{"id":670422,"date":"2022-07-04T08:36:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T07:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=670422"},"modified":"2022-07-04T12:42:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T11:42:18","slug":"the-g-o-a-t-debating-society-recently-appeared-in-lodnon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/the-g-o-a-t-debating-society-recently-appeared-in-lodnon\/","title":{"rendered":"THE G.O.A.T DEBATING SOCIETY RECENTLY APPEARED IN LONDON….."},"content":{"rendered":"

THE G.O.A.T DEBATING SOCIETY CAME TO LONDON FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY<\/strong><\/p>\n

– New Strongbow ULTRA Dark Fruit enlisted a celebrity cast to settle the biggest G.O.A.T debates of our time –<\/p>\n

\u00b7 With new Strongbow ULTRA cheekily crowning itself the G.O.A.T (Greatest Of All Time) Cider, the brand is gathed a brave band of reality TV stars, drag queens, musicians and social media influencers to battle it out and find the G.O.A.T of everything else<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Rapper Lady Leshurr, Tik Tok Star Rachel Spicer and Love Islander Chris Hughes among the celebrities, comedians and social media stars went head-to-head to passionately make their case for their chosen G.O.A.T<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Bobby Norris of TOWIE and Mark Francis Vandelli of Made in Chelsea debated which is the G.O.A.T reality series<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Crystal Will See You Now and one of the UK\u2019s most loveable Drag Queens bedated who is the G.O.A.T Drag Race Queen, obviously debating for themselves<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Hosted by broadcaster and world-renowned podcaster Alice Levine, the G.O.A.T Debating Society has stemmed from Strongbow ULTRA Dark Fruit crowning itself as the G.O.AT. Cider \u2013 a twist on the classic Dark Fruit with 95 calories per slimline can and delicious natural berry flavourings<\/p>\n

WHERE: Shoreditch Studios, 37 Bateman\u2019s Row, London, EC2A 3HH<\/p>\n

WHEN: Wednesday 8th June 2022<\/p>\n

WHAT:<\/p>\n

Who is the G.O.A.T? Lionel or Cristiano? Beyonce or Nicki Minaj TOWIE or MIC? Or what about a superpower? From pubs through to twitter, the debate on who or what is the G.O.A.T (Greatest Of All Time) in their field happens up and down the land, and now Strongbow ULTRA will settle the debate once and for all.<\/p>\n

For centuries young men and women have debated the issues of politics, philosophy, science and high-brow culture but now Strongbow ULTRA Dark Fruit, who has self-proclaimed to be the G.O.A.T cider, brings a fresh new look to the traditional debating societies. Celebs, influencers and stars of social media are going head-to-head to settle the scores in a full immersive, furry, hazy goatscape.<\/p>\n

With opinions exchanged, loyalties on the line and fandom in full effect, the G.O.A.T debates pit debating adversaries head-to-head to show their wit, sass and knowledge on their nominated G.O.A.T topic \u2013 covering everything from football and pop to chicken shop.<\/p>\n

The line-up included Chelsea vs Essex as Mark Francis Vandelli of Made in Chelsea takes on Bobby Norris of TOWIE to make the G.O.A.T case for their respective series. Lady Leshurr will be taking on Manrika to debate the G.O.A.T female artist while Crystal Will See You Now and special guest Drag Queen was unleashed to debate who is the G.O.A.T Drag queen\u2026out of themselves.<\/p>\n

Alice Levine, co-creator of the G.O.A.T podcast, hosted keeping order to each debate. The vibrant conversations consisted of individual contests putting their case and responses across 3 x 1-minute rounds per debate against their opponent.<\/p>\n

When a debate was completed, the winner was determined by a \u2018show of cans\u2019 as the spectators voted for their winning debater by raising their can of Strongbow ULTRA Dark Fruit in the air.<\/p>\n

Host Alice Levine said, \u201cWe all love a good debate, but with so many powerful personalities putting their passions on the line, it needed someone to keep them all in line! So when Strongbow ULTRA asked me to chair the evening I jumped at the opportunity to come to work exclusively to tell people to pipe down \u2013 something I\u2019ve only been doing as a hobby until now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark Francis Vandelli said, \u201cWhen it comes to the G.O.A.T reality show, it comes down to everything from class to the clothes as well as the drama. Therefore, it has to be Made in Chelsea. At least one thing Bobby Norris and I can agree on is that we\u2019re both a cut above the Kardashians!\u201d<\/p>\n

Rapper Lady Leshurr said, \u201cManrika is brought her Bey game with her, but I\u2019m here to go against the grain for my girl Nicki Minaj the G.O.A.T female artist and you really don\u2019t want to disagree with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Love Island star Chris Hughes, debated against a special guest, chipped in, \u201cThe G.O.A.T football debate has been raging between fanboys of Lionel and Cristiano for over a decade, but I\u00a0 settled it once and for all. It\u2019s obviously my man from Argentina. No contest.\u201d<\/p>\n

The G.O.A.T debates were held at Shoreditch Studios in East London with a ticketed audience of 300 guests. The event featured DJ Sammy Virji who featured on the new Strongbow ULTRA ad and DJ’d throughout the evening. For one night only event goers experienced a fully immersive goat future scape, think ice sculptures, a goat daddy, epic projections and purple goat selfie spots throughout the venue.<\/p>\n

After one hell of a performance by their favourite celebrities, guests decided the fate of who and what can be crowned the greatest of all time!<\/p>\n

The running order of G.O.A.T for the night was as follows:<\/p>\n

The G.O.A.T Footballer: Chris Hughes vs Mark Wright<\/p>\n

The G.O.A.T Drag Queen: Crystal Will See You Now vs special guest Drag Queen<\/p>\n

The G.O.A.T Chicken Shop: Rachel Spicer vs Theo Campbell<\/p>\n

The G.O.A.T Female Artist: Lady Leshurr vs Manrika<\/p>\n

The G.O.A.T REALITY TV Series: Bobby Norris (TOWIE) vs Mark Francis Vandelli (Made in Chelsea)<\/p>\n

G.O.A.T Superpower: Josh Berry vs special guest<\/p>\n

HEINEKEN UK Cider Brand Director, Rachel Holms, comments: \u201cThis G.O.A.T campaign is for a new kind of cider and by far one of our most intriguing yet. We already know Strongbow ULTRA is the G.O.A.T cider, but now we put some of the greatest argued topics of all time in the hands of celebs and event goers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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