Swiftie is surprised on-air with Wembley tickets from a listener: 'It was one of the best experiences of my life'
11-year old swam the duration of Taylor Swift's catalogue and was surprised with tickets.
11-year-old Ellie Scarr from stockport swam lengths in her local swimming pool for the duration of Taylor Swift鈥檚 entire album catalogue, 24 hours and 46 minutes. She listened to the music with waterproof headphones and completed the challenge to raise money for the RSPCA.
Ellie first appeared on 5 Live Drive at 16:21 on 12 April 2024 and spoke to Tony Livesy about her experience, she said 鈥淕etting Eras tour tickets is really hard and I didn鈥檛 manage to, I wanted to do a big challenge to get Taylor鈥檚 attention and I鈥檝e always wanted to raise money for the RSPCA."
Ellie and her mother, Angela, were invited back onto the show two hours later because 5 Live listener Joe had texted in to offer Ellie some spare tickets he had for Taylor鈥檚 Wembley show. After she鈥檇 been to the concert, she came back on to tell us about the fantastic time she had.
She said 鈥淚t was one of the best experiences of my life so far, it was just amazing."
She added 鈥淚 made 93 friendship bracelets and traded them, everyone was so nice."
Ellie鈥檚 challenge, Swim 4 Swift has raised 拢1,048 for the RSPCA, with the help from 5 Live listeners.
This clip is originally from 5 Live Drive 27 June 2024
