF THE BUS. THE SENIOR GUY GOT A SPOT. THE JUNIORS HAVE TO SIT ON THE GRASS IN FRONT. IT WAS PRETTY WILD AND WINDSWEPT. NOT A LOT OF PROTECTION. YOU JUST GOT ON WITH IT. SO A RECONDITIONED PREFAB IS BLOODY GOOD? Luxury. AND AS PROUD AS ANYONE, THE LADS FROM DARGAVILLE HIGH'S BUILDING ACADEMY WITH SOME REAL ON THE JOB TRAINING. YOU SEE HOW IT IS ALL LEVEL ALONG HERE? I CAME ALONG WITH A TROUGH AND LEVELLED IT OFF, SO WE HAD ENOUGH FOR ALL THE POSTS. DIDN'T USE TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE. THAT IS WHAT I WAS DOING. SO THESE FOUNDATIONS ARE SOLID AS? YEAH, YEP. THEY WOULD STAND UP TO A CYCLONE EVEN? YEP, PROBABLY. I HOPE THEY WOULD. IS THIS ALMOST A REBIRTH? YEP. GET DARGY BACK ON THE MAP? YEP. DO YOU CALL IT DARGY? NAH. KUMARA CAPITAL. KUMARA CAPITAL? YEP. WHAT EVER THE NAME, ONE THING IS CERTAIN. WE ARE REAL NOW. AT LAST? YEAH, FINALLY. Did you hear that end? A building Academy in high school. When I was in high school, we had would work. We had woodwork. I made a keyring in metalwork class. I was in the advance woodwork class, and I made a miniature pool table. When I finished it, it had a slope on it. All the marbles would just drain down the bottom pocket. It was completely useless. Hopefully your house doesn't need recompiling. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP... WHISKER MANAGED TO SURVIVE A RUN-IN WITH A 13-TON DIGGER. BUT LITTLE DID WHISKER KNOW HIS JOURNEY WAS ONLY JUST BEGINNING. I WRAPPED IT UP REASONABLY TIGHTLY IN MY SWANNI, AND THEN I GOT ON MY FOUR-WHEELER AND DID 40 MINUTES ACROSS LOGGING ROADS. You made a cake slice in metal work. You use the word Perspex. And I made a salad service. Do you remember the smell is Perspex? It was horrible. I think it is good to make things that are practical. The salad service was fantastic, though. I'm here now because I was no good at building a house or something. IT'S NO SECRET THAT WE LOVE A SURVIVAL STORY HERE ON SEVEN SHARP. YOU KNOW, WHEN THE LITTLE GUY MAKES IT AGAINST ALL ODDS. YES, BUT TONIGHT WE'VE UP THE STAKES BECAUSE THIS ONE INVOLVES OUR NATIONAL ICON. KRISTIN HALL WITH THE TRIUMPHANT TALE OF WHISKER. THEY SAY IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD, BUT HERE ON THE EAST COAST, IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SAVE A KIWI. MAN: HAERE MAI. HAERE MAI. WELCOME TO MOTU, POPULATION 30 TO 45. THEY'RE NOT QUITE SURE. MOTU'S GOT A SCHOOL, A COMMUNITY HOUSE AND NOW THEY'VE GOT WHISKER, BUT THEY ALMOST DIDN'T. WHISKER MANAGED TO SURVIVE A RUN-IN WITH A 13-TON DIGGER, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, HE'S A VERY LUCKY CHICK. THIS PLUCKY CHICK'S SURVIVAL IS ALL DOWN TO THE WORK OF FOUR EQUALLY PLUCKY LOCALS, STARTING WITH CLIVE, WHO KNOWS A BIT ABOUT BIRDS. I'VE HATCHED A FEW CHOOKS IN MY LIFE, AND I KNOW WHICH ONES HAVE A CHANCE AND WHICH ONES DON'T. CLIVE CAME ACROSS A HALF CRUSHED WHISKER IN THE BACKBLOCKS OF MOTU AND DID WHAT ANY SELF RESPECTING TOUGH MAN, ECO-WARRIOR WOULD DO. I WRAPPED IT UP REASONABLY TIGHTLY IN MY SWANNI. AND THEN I GOT ON MY FOUR-WHEELER AND DID 40 MINUTES ACROSS LOGGING ROADS. HE CALLED THIS GUY ` STEVE SAWYER, LOCAL KIWI EXPERT,... IT'S CLIVE HERE. I'VE GOT A LITTLE PROBLEM. ...WHO GOT AMY TO DRIVE FOUR HOURS TO ROTORUA, WITH WHISKER RIDING SHOTGUN. WE HAD HOT WATER BOTTLES IN THERE, AND TOWELS, AND IT WAS A NICE, LITTLE SAFE PLACE FOR HIM TO REST. THIS IS 4-YEAR-OLD CAEL, OR AT LEAST THE BACK OF HIS HEAD. HE WAS THERE TOO, AND APPARENTLY A LITTLE BIT MORE EXCITED THAN HE IS RIGHT NOW. STRONG SILENT TYPE? BOTH LAUGH HE'D CLIMB OVER TO THE FRONT SEAT AND SAID, 'IS HE ALL RIGHT, MUM? 