Hell’s Kitchen Season 7 Episode 8

Although he was on the winning team in Hell’s Kitchen Season 7 Episode 7, Salvatore was eliminated.

When they get back, Ben continues to berate Siobhan, who pretty well hates his guts now. She insists she doesn’t care what he thinks. Sure seems to me that she cares.

They head to the restaurant where the French dip sandwich began when a chef screwed up and dropped his food in gravy (I’ll bet that chef did not get yelled at). When they return to Hell’s Kitchen, they are given 30 minutes to create their own unique sandwich.

Because they have one extra person, the red team will need to decide who has the worst sandwich. Ben obviously attacks Siobhan. The others support this decision, and she will step down.

Ed and Ben go first. Ben’s tuna is cooked beautifully. Ed’s sandwich is delicious. Both score a point.

Holli and Jason are next. Holli’s ambitious sandwich worked. Jason’s is nicely seasoned. Both score a point again.

Fran and Jay are the third duo. Fran has made her chicken delicious. Jay’s stands out well. Fran’s soggy bread results in Jay getting the point to take the lead 3-2.

Autumn and Nilka are the last pair. Nilka’s dish is adventurous. Autumn’s presentation is shockingly bad, although she thought it looked fine. That ties it 3-3.

Siobhan’s sandwich will be used as the tiebreaker. Better than Fran’s. Because the red team did not send Siobhan’s dish instead of Fran’s, the blue team wins.

Red team will need to make peanutbutter and jelly from scratch. Blue team will go on a trip to wine country via private jet. Much drunkness ensues.

After the challenge, Siobhan continues to be angry and whine and whine. Ben, meanwhile, continues to insist he made the right decision. He’s become a jackass since he put on that red outfit.

With the blue team hungover, the red team thinks they may finally have a shot at winning a service.

Jason starts off with overcooked scallops, and Jay starts off with raw food.

Fran follows suit, delivering raw risotto as well. At least she’s consistent.

Autumn drops the ball on garnish. She’s in her own little world.

Siobhan’s black scallops are not golden brown. And she’s not even hungover. That said, she can now go into the dining room to eat her mistakes. Ben takes over her station and refuses to let her back in when she returns.

Nilka has delivered raw chicken. If there’s one thing you don’t want to screw up, it’s chicken.

Ed and Jay have delivered raw duck. So the blue team has been thrown out.

Speaking of the red team, Fran is having trouble cooking salad. Her risotto remains no good. They get thrown out, too.

Since both teams were booted, nobody wins. Both teams will need to nominate two people.

Jay nominates Autumn and Ed. Jason agrees. Over on the red team, Ben picks Siobhan, obviously. Nilka picks Siobhan and Fran. Fran nominates Siobhan and Nilka.

The blue team has nominated Autumn and Ed; the red team has nominated Siobhan and Fran again.

It’s safe to say the blue team is safe. The red team, however, is back in the same spot where it was last time, when one of them should have been eliminated instead of Sal. Siobhan can hand over her jacket. Ben got his way after he stole her station, while Fran skates by yet again.

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

Hell’s Kitchen Season 7 Episode 7

Scott was eliminated in Hell’s Kitchen Season 7 Episode 6 because the women on his team could not stop arguing with each other. Following this elimination, Benjamin was reassigned to the red team.

It’s a 50th anniversary, so the challenge will be to recreate classic dishes served at the wedding 50 long years ago. Jay believes he will take control of the blue team since Ben is now gone. The chicks are not screaming at each other for a change, which they attribute to Ben.

Ed and Nilka are up first. Nilka doesn’t know what Steak Diane is, and it shows. Ed knows what he’s doing and scores the first point.

Autumn and Holli serve up chicken kiev. Autumn and Sal have created chicken meatballs, and Ramsay says he’s got slightly pink balls, which is the result of Sal apparently having not cooked all the food until it was too late. Holli’s dish reminds the couple of what they make at home. It’s tied 1-1.

Jay and Ben are the last duo to go. The wife likes the blue team; the husband likes the red team. Ramsay will break the tie. Red team wins.

For their reward, the red team will be stepping back to the 50s. They make a big deal out of the fact that they won for a change. As for the blue team, they will be transforming the dining room to go along with the occasion. Jay quickly gets tired of Autumn’s talking.

An hour before service, Jay slices his hand. He says he’s fine after the medic looks at him.

Ed and Nilka will be doing the tableside service of the Steak Diane.

Autumn is told her crabcakes are nice. Ben is not so lucky. His are rejected for being too cold. Now that he’s being yelled at, Fran’s not so happy with him any more. His replacements are burned. Nilka wants to help him out, to which he tells her to get the f out of his way.

