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The Amazing Race 16 Episode 11

In an uneventful non-elimination leg, Louie & Michael came in last in The Amazing Race 16 Episode 10.

Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.

First: Jet & Cord – 8:02AM
Second: Brent & Caite – 8:36AM
Third: Dan & Jordan – 8:53AM
Fourth: Louie & Michael – 11:00AM

Jet and Cord tell a story of how Cord’s skull was crushed by a hoof to the head in 2004, and how Jet stuck by his bed as he fought his way back. Caite doesn’t understand why people think she’s an idiot, so she believes this race will redeem her for some reason.

Teams will make their way across the city to the Garden Bridge, which locals know by its Chinese name, meaning they’d better hope they run into someone who knows where it is. Brent & Caite find a local with a cell phone who searches for it. Jet & Cord get a cab driver who figures it out after driving around aimlessly for half an hour. After wasting 2 hours, Dan & Jordan head back to meet up with Louie & Michael because maybe they know where they’re going. Their hope is the cops are just as clueless, and they can at least take the lead when they have to go do their speed bump. Mike comes up with an idea. He calls the translation service, which tells his cab where to go. Hopefully Dan & Jordan are successfully able to follow Louie & Michael through the crowded streets of Shanghai with a cab driver who doesn’t understand a single word they’re saying, including the words “follow” and “stupid.” Nonetheless, they do manage to catch up to them.

The next stop is the Longhua Temple, where they must go by some method of transportation other than taxi. Hopping on the bus, Caite tells everybody who makes fun of her (a long list) to go screw themselves because her finding the bus is proof of knowing how to read a map.

In the road block, teams must count all the golden statues in the room. Ick. A counting task.

Before they can compete in the road block, Louie & Michael hit their speed bump, which is to perform a local good luck ritual, tossing their coins in an incense burner. This looks about as simple as all the speed bumps have been this season.

Road block (in order of arrival): Caite, Jet, Dan, Louie

Caite is incorrect on her first try. And her second try. Third try is not a charm. It’s here that the cowboys catch up to them. Jet is right on his first try, and Caite has finally gotten it right as well. Dan’s first time is also successful. Louie, however, is not right. He realizes what he’s done wrong after he reads the clue. He only counted the buddhas, not the two samurai warriors. That will cost him 10 minutes of waiting.

The next stop is the Yuyuan Gardens via motorcycle. The detour is the choice between pork chops or pork dumplings. In pork chops, teams make their way to a store that shows engraved stamps known as chops, from which they must find ones containing pigs and their names. In pork dumplings, they head to a restaurant to pick up 10 orders of dumplings that they will deliver after making their way through the crowded market.

Pork chops: Jet & Cord, Brent & Caite, Dan & Jordan, Louie & Michael

When they start the task, Brent can’t concentrate because he has to go to the bathroom. Caite doesn’t care. He can hold it or go in his pants for all she cares. After listening to him complain for a while, Caite finally gives in to his “waste of time.” Jet finds his and shoves it in his pocket. Brent finds his next, then Caite finds hers. Immediately after, Jet finds Cord’s. Dan & Jordan have about 20 minutes on Louie & Michael, who catch up to them. It’s going to come down to who finds the statues first. Dan finds his. Jordan’s got his next. Michael locates Louie. Then they grab Mike’s. Their only hope is the cabs.

The pit stop for this leg of the race is the Riverside Promenade. Jet & Cord want to get there “muy rapido.” Meanwhile, Caite believes she’s proved she is intelligent. Really? For all the drama, the end result is pretty obvious.

First: Brent & Caite (win a trip to Spain)
Second: Jet & Cord
Third: Dan & Jordan
Eliminated: Louie & Michael

Coming in last place for the second leg in a row, Louie & Michael have been eliminated.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 16 Episode 12 Huger than Huge (San Francisco), where we will find out who The Amazing Race 16 winner is, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina Winner

The women’s alliance kicked into gear in Survivor South Africa: Santa Carlina Episode 12 with the elimination of Kaseran.

Sade believes she’s the biggest threat because she’s the strongest chick left, or so she tells us. GiGi, likewise, has decided she’s on her own.

