Spice Girls Viva Forever TOTP 1st Performance

[@CorCor89]

Idk what the highlight of this performance was: How sad Geri looked or how much Posh was actually smiling!!

[@scotsj1]

Poor Geri looks so sad and disconnected in this performance. At 1:51 she misses her cue to sing the chorus, obviously so much on her mind. Bless her. She really was unhappy. You just wanna hug her.

[@DILLINGERtecuenta]

Yes it's so sad.

[@racheltaylor9272]

Mel c gives me goosebumps what a voice

[@chriscumming25]

awesome performance I miss my spice girls love them forever

[@jimmywhite7186]

Geri looked gorgeous here love ya Ginger!

[@husseindawodu1048]

When vicky smiles there is always trouble

[@noemistephanie93]

just outta curiousity, what do u mean?

[@sebastianvalencic]

more or less when they knew posh and scary were pregnant

[@Yikkkes23]

Lmao this made me LoL

[@christophercumming7426]

Amazingly beautiful love it

[@carimerriweather8530]

I love this song!!!!!

[@SleepExports]

Back when you had to watch totp to see your favourite artists.

[@AR1GAT0]

We didn't have TOTP in the states at all and never saw any performances. I loved this song and never saw any of it live or them performing it together, Geri left the band, broke my heart as a kid

[@hdawodu]

Respect all 5 Spice girls even Geri This song Viva Forever is Her Song She wrote The song and She let her Four Friends sing her song

[@jagmeetsinghfan1019]

BABY SPICE ❤️

[@husseindawodu1048]

Mel C has that voice piercing voice

[@AR1GAT0]

Geri's heart was broken and with that, it broke so many of ours. We never understood why when she left. Some of us were just kids

[@sarahkim2542]

Excellent sing keep hard .. Emma most you Pttery ..

[@JyasuTorruco]

The last performance together as a quintet... 😢 Geri looks already disconnected.

[@mattheww239]

Xcuze Her solo career is not comparable to the Spice Girls. She usually had solo parts. And wanted more while being part of the biggest band in the world...I wish they could’ve stayed together. But i know it wasn’t all geri’s fault.

[@yurymenezes90]

uma das melhores perfomances de viva forever

[@theartsyzoologist]

Geri's last performance with the girls at the time, I think the very same day as they boarded a private plane she said goodbye to them the next day...deep in her heart she knew she was leaving, which is why she looks so depressed and melancholic.

[@Lindelamare]

Mel C has a lovely voice, the others can sing fine but hers is the most distinctive.

[@madametiara5492]

She's the most golden voice!

[@kasienkakaminska6915]

😊❤

[@suhaimihassan858]

Best viva forever

[@hdawodu]

Viva Forever

[@orlandoespinoza7140]

Ya se notaba la tensión entre ellas y sin más no recuerdo fue la última presentación que #Geri 🇬🇧 hizo junto alas demás... Ella ya mostraba un semblante de distancia y tristeza 😥

[@mariannest31]

En efecto fue la última presentación de Geri con el resto de las chicas

[@damianodamore7429]

Emma e Victoria garantiscono sempre un' ottima base vocale.

[@MrJacksparrow07]

2:29 VB smiling in a way that says give me your money please it’s a great single (which it is!)

[@rockinpoison89]

I hate this song because it marked the end of the Spice Girls area :'(. I was 10 at the time and I'll always remember that moment

[@ruffx7068]

Now Oct 2018 you know, this song still the best 👍👍👍

[@marcoaguilera1171]

Dec 2018 this still my shit!!

[@marcelafernandevicente6533]

Mel c love ❤❤😭😭😭

[@104thMaverick]

Mel C never got the credit she deserved, what a voice!

[@quankevin]

1:51 Geri totally missed her cue... Prob she was not really happy while touring.... :(

[@Pearlsky2023]

This song is good.

[@robertgoodchild2675]

What a tune to finish on

[@SonnyRussell00]

Geri's final performance with the girls until 2007 😢

[@fabriziogritti6296]

Bellissime donnine che erano 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@tianzie]

None of the other girls know about this is Geri last performance before the split

[@Ikaikiastar]

Didn't the presenter say it was their last performance as five? :(

[@HoennMaster]

@@Ikaikiastar This was a pre-taped performance. It was taped right before Geri left and was suppose to air a few months later when the single was released, but when Geri left they aired it.

[@coolchris12345]

@@HoennMaster If it was then why did Geri have no solo parts in the song. In every other spice girl song she gets a good chunk. It seemed like she was cut out of the song, like they knew it was going to happen.

[@joeyknox2519]

Christian Lunn this is the only song she has no solo parts in but which always bothered me but it was recorded months before she decided to quit?

[@Texaslawhorn]

@@coolchris12345 Geri wrote the song so it seems she was the one who decided not to have a solo part.

[@lindseysperry5572]

Spice girls Victoria Emma melc Geri melb girl power ✌. June 8

[@TOPOTWO]

The vocal powerhouse that is Vicki Adams.

[@graphiquejack]

S H A D E

[@beccaditchburn8054]

they all look so different at this stage they all were maturing and getting pregnant this was shortly after Victoria got engaged I believe hence the reason why she has a massive grin on her face! Not sure why they all changed their styles so much and dressed all boring was a shame cos at this point they started doing their own thing and drifting apart and obviously Geri too she looked a bit lost here x

[@mango2005]

I don't think they've changed that much

[@williamking1905]

@@mango2005 except for Mel b they all looked very different at this stage compared to when they started. Maybe you're eyes are painted on lol

[@p0ppyfarr95]

@jayanddarry this makes me think of Geri Halliwell splitting up from the group :,-( we'll always remember Geri Halliwell as our favourite Spice Girl

[@PandaPowerable]

The Spice Girls were nothing without Geri, but it's great she's bringing them back together. I hope they appreciate it wouldn't happen without her.

