- 4 hours ago
Finding Mr. Christmas S02E04 "A Very Merry Talent Show"
Category
😹
FunTranscript
00:00It was something. Seeing Logan and Gabe on the bottom two.
00:05You guys talking about me or what?
00:07Yeah, man.
00:09I'm just gonna make all of these.
00:11Oh, you're making eggs?
00:12It's Craig the Egg. That's what they call me.
00:14I guess I'm not eating breakfast today.
00:15Then if you're doing it.
00:16Okay.
00:17I was gonna make for six anyway.
00:20Oh, okay. Perfect.
00:21We were saying, um, we were talking about, um, you know, last night.
00:28Second time down there and you've survived both times. Congrats.
00:31How you feeling?
00:32Well, I feel grateful that I'm still here.
00:34You deserve to be here, man.
00:35Yeah.
00:36It is a new day and I'm gonna give it my all like I have every time,
00:39but it takes a little bit to feel good again after rejection.
00:42Like, it's not like, if I didn't want this, then...
00:44You mean you're a human being? Yeah.
00:46Oh, wow.
00:47There's only seven of us left and the competition is getting tougher and tougher.
00:51I have something to prove.
00:53I just gotta stay focused and keep going.
00:56I'm just happy to be here with you guys.
00:58I'm glad that I get to wake up and talk to you guys after a tough night like that.
01:04We believe in you.
01:05Thanks, man.
01:06Appreciate you.
01:07100%.
01:08I can tell Gabe has what it takes to be successful in this career.
01:13His charm, his smile, his temples, his energy.
01:17And I want him to shine.
01:19Look at this.
01:20Look at this hearty breast.
01:22Oh, I got it.
01:23There you go, guys.
01:24It looks excellent, so...
01:25It looks excellent, man.
01:27Has everyone here won a festive face-up?
01:30I have not.
01:31I haven't.
01:32But who's like won something?
01:34Almost everybody here.
01:35I haven't won anything.
01:39You've won our hearts.
01:40You're winning by being here.
01:41Oh!
01:42Let's go find him.
01:44Let's go find him.
01:45Where are they?
01:47It's time for another festive face-off.
01:50And whatever it is, I am ready to take it because it is time for me to win.
01:55Come on down, boys.
01:56Oh, my gosh.
01:57What in the world?
01:59I'm hoping to make this three festive face-off wins in a row.
02:03Hey, guys.
02:04Hey.
02:05Seven of you remain in the game as the competition is heating up like chestnuts on an open fire.
02:11And let me tell you, that's hot.
02:13While you're all incredibly talented, only one of you will walk out of here with a leading role in a Hallmark holiday movie and be crowned Mr. Christmas.
02:22Yeah!
02:24In today's festive face-off, you'll be slipping like a baby reindeer on ice.
02:29Here's how it's gonna snow down.
02:31Starting at the top of this icy hill, you'll dash down this slippery mountain like a runaway train, grab your candy cane, and run up the slope like you're racing towards the North Pole.
02:42And repeat this pattern three times.
02:44Oh.
02:45Each of you has your own color candy cane.
02:47That's the only color you can use.
02:49The first hunk to get all three of their candy canes into that giant mug and ring the bell wins.
02:55I absolutely need to win this.
02:57I could use any advantage I can get.
02:59Before you slip, slide, and slay the frosty hill, I need to bring out the peppermint stick to my hot cocoa.
03:06Please welcome the one and only Melissa Peterman.
03:10Yay!
03:11Hey!
03:12Oh, my gosh. I've been waiting behind that tree since 5 a.m. because I'm so excited for this one.
03:20All right, guys. Go and get changed. I'll see you back here ready to slide all the way.
03:24Let's go! Let's hustle! Go, go, go! Come on!
03:27Jonathan, man, you're my guy, but these challenges, dude, like, you better watch your back. You're in for it. There's gonna be some payback coming your way.
03:35Let's do this!
03:39You guys ready?
03:40Oh, yeah.
03:41Dude.
03:42Watch out. Don't slip down.
03:43It's already slippery.
03:44Like, is this gonna be dangerous?
03:46Are you guys ready to start? Because I am running on candy canes in excitement right now!
03:51Hey!
03:52Let's go!
03:53The fun... starts... now!
04:02All be careful together!
04:04So for this challenge, we have to run all the way down to one side of the hill, grab our candy cane, and then run back up the other steeper side in order to put it inside a tin cup.
04:14Whoever gets all three of their candy canes in the cup first wins.
04:18Oh, no!
04:20Maybe low center of gravity and trying to crawl up the hill might help me out.
04:29I was a sprinter in high school, so I know speed and endurance are gonna matter the most in this festive face-off.
04:35Here comes Gabriel! Here comes Gabriel!
04:38This is very slippery and very steep. I need to get as much momentum as I can to get back to the top.
04:45To the top!
04:46Oh my gosh!
04:48Gabriel's got one in!
04:49There goes Angel.
