Month: August 2009

Big Brother 11 Episode 19

Chima, whose excessive loudness and wacky behavior proved to be ratings gold, was expelled from the house in Big Brother 11 Episode 18 after she became disgusted with the game being rigged and reacted accordingly. Following the early eviction of Chima, a new HOH competition was held, and Jordan became the new HOH, a power which you’ll notice nobody will take from her. I’m just saying. Her nominees are Natalie and Lydia.

Natalie realizes she’s all alone in the house, apparently meaning that she’s given up on any alliance she may or may not have had with Kevin and Lydia.

Russell tells Michele that they’re both lone wolves, so he wants to stick with her because she’s been just as big a villain. He thinks Jordan’s dumb for not having taken out one of them.

Kevin reveals to the girls something they don’t want to know about Jessie. He was playing both of them. Natalie was plan A; Lydia was plan B. They’re glad he’s gone, or so they’re pretending. That is something they have in common, though, so maybe they can work together. If they can convince the others that Russell and Michele have a final two deal, maybe somebody will vote one of them out instead. Kevin tells the story to Jeff about how Russell and Michele want to split up a couple. They’d be dumb not to. Any pair is dangerous, and Jeff and Jordan would be the only pair left if Lydia were evicted. Kevin’s amazed that Jeff is buying his story. Neither Jeff nor Jordan believe Kevin would lie.

Since they couldn’t do the double eviction tonight, the veto competition will be held live instead. The only person who will not be playing is Russell. The competition is before or after, typically used as a lame HOH competition, but tonight it serves as a lame power of veto competition instead. Everybody gets the first question right. Jeff, Lydia, and Natalie are all eliminated on the second question. Everybody gets the third question right. Kevin is eliminated on the next question. Both Jordan and Michele get the next question right and the one after that and the one after that and the one after that. Am I alone here, or does it look like Jordan’s reading something during this competition? Time for a tie breaker. How many truffles were in the giant mud pit? Michele answers 50; Jordan answers 60. The correct answer is 104. Jordan wins POV and will have a few minutes to make a decision that she’s probably already made.

Jordan has decided not to use the power of veto, securing her original nominations.

Votes
Russell: Lydia
Michele: Lydia
Jeff: Lydia
Kevin: Natalie

By a vote of 3-1, Lydia has been evicted from the Big Brother house. Upon her eviction, Lydia only says goodbye to Kevin. So much for her newfound friendship with Natalie. Nonetheless, she leaves with a positive attitude. She got a best friend and an experience of a lifetime, so that will work. Lydia will now be alone with Jessie in the jury house. She promises she will get even. Yeah, that will last long.

Now it’s time for a battle for the new HOH. Ultimately, this is about Jeff fighting for his life because anybody who wins and doesn’t nominate him and Jordan is an idiot since everybody else has lost the second half of their pair. The HOH competition is to recycle 24 cans into their tubes. They’ll have to drop their cans from up high and hope they go in. The HOH competition will continue for one hour or until someone wins. Kevin and Michele are in the lead with 4 points. They know better than it being that easy, though. Big Brother has added platforms to block their shots unless they have good timing to go with their aim. If you want to know who wins HOH before Sunday’s show, check out the BB11 spoilers page.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 11 Episode 20, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

Survivor: Marquesas Episode 10

The tide turned on the Rotu 4, and John was voted off the island in Survivor: Marquesas Episode 8.

It’s a new day. A brand new day. That brand new day includes the beginning of the end for the three who remain in the minority. Tammy blames John. She was dumb enough to go along with it, and she’s still dumb enough to remain loyal to them. When she aproaches Zoe, the response she gets is that it was a pretty loose friendship, and there was no alliance. Worse yet, Zoe says that, from the beginning, she didn’t really like Tammy. Well, they’re over.

