Month: August 2009

So You Think You Can Dance Season 5 Episode 22

Melissa and Ade were eliminated in So You Think You Can Dance Season 5 Episode 21, and tonight the final four perform.

Tonight everybody will be dancing with everybody else. Adam Shankman joins the judges. In case you missed it the first 12 times, there are 3000 fans in the audience for tonight’s show.

The top 4 dancers start off dancing to a Wade & Amanda Robson routine where the guys are jocks hitting on cheerleaders who turn out to be more than they can handle. The judges offer no feedback, presumably realizing it’s pointless to do so.

Jeanine Mason & Evan Kasprzak
Choreographer: Sonya Tayeh
Routine: A man is trying to keep his girl, who’s over him and beating him up.
Song: Heartbreaker by MSTRKRFT featuring John Legend
Adam: Really great. Never saw Jeanine coming or Evan in the top 4.
Mary: Good partnership. Jeanine stood out a little bit more. Evan held his own.
Nigel: Jeanine’s got the strength to be able to do this. Evan has to take over now.

Brandon Bryant
Song: Dies Irae by Karl Jenkins
Adam: That is competing. Threw that down on the floor. Very take no prisoners kind of a thing.
Mary: Gave me goose bumps. Athletic, dynamic, defy gravity. Born to dance.
Nigel: Brandon is amazing. Just wiped out the opposition.
Number: 1-888-TEMPO-01

Kayla Rodomski & Brandon Bryant
Style: Broadway
Choreographer: Tyce Diorio
Song: Bye Bye Love from the All That Jazz soundtrack
Adam: That was so good. Always saw you two ending up here. Just like heaven. Nothing Kayla can’t do. Brandon was an animal out there.
Mary: Rock stars. Frontrunners from the beginning. Never disappoint.
Nigel: Superb. Work well together. Filled the stage. The show is beginning now.

Jeanine Mason
Song: Por Una Cabeza by The Tango Project
Adam: Are you kidding? Did you know you were going to be able to do that? Just killed it.
Mary: Growing every time. That was the best thing you have done on the show.
Nigel: You’re in the final two.
Number: 1-888-TEMPO-02

Evan Kasprzak & Brandon Bryant
Style: Pop Jazz
Choreographer: Laurieann Gibson
Routine: Battle for the top spot.
Song: Nasty by Janet Jackson
Adam: Evan got a little dusted on that one. Couldn’t get rid of the natural sweetness. Brandon got dirty and won the battle.
Mary: Brandon did a little bit better job.
Nigel: Mr. nice guy in nasty boys doesn’t sit comfortable. On top of that, Brandon also outdanced Evan.

Kayla Rodomski & Jeanine Mason
Style: Contemporary
Choreographer: Mia Michaels
Song: The Four Sections: IV. Full Orchestra by Steve Reich
Adam: Like watching two thoroughbreds racing. Absolutely beautiful.
Mary: Laid your heart and soul out there. Never gonna forget it.
Nigel: Jeanine has peaked at the right time.

Evan Kasprzak
Song: The Best is Yet to Come by Michael Buble
Adam: Like a variation on the audition piece. Either gonna make people crazy or be like “I’ve seen that.”
Nigel: Haven’t grown as much as I would like. Not as strong as Brandon and Jeanine.
Number: 1-888-TEMPO-03

Evan Kasprzak & Kayla Rodomski
Style: Jive
Choreographers: Tony Meredith & Melanie Lapatin
Song: T.R.O.U.B.L.E. by Travis Tritt
Adam: Not sure that was a finale level routine. Very strong showing for Evan.
Mary: Evan’s still not strong in doing the jive. Everything was kind of safe. Kayla stole the show.
Nigel: Where has Kayla’s personality been all this season? Both did very well together.

Kayla Rodomski
Song: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by Eurythmics
Adam: The solo was fine but didn’t really show anything. However, throughout the season, Kayla has joined the special club of being among the best dancers ever on this show.
Mary: Gifted. Exquisite. Loved the solo.
Nigel: Justly deserves the opportunity to be voted as America’s favorite dancer.
Number: 1-888-TEMPO-04

Jeanine Mason & Brandon Bryant
Style: Paso Doble
Choreographer: Louis van Amstel
Song: Tesujin from The Matrix Revolutions soundtrack
Adam: Filled out every single in between with intensity and movement. Killer.
Mary: Couldn’t be more spot on.
Nigel: Edging the other two out.

