American Idol 7 Episode 19

Results will be posted live as they become available.

Kady Malloy is the first one sent home. Not surprised, even if I do think she had untapped potential.

Luke Menard is going home. As expected.

Asia’h Epperson is the final girl eliminated.

Danny Noriega is the final person eliminated tonight. I’m surprised. Pleasantly surprised. I thought the Idol haters would have more luck trying to ruin the show.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of American Idol 7 episode 20, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on Fox.

American Idol 7 Episode 18

The top 8 guys sang on American Idol 7 Episode 17, and now it’s time for the girls to bring us back to the 80s.

Asia’h Epperson was a movie extra who crashed while skating (not in the script). She sings I Wanna Dance with Somebody, a big risk.

Randy-Showed and proved she deserves to be here.
Paula-Nailed it.
Simon-Second rate Whitney Houston but good enough to make the top 12.

Kady Malloy sang Beautiful by Christina Aguilera (which she says she ruined) at a 9th grade talent competition, where she then proceed to trip and make the whole speaker system collapse. She sings Who Wants to Live Forever.

Randy-Very interesting song choice. Pretty good job. Hit big notes pretty well.
Paula-Her best performance so far.
Simon-Better than last week. Still having issues with massive lack of personality. May be in trouble.

Amanda Overmyer managed to burn down a pool once. She sings I Hate Myself for Loving You.

Randy-That’s the Amanda we loved when we first saw her.
Paula-Found your niche.
Simon-Fantastic. Nailed it. Perfect song choice.

Carly Smithson sings I Drove All Night by Cyndi Lauper (the Celine Dion version).

Randy-Keep smashing it every week.
Paula-Totally into your niche.
Simon-Wrong song.

Kristy Lee Cook used to pretend she was a dog at age 7, going as far as having a dog bowl and barking at people on her hands and knees. She sings Faithfully by Journey.

Randy-Could be a big single if there was more country to it.
Paula-Agrees it could be a country music hit.
Simon-Good but forgettable.

Ramiele Malubay once had her picture laughed at by a boy she had a crush on (and his mom). She sings Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now), another big risk since Mariah Carey covered the song.

Randy-Find the confidence again.
Paula-A lot of… not colors… texture. After much rambling, Paula reaches a point: Ramiele deserves to be in the top 12.
Simon-Very old fashioned. No big money note. Predictable.

Brooke White jumped on her dad’s back at age 12 or 13… only to find out it wasn’t her dad. She sings Love Is a Battlefield by Pat Benatar, a fairly subdued version.

Randy-Liked that it was just the guitar because it allowed him to focus on her voice.
Paula-Very wise choice but would have preferred the band to be more incorporated.
Simon-Worked because the band wasn’t with her. Original take that because of that suited her.

Syesha Mercado gave a boy she had a crush on in second grade a note and a piece of bubble gum. He told the teacher on her but ate the gum anyway. She sings Saving All My Love for You, another Whitney song.

Randy-Good.
Paula-Sophisticated. Lovely.
Simon-Bit predictable but good.

Unlike the guys, I don’t see a clear boot pick, though I do think Kady, Carly, and Amanda have been on the bubble the past couple weeks as far as finding a following.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of American Idol 7 episode 19, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on Fox.

Big Brother 9 Episode 11

Following their nomination, Matt & Natalie managed to take themselves off the block with the power of veto in Big Brother 9 Episode 10. That leaves Ryan & Allison and Adam & Sheila on the block for tonight’s vote. There’s a catch that has the whole house worried, though. When a siren sounds in the house, there will be a twist.

Allison’s looking forward to Sheila getting lost.

Matt thinks he’s playing both sides, and for now, it seems to be working. Problem is someone here’s going to end up on the jury (or at least that’s a theory… who knows how long they’ll actually make this season last). James realizes that Matt is playing both sides, another potential problem for him. In the season of bringing up everything in front of the entire house, James of course brings this up in a group, telling the rest of the house Matt is just playing them.

