Beauty and the Geek 4 Winner

Beauty and the Geek 4 Episode 11 was pretty much just a way to fill an hour. Rather than revealing the winner, they told us it was just a popularity contest, and that America would vote for the winner. It’s now down to the final two: Sam & Nicole and Jasmine & David.

Jen kinda misses William. Huh?

Will tells us he was so embarassed by how people felt about him. He had no idea that it was actually happening.

Dave says Jasmine was helpless on purpose but became more self sufficient as time went on. Jasmine noticed confidence and sociability in Dave.

Joshua, who called David & Jasmine out for not growing enough, doesn’t regret this move, even if it did give them a kick in the pants.

On the picking up bug competition that as usual unfairly favored Sam, Jasmine made the mistake of saying her one regret was not being able to pick up the spider. So they bring him back and make her touch it now, with the assistance of her partner. She’s able to touch one of its legs. Barely.

Sam and Rebecca missed each other. Any bets on how long this lasts?

Rebecca doesn’t hold any hard feelings against Nicole for wanting her out, and Will thinks she was a genius for plotting to get rid of them.

Rebecca was happy to see Amanda leave, considering she knew Sam liked her first.

Joshua learned not to fight Shay. Shay learned patience. Shay thinks they’re the old married couple. Joshua thinks she’s the bossy mom, but it’s because she cares about how he turns out. They surprise the cast by bringing out Joshua’s actual mom. She wasn’t real pleased with the new look, but she was happy he was happy.

The viewers voted Sam as the beauty they most have a crush on, which was easy to see coming since the girls all split any male votes, while the female voters likely made up the largest percentage. Joshua was easily voted as the geekiest, another pretty obvious result. Josh came in second.

Josh wasn’t around for the makeover but did decide to do his own. He’s got a new hairstyle, new wardrobe, and has gotten rid of all his body hair. Looks to me like another ringer who wasn’t overly geeky to begin with. He claims he did this because Rebecca promised him she’d give him a full back massage. So they just happen to have a massage table to make this promise come true.

Hollie plans to go back to school and study anthropology. Jen will take her realtor’s course.

Josh has a girlfriend now. Luke’s a player.

And the winners of Beauty and the Geek Season 4 are… Jasmine and Dave. America got it right.

CBS to Use Showtime Content

CBS president and CEO Leslie Moonves said he’s hopeful about the resolution of the strike but not terribly optimistic. In addition to the reality TV blitz, including multiple nights of Power of 10 and the first winter Big Brother (also multiple nights), along with the return of Survivor, the network plans to air some shows from its sister network Showtime, reports Broadcasting & Cable. No specific shows were mentioned, but Dexter was later mentioned as the most likely candidate.

Heroes Season 2 Episode 11

Thanks to his daughter’s blood, Noah’s death was short-lived in Heroes Season 2 Episode 10. Sylar, who hasn’t liked Alejandro from the beginning, killed him and took his sister Maya to see Suresh. At the end of the episode, Peter, Hiro, and Adam all showed up in Odessa, TX, where Hiro was there to kill Adam, sword in hand, but Peter was interested in protecting him.

Suresh returns home to find Sylar waiting for him. Maya’s there with him, cooking breakfast. The niceness won’t last long. Sylar wants to find a cure for the virus, via the combination of Claire’s and Suresh’s blood. Suresh pulls a knife; Sylar pulls a gun. Maya seems shocked to find out that Sylar is a liar. She gets angry and tries to use her powers, but Sylar guilts her into stopping herself.

Nathan tells his mother Peter’s alive. This convinces her to recount her story from the past, how they decided the world needed fixing by being wiped out, but she later was against it. He says she hasn’t changed much, since she tried to blow up New York. After telling Parkman and Nathan to go to Odessa, TX, she warns them to kill Adam with a bullet through the head, and Parkman hears her thinking that they’ll have to kill Peter the same way if they can’t stop him.

Hiro finds Peter and Adam and tries to kill Adam, but Peter uses his powers to protect him. Hiro tells him he shouldn’t trust Adam, that they knew each other a long time ago, and that he killed his father. In turn, Peter warns that he went into the future and saw the problems the virus will cause. He then shocks him unconcious. When time restarts, Adam obviously recognizes his old friend.

Claire’s still considering telling everybody what she can do, as an attempt to avoid any future running and secrets. Her mom’s afraid this choice also carries consequences.

Bob continues to be disappointed with Elle. She goes to see HRG, who tells her about how she was experimented on as a child and how Bob was unfeeling and just wanted to keep pushing her even if she was in pain. Bob walks in because he needs to ask if Claire could have any hard evidence that could leave the Company exposed. HRG just smiles. Bob says they’re going to have to take measures to keep her quiet.

