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America’s Got Talent Season 5 Episode 17

Four more acts advanced in America’s Got Talent Season 5 Episode 16: Michael Grimm, AscenDance, Alice Tan Ridley, and Antonio Restivo. Tonight 12 more acts perform: Harmonica Pierre, The South Philly Vikings, CJ Dippa, Polina Volchek, The Strange Familiar, Haspop, Luigi, Chipps Cooney, Kaya and Sadie, Jeremy Vanschoonhoven, Debra Romer, and Studio One Young Beast Society.

The South Philly Vikings usually perform in a parade. Piers gets in there with his first buzzer of the evening, calling them overgrown schoolchildren in robot costumes. Sharon apologizes for him. Howie’s confused what category they’re supposed to be in. They don’t seem to know either.

CJ Dippa is a good young rapper with a lot of confidence, although he’s not a dancer even if he’s convinced himself otherwise. He hopes to show people that he can write about what he feels. Piers couldn’t understand a word he said, but he can’t understand any rap songs anyway.

Harmonica Pierre owns more than 150 harmonicas, but he can’t play five of them at the same time. Rather than his usual classical music, he plays Hey, Soul Sister by Train. Howie felt like he was in his doctor’s office. Piers calls him one of the best harmonica players.

Polina Volchek is a hula hooper who started gymnastics at age 7. Well, at least I thought we’d see some hoops anyway. Rather, she’s got a rope. Piers buzzes. He was bored. Sharon appreciates the movement and could watch that for hours.

I had assumed that The Strange Familiar was just a band that unfortunately selected the same name as an existing band that has already released an album, but it seems that it is indeed the same group that had a song featured in The Biggest Loser and The Secret Life of the American Teenager. They’re talented enough that I’d say one of their originals beats this cover of Time after Time. Sharon’s not sure. Bad song choice, in spite of the voice, and they seem confused about their direction. Howie says that, strangely, this was just so familiar. Piers wants her to dump the band, including her husband.

Haspop left his family in France to pursue this dream. That is wow. Piers thinks it’s worth the sacrifice, and that was the performance of the night.

Luigi is back with his guitar singing This Love by Maroon 5. Not quite what I remember his audition being. Piers buzzes. Good but not good enough.

Chipps Cooney is tonight’s waste of time, a “magician” with very lame tricks. It gets worse. This time he starts stripping. That’s worth three X’s. Piers calls him the greatest trainwreck in the history of the show.

Kaya and Sadie are The Belly Dancing Duo. Howie doesn’t know. He was just watching.

Jeremy Vanschoonhoven is doing some more bike riding. For part of the routine, he will be blindfolded. This is not Piers’ cup of tea, but he’s slowly making it his cup of tea. Sharon calls him the new Evil Knievel. Howie thinks this would be a great live show in Vegas.

Debra Romer sings Dreams by Fleetwood Mac. Not as good a singer as Kira Leyden of The Strange Familiar, but the performance goes over much better. Howie’s not so sure about her vulnerability being a good thing, which Piers calls a load of something British, saying she’s a star.

Studio One Young Beast Society wins the competition of coming up with the longest name. Howie calls that the best dance group so far. Piers says the show has ended on a brilliant note.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of America’s Got Talent Season 5 Episode 18, which airs Wednesday at 9/8c on NBC.

Hell’s Kitchen Season 7 Episode 13

In spite of Ben’s complete mockeriness in Hell’s Kitchen Season 7 Episode 12, Jason was eliminated.

Ramsay cooks the contestants a dish. Do they think they can recreate that dish? Yes, chef. Well, that’s good because he’s going to… test their ability to teach. They all get students with the same amount of experience. Zero. Four young cool dude bachelors know nothing. The chefs are given half an hour to prepare the dish using verbal instructions only. Jay’s student is done putting on his apron after 5 minutes. Holli is concerned with flirting with her student, while Jay gets jealous and pretends he’s not. With about 9 minutes left, Ben’s student asks what they are making.

Autumn has failed to deliver much monkfish, the key ingredient in the dish. She made the decision that the poorly sliced fish was not worth putting on the plate. Jay delivers superb presentation and perfectly cooked fish. Ben’s student has delivered some raw/burned food, which doesn’t show much for Ben, who is a cooking teacher. Holli’s presentation is not great, but the potatoes are perfectly cooked. Congratulations goes to Jay and his student Rick. The dish looked like Jay had done it.

The losers get to participate in maintenance day and clean the car parking lot, as well as prep for service for the evening.