We jump right into the immunity challenge. They will start face down in the sand, jump up, and start the obstacle course, complete with digging, climbing, monkey bars, balance beams, and lastly a puzzle. There are 72 different ways of completing this 3D puzzle… they only have to find one. Given that the first task here is to climb under a pole in the sand, it’s safe to say that ProVerb’s a lost cause here against these girls. Ashley is the first one through. She’s then the first person over the wall and through the tire. GiGi and Sade break free as Ashley crosses the monkey bars. Sade’s just about caught up with Ashley on the bars. Ashley hits the balance beam first, but Sade is closing in. With the girls a long ways ahead, Pro has finally freed himself from the ground. Nobody’s particularly convincing on the balance beams as GiGi joins the others. Ashley is the first person to hit the puzzle. Sade joins her. Ashley wins immunity.

Sade intends to stick to the women’s alliance. However, GiGi and Ashley discuss flipping things again, getting rid of Sade rather than ProVerb.

Sade’s pitch at tribal council: what difference does it make if she’s there or not? That’s the spirit.

Votes
Sade
ProVerb
Sade
Sade

By a vote of 3-1, Sade has been voted off the island.

The next day, they take a walk down memory lane while the locals play music in the background. That leads them to their final immunity challenge. They’re positioned out on the water on a platform, where they must keep their balance. If they fall, they’re out, but Nico will be waiting for them with some lemon water, fruit, and shade. Pro’s struggling even with the support pole. Once that drops, so does he. GiGi doesn’t look to be budging at any point, but all of a sudden she stumbles and falls. Ashley wins immunity for the fifth time in a row.

Ashley has an interesting decision to make now. If the better player gets the votes, it doesn’t matter who she picks because Ashley’s had control of this for quite some time. Pro’s viewed by people as not having done anything, although that also means he hasn’t screwed anyone either (except for that weird Izak vote that ultimately was responsible for Izak’s elimination). GiGi, meanwhile, has enough fellow tribe members on the jury that all it could take is one or two bitter Timbilans to tilt the scale in her favor.

Both of them just say that it’s up to Ashley, and they’re not going to be making a case for themselves. Ashley’s decision is that she doesn’t want to burn yet one more bridge.

Vote
ProVerb

With 1 vote, ProVerb has been voted off the island. In a departure from the usual, he leaves with a smile on his face. If only that could rub off on the very sour looking jury.

Ashley hates conflict. Oh, well, this won’t go well. That said, she doesn’t apologize for how she’s played the game.

Hanna’s very tame question is whether Ashley has done charity work prior to Survivor. The answer is yes, she has a lot of charities she tries to lend her name to whenever she can.

Louw is questioning whether Ashley has outplayed them. I’m guessing he’s looking for an answer other than “Duh.” On day three, his promise to her was that, if she screwed him, it would come back to bite her. Ironically, despite all his whining, she had nothing to do with him being voted out. That was the fault of Izak. Regardless, he doesn’t believe her that him getting eliminated wasn’t her fault, apparently having rewritten history in his mind. Dumbass. If you’re gonna be bitter, at least have a logical reason for it.

Okkert has a throw away question that he’s not allowed to complete but that doesn’t get the most sensible response from GiGi anyway.

Gys says GiGi is not cheap despite her career. Then he comments about whether Ashley’s emotion was a strategy or heartfelt, to which she is not allowed to respond.

Izak admires the way Ashley played the game.

Kaseran is still reeling from his friend backstabbing him. She feels that she was honest with him, as he asked, but hopes that he will find some way to forgive her.

Sade would have liked for GiGi to be more honest with her, but GiGi didn’t want another situation like Kas where he refused to look at Ashley again.

Pro wants GiGi to wipe her tears. As for Ashley, she used him until she no longer needed him, then threw him to the side, for which he applauds her. That’s the game.

Due to the even numbered jury, the public has been given a chance to break the tie.

Votes
Ashley (viewers’ vote)
GiGi
Ashley (Izak)
GiGi
Ashley (ProVerb)
GiGi
GiGi
GiGi

Not the most bitter jury we’ve seen, but Louw and Kaseran certainly give others a run for their money in that category. The Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina winner is GiGi.

