 We are in Taronga and tonight is what we call the Lost Souls Night. It's a banquet put on by the good Taronga man Mark Hillier and his team and we're very much all looking forward to going to that. It's where we pay tribute to people who have passed on over the recent years and they all mean a lot to Variety. But one in particular means a lot to me. It's my good mate Ewan Gilmore. Ewan leaves a very strong legacy. His picture is adorned on every bash vehicle as we travel the country. It was exactly ten years ago, almost to the day that I met Ewan. It was when we were both cast in the very first season of Dancing with the Stars, which you may or may not remember. Now it was my aim and goal to dance as hard as I could to win that competition with my dance partner Nerida. It was Ewan's aim and goal to party as hard as he could and drink Avalon dry on a Sunday night. And to be fair he gave that a pretty good shot. Ewan taught me a lot of things in life about laughter and having fun and for five years I pretended to be a Westie on a fantastic New Zealand programme called Outrageous Fortune. And Ewan taught me a lot about that. Now yes Ewan and I may have been a pretend Westie but I carry in my heart a lot of the values that Westies have in which you portrayed. And that is loyalty, that's honour, that's family and that's fun. So in true Westie tradition Ewan, I raise a rum and coke to you my friend wherever you may be. And just remember and never forget that you and Gilmore's legacy lives long and hard in New Zealand variety. RIP my friend.