Who’s going to win?
Nigel’s the only one to man up. The winner will be Brandon or Jeanine.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of So You Think You Can Dance Season 5 Episode 23, where we will find out who the So You Think You Can Dance Season 5 winner is, which airs Thursday at 9/8c on Fox.

Paula Abdul Quits American Idol

Apparently believing she was worth a bigger payday than she was, Paula Abdul has decided to move on. To what it’s unclear. Paula announced the departure on Twitter.

“With sadness in my heart, I’ve decided not to return to #IDOL. I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent, but most of all..Cont’d…

I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent,but most of all being a part of a show that I helped from day1become an international phenomenon.

What I want to say most, is how much I appreciate the undying support and enormous love that you have showered upon me

It truly has been breathtaking, especially over the past month

I do without any doubt have the BEST fans in the entire world and I love you all”

This comes as no great surprise. Once they hired a fourth judge, it was obvious that one became expendable. While Paula’s banter with Simon was more entertaining than his banter with Kara is likely to be, Paula’s random babbling never really added very much.

The good news: perhaps the incompetent producers can get the show finished on time instead of running over by 8 minutes. At the end of the day, though, this is likely to have about as much impact as Brian Dunkleman’s departure.

America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 13

Now that the audition rounds are over, we found out who the top 40 this year are in America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 12.

Tonight ten of the top 40 acts perform, but first comes the call from Simon Cowell. He’s asking them to reconsider some people. Eight acts have been giving a second chance.

Tonight’s two wild card acts are:
The Diva League
Lake Houston Dance

Also performing are:
Thia Megia
The Platt Brothers
Arcadian Broad
Acrodunk
Grandma Lee
Mosaic
Breaksk8
Drew Thomas Magic
Manuela Horn
Kevin Skinner

Breaksk8 won their dance off to get to Hollywood. Hoff says they need to have a story to win America. They don’t have a story. They have brought some chicks and a Michael Jackson inspired dance, though. Piers still has a problem with them: the skates. Without the skates, though, they’re just another dance group. Sharon, however, thought it was a great way to open the show. Hoff wants to see more of the skating. They can bring back the ladies if they insist.

Thia Megia is up next. She’s a 14 year old singer, singing The Climb by Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana. Sounds better than Miley does live if the American Idol performance of this is any indication. A lot of big notes in this song that can be difficult to pull off outside a studio. Sharon was not disappointed, and she likes that she’s innocent and not dressing like most girls her age. She really got to Hoff, who calls her a shooting star. Piers is allowed one word: brilliant.

The Platt Brothers are the brothers who grew up in the middle of nowhere with no TV, video games, or other forms of fun, so they created their own performing act to entertain themselves. As unique acts go, this certainly is up there. David liked the humor and the physicality. Piers doesn’t know what their act is. It’s all a little bit unfocused. Sharon agrees with Piers. Too much crammed into that small space.

The Diva League returns as a wild card. They are a drag queen dance group, although only one of them is actually a trained dancer. Their act for the night: glampires. Piers buzzes. He doesn’t have to worry. The odds of this group advancing are pretty close to 0. Piers was quite disturbed. A bunch of lip synching drag queens who can’t dance isn’t going to cut it. Sharon loves it. She wants Piers to have a bit of imagination and pretend that was fun.

Manuela Horn is a yodeling dominatrix. No matter how you slice it, it’s all just weird. This week, she’s dressed up as Lucille Ball, singing Don’t Cha by the Pussycat Dolls with a bunch of horndog guys after her. As she begins to strip, Hoff buzzes her. Then Sharon buzzes her. When the yodel starts, Piers buzzes. He wants the dominatrix back, and he insists they put through a great act. Really?

