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American Idol 7 Episode 11

The judges decided the top 24 in American Idol 7 Episode 10, so now it’s time for the top 12 boys to perform for America’s votes. It’s 60’s night.

David Hernandez is up first. Simon was not so sure about letting him through to this round. He sings In the Midnight Hour and has a really nice tone to his voice, with a particularly strong opening.

Randy-Liked the beginning of the song, watch the long phrasing.
Paula-Brilliant vocals, something about colors or something… hey, it’s Paula.
Simon-Better than I thought. Beginning of the song was teriffic. Loosen up a bit.

Chikezie Eze, who for the top 24 has dropped his last name, is second. He sings More Today Than Yesterday. Mostly a flat performance that’s going to have difficulty standing out from the crowd. He blames the genre.

Randy-Pretty good but old fashioned.
Paula-Loves Chikezie’s singing and thinks he looks great.
Simon-Hated the whole performance, from the hideous suit to the winking to the old fashioned/corny/cheesiness.

David Cook is still trying to figure out Simon’s vocabulary. He sings Happy Together, a sort of rock version of the song. I’m having trouble buying it.

Randy-Impressed he turned it into rock song.
Paula-A bit worthy, borrowing a word from Simon that didn’t make much sense.
Simon-Weird song but almost believable.

Jason Yeager is a singing server with an 8-year-old son. He sings Moon River, a song hard to not make sleepy, even if he has a good voice. He dedicates the song to his grandmother.

Randy-Pretty good job but lost concentration in the middle.
Paula-Agrees with Randy but did her first ballet recital to that song, for whatever that’s worth.
Simon-Wants to know how old Jason is. Reliable but not exciting.

Robbie Carrico, who is a boy bander turned rocker, or so he says, sings One Is the Loneliest Number. I don’t get it.

Randy-Very nice.
Paula-Perfect song choice. Vocals right where they should be.
Simon-Only performance of the night with any semblance of making sense because it’s the only current performance. Struggling to figure out whether he’s a rocker or a pop singer.

David Archuleta sings Shop Around. Finally we’re getting things started here. Not only is he a great performer regardless of the genre, but he’s got the kind of guy next door charm that worked so well for Kelly Clarkson.

Randy-Really brilliant, so mature for somebody who’s 17.
Paula-Brave, bold choice. Unbelievably confident, older soul.
Simon-When you got it, you got it. By a comfortable mile, best performance of the night.

Danny Noriega made it through after being cut the first day in Hollywood last year. He sings Jailhouse Rock. Seriously? Simon won’t be happy.

Randy-Knows how to have a good time. Okay vocals.
Paula-Something about colors and a safe performance. Then she starts slurring her words.
Simon-Verging on grotesque. Destroyed the song. Awful. Danny gets a bit sassy with him in response.

Carpet cleaner Luke Menard was cut in season 6 but managed to get through this season. He sings Everybody’s Talking, a song that drags and never takes off.

Randy-Pitchy throughout.
Paula-Not the best song choice. She’s happy she heard him sing before, but the problem is the audience hasn’t.
Simon-Forgettable.

Colton Berry, who believes he looks like Ellen Degeneres and sings the Teletubbies theme song in his head whenever he’s nervous, sings I Love You Too Much. It’s just okay.

Randy-Started rough but pretty good overall. Agrees with Simon it was a bit karaoke.
Paula-Nice to see a different side. Not his best performance.
Simon-Okay. Not quite as bad as the other Elvis song. Got nothing from the performance. Might have a career in musical theater.

Garrett Haley sings Don’t Take Your Love Away from Me. This is the type of performance we expect from someone this age, which is probably why a lot of people were initially shying away from David Archuleta.

Randy-Didn’t do anything with it to make it his own. Kinda boring.
Paula-Needed to make it his own.
Simon-Boring, whiny, looks terrified and haunted.

Jason Castro grew up playing drums and will be the first person in this round to play an instrument, the guitar, while singing Daydream. Without the guitar, I’m not sure how well this would have worked, but he sounds good.

Randy-It was alright.
Paula-Was blown away.
Simon-In the top two performances of the night.

Michael Johns gets the final performance of the night. We’ve seen quite a bit of him this season. He sings Light My Fire, and he obviously knows what he’s doing up on that stage.

