Results will be posted live as they become available.
Jason Yeager is the first person to be sent home.
Alexandrea Lushington is the first girl to go.
Alaina Whitaker is the next one out. Of the three, this is the first to surprise me.
Robbie Carrico is the last person to leave tonight. He should have stuck to being a boy bander. Nobody bought the whole rock thing from him.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of American Idol 7 episode 17, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on Fox.
Michael Johns was one of the standout performances from American Idol 7 Episode 11 (there weren’t a lot). He wants us to know he’s a bit of a jock (tennis) and sings Go Your Own Way.
Randy-Started slow but kinda got into it.
Paula-Got the whole crowd working for you.
Simon-Okay. By far your weakest performance of the whole competition for you. Weak choice of song.
Jason Castro also had a good week. During his interview, he tells us he hates interviews. He’s back with his guitar again, singing I Just Want to Be Your Everything.
Randy-Cool as an act with the guitar, but the vocals are really just okay.
Paula-Not as bad as Randy heard it to be.
Simon-Horrible song. Didn’t suit his voice. Weak vocals.
Luke Menard is part of an a cappella group. He sings Killer Queen, a fairly forgettable performance.
Randy-Pretty good.
Paula-Glad this week was a great week for him.
Simon-Mistake. The original had charisma and personality, but Luke didn’t. Verging on whiny.
Robbie Carrico tells us that Simon’s wrong because there are a lot of different levels of rock. He drag races cars, loving the sound of fuel and burnt tires. Robbie sings Hot Blooded. Sounds good, but I’m still not getting a rock vibe.
Randy-Agrees with Simon. Don’t know if the rock thing is really his thing.
Paula-How does anyone know who you are but you? Played it safe.
Simon-Don’t have to get so defensive about it. Okay vocal tonight.
Danny Noriega believed he was good last week. He tells us the story about how he was in a punk rock band that sucked when he was younger. Sure, the punk rock part was a surprise, but I don’t think the sucking part’s a stretch. He sings Superstar, a song he can’t possibly make work.
Randy-Some problems, too much thinking.
Paula-Can’t overthink it. Just perform.
Simon-Better than last week’s disaster, but at least he stands out in a crowd.
David Hernandez was in gymnastics as a little kid. He sings Papa Was a Rolling Stone in a performance that should help him stand out more from the rest.
Randy-This is the David Hernandez we fell in love with.
Paula-Pure, piercing voice. Perfect.
Simon-Best vocal of the night so far.
Jason Yeager plays guitar, piano, and drums, though he isn’t playing any instruments in the competition just yet, as he sings Long Train Running.
Randy-Wasn’t like a singer’s kind of song, pitchy, karaoke.
Paula-Didn’t show his vocal range.
Simon-Last week was boring. This week was awkward and ordinary. Like he was drunk at a party or something.
Chikezie (formerly known as Chikezie Eze) has a misprounounced Nigerian name, which has just stuck with him because people kept mispronouncing it since elementary school. He sings I Believe, and he gives a good show, something he really needed after last week’s close call.
Randy-Chikezie is back. In it to win it.
Paula-Brilliant. Fun.
Simon-Looked better. Sounded better. Clever choice of song.
David Cook is a word nerd and demonstrates it by talking like he’s on Dawson’s Creek. He sings All Right Now while playing guitar. This is the type of song that’s hard to screw up because it’s so fun and everybody knows it.
Randy-Real rocker from the boys this year.
Paula-The real deal.
Simon-Solid. Believeable. Story was boring, though, and he doesn’t have a lot of charisma. David snaps back at him, which is a bad idea. Justin Guarini learned this the hard way in season 1, yet 6 years later, David Cook is relearning it.
David Archuleta gets the pimp spot, not surpising considering he’s growing more and more as the favorite as the weeks go by. He tells a story about how he met and sang for the American Idol 1 finalists when he was 11 (check out the video in the American Idol 7 Episode 3 post). He sings Imagine and lives up to expectations. One of these weeks he’ll probably have an unexpected off night, but not this night.