Micah asks Niki for help rescuing Monica. Even without super powers, she can at least still drive.

Peter and Adam are looking for the virus. Peter asks if it’s true that Adam killed Hiro’s father, and he admits it, saying it was due to his unwillingness to destroy the virus. In an effort to get Peter to open the door that stands between them and their goal, Adam brings up Caitlin (and something about the fate of the world).

Maya’s still surprised Alejandro was right all along about Sylar. He offers to take her powers off her hands and help them both. While preparing to be stuck with a needle, he warns Mohinder that his father betrayed him, and that he shouldn’t make the same mistake.

Elle’s doing some snooping. She spots Sylar, which she’s happy about because she still wants to make her father proud.

Monica’s kidnappers tell her heroes in the real world end up dead.

Nathan and Parkman go to Odessa as instructed. Parkman tells him what he overheard, but Nathan just says he’ll handle him and that listening to his mother never did any good. Hiro’s happy to see flying man.

Claire refuses to listen to her mother. Perhaps West can get somewhere, but she just gives him his file and says there isn’t an “us” for him to be worried about any more. When she turns around, she sees her father. Okay, so maybe that’s what she needed to change her mind.

Molly offers to help Maya find Alejandro. She can’t find him because he’s dead. Suresh finds out Sylar has the same strain of the virus Niki has, meaning that somebody injected him. While they’re discussing this, an upset Maya confronts him about killing her brother, so he shoots her.

HRG’s just there to warn Claire not to expose the Company. He has to go back with the Company, and his family can live normal lives, as if he actually did die.

With much difficulty, Peter manages to get the safe open. What’s this thing made out of anyway? Hiro comes to stop Kensei, but Peter flings him against the wall and lets Adam go forward into the vault. Parkman warns Peter to let Hiro go and go after Adam instead, but Peter doesn’t believe him. He tells him he’s on the wrong side. Nathan asks if he’s on the wrong side, too.

Adam tells Hiro that God just washed away the world he was unhappy with by making it rain for 40 days and 40 nights, and that he intends to do the same, releasing the virus and being a hero. Nathan tells Peter about his visit to the past and asks whether he can really trust Adam.

Peter realizes who the actual enemy is, and he grabs the vial containing the virus, destroying it in his hands.

Nathan wants to take this whole thing public and destroy the Company. Of course, he’s being filmed when he says this.

Suresh cures Maya at Sylar’s insistence that he try it on her first. Elle shows up and chases after Sylar.

Monica’s left to die in a burning building. So why doesn’t she use her powers or something? Micah tracks her down, and Niki runs into the burning building to save her. Monica gets out okay, but while Niki’s still inside, the building explodes.

Hiro buries Adam alive, telling Ando he’ll never bother anybody again.

Elle’s afraid she’ll get in trouble for chasing off Sylar, but Suresh thanks her and says they owe her their lives.

Nathan holds a press conference to blow the secret. As he’s about to reveal his ability, he gets shot. His mom warns that Pandora’s box has been opened.

Sylar’s injuries don’t last long. He’s able to heal himself. Beyond that, he can move objects with his mind. He’s back, and so concludes volume two.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Heroes Season 2 episode 12.

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CBS Winter Schedule Changes

Big Brother 9, Survivor 16, Power of 10, and Jericho Season 2 schedules have been announced.

Big Brother 9 will premiere Tuesday February 12 at 9/8c. Similar to the traditional summer scheduling, the show will air three nights a week: Sunday at 8, Tuesday at 9, Wednesday at 8. Rather odd scheduling, but there’s no way they’re going to disturb Thursdays.

Survivor 16, at this time rumored to be an All Stars 2, will premiere Thursday February 7 at 8/7c.

Power of 10 will air Tuesday and Wednesday at 8/7c starting January 2.

Jericho season 2 will air in the 10/9c Tuesday timeslot beginning February 12. The second season will be 7 episodes long.

Heroes Season 2 Episode 11 Preview, Part 2

5 minute spoiler video of Heroes Season 2 Episode 11 Powerless.

Scenes include:

Suresh comes home and is greeted by Sylar and Maya.
Elle finds out the truth from HRG, and Bob threatens to take measures to keep Claire quiet.
Micah tells his mom about Monica being kidnapped.
Peter and Adam work on a break in.

Video after the jump.

