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The Apprentice Season 10 Episode 6

Hoping to boost his ratings (it didn’t work), Trump fired two people because he could in The Apprentice Season 10 Episode 5. First, having screwed up the presentation, Gene was fired. Then, Wade was fired because he didn’t test Gene’s speaking abilities or some such nonsense.

Although they won, that is not stopping the women from arguing, with a battle between Kelly and Liza going on.

Switching over to the other team and their dysfunction, Anand says that David is nothing but a virus to the team (he’s not wrong). Can’t say I blame him considering that comment about harassment, a term which he clearly does not know the definition of.

When she goes to meet with the CEO of Rockport for her reward, Stephanie receives an offer to participate in an advanced management training program.

The teams will be creating their own pedicab tour, which will involve passing a test to get their license, design a tour, sell it, and do some pedaling.

Don Jr. is not available this week, but the family parade continues, with Eric Trump filling in.

Kelly will be the project manager for the women; Anand will be the project manager for the men.

The first step is to get a pedicab license. Really? Kelly and Mahsa fail.

The men toss around the idea of a gimmick pedicab ride, where they turn the rides into Roman chariots. They decide to focus on creating pre-sales and work on selling the day before. Their obstacle is, as usual, David, who’s only on the show so people will talk about him, but should have been fired last week or the week before that or the week before that…

The women are looking for men with money, hoping that sex will sell on Wall Street, as they try to pitch their babes on bikes tour. Kelly is worried that the men there will mostly be working, but Stephanie assures her they’ll be on lunch.

On the other hand, the men just walk right outside and start yelling in front of Trump Tower.

Dave is depressing people. During his tour, he talks about how he doesn’t have money, and how his wife left him because of it. Oh, and his great great grandfather was killed by a mule. Where’s a mule when you need one? David’s more interested in telling his life story than actually giving people a tour.

The women have put on their skimpy outfits, but nobody cares. Everybody is too busy to bother stopping. Kelly should have put her foot down rather than letting Stephanie get her way. Right now, they’re all pretty much just hanging out on the corner.

Liza tells people that they’re giving away free tours. It’s not free, though.

Around lunch time, having wasted half the task standing around, the women finally start to get some business.

When Eric asks Kelly who her best salesperson is, she says Poppy, who has no sales experience but seems to be doing a lot of selling. Mahsa does not like that answer. She runs to tell Stephanie, who is equally upset. What do Mahsa and Stephanie hope to gain by throwing a fit during the task?

Trump asks Clint how the team did. He believes they may have pulled one out today.

But wait. Can he talk about David? Since it’s becoming the season of David, why not? “Dave is the most classless, schizophrenic human I’ve ever met in my life. Dave cannot find his rear end in the bathtub when it comes to business. He is a disruption. He is a problem. And frankly, win lose, or draw tonight, sir, I beg you, I implore you to rid us of this plague before we go any further, or we won’t be able to function.”

Wow. Steuart agrees, and they’ve nicknamed David the virus. Anand echoes that, saying it was three against six, not four against six. Then Clint threatens to remove David’s hand if he puts it up again. As much of an ass as David is, the overreaction we’re seeing here isn’t any better.

If they win, Trump can’t fire David. That’s not how the game is played. Yeah, he’s not supposed to fire two or four people at once either or rig the show so a pre-picked friend wins with the reason given being that she’s old. Stuff happens. There are no rules on this show, just Trump’s ill-fated whim.

David apologizes. Clint does not accept his apology because David couldn’t get a job as an Oompa Loompa making Gobstoppers.

Eric thought some people on the women’s team were doing a lot, such as Brandy and Poppy. Kelly, however, was not as aggressive in sales, in addition to having failed the pedicab driver’s test.

Who was the least effective in terms of the team’s ability to win? Kelly says that Liza has the greatest opportunity for growth.

Mahsa hopes they won. She’s not sure. That’s as much enthusiasm as she can muster. She agrees Liza was the weakest link.

The women made $320. The men made $950. Not even close. Whoever was the best salesperson for the women, I’m not sure it really matters. For his reward, Anand will be meeting with Chuck Davis, CEO of Fandango and DailyCandy.

Kelly blames the location, which falls on Stephanie, though she wants nothing to do with her poor location choice. Trump tells them this decision meant they had no chance. Undeterred, Stephanie continues to lie, but she does stumble on to something. Why was she given so much responsibility? Shouldn’t the project manager have done more?

Mahsa would fire Liza for not selling anything. Trump’s response is that he couldn’t sell on Wall Street either. Ivanka thinks the men would be fired if their bosses looked out the window and saw them with babes on bikes.

Poppy would fire Liza as well.

How did New Yorker Mahsa allow the team to choose Wall Street? The men with the money are there. At least she’s willing to admit it, even if Stephanie is not.

Liza and Stephanie will be coming back to the boardroom.

Stephanie blames “the group” for location, and says that Mahsa was the one who actually took the lead. Mahsa, Stephanie, I’m not really seeing much difference between the two.

Liza would fire Kelly as project manager, who didn’t know more about the location the others (but not Stephanie, let’s get that clear because Stephanie had nothing to do with the location, even though she did) picked.