Salvatore hopes to do everything perfectly so he’s not history. Good luck with that. He says he’s afraid to do anything because he knows he’ll just get yelled at anyway.

Holli’s duck is overcooked, and her chicken is raw.

Like Sal, Fran’s struggling on the garnish station. After she gets screeched at, back to yelling at Sal.

The losing team tonight is the red team based on how difficult it was to get food out. They will need to nominate two people for elimination. Fran nominates Holli and Ben. Ben responds that Fran should go up. Nilka picks Siobhan and Fran because that’s her choice. Siobhan nominates Holli and Fran. Afraid Holli may be in danger, Ben defends her and goes after Siobhan.

Fran is the first nominee because things came out a little slow. Siobhan is nominated in spite of her service because she’s lacking as a cook. Although she’s been nominated so many times, Fran is safe. Siobhan, too, is safe. Salvatore had the worst service. Well, this was completely pointless. Why bother pretending anybody else is gone when you have absolutely no plans to even consider any of them? Sal has been eliminated. Stupid fake drama.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Hell’s Kitchen Season 7 Episode 8, which airs next on Fox.

Big Brother 12 Twist: Saboteur

What thoroughly lame twist can we expect this year from Big Brother? There will be a Saboteur, somebody who will do as America instructs. So basically America’s Player, only not. It wasn’t bad enough they tried to ruin one season by having America completely determine the outcome?

“We’ve inserted a game piece into the show this season that will make life for the Houseguests harder than ever before,” stated Allison Grodner, Executive Producer of Big Brother. “This is a twist that will wreak havoc on the house and the audience will be a part of it.”

Although the houseguests will be aware someone is trying to sabotage them, who it is will remain a secret. The longer that person can survive, the more money they make.

The Bachelorette Season 6 Episode 6

Once he revealed his tattoo in The Bachelorette Season 6 Episode 5, Kasey was toast. Then the barely visible Chris N was also eliminated.

This week we head to Istanbul, Turkey.

Ali feels better right now than she has throughout the entire journey. She doesn’t think anything can go wrong at this point. Dun dun dun…

Does she have a second to talk to Chris Harrison? Jessie, who was on the season with Ali and Jake, would like to talk to her. One of the guys has a girlfriend. Just one? Jessie’s sitting with Justin’s girlfriend Jessica right now. He is on the show solely for the purpose of promoting Rated-R. Yeah, I noticed. Oh, and by the way, she’s calling because she found out he has another (another) girlfriend.

Ali wants Justin on the first plane to wherever she can legally send him. At least she doesn’t plan to keep him around like Jillian did with Wes. Chris and Ali walk to the guys’ suite to confront Justin. With nothing to say on the subject of how much of an asshat he is, Justin walks out of the room, grabs his bag, and leaves the hotel.

After running away and getting his lies in order (not very well), Justin returns to talk. Jessica’s like his best friend, and he did not tell her about any plan he hatched. He realized recently (the day after Kasey went home) that his heart’s no longer into this. In case we didn’t hear it the first 58 times, Ali gave up everything to be here (travelling around the world on ABC’s dime while 25 hot guys compete for her). Unable to say Jessica is a liar, Justin again walks away. As we watch him leave, we hear the messages he left for Jessica while on this show.

Now that we’ve wasted a large chunk of the show on the wrestler, it’s finally time to get to the dates. Ty gets the one-on-one date. They head to a place where people used to go to relax, a Turkish bathhouse (hamam). With the place off limits to anyone else, it’d be hard to pick a better place for a sensual date. He’s grown up in a very traditional background, where the women were unable to fend for themselves, but he says he’s changed his views since that time. At the end of the day, Ty receives a rose.

The group date goes to Chris, Roberto, Kirk, and Craig. They go to a 15th century fortress that was built during the Ottoman Empire. There will be no rose on this date. However, they will be able to get some special one-on-one time at the end of the night. They’re going to have to fight for it. Literally. Too bad Justin’s gone. 4 oiled up husky Turkish guys in black leather pants approach. They are professional olive oil wrestlers like Popeye. The first person to force an opponent’s back on the ground is the winner. Since they can’t beat the pros, they will then have to wrestle each other. Craig beats Chris in the first round. Then Roberto beats Kirk. In the battle between Roberto and Craig, Craig overcomes the odds and wins.

That leaves Frank with the one-on-one date, marking his second. As for Craig, he’s had no individual dates, and he’s the only one. So just eliminate him already if you don’t want to date him. At least Craig won the time she didn’t want to give him. Having won the wrestlefest, Craig gets to take a boat to dinner. They finish off the night watching fireworks.