04:51I think my soccer skills are gonna come into place. It's all about speed and sliding.
04:57Oh!
04:58All right! That's Angel! Angel's got one in!
05:05Oh!
05:06Oh!
05:07Oh!
05:08Okay, Gabriel just wiped out!
05:10Rustin just wiped out!
05:11Gabe, are you okay?
05:12Oh my God, I'm tired!
05:13Ugh!
05:14You guys, you're machines! You can do this!
05:16Ugh!
05:17I'm making zero progress.
05:19Dude, there's no way!
05:21I can't figure out what to do.
05:22Come on, Marcus!
05:23It's very tiring!
05:24Let's go!
05:25Oh no!
05:26How'd you guys get up this?
05:27Oh no!
05:28This is gonna be hard.
05:29Speed's gonna come into play.
05:30I weigh a lot more than almost every single guy.
05:33No!
05:34They might have more stamina.
05:36You know, I don't do a lot of cardio.
05:38Ugh!
05:39Oh my...
05:40How did you get?
05:43Mayday!
05:44Mayday!
05:45A lot harder than it looks.
05:46And I just feel myself slipping backwards.
05:48Robbie!
05:49Robbie!
05:50Robbie!
05:51You got this!
05:52Robbie!
05:53And my dreams of winning that third festive face-off are also slipping away.
05:58Dang.
05:59You okay?
06:00You okay?
06:01Yeah.
06:02Come on, Rustin!
06:03Come on, Rustin!
06:04You got this!
06:05Oh!
06:08What the heck, dude?
06:10Are you kidding me?
06:11Ugh!
06:14This is not a good strategy.
06:16I'm gonna have to go as fast as I can in order to be able to catch up.
06:23Woo!
06:24Davey's in!
06:25Okay!
06:26Oh!
06:27Oh, man.
06:28I'm tired.
06:30I have my second candy cane in hand.
06:33I'm gonna run really fast and make it to the top.
06:37Here we go!
06:38Come on!
06:39Angel!
06:40Angel!
06:41Angel!
06:42Come on!
06:43You can do it!
06:44No!
06:45You can do it!
06:46You can do it!
06:47You can do it!
06:48You can do it!
06:49You can do it!
06:50Oh!
06:51Oh!
06:52All right!
06:53Angel!
06:54Oh, here comes Gabriel!
06:55Gabriel!
06:56Gabriel!
06:57Oh!
06:58Gabriel just ate it!
06:59That was like cherries of fire for a second and then it got real bad.
07:01Oh, my gosh!
07:02What?
07:03Gabe's got two in!
07:04And I'm gassed.
07:06I'm exhausted.
07:07After watching Gabe, light bulb went off.
07:10You can't crawl on this.
07:11You have to just run right through.
07:13Craig!
07:14Craig's got one in.
07:15Davey has one.
07:16Angel has one.
07:17Craig has one.
07:18Gabe has two.
07:19Does anyone need a hug?
07:20Yeah.
07:21Does anyone?
07:22I could use a hug.
07:23Okay, let's wait until you're changed.
07:26Angel dropped a candy cane.
07:28I know I have the lead.
07:30I'm just trying to recharge and regain some of my energy before I charge back up this mountain
07:36for the last time.
07:37All right, here comes Robbie!
07:38Come on, Robbie!
07:39Come on, Robbie!
07:40Come on, Robbie!
07:41Robbie!
07:42I am completely winded.
07:45Here comes Craig.
07:46Okay, Craig!
07:48Come on, Craig!
07:49Oh, my gosh!
07:50Craig!
07:51Craig, that's two!
07:52Now, I just need one more.
07:54I think I'm gonna throw up.
07:58You got harder.
07:59I noticed Gabe doesn't have more energy.
08:02This is my chance to get the win.
08:05Maybe if you take off your shirt, it'll be more aerodynamic.
08:07Here comes Angel.
08:08Here comes Angel.
08:09Ah!
08:11Angel's got two in!
08:13Gabe has two.
08:14Angel has two.
08:15Craig's got two.
08:16They each need one more.
08:17The next one to get one in wins.
08:19Does Angel just have to get this one right here?
08:22Thankfully, my other candy cane that I dropped earlier is already there.
08:27I don't have to run back.
08:29This could be for the win.
08:30Reaching, and I see Gabe behind me making it to the top.
08:37Oh, my God.
08:38Angel has got three in!
08:40Angel is our winner!
08:41Congratulations!
08:42Every time a bell rings, Angel gets his win!
08:47Is this for real?
08:49Can someone pinch me?
08:51Ah!
08:54Good job, dude.
08:58Me and the guys give each other the eye.
09:00Oh, my gosh.
09:01We're going to give Jonathan a taste of his own medicine.
09:03How's it going?
09:04You good?
09:05Oh, no!
09:06Oh!
09:07Oh!
09:08Oh!
09:09Oh!
09:10Oh!
09:11Oh!
09:12Oh!