Natalie’s friends at the Bikini Coffee Shop tell us she let her past boyfriends walk all over her and that she comes on too strong (we’ve noticed). Matt’s friends know he doesn’t want to do his job for much longer and is focused on getting to the end and winning the money.

Julie tells us that once the evicted couple tries to leave, they’ll find out the door is locked, and the houseguests will be split up into individual players.

By a vote of 2-0, Allison & Ryan have been evicted from the Big Brother house. Just kidding. As they try to leave, the door’s locked, and the siren sounds. They return to the living room and are told they’re no longer couples. It’s still time to vote. The house must vote to evict either Allison or Ryan. Pointless. We all know Allison’s the target here. As afraid as they were about this siren, the house got exactly what it wanted. Allison couldn’t have asked for a worse twist.

Votes
Adam-Allison
Chelsia-Allison
Matt-Allison
Sheila-Allison
Natalie-Allison
James-Allison

By a unanimous vote, Allison is evicted from the Big Brother house. She quickly runs out the door, not interested in saying anything to anybody but her partner. Joshuah’s goodbye message is one last shot at Allison, but Sheila’s smart enough to say she’ll miss her.

The HOH competition is a true/false session based on the order in which things happened in the house. Everybody gets the first question right. James and Natalie are eliminated on the second question. Sheila, Matt, and Chelsia are eliminated. It’s between Ryan and Adam. Both get the next question wrong. Both get the next question right. Adam finally gets it wrong, and Ryan is the new HOH. Typical Big Brother. In the doghouse one week, in charge the next.

Before we leave, Julie tells us about one last twist. One of the evicted people will return to the house in an America’s Choice vote. Great, a popularity contest. There’s a reason they took the public vote away after season 1. It leaves me to thinking, though: does anybody actually like any of the evicted houseguests? The only choice I see here is Alex.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 9 Episode 12, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

Big Brother 9 Spoilers

NBC Summer Schedule

NBC kicks off its summer schedule starting in May.

American Gladiators – Monday May 12, 8pm
Last Comic Standing – Thursday May 22, 8:30pm
Fear Itself – Thursday May 29, 10pm
Nashville Star – Monday June 9, 9:30pm
Celebrity Circus – Wednesday June 11, 9pm
America’s Got Talent – Tuesday June 24, 9pm
The Baby Borrowers – Wednesday June 25, 8pm

Jericho Season 2 Episode 4

Ravenwood was in town and taking control in Jericho Season 2 Episode 3. They were particularly interested in preventing the people of Jericho from being able to protect themselves from the Hudson River Virus, but in the end, the vaccines were able to be adminstered with a little help from Trish inside Jennings & Rall. Beck may well be on their side now, and there’s a mystery person who wants to help as well.

Stanley catches Dale in his yard in the middle of the night, which he asks to stop because he doesn’t want him bringing in goods through his property. While Jake’s at the store delivering the message, Dale gets notice that he needs to register with Jennings & Rall and prove he’s not doing anything illegal.

Hawkins gets another mystery call, which is from somebody who obviously knows what’s going on. Hawkins comes up with terms of his own, and all he wants is the truth. With that agreed upon, he is told he’s a day away from being caught.

The town gathers together because J&R charges too much and refuses to allow any competition. Dale’s got the connections and the trucks. Stanley’s farm is the safest way into town, but he’s afraid he’ll lose his farm, so he says no.

A binder containing a scan of the area, which will identify the bomb, will be delivered in the next day or so. They need to get Beck out of his office. Hawkins has a house to burn down.

Mimi finds a discrepancy since the new currency has come in. Somebody seems to have stolen $10,000.

Jake, the town sheriff, no longer has a key to the sheriff’s office. When he gets a list, he knows somebody who does, though, Heather. Jake wants to tell her why they need access, but Hawkins doesn’t want to let yet another person in on it.

Jennings & Rall finds a rat. Fred tells them Dale’s to blame for the smuggling.

Hawkins reluctantly agrees to bring Heather into the mix. There are only 5 people outside the Cheyenne government who know this information, but she’s warned it’s highly dangerous information. She agrees to keep listening.