Randy-Like a true legend rock performer.
Paula-Set everyone on fire.
Simon-Most consistent contestant but didn’t like it as much as Bohemian Rhapsody.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of American Idol 7 episodes 12 and 13.

Big Brother 9 Episode 5

Last night on Big Brother 9 Episode 4, Parker, Jen, Ryan, and Allison basically decided they all hated each other (still), while Parker attacked James, Amanda and Alex grew further apart, and Parker wasn’t thrilled with Matt choosing not to use the veto. As far as people actually strengthening relationships, well, Parker and Amanda at least seem to be getting along.

The house is slowly but surely turning on Amanda, the gossip of the house. Those who don’t like her are fed up with it, and those close to her don’t like it either because it just paints targets on them. After hearing some gossip about James and her putting up Amanda, Chelsia goes into the backyard and explodes. Joshuah then does a remarkable impression of Evel Dick, telling Amanda the whole house hates her. Then Josh makes a comment about how she should get a noose, just like her father, who we learned last week hung himself. Ouch.

Allison’s still jealous of Jen. Sheila weighs in and tells Ryan that Jen’s been talking about him, but she refuses to answer until he pushes her on it. Sheila says Jen called him a racist. He “talks” to Jen about it. Talks meaning he tells her she’s going home but doesn’t really say anything else worth mentioning. Jen claims she never said he’s racist, but she did whether she remembers it or not. She wants to talk. He still doesn’t care, but she eventually gets out that she loves him.

Sheila and Adam tell Julie they’re getting along okay now.

Three or four people raise their hands saying they’re confident there are no other secret couples in the house. Everybody else is still suspicious.

Amanda says she’s forgiven the people for what they said earlier in the week, and she doesn’t regret sharing what she did about her father. Alex & Amanda believe they have to work together as a team and will be able to do so.

Each couple gets one vote, and if they can’t agree, they risk being evicted themselves. By a vote of 3-1, Jen & Parker have been evicted from the Big Brother house.

It’s time for the HOH competition. It’s majority rules, and each answer comes with a reward or consequence.

Hot food or hot water? For 72 hours, the majority agrees to go without hot water.
Should the women wear bathing suits or soulmates’ favorite clothes? Everybody wants the women to wear bathing suits for the next 24 hours.
Eating utensils or drinking cups? They’ll lose drinking cups for a week.
Margarita party or outdoor grill? Everybody wants a margarita party.
The men serve breakfast in bed or the women cook dinner? The women will be cooking dinner.
No workout equipment or no washing machine? They won’t have a washing machine for the next two weeks.

Getting all their questions right, James & Chelsia win HOH.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 9 Episode 6, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

Big Brother 9 James Gay Porn Past

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“Crazy James” Zinkand, the homeless guy riding his bicycle around the world who’s made a pitstop in the Big Brother 9 house, has had his gay porn past with DirtyBoyVideo revealed through the power of the Internet. So far, it’s known that he has done solo work and also made out with and given and received oral sex from another guy, and it seems that this is just the tip of the iceberg.

This is not the first time a gay porn scandal has hit the Big Brother house. In 2005, Czech Big Brother contestant Tommy Hansen revealed to his housemates that he had performed in videos for Bel Ami. The studio later cut all ties with him due to privacy concerns.

Fox Returning/New Series Schedule

BACK TO YOU
Tuesday, Feb. 26 (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) Original episode
Wednesday, Feb. 27 (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) Original episode
Wednesday, April 16 (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT) Time period premiere with originals

UNHITCHED
Sunday, March 2 (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) Series premiere

NEW AMSTERDAM
Tuesday, March 4 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) Series preview
Thursday, March 6 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) Series preview
Monday, March 10 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) Time period premiere

CANTERBURY’S LAW
Monday, March 10 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) Series premiere

THE RETURN OF JEZEBEL JAMES
Friday, March 14 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) Special one-hour series premiere
Friday, March 21 (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT) Time period premiere

‘TIL DEATH
Tuesday, March 25 (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) Original episode
Wednesday, April 16 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) Time period premiere with originals

HELL’S KITCHEN
Tuesday, April 1 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) Season premiere

BONES
Monday, April 14 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) Time period premiere with originals

HOUSE
Monday, April 21 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) Time period premiere with encore
Monday, April 28 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) Originals begin

Kyle XY Season 2 Episode 19

Through a series of half truths and lies, Taylor managed to convince Jessi she couldn’t trust anybody but him in Kyle XY Season 2 Episode 18. Not much else happened, but in the end, Adam Baylin came back.

