After the teams were picked by Joshua and Shay, episode 1 ended with the surprise introduction of the tenth team, composed of one guy who’s a beauty and one girl who’s a geek.

What’s the deal with Sam’s eyes? This guy’s creeping me out right away. One of the geeks was worried that their chances of hooking up with a beauty just got a lot worse, but I’m not seeing it, as the other guys are better choices than him, with a couple typical ringers who are good looking and will be even better off with a makeover. To make matters worse, he thinks he’ll be doing the girls a favor if he gets with them, as they need a confidence boost. Did they try to find the most obnoxious, conceited guy they could, as long as he had muscles and was decent looking (but still not as good looking as he thinks)? He’s most looking forward to hardcore partying with a bunch of hot girls. Yeah, this guy’s here for the right reasons. Regardless, I’m sure one of these girls is dumb enough to fall for him.

On the other hand, Nicole seems nice enough but is worried that the whole time she’s there, she’ll be the ugliest girl.

David tells Jasmine she was last on his list of partners. And this guy’s supposed to be smart?

The geeks are going to have a rapoff to be judged by Three 6 Mafia. The beauties are going to have a debate.

Tony’s afraid to practice his rap in front of Amanda, which is a wall she’s going to need to break through because having that extra person to bounce ideas off can be very useful.

The judges say they want to see Nicole’s booty. Shay wants to pull Joshua’s pants down some, but he’s afraid they’ll fall off. David thinks he’ll be great at this because he considers it another LARP, but the judges don’t get impressed by his performance until Jasmine turns it up a bit, as she says she loves shaking her butt in front of people. Will’s very comfortable up there and gets a very positive response from the judges. Half the geeks forgot the words. John really gets into character then adds to it with juggling.

Not surprisingly, Will and John get the votes from the judges. Between the two of them, they decide the winner of the two is Will.

The first debate is between Jasmine and Rebecca on the topic of raising the federal minimum wage. Both are terrible, but Jasmine’s smart enough to be able to get some laughs. Hollie and Natalie debate drilling for oil in ANWR. Hollie does a decent job. On the subject of G8 countries aiding third world countries, Katie gives a competent argument, easily beating Jen who says… nothing. Debating the drinking age being lowered, Sam seems to do okay because it’s the one subject he knows something about, Shay apparently wipes the floor with him, but then he comes back with a very good rebuttal.

The judges decide that Sam was the top debater. This is bad news for everybody but the producers, as the other teams were looking forward to kicking him out.

Jasmine and Natalie decide to spy on the deliberations about who’s going home (even though John warned them not to because it could create a reason for them to be booted) and find out that the decision is going to come down to who’s the biggest threat. Will catches them and is not happy.

Sam picks John and Natalie because they’re a threat. Will picks Amanda and Tony because he’s been overly passive. Tony’s afraid he let her down by being too shy.

The girls get two questions about politics. Natalie gets the first question wrong, as does Amanda. Natalie gets the second question right, taking a 1-0 lead. The guys get two questions about hiphop. Mike tries to act hip… don’t do that. John gets the first question right. Tony gets the next question wrong, and Tony and Amanda are eliminated. Tony had the most potential room for improvement between the two teams, but I think the right team stayed.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Beauty and the Geek 4 episode 3, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on The CW.

Nate and Jennylee are back and in search of new beauties and geeks. First stop is Boston. Just how much of these auditions is for real and how much is just made up for television? We may never know.

Do you know who won the Civil War? “Who was that between?” I’ve actually asked people that question before and gotten an answer not too far off that, so perhaps this is not that far fetched.

Mike then heads to Washington, DC.

What are you an expert at? “Being pretty.” Someone smack this chick.

Nate and Jennylee then head to Raleigh-Durham, NC.

Nate gets lost in a conversation about Risk. Yeah, you can tell he’s still a geek.

Table tennis is otherwise known as ping pong. “Not to me.”
What do you like in a guy? “Money.”
What is your IQ? “Slightly over not too dumb.”
What is your favorite part of your body? “Does my shoes count?”
“You’ve probably seen Forest Gump before. He’s one of my heroes.”

Next stop for Mike: Chicago.

What are the three branches of the US government? “There’s branches?”
When was the last time you kissed a girl? “Well, there was one ‘incident’ back in January.”
What’s the last book you’ve read? “Well, since I’ve been in school, I haven’t been reading.”

Nate and Jennylee then head to Little Rock, Arkansas. Where they have time to do their nails. Yep, nobody’s showing up there.

What is your IQ? “I don’t know. I’m like a 3 point… B average.”

Mike should have more luck finding people in LA. While there, he runs into Tyson, who insists anyone can learn to do Rubik’s Cube. Then it’s time for the auditions.

Do you have a girlfriend? “No. Are you kidding me?” Why? “Math makes me very excited.”
“I like foreign languages.” Do you speak a foreign language? “No, but I tell people I do.”

Nate and Jennylee go to Vegas, wondering if there’s any chance they’ll find geeks there. Nope, just a bunch of women with fake boobs.

What is your IQ? “Like 7 maybe.” Yeah, she’s not exaggerating either.
Who wrote Beethoven’s 5th? “I don’t read books.”