Grandma Lee has decided what she wants to do when she grows up. She will tell jokes. She’s still chasing after Piers, and her plan is to keep it semi-clean. She starts off with a joke about a blind date (actually, it was cataracts) and ends up pulling out underpants that David and Piers left behind with her. David wants to know: who did she have first, Piers or him? He says she deserves to be in Vegas. Piers enjoyed her confidence, stage presence, and art of comic timing. Sharon makes the mistake of asking who was better. Now she’s dragged into this threesome, too.

Mosaic moved to Vegas to try to make it big, but it’s been tough. America’s Got Talent is their chance for a break. They are an a capella group and sing Superstitious by Stevie Wonder. Hoff thought they got better and better. They need the energy they had at the end all the way through. Piers calls it nearly very good. Like David, Sharon thought it got better as it went on.

Acrodunk was in this show in the first season, and now they’re back trying again. Sharon has seen proof that this can be taken into Vegas and be a show. Hoff thought they were awesome. Piers calls it one of the most extraordinary acts he’s seen on this show.

Arcadian Broad is a 13 year old dancer. He adds a new element to his act: piano playing. Huh? While he’s a talented piano player, this isn’t why people want to watch him. When he’s done with the piano, he dances to Footloose. Hoff says he will go a long way and might even win. Those people who teased him are watching him now. Piers doesn’t want to see him playing the piano ever again. Don’t play the piano. Dance. Sharon loves him so much, and she liked to see the other talent, although the piano playing was a tad too long.

Drew Thomas is a magician, who got his start at age 6. Sharon wants to see something she’s never seen before again. He promises that she will get her wish, with a trick nobody’s ever done before, including himself. He locks up his Charlie’s Angels, then he gets locked up in another box and is suspended in the air. The box in the air is empty, the men who were sealing the boxes are inside one of them, the women are wearing the men’s clothing and on the stage, and Drew appears in the audience to scare the judges from behind. Didn’t see that coming. Piers says wow. But he wants him to start looking like a proper Vegas performer. Sharon has again never seen that before, but she does want him to step up the wardrobe. Hoff wants him to stick around.

Unemployed chicken catcher Kevin Skinner quickly became a Youtube sensation. He’s cleaned up nicely since then. Tonight he sings and plays guitar to Garth Brooks’ Make You Feel My Love. Sharon calls him an honest, special man. Hoff’s a little choked up because he believes every word he sings. Piers gives him credit for the best performance of the night thus far.

The final act of the night is the second wild card act, Lake Houston Dance, a group that was cut in the mean-spirited minute after Vegas landing elimination. How were they not good enough to consider for any longer, yet good enough to bring back? Their act this time is to dress up in pajamas (much better idea than the wigs), and they dance to Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, which was apparently covered by Miley Cyrus. The problem with an act with so many people is that there’s really nobody who stands out. Hasselhoff is so glad they’ve come back and gotten rid of their afros. Piers didn’t think it was as good as the audition. There were too many props. It was a bit of a mess. Sharon loved the song choice, but there’s just too many people to be able to focus on anyone.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 14, which airs Wednesday at 9/8c on NBC.

Big Brother 11 Episode 12

After Russell’s endurance HOH competition win in Big Brother 11 Episode 11, he nominated the two people he heard talking badly about him, Ronnie and Lydia.

Russell’s target here is Ronnie. He wants to see whether people will actually support him. I wouldn’t bet on it, but he should already have almost enough votes lined up.

Ronnie immediately goes to talk to Russell. It’s an emotional conversation complete with more lies. Russell doesn’t believe the fake crying.

Chima thinks Lydia should go home, but she will do what Russell wants. He wants Ronnie gone.

Jessie and Natalie are still pushing for Ronnie to stay. As for Chima, she still wants Lydia to go, no matter whether she agreed to do as he wants or not. As Russell sees it, Jessie and Natalie are scared, and they’re at the bottom of the pecking order. Well, that was fast. Thanks for the update. So who’s at the top of this pecking order?

Natalie goes to Michele to see if she can get the vote. She doesn’t trust Ronnie. As the split vote, it’s time for her to make a decision. No more under the radar.