The reward challenge is divided into four teams of two: Sean and Paschal, Tammy and Vecepia, Kathy and Robert, and Neleh and Zoe. Their goal is to fill their three foot tall bamboo chute to the top with coconut juice. They can either stick around on shore or head into the water to gather coconuts. Reward is a helicopter ride to an authentic Marquesan feast. Most people head for the bundles in the water, while Neleh and Vecepia opt for the individual ones on shore. Sean and Paschal strike first. The General is on vacation apparently. Zoe and Neleh get on the board. The others follow. It’s largely a matter of luck. The amount of milk in each coconut is critical. Sean and Paschal win reward. This presents a chance for them to bond, a surprise to Pappy, who two days ago counted Sean down and out. While they’re eating more than they can likely keep down, they stuff their pants full of food for the others. Kathy, Neleh, and Vecepia run right up to them upon their return, as the divide in the tribe becomes more and more evident.

Tammy hopes to bring Paschal and Neleh back into the fold with herself and Robert. What would they have to gain by trusting these guys who tried to stab them in the backs? They play dumb about John’s alliance plans, but their pleas fall on deaf ears. General just gets up and walks away, an attitude that may well cause him to get voted off next.

Unlike the grumpy general, Zoe’s maing an effort to fit in with the majority. They probably won’t end up trusting her, but she’s playing wisely enough that she should theoretically at least be able to outlast the rest of her alliance.

The survivors get stilts to practice for the immunity challenge. Tammy enjoys this because everybody else sucks. She heads down to the beach to practice in private, knowing she’s probably gone if she doesn’t win. The challenge is Marquesan stilt fighting. Two people enter a ring, and the first one to fall loses. Vecepia beats Robert. Paschal beats Kathy with limited effort. Tammy and Neleh both do pretty well, but Tammy beats Neleh. Zoe beats Sean within about a second. Vecepia beats Paschal to make it to the finals. Tammy beats Zoe. In the final round, Tammy beats Vecepia to win immunity, then gets extremely vocal about it.

With Tammy’s win, it’s between Robert and Zoe. There’s no apparent chance of anything else.

Votes
Zoe
Robert
Zoe
Zoe
Zoe
Zoe

Despite Robert’s unwinning personality, Zoe has been voted out because she’s considered a bigger challenge threat. Her former allies voted against her as well, as the alliance imploded.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Survivor: Marquesas Episode 11 The Princess.

America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 18

12 more acts performed in America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 17, and tonight 5 of them will move on.

Bri and Jeffrey Ou step forward. Despite his technical problems, Jeffrey advances. I wouldn’t be surprised if some people voted for him because he got screwed over.

Jay Mattioli, Dave Johnson, and Lawrence Beaman are next. This should be the most obvious result of the night. Lawrence Beaman goes to the semifinals.

Mario & Jenny and Marcus Terrell and The Serenades go next. Mario & Jenny move to the next round. I don’t know whether it cost him or not, but Marcus was invited back as a solo act and failed to follow those simple instructions.

U4RIA, G-Force, and Hairo Torres are next. I’ve gotta give credit to U4RIA, but Hairo not only did well but has the established fan base. He proceeds to the semifinals.

Pixie Mystere and FootworKINGz placed fifth and sixth. The judges will vote. Sharon votes for the FootworKINGz. Piers agrees.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 19, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on NBC.

America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 17

The Fab Five, Voices of Glory, The Texas Tenors, Paradizo Dance, and Tony Hoard and Rockin Rory joined the semifinals in America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 16. Tonight 12 more acts will perform.

The acts who will perform are:

FootworKINGz
G-Force
Lawrence Beaman
Hairo Torres
Mario & Jenny
Bri
Dave Johnson
Pixie Mystere
Jeffrey Ou
Marcus Terrell & The Serenades

Additionally, the two wild cards are:
Jay Mattioli
U4RIA

The FootworKINGz are up first, the fastest dancers Hoff’s ever seen. Not particularly inventive, but they’re fast. Piers can’t decide whether they’re one of the best dance acts, or if they’re the best dance act. So much better than he remembers. Sharon loved the whole thing. Hoff the charts.

Marcus Terrell got through after deciding to drop his Serenades. Rather than just performing by himself, he insisted on getting a new group of girls, including one who just joined his group two days before they started rehearsing. Sharon thinks Marcus is fabulous, and she likes one of his background singers. Piers thought it was brilliant to watch.

