Tabsclusive: Stavros Flatley

On Tuesday night, The Tab went to meet Britain’s Got Talent stars Demetri and Lagi, aka Stavros Flatley, prior to their performance at Camera.


The launch night of ‘Filth’, which also involved a large rodeo penis, was a strange event to attend sober, and stranger still when two fat Cypriots dived into a routine that has carried them around the world for the past four years.

“It’s been a dream”

The Tab was lucky enough to have a brief chat with this illustrious duo while they prepared their wigs and undressed.

Meanwhile, upstairs…

 

The Tab: Four years down the line, how do you still do it?

Demetri: It’s been mad. Simply mad. Like a dream. Sometimes I wake up and think that it can’t be gold forever, but then I remind myself that there’s only one Stavros Flatley.

[The Tab notes that there was also ‘only one’ Pete Bennett etc, but doesn’t mention this.]

The Tab gets filthy (for journalistic integrity, obv)

 

Now we know you must be pretty excited to be at the esteemed Camera, but have you ever performed anywhere more exciting than this? (Don’t worry if not)

Lagi: Sometimes we perform before football games, like at Stoke.

 

…Cool. Anywhere else?

Demetri: Monaco. We danced on a swimming pool on some Greek billionaires yacht for his birthday. Picked up by a limo, a speedboat…

[More on a par with Bridge then?]

The backing dancers limber up

 

And, not including Camera, where would be your dream location to perform?

Demetri: There’s a scientific outpost somewhere in the North Pole… there were rumours that they wanted us out there for their Christmas party.

 

Wow, Britain’s Got Talent fame spreads far…

Demetri: Yeah, in Cyprus we’re national heroes. They don’t really get the joke though… they just want to see the belly.

[Who wouldn’t.]

 

So you guys are pretty major celebs now, but who’s the most famous person you’ve met?

Lagi: Bruce Forsyth – he plays golf. I went up to him and said ‘hey, I’m better than you at golf.’

[This was a joke. Apparently.]

Demetri: Robbie Williams… Oh and One Direction – we were good to them before they hit the big time.

Lagi freestyles to reel in the girls

 

Lagi, has being part of Stavros Flatley helped you with the girls?

Lagi: Pah, you don’t need help when you look like this.

Demetri: We put out a charity bucket at holiday camps… you should see the girls’ numbers in there…

 

Who would play you in a film of your life?

Demetri: Omid Djalili. We were separated at birth. He actually owes me money cause he starts his routines by telling everyone how much he looks like Stavros Flatley…

Lagi: Robert DeNiro!

Demetri: (laughs) You wish. Justin Bieber…

 

You’re both in wonderful shape, let us in on your bikini body secrets. Do you have a training regime?

Demetri: It’s called visits to McDonald’s… but seriously, don’t let the belly fool you, we’re really fit.

 

Any plans for a fitness DVD perhaps? Stavros do Zumba?

Lagi: (laughs) I don’t think he can touch his toes

Demetri: (tries and fails) Yeah, if it all ends tomorrow it’s been a great run. There is only one Stavros Flatley.