Presumably already multi-millionaires thanks to their huge record sales, the quintet will donate any prize money won to Just Within Reach: An Earth Foundation, the new environmental charity set up by the group’s Kevin Richardson. Talking about the charity Richardson has commented: "I thought I’d use my status as a celebrity to ask more questions and change things.”
The big question now is whether the Backstreet Boys can emerge from the quiz as pop’s premier brainboxes. The last charity celebrity episode of the show, broadcast in November, was won by Puff Daddy, who answered 12 questions correctly to benefit his chosen charity to the tune of £90,000.
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