Adam gives Kyle a lesson about how the body heals. Greater control over the brain means greater ability to heal, and faster, too. They start practicing by separating oil and water.

Kyle wants to know why he’s not the only one like he originally thought. Taylor acted on his own when he continued the experiment to create Jessi, and nobody knew, not even Latnok, who doesn’t approve of what he did. They’re hoping that Kyle will be able to take care of her. Adam knows that Taylor will push her too hard, and that she won’t know when to stop. Back at Taylor’s place, Jessi’s working and hooked up to machines. Despite the screens flashing red and her bleeding nose, she doesn’t want to take a break.

Kyle accidentally cuts himself with a razor. He takes this opportunity to try to test what he’s learned, but he’s not quite at that stage yet.

Kyle heads over to Jessi’s place and climbs in her window like she does when she visits him. He tells her he wants to make it up to her for not being there for her lately. With the information that they may be able to find out more about Sarah Emerson, Jessi’s willing to go along to the unversity with him. They find out all this great information about her, but as could be expected, they find out that she’s got some skeletons in her closet, as she was busted for sabotaging a chemistry final and vandalized the lab.

Andy wants to play doctor with Josh. Except she doesn’t mean she wants him to diagnose that he’s concerned that she’s sick. He’s too worried about her test the next day that will tell her whether she’s still got cancer or not. She’s more worried about finding a diversion.

Declan is bored and restless. He’s even studying.

Kyle and Jessi go to investigate why the final was cancelled. Sarah made a Latnok symbol on the ceiling, and in it was the answers to the test. Even the professors couldn’t help being impressed, so they just left it there.

They’re also at the school to try to hack some computer software. Jessi’s primary concern here is who wins and who’s the best. She hacks it first, then she takes it a step further and locks Kyle out so he can’t.

Josh and Andy sit down for a counseling session with Nicole, in which they bring up phrases like makeout level. She suggests they share secrets with each other. Her real name is not Andrea… it’s Andromeda. He makes fun of the name, and she reponds by making fun of the O-Town poster he had over his bed until he was 8. Nicole throws him out so she can talk to Andy. Andy tells her she’s sick of people watching over her and making sure she’s not doing anything wrong.

Jessi and Kyle head to see the pool hall, where they learn Sarah allegedly set a world record. Of course, doing this appeals to Jessi. While she’s playing, Kyle hears a story from Mark (the guy Lori pepper sprayed) about how Sarah went crazy because she was obsessed with being the best at everything. Kyle’s got a plan. He asks Jessi to play against him, since she refuses to leave. Just as Kyle’s about to win, Jessi uses her powers to cheat and move the ball.

Lori, Hillary, and Amanda also show up there, so they can talk to a DJ about playing at the prom. Lori bumps into Mark and asks nicely that he don’t rat her out to her father, but this eventually just ends in a threat to kick his ass. Lori returns to the bathroom where the other girls have decided to hide until the DJ shows up in order to avoid being carded, but Lori is too disgusted after finding out that a bunch of college girls want to jump her father, so she decides to leave. Not content with merely cheating once, Jessi wants to cheat again, this time causing her nose to bleed. Kyle insists they leave, which causes another guy to try to punch him. He easily stops the punch but doesn’t want to fight. Declan, however, is all for it and throws a punch. During the chaos, Lori finds out that Mark’s actually the DJ they’re looking for, and that he doesn’t do proms. They drag Hillary out of there, and Kyle grabs Amanda. In the process, Jessi cuts her hand on some glass, but she’s able to heal the wound. Kyle warns her that if she doesn’t stop, she’ll end up just like Sarah.

Nicole challenges Josh to a game of G-Force. She has no clue what the game’s about, but she manages to kill him after she mentions that she just got done showing Andy pictures of his third birthday party, where he was naked. She tells him he needs to be the fun loving guy again.

Kyle returns to Adam with news of what happened. Adam tells him that Sarah was falling apart, and that he left because he couldn’t handle it.