Randy-One of the best vocals ever on this show. Maturity way beyond his years.
Paula-Ridiculous. She wants to dangle his decapitated head from her rear view mirror or something. One of the most moving performances ever. Destined for superstardom.
Simon-Very risky, but it worked. The one to beat.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of American Idol 7 episodes 15 and 16.
As much as they hoped to get revenge on James, neither Alex nor Matt were able to pull off a veto win in Big Brother 9 Episode 7 to save themselves. Sheila and Allison decided they should hate each other. I agree with both of them. Then we got some unexpected drama with two houseguests being hospitalized because of the food.
Matt makes a deal with Adam to try to keep himself in the house. Adam’s completely in support of operation condor. James couldn’t care less who goes as long as it’s not him.
Allison’s concerned that Matt & Natalie are very strong. She pitches her theory to the others. Her theory is that Alex & Amanda will be tired from being on the block, making them weaker. Yet Matt & Natalie wouldn’t be tired from also being on the block I guess. Her partner Ryan is more concerned about Alex & Amanda.
Sheila’s learned that in this game you have to keep some things to yourself, or so she says.
Chelsia’s confused by her team’s decision of nominating Matt & Natalie after promising them repeatedly they wouldn’t.
Tonight’s voting takes place live.
Adam & Sheila-Alex & Amanda
Joshuah & Sharon-Alex & Amanda
Ryan & Allison-Alex & Amanda
By a vote of 3-0, Alex & Amanda have been evicted from the Big Brother house. For the second week in a row, the outgoing power couple is gone. Let’s see if James’ dumb ass has secured it as a three for three. Alex still blames Amanda for getting them nominated, but he accepts some responsibility since he didn’t campaign to stay. Allison and Ryan both leave bitter goodbye messages, which we’ve learned from previous seasons is just plain stupid. But that’s how they’re both playing the game thus far, so it’s par for the course.
Tonight’s HOH competition is called words of love and centers around the love quotes on the walls in the house. Sharon gets the first question right and eliminates Allison. Sharon then gets the second question right and eliminates Sheila. And then she gets the third question right, winning the ladies’ round. Ryan is incorrect and is eliminated. Joshuah gets the second question right and takes out Matt. Joshuah is again right, winning the men’s round. Since he and his partner both won, Joshuah & Sharon are HOH.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 9 Episode 9, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.
Jessi went nutty in Kyle XY Season 2 Episode 19, insisting on winning everything, a mirror of Sarah, who died because she pushed too hard. Andy’s preparing for her checkup tomorrow to see whether she’s still got cancer, but it doesn’t appear as though she does.
A sleepwalking Kyle goes into the kitchen to draw a picture with ketchup. When they return to his room, they see a mass of pictures that need to be put in order. Nicole believes it happened because of stress from the major relationship changes in his life. She suggests he uncomplicate his life. So he goes to The Rack, where everybody needs his brain to help their studying efforts. He doesn’t want to disappoint them. Stephen also needs his cooking assistance, while Lori wants help writing a prom theme song. He starts forgetting simple words and bumping into things. Jessi can tell something’s wrong with him.
Kyle realizes he’s slowly losing control of his abilities, and it’s not going unnoticed by the others. Josh says he’s like the idiot king of Stupidtown.
Mrs. Bloom reluctantly lets Amanda study with Kyle, saying the test answers will prove whether her trust in him has been well placed. He hopes he can earn the honor of a date with her “giraffe” (aka Amanda).
When he heads to his room to rest, he draws the pictures again. He doesn’t think the problem is stress.
Since Kyle’s not smart enough today, Josh calls Jessi to help them study, which obviously doesn’t please Amanda. Jessi forces Josh to do pushups when he gets something wrong, which could lead to quite a workout. Nobody else wants to study with her for some unknown reason.
Mark, Stephen’s TA, comes to the house to assist with a mechanical problem. He goes to the bathroom upstairs, where he gets trapped by Lori. She asks for his advice, and he’s got a lot, even if it’s blunt. Declan quickly gets jealous. It turns out Hillary is an idiot savant and is a great cook. Then Amanda rescues Josh from Jessi.