Piers wanted to see more dancing out of Pixie Mystere. Considering their presumably single digit ages, they’re showing themselves to be quite talented gymnasts, perhaps not so much dancers. Hoff is impressed. Piers had fun watching them and is happy they took his advice. Sharon enjoyed watching all of them, not just one or two like many dance groups.

Jay Mattioli is a magician and the first wild card act of the evening. His first trick is to make two girls appear out of thin air. That’s a potentially useful trick. Then he does a scarf trick and changes into an American flag. Piers buzzes. He gets the dog to appear just in time to end the act and prevent Hoff from joining the other two in buzzing. Piers has seen all that stuff millions of times. Despite how much she loves dogs, Sharon felt this was just typical old time magic. David doesn’t know if it’s big enough to make it.

Bri (just Bri) is a high school singer. She sings and plays piano to Poker Face by Lady Gaga. I’m left thinking: enunciate. Sharon thought it was fabulous. Hoff was afraid of the dancers but thought it was a great job. Piers is excited, a rarity for him at his age.

U4RIA was eliminated after their dance off. They are the second wild card group of the night. Their dance takes place in a psych ward. They certainly get points for originality. Hoff loved it. Piers is afraid, in a very good way. He’s pleased to see them again. Unlike the other wild cards, they’ve taken the act forward. Sharon doesn’t know whether they’re good enough, even if they’re fun.

Dave Johnson is the guy who sang the David Hasselhoff song. Seriously, why is he still around? Even he’s shocked by it. He sings a song about the Golden Girls. Piers buzzes. Sharon buzzes. Hoff finally buzzes. He shouldn’t have come back. Piers didn’t get it. It just wasn’t funny. Sharon found it funny(ish).

Hairo Torres is a dancer who’s just made stuff up in his house, with the goal of doing things that other people just can’t. His role tonight is that of a nerd who learns to get down. Sharon’s not convinced he can get through. Hoff thought it was weird… but great. Piers wants him to really think about the choreography and how he can expand the act.

G-Force are three sisters under the age of 13. Their goal is to be the girl version of the Jonas Brothers. They’re singing, uh, well, it’s a song. The rocking is drowning out the words. Piers buzzes. Good drummer ( age 8 ) but not much else. Hoff thought they were a little off on the vocals but still have a major career ahead of them. Piers liked the instrument playing, but something needs to be done about the singing.

Jeffrey Ou has been playing piano since age 6. Probably not an act or personality that can win over America past another round or so, but there’s no denying his talent. The girls dancing on stage with him after the mellow playing were certainly an unexpected twist, but that upbeat part also completely drowned out his playing. Hoff tells him he doesn’t need the dancing girls. According to Nick, one of the ladies kicked the cable, which resulted in nobody being able to hear the piano. Minus that, it’s going to be very difficult for him to get voted through.

Mario & Jenny embrace danger. They’re just hoping not to burn the building down when they light everything on fire and he begins juggling flaming guitars. Then he tosses a big flaming box around. Sharon believes they belong in Vegas. Hoff tells them to keep going because they could win. Piers felt that was as near to a pure Vegas act as has been on the show tonight.

Singer Lawrence Beaman is the final act of the night. He sings You Are So Beautiful by Joe Cocker. Sharon calls his voice smooth like velvet. Hoff feels real sorry for everybody else in the competition. Piers considers that the top act of the night. This is the new Barry White.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 18, which airs Wednesday at 9/8c on NBC.

Big Brother 11 Episode 18

Having won HOH, Michele nominated Chima in Big Brother 11 Episode 17 because she’s hoping to weed out people who are smarter than her (which would explain why she also got rid of her other teammate Ronnie). Up against Chima is Natalie as a pawn.

Anybody who’s been keeping up with the spoilers knows we’re in for a hell of an episode tonight. With that in mind, I have just one thing to preface this episode with…

Memo to the producers: if you’re going to rig the show (as usual), you pretty much deserve for a raving lunatic to flip out on you. Let the hamsters be. If the outcome is going to be manipulated by public vote or banner planes, why not just change the rules back to how they were in Big Brother 1 (a season nobody remembers)?