If he had the chance to vote, Darren would have voted for Ashley, who played the game the best. Kas acknowledges that he made an emotional decision. Louw is still delusional. According to him, GiGi had the best strategy. Apparently, praying for someone from the other tribe to save you is a strategy.

The charity prize money was split as follows:

Gigi: 500,000 rand
Ashley: 200,000 rand
ProVerb: 150,000 rand
Sade: 125,000 rand
Kaseran: 100,000 rand
Izak: 95,000 rand
Gys: 90,000 rand
Okkert: 85,000 rand
Louw: 80,000 rand
Hanna: 75,000 rand
Nico: 50,000 rand
Sandi: 45,000 rand
Darren: 40,000 rand
Lady Lea: 35,000 rand
Craig: 30,000 rand
Cindy: 25,000 rand
Jub Jub: 20,000 rand
Garth: 15,000 rand
Christina: 10,000 rand

Survivor: Heroes Vs. Villains Episode 11

In one of the most awesome moves ever, Parvati blindsided the whole cast in Survivor: Heroes Vs. Villains Episode 10 when she gave away both of her hidden immunity idols to keep her tribe safe and eliminate the not so bright giving your idol away to the other tribe JT.

Russell considers Parvati not telling him about the idol to be a lie. He’s digging his own grave if he doesn’t get over himself. Parvati finds Russell’s panic to be amusing.

The Heroes were too stupid to listen to Rupert in the first place. Now his only hope is to try to get Sandra to open that door they slammed in her face once already.

Not trusting Sandra, Russell wants Candice to jump over to the Villains. A good choice. Unlike the other Heroes who talk about loyalty and integrity and all those other things that are just plain lies in a game of Survivor, we’ve seen Candice flip before to get away from a tribe that she hated (and vice versa).

The reward challenge is Survivor shuffleboard. Reward is to go to the home of Robert Louis Stevenson, which is now a museum, for a screening of the movie Treasure Island and a night’s stay. Candice, Parvati, and Jerri are the black team. Rupert, Russell, and Sandra are the red team. Colby, Danielle, and Amanda are the blue team. Candice starts things off. Russell manages to beat her mark. Jerri knocks him closer. Rupert gets the red team closer still. Danielle knocks Rupert out of the way, but that still gives red the lead. With the final shot of the game, Colby lands right on the X to win the reward for the blue team.

A rather boring trio to be at the reward. No chance these guys are going to make a move to bond with Danielle. One thing they are all focused on, though, is the fact that they assume a hidden immunity idol has been replanted. Danielle finds it in the bowl of popcorn. Amanda acts suspiciously, wanting Danielle to move over on the bed. When Danielle doesn’t move over, Amanda spots the clue on the ground and takes it. Chick fight ensues. Colby thinks it would only be fair that Amanda give the clue back. So much for keeping it a secret.

Danielle shares the clue with the other Villains. Russell finds the idol, and he has no plans of letting his tribe know he’s got it because he is the king. He does, however, tell Candice, promising her final three.

Sandra’s talking to Colby. If she makes a move, that would still be 5-4, with her at the bottom regardless, in either scenario hoping to make a climb up that ladder. They have decided that Danielle has the idol, but that it doesn’t matter since she won’t think she’s in danger. Russell warns her that she can flip if she really wants, but they have 6 votes currently. Whatever the case, Sandra has to decide how desperate she is to get rid of Russell.

For the immunity challenge, each person will have 150 wooden tiles that they will use to build a house of cards 10 feet tall. Jerri, Russell, Danielle, and Colby are building a nice house of cards. Colby’s comes tumbling down. Jerri’s got the lead at 6 feet, with Russell at 5 feet and Danielle at 4. Sandra’s next to collapse. Jerri and Russell are approaching 8 feet with caution. Jerri hits 9 feet first. Nobody else is close to her and Russell, and many of them are just watching the show. In a close finish, Jerri wins immunity, her first ever.

Sandra will be voting for Russell. She’s been wanting to get rid of him for 30 days and is doing it for Boston Rob, Tyson, Courtney, and even Coach, who she doesn’t care about.

Russell wants to get rid of Amanda because she’s an aggressive strategic player.