Russell selects Michele to play for veto.
Ronnie picks Jessie.
Lydia picks Kevin.

They get dressed up in togas and review various random objects, such as a big guy that has Jessie afraid he may not be the biggest guy in the house and a bunch of rats. The players will answer questions based on these objects, and then they may choose to stay or fold. If they are closest, they will earn a point. If they are furthest, they will be eliminated. Typically in this competition, people just don’t try for a while and watch others eliminate themselves.

How many jewels are on the emperor’s chariot?
Michele, Lydia, Russell, Ronnie, and Kevin fold. Jessie stays and wins the point. Kevin was 1 away from the right answer of 514.

How many arrows are in the shield?
Michele, Lydia, and Ronnie fold. The total is 213 arrows. With a guess of 215, Russell gains a point. With 490 arrows, Kevin has been eliminated.

How many grapes are on the platter?
Michele and Ronnie fold. There are 907 grapes. Russell is closest with a sad guess of 320. With her guess of 241, Lydia has been eliminated.

How many marks are on the gladiator’s belt?
Ronnie, Russell, and Jessie fold, despite Russell being at 2 points. Michele does not fold, so she gets a point with her answer of 280 marks, compared with the actual answer of 177. Had Jessie not folded, he would have scored with 101.

How many rats are in the Roman underworld?
Russell, Ronnie, and Jessie all fold again. Michele gets a point by guessing 51 points. The actual answer is 149 rats, which Ronnie would have been closest to with 125 rats if he had stayed in. As amusing as Russell thinks he is, that number does not include Ronnie.

How many feathers are in the helmet?
Russell and Ronnie fold again. Jessie, however, finally stays. Nonetheless, Michele is the closest to the actual answer of 92 feathers with her answer of 68.

Michele wins the power of veto. The best thing about this competition being over? These stupid names ending in -us to symbolize the Roman theme can now no longer be used ever again.

Ronnie’s not above begging. What can he do to get Michele to use the veto on him? She’s not really giving him the time of day. Maybe later.

Instead, Michele would rather talk to Russell in his HOH room. Russell complains about how he’s like her. He doesn’t have anyone who’s a teammate, unlike Jeff and Jordan, Kevin and Lydia, and Natalie and Jessie. So if he’s worried about the teams, why is he targeting Ronnie? Natalie would like to interrupt them, but Jessie figures they’re going to talk regardless, so they may as well let them talk. Russell says that Jessie is threatened by him because he’s smarter than Jessie is. Like that joke doesn’t write itself.

Natalie tells Ronnie that Michele won’t be voting for him. So if she’s not going to vote for him, what prayer does he have of being saved by veto? Sweet talk over, Ronnie tries a threat. He’s with Chima, Jessie, and Natalie, so she will be evicted if she helps get rid of him.

Chima’s teasing Russell about hanging out with Michele. Because of this, Russell says that Chima is jealous. Wait, you got that from that? Now that that’s done, he would like to put Chima on the block. Dude, you really can’t be this emotional here. Emotional players shoot themselves in the foot, sometimes both feet and maybe their hands.

Not having learned from earlier, Ronnie continues to say stuff about Russell behind his back. Russell overhears again, and this time he walks in the room, then walks right back out.

Michele decides not to use the power of veto. Nobody is surprised. Michele says she’s standing on one side with her new team. She’ll need to actually vote with them to be able to join their team as a sixth and final member, but regardless things don’t look so good for Ronnie.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 11 Episode 13, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.

Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 4

Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 3 turned out to be entirely pointless, or at least 59 minutes worth of pointlessness. In the “dramatic” conclusion of the previous week’s to be continued episode, Chef Ramsay (with two security guards standing between himself and Joseph) stood up for himself and threw Joseph off the show, sparing multiple other disastrous contestants for one more week.

Lovely realizes she just dodged a bullet. Tennille is ready to slap Suzanne in the mouth. Van, likewise, is sick of Andy.