Jay will be getting something special, to be revealed later. He again chooses Holli to go with him. They will be going up in a blimp. Ben hates Holli now, but then again, who doesn’t he hate?

The chefs are given the opportunity to choose who does which station. Holli gets fish, Autumn gets garnish, Jay is on appetizers, and Ben gets the beef.

On the first order, there is no response from anybody. Not a good start.

Against Holli’s request, Autumn decides to take the fish before it’s ready. Without Autumn grabbing her food, Holli’s next attempt is perfect. Try number three, however, is no better than the first.

Jay’s first risotto is bland, which he takes to mean not good. Pretty much. As he’s getting busier, he gets sloppy, which he doesn’t see as a problem.

Ben wants to show that he can communicate with the team this time. Not only can he not communicate, but he’s drowning.

Autumn’s spinach is cold and greasy. And again. She finally starts serving heated food that’s acutally heated, but after that she doesn’t have a clue what order has been called.

Next up is Holli, who gets a lecture about the proper way to cook fish.

Ben continues to struggle on meat. This leads to him serving raw food. Jay wants to help him, and for the first time he doesn’t tell the person helping to f off, probably because that person is not a woman.

In spite of all the yelling, for the first time, no food has been sent back to the kitchen.

Following a good service, they can go upstairs and choose two nominees. Jay is congratulated for his leadership. Autumn is, as usual, a target. It really doesn’t matter what her service is like, and it hasn’t mattered to them for weeks. Just an easy placeholder for one of the spots. That will leave it between Ben and Holli, with Jay casting the deciding vote between his crush and somebody that’s else.

Autumn is the first nominee. Ben is the second nominee. He promises that he can communicate better. Again. Autumn can get herself back in line. Ben can, too. Nobody’s going home. You gotta make a choice eventually.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Hell’s Kitchen Season 7 Episode 14, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on Fox.

Big Brother 12 Episode 8

Following Monet’s obvious eviction in Big Brother 12 Episode 7, an endurance competition for HOH began.

Brendon says that the reason he didn’t vote to keep Monet is because the house didn’t want to. As if keeping her would have been the wise move anyway.

Then there’s Kathy, who did vote against the house. Her vote didn’t make a lot of sense to me.

Kathy is the first person to fall out of the HOH competition. She pretends this is strategy, rather than just the fact that she sucks. Lane falls off shortly after her. Kristen is the third person to fall. Then Hayden, who says he threw the competition, which is more believable than Kathy. The fifth and final person to avoid the have not fate for this week is Britney, who quits yet another competition rather than being a have not for the week, not that she was going to win anyway. Everybody who remains will be a have not unless they win HOH.

Enzo’s the first of those who remain to fall in, leaving only Matt for the Brigade. Brendon follows him, and Rachel is now thinking she made a mistake last week by targeting the two chicks who hate her guts. At this point, Ragan and Andrew make a deal with each other, both ignoring the fact that there’s a third competitor on the boards with them. Matt overhears this, but he’s not interested in dealing. Andrew is the next one to drop. That means he’ll have nothing to eat for the week because slop is not kosher. If you choose not to eat the food, don’t come on the show if it’s a problem. Ragan asks for the remainder of the house to go inside so that he can chat with Matt. During this time, they decide to just keep battling. As Ragan shivers, Matt looks as comfortable as he has the entire time up there. At 2 hours and 15 minutes, Ragan falls, and Matt is the new HOH. His allies are smart enough to not be jumping up and down.

Back inside, Rachel’s crying. Again and/or still. If she does get nominated, she deserves it for calling him out last week.

Britney decides to teach Enzo how to speak properly. Well then.

The letter Matt receives from his wife supports his claim that she has melorheostosis.

As much as the rest of his alliance wants to target Brendon & Rachel, Matt is seeking revenge on those who tried to vote him out last week.

Kristen and Hayden continue to sneak around and believe their relationship is still a secret. While Hayden’s in the other room with her, the rest of the Brigade talks about their relationship. Are they the lifelong friends? For that matter, are they cousins? Whatever the case, they’re hopeful he’ll remain loyal to them rather than her.

Every time Andrew walks into a room, he interrupts Brendon and Rachel doing stuff. Not that this is difficult because they’re always doing something.

America’s choice is for what additional foods the have nots get. Baby food and bok choy. They got screwed. Fish sticks and fruitcake was much better. Then again, I don’t know, maybe baby food tastes good. Regardless, Andrew’s happy because it’s kosher.