Candice is aware that either move she makes could be the winning of the end. At least she’s not with a bunch of babies like on Cook Islands where they sent her to Exile Island over and over and over again to seek revenge.

In true Russell style, he marches right up to Sandra to confront her once he hears from Candice that he’s the target, telling her that Candice told him the plan. Now Sandra’s worried that they’re hanging her out to dry.

Based on, well, something entirely unclear, they are now going to vote for Parvati instead. With Candice sitting right next to him, Colby says that, if this doesn’t work, it’s her fault.

Candice and Sandra are now attempting to come to some sort of unified conclusion so that either way they are both still in the majority.

Russell will be playing his idol.

Votes
Amanda
Amanda
Parvati
Parvati
Amanda
Amanda
Parvati
Amanda

With 6 votes, Amanda has been voted off the island, the first time she’s had her torch snuffed in three seasons. It sure would have made things interesting if Sandra flipped, but for sheer stupidity alone, the Heroes deserve to be getting picked off.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Heroes Vs. Villains Episode 12, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.

American Idol Season 9 Episode 35

The top 6 performed in American Idol Season 9 Episode 34, and tonight one more will be sent home.

Siobhan Magnus starts the first group. Lee DeWyze joins her.

Aaron Kelly starts the second group. Crystal Bowersox joins him.

Michael Lynche starts the third group. Casey James joins him. Siobhan walks with Ryan over to their group, and these three form the bottom three.

Mike is the first person to return to safety.

Siobhan Magnus is going home.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of American Idol 9 Episode 36 which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on Fox.

American Idol Season 9 Episode 34

Idol gave back and back and back some more in American Idol Season 9 Episode 33, finally concluding with the elimination of Tim Urban 25 minutes too late. Tonight the top 6 perform Shania Twain songs with Shania herself.

Lee DeWyze
Song: You’re Still the One
Randy: Pretty good job.
Ellen: Better than pretty good. Always sounds like your own version.
Kara: The sound of your voice on every song makes it sound so relevant.
Simon: Perfect song for you. Hesitant start with some weird faces.

Michael Lynche
Song: It Only Hurts When I’m Breathing
Randy: Really in the zone of who you are.
Ellen: Felt like Luther Vandross.
Kara: Always feel the connection from you. Changed enough to put your mark on it.
Simon: Spot on analogy from Ellen. A little bit wet. Like you’re in a musical acting out the words. A little bit girly.

Casey James
Song: Don’t
Randy: One of the best Casey James performances ever.
Ellen: Sang that like that’s really where you belong. Your best performance.
Kara: Didn’t hide or cover it up with the guitar. Vulnerable and raw.
Simon: Last week was a much needed wake up call for you. Your best performance.

Crystal Bowersox
Song: No One Needs to Know
Randy: Not my favorite performance but still love you.
Ellen: Nothing you can’t do. Not my favorite performance of yours either.
Kara: Kind of impossible for you not to be good.
Simon: Don’t like Crystal this week. Like something in a coffee shop, where they hire a band to sing to you, but you don’t want them to.

Aaron Kelly
Song: You Gotta Wait
Randy: This is your land.
Ellen: Everybody is doing well. Can’t get over the fact you’re 16. Or 17.
Kara: Like you really felt those words.
Simon: The last two or three weeks you’ve really struggled. However, tonight, you were like a different artist.

Siobhan Magnus
Song: Any Man of Mine
Randy: Loved it.
Ellen: Good way to end the show.
Kara: Guess who’s back.
Simon: Really liked that song. Screaming at the end was almost like you were giving birth.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of American Idol 9 Episode 35 which airs Wednesday at 9/8c on Fox.

The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 15

With the only vote, Koli voted Victoria out in The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 14.

This week they’re going to train with some of the most unfit people in the country. According to Men’s Health magazine, Texas is home to 5 of the 10 fattest cities in America. Everything is bigger in Texas, even the people. The contestants will be going to radio stations and inviting people to join them in a 5k run at the Cotton Bowl.

Each contestant is given a group of people to lead through the race, one small step toward reducing Texas’ $10 billion annual obesity spending.

Bob heads to 24 Hour Fitness to workout with some folks there.

