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American Idol Season 9 Episode 8

In Denver, we saw Casey James, Haeley Vaughn, Danelle Hayes, and Mark Labriola in American Idol Season 9 Episode 7. Tonight we get the final auditions before Hollywood week.

Jessica Furney is returning one year later with a new idea: sing Footprints in the Sand by Leona Lewis, a song co-written by Simon Cowell (and three other people).

Amanda Shectman does voices. Throughout the audition (and afterward), she seems to be more interested in an acting gig, and she’d like to thank the academy. She’s got a good voice that probably belongs in the theater instead, but she gets through to Hollywood anyway.

Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox are through to the next round.

Lacey Brown is amongst the reunion show crowd, but she actually made it somewhere last season, reaching the top 50.

Stephanie Fisher is back. For a 7th time. She’s not getting any better, or if she is, I don’t want to see the original attempts.

Rachel Hubbard, Thaddeus Johnson, and Genesis Moore are among this year’s group of 16 year olds going to Hollywood.

Adrian Chandtchi is 6’8″ at age 17. The judges believe there is a small schoolboy trapped inside him, perhaps because he’s eaten one.

Michael Lynche just found out he’s got his first child on the way, and he is through to Hollywood.

Didi Benami is auditioning in memory of her best friend. She does a good job of containing her emotions for a while, until breaking down during the somewhat positive judging.

Aaron Kelly got adopted by his aunt and uncle at a young age, rather than being being taken into social services. He sings The Climb by Miley Cyrus. Interesting. He could well be this year’s David Archuleta.

Kimberly Bishop plans to recycle and help kids in Africa, but she’ll need to fund those efforts with something other than her singing career.

Shaddaii Harris makes Simon allergic to Fallin’ by Alicia Keys.

Hope Johnson didn’t know she was poor growing up, just thinking that a lot of kids didn’t eat dinner. She sings I Hope You Dance by Lee Ann Womack. She’s got potential.

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

American Idol Season 9 Episode 7

Dallas brought us Lloyd Thomas, Kimberly Carver, Erica Rhodes, Dave Pittman, and Todrick Hall in American Idol Season 9 Episode 6. Tonight we head to Denver, where Chris Daughtry was discovered. Victoria Beckham returns as a guest judge.

Mark Labriola is told he looks like Jack Black, the ugliest guy in Hollywood. He sings Tempted by Squeeze. The judges are pleasantly surprised.

Kimberly Kerbow is there with her 5 year old daughter. She sings The Way I Am by Ingrid Michaelson. Simon worries she is trouble, but she is through to the next round.

Danelle Hayes hosts karaoke and sings in a cover band. She’s crying almost immediately after walking in the room but pulls it together and sings I’m the Only One by Melissa Etheridge. Kara says this was the most moving audition, which people will look for.

Casey James was in a motorcycle accident at age 21. Despite the pain, he continues to play guitar. Simon calls it a bad audition, but the girls like his look. The judges are in agreement that he needs to work on his personality. Then Kara gets him to start stripping. To back up the girls, Randy says yes.

Tori Kelly, 16, sings Gravity by John Mayer. Simon thought she was almost annoying, but he’s again outnumbered 3-1. Victoria says that was the best voice of the day.

Austin Paul’s 42nd goal in life is to make it to Hollywood. Well, looks like he’ll be stopped at 41. The judges want to knock him off his pedestal by saying no.

Kenny Everett says he’s the world’s best singer. So pretty much we can expect this to suck. He gets stuck on the same thing repeatedly like a jukebox that needs to be kicked. Nonetheless, he continues to believe he’s the greatest, and he takes his torture out into the lobby.

Nicci Nix is currently living in Italy. X Factor Italy probably would have been a shorter trip. Simon just wants to know if she’s eaten any helium. The judges are surprised that her singing voice does not sound like a cartoon character, and she is through to Hollywood.

Haeley Vaughn has a goal of being a successful black pop country singer. Simon likes that she’s different.

Next up. Bikini guy. Unlike bikini girl, he’s not hot enough to pull this off.

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

The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 5

Miggy and Migdalia had a competition to see who could be the nastiest in The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 4. In the end, Migdalia was narrowly voted out.

When she goes to her room, Miggy’s an emotional wreck. At 2:51AM, we hear someone from production say they’ve called 911. Miggy is suffering from acute abdominal pain.

It’s been a month. What that means is that the first two teams eliminated are back. Having placed last in the first competition, the yellow and blue teams were booted in a cruel twist, but they have a second chance based on what they’ve done while they were at home.

They’re not heading right to the scale. Instead, Bob and Jillian will get their hands on them first for a last chance workout. This is what they need because their home workouts were nothing compared to this.

The team that has the highest percentage of weight loss will return to the house, get immunity, and have the only vote this week.

Cherita: 253 pounds (-24, 8.67%)
Victoria: 319 pounds (-39, 10.89%)
Blue Total: 572 pounds (-63, 9.92%)

Sunshine: 250 pounds (-25, 9.09%)
O’Neal: 338 pounds (-51, 13.11%)
Yellow Total: 588 pounds (-76, 11.45%)

O’Neal’s huge number is 6 pounds better than the campus average. With that, the yellow team is returning to campus. The blue team will be heading back home again.

During a workout, Melissa breaks down crying, but despite saying she can’t do these leg presses Bob is making her do, she does them anyway. He tells her he’s impressed because he didn’t think she was playing the game last week since she lost so much weight even though she was immune. Granted, Jillian still thought she was playing.

Daris is not hitting his burn. Why not? Is he willing to continue being just the fat funny guy?