Trump asks Kelly if she should have spoken to Mahsa or somebody who knows more about New York. She would have gotten the same answer. Stephanie and Mahsa thought Wall Street was brilliant. Which of them convinced the other is not entirely clear, but they insisted it was a great idea. Even after they flopped for the first couple of hours, Stephanie insisted they made the right choice. Not only that, but Stephanie knew all she felt she needed to know: rich men are on Wall Street. You could be from Canada or Chicago wherever Stephanie says she’s from, or Russia for that matter, and know that.

Kelly is fired. I grow bored with Trump’s decisions and logic.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Apprentice Season 10 Episode 7, which airs Thursday at 10/9c on NBC.

Survivor: Nicaragua Episode 6

Following a tribe shuffle in Survivor: Nicaragua Episode 5, the new Espada could have picked the guy with the bum knee or the whiner who just the day before said she wanted to quit. Instead, they voted out Tyrone.

Dan says he thinks he’s done. He’s not sure he can take too many more nights of this weather. Not another one.

Yve is surprised she was left in the dark in the vote, which ended in a result she did not see coming.

Brenda would like to see 3 votes for Marty, 3 votes for Jill, and then whichever one of them goes home really doesn’t matter.

When Espada shows up at the immunity challenge (already?), Marty says “Awesome for us” when he sees the other tribe got rid of one of their strongest members. Tonight, both tribes are going to tribal council for a vote. One person from each tribe will win immunity. They will race to an individual digging area, where they will dig up three rope rings with a paddle, tossing the rings into a holder attached to their waists. In the final round, the winner from each tribe will square off in a ring toss for tribal reward, a feast to eat while listening to the other tribe’s tribal council.

Espada goes first. Strangely, Holly actually does well at this challenge, scoring her first ring before anybody else and then her second ring. Benry and Alina tie her at 2. Dan is a lost cause. Alina and Holly make their final toss, which Holly completes to win immunity.

La Flor is next. Everybody gets on the board with a point except purple Kelly. Marty, Kelly B, and Jill score their second. Jill drops her last ring. So does Kelly B. After a second try, Jill wins immunity.

That pits Jill against Holly in the ring toss. Holly scores first. Jill ties it at 1. Then she takes the lead 2-1. Holly ties them at 2. Jill wins reward for La Flor.

When they get back to camp, La Flor pretend to all be one tribe. That pretending does not last long, pretty much because it’s pretend. With Marty having hidden immunity and Jill having regular immunity, that screws up their original plan.

Sash suggests splitting the vote 3 for Marty and 3 for Kelly B, telling Kelly B that their votes are going for Jane.

Marty tells Fabio that he’s a grandmaster in chess. He’s not. Nor is Guillermo Vilas, an ex tennis player, who Marty claims is a great Argentine grandmaster. In any case, this all makes sense to Fabio.

If Espada continues its pattern, the choice is between Dan or Yve. Dan really does not want to be there, but he doesn’t want to lose face by quitting either.

Benry would like to get rid of Yve rather than Dan. Chase would rather surprise Benry and keep Yve. Furthermore, there is concern that Dan’s knees are getting worse and worse, as they have with each passing day.

Yve tells Alina and NaOnka that she knows the other side more intimately than Dan and Holly do. Well, that was a pretty stupid thing to say.

Jane is told the plan, or at least some small portion of the plan. Jane’s told that her responsibility for this evening is to vote for Marty. No problem.

Fabio likes Marty. He’s not sure he wants to vote for him. Nobody has any clue which way Fabio is leaning.

Marty is instructed to write down Jane’s name. He can do that. If they’re really locked on Jane, why is everybody talking so much? Nonetheless, he feels pretty safe that they’re voting for Jane, so maybe he should hang on to his idol.

As the winners of the reward portion of the challenge, La Flor will vote first.

At tribal council, Brenda is asked whether Jane has reason to worry. No, not from them, just from Jill and Marty. Marty feels uneasy seeing Brenda’s attempt at backstabbing. Marty turns to Jane and mouths the words “Vote Brenda.” Interesting. If only these two could actually trust each other. He doesn’t have the numbers to bring about change just yet, but he could stir the pot.

Marty declines to play his hidden immunity idol.

Votes
Marty
Marty
Marty
Brenda
Brenda
Kelly B
Kelly B
Kelly B

We have a tie. In the event of a tie, everybody will revote, except for the two with the most votes, Marty and Kelly B. Whoever they keep is dangerous because neither of them will like having been played.

Votes
Marty
Kelly B
Kelly B
Kelly B
Kelly B

With 4 votes, Kelly B has been voted off the island. It’s fair to say she has been blindsided.

Having completed their task, La Flor will feast on chicken and beef kabobs, while watching Espada vote.

Dan feels animosity from Yve because she says the fact: he’s a liability in challenges. His response is that she’s pretty arrogant, although she’s not the one always bragging about how much money she has.

As they leave, Marty wishes Dan good luck.

Votes
Yve
Dan
Yve
Yve
Yve

His name may have come up. Again. But Dan dodges another bullet. With 4 votes, Yve has been voted off the island.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Nicaragua Episode 7, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

The Biggest Loser Season 10 Episode 5

Yet another woman was sent home in The Biggest Loser Season 10 Episode 4 with the elimination of Burgandy.

At the conclusion of last week’s show, Corey, Anna, Montina, Sandy, and Shanna returned, with a warning that one of them will be making it on the show after all. The player with the highest percentage of weight loss will make it. The other four will be going back home.