09:13Oh!
09:14Oh!
09:15Oh!
09:16Oh!
09:17Oh!
09:18Oh!
09:19Oh!
09:20Oh!
09:21This was a nail-biter, but Angel, congratulations, Angel!
09:25As the winner of the festive face-off, you will be getting an advantage, which I will reveal at the Star Quality Challenge.
09:32I cannot wait to find out what this advantage is.
09:35Oh, and did I not mention, you all will be performing as a contestant in the Mr. Christmas pageant.
09:43Why?
09:44Oh, come on.
09:45Oh, come on.
09:46That's right.
09:47It's your next Star Quality Challenge.
09:49That means each of you needs a talent to perform at the pageant.
09:52I'm a personal trainer and model.
09:54Okay.
09:55What the heck is my talent going to be?
09:57Hit the showers, boys!
09:58Yay!
09:59Yay!
10:02That was so much more exhausting and so much harder than I could have ever imagined.
10:07I was like, if I die trying, I will die.
10:11It paid off.
10:12That's the right attitude.
10:13That's great, man.
10:14That's great.
10:15I think it's interesting, though, that we're going to all have to do this Mr. Christmas pageant.
10:20I was originally thinking, like, throw a football at targets, but, like, it feels kind of lame.
10:24My head automatically goes towards doing something active.
10:27I don't know what else I would do, you know?
10:29Obviously, my first thought is to sing, so I'm probably going to sing something.
10:34It's hard to not be jealous of certain guys like Rustin where you know exactly what their talent is probably going to be.
10:41You're probably going to bring it.
10:42I'm certainly going to do my best.
10:43My whole family was actually in a Christian ministry band that toured around Arizona.
10:47I sang, and my brother played the drums, and my mom sang, and I played the bass guitar, and my sister sang with us.
10:53We were like the Christian Partridge family.
10:55I'm a little scared.
10:56I don't know if I can think of a talent that is going to be worthy to stand up to you guys.
11:01So, hopefully, I can figure something out.
11:04Coming up...
11:08What's going on here?
11:09Welcome to Marcus's Magical Touch.
11:12I'm getting kind of warm.
11:14Oh, my gosh.
11:17You are so composed since day one when I walked in and we started chatting.
11:24Thanks, man.
11:25My life has been such an interesting example of taking those moments that you have that are maybe difficult or tragic and overcoming them.
11:34I've been in some gnarly car wrecks, but the last time I went down on a motorcycle, I hit the ground at 90 miles an hour.
11:40Yeah, that's insane.
11:41And I slid for about 200 yards across all of the lanes and didn't get run over.
11:49And to this day, I don't understand, but I'm as thankful as you could possibly imagine to be here.
11:56I think I have a significant appreciation for life for all the close calls that I've had.
12:02I think at this point in my life, I feel confidence and comfortability with who I am.
12:08It blew out my knee.
12:09It blew out my ankle.
12:10It blew out my shoulder.
12:11I've had my slip discs in my back.
12:12I struggled with basic stuff, you know, like walking, running.
12:17I'm so thankful to come out the other side of it with the capabilities that I have and the knowledge that I have from learning from those experiences.
12:23It just, I feel like I can take on anything.
12:26But it's one of the reasons that I value and appreciate all these opportunities that we have.
12:31Like, you can't take that for granted, you know?
12:34Rustin has always been so confident and unshakable in big moments.
12:38I think the best impetus to reach success is having setbacks.
12:43But if you focus on the things that you have as strengths, you focus on the things that you can accomplish,
12:47you focus on the things that you do have to offer, those are the things that are going to show up.
12:51And that's what I'm focusing on.
12:56I honestly have no idea what Jonathan has in store for us, you know?
12:59Right.
13:00It's always a surprise.
13:01Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
13:02Guys, what's that?
13:03Look at that.
13:05Wait, wait, wait.
13:06They're pageant sashes.
13:07Yup.
13:08Oh.
13:09We also have this, guys.
13:11Let me do this.
13:12Oh.
13:13What's it say?
13:14Read it.
13:15Mr. Christmas.
13:16That's me.
13:17Oh, it's for me.
13:19After your uphill dashes, here are your sashes.
13:23See you at your next star quality challenge.
13:25Sincerely, Jonathan.
13:26You guys ready to cruise?
13:27I'm ready.
13:28Magic time.
13:29Ready?
13:30Let's go.
13:31Let's do this thing, guys.
13:32Let's go.
13:33Let's do this thing.
13:34Does this sash go with my outfit?
13:35Oh, here we are, guys.
13:39Here we are.
13:40Oh, this is it.
13:41Let's do this thing, guys.
13:42Let's go.
13:43Let's go.
13:44Let's go.
13:45Let's time.
13:46We got this.
13:47Woo!
13:48Woo!
13:49There's a lot of people here.
13:51The intensity of these challenges level up.
13:54Come on in.
13:56Welcome to the Tinseltown Theater.
