This is the ‘mental’ moment a couple won two tickets to Glastonbury on a chocolate bar. Earlier this month confectionery company Tony's Chocolonely announced it had hidden five pairs of tickets to the festival inside chocolate bars in a Willy Wonka-style giveaway.
Tickets for Glastonbury - which last year attracted crowds of 210,000 - have been sold out for months. However, on Sunday (April 23), festival bosses issued a limited number of resale tickets after the initial buyers failed to pay off their deposit.
Jovi Bunce from Didsbury is a festival regular having attended the past few years with the same group of friends. Unfortunately though, their annual trip looked to be off the table this year after the group missed out on the resale tickets which sold out in six minutes.
Feeling disheartened, Jovi said he was on his way to his local gym to cheer himself up when he came across an advertisement for the Tony's Chocolonely competition in the window of a local charity shop.
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“When we missed out on the tickets I thought ‘I couldn’t believe it, I’m not going to Glastonbury,” said the 27-year-old said.
"I walked past an Oxfam shop and I saw a sign on the window, and I thought, ‘I remember they were doing a thing with the chocolate company. When I walked in the lady said they were quite popular, so I picked out a few randomly.”
Jovi bought five chocolate bars for £4 each. He opened the first one on his way to the gym to no luck.
He opened another at a friend’s house but was also unsuccessful. It wasn’t until when he met up with his girlfriend Abigail Pearce who had been away for the weekend when they finally struck gold.
“My girlfriend asked me to meet her, she had been away. I explained my weekend to her and that I did something sort of stupid and bought these chocolate bars." He explained.
“She was like, ‘can I open one and can we film it?’ I didn’t think anything of it.”
In the 44 second clip that was posted on Youtube, Jovi and Abigail are opening the chocolate bar and sharing jokes with the hopes of being the lucky ones.
Before opening the wrapper, Abigail even does the Hail Mary and points to the skies calling on the spirits to help her. When she opens the wrapper a roller coaster of emotions are displayed between the two when Abigail thinks she has won the tickets.
Unable to catch her breath, she stutters and stumbles over her words before what she thinks is reality sets in. However, her she was too quick to give up hope.
When she properly opens the chocolate bar she finds the lucky ticket which is when her and Jovi go wild. An elated Jovi exclaims ‘no way’ as the pair run across across the living room. The camera pans to Jovi who has a look of astonishment on his face.
Speaking to the MEN about his reaction, Jovi says: “I think it was because of the way she reacted. She seen something but thought it was an advert for the company or something."
“It was just like ‘what the f*** this is mental! I don’t think I’ve ever felt like that in my life."
Jovi says that despite Abigail being his lucky charm she may not be going to Glastonbury with him in June. Jovi usually goes to Glastonbury with his best friend and despite Abigail saying she understands and is 'cool' about this, concedes he does feel guilty about having to leave her out.
The limited-edition Tony’s Chocolonely bars are available to buy online or in store until June 16. The winning bars will contain a ticket with a QR code found on the back with details of how to claim the prize.
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