Andy’s got good news. She doesn’t have cancer any more. That’s what he apparently did. Curing her pushed him too far, a point not lost on Jessi, who was already suspicious to begin with. The action of curing her was just unintentional, driven by an emotion for wanting to help her.
Hillary’s got an obvious theory. There’s sexual tension between Mark and Lori.
Kyle tries to pretend he’s okay, but every little noise is driving him mad. He eventually ends up starting a fire. Amanda goes home to play the piano, hoping it will help him. He’s comforted but still lost and confused.
Adam Baylin comes to find out what’s wrong. Adam doesn’t believe he actually healed Andy, at least not at this stage in his development. He does have a theory, though. The record Kyle’s been listening to from the diner is the key.
Mark decides that Lori is a great lyricist but that he’ll help her with the music. He also agrees to DJ the prom.
Kyle’s subconscious is trying to tell him to listen to the subliminal messages hidden on the record. The sounds are then translated into images, like a fax machine. Adam’s not sure where the message is coming from, since Sarah’s dead and all.
They take the images Kyle drew and put them on a computer, where he gets a visual of a Latnok ring with a message of “I’m Alive.”
Amanda’s mother is happy that her daughter played the piano, the first time she’s done that since she’s been back. He asks for permission to take Amanda to the prom, and he gets a yes.
Josh is convinced that, regardless of what Kyle may say, he did help Andy in some way.
Kyle realizes that the simplest way to solve a problem is to be sure you have someone to help you, which everybody did by coming together to help each other.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Kyle XY Season 2 Episode 21 Grey Matters, which airs Monday at 8/7c on ABC Family.
Hawkins and Chavez managed to steal some information in Jericho Season 2 Episode 2 that they’ll use to try to take down the government in Cheyenne. Beck has been told he’ll step down and just focus on Sarah. Those replacing him are unlikely to be good news for the town.
Jimmy returns to work. He recognizes Sarah, telling Beck that Hawkins is connected to her, but he doesn’t go into details since he thinks Hawkins is FBI. The plan is for Hawkins to approach Beck and tell him he’s FBI and that they’re killing his investigation. Hawkins says Beck’s going way too far with the public appeal for Sarah’s capture. He pretends he’s with the Columbus FBI, which Beck doesn’t like, but he agrees to cooperate with him since he wants Sarah more than to worry about politics. Hawkins’ plan is to see if Beck’s interested in hearing the truth about who he’s taking orders from.
Ravenwood is owned by Jennings & Rall and is their own private army. Jake’s very familiar with them, since he worked for Jennings & Rall. While he was working for them in Iraq, they killed some civillians, but there were no consequences because it was Jennings & Rall, who can get away with whatever they want.
Ravenwood stops by to pay Dale’s store a visit, where they confiscate some of his goods, notably medicine, which would have treated the Hudson River virus, and then they get word that the virus has jumped the Mississippi.
Dr. Kenchy reluctantly gives Emily advice about how to proceed with administering the virus. He doesn’t want to get involved himself. She begs him to help, and he orders 3000 syringes, which does not go unnoticed by the powers that be.
With a little advice from Jake, Dale’s able to hijack the truck carrying the vaccines. Meanwhile, Kenchy’s being interrogated by Ravenwood, and he knows exactly what they’re capable of.
A fingerprint trace turns up that Sarah Mason’s prints are classified. Hawkins warns him not to contact Valente because if he does, they’ll turn on him. He suggests the orders are to shoot to kill because they don’t want him to get any useful information.
Kenchy tells where to find the others. Jake finds this out and heads back to the warehouse to warn them. The others are able to escape safely with the goods, but Jake stays behind to stall.
Beck contacts Valente and asks if Sarah’s ever been employed by the US government. Valente tells him no, then says he’s tired of his delays and doesn’t want to hear from him again until he’s captured her.