13:58Woo!
13:59Woo!
14:00Guys, say hello to your audience.
14:02Woo!
14:03Woo!
14:04This is your next star quality challenge.
14:07The stage of the competition where you get to show off and show us your talent and pageantry.
14:13This is the Mr. Talent pageant.
14:16Woo!
14:17Woo!
14:18Woo!
14:19In pageant fashion, you'll be asked some hard-hitting hunk questions into what makes you authentic and a true leading man.
14:27And those will be coming from our special guest judges and Hallmark superfans, Gail and Alicia.
14:33Woo!
14:34Woo!
14:35You might recognize Gail and Alicia from the Hallmark show, Christmas at Sea.
14:40If anybody knows what makes a Hallmark leading man, it's a Hallmark superfan.
14:44Our fans' opinions are super important to us, and their voice matters.
14:49That's why we're so happy that they're here.
14:51And today, they're going to be very essential to you.
14:55Mm-hmm.
14:56They, along with Melissa, myself, and your guest judges,
14:59will be deciding your fate
15:01and voting on the winner of the star quality challenge.
15:04Oh!
15:05Okay.
15:07Okay.
15:08To be successful in this challenge, we're going to really have to connect with the audience through our performances.
15:13I'm a rock singer.
15:14That's right in my wheelhouse.
15:16Gentlemen, you'll be judged on originality, showmanship, and of course, star quality.
15:22Let's get this show started, shall we?
15:24Yeah!
15:25Craig, why don't you stay up here with me?
15:27The rest of you guys go take your seats.
15:29I know that this is a good opportunity for me to bring some wit and some humor into this.
15:34First up is Craig!
15:37Oh, man!
15:39It's showtime.
15:40Oh, my gosh.
15:50What's going on here?
15:51Fricka!
15:52This is a song I wrote.
16:04It's called, I Am Mr. Christmas.
16:07DJ, spin it!
16:08There we go.
16:09Yup.
16:10Clap your hands to the beat, everybody.
16:11Hey.
16:12Yup.
16:13That's it.
16:14Uh-huh.
16:15I am so cold with a packed jacket.
16:18Like Intense Clare, because I'm back with a racket.
16:20All this charisma.
16:21I do not lack it.
16:22These bars are a gift.
16:23You can say that I wrapped it and signed it at the bottom of the card.
16:26You already know I go hard.
16:28He's working the crowd.
16:29He's looking really cool.
16:31Let me hear you say, Mr.
16:32Mr.
16:33Say, Christmas.
16:34Christmas!
16:35It's definitely showing personality.
16:38Say, Mr.
16:39Mr.
16:40Christmas!
16:41Christmas!
16:42That's me.
16:43I bet you didn't think you'd see a rapping Santa Claus today, did you?
16:50No.
16:51And now, Craig, it's time for the questions from the superfans.
16:55So, that was quite unique, what you did.
16:58But what other unique quality or trait would you bring to the Hallmark family?
17:04I think I can bring a lot of different traits to the Hallmark family.
17:08I'm in touch with my emotions.
17:10You might not see that from, you know, the jokes and the rapping up here on stage.
17:14But I think it's incredibly important for a leading man to be able to go through all of his emotions.
17:20You know, be vulnerable out there and let people see who he truly is.
17:25I think that I can bring that to the Hallmark family.
17:28All right, all right.
17:30Craig!
17:31Good job, buddy!
17:32Get out of here!
17:33Give it up for Marcus!
17:36All right, Marcus!
17:39Welcome to Marcus's Magical Touch.
17:43So, today, I'm going to be showing a little card trick.
17:47But first, I'm going to need an assistant to come up on stage with me.
17:51Oh, right here in the white with the bow on your chest.
17:55Come on up!
17:56Come on up!
17:57Yes, come on up!
17:58Come on!
17:59Come on!
18:00This is my first time actually performing this for a crowd of people on a stage.
18:04And you don't know how the person that you bring up onto the stage is going to react.
18:08The trick can go wrong.
18:10Lovely assistant, can you please tell me your name?
18:12Brooke.
18:13Okay, Brooke.
18:14So, you're going to need this right here.
18:16This is for you, Brooke.
18:18There we go.
18:19Okay, now, Brooke, choose a card.
18:22Okay, don't tell me what it is.
18:24Make sure you choose the right card.
18:25Don't choose the wrong one.
18:26Oh!
18:29Gently put it right back in.
18:30Let me know when you have it back in there, Brooke.
18:32All right, Brooke, which row is your card in?
18:35This row.
18:36This row right here.
18:37Okay, so we're going to go ahead and scoop these cards right back up.
18:40I was helping him practice for his talent the night before, and he wasn't getting it right.
18:44In front of a live crowd, you get one shot and one shot only.
18:48So, Marcus, I hope you nail this.
18:50And here.
18:51Okay, Brooke.
18:52So, the last time, where is your card at?
18:55Which row is it in?
18:56It's in this row.
