du Beke
English dancer and TV presenter
Convincing my wife to marry me and have children with me.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
People told us Eurovision was like a poisoned chalice – to have been part of an amazing team that worked on changing the attitudes around that is really cool.
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Probably the same thing.
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Enthusiastic, enthusiastic, enthusiastic.
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