Ricki‑Lee & Tim

We asked Sydney about their worst birthdays after Prince Andrew got arrested on his 66th (happy birthday, mate), and the stories were brutal. Sharon had her 40th Vegas trip with a Bellagio cabana all booked when COVID hit and she spent it alone in lockdown, Tim had 220 people flying in for his burger joint party that got cancelled, and former Rabbitoh Luke Burgess got fully burgled on his 16th birthday—the thieves even used his family's car as the getaway vehicle after cleaning them out completely.

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Keli Holiday joined us fresh off his album launch at Rambling Rascal wearing the loudest blue pants we've ever seen and a singlet he bought at the show (because that's the rule), revealing his upcoming Metro Theatre tour on March 6 will have theatre vibes with smoky piano silhouettes instead of just a sweaty rock show. He opened up about fans telling him stories of what the album means to them—including a woman whose husband cried for the first time in 10 years while listening to "Ecstasy"—then absolutely lost Quick Draw for the third time in a row!

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Sydney at 6 covered Newcastle renaming itself "Foocastle" with a Hollywood-style sign for the Foo Fighters tour, Sizzler returning to Sydney Airport after six years, and Danika Mason's viral cross from the Winter Olympics where she couldn't move her lips from the cold wind. Callan Boys joined us for Where Are We Eating with the best dining spots, then we hit Glossys: Taylor Swift is the world's biggest artist for the fourth year running, Nicole Kidman's reportedly being pursued by MGM chairman Paul Salem, Sydney Sweeney and Scooter Braun went on a karaoke date belting ABBA, and Pitbull's attempting a world record for largest bald cap gathering in Hyde Park. Doctors debunked the 8-hour sleep rule saying 6-8 hours is fine but less than 5 or more than 9 is terrible for your health, 67% of Gen Z would choose sleep over sex, and Keli Holiday joined us wearing his loudest pants to chat about fans crying to his album and his iconic dance move before losing Quick Draw again.

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We asked Sydney to call in with their "I swear it's true" stories that sound completely made up, and they delivered: a woman whose entire family was saved from a house fire in Balmain by Tony Abbott who ripped the bars off their windows when she was three years old, and another caller who accidentally got into someone else's car and didn't realize until a random kid in the backseat said "hello." Plus, British Airways crew members got absolutely cooked mid-flight after a passenger gifted them cannabis-infused lollies with 300mg of THC—30 times a standard dose.

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Callan Boys from the Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide joined us for Where Are We Eating with three hot tips: Hampsey Taverna at the new fish markets for charcoal-grilled sardine skewers with stunning city views, Darbant in Auburn for next-level Persian kebabs where the son and daughter have modernised mum and dad's shop while dad still cooks over hot charcoal, and Hats Off Barbecue at Taren Point Car Wash for what might be Sydney's best Philly cheesesteak made with 12-hour beef brisket.

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We asked Sydney about their worst ghosting stories after playing Ricki's song "Ghost" which she wrote about a best friend who just vanished one day. The stories did not disappoint: a woman's ex-husband texted her while she was at coffee saying "I don't wish to continue this marriage" and by the time she got home he'd taken half their savings and disappeared for years, someone's dry cleaner shut up shop with her engagement party dress inside and was never seen again, and a woman's barista gave her his number for a walking date then literally went to the bathroom and never returned.

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Sydney at 6 featured Tom Hanks being loud and American at a North Sydney cricket shop, then we heard about a handicapped woman who got fined for using her only hand to touch her phone while driving. We played our first game of 'Can I Have The First Line', discovered an Olympic plastic surgeon whose name is way too perfect for his job, and Bruce Isaacs joined us for What Cha Watching with the top 3 things to stream right now. A Sunshine Coast legend painted a boat on his fence after neighbours complained about the real one being an eyesore, Sydney called in with brutal ghosting stories including an ex-husband who texted "I'm out" and vanished with half their savings, and Tim declared Jacob Elordi is full of himself.

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A Sunshine Coast bloke got a council notice after neighbours complained his boat was an eyesore, so he moved it behind the fence and hired an artist to paint a hyper-realistic mural of the boat on the fence instead—such a brilliant payback that even a council staffer came by to congratulate him. We've all been there with neighbour wars, including Ricki whose Avalon neighbours banged on the door asking her and Sam Smith to stop belting Whitney Houston on the deck because "the whole neighbourhood is talking about the terrible singing."

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Maeve from the North Sydney Cricket Centre called in to tell us about Tom Hanks shopping for cricket gear with his son, and she revealed he wasn't keeping a low profile at all—he was loud, enthusiastic, and very American tourist about the whole thing. It took her a minute to recognise him despite being one of the biggest movie stars of all time, and Tim's surprised he didn't walk in with his head down and a cap on like most celebrities would.

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British backpacker Hattie Sheppard, 21, walked into Gold Coast emergency with what she thought was a stomach flu and left 10 hours later with a healthy baby girl named Isla-Grace—having had no bump, no morning sickness, and being on the pill the entire time. Turns out the baby was growing toward her spine in what's known as a cryptic pregnancy, which affects about 1 in 2,500 pregnancies in Australia.

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