Now it’s Frank’s turn again. Ali hopes he can stop disappointing her. This date is going to be at a spice bazaar. They purchase the economy size aphrodisiacs. Then they get dressed up like an episode of I Dream of Jeannie. Afterward, they get scammed into by a used carpet salesman. That night, they have dinner at a cistern on a platform surrounded by water and candles. She’s afraid of their relationship. His plan is to only propose one time, and he wants to be sure about it. This probably isn’t the right environment for him then. When it’s over, Frank gets a rose.

The guys are hoping to spend some time with Ali at the cocktail party. Well, there’s not gonna be a cocktail party tonight. Ali feels like she’s had a connection of some sort with every guy there but one.

Roses
Ty (individual date)
Frank (individual date)
Roberto
Chris
Kirk

Craig has been eliminated. Obviously. Like I said before, she should have just eliminated him already if she didn’t have any interest in dating him.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Bachelorette Season 6 Episode 7, which airs Monday at 8/7c on ABC.

America’s Got Talent Season 5 Episode 8

Portland day 1 brought us Airpocalypse, Connor Doran, and William Scott Anderson in America’s Got Talent Season 5 Episode 7. Now we head back to Portland for day 2.

Taxi driver Soriah usually sings in his cab. He wants to show the judges something they’ve never seen before. He comes dressed up as a… I don’t know what the hell he’s dressed as. Then he proceeds to make strange noises like a man possessed (but not with any talent).

The Amazing Amy performs contortion yoga dancing. I’m not sure whether she’s Amy or not, but she’s definitely not amazing.

Hart Keene takes off his shirt to start. Then he proceeds to swallow needles. The judges are annoyed by him. Natasha Delepine has the hair of a troll doll and makes up a song on the spot.

Family group The Hot Shot Tap Dancers will hopefully break the losing streak. Piers thinks they’re very cool and loves the look and feel of it. But he wasn’t wild about the choreography.

Isabelle and Ryan (AscenDance) have decided to combine dancing and climbing. Really? Somehow, the combination works. They drive each other up a wall much better than Howie does with his wife.

RNG (Rated Next Generation) is a group of young dancers ages 11-13 with potential. Paul Safy, Jr. is an old school singer. The Sky Sirens do a doubles trapeze act that looks like it may well have been awesome, if only we’d seen more of it. Kent Jenkins plays an instrument he and his father built. They are all going to Vegas.

Ryan Compton has a talent that’s extremely different. 99% could not even attempt to do it. Nor would they want to. He starts off by making high pitched noises, then he jumps around randomly in what’s apparently supposed to be dancing.

Harmonica Pierre is a 74 year old from Belgium. This is the greatest love of his life, more so than his ex-wife. Good… but Sharon doesn’t think she can take too much of it. The other two will allow him to advance.

The final act of the night is Christina and Ali, a pair of singing sisters. They and both of their siblings have cystic fibrosis. The judges are amazed and inspired.

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

America’s Got Talent Season 5 Episode 7

Day 2 of Orlando brought us Simeon Mulder and Harmonik in America’s Got Talent Season 5 Episode 6. Now we head to Portland.

Magique (really?) Bazaar is more bizarre than magical. The act is apparently to keep changing into different masks. Then fall off the stage.

Living Dead Girlz are a zombie dance group that are not as hot as they think. Continuing the horror theme, Bloody Maggie and Her Pet come out on to stage. She’s actually a social worker. Vee Bee sings on the trapeze. At least she doesn’t break anything. Tiny Talent is a bunch of chihuahuas that run around randomly on stage.

Jeremy is from Talent, OR. He does a bunch of stunts on a bike while hovering over Nick Cannon’s face. Once he’s done torturing Nick, he heads on to platforms to attempt some more stunts. This guy will be lucky if he doesn’t bust his head open, but he’ll be given a second chance to show what else he can do.

Bhangra Empire performs an Indian cultural dance. The Strange Familiar is a talented singing couple. Northwest Dance & Acro is pretty much what it sounds like. These acts all advance to Vegas.

Airpocalypse is an air guitar super group. As opposed to a regular air guitar group I guess. Strangely enough, they’re actually entertaining. I hope they’re wearing more clothes when they return.

Rebecca Roudman plays the cello. It’s like a giant violin. You really can’t turn this into rock, though. Piers is afraid that death will be like this.

Connor Doran flies indoor kites. That’s a real thing? He has epilepsy but hopes to prove he can do things regardless of what he’s told. Angel by Sara McLachlan is a brilliant song choice for this surprisingly touching act.

William Scott Anderson performed magic while in the military to cheer up children. Apparently, his magic act costume is his uniform. He puts a girl in a box, then proceeds to fold that box, followed by jabbing swords through it. He’ll be going to the next round.