Geeks:
David
Jesse
John
Josh
Joshua
Luke
Tony
Will
William

Beauties:
Amanda
Erin
Hollie
Jasmine
Jennifer
Katie
Natalie
Rebecca
Shalandra

More info (age, profession, hometown) is in the cast revealed post.

“I just don’t go places where there are people that… study,” reveals Jasmine.

Nobody wants to go first to meet the beauties, but Will finally volunteers. He’s a fan of music of science fiction and fantasy. He thinks it might be better to live in a fantasy world. Hollie plays Betty Boop at Universal Studios. Dave enters with his LARPer (live action role playing) routine. He actually does seem to have impressed the girls with this, though. Amanda, an aspiring Playboy model, is proud of having paid $8,000 for her boobs. Josh is the president of a rubber band club.

Jen’s big on being fit and can probably benchpress more than all the guys in the house at 135 pounds. Rebecca goes to school for massage therapy. Luke volunteers very quickly for a demonstration. William is disastrously nervous. Natalie is the “ultimate Hooters girl.” She ties a cherry stem with her tongue. Joshua’s very nervous and ends up calling his mother so she can explain why he’s a good partner.

Shalandra likes to sing, dance, and shop. Luke designs robots. Katie’s good at finding Waldo in Where’s Waldo? and makes great peanutbutter & jelly sandwiches. Erin asks if anyone goes to a salon to get their hair done. That would be a no. Tony teaches the girls how to tie a bowtie. Jasmine was a cheerleader and does a cheer for the guys.

After there are introductions, Mike reveals that they won’t be picking teams. At least not right away. They’re going to give everyone a night to sleep on it together, at the first Beauty and the Geek slumber party under the stars. This actually makes sense. Much better than just picking someone at random based on a few minutes and first impressions. They get into a hot tub, where it’s revealed some of the guys need to shave their backs, and pretty much everybody is on top of each other. They must then pick cabanas, some coed, some not. Even still, there’s concern that they don’t know each other well enough to start picking people.

The first challenge is that the girls will undergo an intellectual analysis, while the guys will take a social skills analysis.

The guys must draw their ideal girlfriend. They must then kiss a mannequin. This is followed by an inkblot test. Horribly uncomfortable because it’s obvious the woman administering the test is a shrink, and they know she’s being shrinklike. The girls must name, in alphabetical order, as many countries as possible. Then it’s time for a math word problem. Lastly, they have to read something including big words.

Shay says, “The guy who created math, I mean, he obviously had nothing else to do that day because… it’s so boring.”

Shay and Joshua are called up and think they got the highest scores, but they actually got the lowest scores on the tests… which means they won the first challenge. With that, they are allowed to choose their own teammates… and everyone else’s. Lame twist, but it does add an element of strategy to the game.

At least they get an hour to do it so that the others can tell them who they want to be with. Shay asks whether they should team up together, and Joshua points out that they’re the worst two and as such wouldn’t make a good pair. Somehow, she gets her way. Joshua’s rationale is that they won’t be seen as a threat.

The teams are:
Shay & Joshua (nobody else gets why either)
Amanda & Tony (at Amanda’s request)
Jasmine & David (he’s not happy, and she doesn’t know who he is)
Erin & Jesse (Erin’s pleased)
Natalie & John
Jen & William (he’s surprised and disappointed)
Rebecca & Will
Hollie & Josh (she and Luke both wanted to be with each other)
Katie & Luke (she’s happy because Luke’s the ringer this year who’s not really that much of a geek)

Now it’s time for one last twist. One beauty is a man, and one geek is a woman. They will be the tenth and final team. And that’s where we leave off.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live blog of Beauty and the Geek 4 episode 2, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on The CW.

The CW today announced an expanded cast for its fourth season of Beauty & The Geek. There will be 10 guys and 10 girls. Of the guys, there will be one who’s not a geek, and of the girls, there will be one who is a geek.

Geeks:
David
28
Fire dept administrator
Somerville, MA

Jesse
26
Software engineer
Cincinatti, OH

John
22
Student
Frederick, MD

Josh
21
Student
Oakland, CA

Joshua
26
Student
Princeton, NJ

Luke
23
Student
Columbus, OH

Nicole
25
Grad student
San Francisco, CA

Tony
26
Med student
Kirksville, MO

Will
25
Server
Raleigh-Durham, NC

William (what’s with the trouble coming up with people with unique names this year?)
23
Software engineer
Alexandria, VA

Beauties:

Amanda
25
Model
Warren, OH

Erin
22
Hair stylist
Carol Stream, IL

Hollie
26
Theme park performer
Orlando, FL

Jasmine
22
Nanny
Columbus, OH

Jennifer
26
Waitress/model
Boston, MA

Katie
25
Store manager
Davenport, IA

Natalie
22
Waitress/Hooters model
Raleigh, NC

Rebecca
24
Student
Crown Point, IN

Sam (male)
26
Party Promoter
Davis, CA

Shalandra
26
Bartender
Little Rock, AR

Beauty & The Geek 4 starts with a two hour premiere Tuesday Sept 18th at 8/7c on The CW.