Corey: 354 pounds (-37, 9.46%)
Shanna: 221 pounds (-21, 8.68%)
Montina: 270 pounds (-17, 5.92%)
Sandy: 235 pounds (-25, 9.65%)
Anna: 291 pounds (-39, 11.82%)

With her 11.82% weight loss, Anna is in the competition. Finally a woman who’s here to play?

We take a look at the weight losses so far.

Rick: 15.14%
Mark: 14.25%
Adam: 13.93%
Frado: 13.62%
Ada: 13.18%
Jesse: 13.01%
Brendan: 12.98%
Anna: 11.82%
Patrick: 11.00%
Aaron: 10.47%
Jessica: 9.93%
Lisa: 9.72%
Elizabeth: 8.61%

With those stats out of the way, it’s time to change the game again. We’re going blue vs. black. Welcome to campus, Anna. You are picking the teams. There will be 6 blue team members, 6 black team members, and 1 player on their own (with immunity for the week).

Anna goes to each contestant and asks which trainer they work well with. A lot of people tell her to take immunity for herself. I’d be hard pressed to come up with an argument against that.

Blue Team (Bob): Jessica, Aaron, Lisa, Mark, Jesse, Adam
Black Team (Jillian): Rick, Ada, Frado, Brendan, Elizabeth, Anna
Immune: Patrick

Rick asked to be with Bob, but he doesn’t seem too upset about the decision. Ada’s not happy that Elizabeth is on her team, since she is in last place for the season so far. Wanting to be with Jillian, Anna takes the last black shirt. Not only does she not get immunity, but she has managed to inadvertenly break up the alliance, for the time being anyway, leaving Patrick on his own.

During the first workout, Anna breaks down crying about how she failed. Well, that was an unexpected turn. She feels like a failure because she couldn’t save her son.

The wheels are turning on both teams because the losing team gets Patrick. Who wants him more? Who’s willing to throw the weigh in and get rid of a weaker link than him? Granted, as much as they talk about how great he is, his current position on the leaderboard is #9. Each team has weaker members, but he really hasn’t demonstrated much, although he certainly has the potential given his weight and age.

For their first challenge as blue and black, each team will visit 5 food stations throughout downtown LA. At each one, they will answer a trivia question about the food. They are allowed to ask as many questions as they like. If they get it right, they will receive a green card with directions to the next station. If they get it wrong, they will receive a red card, a penalty card, which will mean a physical challenge. Reward is 40 weeks worth of The Biggest Loser meal plan (a $7,000 value), an expensive prepared meal plan that nonetheless when it’s free should be great to have because of its time saving benefits. Additionally, they will get letters from home.

Which dish has fewer calories? Vegetable mosaic or crab salad?
Crab salad. I’d say the butter is the problem on the other one. Jesse is incorrect, but Elizabeth is right. As they run to the second one, Anna is having trouble catching her breath already.

Which dish has less fat? French fries or cheese balls?
French fries. Even with the fry dipping sauce, the cheese balls have plenty of things in them to create extra calories, such as whole milk. Anna is correct, but Aaron is not, resulting in another penalty card for the black team. The challenges will waste a bit of time, but they’re pretty quick things like 20 forward lunges.

Pick one cookie and one ice cream flavor to make the least amount of calories. Chocolate chip, ginger, oatmeal raisin; cinnamon, coffee toffee, peanut butter, strawberry, vanilla bean.
Ginger and vanilla ice cream. Frado is incorrect. So is Adam.

Which dish exceeds daily sodium by 60%? Pot stickers with soy sauce, buffalo wings, or calamari with tartar sauce.
Pot stickers. The thing that jumps out is soy sauce, a huge red flag. Brendan is incorrect, but Jessica is right.

Within 100 calories, how many calories are in the meat lasagne?
804. Ada says 1850. Mark says 1300 calories. This penalty is a little more intense: 21 flights of stairs.

Blue team’s a few flights behind in what is coming down to a stair climbing challenge. Ada’s the first to reach the top. But where’s Elizabeth? She’ll get there eventually. Black team wins the challenge. Brendan gives his letters to Lisa. Anna, too, offers her letters since she just got there (I’ve seen others before her get all emotional over letters after less than a week, as if that were a long time or something). Ada and Frado follow suit. Aaron, Adam, and Jessica get letters instead.

Black team tells Jillian that blue team plans to throw the weigh in, so it’s the blue team’s fault that the black team plans to do the same. She’s not buying it. They can play if they want, but she doesn’t want them to play dumb. All things being even, I would think the black team would have to throw this in order to lose because the blue team has the deck pretty well stacked against them. Jillian warns her girls about what the guys plan to do. As a team, they decide to not throw it. Let’s see if that actually happens. Anna says she’ll be angry if she gets voted out. She could have had immunity, if she wanted it.

Adam has chosen to not use his advantage, which will be worth 3 pounds next week if he’s still around.

Patrick: 346 pounds (-10, 2.81%, immune)

Jessica: 248 pounds (-6, 2.36%)
Mark: 352 pounds (-9, 2.49%)
Lisa: 252 pounds (-8, 3.08%)
Adam: 335 pounds (-11, 3.18%)
Aaron: 407 pounds (-12, 2.86%)
Jesse: 305 pounds (-16, 4.98%)
Blue Total: 1899 pounds (-62, 3.16%)

Frado says that, if there’s gameplay, it’s all good. Alison replies, “Not for someone.” Anna knows she’s the target if black team loses, although I would think the more logical target would be Elizabeth.

