# Bellingham Celebration Belligol Bellingham Celebration, better known as Belligol, is a viral 2023 TikTok sound and video trend built around Jude Bellingham's arms-out goal celebration at Real Madrid, which Brazilian users likened to a giant anteater's defensive pose. ## Overview Bellingham Celebration, also called Belligol, is a viral TikTok audio and video trend built around English footballer Jude Bellingham's signature goal celebration at Real Madrid[1]. When Bellingham scores, he leans back slightly and stretches both arms straight out to the sides, a pose that Brazilian viewers quickly compared to the giant anteater's open-arms defensive stance[3]. The trend pairs footage of Bellingham with an excited Brazilian commentator call, or stacks his celebration next to clips of anteaters standing tall with their claws out[5]. The nickname Belligol fuses his surname with the Portuguese word gol, and the audio itself became the fuel for tens of thousands of remix edits on TikTok in autumn 2023[4]. ## How It Spread Before @njrdiniz's edit blew up, Brazilian TikTokers were already joking about the celebration's likeness to the giant anteater's threat pose. On September 4th, 2023, @jotax7w posted a side-by-side of Bellingham and the animal that pulled in roughly 182,000 plays in two months[3]. Five days later, @myguel.skills7 ran the same gag and picked up over 550,000 plays and 101,000 likes[5]. The Vaughan sound started reaching international audiences in late October, when Real Madrid's official TikTok account used it under a photo montage of Bellingham's celebrations on October 27th, 2023, pulling more than 27 million plays and five million likes in four days[6]. The club's Portuguese-language X account ran the same audio the following day[7]. On October 28th, Vaughan himself joined the joke in a video posted through @espnbrasil, racking up over 318,000 plays and 51,000 likes in three days[8]. By early November the sound had been reused in more than 75,000 TikTok videos, most of them Belligol fan edits or anteater mashups[4]. ## How to Use Belligol edits typically pair Bellingham's arms-out celebration with something that mimics the same silhouette, often a giant anteater rearing up, a person striking a T-pose, or a still image cut to the moment Vaughan's shout hits[4]. Creators usually lay Vaughan's original ESPN Brasil audio over the visual and let the punchline land right on the goal call[1]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Bellingham Celebration Belligol? It is a viral TikTok trend that pairs Jude Bellingham's arms-out goal celebration with a Brazilian sports commentator's shouted call, often mashed up with clips of giant anteaters in a similar pose[4]. ### Where did Bellingham Celebration Belligol come from? The audio came from ESPN Brasil commentator Rogerio Vaughan calling Bellingham's goal against Getafe on September 2nd, 2023[1], and TikTok user @njrdiniz turned that call into the viral sound the same day[2]. ### What does Bellingham Celebration Belligol mean? Belligol is a portmanteau of Bellingham and the Portuguese word gol, and it refers specifically to his lean-back, arms-wide celebration and the Vaughan audio that goes with it[3]. ### How do you use Bellingham Celebration Belligol? Creators typically overlay Vaughan's ESPN Brasil call on a video or still that mimics Bellingham's outstretched-arm silhouette, often a giant anteater rearing up or a person striking a T-pose[5]. ### Is Bellingham Celebration Belligol still popular? The Vaughan sound had already been used in more than 75,000 TikTok videos by late 2023[4], and the audio still gets pulled out whenever Bellingham scores a notable goal[6]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52S6nTNKGU8]() 2. [https://www.tiktok.com/@njrdiniz]() 3. [https://www.tiktok.com/@jotax7w]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bellingham-celebration-belligol]() 5. [https://www.tiktok.com/@myguel.skills7]() 6. [https://www.tiktok.com/@realmadrid]() 7. [https://twitter.com/realmadridbrasil]() 8. [https://www.tiktok.com/@espnbrasil]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/bellingham-celebration-belligol Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library