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Cat wrote: "I. Am. Spartacus!

Gerard gets my vote.

Fun fact: he's been filming around a friend's home. She's more incensed that her neighbourhood is being used as post apocalyptic world than excited for a Bu..."

Gerard Butler AND a post apocalyptic world???? YES, PLEASE!!

Also another easy one for me! Gerard Butler!!!

Gerard all the way, he belongs to the Mistress of Lust.

Sorry, got distracted by all the teams freaking out about Supply Drops. And laughing 🤣

Mmmmm Gerard Butler gets my vote.

A vote for Sam from me!

Judith wrote: "Gerard all the way, he belongs to the Mistress of Lust.

Sorry, got distracted by all the teams freaking out about Supply Drops. And laughing 🤣"

Evil laughs, I presume?

I'm thinking Sam Heughan gets my vote this round.

Gerard Butler 😊

So if we could go back in time and I can get a vote for Day 2 - Christian Bale please!

But with Kilt Day definitely Gerard Butler!!!

Jumping in from the capitol

Sonia wrote: "Claire is going to hate me for this, but Gerard all the way.

Also very impressed."

How dare you 😲
Just kidding. To each their own I guess? Although, that one would pass on Sam Heughan is beyond me 😉 a vote for Sam please 😊

This is a tough decision but I'm going with Sam

Also from the Capitol, I'll vote for Sam.

Yet another Capitol vote for Sam 😍, please and thank you.

(I would have said Gerard Butler but Phantom kind of ruined it for me 😳)

Judith wrote: "Gerard all the way, he belongs to the Mistress of Lust."

him and the rest of the Spartan army, if I recall correctly! 😂

(gotta love your sense of ambition there!)

Preeti wrote: "Yet another Capitol vote for Sam 😍, please and thank you.

(I would have said Gerard Butler but Phantom kind of ruined it for me 😳)"

Phantom wasn't the best movie ever made, but I'm going to voice an unpopular opinion here and say I actually prefer his version of Music of the night!

I always thought Michael Crawford's voice was so smooth and polished, which works well for the other songs, but that song is so much better with some grit (or to use a very British expression, "give it some b*llocks!" 😆). Gerry has that, which really adds to that song for me.

I am not a fan of musicals in general (had actually fallen asleep during a theatrical production of PoO) or PoO in particular (and I could never finish the book, was bored to tears, tbh).
Gerard Butler was the saving grace of the movie for me and the only reason I watched it. ;P

Love the song, Music of the Night, tho'. :))

I keep thinking I'm not a musical fan, but I keep finding myself singing songs from musicals! (I'm one of these people that sings when in a good mood. Most of the time I don't even realise I'm doing it 😆) Phantom, Les Mis and Oklahoma! being the most frequent offenders, lol.

I am also very aware I haven't voted yet. I'm going to be honest and say I'm not actually sure which way I'll go yet!

I lied, of course, b/c I love The Sound of Music from the first note to the last as well as the French musical Notre Dame de Paris with Garou as Quasimodo (I mean that's GRIT for you ;) but these are the exception rather then the rule. :)

Well yes, anything that Julie Andrews is in is instant gold! 😉

Melindam wrote: "I am not a fan of musicals in general (had actually fallen asleep during a theatrical production of PoO) or PoO in particular (and I could never finish the book, was bored to tears, tbh).
Gerard B..."

I do love musicals, but not Phantom. That one, apart from a couple songs is a bit of a yawn.
People who are not musicals fans should try to see Book of Mormon. If that doesn't turn you into a fan, nothing will.

I love musicals and Phantom is a bit of a favourite, although have only seen it once live and it was many years ago. I'm afraid Gérard is not my fave phantom. He's not a strong enough singer and it's completely unbelievable that what's under the mask is not attractive

if i did the counting correctly, Gerard is winning by 2 points. Just FYI

There's an hour or so to get your votes in! (Note to self: get on with deciding already! lol)

I'm going Sam on this one. It's a tough choice though.

I saw Mamma Mia a few weeks ago, and have been playing the soundtrack in the car quite a bit since then. But my favorite soundtrack in the past year has been from Hadestown, the musical just blew me away and I can’t wait to see it again.

I think I'll go with Sam also, despite having been a Gerry fan for many years, probably up to and including 300. After that he got a bit too popular and the shine came off a little, lol.

Just to let you all know that I am adding reasons to our books on the spreadsheet so that they cover all four categories. If you find a link to one of the four, then change my connections. But I think it's best to try and get all the piles covered.

