In 2006, Hewitt appeared as a contestant in "", the celebrity version of "The X Factor". He also appeared in the first episode of the UK "Top Gear" in Series 8 in May of the same year to participate with other celebrities in setting power lap times around the Top Gear Test Track in the show's newest "reasonably priced car": when the presenters seemingly did not recognise him upon his arrival, they were apparently too embarrassed to admit as much, and rather than ask him his name, they listed his lap time as "Well Spoken Man".