18:57It's in this row now.
18:58Ooh!
18:59Now we're going to pick all these cards up.
19:01We are going to lay these cards out.
19:04I'm just hoping the talent is interesting enough that everybody in the crowd is really invested
19:10on whether or not I'm going to be able to pull it off.
19:13Please pick one of the powers for me.
19:16Ooh, you want this one.
19:17Okay.
19:18Let's get rid of all of these.
19:19She wants that one, ladies and gentlemen.
19:21She wants that one.
19:22Please, pick two more cards for me.
19:24Pick this one.
19:25This one.
19:26Ooh, we'll see you guys later.
19:27Ooh, we're down to two cards, everybody.
19:29We're down to two.
19:30Ladies and gentlemen, do you think one of these cards is her card?
19:33Yeah?
19:34Okay.
19:35I am sitting on the edge of my seat, just like hoping and praying that Marcus is going
19:39to be able to pull this trick off.
19:41All right, Brooke.
19:42Was this the card?
19:46Coming up.
19:47Hey, everyone.
19:48I have been on stage before.
19:50I've been!
19:51I have never done this on a stage.
19:54Bachata.
19:56Let's go.
19:57Oh, I'm getting it.
20:03I'm going to pick this one.
20:06Okay, everybody.
20:08Let's see here.
20:12Was this the card that Brooke chose?
20:18Everybody, please, give it up for Brooke.
20:21Give it up for Brooke.
20:22She did amazing.
20:24Marcus, we have some questions for you.
20:27Hello, lovelies.
20:28Hello.
20:29So, you just won the lottery.
20:31Who are you calling first?
20:33If I just won the lottery, I'm 100% giving my mom a call.
20:36It would be a dream to take care of my mom, make sure that she never has to worry about
20:41anything for the rest of her life.
20:44I'm extremely relieved.
20:45I got the trick done.
20:46I did it right.
20:47Give it up for Marcus!
20:51I'm really hoping that was enough to win them over.
20:53Go get them.
20:54I have been on stage before.
20:56I have never done this on a stage.
20:59You're killing it.
21:00Thanks.
21:01And I think that this is either going to go really great or really bad.
21:05Give it up for Robbie!
21:09Hey, everyone!
21:10Robbie!
21:13Can we just talk about eggnog?
21:15It tastes like milk lost a dare with alcoholic pancake batter.
21:20Okay?
21:21Another one of my favorite holiday traditions is the food, right?
21:26In November, I'm finding Mr. Christmas.
21:29But by January, I'm finding my elastic waistband.
21:32Yeah.
21:33True.
21:34True.
21:35No, but I am honored to be here with Jonathan Bennett.
21:39In Mean Girls, Jonathan was the high school heartthrob.
21:47On Hallmark, he's more like the high school principal.
21:54Boom!
21:55Right, right, right?
21:56Christmas, it's not about the trees.
21:59It's not about the eggnog.
22:00It's about family.
22:02It's about togetherness.
22:04And learning that if Jonathan Bennett can make it on Hallmark,
22:07anything is possible.
22:09Thank you so much.
22:10Merry Christmas!
22:12Give it up for Robbie!
22:14I feel so good.
22:18They say the best form of flattery is to be roasted,
22:21and so thank you, Robbie.
22:23This is one of the coolest experiences of my life.
22:26Alicia, do you have a question for Robbie?
22:28Okay, so when you think about your life,
22:30what's one thing that you would like to redo
22:33if you had an opportunity to?
22:35About 10 years ago, my mom had a heart attack,
22:39and I spoke to her on the phone,
22:41and she said it was a minor heart attack,
22:43and it wasn't a big deal,
22:44and so she said,
22:45don't come home.
22:46And I thought, the best thing I can do for her
22:47is honor her wishes.
22:48I'm not going to go home.
22:51About a week later, she had a stroke and was in a coma
22:55and never woke up,
22:57and so I never got that chance to see her
22:59or be with her or say goodbye.
23:02So if I could go back and redo anything,
23:06I would go home the second that happened.
23:09It's something I think about far too often.
23:12Yeah.
23:13When you go through something like losing a parent,
23:15it's so much easier to just bury those feelings away.
23:19But I found in my life that talking about these things,
23:22it's healing for yourself,
23:24but it is healing for more people
23:26than you can ever fathom.
23:29And now, give it up for Rustin!
23:34Hey, how's it going?
23:37What is up?
23:38Are you all having a good time today?
23:40Oh, yeah!
23:41So, I'm going to sing a song for you all
23:43about how it felt to meet my wife for the first time.
23:47Aww.
23:53One look and I'm drawn in.
23:58One word and I'm back in my head again.
24:03I've been with my wife, Lindsay, since December of 2016.
24:07And we actually met in a chocolate shop.
24:09She walked in.
24:10I was stunned.
24:11I said, you look adorable.
24:13We went on a date the next day.
24:14And after that date, I said, I'm in love with her.
