This Is David Gest: Singing With Jason Donovan
Sunday 13 May 2007 10:15pm – 11:00pm on ITV1.
In programme four of This is David Gest, the master of self promotion embarks on his glittering new TV career as a judge on Grease Is The Word, and decides it’s about time he got himself a PA.
David has decided he wants to take the showbiz world by storm, and whilst in the middle of negotiating a lucrative TV contract he’s booked to play a gig at famous London club G.A.Y alongside friend and fellow I’m A Celebrity…Get me out of Here! contestant Jason Donovan.
But although David is a successful music producer, singing isn’t one of his many talents and he’s suffering from stage fright, even during rehearsals.
“How am I going to do this thing tonight?” he panics. “I’m not a singer. I tell you it’s going to be a f**king bitch. Will there be a good reaction to me coming on?”
Notoriously late for everything, David knows he can’t let his friend Jason down and dashes to G.A.Y just in time. Jason says: “David is a wonderful beast, but if he’s not here by 1.30am he’s not coming on”.
A normally tee-total David is so nervous he resorts to a little bit of liquid courage as he waits in the wings for his guest spot.
In a bizarre performance of Jason’s hit single Seal It With Kiss, David forgets the words so makes them up in his own unique style before collapsing on the floor at Jason’s feet to rapturous applause from the audience.
The next day David is very pleased with himself as he’s finally negotiated the contract he wanted to be a judge on Grease Is The Word. Without giving away how much money he’s getting he says: “I can at least go to McDonalds and buy a single cheeseburger with extra pickles.”
Instead of a burger, David celebrates his deal with a trip to the jewellers where he buys a new diamond cross to wear whilst he’s a judge on the show – worth £11,000. But as David is prone to embellish the truth some what he happily tells cameras he’s spending in excess of £75,000 on the necklace and a 40 carat diamond bracelet.
Now David is so in demand, it’s time to get himself organised and get a PA. Trusty minder Imad is currently the only person to help David keep track of his every move, but finds it a little difficult.
“He needs a PA really, really urgently,” says Imad. “At the moment I’m doing it, I try my best but I can’t get up in the morning either!”
It’s fair to say David’s no expert interviewer, asking the applicants where they got their middle names from, or if they play tennis, rather than finding out if they’d be any good as an assistant.
After failing to find a suitable PA, David is late for his first day as a judge on Grease Is The Word. His unconventional judging style is quickly reigned in by producers, and he winds up fellow judge and West End producer David Ian. But the day is still a success for David as he bumps in to the woman of his dreams, and an unlikely romance blossoms…
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