[@dakliq420]

Idk about that....they still had hits after Geri.

[@rayoflight6505]

@@dakliq420 one hit that she co wrote (Goodbye) and Holler and Let Love Lead the Way which was hardly a big hit infact a big underperformer for 2000 standards it didn't sell well. Geri was important when it came to writing the songs.

[@MrJacksparrow07]

Jo Whiley's bit at the start is funny yet it's so true - Geri couldn't wait to get out

[@topherrobin]

Jack Young i know... made me chuckle but still sad

[@autumnrain6812]

Geri is so sad in this live! Her eyes are off and her smile is forced😢

[@SirChristopherGorton]

I heard the initial release was to be a Double A side with never give up on the good times, but Geri’s departure had scrapped those plans.

[@ricardoneves7307]

Is it me or Vicki was already in love with Beckham, she looks the happiest I've seen, interesting

[@SamR1995]

I think people are looking too deep into the camerawork of this. Geri has no solos so she doesn’t get as much camera time, standard practice. I think it’s highly doubtful that she would have requested less camera time.

[@graphiquejack]

I think the camerapersons probably just noticed she looked sad and tired... I think if I was filming this performance, and I saw someone barely putting any effort into performing, out of kindness and respect I'd just keep the camera off her. And Geri is matronly dressed here... a far cry from the Union Jack dress or any number of her boustiers with her breasts spilling out of them. She's basically hiding in plain sight.

[@shawnw3901]

Geri had minimal/no close ups in this video, evening during the instrumental portion of the song. The focus was on the other 4 girls. I don't know if I'm reading too much in to the performance but, Geri was hardly acknowledged in the video. I don't know if that was by request of Geri, knowing she was leaving, just consequence or by other people within production. The focus was much more on the others, even if they weren't singing solos.

[@vadjulawakaru]

yah maybe geri requested it that do not focus on her(the camera man) and focus on the 4 as u can see she is not engaging on the performance.....

[@xxxTIN0xxx]

The only reason is that she doesn't have solos in this song. You barely see close ups of Victoria when they performed Wannabe at TOTP for the same reason.

[@abbasrahal434]

In fact Gery wasn't acknowledged at all in this song, she did not even sang solo. Thats when she felt excluded from the group.. try watching Viva forever live in Paris, you'll notice Gery was barely shown in the video..

[@xxxTIN0xxx]

Abbas Rahal I don't think she felt excluded from the group for that reason. Viva Forever was written and recorded almost a year before its release as a single. What about 2 Become 1 then? Victoria substituted Geri in the single edit and eventually the latter had no solo parts. Geri knew she was about leaving the group during the filming of this performance, she already took the decision.

[@vadjulawakaru]

abbas rahal she is not excluded from the group. she wanted to leave the group.

[@allknowingoracle3277]

The pant suits were quite the thing at this time 😆

[@ExplorHits]

@17sndlilboots No we won't! :0p Mel C. was the best!

[@shanitrahan9904]

That's so sad that this will be the last time geri will ever be performing with the girls again why don't she stay? Why is she leaving the spice Girls?

[@vadjulawakaru]

as u can see here geri is not engaged anymore in spice girls as on this perfomance it just like i wanna go i wanna go.......

[@topherrobin]

vadjula wakaru it does. you can see the shift already weeks leading to her leaving

[@rferrin1996]

That wasn’t the first performance. Geri said while performing this with the girls she knew she was gonna leave few days later.

[@crumpledquill]

I like how the camera barely looks at Geri...not...

[@MusicLover88321]

They became TOO powerfull... imagine they stayed together, no one would of got a look in

[@topherrobin]

Andy McDonough exactly. they blew up like no one would ever again...and to think it's been 20 years

[@equusquaggaquagga536]

Too many feels from this performance Emma front and center like she was born to vs there, Mel B and Victoria both pregnant, Mel C's extra performance and Geri's final time as a regular member

[@noemistephanie93]

i thought this song was released AFTER geri left. when was this?

[@gillesbot]

It was. I remember this was pre-recorded before the release and TOTP showed it after the news broke of Geri's departure. Must've been pre-recorded before they headed off to tour the states.

[@noemistephanie93]

Ryan Gillespie oh ok

[@chavitanoguez3358]

At that point I felt they were not the same

[@artjfuck]

didnt think geri ever sang this song with the other girls...she didnt have anything to sing anyway LOL....

[@user-wi2we4is3t]

빅토리아가 비쥬얼 멤버

[@ray-manciminera7622]

This was geris last performance with the spice girls before she quit the band around at that time the girls were nothing without geri Hallowell

[@michelleraines8245]

Gerri didn't even get to sing a bit. Wow, no wonder she left. She looked like she didn't even want to be there.

[@Ernie1978]

Without Geri, the feeling of the band just left. "Goodbye" was a gorgeous record, but "Holler" and everything that came after was awful. Geri went on to have four number ones, not that many artist can claim that!

[@skurinski]

nah, Let Love Lead The Way is one of their best singles

[@PageantExpert]

Gareth and Too Much

[@joeyfrmtheblock1735]

Holler was my jam. I look at it like this: sure, it’s ideal for there to be five Spice girls; however, each of them are such unique personalities that a four piece would still work.

[@marquinhosoliveira882]

Ernesto I totally disagree. Forever is an amazing album, they just didn't work on it properly. The Guardian just put out the top 20 best Spice Girls' song and there are 5 songs from Forever with Holler at #7 and Good Bye at #1. www.google.com.br/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/music/2018/mar/10/so-heres-the-story-from-a-to-z-20-spice-girls-bangers

[@graphiquejack]

Holler was fabulous... what are you talking about?