24:17I'm going to marry her.
24:18Cause it's you and everything.
24:23And it's proven in the silence.
24:28And it's knowing if we really had to,
24:32we could do it on our own.
24:40He is absolutely amazing.
24:42He is so naturally gifted.
24:44So, in Hallmark, a lot of the movies, you know,
24:46they've gone through some sort of adversity.
24:48Can you tell me a time when you had to go through
24:51some sort of adversity and how did you feel?
24:54Um, I've been in quite a few accidents that have caused
24:57a lot of physical harm.
24:58And I think that the number one thing that I've found
25:01through all of it is that I was alive on the other side.
25:04I was here.
25:05I had something that I could look at as something that I had overcome.
25:12Thank you, thank you, thank you.
25:16Be yourself and have fun.
25:18Please welcome to the stage, Angel!
25:23Hello, everybody!
25:24Hola!
25:25Whenever I have a lot of eyes on me, I hear, in the silence, judgment.
25:31I put a lot of pressure on myself to not disappoint people.
25:36I grew up dancing Latin music, and it would be my honor
25:40to share some of that culture, love, happiness, and passion
25:44with all of you today.
25:45So, I will be dancing Bachata.
25:48I would like to have a volunteer come up.
25:52You on the plaid, yes! Come up!
25:55Salsa, merengue, and bachata have shaped me into being outgoing, confident.
26:03What is your name?
26:04Kelly.
26:05Kelly.
26:06Let's get the jitters out.
26:07Okay.
26:08So, shake your right hand, your left hand.
26:10You can just go, ah!
26:12There we go!
26:13This type of Latin dance brings a lot of joy and happiness to me,
26:17and I want to share this experience with the crowd.
26:20It's such a joy to dance.
26:29Yes! Let's give it a round of applause, Kelly.
26:32Thank you!
26:33Give it up for Angel!
26:38Gail.
26:39So, every Hallmark superfan knows
26:42that the leading man always does something to make the town better.
26:47What is something that you can do to make the world better?
26:50I would love to inspire by just being myself,
26:54coming to this country, not knowing any English,
26:57going through people that bully me, put me down.
27:01I never let that determine who I wanted to become.
27:05I want to be the example.
27:07Nice.
27:09Angel just keeps delivering that heart, that charm.
27:13He's probably my biggest competitor.
27:14Coming to the stage next, Gabriel!
27:18Doing this pageant is actually my worst nightmare.
27:21I get really nervous in front of crowds.
27:31Oh!
27:32I will be doing something very important to me,
27:34and that's a puzzle cube.
27:38Coming up!
27:39Are you getting warmed up?
27:40Yes.
27:41I'm getting kind of warm.
27:42I might need to sit down.
27:43What?
27:44One of you will be going home right now.
27:53Oh!
27:54Oh!
27:55So today, I will be doing something very important to me.
28:01That's a puzzle cube.
28:02Yeah!
28:03While balancing on a balance board.
28:05Wow!
28:06Interesting.
28:07It's like an unconventional talent.
28:10So I need you guys to make some noise for me while I do this.
28:15Here we go.
28:18I chose the puzzle cube because it has a lot of meaning in the growth I've had as a person.
28:24Oops!
28:27As a kid, the first time I tried to do a puzzle cube, it took me two hours to figure out how to do it.
28:32And because of my perseverance, I was able to get that time down to 40 seconds.
28:37We believe in you!
28:42Oh, I'm getting it!
28:43I've spent all of my life thinking that I wasn't capable of great things.
28:48And the puzzle cube reminded me that if I just put my mind to something, I can really do anything.
29:00There it is!
29:01Great job, Gabe.
29:03Great job.
29:04If you had to think about your life, what would you tell your younger self?
29:07What would be the message?
29:08You have nothing to worry about.
29:10All you have to do is believe in yourself and everything will happen.
29:13Like what I just did here.
29:15Good job.
29:16Good job.
29:17And for your final hunk coming to the stage, give it up for Davey!
29:25Today I'm going to be taking somebody through a few holiday-inspired exercises.
29:30So I'm going to need a volunteer from the audience.
29:34No, Melissa.
29:35No, Melissa.
29:36You can't volunteer.
29:37Let's go right here.
29:38Give it up for her.
29:39I've taught a million group fitness classes over the years.
29:42So I feel like that's kind of the energy that I'm going to need to embody.
29:47What's your name?
29:48Andrea.
29:49We have Andrea here.
29:50Have fun, Andrea.
29:51I want you to demonstrate this first exercise for me.
29:53Firmly plant your foot up on the box just like that.
29:56As you step up, go ahead and grab onto that for me.
29:59Okay.
30:00And I want you to reach that right up top here.
30:02Big reach.
30:03Step.
30:04Excellent!
30:05It's getting kind of hot in here.
30:07Are you getting warmed up?
30:08Yes.
30:09Woo!
30:10I'm getting kind of warm.
30:11Oh, my.