Bloody good idea. I have no idea yet if stockpiling weapons is better than having too much food, or walls around us. I can just picture the mods getting drunk around a campfire plotting our demise and cackling about it the whole time.
I hope at least one of them was good at not burning the marshmallows.

Nope marshmallows were responsibly cooked with my children this afternoon before being squashed in chocolate digestive biscuits. No burning of either marshmallow or children in sight.

INCOMING.....


Sponsor gift...

I think Sam needs some ❤️.

5 points to Sam!!

Round 3 results!

After a neck-and-neck round, Angie's sponsor gift pushed Sam over the finish line with 14 points to Gerry's 11!

We'll be right back with round 4! 😁

ROUND FOUR: HOLLYWOOD VS BOLLYWOOD

In the North American Corner, voted sexiest man alive in 2023: Patrick Dempsey!



And in the Asian corner: top Bollywood heartthrob Hrithik Roshan



Patrick Dempsey or Hrithik Roshan? You decide.

Damn girl! good timing on the extra love!!!!!

Who is that man?!?!?!? Holy shit look at those eyes. I need to see a movie that he is in. Please someone recommend something for me!!!

I love me some Patrick Dempsey, but those eyes. I have to vote for Mr. Roshan.

You know, I never liked Dempsey when he was younger, but age really suits him! I can definitely see the appeal now.

But despite that, I'm going with Roshan, because wow! And those eyes..!

Roshan for me as well. :)

Jenny wrote: "Who is that man?!?!?!? Holy shit look at those eyes. I need to see a movie that he is in. Please someone recommend something for me!!!"

I have called in reinforcements to help answer this one! 😆

Not familiar with him, but based on pictures - Hrithik Roshan!!!!

Sammy wrote: "I have called in reinforcements to help answer this one!"

If I knew THIS was what was on offer, I would have never missed the sign-offs for this challenge. I am SO MAD at myself right now! Ugh!

Because, as eye-catching Mr. Dempsey is - there are not many like that BEEEEEAUTIFUL TALL GLASS OF CHILLED REFRESHER that is Hrithik Roshan!



Uff! *clears throat*
Thank you for poking me and bringing me here, Sammy - you truly know my thirst taste! :P



Umm! *sings in falsetto*
Sorry, what was the question?
Oh, recommendations!

Yeah, so what's even more ridiculous is he is FANTASTIC actor and has a gamut of genres and roles he has worked in over his career.

Here are a select few (images in the photo below):
- 16th century Mughal Emperor - Jodha Akbar (Netflix)
- Villian/Thief in a Heist Film: Dhoom 2 ((Amazon Prime)
- A teacher down on his luck but does everything to impart education - Super 30 ((Amazon Prime/Hotstar)



Additionally, some very diverse performances from him:
- Paralyzed magician appealing to euthanize himself - Guzaarish (AppleTV)
- Buddy road-trip drama across Spain - Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (Netflix)
- An aimless dude who joins the army and transforms - Lakshya (Netflix)
- A bloody superhero - Krrish
- A SEEEXY war hero - War (Netflix) & Fighter (Netflix)

This is the image from that last film that came out early this year.
P.S. He is 50 years old in this photo!



And if all of that was not enough, he is an unbelievably excellent dancer!




Okay. You see the problem now!
Sammy just opened the flood gates! :P

Sorry to barge in and write a giant post, but... you see...

I knew I'd called on the right person! 😁

You're very welcome to stop by and vote whenever you want anyway Apoorv, and thank you so much for the recs (and extra eye-candy!).

Well, Apoorv, you certainly swayed me over to your way of thinking for this one!! (and yes, I watched the dancing videos....)

Sorry, Patrick, you are gorgeous, but my vote goes to Hrithik Roshan!

Roshan for me too 🤤

Roshan for me as well.

That was brilliant! Thanks Apoorv!!!!!

Now. How does one pronounce his name?

Jenny wrote: "Now. How does one pronounce his name?"

I think it is "my ovaries just exploded", the last I checked! :P :P

Yup. Sounds right. teehee

omg this one is really difficult!!

I am going with Patrick Dempsey just because I can't forget "McDreamy"

Hrithik Roshan gets my vote 💕💕

This is a tough one... But I have to vote Hrithik Roshan!


Apoorv wrote: "Jenny wrote: "Now. How does one pronounce his name?"

I think it is "my ovaries just exploded", the last I checked! :P :P"

🤣🤣🤣

Another vote for Hrithik Roshan!

Not only is the man gorgeous but he is unbelievably talented. I just went down a rabbit hole of a number of videos of him dancing, and he is amazing.