Anna: 286 pounds (-5, 1.72%)
Elizabeth: 218 pounds (-5, 2.24%)
Frado: 308 pounds (-9, 2.84%)
Ada: 215 pounds (-9, 4.02%)
Rick: 287 pounds (-10, 3.37%)
Brendan: 313 pounds (-2, 0.63%)
Black Total: 1627 pounds (-40, 2.40%)

Since they’ve lost anyway, the black team would have been better off throwing the weigh in to make things easier for last week. They didn’t do that, though, or at laest that’s how it seems (with everybody other than Brendan, who ended up looking like an ass). He swears on his goddaughter’s life he played it straight. Famous last reality TV words.

In spite of their win, the blue team’s not smiling (Adam notwithstanding) or for that matter celebrating at all.

With the highest percentage of weight loss on her team, Ada is safe.

Votes
Anna: Elizabeth
Elizabeth: Rick
Rick: Elizabeth
Ada: Rick
Brendan: Rick
Frado: Rick

With 4 votes, Rick is not The Biggest Loser. They just voted out the person who is the biggest loser of the season so far, a move that can’t possibly strengthen the team. From his starting weight of 350, Rick is down 120 pounds to a weight of 230. He’s a huge threat to win the at home prize.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 10 Episode 6, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

The Amazing Race 17 Episode 4

Michael & Kevin limped their way to the pit stop in The Amazing Race 17 Episode 3, but they were noneliminated.

Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.

First: Connor & Jonathan – 10:15AM
Second: Gary & Mallory – 11:19AM
Third: Chad & Stephanie – 11:29AM
Fourth: Katie & Rachel – 12:12PM
Fifth: Nick & Vicki – 12:23PM
Sixth: Brook & Claire – 12:24PM
Seventh: Jill & Thomas – 12:29PM
Eighth: Nat & Kat – 1:12PM
Ninth: Michael & Kevin – 1:26PM

Connor & Jonathan keep talking about how they’re going to miss their graduation. Hmm… travel around the world while on a TV show or wear a stupid cap and gown?

Can they finally get on a plane? Yes, they are headed to the Arctic Circle, a 4500 mile flight to Kiruna, Sweden, which should provide quite the contrast to their current 100 degree heat. This prompts Nick to ask his cab driver for a ride to the Arctic Circle.

All teams are given tickets on the same flight. Although they are given tickets on that flight, they are under no obligation to use them. Ghana to Sweden… I don’t like their odds of finding something worth swapping. However, since they will be landing in Frankfurt, one of the 10 busiest airports in the world, that presents an opportunity. Seeing this, Michael & Kevin call the airport and are given plans to depart 2:15 earlier from Germany. They decide to share their plan with Gary & Mallory. They’re not alone, though. Nat & Kat find the earlier flight on the Internet. Brook & Claire spot the Internet cafe, where they receive the tip from Nat & Kat. Suspecting something is up based on Gary & Mallory and their smiling, Connor & Jonathan try to get the earlier flight, but they are too late.

The time in between connections is an hour. A hell of a risk. When I was in Frankfurt, it was the most disorganized chaotic mess I’ve come across, causing me to miss my connection in the US. If this risk doesn’t pay off, the teams are looking at a significant disadvantage, but at least they won’t be all alone.

It’s a mad dash and some quick running once they get to the airport. All four teams manage to make the flight, leaving the other five teams about two hours behind.

Their first stop is the Icehotel. Because it’s summer, the hotel is packed up in a warehouse. The clue, etched in a block of ice (in Swedish) is leading them to Fjellborg’s Lodge. It’s quickly looking like Jill & Thomas’ race to lose because they’re running around aimlessly trying to find this place. That said, they do have the express pass.

Before they can continue, Michael & Kevin hit a speed bump, in which they must sit on ice furniture for 10 minutes. Uh. That’s it? This is punishment for placing last?

The road block will be to use a summer training sled to mush their sled dogs down the trail and snatch five flags along the way. For each missed flag, they must perform one penalty lap. Then they will bring the dogs back home.

Road block (in order of arrival): Michael, Mallory, Claire, Kat, Katie, Connor, Stephanie, Nick, ?

From there, teams will drive themselves through the Swedish countryside to the Vassijaure Train Station. The detour is a choice between sleds or beds. In sleds, teams will go to the top of the mountain, then use an extreme sports sled to reach the finish line in under 1:58. In beds, they will use traditional materials to build a tent-like dwelling used by the nomadic locals.

Sleds: Nat & Kat, Gary & Mallory, Brook & Claire, Nick & Vicki
Beds: Michael & Kevin, Jill & Thomas, Chad & Stephanie (switched from sleds), Katie & Rachel (switched from sleds), Connor & Jonathan (switch from sleds)

Kevin again makes this choice with the precaution that his dad is dragging him down, although we saw that fear was warranted last week. Nat finishes in about 1:48, well ahead of the mark to beat. However, her parenter has wiped out somewhere on the mountain. The guys on the course asks Kat if she’s having problems. Uh, she’s stuck in the fence. Gary beats the time, but Mallory misses by about a second. On their second attempt, Nat & Kat are successful. Brook & Claire easily complete the course the first time around. Gary & Mallory make it on the second try. The top three teams are leaving the tent builders in their dust, but that two hour gap will provide them with enough of an advantage that they should be unconcerned.