Following the nomination ceremony, Chima is talking about quitting. Big Brother won’t take kindly to that. They’ve talked people out of quitting before. This isn’t Survivor. Quitting is considered breach of contract and can potentially be dealt with accordingly.

When she walks out into the backyard, Chima’s told to put on her microphone. She flips off Big Brother. Kevin goes out and gets her microphone for her. Natalie hands it to her. So Chima throws it in the hot tub. Chima, that’s coming out of your stipend. That’s CBS property.

Not having learned from earlier, Kevin goes to get Chima a new microphone. She reluctantly agrees. For about two seconds.

Chima doesn’t want to respond. Perhaps she’ll respond to Allison Grodner, the head of rigging the show. When she arrives in the diary room, she’s told that she doesn’t need to sit down. Just walk out the door.

When we return, the houseguests are called to the living room. They are informed that Chima has been expelled from the game because she is not following the rules of the game. The reason? Destroyed microphone. For a frame of reference, there have been two other expulsions in Big Brother history: Justin from season two (held a knife to Krista’s throat) and Scott from season 4 (throwing chairs around). In each case, they were considered dangerous to the safety of others. So was Chima really expelled, or did she quit? I guess it depends whose story you believe.

Like Chima before her, Michele’s HOH power has been removed, but she got exactly what she wanted.

There will be a new HOH competition. The competition is a mini golf tournament. Aside from the hole in one, the other scores are completely random. The person eliminated in each round will win a prize, one of which is the HOH key. The golfer who wins the final round gets to choose from all the prizes. In the first round, Lydia scores a 6. Jordan gets a 3. Natalie scores a 2. Russell gets a hole in 1, and so do Jeff and Kevin. With the highest score, Lydia has been eliminated. She gets the HOH key as her prize.

In round 2, Jordan gets a 2. Natalie gets a 7. Russell gets another hole in 1, as do Jeff and Kevin. With the highest score, Natalie has been eliminated. Her prize is a Hawaiian vacation.

In round 3, Jeff and Kevin get holes in 1 again. Jordan gets a 5. Russell hits the hole, bounces out, and scores 7. He has been eliminated. His prize is a phone call from home. He trades it for the Hawaiian vacation. Both he and Natalie are happy with this trade. He didn’t do it for her. He wants to give the trip to his parents. Go ahead. Keep crying.

In round 4, Jeff gets another hole in 1. Like the last round, Kevin bounces out, this time hitting 5. Jordan gets a 4. Kevin has been eliminated. Jordan tells him he’s safe. His prize is $5,000.

The final round is between Jordan and Jeff. It really doesn’t matter which one wins. Lydia tells Jordan she’ll get her vote in the final two, not Jeff. Jordan scores a 4. Jeff agrees to throw the competition for her. He hits it to the side. Jordan wins HOH. Jeff’s prize is a spa experience, which he trades for the vacation. Jordan has won a Captain Unitard suit, which she trades for the HOH key.

Now that that’s over with, Lydia starts to act more and more like Chima. It would be funny if half the cast quit. Her plan is to yell all week and get them to evict her. It’s a really good thing that Big Brother just gave her all that alcohol. Ranting over, it’s time to go in the diary room and cry.

Jordan is looking to protect Jeff and Michele, an interesting second choice to protect.

Nominations
Michele is safe.
Jeff is safe.
Kevin is safe.
Russell is safe.

Lydia and Natalie have been nominated for eviction. The plan is to eliminate Natalie and weaken the other team (there’s another team still?). This is Natalie’s third nomination in 5 days, surely a record.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 11 Episode 19, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.

Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 6

Because she fell apart during the service, Tek was sent home in Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 5.

Amanda narrowly escaped being eliminated. Ramsay warns her to bounce back quickly.

Tennille wants her team to get over the past.