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The Amazing Race 12 Episode 5

Trying to play up their new U-turn twist as something that actually made a difference in the leg results, the producers tried to make us think Lorena & Jason were eliminated from The Amazing Race 12 Episode 4 as a result of the U-turn. The fact that they were an hour and a half behind because of the ridiculous whining at the camel task was disregarded. Anyway, we’ll probably be greeted with some more drama about Shana & Jennifer’s decision to use the U-turn in tonight’s episode.

Tonight the show’s starting on time. That’s new.

Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.

First: Azaria & Hendekea (6:45am)
Second: Nathan & Jennifer (6:46am)
Third: Ronald & Christina (7:17am)
Fourth: Nicolas & Donald (7:18am)
Fifth: Kynt & Vyxsin (7:22am)
Sixth: Shana & Jennifer (7:44am)
Seventh: TK & Rachel (7:59am)

The next destination is Vilinius, Lithuania.

Azaria admits he’s a bit harsh with Hendekea. Jennifer’s done crying now and just says she’s hungry for a win this time. Christina tells her father she loves him out of obligation more than anything else. He wants to teach her how to deal with various kinds of people… because he’s not a total train wreck at doing so himself

Nicolas & Donald arrive at the ticket office before most other teams, but because they get a person who doesn’t speak English, the seats they were arranging ended up being given to Azaria & Hendekea. For some reason, though, after they leave, there’s still another set of seats for Nathan & Jennifer. But despite all the drama and the original seats that were scheduled to arrive after 5PM, they get seats on another flight at 1:35PM, 10 minutes after the first flight.

As expected, Shana & Jennifer are being ridiculous about using the U-turn, as Jennifer doesn’t agree with the decision to use it and was quick to point this out to us and the other teams.

1st flight (arrives 1:25PM): Azaria & Hendekea, Nathan & Jennifer, Shana & Jennifer
2nd flight (arrives 1:35PM): Nicolas & Donald, TK & Rachel, Kynt & Vyxsin
3rd flight (arrives 2:10PM): Ronald & Christina

The first and second flights are within minutes of each other and run into each other pretty quickly. Most people are just guessing where they’re going. Last place Ronald & Christina hire a taxi to show them the way.

Nathan & Jennifer are falling apart, getting mean and nasty with each other for no apparent reason.

In the road block, they must become a Lithuanian messenger, delivering packages through allegedly confusing streets. Most people don’t appear to have a lot of difficulty.

Road block: Nicolas, Kynt, Hendekea, Ronald, TK, Jennifer, Shana

Nicolas gets stuck on his second delivery, and all the other teams pass him. The blondes go in circles for a while and are the last ones to arrive at the road block. Both teams finish the road block at the same time.

The next stop is a Lithuanian museum. There, teams must find gnomes. Of course, this is sponsored by Travelocity. This doesn’t appear to serve any actual purpose other than product placement.

The detour is a choice between count down or step up. In count down, they’ll count every picket that makes up a fence. Counting tasks typically suck, particularly for teams with minimal patience (no need to point them out). In step up, they’ll stilt walk along a marked course. If they fall off, they must return to the beginning.

Step up: TK & Rachel, Ronald & Christina, Nathan & Jennifer (after trying count down)
Count down: Kynt & Vyxsin (after trying step up), Azaria & Hendekea (after trying step up), Nicolas & Donald, Shana & Jennifer

Kynt & Vyxsin seem to have an easy time at counting. Ronald overcomes the hernia to finish the physical task, which it was fairly silly for them to do in the first place. Nathan & Jennifer are drove crazy by counting. Shana & Jennifer just simply can’t seem to agree on anything… still.

The pitstop for this leg of the race is a working windmill.

First: TK & Rachel (win a trip to Japan)
Second: Kynt & Vyxsin
Third: Ronald & Christina
Fourth: Azaria & Hendekea
Fifth: Nathan & Jennifer
Sixth: Nicolas & Donald
Seventh: Shana & Jennifer (eliminated)

A lot of people will probably try to point this out as karma, but at the end of the day, their problem was that they couldn’t work together as a team. The finger pointing that came with the U-turn was a pretty clear example of this, and it continued throughout this leg as well. The best thing about this is that now there’s only one person named Jennifer in this race (even though both are equally annoying). What was up with that anyway?

Next week, Azaria loses patience with Hendekea, and Nathan and Jennifer decide they hate each other. So basically more of the same.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 12 episode 6 Cherry on Top of the Sundae That’s Already Melted, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

The Biggest Loser 4 Episode 12

The inevitable boot choice in The Biggest Loser 4 Episode 11 was Kae once she dropped below the yellow line. Despite her elimination, Kae has been by far the most successful female in the show’s history, not to mention more successful than most of the men.