When he gets home, Kyle tells Andy everything is going to be okay and gives her a hug, apparently taking Josh’s suggestion to heal Andy’s cancer in the process.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Kyle XY Season 2 Episode 20 Primary Colors, which airs Monday at 8/7c on ABC Family.

Jericho Season 2 Episode 2

Following a lengthy hiatus that included being cancelled, Jericho returned last week. Jake and Eric wanted revenge for their father’s death, but some convincing from Major Beck coerced them into not being able to follow through with that. Some more of the back story of what’s happened also unfolded, and now Hawkins is trying to figure out a way to stop Cheyenne, a corrupt power which is close to combining the western half of the country and overtaking everything.

Mimi wakes up to a rose and a note telling her to go outside. Stanley’s prepared her a breakfast to celebrate her first day on the job with Jennings & Rall, the company that tried to screw him over. He’s happy that things are starting to get back to something resembling normal. Just then, a helicopter lands on his lawn. The President wants to address the nation from his front porch.

Sheriff Jake is not quite sure what he’s supposed to be doing as far as keeping order, since the Secret Service is swarming the place and all.

Hawkins and Chavez are working on a plan to change history. Either that or get themselves killed.

The President will be arriving a couple hours ahead of schedule, giving them even less time to prepare. To make matters worse, Beck sends Chavez out on patrol, so Darcy offers to steal the walkie talkie her husband needs.

History has been completely rewritten by the new government. Emily (who’s supposed to teach from the new textbooks) doesn’t like it, but Gray doesn’t care.

Darcy steals the walkie talkie as planned. Nobody notices but Jake, who’s busy checking out a database that’s quick to condemn people. He goes to confront Hawkins, and while there, he’s stopped by someone who wants to search him to find the missing walkie talkie.

Hawkins walks right into the location intended to serve as the security for the President and starts killing people. Real secure. He sits himself down at a computer and begins downloading. Eventually, Jake realizes this was all just a distraction. Limited staff at this office, since everybody was scrambling to find the walkie talkie, meant easy access to the information.

A reporter from California is telling Jake the way things are now. He only reports what he’s allowed to report, and nobody wants to hear the truth any more anyway.

Chavez gets busted by Beck, not entirely a surprise to him, and he tells Jake to go find Hawkins. Unbeknownst to Jake, Chavez gave the password for the files to him. They find out the bomb is an ex-Soviet nuke. With Chavez out of the picture, they need to figure things out on their own. Jake thinks the reporter may be interested, so he discusses it with him, and since it’s the biggest story in American history (but perhaps too big), he does seem like he wants to take the risk. It’s not long, though, before the reporter is dead of a “heart attack.”

Jake wants answers, but Hawkins tells him he’ll never get them and that they’re just lucky the reporter’s dead so he can’t give them up.

The new government, which assumed power without public support or input, plans to ratify a new Constitution as the Allied States of America.

Chavez’s information comes back showing he’s assumed the identity of a dead soldier. Beck tries to get in touch with the people who are transporting him, but that won’t be easy since they’re all dead. It turns out Jake gave him something to pick the lock on his handcuffs.

Gray didn’t say anything at the President’s speech, but he tells Eric that when he goes to the convention, he will ask questions. He also asks Eric to be the mayor while he’s gone.

Beck is informed by his boss that his job will be to find Sarah and that he’ll be replaced as far as day-to-day operations.

Jennings & Rall tried to trace Mimi’s family at Stanley’s request. They found nothing, but she’s okay with that since she’s got a new family now.

Jake suggests things with Beck are getting pretty dicey. It’s about to get worse. Now Ravenwood’s in charge.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Jericho Season 2 episode 3 Jennings & Rall, which airs Tuesday at 10/9c on CBS.

Big Brother 9 Episode 4

Ryan and Jen let their secret out of the bag to their partners. Rather than just use the twist to their advantage, Allison threatened to tell everybody in Big Brother 9 Episode 3, but just so they could get the information out on their own terms, Parker & Jen decided they would tell everybody instead. Either way, and regardless of how much they all blamed each other, the net result was the nomination of both Parker & Jen and Ryan & Allison.