According to the office in Cheyenne, the vaccines have been delivered and destroyed. This is enough to bail out Jake. They got a break from the inside. Trish has an attack of conscience and decides to do the right thing.
The town in Missouri that’s been hit by the virus was saved by Beck, who acted on his own to make sure they got the treatment they needed.
Hawkins gets an encrypted message that’s a special way of communicating that only his team knew how to read. He calls the phone number and gets somebody who says he wants to help.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Jericho Season 2 episode 4 Oversight, which airs Tuesday at 10/9c on CBS.
Following James & Chelsia’s HOH win, they decided they wanted to get rid of Amanda and by extension her partner Alex in Big Brother 9 Episode 6. Despite a promise not to nominate him, Matt was put up as a pawn with Natalie. Sheila and Allison, meanwhile, had to tell everybody their stupid lie about being a lesbian couple was just that, a stupid lie.
Alex blames Amanda for his nomination, and he doesn’t hide it. He doesn’t plan to be negative to the house. Just to his partner.
Matt doesn’t hide his frustration with James & Chelsia, but James doesn’t feel bad about it. Yes, this is Big Brother. Lie. But don’t get caught in a lie this blatant for no reason at all. When talking to Matt and Alex, James makes no apologies for what he’s done, telling them it’s just a game. It will be just a game when whoever survives targets him, too. They have one goal in mind now: get revenge on James.
Sheila’s starting to distrust Allison, finally opening her eyes like the rest of the country.
Sheila confronts Allison and tells her she feels she’s been mad at her. Allison claims she just needs to spend more time with Ryan.
Sharon & Joshuah are selected randomly to participate in the veto competition. In addition to veto, the winning team will be able to receive information from the outside world. Teams must adjust miniature utility poles in order to restore power. Connecting the wires and poles is like a puzzle with one solution. Sharon & Joshuah win the power of veto, just beating Alex & Amanda. The house gets news from the outside world, from the presidential campaign to Britney Spears. They also get news about the Hudson River Virus, which gets them all worried, even though it’s just a plotline from Jericho Season 2.
Sheila continues to be worried that Allison was just nice to her for her vote. She confides in Natalie, who thinks she just needs to keep things in more. Then she goes angrily to Matt, who thinks she’s a mental case. She’s loud about it, too, so it’s not exactly a secret among the rest of the house. Word gets back to Allison, so she goes to talk to her, inviting the others along, though they don’t follow. Not that it’s hard to overhear. Sheila tells her to not talk to her for the rest of the game. Ryan comes to Allison’s defense, and so does Sheila’s partner Adam. Since they’re on the block Alex & Amanda are thrilled all this chaos is going on around them.
Allison’s outside running and all of a sudden decides she needs to go into the diary room. She thinks she’s having an allergic reaction. While she’s in there, Amanda, who’s on slop, starts to get lightheaded because she’s hypoglycemic, and she collapses on the ground. I said this when it was introduced, and I’ll say it again. Slop is a ridiculous and stupid twist that serves no purpose. PB&J may not be the healthiest option, but at least it’s a balanced meal (even if it, too, serves no point). This slop crap is just asking for trouble. The ambulance shows up to haul them away.
The rest of the house sits around pondering how their differences aren’t really that big a deal, how they hope the others return safely, and are impressed by James being there to help Amanda out. Amanda’s the first one to return. Then Allison comes back. Everybody’s happy to see both of them.
It’s time to get back to the game, though. Joshuah & Sharon decide not to use the veto.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 9 Episode 8, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.
Allison got what she wanted in Big Brother 9 Episode 5: she got rid of her partner Ryan’s girlfriend, which she presumably hopes will help open the door for her (if you ask me, I’d say just leave the door shut). Along with Jen, her partner Parker, whose strategy was apparently to stick out like a sore thumb, became the second pair to be evicted from the Big Brother house. In the competition for the next HOH, James and Chelsia emerged victorious.
Amanda’s crying because Parker’s gone, saying she didn’t want him to leave. Ironic considering she’s one of the people who nominated him.