Matt proposes to keep Brendon and Rachel safe in return for not putting him up next week. She doesn’t know if she can trust him. Based on the house meeting she called last week, it doesn’t seem he can trust her either.

Looking for a pawn, Matt wants Andrew to go up on the block. The obvious choice that the whole house would be happy with is to target Brendon and/or Rachel, but he doesn’t want to go the obvious route.

Nominations
Ragan is safe.
Kristen is safe.
Hayden is safe.
Enzo is safe.
Lane is safe.
Britney is safe.
Rachel is safe.
Brendon is safe.

Kathy and Andrew have been nominated for eviction. He once again protests too much claiming he doesn’t have any alliances. Kathy doesn’t get what seems like a revenge nomination. It’s not as if she’s a big threat, whether she voted for him or not. Andrew doesn’t get this stupid plan. Enzo wonders what the heck Matt is thinking and if he has a backdoor plan.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 12 Episode 9, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

So You Think You Can Dance Season 7 Episode 17

5 of the top 6 performed in So You Think You Can Dance Season 7 Episode 16. For the third week in a row, one person was out due to injury.

Having opted to sit out, Billy Bell is automatically in the bottom three.

Lauren Froderman is safe. So is Kent Boyd.

Adechike Tolbert, Robert Roldan, and Jose Ruiz are the next group to step forward, and they’re pretty much the underdogs at this point. Two of them will be in danger. The person who can relax is Adechike.

That leaves Billy Bell, Robert Roldan, and Jose Ruiz in the bottom three.

Unlike the last two weeks, Billy Bell is fine. He could have danced (and probably should have), so he should be good to go next week should he survive. That means the judges are actually going to have to make a decision. A couple of the judges don’t feel as though Robert is growing. They, likewise, think Jose has stopped growing, except in his own area. Billy made the decision for the first time in the show’s history that he wouldn’t dance, despite being cleared by the doctors. The judges have decided that nobody is going home this week. Lame. So much for them having to make a decision. Two people will be going home next week.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of So You Think You Can Dance Season 7 Episode 18, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.

Big Brother 12 Episode 7

Following Britney’s veto win in Big Brother 12 Episode 6, Matt decided it would be wise for him to volunteer to go on the block against Monet.

In a change of heart, Monet decides that she hates Rachel’s guts. Oh wait, that’s what she already thought before, which is the reason why she’s in danger.

Monet and Britney hate everyone in the house. Yeah, I think I already saw this storyline last time and the time before that.

Hayden seems to have a showmance with Kristen, a secret showmance, and it’s no longer just in his head (not entirely anyway). Apparently, his idea of keeping a secret is kissing five feet away from Andrew.

Rachel comes up with a random lie that Britney thinks she has Kristen’s vote for Monet to stay. What’s the point of this? Oddly enough, this pointless lie does not backfire.

With all they’ve been through, you’d think Rachel would have learned by now. Nope. Somehow, she thinks that Britney may be her ally. Yeah, just like how The Brigade is her ally. She decides to tell her that Matt volunteered himself to go up as a pawn. Considering how badly Rachel and Brendon have buried themselves, this may not be the worst strategy, though. Getting Britney riled up about Matt may just save Rachel’s butt at some point by giving them a common enemy. Matt is simply playing too hard.

After their chat, Rachel calls a house meeting. For religious reasons, Andrew cannot come to this meeting. His god apparently prohibits him from associating with idiots. This time, it’s not just about telling one person Matt’s plans. Nope, the whole house needs to hear this. Matt’s defense is that he felt strongarmed by them. Really? He tells Rachel the hard truth. No matter who wins HOH, she and Brendon are targets.

Julie insists on talking to Rachel. That means we have to listen to her voice/giggling. Would it be possible for someone to slap her?

Votes
Andrew: Monet
Enzo: Monet
Britney: Matt
Kathy: Matt
Hayden: Monet
Kristen: Monet
Ragan: Monet
Brendon: Monet
Lane: Monet

By a vote of 7-2, Monet has been evicted from the Big Brother house. Monet leaves with a wave, not even hugging Britney. She said goodbye to Kathy (what was up with her vote?) and Britney already last night. She has no regrets about how much of a bitch she was about Rachel.

The houseguests jump on surfboards. The last person standing on their board will be the HOH. The first five people to fall off their boards (plus Rachel) will be the haves for the week. It’s going to be a long night.

Want to know who wins HOH before Sunday’s show? Check out the Big Brother 12 spoilers.