Parker blames Jen and thinks he’s teamed with an idiot. Allison blames Jen and is still whining about her. Ryan’s not sure Allison will ever trust him, and she wants him to tell her every day that she can trust him. Ryan would rather play for himself than Jen. Amanda says they need Ryan out of there, and Jen gives her the word that she’s getting rid of Ryan no matter what.

Neil will be leaving the game due to “an urgent personal matter.” Since this is a couples game, Joshuah is allowed to choose between Jacob and Sharon as the replacement. Gee, I wonder what he’ll do. He chooses Sharon, considering everybody hates Jacob. Considering her ex-boyfriend screwed up her game, I’m glad to see Sharon returning. Like everybody else, Sharon’s pissed off to find out that Ryan and Jen are dating.

Amanda and Alex, who seemed to like each other initially, are starting to get tired of each other, although he says he still really likes her. She’s getting along a lot better with Parker now than anybody else.

Despite the fact that they’ve been nominated because they’re a couple, Ryan and Jen are having trouble keeping their hands off each other. Unable to control themselves, they decide to have a very quickie in the bathroom (he promises it’ll take about 20 seconds, and she’s okay with that). An eavesdropping Parker is quite amused.

Allison and Sheila are continuing their “lesbian love affair.” Somehow, James is dumb enough to take this information and run with it. He thinks there’s another couple in the house, which he bases on a puzzle piece with four colors. This leads Alex to believe that maybe that other couple is Amanda and Parker. She’s offended because she put her hand on the bible, a ceremony that meant nothing to him like it meant nothing to half the people in the house. In true Parker style, he takes this public and starts yelling at people. Ultimately, this just further divides Amanda and Alex. All things considered, this whole story about how they’re a lesbian couple, which seemed entirely pointless to begin with, looks like it may actually be working in their favor, at least for now. Alex and Amanda are growing further apart, while Parker has made himself yet another enemy in James.

Amanda doesn’t know what to do with this love triangle. Alex says he’s tired of her walking around like a slut but says he has feelings for her, though he doesn’t expect it will work out.

Natalie & Matt are selected randomly to play for veto, along with the HOH couple and the two teams who have been nominated. Matt pretends he’ll use the veto to save Parker, but he doesn’t plan to live up to that since Parker causes way too much drama. One player will be on a spinning heart, and the other will spin them. The first to spin 300 times will win veto. Allison & Ryan get off to an early lead, but Matt & Natalie take it from them around 50 spins. Eventually, Amanda & Alex pass Allison & Ryan to take second. Ryan’s slowing down, but it doesn’t matter because Allison lets go at 135 spins. Parker & Jen, meanwhile, aren’t even close to being in it at any point. Amanda “threw” the competition, one she wasn’t going to win regardless, by letting go on purpose, although it is smart to have their most trusted alliance win rather than painting a bigger target on themselves. Of course, in the event that Natalie were to slip, that would leave nobody to defend against Parker & Jen winning, forcing Amanda & Alex to nominate yet another couple, making this move decidedly foolish. As has been obvious almost the entire time, though, Matt & Natalie win veto.

Parker’s completely convinced that Matt will remove him with veto. Alex tells Amanda he doesn’t want to waste his time and comes up with the plan to not be attached to anybody else in the house, which doesn’t sit well with her. When she reveals this to Parker, he for once says he’s just going to bite his tongue, but he’s concerned enough that he wants Matt to take them off the block more now than ever.

Matt’s dilemma is simple. Parker’s partner is Jen. In the end, they decide not to use the power of veto. Parker thinks the game blows and claims he doesn’t really care.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 9 Episode 5, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

Big Brother 9 Spoilers

Dancing with the Stars 6 Cast

ABC has announced the cast of Dancing with the Stars 6. The 12 celebrities who will be participating in the sixth season of Dancing with the Stars are:

Adam Carolla (actor/radio personality)
Cristian de la Fuente (actor)
Jason Taylor (Miami Dolphins football player)
Kristi Yamaguchi (Olympic skater)
Mario (R&B singer)
Marissa Jaret Winokur (Tony award winner)
Marlee Matlin (actress)
Monica Seles (tennis player)
Penn Jillette (actor/entertainer)
Priscilla Presley (actress)
Shannon Elizabeth (actress)
Steve Guttenberg (actor)