During her appearance on the show, Bonnie Langford revealed that some of her friends, who'd been trying to persuade her for a while to finally have her ears pierced for the first time, had said that if she had them pierced live on the show, they'd make a large donation to the charity. She said that she'd decided to accept their challenge and have them done. Two members of the BBC's make-up department then joined her on stage, pierced both of her ears at the same time, and her friends made the donation.