Connor & Jonathan are a comedy of errors on the sledding. Stephanie’s only doing this because Chad will enjoy it, and her end result is not pretty. Of course, her fear in this is her own fault, or at least that’s what Chad wants us to believe in his complete lack of support. Then comes the shouting. Giving in to her fear, Stephanie opts to quit the sleds in favor of the beds. Jonathan continues, in spite of the fact that he’s terrible. For Nick & Vicki, this extreme sports task fits right with their personalities, and they finish on the first try. Katie & Rachel switch when one of their sleds goes flying off the mountain. Connor & Jonathan finally admit they’re not going to finish as well. Now Chad’s feeling pretty lucky, and he’s even acting somewhat nice to Stephanie. Those who dragged their feet and insisted on sticking around wasted precious time.

Jill insists on skipping the beds task, so she and Thomas use their express pass instead. Considering how quick the other task is, I’d say that was a wise move, unless one of the other teams just simply can’t complete the other task, which turns out to be the case. Better to use the pass and waste it than have it in your backpack as Phil’s saying goodbye.

The pit stop for this leg of the race is the Norwegian border, a line in the snow.

First: Nat & Kat (win a trip to Belize)
Second: Gary & Mallory
Third: Brook & Claire
Fourth: Michael & Kevin
Fifth: Jill & Thomas
Sixth: Nick & Vicki
Seventh: Chad & Stephanie
Eighth: Katie & Rachel
Eliminated: Connor & Jonathan

Though they are certainly not the weakest team, Connor & Jonathan have been eliminated from the race.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 17 Episode 5 Tastes Like a Million Dollars, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

The Apprentice Season 10 Episode 5

Tyana kept going on and on about how much she hated what her team was doing in The Apprentice Season 10 Episode 4, but she was unable to either provide a solution or stop being negative, resulting in her own firing.

Mahsa’s return does not thrill her own team, nor the opposing team.

Wade will be the project manager this week. For real this time?

The task is to present a fashion show for Rockport’s key buyers. A fashion show? For shoes? Men will present the women’s line; women will present the men’s line. This has the potential to serve as a distraction to both teams.

Executive search consultants Catherine Roman and Juan Betancourt are the advisors for this task. So the only Trump we will have to worry about this week is Donald.

As planned, Wade has stepped up to the plate this time. For the women, Stephanie will lead.

Stephanie assigns Kelly to be in charge of the creative side, and Poppy and Liza will assist her. Mahsa will keep them on time. Brandy will be the MC. They come up with a concept of a day in the life. Opting to push the envelope, they decide they want the men to be as unclothed as possible for the finale of the show.

Anand and Steuart are assigned to work with their models. Gene volunteers to be the MC, and David wants to be the co-MC. This is a big concern for everybody else because David could easily blow it for the team as a presenter.

Wade calls Catherine Roman a “so called headhunter.” I hope he didn’t say anything like that to her face. Neither of the advisors offer any particular useful comments about how the teams are doing.

The girls opt to take just one model with them on their shopping trip to prevent chaos. Anand and Steuart, however, are thrilled to be hanging out with 8 models for the afternoon.

Poppy returns from shopping with one pair of briefs. Stephanie is not pleased. She wants her softcore ending and is not shy about expressing that Poppy is incompetent.

Brandy rehearses her runway show. During this, Liza gets concerned about one of the models having scabs on his legs, which she wants covered up.

Although the other team had planned to rehearse, Gene is not even close to ready, and David makes sure to repeatedly rip into him during the rehearsal for it. Better off just not bothering wasting time here.

Once we get to go time, the women seem to do quite well with their presentation. Let’s see what impact the finale has. They oil up a bunch of men in their underpants and send them back out. One of the men has his arms folded, apparently embarrassed to be part of this dispaly.

Unlike Brandy, Gene, who claimed to have experience doing this, does not seem at all comfortable handling the MC work, stumbling over his words. It gets worse when he mixes up the name of the shoe with the name of the model. Not wanting to be part of this any more, David walks off stage. Wade’s closing thought: unless the women sent naked men out on stage, the men have blown this task. Oh wait, they did.

The women all thought Brandy did an excellent job. Trump agrees.

Although it was clear to everybody else about the guy with the scabby knees who for some reason was the one chosen to wear shorts, neither Stephanie nor Kelly noticed.

Trump’s not going to waste time discussing this any further. Aside from that one relatively minor complaint, and ignoring the fact that the women unnecessarily decided to take the risk of having their models in their underpants, he awards the landslide victory to the women rather than the men, who had an atrocious presentation. As the winning project manager, Stephanie will meet with the CEO of Rockport.

At the end of the day, this comes down to presentation. All the other details and who was or was not project manager was irrelevant. Brandy was awesome, while Gene bombed and David was of no help to him.

Gene believes that Wade was a good project manager, probably not the best thing to say considering that Gene’s going to be heading back to the boardroom with him in a few minutes.