For the next challenge, they will be paired up:

Tennille & Suzanne
Van & Andy
Robert & Jim
Ariel & Sabrina
Kevin & Dave
Tek & Lovely
Amanda is sitting out

The challenge is to make sausage. The perfect sausage is 6 inches. Once they’ve got length and girth in mind, they will begin their challenge. The first team to complete 6 chains of 6 sausages up to Ramsay’s standards will win. Suzanne and Tennille score a point for the women. Kevin and Dave score a point for the men. Ariel and Sabrina bring the women to 2. Tek and Lovely make it 3-1. These girls sure know their way around sausages. Van is screeching at Andy, but it’s enough to get one done. Ariel and Sabrina score their second point. Kevin and Dave score their second point to make it 4-3. Van and Andy have tied it at 4. Tennille and Suzanne score another point to lead 5-4. Ariel and Sabrina bring up their third links, but they get rejected due to small size. Lovely and Tek make another attempt, and they win the challenge for the women. The only team not to score any points is Robert and Jim.

The men will be cleaning the dorms. For their reward, the women get a German style party.

Kevin’s muttering about how the chefs can’t even make a sausage. With that, Robert explodes. Then he’s calm for a while. Then there’s a bunch of bleeping and a broken broom.

Until Dave hears something bad from the doctor, he’s going to keep going as usual. So here comes the bad. He has a fracture. The standard is to put him in a long arm cast without the ability to move his thumb for two weeks. He has decided to go ahead and get the cast, but he will be sticking around anyway.

Ariel will be the greeter for the women; Jim will be the greeter for the men. They will serve as greeters, in addition to their appetizer prep.

Hell’s Kitchen is located in the middle of Hollywood, and you never know who may show up, like Drew Lachey, ex-brother in law to Jessica Simpson.

Jim’s slow greeting is not helping his team’s opinion of him any, as it puts his team behind on their appetizers.

Tennille’s risotto is very nice, whether Suzanne likes it or not. Tek’s spaghetti, however, is rejected because it is too salty. Tennille bails her out.

Robert’s salad is good. He’s impressed the chef, as well as himself.

Lovely’s dish is rejected due to bland seasoning. Suzanne continues to lecture. Sabrina, however, pitches in to actually get things done.

Kevin’s fish is cooked perfectly. As for Andy’s meat, it’s not even hot. Then he tries again. Robert’s focusing his energy and exceptionally loud voice that the whole restaurant can hear to getting Andy busted.

What’s going on here? Lovely’s drawing a blank. She don’t know.

For his third attempt at the lamb, Andy finally got it right. Notice the lack of Robert’s screaming associated with that?

Suzanne, likewise, is having difficulty with her lamb because it’s bite-sized.

As blue kitchen is struggling with poor communication and two men down, Dave returns with his new cast and gets right to work.

They’re down to three tickets each. It’s anybody’s game. The boys just hope that Andy’s raw chicken doesn’t cost them. His next attempt is sufficient, and it’s neck and neck. Down to who can get the sides done first. Not Lovely. The men finish dinner service first. Not content with merely having lost, Suzanne would like the chef to give her a play by play. His play by play for her: they got beat by a team down by 3 arms, so she should probably shut her yap.

Sabrina was the hidden jewel and will make the nominations. She is worried that Tek’s getting weaker, which may well be enough to save Lovely. Again. Tek is the first nominee due to her performance. The second nominee is Lovely, also due to her performance on the evening.

Who would the girl with the big mouth, Suzanne, send home? Lovely. Ramsay completely agrees. The ride for her never was very lovely, and she will be leaving Hell’s Kitchen. If people were named for their cooking, it would be Useless, rather than Lovely. Suzanne’s interpretation of this: he listened to her. No, he had his mind already made up. He just asked for an opinion to create fake drama.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 5, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on Fox.

Big Brother 11 Episode 11

Following Casey’s eviction, we were left at the start of an endurance competition for HOH in Big Brother 11 Episode 10.

Jeff is happy to see the cliques gone because it means he can target the people in his clique (or that they can target him, which they would have done if they had the chance). Natalie is not happy. She liked having the added security. Chima is happy to get rid of those dorks.

