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Ted Lasso Star Hannah Waddingham Gave Kelly Clarkson a Run for Her Money

Author Don Chase
Hannah Waddingham is impeccably talented, but was she talented enough to beat Kelly Clarkson in a song competition?

Taking on Kelly Clarkson in her “Throw Me a Line” contest on “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” is always a big challenge, but not so much when it comes to someone like Hannah Waddingham.

Waddingham, who you know from her incredible Emmy-winning turn as Rebecca Welton, the team owner in “Ted Lasso,” also happens to be an INCREDIBLE singer in her own right.

In “Throw Me a Line,” the host will give a line from a song, and one of the contestants has to buzz in and sing the song the line is from, including the part with the title of the song. Kelly Clarkson does REALLY well at this regularly.

But this was a battle for the ages. Kelly got the first one right, with “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” but was kind enough to share the point with Hannah thanks to her harmonies.

Hannah got the next point, with a mumbling version of Brittany’s famous “One More Time,” and got the next one with Duran Duran’s “Hungry Like the Wolf.”

Watch the video below and you can see the competition closed out. Who do you think ended up winning? Was it Kelly Clarkson? Or was it Hannah Waddingham?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTyE9zkMHgQ

Don Chase is living out his dreams, anchoring The Big Wake-Up with Don Chase & Sarah weekday mornings on KML. With over 35 years with Beasley Media, Don believes that the best is yet to come. The unofficial Mayor of Fayetteville radio, Don Chase writes about Fayetteville and North Carolina news, as well as entertaining perspectives on music, culture and more.

'Ted Lasso' Finale: Where Do The Characters Go From Here?

After three seasons, Apple TV’s Ted Lasso ended after dropping its series finale yesterday (May 31). The producers have always said that it will end after three seasons. Jason Sudeikis, who stars as the title character, developed the series with Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt (who plays Coach Beard) and Joe Kelly, told Deadline that, “This is the end of this story that we wanted to tell, that we were hoping to tell, that we loved to tell.” But Sudeikis and his team have expressed being open to spinoffs. And surely Apple TV would love to continue the stories of at least some of the characters. On the other hand, Apple is a company that prides itself in innovation. Many streamers put a lot of work into bringing back old characters (Disney+ mostly lives off of new stories in the Marvel and Star Wars universes, Paramount+ has done well by spinning off The Good Fight from The Good Wife and preserving the Star Trek universe). But Apple is a company that the iPod revolutionized; and when the iPod became obsolete, they quietly said goodbye to it.

On the one hand, the finale neatly wrapped up the most compelling storylines. It may not have been perfect, but neither is life – that’s sort of Ted Lasso‘s message. But unless you’re a troll, it was a pretty satisfying ending. They nailed the landing in a way that few series have. On the other hand, they certainly left room for more stories to be told.

So we thought it would be fun to look at where our characters ended up, and how their stories can continue in potential spinoffs or specials. It should go without saying but we’ll say it anyway: There are spoilers ahead, so don’t read this unless you’ve finished the series.

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