Yahoo News Why is Radio One host Greg James locked in an escape room? How long has he been trapped for?
Radio 1 Breakfast show host Greg James' week has got off to an interesting start, to say the least.
The DJ is currently trapped in an escape room live on air with a mystery six-digit code serving as his only escape.
According to the BBC, there are one million potential code combinations.
Listeners were in fits of laughter as James tried and failed to guess the right code throughout the day and has since requested help from listeners in solving puzzles scattered around the room.
Here’s what we know so far about the breakfast show host’s ordeal:
How long has he been trapped for?
On Monday morning, the DJ was bundled into the back of a van and taken away from his show.
James hosts the breakfast show from 6:30 in the morning – and it doesn’t look like he’s getting out anytime soon.
What clues have been revealed so far?
To give clues to the code, Greg must complete a series of puzzles located around the escape room.
He's only managed to master one puzzle so far and is still no closer to cracking the code.
Luckily for Greg, viewers have also offered their help with creative suggestions. Here are the highlights so far:
After completing a hangman puzzle of celebrity artists, one listener suggested that all the artists are connected because they have songs related to stars – but what does it all mean?
1. Ellie Goulding (Starry Eyed)
2. Tinie Tempah (Written in the stars)
3. Kendrick Lamar (All the stars)
4. Coldplay (Sky full of stars)
5. OneRepublic (Counting stars)
6. Lady Gaga (A star is born)
All have songs relating to Stars? #R1EscapeRoom— Aaron Lowman (@aaron_lowman)
The wavy wall of doom baffled listeners and although there were some good suggestions, Greg was still left with nothing but empty spaces on the wall.
All of the titles of the songs fit in the grid (Coldplay corrected to "A Sky Full Of Stars") and it gives you this... 🤔 pic.twitter.com/R4FMxy5aYa
— RT (@ReadingTalkies)
Fellow DJ Chris Stark went to Greg’s house to look for clues – but none of his suggested combinations worked.
A post shared by Chris Stark (@djchrisstark) on Feb 18, 2019 at 6:24am PST
And to top it all off, Greg is still nowhere close to finishing the jigsaw puzzle.
SOMEONE will know what this is #R1EscapeRoom pic.twitter.com/d62P6ulDqr
— Greg James (@gregjames)
The music box
James was played a two second clip of what he thinks is a mash up of Listen to the Music by The Doobie Brothers, Listen to the Man by George Ezra and Listen by Beyoncé.
How to watch
You can watch Greg's escape efforts through Radio 1's live stream.
To lend the DJ a helping hand, you can tweet your hints using the hashtag #R1EscapeRoom.