Alison greets everybody in the gym and says that this week, the fate of everybody in that room rests in the hands of America. Yeah, that’s never good. People had to go online and vote for their favorite challenge. 1) US Bank climb up 74 flights of stairs. 2) Never-ending jumprope. 3) Poles over water. 4) Endless escalator.

Bill really wants the escalator challenge. Bryan wants something that’s not a stair challenge. Nicole believes the pole challenge may give blue team an advantage because of their meditation with Bob.

Bryan’s still trying to figure out what’s going on with his nutrition. It’s been too long for him to still be at this stage. Kim has him go over exactly what he’s eating to try to figure it out. She’s okay with his breakfast. She’s okay with his lunch. Until he tells her he marinates things in soy sauce, a high sodium food, which creates an environment for retaining water.

The challenge that America picks is the poles over water challenge. Contestants will be suspended above water holding on to poles. Whoever doesn’t fall wins. Last time, this challenge lasted for an hour. Andre Agassi tells them the winner will get a vacation to Tamarack Resort Idaho. Isabeau struggles right away and is first out. Neil’s not far behind. Nicole falls next. Bryan falls next, and Hollie’s a couple seconds after that. That brings us down to Julie and Bill, both of whom are just relaxing. Julie’s worried because she knows what kind of competition she’s up against. There’s a lot of heckling from the sidelines, as people are rooting for Julie to win, or at least for Bill to lose. Eventually, though, Julie does slip and fall, and Bill wins. Nobody pretends to be happy for him. They’re tired of him winning everything. They’ll be really tired of him if he wins the whole thing, which he’s well on his way to doing. He’s happy because this is the vacation he promised his kids.

After the challenge, everybody decides to have some fun because they haven’t seen a pool in a while, except for Hollie who just sits on the side of the pool and pouts. Ignoring the no diving signs, Nicole chips her teeth on the bottom of the pool. She has to get temporary teeth but remains positive.

The doctors come to give the contestants some good news. Neil has lost an equivalent of 3.5 of the Poland Springs water jugs from his body. Despite having lost the least weight, Julie has lost 45% of her waist line, more than the other contestants. Isabeau, who was pre-diabetic, currently has the best insulin of the group. Bill has been taken off his blood pressure medication but has still lowered his blood pressure to 128/80, within range of normal blood pressure. Bryan’s cholesterol has dropped over 100 points. Nicole has gained 11 pounds of muscle and lost the most amount of fat proportionately. Despite her thyroid problem, Hollie has lost over 40% of the area of her hips.

During the last chance workout, Neil looks like he’s going to collapse half the time. Unlike the black team girls who whine long before they get to that stage, he just keeps going and going without any complaints. Bill and Bryan have similar attitudes. Speaking of black team girls whining, Hollie modified her workout because she has an injured ankle. She tells Jillian she can still box, though, so Jillian offers the opportunity to do so, and she refuses so she can pout instead.

Bryan: 266 pounds (-4, 1.48%)
Isabeau: 230 pounds (-4, 1.71%)
Bill: 222 pounds (-6, 2.63%)
Nicole: 212 pounds (-6, 2.75%)
Hollie: 201 pounds (-3, 1.47%)
Julie: 171 pounds (-5, 2.84%)
Neil: 298 pounds (-5, 1.65%)

That puts Bryan and Hollie below the yellow line. We know Hollie’s got two votes for her to stay. Now it’s just a matter of whether Bill tries to break up that trio. Unluckily for Bryan, Hollie’s not only got black team support, but she’s also the weakest threat of the group. Bryan assures Kim she’s taught him enough, as they both assume he’s gone.

Votes
Isabeau: Bryan
Neil: Hollie
Bill: Bryan
Julie: Bryan

With Bryan’s elimination, the red team is now gone. Today, he weighs 228 pounds, down 118 pounds from his starting weight of 346. He hopes to become a successful recording artist now that he’s comfortable performing.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Biggest Loser 4 episode 13, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

The Amazing Race Asia 2 Episode 2

We started off the season with two teams nobody’s going to like both competing for last place. In the end of The Amazing Race Asia 2 Episode 1, the excessively loud Terri and her husband Henry came in 9th place. They were followed by bickering dating couple Edwin & Monica, but like last season, the first leg was a non-elimination, so we’re still stuck with both teams. On the other end of the spectrum, sisters Vanessa & Pamela managed to stay ahead of fitness enthusiasts Rovilson & Marc to take first place.

Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.

