David writing about the last “The Next Uri Geller” show
Posted on February 24, 2008
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Dear Friends,
I have not been in touch for a couple of days and I apologize for my „absence“. I have received so many kind and touching e-mails and letters and I am doing my best to reply personally to all of you as soon as humanly possible.
I suppose you all want to know how I have been feeling after having had to leave last Tuesday. Where do I start??? I guess at the beginning… ;-))
Wednesday, 6th February 2008:
I am supposed to meet the production staff at 2:00 p.m and then drive back to Luxembourg for an interview with RTL Luxembourg. Since the previous candidate needed more time than planned, we are over 45 minutes late. I have slept only 2 hours the previous night and I have to leave in 20 minutes. Hence I am tired and irritated: a fatal combination…
For some unknown (or maybe not…) reason, the producer tells me she doesn’t feel that the experiment I submitted weeks earlier is appropriate for that precise show. She asks me to perform something else. After some tedious deliberation we decide that I am going to perform one of my signature pieces which I call „Triple Alliance“. Although the piece is a true miracle when performed „live“, I know it cannot compete with the visual and spectacular pieces my colleagues will present. Although I am not happy, I feel a certain serenity knowing „Triple Alliance“ will be my final piece in the show.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday:
With that thought in mind I start adapting the piece to the requirements of tv. I still feel very ambiguous. On one hand I wanted to be among the top three candidates, on the other hand I am trying to accept the fact that I will „only“ make it to the semi-finals.
Sunday, Monday:
Catharina, our director, has kindly accepted to let me use my own music. My rehearsals are fast and smooth. Slowly but surely I am starting to feel a certain emptiness. I have spent so much time with the people surrounding me and I have started to build friendships with many of them. Soon it will all be over… Before going to bed I meditate and think about the past, the present and the future. It all feels kind of good…
Tuesday, 12th February 2008:
Backstage:
Tonight I am candidate N°1. Before going on stage, my friend Nicolai Friedrich and I have a short „final“ talk in my dressing room. We „know“ it’s going to be either him or me. I „know“ more, maybe he „knows“ more, too… Who knows?
Showtime:
In any case I am ready to give my best. I owe it to all the people who have supported me during the last weeks, months, years… „Habama sheli“! – „The stage is mine“! I borrow three rings from our guests and from the audience. I focus all my energy on them and link them together. The audience is very silent at first… I can hear them gasp… Yes!!! Then they start applauding wildly. I have the rings examined by their owners. They do not believe their eyes! I feel serene… Now it’s time to separate the rings and return them. I concentrate… I shake… One ring, two rings, three rings. As I am standing with my arms spread – one ring on almost each finger of the left hand, my chopstick in my right hand – I see the audience in front of me rise. The applause is deafening, the waive of positive feelings is overwhelming! The spectators are giving me a standing ovation!!!
Verdict:
Almost two hours later I am standing next to Farid, waiting (?) for the verdict. Although yesterday evening I felt ready to go, it is a painful moment. My mind is flooded with thousands of different thoughts… Sadness, anger, relief, determination…
„Fighters fight!“:
It’s over…or is it? I am sitting with my team in my dressing room and we are already discussing our future plans. I have received so many requests over the last weeks: Interviews and tv appearances, potential tv specials in Europe and in Japan, several live tours. Tomorrow I am meeting my agency to plan the next steps. I will also hopefully find some time to reply to all the people who have kindly written to me.
Thank you!!!
All in all, „The Next Uri Geller“ was a fantastic experience. If I had to do it again, I would do everything almost exactly the same again. I have met so many wonderful people and gathered so much new knowledge.
Furthermore I have received so much from all of you!!! Words of encouragement, words of wisdom, words of love, words of hope! I feel grateful and pivileged that we made this journey together and I am looking forward to the next ones.
Toda! Thank you! Vielen Dank! Merci! Grazie! Obrigado! Gracias! Domo arigato! Dank U wel! Shukran! Spasiba! Xie Xie!
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Léiwen David,
also et ass wieklech flott hei ze liesen wat’s de alles erlieft hues an deenen Deech mee hun der fir alles och ganz fest Daumen gedreckt an ech wees dass du nach weider alles wonnerbar meeschteren waerts!!!=) majo da wenschen ech dir nach vill Gléck an Erfolleg bei all deem waats de fier hues an hoffen bis geschwenn;)
Kind regards;)
Julia vu Remeleng
You were my favourite!
Thanks a lot! For everything you were fantastic!
be blessed for the rest of your whole life
greetz
Liz
hey david
wei emmer gett et nemmen eppes waat ech dir wiirklech soen well : du bass egal wei deen beschten an merci dass du ons all deelhuelen leiss un denger ‘rees’ déi dech iwerall hin fèiert wous du hin wells…
du bass the one and only david goldrake
let’s do it
decken kuss
tanja
David,
Du warst immer ein feiner Kerl und wirst es auch bleiben.
Und mit Verlaub: Ich bin stolz auf Dich
Auch, weil Du keinen Vogel brauchst und hast…
Jan
ALLES BLUFF AUSSA VUN EISEM LETZEBUERGER=)
David, Mir sinn sou stoltz op Dech. Du hues dat super gemach mat der Triple Allianz, ( Ich kann es Dir versichern)ES IST SO als hättest Du die EUROVISION für LUXEMBURG gewonnen: sportlich elegant and always smiling. Your song waaaaaas the BEST for ever HALLELUJAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHARDROCKAAAAAAAAAA
Just go your own way like you do.You don´t need Uri Geller Show to bring people magic in their live. Thank you for showing the positive side of power and magic. For me and so many people you were and are the best!
Have a nice day and live;-)
Mi Isabell