Forget everything. Forget Tess's belt, forget Brucie's jokes about Leticia's facedancing, forget Leticia vomiting, forget Tess's quips about Matt and Flavia's "dance of love" and Matt's panic every time love was mentioned (bless him, he's only 12, or legal equivalent), forget Alesha and Matt and Leticia and Kenny and you can even forget about Gethin's waltz. Because tonight was about one thing, and one thing only. Gethin's salsa.
How to describe? At times like this an inferior writer such as myself is defeated and must reach for the words of the bard. By which of course I mean AA Milne. Or possibly Disney interpretor thereof.
The wonderful thing about Gethin
Is Gethin's a wonderful thing
His top is made out of rubber
His bottom is made out of springs
And he's bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun fun fun fun fun!
And the most wonderful thing about Gethin is
His salsa's next to none!
Am I getting too overexcited? It's just that until now he's been so - let's not mince words - soul-crushingly tedious, and suddenly he's had the Ramprakash injection! Go! Go Gethin!
You know, I could write more about this, or you could just watch it.
See what I mean?
I may now have to have him in the final just so he can perform the full-length version. I'm getting very torn in my loyalties, I must confess.
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It was indeed the revelation of the series so far, the best dance I have seen.
How the judges failed to give that a 10, is beyond me. It was the finest performance I have seen since The Ramps did Hot Hot Hot.
If he can keep it up then he has a real chance of getting to the final.
very VERY disturbing! this is gethin off blue peter?!?! to what is the world coming? and what's with the BLOUSE!!!! sheer (literally) bett lynch.
sorry i couldn't make it yesterday - did you manage?
Ah yes, the blouse. Forgot to mention it. *Love* the blouse.
No, didn't make it yesterday rivergirlie - next time I hope.
I am in a state of total shock and may just have to lie down in a quiet room with a cold compress on my head. I never thought that Ramps' salsa would be beaten but this was sensational from Gethin. PLEASE producers of Christmas special if it is not already filmed, please may we have both of them doing a routine? Oh be still my beating heart....
Ramps doing the salsa with Gethin? Oh yes PLEASE! Um, maybe with some women too. I volunteer.
i'm going to go out on a limb here, but... was it indeed all that great, the gethin-salsa-thing???
i agree full-heartedly that in terms of letting go and living the dance and, oh yes, in being totally hot this was the gethin we had never seen before, except maybe those dreams we choose not to mention, but technically i found it rather lacking...
that said, who cares? one gethin on the go please ^^
Heresy! Though actually, on the fifth or sixth watch, you're probably right. But for me he gets major bonus points for sheer joy of the dance. And the blouse of course. And I reckon if he did it again in the final, he's have ironed out those little technical hitches...
Marie, I'm so glad I've got your blog to fill me on SCD. Gethin is a firm favourite in our house, but then we are talking about three prepubescents and one nearly pubescent, and believe me they have NO taste. I managed to miss that salsa on Saturday, but I think I agree with you it is full of joy. Not sure I can cope with the shirt though....
I finally saw the point of Gethin (oo-er) on Saturday. Still doesn't top Ramps with his HOT HOT HOT, in my book though. (Cringes apologetically).
(whispers: nor matt's for that sake)
(heads for the hills)
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