30:12Oh, yeah.
30:13Oh, my gosh.
30:14Geez.
30:15Those aren't even shorts.
30:18Nice exercise.
30:19They're the idea of shorts.
30:20I'm not typically the type of guy to just show off a lot of skin all the time, but I figured
30:24in this case it probably was going to pay off.
30:26This next exercise is a squat, all right?
30:29I want you to hold onto this.
30:30That gift might be kind of heavy, right?
30:32Nice and low with me.
30:33Ready?
30:34Get down there.
30:35Yeah!
30:36I'm a married woman.
30:38I have an adult son.
30:39Oh, wow.
30:40She looks good.
30:41And again, back up.
30:42Nice.
30:43She's so good.
30:44I want to throw one more at you.
30:45Is that okay?
30:46Okay.
30:47We're going to get down to all fours really quick, okay?
30:48I want you to get up like that.
30:49Oh!
30:50Oh!
30:51Oh!
30:52Oh!
30:57And then we'll add that little twist at the end, okay?
30:59Ready?
31:00No way.
31:01I'm just kidding.
31:02Give it up for her!
31:03He understood the assignment.
31:05I believe the person to be based on the crowd reaction is Davey.
31:10Woo!
31:11I mean, he nailed it.
31:12Jonathan, I need a minute.
31:14Woo!
31:15Woo!
31:16You and me both, Gil!
31:18Woo!
31:19Okay.
31:20What is your ideal Christmas morning?
31:22Growing up, my ideal Christmas morning was opening presents because that was the best
31:26part, right?
31:27But now I'm a dad and it's become less about the tradition of the gifts on Christmas morning
31:32and more about my son and our new family being together in the same room.
31:38Thank you all for being here.
31:39I know it was really hard work watching all these fantastic men in perfect lighting perform
31:44for you.
31:45Don't forget to drop your votes.
31:47Into your favorite guy's ballot box on the way out.
31:50Good night, everybody!
31:51Thank you so much!
31:52Go vote, everybody!
31:53Go vote!
31:54I'm kind of at a loss to see who's gonna win.
31:57Like, everybody did so good.
31:59I just hope that I did enough to make it through another elimination.
32:02How do you guys feel?
32:05That was so much fun.
32:06Pretty good.
32:07Now, there's one more piece of business we have to discuss.
32:10We haven't revealed the advantage yet for Angel.
32:13That's right.
32:14Angel, you won the festive face-off and you will receive immunity in tonight's elimination.
32:21Here's the thing.
32:23You have the power to keep it for yourself or you can give it to one of your fellow guys
32:28who you think might be in jeopardy at going home.
32:32The choice will be yours.
32:34Think about what you want to do and I'll see you all at elimination.
32:39There's so many ways this can go wrong.
32:41It's a pressure I don't want.
32:43Thank you, but no thank you.
32:45Angel with the immunity.
32:48Yeah, Angel, that's gotta feel good, but also kind of could be uncomfortable.
32:53Yeah, man, I have a lot to think about.
32:55All right, ladies, we can't wait to hear what you thought.
32:58Yeah, yeah.
32:59Now, let's talk about who shined.
33:00The shirtless performance from Davey.
33:03How you feeling?
33:04You okay, Gail?
33:05Yeah, my heart is back to normal rhythm.
33:08You recovered from Davey?
33:09Yes.
33:10Okay, good.
33:11Of course, personal training, the act and all that, that was great.
33:15What about his answers?
33:16He was confident.
33:17Even though he didn't go into great details about some things, but I was like, I get it.
33:21I connected with him.
33:22Then we have Rustin who sang for us.
33:24I mean, can we?
33:26I mean, Hallmark, here we come.
33:29Yes.
33:30Because again, those emotions connecting with that, and he was not afraid to show that.
33:34Make it normal for men to show emotions.
33:37Like, that's a wonderful thing.
33:38I just wish he brought that same openness to the answer of his question.
33:42He was a little bit hesitant.
33:43That was the first time, I think, in this competition that I saw a crack in Rustin's armor.
33:47Yeah.
33:48And then we have Robbie, who gave us comedy.
33:50I'll just say it first.
33:51Stand-up is hard.
33:52So for me, I'm giving him giant, giant props for a big swing.
33:56Yeah.
33:57And I thought he did great.
33:58Yeah.
33:59And his jokes were funny.
34:00What did you think of his Jonathan Bennett jokes?
34:01He roasted you a little bit.
34:02How'd you feel?
34:03When someone roasts you, it is the biggest compliment and the biggest form of flattery, and I love it.
34:08Yes.
34:09What about his answer?
34:10He answered the best.
34:12We talked about his mom, you know, and her situation.
34:15Yeah.
34:16That touched my heart.
34:17And let's talk about who struggled.
34:19Craig, he gave us that rap that he wrote from scratch.
34:22A lot of confidence to come out and write this rap and share it with us.
34:26We were tapping under the table.
34:27I said, oh, and he has a little rhythm going with it.
