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  • This Australian's Got Talent

    by Mike Krumboltz

    Jul 9, 2009

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    Here's something you might not have known: There are many different versions of "Dancing with the Stars." Right now, the competition is heating up in Australia, where big names are strutting their stuff.

    The names may not be of the household variety to folks outside Australia, but one competitor is about to make a big splash on the Web. Gerrard Gosens, an adventurer and three-time paralympian, recently wowed audiences with a flawless waltz. What made the dance so impressive? Mr. Gosens is blind.

    Gosens and his partner glided across the dance floor without missing a step, and, in the process, pushed lookups on "gerrard gosens dance" into breakout territory. Among the people watching the performance was Gosens mother, Carol O'Brien. In an interview with NewsMail, Ms. O'Brien explained that her son has a condition called aniridia "in which he was born without irises and lost his sight completely at age 14." Not surprisingly, Mum was quite proud of her boy. "I was amazed at him, he had a really nice rhythm."

    You can see that rhythm for yourself below...

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Kate

Watched this live on Sunday night, simply amazing!!! :D

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Kristin

The waltz is easy - what will they make hinm do next!

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Patricia

absolutely amazing...let's see casey do it blindfolded...ok????

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Jamie

People have a tendency to under estimate the blind and what they can do, my best friend is visually impaired and leads a very normal life. Typically in dancing you follow the music. And since the blind cannot see (I know thats redundant) Their hearing is stronger, you'd be amazed how visual you are if you were to walk around your house blind folded. But to the visually impaired its not all that difficult for them to walk through their house with out help, oh and next time you are watching a tv show or movie and there is a blind person playing a roll one easy way to tell weather they are blind or not, watch to see if when they are in their house weather they feel their way around or not cause unless they have only been living there a few days, the blind learn there houses very well.

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BMS

I'm reposting this in my My Space blog...I love this!

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Yvette P

Breathtaking!

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Scott

It's amazing and inspiring to see people beat the odds, despite their "limitations". For most of us who have all of our basic physical and mental abilities, we tend to take everyday life for granted. It's the people like this young man who remind us that regardless of who we are and whatever challenges we face in life, we can achieve our goals. We just have to believe in ourselves.

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MJD

WOW,this is beautiful and amazing. One only loses when you quit! I am looking forward to seeing much more of Gerrard's dancing.

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Kathy

They looked like they were dancing as one. It was awesome.

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ChrissiT

I think he was GREAT!!! I am also visually impaired and you have to try twice as hard to accomplish what the average person does...but this in NO WAY means that it CAN'T be done. In fact I HATE the word CAN'T!!

Scott MacIntyre on "American Idol" is blind as well. These 2 individuals are both Fantastic at what they do!!! Rock On!!!

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