So who’s the rat who voted out Jordan? Russell will be keeping that vote to himself. If it were intentional to stir up the house into a frenzy, I’d support it, but doing it to keep your word to a guy who’s not a factor doesn’t make much sense. Jessie realizes that Russell is hopefully still on his side, but that he’s a loose cannon who’s hot headed.

Kevin is the first to fall at 21 minutes. Lydia falls at 25 minutes. Kevin’s graduation gift is $5,000, which he hopes nobody targets him over. Lydia’s gift is a 42″ flat screen TV, an improvement over the 12″ TV she stole from her ex. Jessie’s not happy that they dropped so quickly and didn’t try. Natalie’s losing her lunch, but she’s not the next one out. Ronnie is at 46 minutes. Natalie is not far behind at 49 minutes. Ronnie gets nothing. Natalie gets also nothing. Jordan falls at 1 hour 37 minutes, unable to feel her legs. She gets the last prize, which also comes with a consequence. She’s a have for a week, and at the end of the competition, she must choose three houseguests to be have notes for the week. Fairest solution that also works strategically: the first three to fall. After being battered for a while, Chima falls at 2 hours 22 minutes. Jessie’s worried. He’s got Russell up there, but he doesn’t trust him. At 2.5 hours with Michele, Jeff, and Russell still left, Jessie tells Russell to make a deal with Jeff: if he drops, Ronnie will go up. Jeff’s willing to talk, if Michele falls. Jessie just wants Russell to know that he’s on his side. Michele falls at 2 hours and 41 minutes, but not before her pants fall off first.

Down to 2 and over 3 hours now. Jordan wants them to make a deal. Back to Ronnie. 46 hours ago, Russell overhead Ronnie talking badly about him to Lydia and Kevin (or rather, she talked badly and he agreed). Everybody else goes inside so they can talk. Russell swears on his dad that, not only is Jeff safe, but his partner Jordan is safe, too, a dangerous proposition. Normally, those words are the kiss of death, but Jeff accepts the deal. At 3 hours and 38 minutes, Jeff drops. Russell wins HOH.

With Russell as HOH, it’s time for the whole house to start feeling vulnerable.

Now that the competition is over, Jordan has to make a decision on who to be a have not. She draws from a hat: Natalie (who has a slop pass), Kevin, and Jessie. Although it was completely random, Jessie throws a fit.

Jessie realizes that Russell doesn’t control everybody’s votes, so Ronnie won’t necessarily go home if he’s put up. Anyway, Jessie and Natalie have decided they’re upset with Kevin and Lydia because they dropped first and got prizes.

Ronnie is begging America for the power. He promises to use it for good (aka Jessie and Natalie). Good luck with that pitch, dude.

Russell would like to form an alliance with Jeff, in hopes of giving them a big advantage in physical competitions.

This week, the have nots get squash and squid. This gets dumber every week.

Lydia plans to do whatever it takes to avoid getting nominated. The sweet talking isn’t working, but trying to sell out Jessie and Natalie may give him food for thought.

Chima, Jessie, and Natalie are next. Now that he tells them what he just heard, they’re all after Lydia worse than they were before.

Ronnie realizes he’s in jeopardy. He hopes he’s not part of the deal. He’d like to see Lydia and Kevin, the floaters, get nominated. Russell tells him he’s safe.

Nominations
Jeff is safe.
Jessie is safe.
Jordan is safe.
Chima is safe.
Michele is safe.
Natalie is safe.
Kevin is safe.

Lydia and Ronnie have been nominated for eviction. Not pulling any punches, he nominated Ronnie for what he overheard and for being a snake. He has nothing to say about why he nominated Lydia.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 11 Episode 12, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on CBS.

BB11 Spoilers

Survivor: Marquesas Episode 1

After realizing that their previous destination, while exotic, was a dustbowl, it’s time to go back to the beach. 16 new castaways are heading to the Marquesas Islands, located in French Polynesia in the south Pacific Ocean.