34:29Yeah.
34:30Flowing very nicely.
34:31I think kind of when we got to the questions, though, you know, he was a little hesitant.
34:36He did not really answer the question.
34:38He kind of skated around.
34:39He spinned it.
34:40Yeah.
34:41I want to see more of the heartfelt part of Craig.
34:44Yes.
34:45So it's interesting that that's what you guys sort of keyed in a little bit too.
34:47Yeah.
34:48Then we have Gabriel.
34:49This is Mr. Christmas.
34:50Mm-hmm.
34:51I need that personality to shine before anything else, and I just wasn't seeing it.
34:55Yeah.
34:56It's like it was more in his head than here.
34:58Yeah.
34:59He was worried the whole time that he was doing his act that he was going to fall.
35:02Yes.
35:03And as an audience member, I don't want to be uncomfortable when I'm watching that.
35:05I don't want to be nervous.
35:06Yeah.
35:07I want to feel like I've been taken care of.
35:08Exactly.
35:09This is a tough decision, but we have to make it.
35:12Yeah.
35:13Walking into tonight's elimination, I'm nervous.
35:20The results are in the hands of the super fans and the audience members, not just Melissa and Jonathan.
35:26That's a complete wild card.
35:28Hello, gentlemen.
35:29Welcome back to another elimination where you will find out which one of you will be today's shining star and which one of you will be going home for the holidays.
35:38Guys, we asked you to show us your talents today.
35:41We were looking for originality, showmanship, vulnerability, and all around star quality.
35:47That's why we had two of our biggest super fans asking you questions that would show them what kind of leading man you would make.
35:54Alicia, Gayle, you were sitting front and center.
35:58How do you think the guys did today?
35:59You guys did a wonderful job expressing yourselves in a variety of different ways.
36:04Saw a lot of Hallmark star qualities, and so I'm just as nervous as they are.
36:09Before we go any further, we do have to talk about the angel in the room.
36:15Um, I've been struggling with this.
36:21Will you be keeping the immunity for yourself, or will you be gifting it to one of your guys?
36:27There's a voice in me that's telling me, Mr. Christmas is not selfish.
36:33The person that I choose to have this immunity is Robbie.
36:38Robbie talking about the death of his mom really triggered my late father.
36:51I know your parents are proud.
36:54I love you.
36:55I love you too.
36:57Angel, I know this was a tough decision for you, but the fact that you gave it away and didn't keep it for yourself is what being a Hallmark leading man is all about.
37:06It is a true leading man move, but oh man, I hope it doesn't backfire.
37:12Now let's talk about a few standout performances.
37:15Davey, you really woke up the fans today.
37:19You gave a literal clinic on how to entertain on that stage.
37:23That's leading man quality right there.
37:25Oh, thank you.
37:26Rustin, you did your original song and the fans were brought to a beautiful place from it.
37:32Thank you. I appreciate that.
37:33There can only be one shining star.
37:35And today that person took a huge risk, answered the super fan questions with raw emotion, and received the most votes from the audience.
37:44The winner of this star quality challenge and tonight's shining star is...
37:53Robbie, congratulations.
37:55Sometimes immunity is just not needed.
38:00Robbie, you were so brave today and the audience agreed.
38:03You touched a lot of people and we appreciate that.
38:06And you took a huge risk making fun of the host on the show that you are on where he is a judge.
38:13Sorry about all the things I said about you, but maybe I'm not.
38:16Now, the hard part.
38:18I could be going home.
38:19What have I done?
38:20Gabe.
38:21Craig.
38:22Will you please step forward?
38:23All right.
38:24Let's do this.
38:25Gabe.
38:26We've been asking you to believe in yourself.
38:27And today we saw a glimpse of it.
38:28Which is progress.
38:29But you still seem in your head a little bit and not in the moment.
38:31Craig.
38:32You have this confidence that is undeniable, but it almost feels like you're hiding behind it.
38:45You weren't really comfortable answering in a very authentic real way.
38:50Gabe, Craig, one of you will be going home right now.
39:13Gabe, it's time to take your stocking down.
39:16You're going home for the holidays.
39:18You're a star.
39:21I believe it.
39:22We believe it.
39:23We just want you to believe it.
39:25The only competition in your way is you.
39:28And once you conquer that, the sky's the limit.
39:31Gabe, thank you so much.
39:34We can't wait to see what you do next.
39:37I'm disappointed that I didn't get my confidence quick enough to stay in this competition.
39:42Love you, dude.
39:43I feel like I'm on the right track now, though.
39:50The time is now to face any fears and go for it.
39:55Trust yourselves and take some leaps.
39:57I promise you it'll be worth it.
39:59We'll see you next time as the hunt for Mr. Christmas continues.
40:04I'm feeling such a sense of relief.
40:07But it still worries me Jonathan isn't seeing my depth or vulnerability.
40:10I need to find those other layers or I'm going home.
Be the first to comment