Rugby was the winner on the day. Well, Israel Dagg was. His "I just voted for JK" tweet was brought gleefully to the table by Heather du Plessis-Allan, TV One's social media snooper for the night.
The set-up at my place was also high-tech: a TV in the lounge, aradio in each of the bathrooms, a laptop in the kitchen. I learned that Hone Harawira was gone from Guyon Espiner while in the loo.
On TV One, for some reason, Toni Street was sitting on the panel. Probably a rostering stuff-up, we decided.
These things can happen in a big organisation.
Hosking was a steady hand on the tiller, he really enjoyed saying sentences that had "Labour" and "diabolically" and especially "an appalling campaign".
On TV3 John Campbell was standing up, a good move as it's always best to keep Paul Henry where you can see him. Henry was having fun, he also got good use of the words "diabolically" and "appalling".
Overall TV3 had the edge, but TV One had Willie Jackson who added some much needed tabasco to proceedings before, predictably, erupting with his favourite word "disgrace!"
They also had Jehan Casinader who was in hilarious form at Peter Dunne's party HQ.
It was less of a sausage sizzle on Maori TV, where an all-women panel presented the soberest broadcast of all three.