Trish brings the discrepancy to John Getz, telling him the J&R books may have been altered. Because J&R has a zero tolerance policy on embezzlement, she stresses how serious the problem is. He says he’ll look into it, even though he doesn’t appear particularly thrilled with this.

Hawkins visits Beck and asks him to deploy some men to hunt down Sarah Mason. When they show up, they find a house that’s been burned down. They find a burned male body that’s unidentifiable, but they also happen to find a hard drive that’s probably salvageable.

Ravenwood manages to bust Dale, and they turn him over the military police, sending him to prison.

Heather carries out her task as requested, grabbing the page of incriminating data from the binder. She’s been accused by the sargeant of looking for information outside her clearance, but Beck believes she’s telling the truth and tells him to get lost.

Jake chases down the truck carrying Dale. They manage to get in touch with Major Beck, just before the psycho with the gun shoots him. Beck instructs the soldier to stand down and hand Dale over to them.

John Getz demands to see the ledger and that it should be kept in a safe place, not at home where practically anything can happen to it. When she shows up at home, Mimi’s been followed by Getz, who isn’t leaving anything to chance.

With the hard drive, Beck gets hold of some more information, including a video, where he clearly makes out Valente. He’s not fooled, however, that there’s an informant, but he does know that at least Hawkins can help him out.

Bonnie goes outside to greet Ravenwood. She tells them Mimi’s not there. Getz doesn’t believe her and heads inside guns blazing. Bonnie grabs a shotgun and starts shooting. She kills most of them, but there’s still one left.

Hawkins gets a call back from the guy who warned him at the beginning of the show. He tells him of Project Boxcar, an attempt to eliminate all evidence of the attacks. He receives a report, originally written as an effort to warn against a worst case scenario, which was prepared by Jennings & Rall with assistance by the mystery man on the other end of the phone.

Jake shows up to the scene of a shootout. Mimi seems to be okay and is on a stretcher, but Bonnie is dead from a shot fired by Getz.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Jericho Season 2 episode 5 Termination for Cause, which airs Tuesday at 10/9c on CBS.

Big Brother 9 Episode 10

Like all the other prior HOH couples, the power went to Joshuah’s head in Big Brother 9 Episode 9, flipping out on Allison because she changed her vote at the last minute (and oh, yeah, he pretended it had something to do with her pretending to be a lesbian). Ryan & Allison were the obvious nomination, with Matt & Natalie being nominated as the pawn.

Even though everybody hates Allison, Chelsia really wants Matt & Natalie out of the house because they’re too much of a threat. It’s really simple. If you actually want someone to go, don’t put them up against someone who’s a better target.

Joshuah’s concerned that people are believing he’s hot headed and a ticking time bomb.

Natalie continues to chase Matt around. He’s playing impossible to get, but she doesn’t care.

Allison is trying to work on Natalie, having saved her last week. They want to flip the house upside down by forcing Joshuah & Sharon to nominate someone they don’t want to, and then working together to get that couple out instead.

Sheila & Adam are selected at random to participate in the veto competition along with the HOH couple and the two nominated teams. As host, James dresses up in a toga. Apparently he’s supposed to be Cupid. The men will grab puzzle pieces and hoist their partners up in the air via attached pulleys to solve the puzzle. Matt has a clear physical edge over everybody else. Neither Adam nor Joshuah are able to get very far with it. Allison and Natalie, however, are still in this thing. By one puzzle piece, Matt & Natalie win veto. Chelsia’s pissed and doesn’t hide it very well. Sheila knows she’s going up on the block with Adam.

Matt tries different things to appeal to different people. With Josh, he appeals to his gay side. He considers Ryan a friend and just tries to keep it that way. He agrees to be Allison’s shoulder to cry on, and he tells her to go ahead and stir up some trouble. He tries to charm Sharon and make her think he cares about her, though he doesn’t. He tells her he’s not at all attracted to Natalie and kisses Sharon, who knows he’s just playing the game, but she’s perfectly happy to play along with him.

Sheila & Adam continue their arguing. Granted, she argues with everybody, so he’s used to this. James finds this amusing and knows she takes a target off him.