The three people without partners have a theory. They need to stick together. It’s all about the numbers, and they’re down in numbers, with their only hope being that yellow and/or grey are all below the yellow line. They’ve had opportunities to prevent this fate, but failed to act on them.

Alison greets them at the Texas fair. Sometimes you gotta grab the bull by the horns. They won’t have to deal with the great big longhorn. Rather, they will have to catch all the little calves. To win, they have to herd more cattle into their pen than anyone else. Reward is immunity. Sunshine and O’Neal join together to win immunity for O’Neal. Daris gets the first score. Like the yellow team, Sam and Koli are working together so Koli can win immunity. This is precisely why the three singles have to watch their backs. Koli takes the lead at 3. O’Neal keeps falling on the ground, which Sunshine wishes he would not do. Daris may be on his own, but he’s going to see if he can keep pace with the duos. When Daris gets to around 5 and is neck and neck with the others, Michael, hovering at 0, decides to help him out. With 20 seconds left, everybody is tied at 6. With seconds left, grey team wins immunity for Koli.

Jillian meets with Abby from season 8. She heads to a high school to talk to kids, warning them of things like the evils of electronic devices (like the TV they’re watching The Biggest Loser on). During this, one overweight girl gets up to discuss how she doesn’t believe she can be what she wants to be, which Jillian takes as an opportunity to inspire her to make an effort to change.

As O’Neal and Sunshine go to O’Neal’s brother’s funeral, life goes on at the ranch. The others head into the last chance workout for a beating.

Koli: 259 pounds (-1, 0.38%, immune and taking it easy)
Sam: 240 pounds (-6, 2.44%)
Sunshine: 187 pounds (-4, 2.09%)
O’Neal: 265 pounds (-5, 1.85%)
Michael: 343 pounds (-15, 4.19%)
Daris: 214 pounds (-5, 2.28%)
Ashley: 248 pounds (-6, 2.36%)

That puts father and daughter Sunshine and O’Neal below the yellow line. Strategically, the choice is a toss up, although neither is likely to win. Does the father fall on the sword for his daughter, or does the person who needs to be there more stick around? He asks for everybody to vote for him.

Votes
Ashley: O’Neal
Sam: O’Neal
Koli: O’Neal

Respecting his wishes, everybody votes to send O’Neal home. With 3 votes, O’Neal is not The Biggest Loser. From his starting weight of 389 pounds, O’Neal is now down to 250 pounds and is able to put on his own shoes, walk around at work, and be held by his wife on their motorcycle.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 16, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

The Celebrity Apprentice 3 Episode 7

Despite the fact that the women are perhaps the worst team ever, the men lost again in The Celebrity Apprentice 3 Episode 6. With this loss, project manager Bill Goldberg was sent home.

Sharon’s feeling like she doesn’t want to play any more, and she doesn’t like the vibe from her team.

Melania Trump and their son Barron are there with Donald. Please don’t tell me they’re going to let this kid take a seat at Trump’s side in the boardroom.

RockSolid has hit rock bottom. Curtis moves over to Tenacity. Maria and Sharon move to RockSolid. This is a relief to Sharon.

Apparently, the lesson in having Barron there playing golf (which technically is a sport) is to get people physical and not just mental. The task is to create and run a workout class at 24 Hour Fitness, which will donate $24,000 for the best workout. This is a fundraising task, so they will need to tap their contacts for money. Somebody must be there to take the class for their donors, or the donations will not count.

Sharon volunteers for RockSolid because she hears it’s a fundraiser. Holly wants to be the PM beause she hasn’t won yet.

Cyndi will be bailing on the task because she has a previous commitment. Again. That’ll even the odds at 3 against 3, more or less. Although she is gone, Holly tasks her with raising $30,000 while she’s away. Either she’ll contribute big, or Holly will have an excuse for wanting her fired (again/still).

Curtis takes over right when Tenacity gets into the room.

Both teams are happy teams, something we have not seen so far this season, although that won’t stop Holly and Summer from ganging up on Cyndi to the extent they are able.

Bret suggests a theme of sweating like a rock star. Then they go off track and get perverted.