First: Pamela & Vanessa (7:19am)
Second: Rovilson & Marc (7:26am)
Third: Ann & Diane (7:32am)
Fourth: Brett & Kinaryosih (7:35am)
Fifth: Aurelia & Sophie (7:44am)
Sixth: Paula & Natasha (8:21am)
Seventh: Adrian & Collin (8:22am)
Eighth: Daichi & Sawaka (8:49am)
Ninth: Terri & Henry (9:40am)
Tenth: Edwin & Monica (9:53am)

Teams must take a taxi to the Green Star bus terminal, where they will catch a bus to the Pila Municipal Center in Pila Laguna, an hour and a half outside Manila.

Looking at their airport map, Ann & Diane see Marc (of Rovilson & Marc), who’s a TV host/model from the Philippines.

At the suggestion of the boys, the first two teams beg the bus driver to stop waiting and instead take off. It works. The bus leaves every 15 minutes, or whenver the bus driver feels like leaving.

Manila to Pila Laguna
Bus 1: Pamela & Vanessa, Rovilson & Marc
Bus 2: Brett & Kinaryosih, Ann & Diane
Bus 3: Aurelia & Sophie
Bus 4: Paula & Natasha, Adrian & Collin
Bus 5: Daichi & Sawaka
Bus 6: Terri & Henry
Bus 7: Edwin & Monica

On their bus, Paula & Natasha beg for money.

At the road block, racers must travel by tricycle to the rice paddy field, select a carabao, and plow a figure 8 through the field. Animal tasks are notorious for lack of cooperation.

Road block: Marc, Pamela, Kinaryosih, Diane, Aurelia, Natasha, Adrian, Daichi, Henry, Edwin

The road block turns out to be pretty straightforward, as these animals actually listen to commands. While everybody other than Marc struggles, there are no major breakdowns like the camel milking task.

Teams must then proceed to the Caltex Star Mart in Manila, since Caltex is a sponsor. When they get there, they must collect boxes of donations and deliver them to a children’s shelter. It’s a nice task, and the kids are cute… just not particularly willing to share or be patient.

Pila Laguna to Manila
Bus 1: Rovilson & Marc
Bus 2: Vanessa & Pamela, Brett & Kinaryosih
Bus 3: Ann & Diane
Bus 4: Sophie & Aurelia
Bus 5: Paula & Natasha, Adrian & Collin
Bus 6: Daichi & Sawaka
Bus 7: Terri & Henry
Bus 8: Edwin & Monica

Heading back to Manila, Vanessa & Pamela fail to read the entire clue (the part that says to go to Manila), and the boys leave them behind. Bus 2 breaks down, a potential break for the later teams. Vanessa & Pamela decide to take a taxi. Should be a penalty, unless there was something about this I missed.

Detour is a choice between heel or wheel. In heel, teams must match up all 250 pairs of shoes. In wheel, teams must assemble a bicycle. The task that requires no skill sounds more logical.

Wheel: Rovilson & Marc, Vanessa & Pamela, Ann & Diane, Aurelia & Sophie, Daichi & Sawaka, Terri & Henry, Edwin & Monica
Heel: Brett & Kinaryosih, Adrian & Collin, Paula & Natasha

Pamela & Vanessa get dropped off, well, they don’t really know where. Odd considering the show apparently arranged for the transportation and should have told the drivers where they were headed. It doesn’t seem to cost them too much time, though.

Rovilson & Marc assemble their bike first… with the handlebar facing the wrong way. After correcting this, they still manage to finish first. Paula & Natasha look forward to the shoe task because they have more shoes than that.

Paula & Natasha see a taxi with someone in it, get her out, and offer to pay her fare to take her cab.

The next pitstop is Paco Park & Cemetery in Manila, the original resting place of the Filipino hero Jose Rizal.

First: Rovilson & Marc (win $5000US)
Second: Paula & Natasha
Third: Diane & Ann
Fourth: Pamela & Vanessa
Fifth: Adrian & Collin
Sixth: Brett & Kinaryosih
Seventh: Aurelia & Sophie
Eighth: Daichi & Sawaka
Ninth: Terri & Henry
Tenth: Edwin & Monica (eliminated)

Not a particularly suspenseful leg, and not really well designed either. It was pretty obvious based on the leg design that Edwin & Monica had no prayer of catching up. Oddly enough, neither of these two teams that were so annoying last time were particularly annoying this time. Until the end when Edwin started yelling at Monica again and calls her useless.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Amazing Race Asia 2 episode 3, and don’t forget our live blogs of The Amazing Race 12.