Natalie’s now at the point of getting tired of being treated like dirt by Matt. He doesn’t deny being mean but eventually acknowledges that he should be treating her like a friend. He hopes this will get her to stop thinking they’re soulmates, but no such luck.

Allison asks Josh why he hates her. He doesn’t understand why she wants to know and doesn’t give an actual non-vague answer. The best she gets out of him is that she’s too manipulative, which she doesn’t understand since she considers that part of the game.

Big Brother gives them a message that they’ll hear a siren at some random point in the future and that they’ll need to gather in the living room when they hear it.

Everybody panics about the impending siren, except Ryan & Allison, who are hoping for a twist… of any kind.

Matt & Natalie remove themselves from the block. The replacement nominees are Adam & Sheila.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 9 Episode 11, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

Big Brother 9 Spoilers

American Idol 7 Episode 17

Two boys went home in American Idol 7 Episode 16. Jason Yeager, who never really had much of a following, left the show along with wannabe rocker Robbie Carrico, leaving us with the top 8 guys, and we’re into the next decade, the 80’s.

Luke Menard’s most embarrassing moment was being dressed up as a ballerina by his older sister. He sings Wake Me up before You Go Go.

Randy-Kinda got it together in the end. Little bit corny.
Paula-Surprising song choice. But she liked it. Apparently.
Simon-Weak. A bit girly. No chance he’ll win.
Luke’s number is 1-866-IDOLS-01

David Archuleta’s most embarrassing moment was singing a song that he couldn’t finish, so his mom finished for him. He plays the piano while singing Another Day in Paradise.

Randy-It’s like watching one of your concerts. Interesting song choice. Nice.
Paula-Not perfect but still perfect.
Simon-Not as good as last week. A little bit gloomy. Needs to lighten up a little bit. Probably going to be in the final two regardless.
David’s number is 1-866-IDOLS-02

Danny Noriega tells us a story about how he fell when he was tripped in front of one of his crushes. He sings Tainted Love. Unfortunately, his American Idol is Sanjaya.

Randy-Loved the arrangement and ending. (I liked when it was over, too.)
Paula-Paula just goes on and on. I again don’t know what she’s talking about.
Simon-Horrible. Useless. Hated arrangement, performance, vocal, and everything else about it.
Danny’s number is 1-866-IDOLS-03

David Hernandez did a photo shoot with a visible booger the whole time. A sign of exceptional camera work. He sings It’s All Coming Back to Me Now, an interesting song choice for a male artist.

Randy-Nice song choice. Some little pitch problems.
Paula-Getting into his groove. Some of the best vocals in the group.
Simon-Not as good as last week but enough to secure a place in the top 12.
David’s number is 1-866-IDOLS-04

Michael Johns was dressed as a kangaroo mascot when he got beat up by 4 guys in front of 20,000 people. He sings Don’t You Forget about Me.

Randy-Very nicely done. Good song choice.
Paula-Glad he’s really defining who he is. Perfect song.
Simon-Liked it. Didn’t love it. Huge talent but hasn’t quite connected with the right song. A little of a wannabe rock singer.
Michael’s number is 1-866-IDOLS-05

David Cook has another singing related story to tell, as like the other David, he forgot the lyrics one time while on stage. He sings Hello with an electric guitar.

Randy-Brilliant. Great arrangement.
Paula-Fabulous.
Simon-Very brave. Loved it.
David’s number is 1-866-IDOLS-06

Jason Castro accidentally ripped his hair out on a date once. He sings Hallelujah.

Randy-Pretty good considering the difficulty.
Paula-Effortless. Beautiful vulnerability.
Simon-Brilliant. One of the best performances of the night. Jason keeps getting better.
Jason’s number is 1-866-IDOLS-07

Chikezie once figured out why there were no urinals in the bathroom he always used in high school: it said Women’s on the door. He sings (S)he Fills Me up.

Randy-Really good.
Paula-Really good vocals.
Simon-Whitney song, right? No, didn’t work at all. Okay in bits. Much more cabaret than last week.

