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Chase Rice Survivor Nicaragua

Chase Rice
24
Fairview, NC
Pro Race Car Jackman

CBS Bio
Personal Claim to Fame: Winning the John Lotz Award. It is awarded to the student at the University of North Carolina that overcomes the most adverse circumstances.
Inspiration in Life: My father. I found out after he passed away that I got more from him in 22 years than most people get in a lifetime. He was always there for me no matter what.
Hobbies: Working on cars, riding 4-wheelers, hunting.
Pet Peeves: Lazy people.
3 Words to Describe You: Adventurous, athletic, competetive.
SURVIVOR Contestant You Are Most Like: JT, the man’s from the South. I’ve gotta stick with my southern roots.
Reason for being on SURVIVOR: It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Why you think you will be the sole SURVIVOR: I’m hoping people will trust me because I’m from the South and people tend to trust a southerner.

Brenda Lowe Survivor Nicaragua

Name: Brenda Lowe
27
Miami, FL
Paddleboard Co. Owner

CBS Bio
Personal Claim to Fame: Winning a Hispanic beauty pageant. I was the lamb among the Latin wolves.
Inspiration in Life: Living by the saying- “There’s only one way to find out!”
Hobbies: Paddle boarding, mountain biking, swimming.
Pet Peeves: Complainers and people who don’t take action!
3 Words to Describe You: Smart, sarcastic, straight-forward.
SURVIVOR Contestant You Are Most Like: Ozzy- I wish!
Reason for being on SURVIVOR: $1,000,000 + it looks like a lot of F U N.
Why you think you will be the sole SURVIVOR: Easy, I’m a natural winner. I’m not scared of anything and nothing stops me when I get an idea in my head.

Ben “Benry” Henry Survivor Nicaragua

Ben “Benry” Henry
24
Los Angeles, CA
Club Promoter

CBS Bio
Personal Claim to Fame: Running two businesses at such a young age.
Inspiration in Life: My father John Henry because of his success and business intelligence, and my friend Matt Oka who was paralyzed after a 4th of July accident in 2008. His determination is my inspiration!
Hobbies: Snowboarding, landscaping and partying with hot girls.
Pet Peeves: Snoring, name droppers, and flakes!
3 Words to Describe You: Controlling, competitive, and crazy
SURVIVOR Contestant You Are Most Like: The winners… They win!
Reason for being on SURVIVOR: To dominate and show the world what it is like to be a champion.
Why you think you will be the sole SURVIVOR: Because if you look good, you feel good. If you feel good, you play good. If you play good, you get paid good!

Alina Wilson Survivor Nicaragua

Alina Wilson
23
Downey, CA
Art Student at California State University (Fullerton)

CBS Bio
Personal Claim to Fame: Finishing a six day, 30 mile hike in the Sierra Nevada Mountains after almost having my finger bitten off by a dog on the first night. No stitches, no emergency room.
Inspiration in Life: Paris Hilton… just kidding. I hate this question because I am moved and inspired by a lot of people.
Hobbies: Traveling, hiking, scuba diving, swimming, cycling, photography, scrapbooking.
Pet Peeves: People who love the sound of their own voice and people who call me “hun” or “sweetie.”
3 Words to Describe You: Creative, determined, sweet.
SURVIVOR Contestant You Are Most Like: I’m like Stephanie because I am super competitive and athletic, Ozzy because I work really hard and sometimes keep to myself and Amanda because I tend to be too trusting.
Reason for being on SURVIVOR: I want to prove I’m not just a pretty face.
Why you think you will be the sole SURVIVOR: Because I really want it and no one can mess with me when I set my mind to something.

Big Brother 12 Episode 28

Britney was the final casualty of the Brigade in Big Brother 12 Episode 27. Part 1 of the final HOH competition left the contestants hanging on.