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

America’s Got Talent Season 5 Episode 16

12 more acts performed in America’s Got Talent Season 5 Episode 15, and tonight four more will advance.

AscenDance, Ronith, and Mona Sampath Dance Company step forward first. The choice here is clear. At least Ronith finally will not be back. AscenDance is going to the semifinals. Sharon says that America got it right, and this is a new art form.

Cheer SF, Iron Horse, and Alice Tan Ridley are up next. Another no brainer. Alice Tan Ridley advances. Howie is not surprised.

Michael Grimm, Lil Chris, and The Strong Man are the third group. Again pretty obvious. Even Ozzy knows what’s going to happen. Michael’s got arguably the best voice in the competition, and he will be going forward. The lack of a Justin Bieber haircut may be his shortcoming, though.

The final group of the evening is Hannibal Means, Antonio Restivo, and Wreckless. I don’t know here. Nothing overly appealing for me. Hannibal’s the best talent, but the lack of an answer to what planet he’s from is not boding well for him. The first act to be dismissed by America’s vote is Hannibal Means. That leaves it up to the judges to choose between the two remaining acts, who placed fourth and fifth in the voting. Hopefully Howie can spit it out this time before Tivo runs out. Taking last week into account, Howie goes first. He chooses Antonio. Going with his heart rather than his head, Piers votes for Wreckless. Sharon’s deciding vote is for Antonio Restivo.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of America’s Got Talent Season 5 Episode 17, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on NBC.

So You Think You Can Dance Season 7 Episode 16

Once again, injury was the deciding factor in So You Think You Can Dance Season 7 Episode 15, as Ashley Galvan was sent home. Tonight the top 6 perform, and we are greeted by special guest judge Kenny Ortega, the man responsible for High School Musical.

To start off the show, we’re told about ANOTHER injury. This time it’s Billy Bell. He’s okay to perform if he feels okay. He declines. Based on how things have been going, he probably would have ended up in the bottom three anyway, but dancing may have at least bailed him out.

Lauren Froderman with Twitch
Style: Hip hop
Choreographers: Napoleon & Tabitha Dumo
Song: My Chick Bad by Ludacris & Nicki Minaj
Adam: Who are you? Tore it up. Listen to the music so beautifully.
Mia: So aggressive but kept your sexy girl in there.
Kenny: Enough energy to power Los Angeles. Funky, sexy, fantastic.
Nigel: Bad, nasty, buck, and sick. (So good then.)
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-01

Jose Ruiz with Allison
Style: Contemporary
Choreographer: Sonya Tayeh
Song: Eternal Suhshine of a Spotless Mind Theme by Jon Brion
Adam: Beautiful but difficult to critique your dancing. Not much dancing going on.
Mia: Pedestrian contemporary, which most people can handle. Done so well, but not much growth.
Kenny: Exquisite partnering.
Nigel: Weaknesses were covered up, which was clever.
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-02

Robert Roldan with Lauren
Style: Jazz
Choreographer: Tyce Diorio
Song: Wasted Time by My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult
Adam: Smoking. So good. Command the stage, great partner. Watch your hands.
Mia: Like a breath of fresh air. Strong dancing. Watch your head when you do jumps.
Kenny: Liquid movement.
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-03

Kent Boyd with Kathryn
Style: Jazz
Choreographer: Sonya Tayeh
Song: Tightrope by Janelle Monae
Adam: Definitely made the show more special. Kicked ass.
Mia: Strong dancer. Sometimes your face is so animated it can be juvenile.
Kenny: Awesome. The guy to beat.
Nigel: Outdanced the all stars two weeks in a row.
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-04

Adechike Torbert wit Comfort
Style: Lyrical hip hop
Choreographer: Napoleon & Tabitha Dumo
Song: Fallin’ by Alicia Keys
Adam: Like watching a movie. So intense, beautiful, horrifying.
Mia: More real than any contemporary piece. Unbelievable.
Kenny: You have to have it within you, and you really do. Like if Wesley Snipes could dance.
Nigel: Moved to another level. That’s honesty in a dance routine.
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-05

Lauren Froderman & Robert Roldan
Style: Samba
Choreographer: Dmitry Chaplin
Song: Drummer Boy (SYTYCD Remix) by Debi Nova
Adam: Robert had clean lines and great partnership. Lauren could have a future in ballroom.
Mia: Robert looks like a samba dancer. Lauren had a heaviness to her movement.
Kenny: Robert’s partnering was amazing.
Nigel: Robert’s upper body reminds me of Dmitry. Lauren made contact with the audience, as well as her partner, although it could be attacked technically.