I see three potential boot picks: Luke Menard, Chikezie, and Danny Noriega (who will probably be saved by VFTW).

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of American Idol 7 episode 18, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.

Kyle XY Season 2 Episode 21

Mark and Lori’s sexual tension got more noticeable in Kyle XY Season 2 Episode 20. Meanwhile, Kyle, who was having trouble sleeping the whole episode, finally figured out the problem: the record he was playing contained a secret message. Kyle decoded it, and it was a Latnok ring with the words “I’m Alive.” He assumes it’s Sarah, who everybody thought was dead. The other good thing that came out of this was that Amanda played the piano to help ease Kyle’s mind, which convinced her mother to let him go to the prom with her.

Kyle wants to figure out the right way to ask Amanda to the prom. Jessi’s eavesdropping from across the room. Lori doesn’t approve until the subject of Declan’s prom date comes up.

Josh has made an improvement of 27% over his previous scores. He’s accused by Bradford Hooper, the principal, of being a cheater, because he’s improved. Kyle, the human lie detector, knows he didn’t cheat.

Kyle’s able to muster up the courage to ask Amanda… for a straw. Hillary tells him asking her to the prom is as simple as just asking her. He’s feeling better, but then they scare him again, telling him the question is simple, but the timing needs to be perfect.

Jessi offers to heal Declan’s ankle, but he declines her offer for assistance that he needs to keep a secret.

Taylor and Jessi are training. She’s not sure she can move a weight because it’s too heavy. She lifts it for a few seconds but stops when she starts bleeding. He doesn’t care and tells her to just keep going. When she says she’s tired of training all the time, he tells her they’ll change up the routine tomorrow.

Kyle gets an anonymous instant message. He thinks it’s Sarah.

Nicole goes down to the school to confront Hooper, and he accuses Kyle of cheating as well, since somebody hacked into the district mainframe and posted the test questions on a website. Kyle didn’t do it, but he knows who did. Jessi. She denies being responsible for someone else logging on to check it out.

Lori adamantly denies any interest in Mark. She doth protest too much.

Declan’s had a change of heart. He wants Jessi to help him with his ankle after all, and he promises not to tell Kyle.

Hooper’s got it into his head that, as punishment for the hacking, he’ll cancel the prom. Jessi warns that if she confesses, he’ll be able to trace the IP addresses from the website back to the people who cheated. She shows him a list, since she’s already started to do some research herself.

One of the names on the list is Amanda. She was curious and went on the site, but she says she didn’t actually look at any of the answers. Kyle tells her not to rat on herself and that she’ll figure a way out.

Even if the principal doesn’t believe in him, Stephen’s proud of how Josh has been doing.

Kyle gets another anonymous IM. He gets warned that he needs to help Jessi to prevent Taylor from destroying her.

Nicole’s afraid to help because the alleged social worker warned her.

Kyle’s impressed by Declan’s recovery. Too impressed. He knows something’s up. Because he knows he’s been busted, Declan tells the truth about what happened.

Nicole asks Taylor to let her see Jessi. He warns that he’ll lodge a complaint with social services if she contacts Jessi. Kyle approaches Jessi to tell her she needs to stop pushing herself so hard.

Kyle figures out that almost everybody logged on to the website, making the list pointless since obviously not everybody cheated. Hooper decides he has to just have everybody retake the test. Kyle refuses to rat out Jessi.

Declan’s ankle hurts again. On the court, he’s not just Kyle’s sidekick, which is one thing he loves about the game.

Amanda’s impressed Kyle always makes the right choice but is afraid she’ll disappoint him because of that. Since the prom’s back on, he picks now to ask her to the prom, and she of course says yes.

Kyle gets another anonymous IM. Taylor wants Jessi to train. She’s too tired to train. He doesn’t care. At Josh’s inadvertent suggestion, Kyle has traced the IM’s, which form a perfect square. The answer to the puzzle of where to meet is the diner, where he finds Sarah.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Kyle XY Season 2 Episode 22 Hello…, which airs Monday at 8/7c on ABC Family.