Curtis suggests focusing on guns and buns. He’ll go with arms, while Summer focuses on the butt. Holly’s focus will be fundraising.

RockSolid has a goal to just make it fun. They don’t expect to have or need a professional level training experience. Although they go to meet with the trainer from 24 Hour Fitness, they pretty much just ignore her.

The graphic designer shows up while Holly is making calls. Holly tries to call Summer and hears a phone ringing on the table. That’s not good. She’s unable to get in touch with Curtis either. While she waits for them to show up, Holly rambles pointlessly, until Curtis gets back and sets things on the right track.

As a souvenir of their experience, the RockSolid class participants will be able to take away a laminated backstage VIP pass. A smart idea to go along with their misguided jokes, but they finally put the stuff about thrusting and gynecology behind to get real advertising.

Cyndi’s making an effort, but she has no idea what time or where she’s sending anybody.

Sharon assigns Bret to the task of getting bodies to stand in for those who will be donating.

Ozzy happens to be going to an event with the WWE that night, which Sharon hopes will net the money their team needs. They seem to be putting all their eggs in one basket.

When Bret goes to pick up the marketing materials from the graphic designer, he realizes he’s made some spelling/grammar mistakes. Oh well. He’s willing to live with those errors.

Summer feels like the weak link for her team’s fundraising. She doesn’t have the connections, and she doesn’t like asking for money anyway.

Maria’s demonstrating the routine to Bret, who mostly just wants to stare at Maria’s butt.

Summer and Curtis got off track to fundraise, rather than doing their assigned tasks. While it was a necessary evil, the amount of delegation Holly has done is putting them in a tough spot. They’d like Holly to do the music for them… if only Summer didn’t have the CD with her in her bag. They’ll have to return to Holly through NYC traffic.

Holly keeps plugging away at the fundraising, but she doesn’t have any illusion she can actually beat Sharon at this task.

For her part, Sharon has received $30,000 from the WWE. It could be a problem if that’s all she has up her sleeve, but her final target is $100,000.

The next day, Cyndi is back, and Holly actually has some non-negative things to say about her for a change.

Ivanka thinks RockSolid seems to be working together much better and are having a lot of fun. But this could all still end up as a total disaster.

When they left last night, they were unable to get back to the gym, so Curtis and Summer are in a mad dash to finalize their workout the following morning. They realize that they’ve got nobody for their first session, so Summer wanders around the gym and hopes to find some people, sending Cyndi to the PA to make an announcement.

Upon arrival, Holly’s still in fundraising mode. This is her main concern. Whatever else is going on around her is not her problem.

Summer starts off her first class with two people, but things improve as the day goes on. On the other side, Bret’s got plenty of people lined up and waiting.

Tenacity has a good fundamental workout, and they are able to connect to the people in the class on an individual basis.

RockSolid has a very fun class, although some of their thrusting and other moves are a little… questionable.

With time running out, Holly has a $50,000 donation from Ron Burkle that could make or break them. She’s waiting for a fax from the donor, who’s trying to find a way to make that big a donation. With about a minute left, the fax comes through.

Sharon has nothing but glowing compliments for her team. Holly, also, was thoroughly impressed with the mixed up team. But she doesn’t think they won.

If her team lost, Holly does not have an answer to who should leave, although she does think she was the star. She was inspired by her team for going to bat for her.

Holly believes based on the VIP pass that RockSolid won the $24,000. In turn, Sharon thinks that it went to Tenacity because they know how to do a professional workout.

Because the goal was an original celebrity workout and they not only had a good workout but one that was innovative, RockSolid won the vote from the 24 Hour Fitness judges. Granted, they’re gonna have to tweak it and take out some of the more sexual moves in order to be able to actually use it.

In total, including the $24,000, RockSolid raised $131,803. Tenacity managed to raise $206,090. Those two figures combined, plus Maria’s $10,000 free throw money, gives Holly $347,893 for her charity, the HollyRod Foundation.

Trump wants to know from Cyndi who should be fired like a dog. She doesn’t have an answer. Curtis wouldn’t fire Bret. Holly offers her opinion without being asked: Sharon said the other night she wants to go home. However, Holly would fire the person who raised the least money, which turns out to be Bret.