At 19:14, Enzo is the first person to fall. He doesn’t think either of the others will be taking him if he doesn’t win the next two rounds. Hayden and Lane both feel the same way, and they don’t intend to make deals with each other. Enzo goes inside to make some food, which he brings outside an hour into the competition to watch the show. After 2 hours and 35 minutes, Lane falls, and Hayden wins this part of the competition.

If the information provided in the TV listings were to be believed, one person would be evicted tonight, but Julie explains they’re all going to appear on the final night instead.

We go back to the jury house with the arrival of Ragan. Kathy’s still whining about Matt’s lie. Oh, get over it already. Ragan says it’s tough to watch himself getting evicted on the DVD, as if the result is a surprise. After they watch the show, Matt now has to reveal his lie to Ragan. Like Matt, Ragan also lied, about his job and the fact that he has a PhD, which he now reveals but considers a relatively trivial lie and okay because lying is okay as long as you’re the one doing it. This somehow leads to yet another argument between Ragan and Rachel. He believes that her wearing her heart on her sleeve was stupid gameplay (it was). Yeah, because he’s so calm and collected.

It’s now time for part 2 of the HOH competion. It’s morph-o-matic. They are given 2 minutes to unveil Frankenstein photos and identify the two faces contained in each one. This hardly seems like it would be Lane’s strong suit, but then again, I’m not sure we’ve found what Enzo’s strong suit is. Lane finishes in 1:13, identifying all 5 photos correctly in his first try. Enzo finishes in 1:43. That will put Lane up against Hayden in the final part of the competition.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 12 Episode 30, where we will find out who the Big Brother 12 winner is, which airs Wednesday at 9/8c on CBS.

America’s Got Talent Season 5 Episode 30

The top 10 performed in America’s Got Talent Season 5 Episode 29. Tonight four will advance to the final round, where one will be crowned the winner. There will be no judges’ choice, so fifth place isn’t going to cut it.

Michael Grasso and Prince Poppycock are up first. As talented as Poppycock is or may potentially be, I still don’t get the act. Michael Grasso, however, has come back strong and proved to be a great magician. That said, the first act going forward is Prince Poppycock.

Michael Grimm and Taylor Mathews are the next duo. I don’t have a preference between the two. Michael Grimm is advancing. So basically we’re going to have three singers (since we know Jackie Evancho will get the votes) in the finale. Lame. I’d rather see some of the non-singing acts.

Jeremy VanSchoonhoven and Christina & Ali are up next. I suspect this is the first pair of acts that’s going home. Even though Nick tries to lead us to believe otherwise, that is the case.

Jackie Evancho and Anna & Patryk are next. We already know Jackie will be in the finals. As expected, that makes three singers. Luckily, we have run out of singers, so at least it’s not a clean sweep. I assume that the final spot will go to Fighting Gravity.

The last pair to step forward is Fighting Gravity and Studio One Young Beast Society. The last act to make it into next week’s finale is Fighting Gravity.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of America’s Got Talent Season 5 Episode 31, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on NBC.

Big Brother 12 Episode 27

Following his HOH win in Big Brother 12 Episode 26, Hayden nominated Britney and Lane.

No matter how much the jury hates her or how much Lane would side with her before the Brigade (again), Britney is still the target this week.

It’s time for the most important power of veto competition of the season. Dun dun dun. History tells us it’s some sort of memory competition. They are given 8 clues on the top and 8 on the bottom, and they will have to match the faces on the double-sided movie posters to the clues. Hayden’s matching up the clues as he puts the posters up. Britney plans to lay out all the clues first and then put them up. Lane is thoroughly clueless. Enzo is just tossing up random posters without a great deal of regard to whether they’re correct. With his first guess, Enzo has 5 wrong. However, with his first try, Hayden gets all 8 correct and wins veto.

I can’t imagine what he would hope to gain by changing the nominations.