The teams will create three dishes with a maximum meal of 700 calories. Robert takes 700 calorie bites. It shows. Kevin and Robert are on appetizers, Jim and Van are on entrees, and Dave and Andy are on desserts for the men. The women follow Sabrina’s lead. The men already top 1000 calories, not counting dessert, half of which is noodles from what Van considers his money entree. While the men count calories, the women start cooking. Sabrina has to hold Amanda’s hand to make the dessert. With 12 minutes left and being far behind, the men have no choice but to start cooking. The men end up at 597 calories; the women end up at 694 calories. Now it comes down to taste.

Appetizers
Women: Scallop with tangy mango chutney
Men: Grilled Key West seafood salad
Even. 1 point each.

Entrees
Women: Cottage cheese and mushroom-stuffed pork chop.
Men: Pork cutlet with noodles. Looks like a child’s portion. Very dry.
Women get a point.

Desserts
Women: Fruit bowl. Zesty, vibrant, professional.
Men: Egg white crepe filled with apple fruit compote. What is that? Tastes foul.
Women get a point and win the challenge.

The men will have to go to the market and buy the ingredients quickly to return to do double prep and open that night. Oh, and they’re going to be riding on a bike built for six to do their shopping. For their reward, the women will go to Venice Beach for a volleyball lesson.

Following the bike ride, Robert needs to see a medic. That was a pretty stupid task. They will be rushing him to the emergency room. Again. He will not be returning for service tonight.

Andy messes up the order. That British guy needs to slow down a little for him.

Ariel has not cooked her scallops correctly. Back to the drawing board. Jim, likewise, will need to start over due to his excess pepper. Ariel has bounced back to deliver acceptable scallops.

Tennille has cooked far too much spinach. She will bite her tongue as Ramsay screams at her for little good reason.

Jim’s bland risotto does not impress Ramsay. It tastes like baby food. His message: baby food tastes good.

Back to Tennille, who has messed up the potatoes. This time, she has delivered too little, in an effort to not deliver too much. It’s good she’s upset because she’s crap. Her response to this: no, you’re crap. That leads to a demand to get out. Then there’s a shouting match. She’s even louder than he is. If she agrees to keep her mouth shut, he will let her back into the kitchen.

Jim still can’t figure out risotto. Scott has to take over for him, allowing them to finally get out appetizers at the 1 hour and 15 minute mark.

Over in the women’s kitchen, where’s the chicken? Sabrina says she put it up first. So did it mysteriously disappear? Did it fly away? Is it in the trash? Either way, she’ll have to cook a chicken.

Dave gets confused. Which dishes go with which garnishes?

Back to the red kitchen, where’s the chicken? Sabrina’s struggling to cut it.

Andy can’t cook the fish, and that’s okay because he can’t count how many he needs anyway. Like him, though, Sabrina delivers raw pork. Going from one extreme to another, Andy has delivered a hockey puck. He tries again. Then he fails again. Lucky for him Sabrina’s screwing up, too. She can’t get her pork right either.

Time to shut it down. Both teams lose. One person from each team will be nominated.

Dave blames Andy. Jim also blames Andy. Kevin would put Jim up. However, they are also considering Robert since he missed the service.

Sabrina wants to nominate Tennille because she walked out, except she didn’t walk out. Tennille would like to return the favor. Suzanne agrees with Tennille. Amanda doesn’t, though.

The women have nominated Sabrina due to her raw pork. Ramsay will not allow the men to nominate Robert, but if he’s not back in the next service, he’s out. That said, Andy has been nominated.

That all doesn’t matter. The person leaving Hell’s Kitchen is Jim. He doesn’t care enough to be there.

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

Survivor: Marquesas Episode 8

He scrambled to turn his fate around, but with Kathy holding immunity, time was up for Boston Rob, as he was voted out in Survivor: Marquesas Episode 7.

Now the other 5 have one shot (and only one shot) at preventing the same thing from happening to them.

Kathy assumes Sean will be the next one gone. He doesn’t work hard, complains a lot, and then there’s his issue with flatulence.

Not content with the previous answer she got, Kathy confronts Zoe again. Zoe again denies there was any plan, saying that Rotu wants to get them back together. Kathy again considers this a lie.