Sally Cohn is young (at heart). After putting a block of wood under one foot (because one leg’s shorter than the other) and then lubricating her hands, she does a hand whistle of America the Beautiful. With about 5 notes left to go, Sharon buzzes her. Sally’s actually written a book about hand whistling/coming out, which Howie buys for 12 bucks. It turns out she’s more entertaining as a comedian than she is as a whistler.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of America’s Got Talent Season 5 Episode 8.

So You Think You Can Dance Season 7 Episode 9

The top 10 performed in So You Think You Can Dance Season 7 Episode 8. Tonight one more will go home.

Cristina Santana is the first person in the bottom three.

Alex Wong, Ashley Galvan, Jose Ruiz, and Melinda Sullivan are up next. Alex is safe. Jose is also safe. The second dancer to join the bottom three is Melinda.

Lauren Froderman, Robert Roldan, and Billy Bell are the last group of the night. Lauren is safe. Robert is the final person in the bottom three.

That brings us down to a battle between Christina, Melinda, and Robert.

After they all dance for their lives, the judges have made a decision that is not unanimous. Robert is quickly told he’s safe, leaving it down to the two girls. Nigel would let Melinda go, as she’s someone the public are not connecting with. The other two, however, have vetoed that decision. Cristina Santana has been eliminated.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of So You Think You Can Dance Season 7 Episode 10, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.

So You Think You Can Dance Season 7 Episode 8

Alexie Agdeppa was the first person to be sent home in So You Think You Can dance Season 7 Episode 7. Tonight the top 10 perform.

After the random drawing, Neil and Twitch will not be dancing this week.

Cristina Santana with Pasha
Style: Paso doble
Choreographers: Jean-Marc Generaux & France
Song: Ira Deorum/Sanctus by James Dooley
Nigel: Needs passion, power, fire, and control. Cristina brought that tonight.
Mia: Everything.
Adam: Mucho caliente. Extraordinary confidence and commitment.
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-01

Adechike Torbert with Allison
Style: Contemporary
Choreographer: Mandy Moore
Song: Listen to Your Heart by D.H.T. Feat. EDMEE
Nigel: Improvement is there. Watch that you don’t interrupt the flow of your emotional side with steps.
Mia: Better than last week.
Adam: You’re dancing from your head rather than your heart.
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-02

Alex Wong with Lauren
Style: Broadway
Choreographer: Tyce Diorio
Song: Summertime by Sylvester
Nigel: Should have watched some Youtube videos first. Bring a little more power to your performance now. Everything technically is there.
Mia: Should have been more ssssssss…
Adam: For you, this competition is about versatility and growth. Not a lot of levels. Flash and no smolder.
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-03

Ashley Galvan with Mark
Style: Jazz
Choreographer: Travis Wall
Song: Wonderful by Annie Lennox
Nigel: Haven’t really learned anything new about you.
Mia: One of my favorite girls.
Adam: Really challenging but would have liked to have seen some more moments for you to lose yourself in.
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-04

Billy Bell with Comfort
Style: Krump
Choreographer: Lil C
Song: So U Think U Can Krump by Tha J-Squad
Nigel: Toughest style you will find. Have not found the warrior in you yet.
Mia: Knocked on the warrior’s door, but you were afraid to open it. A little freaked out.
Adam: I got no buck. A failed experiment.
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-05

Robert Roldan with Anya
Style: Argentine Tango
Choreographers: Jean-Marc Generaux & France
Song: Libertango by Bond Quartet
Nigel: Magnificent. Everything about it was tremendous.
Mia: Anya devoured you. Needed more power.
Adam: Beautiful footwork. Looked fabulous but stressed out.
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-06

Melinda Sullivan with Ade
Style: Contemporary
Choreographer: Stacey Tookey
Song: Squander by Skunk Anasie
Nigel: Fantastic lines for a tapper.
Mia: Love the concept. Would never have thought you were a tapper.
Adam: Great. Fantastic.
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-07

Jose Ruiz with Kathryn
Style: Bollywood
Choreographer: Nakul dev Mahajan
Song: Marjaani Marjaani Kesame from Billu Barber (Soundtrack)
Nigel: Didn’t quite get there.
Mia: So wrong that you were so right.
Adam: Brightest light on this show. Totally wrong but fantastic to watch.
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-08

Lauren with Dominic
Style: Lyrical hip hop
Choreographer: Tessandra Chavez
Song: If I Were a Boy by Beyonce
Nigel: Believable. Give yourself a stronger base.
Mia: Worked so much. Outstanding performance. One of the best of the night.
Adam: Took my notes. Got better. Extraordinary performance.
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-09

Kent Boyd with Courtney
Style: Jazz
Choreographer: Tyce Diorio
Song: Amy Amy Amy by Amy Winehouse
Nigel: Not as much fun as the cha-cha.
Mia: Great moments of technique and physicality. Have to transform out of Kent world.
Adam: What she said.
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-10

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