This brings us to the flaw in RockSolid’s strategy. Sharon took it upon herself to raise the money, whereas the other team all pitched in to some extent. Of course, in each case, everybody wished they had been allowed to make more of an effort at this particular part of the task.

Sharon says it was her miss, so with that said, it’s not fair for Bret or Maria to go. As we approach the end, someone with those kind of fundraising funds will prove more successful on the final tasks.

While Sharon was willing to fall on the sword for her team, in an interesting twist, nobody will be fired because everybody did such a great job. Certainly not an expected outcome, but I’d rather have that than just firing people just for the sake of firing them.

Holly has decided to donate to Sharon’s charity, the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Celebrity Apprentice 3 Episode 8, which airs Sunday at 9/8c on NBC.

The Amazing Race 16 Episode 10

After they were U-turned by Brent & Caite for personal reasons, Carol & Brandy were eliminated in The Amazing Race 16 Episode 9.

Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.

First: Dan & Jordan – 4:47PM
Second: Brent & Caite – 6:18PM
Third: Jet & Cord – 7:04PM
Fourth: Louie & Michael – 7:35PM

As proud as Brent & Caite may be of their decision to seek revenge on Carol & Brandy, it wasn’t a very smart decision. There are stronger competitors.

Teams will fly more than 2300 miles to Shanghai, China. When they land, they will take a taxi to the village of Zhujiajiao, known as the Venice of China. The first flight is just after midnight, so everybody should be able to get on it.

Louie & Michael get a cab driver who doesn’t speak any English. Dan & Jordan suffer the same fate, and neither cab driver knows where he’s going. The other two teams luck out. Eventually, the two lost teams run into someone who speaks English, which allows them to get to their destination.

The road block is to master the art of making noodles by hand. They’ll have to turn a mound of dough into 1000 grams of noodles. There they are also greeted by He Pingping, the world’s shortest man.

Road block (in order of arrival): Caite, Jet, Jordan, Louie

Caite’s struggling from the start, and she would like Brent to shut up. Jet immediately gets it right. Louie used to do this when he was growing up, but he has more difficulty than that experience would suggest. For all of Brent’s complaining, Caite completes the challenge in second place. Jordan’s bringing up the rear, at which time much whining ensues, but Dan gives him a hug and tells him he’s doing great.

Shanghai’s Fashion District is the next stop. They will go inside the fashion house and work together to find all the correct pieces of clothing for a model. The cowboys are as clueless as could be expected, but they get it right on their second try. The models find this task a lot easier and get it right on the first try. And then it’s the cops’ turn to be completely out of place. When Jordan comes walking in, he’s as comfortable as Caite was. Both teams are incorrect on their first guess. Louie & Michael then get their second try wrong. Both teams have their models switch stockings, which allows both teams to be right.

From there, teams will head to Hongkou Football Stadium. The second road block for this leg of the race (a race first) is to assemble a giant puzzle using a small picture for reference. They will hand the 96 cards to fans in the stands. If the puzzle has been assembled correctly, it will reveal a seat number where they will find their next clue. Whoever did not do the first road block must do this second one. Since they’re doing this outdoors, if the wind picks up, their pieces will blow away, and there’s really nothing they can do about it unless they know to expect it. Well, this is stupid.

Road block (in order of arrival): Cord, Brent, Michael, Dan

The trailing two teams manage to catch up to the others when Brent’s and Cord’s puzzles blow across the field. Cord says that throwing a fit won’t help matters any. Brent, however, opts to throw a fit. Keeping his cool, Cord solves the puzzle correctly, while Brent stands there yelling at his puzzle pieces as if they’re going to listen to him. When the first two teams leave, that puts the remaining two teams back where they’ve been since the beginning of the leg: a battle for last place.

The pit stop for this leg of the race is the Shanghai Science & Technology Museum.

First: Jet & Cord (win a trip to Alaska)
Second: Brent & Caite
Third: Dan & Jordan
Non-eliminated: Louie & Michael

Predictably, Louie & Michael have been non-eliminated. It appears that they have a pretty lengthy gap to make up, and they will also have to complete a speed bump on the next leg.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 16 Episode 11, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.