Trump’s suggestion was to pick Steuart and Anand because they were smoother guys. While there is some logic to this, it’s not as if Gene or David would have fit in well in the fashion part of the task either. He doesn’t get why Wade didn’t test David or Gene. Guess what: nobody tested Brandy, and it went great. If Wade should be fired, so should Stephanie. Granted, the women at least had a rehearsal, but by that point, it’s too late to switch things up. As much grief as Trump wants to give Wade about this, it’s a stupid thought process with a desire merely to produce drama because there is nothing else to discuss here. It all boils down to Gene’s presentation, or lack thereof.

The only thing the executives liked from the men was the outfits, which again Gene and David would not have had a clue about.

David says that Steuart did not volunteer to be the MC because he wants to harass women. Wait. What? Harass? While he has a valid point when he specifies what he means, harass, really?

Gene will take responsibility for the fact that his performance could have been better. If Trump wants to fire him, go right ahead. Alright, Gene, you’re fired.

Oh, and Wade, you’re fired, too. Trump is an ass. Stupid stunt firings killed this show the first time around. Not that Wade was going to win anyway, but now is not his time to go.

Gene has since started his own company and is building a technologically advanced assisted living facility. Wade says his reputation in the real estate market has improved significantly.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Apprentice Season 10 Episode 6, which airs Thursday at 10/9c on NBC.

Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 8

Following a lame non-elimination ceremony, nobody was sent home in Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 7 because they finally had a good service after six trainwrecks. Tonight is the 100th dinner service for Hell’s Kitchen.

Jillian says that she didn’t think Sabrina did badly. So why vote for her when the instructions were to vote based on the service?

The teams meet at a market to create beef, pork, lamb, and chicken dishes. Each person is responsible for cooking one dish (Jillian and Gail will be partnered). They are given $60 and 20 minutes to shop. Russell considers shopping with his team to be like shopping with three children. On the other team, Sabrina wants to do lamb and lentils. Oh, and by the way, Sabrina wants to do lamb and lentils. Yeah, I don’t think they care. Blue team is on budget, but red team exceeds their budget by $6.97. They take out one chicken breast, blaming Sabrina, who told them over and over and over again she was doing lentils, while they completely ignored her.

After the shopping trip, they have 45 minutes to cook their dish. Let’s hope Sabrina has enough time then because her lentils take exactly that long. They ask if she needs help, but she doesn’t want it, hoping to prove she deserves to be there. Russell, who refused to help Rob at the last service, now wants to be the boss of everybody.

The meat dishes will now be priced by the judges.

Nona and Rob are up with the beef. Nona’s beef is very tender, but her broccoli leaves something to be desired. Rob’s food is very light and nice, but why are there so many onions? Nona gets $32, while Rob gets $26.

Boris and Gail cooked the pork. Boris’ color is good, but his pork is dry. Gail’s peaches are great, but her pork is a bit bland. Red team gets $28; blue team gets $26.

Russell and Trev are up for the battle of the chicken. This should narrow the gap. Russell’s chicken is juicy and flavorful, but the potatoes are undercooked. Trev’s skin is cooked nicely, but the carrots are undercooked. Trev gets $22, while Russell gets $26.

Vinny and Sabrina have the final dish, lamb. Sabrina’s lame is cooked really well, and the judge likes the red wine sauce. Vinny’s dish has plenty of flavor, although it doesn’t look very good. Blue team gets $23; red team gets $28.

Red team wins the challenge, with only Trev failing to impress. As much as they want to get rid of Sabrina, there’s clearly a weaker link.

For their reward, the red team will get a waterfront dinner. The blue team will clean up the place for a black tie dinner. They will also cover up the kitchens for fumigation. Russell blames his teammates for the loss. His win against the weakest competition counts for something in his mind.

Trev says he’s glad, feels he’s on the right team now, and he thinks he’s earned his spot with them. They disagree.

Boris is tired of Russell, who hopes Boris gets deported tonight. On the other team, Trev has a bad attitude (different than his normal bad attitude).

The VIP’s at this evening’s service are Rock, Christina, Danny (unrecognizeable with his male length hair), and Holli, the winners from seasons 3, 4, 5, and 7.

Boris is falling behind at the beginning. Rob insists on stepping in to help bail him out. In the other kitchen, Nona starts out fine. Problem is she makes the same mistake Vinny made last time, using the risotto, with the assurance of Gail that it will be okay.

Boris continues to struggle, but Rob continues to help him out, while Russell continues to stand and watch. Rock has decided he likes Boris.

Trev’s falling apart on garnish. He doesn’t know what he’s supposed to be cooking or what goes with what. When he does deliver, it’s not good. The winners think he’s a goner.

One diner on the blue side has returned “chewy” lobster. Vinny dismisses it as just one dish. Same table, same complaint again, three times altogether.

Although he protested before, Trev eventually demands help from Sabrina. He could use a hand from Nona, too. Ramsay says that Gail may as well get on garnish as well to round things out. We are amused.

Rob asks what he needs. He’d really like to know. Russell doesn’t care. He deliberately ignores him. I’ve never seen anything quite like this. This guy needs to be thrown out.

Still unable to get his act together, Trev can go outside and take some fresh air. That should improve things for the red team. Nona hops on garnish, and the team begins to get things done.

Vinny follows the lack of chicken from Rob with poorly cooked lobster. When Rob finally delivers chicken, it’s pink. That’s bad news. The blue team is dismissed.