James & Chelsia believe they’re in charge of the house. HOH only lasts for one week, folks.
James promises Matt he won’t be on the block.
Joshuah tells Sharon the “secret” that Sheila and Allison are lesbians.
They head up to the HOH room. Chelsia quickly becomes obnoxiously loud. James gets pictures of his family, which he doesn’t have any of since he’s riding his bike around the world.
After the unveiling, they tell Natalie the same thing they told Matt: she’s safe. They want to get rid of Alex & Amanda.
Amanda pulls Joshuah aside to make up after the fight they had. She then makes an offer of an alliance, since nobody would suspect it.
Natalie’s already discussing having 5-7 kids with Matt. He’s going to be running for the hills very soon. Matt doesn’t want to get distracted by flirting and wants to keep his eye on the prize.
Allison now wants to stop pretending she’s a lesbian. Sheila doesn’t want to flip, though.
The house is divided into two teams for the food challenge. Joshuah & Sharon, Ryan & Allison, and Natalie & Matt are on yellow team. Sheila & Adam, Chelsia & James, Alex & Amanda are on green team. They walk outside and are greeted by the smell of dead fish. Deckhands will hold the nets, while divers will dive for fish and fill the opposing team’s net. Yellow team has all their guys holding nets, while green team opts to have one guy diving. Ryan thinks women covered in fish guts and blood is sexy. They gang up on him, and he’s the first one out. James is out next, followed by Amanda. Matt’s next out, making it Joshuah against Adam. As far ahead as they are in sinking Adam, it’s clear it’s just a matter of time before he’s out. Yellow team wins the food challenge. Green team must eat slop for the week.
James sorta has romantic feelings for Chelsia. He doesn’t know if she likes him but eventually convinces her to snuggle with him.
Sheila and Allison tell Chelsia, one half of the HOH couple, that the lesbian story was just made up. She told James, since she tells him everything, so they have to tell him, too. Then Allison decides to tell Josh. Nobody believes they can trust them any more, and everybody’s pissed off. My initial reaction was that the lie was stupid, and while it worked out in their favor briefly, it just doesn’t make any sense in the long term.
To carry out operation condor, which is completed when Amanda & Alex are eliminated from the game, James needs a pawn. He tells Matt that now he’s thinking of putting him up.
Nominations
Adam & Sheila-Safe
Joshuah & Sharon-Safe
Ryan & Allison-Safe
Alex & Amanda and Matt & Natalie have been nominated. James and Chelsia make no bones about the fact that they’re targeting Amanda, in what is ultimately a very dumb nomination speech. In the process of letting Amanda know they hate her, though, they’ve also made an enemy out of Matt, who wants revenge for the nomination, which is never a guaranteed thing, pawn or not.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 9 Episode 7, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on CBS.
Beauty and the Geek 5 will premiere on The CW Tuesday March 11 at 8PM. Mike Richards will return as host. This season, two cliques will compete against each other, and people will be eliminated individually rather than in teams of two. Eighteen people will make up the cast.
Geeks
Chris
23
MIT oceanography student
Cambridge MA
Greg
23
Clothing designer/pastry chef
Azusa CA
Jason
23
Internet marketer
Brooklyn NY
Jim
21
Computer programmer/student
Bedford MA
Joe
24
TV assignment editor
Nipomo CA
John E
25
Recovering Microsoft addict
Tempe AZ
Jonathan
26
System administrator
Colfax CA
Matt
21
Writer/student
Dallas TX
Tommy
24
Law student
Somerville MA
Beauties
Amanda
23
Model
Queen Creek AZ
Amber
25
Model
Los Angeles CA
Cara
21
Cocktail Waitress
Temecula CA
Jillian
22
Model
Miami fL
Kristina
21
Student
Wheaton IL
Leticia
29
Sports announcer
Orlando FL
Randi
26
Stylist
Houston TX
Tara
24
Hooters hostess
Davie FL
Tiffany
21
Student
Nashville TN