Although Kathy would like to get rid of some of the power players, she’s not sure if she can get Paschal to listen. She pretty much can’t. He doesn’t care if they are used for others to get to the top.

The contestants are given kites to build and fly for the reward challenge. As a teaser for the reward, they each get a piece of a Snickers bar. The actual reward is deep sea diving. What exactly is the relationship between Snickers and deep sea diving? Most of these people have apparently never flown a kite before. Kathy, however, has good luck getting her kite to soar. Unusually, she is not forced to pick one person to go with her.

The Rotu 4 plus Paschal and Neleh have decided to vote the same for the next three votes, after which Paschal and Neleh will be voted out. Sean is their next target.

When she’s done diving, Kathy returns to give them each a piece of her Snickers. It’s not going to buy her any friends, but they’re happy to have some chocolate.

Sean talks to Kathy, who’s on the same wavelength. She goes to Neleh. Like Paschal, she doesn’t care either. John is quite thoroughly amazed that Neleh and Paschal are so stupid. He’s happy to have two free passes.

Sean knows he’s gone unless he wins immunity. The bad news for him is that it’s a pecking order challenge. Not only will he not win, but he will be eliminated first. There’s nothing he can do about it. Each correct answer in the challenge allows that person to chop a rope tied to coconut bundles. Three chops to eliminate someone.

In a prolonged survival situation, drinking large quantities of coconut milk will help combat dehydration. True of false?
False. It has a laxative effect. Robert, Sean, and Tammy are correct. Sean chops John. Tammy chops Sean. Robert follows suit.

Cannibalism was common in the Marquesas for what reason?
To seize the power of the person being eaten. John, Vecepia, Zoe, Sean, and Neleh are correct. Vecepia chops Kathy. Sean chops John. John chops and eliminates Sean. Neleh chops Vecepia. Zoe chops Vecepia.

When in a survival situation at sea without fresh water, you should refrain from eating. True or false?
True. John, Robert, Paschal, Zoe, and Tammy are right. Paschal chops and eliminates Vecepia. He’ll get his. Tammy chops Kathy. Robert chops and eliminates Kathy. Zoe chops Paschal. John chops Neleh. Paschal chops Zoe.

After some more questions, John is eliminated by Robert, then John eliminates Paschal.

In the Marquesas islands, what is a horse?
A horse like any other found all over the world. Robert, Tammy, and Neleh are correct. Robert chops Zoe. Neleh chops Robert. Tammy chops Zoe. Robert chops Neleh. Tammy chops and eliminates Neleh.

The sea cucumber can actually be deadly to human beings. True or false?
False. It can cause burns but is not deadly. Tammy is correct. She eliminates Robert to win immunity.

Are Paschal and Neleh finally starting to wake up now that they know what the pecking order is? Neleh has no intention of going down fifth or sixth.

Paschal acknowledges he started playing the game late. Actually, he thinks he started playing today.

Votes
Sean
Sean
John
John
John
Sean
John
John

By a vote of 5-4, John has been voted off the island, a lucky reversal for those who almost handed him the check.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Survivor: Marquesas Episode 10 Two Peas in a Pod.

Dancing with the Stars 9 Cast

The 16 stars who will be competing on Dancing with the Stars Season 9 are:

Aaron Carter (Singer/Actor)
Ashley Hamilton (Actor/Songwriter/Comedian)
Chuck Liddell (Mixed Martial Artist and Ultimate Fighting Champion)
Debi Mazar (Actress)
Donny Osmond (Actor/Singer)
Joanna Krupa (Model/Actress)
Kathy Ireland (Model/Actress)
Kelly Osbourne (Actress/Singer)
Louie Vito (Professional Snowboarder)
Macy Gray (Singer)
Mark Dacascos (Tv host/Kung fu champion/actor)
Melissa Joan Hart (Actress)
Michael Irvin (Former pro football player)
Mya (Singer)
Natalie Coughlin (Olympic Swimming Gold Medalist)
Tom DeLay (Politician)