Trev returns for the final table for the red team. He may have returned, but they didn’t need him, having been better off without him.

Obviously, the ladies won tonight. Oh, and Trev’s lucky enough to be on their team. The blue team will pick two nominees.

Rob says they all suck. Russell votes for Boris as usual, as well as Vinny. Boris votes for Russell and Rob. Rob votes for Boris due to him being behind (at least he has a reason) and Vinny. Vinny votes for Rob for inaccurate times and Boris because he doesn’t want to vote Russell. That brings us to Boris and then one other person. How do they break the tie?

Boris is the first nominee. They still haven’t broken the tie between Rob and Vinny. All three can step forward, while that jackass Russell remains safe. The person leaving Hell’s Kitchen is Boris.

It’s not over yet. Ramsay needs to hear from Trev. To be continued…

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 9, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.

Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 7

Melissa was eliminated in Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 6 because, uh, well, why not?

Having dodged the bullet again, Sabrina asks if she can start off with a clean slate. Gail says they don’t have anything against her. Really? Okay, maybe Gail doesn’t, but Nona and Trev sure do, as did Melissa. Nona’s plan is to get rid of Sabrina, still. That plan blew up in Melissa’s face. I’m sure willing to watch it happen to Nona, too.

Ramsay unveils a roulette wheel. There are 18 letters on the wheel, which the contestants will use to pick their ingredients. Vinny will spin twice.

Blue team: kale (Vinny), yams (Vinny), miso (Boris), striped bass (Rob), asparagus (Russell)
Red team: rutabaga (Trev), cauliflower (Jillian), bok choy (Sabrina), fennel (Gail), salmon (Nona)

Boris’ choice of miso does not impress anybody, but the blue team pulls it together when Rob finally selects a main ingredient.

On the other team, rutabaga is the first food that pops into Trev’s mind when given the choice of something beginning with R. Really? Adding to their misery, Sabrina selects bok choy. For their last choice, Nona finally selects something that had a mother. Lucky letter S.

Boris will stick by his choice of miso, and they reluctantly agree the choice is not so bad after tasting it. Unlike Boris, Trev is not so lucky. His rutabaga chips are burnt and bitter, but he does impress one person. Himself.

The red team has made a grilled salmon dish in cauliflower puree with baby bok choy, pan-roasted fennel, and rutabaga chips. Salmon is cooked perfectly, and the fennel is delicious. However, Nona’s cauliflower puree has too much butter, making it look terrible, although it tastes good. The bad news continues with Trev’s bitter chips.

The blue team has cooked pan-seared striped bass with braised kale, asparagus, and fried yams in a light miso broth. Presentation has a wow factor. The fish and kale are cooked perfectly, and the miso tastes delicious. Rob’s asparagus and yams, though, were lazy.

Red team wins the challenge. Trev can’t believe “we” (the rest of his team) pulled this off. For their reward, they are going to Vegas, where they are surprised by Penn & Teller. The blue team will remain behind to prepare potatoes for the next service. Forgetting that Rob cost them the challenge, they turn their anger toward Boris.

Jillian, Sabrina’s lone ally, has decided that she’s tired of Sabrina’s attitude, too, and will be nominating her if they lose. Regardless of how service goes? Same basic criteria as the rest of the team I see.

Amongst the diners will be Ramsay’s family, as it’s time for family night, complete with a kids menu.

Ramsay is still pushing Trev as the leader for the red team. I’m still not clear what has transpired that would lead him to believe this is so.

Vinny is cooking too much risotto. At least the quality of the food is not bad. Jillian is less lucky, and she wants to kick the risotto’s ass.

Blue team gets stuck with Ramsay’s family. Good luck with that. Vinny grabs the risotto he previously made because there was nothing wrong with it. Wrong answer. It’s old. Even if there is nothing wrong with it. Does he want to go home? Over this? Get a grip.

Sabrina’s not sure about the meat, so she asks Trev for his assistance. He grants her request but still hates her, helping her deliver perfectly cooked meat. Boris has cooked his meat perfectly as well, but he fails to clean his board before slicing another one.

Nona’s running behind on garnish. She calls out a time of 15 seconds. Trev goes up to her and starts counting down. This guy needs to be slapped. Repeatedly.

Like Nona, Rob falls behind on garnish. He is angry with Russell for not sliding over to help him out. Russell has no intent of helping Rob or anybody else. There is no Russell in team.

As Trev bosses Sabrina around, she has decided she doesn’t want to take it, so she tries to put him in his place. Not happening. His ego continues to grow. He’s running the show, and she will do as he demands, while shutting up. Sabrina considers him to be a maniac, not in a good way. She delivers raw chicken after getting the okay from Trev to go with it.

Back in the blue kitchen, Rob continues his struggle on mac and cheese. Ramsay will feed the rest of his family first then. His son will have to wait.

90% of the customers left happy, but elimination will still proceed. Each team will come up with two suggestions based on tonight’s service.

So obviously the first nominee is Sabrina, based on the rest of the season. Did anything get sent back? Trev mentions the chicken, to which Sabrina responds that if she goes up for that, he should, too. Jillian votes Sabrina as planned. Gail points out that Nona struggled and put them behind.