Adechike Torbert & Jose Ruiz
Style: Paso Doble
Choreographer: Dmitry Chaplin
Song: The Arrival/Rampage/Continued Existence by James Dooley
Adam: Loved the commitment. Put a lot of strength into it. Jose still needs to work on his legs and feet. Adechike could use more abandon.
Mia: Okay. Legs were flailing, but the focus was there.
Kenny: Interesting exercise. Credit for giving it your all.
Nigel: Valiant effort, but there’s a lot to learn.

Kent Boyd with Twitch
Style: Stepping
Choreographer: Chuck Maldonado
Song: Pro Nails (Rusko Remix) by Kid Sister
Adam: Thank you for kicking ass.
Mia: Disgusting, filthy, gross, sick, amazing. You are the one to beat.
Kenny: Awesome.
Nigel: Managed to combat everything that has been thrown at you.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of So You Think You Can Dance Season 7 Episode 17, which airs Thursday at 9/8c on Fox.

Big Brother 12 Episode 6

Believing that the people who nominated her are responsible for her still being in the house (what ridiculous twisted logic is this?), Rachel instead set her sights on Britney and Monet in Big Brother 12 Episode 5.

Britney says that she just caught up on the wrong side of the house, the side against Rachel and Brendon (so everybody).

Monet’s not surprised the $10k is coming back to be used as an excuse, something she probably should have thought about week 1.

Rachel tells Britney that her goal is to get rid of Monet. That’s not a plan that sits well with Britney either.

As if Britney’s and Monet’s crying is not enough, now we get to see Rachel crying (again). Well, that crying doesn’t last long. Now Britney and Monet get spiteful and back to hating people.

Matt has decided to give his wife a fake disease. He’s only in the house to earn the money to pay for her surgery. He tells this story to Andrew because he’s a shoe salesman. He’s not a doctor, so he thinks he can outsmart him. But wait. He is a doctor, one who hasn’t heard of this disease.

Time to choose for the veto ceremony.

Rachel chooses Brendon as houseguest’s choice.
Monet chooses Lane at random.
Britney chooses Enzo at random.

The only two of these with any likelihood to modify the nominations are the nominees themselves.

They go outside, grab some briefcases, and put their heads and arms through the stocks. This is not a test of endurance, however. The winner will be the person who drops out closest to the one hour mark without going over. They’re all trying to count, as if that’s going to work. Enzo’s just daydreaming it seems. In order to make things more distracting, they start getting slapped in the face by spinning dollars. Britney is the first person to drop because it’s 10 billion degrees out. Everybody else thinks it’s way too soon, and they’re all probably going to go over. Enzo is next, followed by Lane. Then Brendon a few minutes later. Monet drops, and Rachel drops one second later.

Rachel: 1:15:07
Monet: 1:15:06
Brendon: 1:06:04
Lane: 1:01:29
Enzo: 1:00:14
Britney: 52:28

Enzo’s ridiculously close 14 seconds is not enough because he went over like everybody else. Having dropped out first, Britney wins the power of veto, which she takes to mean she’s not weak any more. No. Still weak. Dropping early because you’re too hot doesn’t make you strong.

Britney and Monet have a plan. Rachel should nominate Andrew. Why? He’s not after them. The only argument is that nobody would be mad if he went, but it would also be a wasted week. Brendon doesn’t think this is a smart move. Why would she keep those bitches around? While talking to Monet, Britney says that they’re amazing geniuses if they pull this off. Geniuses? On this planet?

Rachel’s theory is that maybe she should put Andrew up on the block as a pawn. Matt has a counteroffer. Go ahead and put him up instead. In return, he wants them to make it clear he’s the pawn and to allow him to act blindsided. Brendon is onboard with this, but Rachel thinks it’s super suspicious. It sure is. Unable to get through her thick skull that they need Andrew more than they need Matt or the girls who hate them, Brendon walks out of the room.

Not bothering with formalities, Britney announces that she is using the veto on herself. Rachel says that she genuinely likes everybody in the room. With that, Monet rolls her eyes. Yeah, roll your eyes. Brilliant strategy to convince Rachel you’re on her side. Per his request, Matt has been nominated in Britney’s place. He is of the belief he is a super genius who has just earned the trust of everyone in the house.

As calculated risks go, this is a pretty good one. Matt needs 5 votes to stay. The Brigade makes three, Ragan is four, and Brendon is five.

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