'IS HE STILL IN THERE, STILL BREATHING?' THEY MADE IT TO ROTORUA, WITH WHISKER IN NOT TOO BAD A SHAPE CONSIDERING. WE CLEANED UP HIS NAVEL AND GAVE HIM SOME PROPHYLACTIC ANTIBIOTICS BECAUSE IT WAS QUITE DIRTY. ALL THE DIRT HAD BEEN SHOVED INTO THE SHELL. HE WAS NURSED TO THE FLUFFY BALL OF HEALTH YOU SEE NOW AND BROUGHT BACK TO MOTU, TO REALISE HIS POTENTIAL AS A REAL WILD BIRD, THOUGH NOT WITHOUT AN AUDIENCE. CHILD: KIWI! SO I'M NOT GONNA LIE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT CHAOTIC HERE. I TRIED TO GET A PHOTO OF THE KIWI BUT I CAN'T COS PRETTY MUCH HALF OF BLOODY MOTU'S HERE. THE KIDS ARE ALL VERY EXCITED. THE WHOLE SCHOOL'S HERE, ALL 15 OF THEM. IT'S ALL VERY EXCITING. THERE WAS MORE PAPARAZZI THERE THAN A 'ONE DIRECTION' SHOW. EXACTLY. YEAH, THAT'S MOTU FOR YA. NOW IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE LITTLE GUY, HE'S WELL PROTECTED IN HERE AND WILL HAVE EVERY LUXURY, THANKS TO HIS LITTLE BAND OF LIFESAVERS. THEY LOVE CAT BISCUITS. YEAH. WHICH IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THEIR DIET. BET YOU FIND HEAPS OF THOSE IN THE WILD, EH? (LAUGHS) YEAH, THEY'RE EVERYWHERE. SO AFTER ONE HELL OF A WILD RIDE, THE LITTLE KIWI WHO SURVIVED BY A WHISKER, GETS TO RELAX FOR A BIT. Lovely. Dogs, worst enemy for Kiwis. Quick story ` my two sons playing squash tournament. 13, 15-year-old boys. They won it before, so they entered again. They pretty see won $100, this time they won 1000 bucks each. This is my final program. My direction into sports management is coming up. BEFORE WE GO, JUST A HEADS-UP ABOUT TOMORROW'S SHOW ` JACK TAME'S JUST INTERVIEWED RIHANNA, AND THINGS GOT A BIT AWKWARD. RIHANNA, I KNOW YOU'RE A FIERCELY PROUD BARBADIAN. SO THE QUESTION ON EVERYONE'S LIPS ` WHO'S GOING TO WIN THE CRICKET WORLD CUP? MM-HMM. I'M NOT GETTING INTO THAT. That's... Sheldon. Big Bang theory. Clever actor. Did you hear Rihanna's new song with Paul McCartney? You sing it for me later. HER ANSWER TOMORROW NIGHT. SO, X FACTOR JUDGES NATALIA KILLS AND WILLY MOON HAVE BEEN AXED FOR THEIR BIZARRE AND CRUEL COMMENTS TO A CONTESTANT LAST NIGHT. THEY WERE MEAN. UNNECESSARILY SO. CRITICISM'S ONE THING BUT THIS WAS SOMETHING ELSE. IT MADE ME THINK OF INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA TROLLS AND SCHOOLYARD BULLYING, AND I WONDER WHEN DID IT BECOME UNCOOL TO BE KIND. I READ AN ARTICLE NOT LONG AGO IN WHICH THE AUTHOR SAID SHE REFUSED TO TELL HER DAUGHTER TO BE NICE BECAUSE THE SAME TRAIT WASN'T ENCOURAGED IN BOYS. AS IF NICENESS WAS SOME KIND OF WEAKNESS. AND I THOUGHT RUBBISH. A) THE PARENTS I KNOW PLACE JUST AS MUCH EMPHASIS ON ENCOURAGING THEIR SONS TO BE NICE AND KIND AND POLITE, AND B) BEING KIND AND BEING STRONG AND CONFIDENT ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. AND MAYBE WHAT WE NEED IS A FEW MORE PEOPLE OPENLY DISPLAYING THOSE QUALITIES. SPEAKING OF PEOPLE GETTING SACKED. JEREMY CLARKSON IS ON THE VERGE. HIS HEARING STARTS IN BRITAIN TONIGHT, AND SIR JOHN KIRWAN IS BEING CALLED OUT BY ALL AND SUNDRY TO FALL ON HIS SWORD. THE LATEST TO DO SO IS GRAHAM LOWE. AS I SAID FRIDAY, WE HAVE A DREADFUL PENCHANT IN THIS COUNTRY FOR WANTING PEOPLE TO LOSE THEIR JOBS, AND I WOULD STILL ARGUE KIRWAN DESERVES TO SEE OUT THE SEASON GIVEN HE REMAINS SO CONFIDENT THAT HIS RECIPE WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO SOME SORT OF SUCCESS. BUT LOWE IS RIGHT WHEN HE SAYS COACHING IS AN ART, NOT A SCIENCE, AND YOU'VE EITHER GOT IT OR YOU HAVEN'T. THE SAME WAY TALENT IS A GIFT AND NOT SOMETHING YOU HAND OUT. AND THE MORE TALENT YOU BRING TO THE PARTY THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE TO SEE THROUGH THE TOUGH DAYS. WHICH IS WHY BOTH KIRWAN AND CLARKSON SHOULD, UNLIKE PIPPA'S GORMLESS DUO, SURVIVE TO SEE ANOTHER GAME AND ANOTHER EPISODE. CAPTIONS BY AMY PARK AND ANNE LANGFORD.