Speaking of going after people based on the rest of the season, the blue team’s first choice is obvious: Boris. Boris in turn nominates Vinny. Vinny votes for Boris and Rob. Rob doesn’t appreciate Russell’s lack of assistance, so he nominates him.

Red team has nominated Sabrina and Nona; blue team has nominated Boris and Rob. When nominating Rob, Russell says that everyone was trying to help him. Everybody other than Russell that is, although Russell lies and claims otherwise.

Ramsay chooses one suggestion from each team: Nona and Rob, the two garnish people who held up their kitchens. In his defense, Rob makes sure he throws Russell under the bus. With all that fake drama out of the way, nobody is going home. It was a great service.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 8, which airs next on Fox.

Survivor: Nicaragua Episode 5

After the old people lost yet again in Survivor: Nicaragua Episode 4, they got rid of the last remaining Jimmy.

Holly’s shocked by Jimmy’s departure, and she realizes she’s an outcast. Marty, meanwhile, believes he’s the master of the game, and is on the track to winning the game. Apparently, his strategy is to dominate the tribe that keeps losing every week, helping to make sure they get weaker and weaker. Wonder what he intends to do post-merge when his tribe has been decimated and he is the leader of one.

Doesn’t matter. When they meet Jeff, they can drop their buffs. Time for a tribe shuffle. They seem to have grown tired of this lame young vs. old twist that’s really not working.

They draw for rocks. Yellow and blue rocks are for captains. Brenda draws yellow; Holly draws blue. Better news for Holly than for Brenda, who’s doing quite well. Brenda will choose 3 people from the older tribe, while Holly will pick 4 members from the younger tribe. Jane, Jill, and Marty will join the younger tribe; Alina, Benry, Chase, and NaOnka join the older tribe. Good luck to those who picked Marty and NaOnka.

Oh, and the medallion of power is done, too. Good riddance to that.

From here we head right into reward challenge. Ah, the whole old format is back, now with two challenges per episode. Two members will toss balls that will bounce and change direction along the way, while two members of the other tribe work to try to catch those balls. If a ball hits the ground, the other tribe scores a point. Reward is chickens and a rooster. Hopefully this will not present a moral dilemma for anybody like it usually lamely does. Sash drops the ball, and Espada leads 1-0. Holly’s struggling to even get the ball up the wall. Tyrone drops a ball, and it’s tied 1-1. Marty drops the ball, giving Espada back the lead. Alina drops the ball, and it’s tied again. Marty drops another ball, and Espada wins reward.

Tyrone’s comfortable bossing around the new younger members of his tribe.

Holly is thrilled to have a new lease, and she’s bonding with the kids quickly. The rest of her tribe alienated her, so it’s no surprise this is her way out. Not that it’s necessarily smart, but it gives her a better shot than she had otherwise.

NaOnka’s willing to work with Alina if it means having the numbers.

On the other side, there is a preexisting lead of 5-3, so there is no need to scramble for numbers.

Like Holly, Jane is happy with the switch. She was an outcast, and she didn’t particularly care for her tribe. Given the opportunity to break up Marty and Jill, she’ll take it.

Marty hears the story about how NaOnka shoved Kelly B and ran off the clue, which he likens to cancer in the tribe. I won’t argue with him there. Knowing Jane will probably tell them that he has the idol, he reveals that he has it himself. Brenda views this move as arrogant.

NaOnka says that she’s worried because of the rain. When she’s cold, she loses it. So what we’ve seen of her so far is not her losing it? Alina’s fine with her breakdown.

Three tribe members will rotate somebody on a wheel, who will go underwater, take in a mouthful of water, and spit it into a tube. Once that tube is full, a ball will be released, with which tiles are to be broken. Seriously? Kelly B, purple Kelly, and Brenda are on the wheel for La Flor; Alina, Holly, and Yve are on the wheel for Espada. La Flor is moving noticeably faster than Espada. In spite of their slowness, Espada’s got the lead because La Flor’s speed is causing them to miss. Espada releases their ball first. Tyrone breaks the first tile to take the 1-0 lead for Espada. Jane ties it 1-1. Fabio takes the 2-1 lead for La Flor. Benry ties it 2-2. Fabio scores again for the 3-2 lead. Jane connects again to lead 4-2. Benry scores twice to tie it 4-4. Fabio scores for a third time to win immunity for La Flor. Espada may have a new tribe, but they’re still not winning.

NaOnka doesn’t want anybody to view her as a quitter, but she’s done. She doesn’t care. She really wants to go home. Quitter.

Everybody, except Tyrone, wants to eat the chicken. How about a vote then? Dead chicken coming up. Everybody else goes to cook the chicken, but he protests by sticking to himself in the background. However, he doesn’t have any trouble eating more than his share, which does not get lost on anybody else.

Tyrone was never on anybody’s good side, and he’s not doing himself any favors. On the other hand, NaOnka is a quitter. NaOnka’s an easy person to eliminate, but the concern is whether Holly will stick with the younger people so they can retain the lead.

In spite of her whining, NaOnka has decided that she appreciates her tribe and their encouraging words.

Votes
NaOnka
Tyrone
Tyrone
NaOnka
Tyrone
Tyrone
Tyrone

With 5 votes, Tyrone has been voted off the island. Can’t completely argue with the decision to keep the numbers, although the elimination of Dan would have accomplished the same thing without weakening the tribe.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Nicaragua Episode 6, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.