Julie tells us that all secrets eventually come out. Like the day 2 alliance that’s been hidden all summer, in spite of the fact that Kristen told the rest of these idiots about it weeks ago. Enzo and Hayden would like to reveal their alliance, but Lane doesn’t like it because that’s a vote that may be angry with him. That’s what he gets for playing both sides. He has a choice. Reveal it tonight or wait until tomorrow. Might as well let her sleep on it. With the cat out of the bag, Britney realizes she’s going home.

Hayden opts to not use the power of veto, leaving the nominations the same, and giving Enzo the sole vote for eviction.

Vote
Enzo: Britney

By a vote of 1-0, Britney has been evicted from the Big Brother house. Her initial overreaction aside, Britney says she does not harbor any ill feelings to the guys, who she never suspected because she thought she was working with them all along. They each offer up their apologies for duping her in their closing remarks.

America is granted the opportunity to vote for their favorite houseguest to win $25,000. This vote can include those who did not make the jury (who have no chance anyway), as well as those still left in the house.

The last HOH competition of the season begins with an endurance round. They’ll have to hang there the longest… while being lowered and smashing into walls. Of course, it’s never as simple as it first seems. Between the two walls is a waterfall.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 12 Episode 28, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.

America’s Got Talent Season 5 Episode 29

Michael Grasso, Fighting Gravity, Jeremy VanSchoonhoven, Jackie Evancho, Studio One Young Beast Society rounded out the top 10 in America’s Got Talent Season 5 Episode 28. They join Anna & Patryk, Michael Grimm, Prince Poppycock, Taylor Mathews, and Christina & Ali to perform tonight for the chance to be one of the four acts proceeding to the finals next week.

Studio One Young Beast Society is the last group of dancers, and they made it by on the judges’ vote last week. Tonight they’re breaking out the tricks in hopes of standing out. Piers tells them the gamble paid off. Sharon appreciates how hard they’re working. Howie calls it phenomenal.

Christina & Ali have an inspiring story, backed up by reasonably decent voices. Sharon really enjoyed that, and their voices continue to get better. As much as Howie enjoyed that, he’s not sure how they can compete with death defying acts.

Jeremy VanSchoonhoven’s injury last week probably pushed him through. Howie doesn’t know how he does it or where he finds the time. Piers guarantees him nobody is a crowd pleaser like he is.

Taylor Mathews is another singer who lucked out that he wasn’t on last week’s very tough show. He puts together an… interesting rendition of What a Wonderful World. Piers thought that was his best performance by a mile.

Anna & Patryk came back as wild cards and stepped it up. Anna starts things off by falling down the stairs. Well, it can only get better from there. The judges spend their time reassuring her that it’s okay. In spite of the rough start, the routine went off without a hitch.

Fighting Gravity is a group of frat guys that has surprisingly become among the frontrunners. This act could be in Vegas tomorrow. Tonight they recreate the moon landing. Howie says wow. This act says Las Vegas the most to Piers. Sharon can see the billboards already.

Michael Grimm was one of four singing acts to make it through on the first semifinal night. He drops the guitar tonight, but regardless the song choice of Let’s Stay Together suits him perfectly.

In the battle of the magicians, Michael Grasso beat Murray. He locks a chick in a box and carefully jabs swords through it. A curtain comes out and is removed, then she’s in his place, and he’s inside the box. Or is he? Nope, it’s not that predictable. Instead, he’s one of the other people on stage. Sharon really hopes he goes through. Howie crowns him the king of magic.

Prince Poppycock plans to keep pushing the envelope. Singing patriotic themed songs is genius. Howie loves what’s going on in this guy’s head, although he doesn’t have words to describe him.

The final contestant of the night is Jackie Evancho, who doesn’t even need to perform tonight to get the votes. Piers has never seen a vocal performance like that on this show. He looks forward to being known as the guy who helped discover her. Sharon sums it up as heavenly, and she’ll never forget it.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of America’s Got Talent Season 5 Episode 30, which airs Wednesday at 9/8c on NBC.