The Survivor: Marquesas cast consists of:

Gabriel Cade
Gina Crews
Hunter Ellis
John Carroll
Kathy Vavrick-O’Brien
Neleh Dennis
Paschal English
Patricia Jackson
Peter Harkey
Rob Mariano
Robert DeCanio
Sarah Jones
Sean Rector
Tammy Leitner
Vecepia Towery
Zoe Zanidakis

Kathy and Boston Rob notwithstanding, it’s a pretty lackluster lineup. Although there are some interesting people here, they will struggle to strategize their way out of a paper bag.

We see somebody already sick on the ship ride over. A bad sign. The survivors will be given only the barest of essentials: no food, two machetes, two cooking pots, two empty water containers, one frying pan, one filet knife, and one magnifying glass (which should be sufficient to allow them to get fire).

Maraamu Tribe (Yellow): Gina, Sean, Sarah, Rob, Vecepia, Peter, Patricia, Hunter
Rotu Tribe (Blue): Kathy, Gabriel, Tammy, Paschal, John, Neleh, Zoe, Robert

As the rest of Maraamu paddles their way to shore, Sarah is merely saying stroke, stroke, kick, kick. Her arrival is almost like Cleopatra, as the servants take her to her home.

When he arrives, Sean immediately collapses on the beach. Not because he’s exhausted but because he wants to give thanks to God for getting him there. It’s a miracle. He gets Peter to baptize him in the water, or so it appears to Boston Rob.

Rotu lands late, and the sun is not cooperating. Trying to start a fire will be futile. So, at Kathy’s suggestion, they try to make it the old fashioned way, always a great big waste of time. Nobody appreciates her taking control.

Over on the other side, Hunter also takes control. A few people on the tribe are okay with this, but Sean’s there to represent Harlem, which apparently means he won’t listen to anyone else.

Unlike Rotu, Maraamu is successful at lighting fire the first night, thanks to the magnifying glass.

If she wins, Sarah wants a monkey.

Vecepia is concerned about Sarah using her body to attract the right person and take her a long way in this game. Gina, likewise, is concerned. First target: Boston Rob.

Kathy didn’t want to come into this being the blonde bitchy person. Well, that’s how things are starting off.

Unlike the mud they were drinking last season, these survivors (at least Rotu anyway) get themselves a waterfall, useful to play in and to get fresh water from.

They’re also starting to find out why they were not given any rations. One tribe has already found grapefruit, while the other tribe finds tarot root. Not satisfied with these foods, however, Boston Rob wants to try to capture a chicken or a pig. Too bad roosters can fly.

Hunter gives Rob a lecture. Trying to get food is a luxury that he should not be focusing on. Rob falls in line without arguing.

Kathy insists on getting fire right away. This leads to an argument. John says he’s too tired to make fire. In order to make up for this outburst, John agrees it’s time to start a fire. Now both tribes have fire.

Sean convinces Peter that he should just chill out for a while, something Sean is apparently good at doing. Somehow, this leads to a discussion with the tribe about how Peter wants to master every hole in his body. He’s creeping people out.

When they arrive at the challenge, Probst says it’s good they’ve got fire because they’re getting no fire help from them at all at any time of any kind, except for those magnifying glasses they had from day one, although those won’t be of any use in the rain, so they’d better get themselves a backup plan.

Each tribe gets an outrigger canoe with two torches. They’ll go out to the center wok and turn around and start lighting their woks. When they return to the beach, they will sprint on rocky terrain and light three more torches, then return their canoes to their stands. The canoes weigh about 300 pounds dry. Rotu is the first to get fire. Rotu still leads when they return to the beach, and they’ve got a pretty large gap over Maraamu. It’s never in question, but Rotu wins immunity.

Patricia feels vulnerable because she realizes she’s older and overweight.

Peter, however, is rubbing people the wrong way. Apparently, Gina considers it offensive for him to discuss voting strategy. Sarah is also against him beause he’s weird and could be up to something.

Sean’s thinking of voting against Sarah because she only offers two floating devices to help them out and nothing more.

Votes
Peter
Sarah
Patricia
Sarah
Peter
Peter
Peter

With 5 votes, Peter has been voted off the island. Already, however, the tribe is pretty well divided. The Patricia vote came from Peter, while Sarah received votes from Sean and Vecepia.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Survivor: Marquesas Episode 2 Nacho Mama.