Love is in the air

We listen to them every day on the airwaves. Now the Radio 1 and 2 presenters open up to Marie-Louise Olson about love and Valentine's Day

Selena
1. What are you doing for Valentine's Day: Seeing it in at the Radio 2 Valentine's Day Party @ Irish Village on the 13th and
then having a girlie night in on the 14th with bubbly, face masks, DVDs and NO BOYS!
2. Best/worst experience on V Day:
Best: It's a cheesy one but it was just amazing! A few years back my boyfriend (at the time) took me away to Paris... To top that, my gift was a single red rose with... A TIFFANY'S DIAMOND PENDANT!
3. Which song request do you usually get from listeners on V Day:
To be honest it varies depending on what's big at the time. The classics are always in there… Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston,
Boyz II Men, Al Green… This year I'm sure it will be J. Holiday, Neyo, etc.
4. The perfect V Day: Being spoilt rotten of course! It would have to start with breakfast in bed... Maybe a shoe shopping
trip to Milan followed by dinner at a fine dining restaurant… Oh, and there would definitely have to be a HUGE bouquet of
flowers in there somewhere!
5. One word that defines love: Happiness.
6. Who is your dream date: At the moment it would have to be... Jude Law.

Steve Johnston
1. What are you doing for Valentine's Day: Working! Our boss at the radio station has given me the job of doing ‘live' links
from the races at Nad Al Sheba, Dubai.
2. Best/worst experience on V Day: Getting my divorce papers!
3. Which song request do you usually get from listeners on V Day: That awful song I Will Always Love You by Whitney
Houston... urrrrghhhh!
4. The perfect V Day: Watching football with the boys! No seriously, it would have to be personal with the right person.
5. One word that defines love: Expensive!
6. Who is your dream date: Ah! That's for me to know and you to find out!

DJ Flex
What are you doing for Valentine's Day: In the words of Will Smith: ''Gettin Jiggy With It''. Isn't that what most people do on
Valentine's Day? ….Slap on the Jodeci… Iron their silk underpants and wear them inside out!.... Ha ha ha, I am of course
joking… I don't really listen to Jodeci anymore.
2. Best/worst experience on V Day: Best: Being taken on a cruise!! That was kind of a surprise, but a really nice surprise. I
mean it's really not what someone would expect.
Worst: Seeing a girl who was also seeing half of London! I mean it's really not the sort of girl you want to take home to
meet the family, is it?
3. Which song request do you usually get from listeners on V Day: Anything by Cilla Black, lol!… Nah, it does vary. The old
r ‘n' b classics do feature heavily... i.e Silk, Jodeci, H-Town, Horace Brown, Genuine... But if I had to pick one it would
be I Wanna Know by Joe.
4. The perfect V Day: I'm really not into mush, so it would probably be just having a really good laugh with the most
important person in my life. Enjoying each other's company to the fullest whether we went out and had a wild time or stayed
in and did something romantic. But it would definitely have to be topped off by some heavenly intimacy, if you get my drift.
5. One word that defines love: Necessity.
6. Who is your dream date: Definitely Rihanna, Nicole from the Pussycat Dolls and Cassie triple combo, maybe with the girl
from the Akon Don't Matter video thrown in for good measure and some ice cream.

Schooly
1. What are you doing for Valentine's Day:
Working till late, then may head out for a quiet meal if I have the energy.
2. Best/worst experience on V Day:
Worst: My delivery of flowers I ordered for a girlfriend at work were given to her workmate, who she didn't get on with, by
mistake and I wasn't told until I got home….
Best: Having a day off and getting my present the day before…
3. Which song request do you usually get from listeners on V Day: Boyz II Men, End Of The Road, sometimes Whitney Houston I
Will Always Love You… Next Wifey.
4. The perfect V Day: Me, Alicia Keys and a huge white piano…. Not for playing….
5. One word that defines love: US… not as in America but me and U.
6. Who is your dream date: Alicia Keys.

DJ Bliss
1. What are you doing for Valentine's Day: Radio 2 party @ Irish Village on Wednesday, Tiesto on Thursday and Elegante on
Friday. I thought I'd go all out this year!
2. Best/worst experience on V Day:
Best: Last year (single).
Worst: (The year I got my credit card statement… Oooohh it hurt).
3. Which song request do you usually get from listeners on V Day: Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, etc… you know the same stuff.
4. The perfect V Day: Relaxing day at the spa, candlelit dinner, talking under the stars, music, etc (I'm a real romantic).
5. One word that defines love: Bliss.
6. Who is your dream date: Angelina Jolie and Jessica Alba in a mud fight (I'll take the winner out).

David Cleary
1. What are you doing for Valentine's Day: Not going to say right now because it will ruin it!
2. Best/worst experience on V Day: Going out alone and everybody is all over each other… get a room!
3. Which song request do you usually get from listeners on V Day? Can't remember. So many!
4. The perfect V Day: Getting out of the UAE and jetting off to Bermuda or Tahiti and turning off the cell phone.
5. One word that defines love: Sacrifice.
6. Who is your dream date? The Wife.

Humaid
1. What are you doing for Valentine's Day: Private party for a VIP. (Off the record — for one of the shaikhs...)
2. Best experience on V Day:
Best: Went for a night's stay in Fujairah with wifey.
Worst: On a cruise with my wife. She had to leave ‘cos she got sick and I had to stay to go for Majeda Al Roumi concert with
friends.
3. Which song request do you usually get from listeners on V Day: Wifey.
4. The perfect V Day: Every weekend is a Valentine's Day at home.
5. One word that defines love: Endless.
6. Who is your dream date? I cannot mention it, my wife will kill me!!