The challenge is to hit a tackling dummy 1000 times. The winner will get immunity; the last place finisher will get a 2 pound penalty. Each team must pick one person to represent them in the challenge. Michael, Stephanie, and John are on their own. The other teams select Lance, Sherry, Andrea, Sunshine, Sam, and Daris. Michael has figured out a way to not move his feet much at all. Andrea hopes her softball background will help. Lance and Sam are in the early lead. As they head toward the halfway mark, Michael’s creeping up on them. Sherry is leading the battle for last at this point. Eventually, Michael finally overtakes the lead around 900, and he wins immunity. Sam and Lance come close. Sherry ends up finishing last to get the penalty.

Miggy returns, having had an appendectomy. Since she has had surgery, she is only allowed to walk. So she walks and walks and walks: 13 miles the day after surgery. When she goes to see the doctor, she’s allowed to get back to business, but will have to be careful. He has bad news, though. They poured salt water into her, probably 8-9 additional pounds. Her odds of surviving the week may have just gone down to slim to none.

John has switched from the pool to the gym and is now working out with everybody else.

At the last chance workout, Ashley’s just taking it easy, whether she has the disadvantage or not. After Jillian beats her up, she reveals that her problem is that she lost her father, who treated her badly because of her weight. Rather than dealing with her emotions, she’s ballooned up to 374 pounds (and she also drinks and smokes)

O’Neal intends to be a game player. He’ll do whatever it takes to get to the end.

Sunshine: 245 pounds (-5, 2.00%)
O’Neal: 333 pounds (-5, 1.48%)
Yellow Total: 578 pounds (-10, 1.70%, immune)

Michael: 443 pounds (-13, 2.85%, immune)

Ashley: 317 pounds (-9, 2.76%)
Sherry: 180 pounds (-6, 3.23%)
Pink Total: 497 pounds (-15, +2, 2.54%)

Melissa: 198 pounds (-5, 2.46%)
Lance: 314 pounds (-4, 1.26%)
Red Total: 512 pounds (-9, 1.73%)

Cheryl: 194 pounds (-3, 1.52%)
Daris: 283 pounds (-12, 4.07%)
Orange Total: 477 pounds (-15, 3.05%)

Stephanie: 225 pounds (-5, 2.17%)

Sam: 310 pounds (-10, 3.13%)
Koli: 335 pounds (-6, 1.76%)
Grey Total: 645 pounds (-16, 2.42%)

Andrea: 262 pounds (-5, 1.87%)
Darrell: 343 pounds (-8, 2.28%)
Black Total: 605 pounds (-13, 2.10%)

Miggy: 206 pounds (-5, 2.37%)

John: 421 pounds (-6, 1.41%)

As the only member of the brown team, John has been eliminated, so there is no need for the yellow team to deliberate. From his starting weight of 484 pounds, he’s now down to 380. He wasn’t too crazy about the gym when he got home, but he has since discovered jiu jitsu.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 6, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

The Bachelor Season 14 Episode 5

The Bachelor Season 14 Episode 4 turned into a bloodbath. First, on the two-on-one date, Jake decided to send both Ella and Kathryn home rather then just one of them. As if that weren’t enough, he axed not one but two more women: Ashleigh and Jessie.

This week we head to San Francisco.

The first of three one-on-one dates goes to Tenley. They take the trolley to Chinatown to do some window shopping. For dinner, they go to Coit Tower, overlooking the Bay Bridge. Jake says that he pictures her the most as his wife out of all the women. She says she learned not to take as much for granted after her previous marriage. Her concern is about pilots and faithfulness. The both of them need to get over her past relationship.

Corrie plays a prank on Ali and Vienna, telling them they’re the ones going on the two-on-one date, to which Ali responds tactlessly that she feels sick right now. She seems surprised that her behavior toward Vienna is making the tension even worse than it would be otherwise.

In reality, Gia and Vienna are the two to go on the date together. They get a giant chest of clothes to choose from to play dress up for their date. Gia’s concerned that Vienna is so much more outgoing. Their date takes place in a 12th century Tuscan castle. Back at the house, Ali’s worried that Vienna’s talking about her on the date. That turns out to be a valid concern. This is certainly awkward dinner conversation, particularly with the third wheel. With Gia feeling left out, she and Jake go for some alone time, and it’s then that Gia starts feeling as if she’s on a real date. That doesn’t prevent Vienna from wandering to find them and interrupt. With only one other girl on the date, have a little patience. After Jake spends time with Vienna and then says goodnight, not content with her first bit of alone time, Vienna goes wandering again, to see Jake in bed. It’s getting a little stalkery now. Jake thinks some dirty thoughts, but ultimately just ends up feeling awkward.

Corrie gets the next individual date. Of all the remaining girls, she’s the only one who has not yet kissed Jake. Despite that, contrary to nanny Elizabeth’s theory, she’s still around. She wants him to make the first move; he wants her to open up. They take a row through the park. Afterward, they head to a science center after hours. By this point, they’re feeling the cloud of going so slowly hanging over themselves. She tells him she has no intention of living together before marriage, or sleeping together for that matter. But at least they get that first kiss out of the way.

The final date of the night goes to Ali, who lives in San Francisco and will be able to plan the date to show Jake her city. This is her second individual date. She’s going to take him to her neighborhood and show him her daily routine. She loves San Francisco, perhaps too much for him to hope she’ll move to Texas. After a day of relaxing fun, it’s time to discuss the last rose ceremony. He’s willing to answer any questions she may have, to which she responds that she doesn’t have questions about why some people are there any more. She’s ready to let go of that. Well, that would be a nice change.

Roses
Tenley
Ali
Gia
Vienna

Although they made some progress in their last date, it wasn’t enough, and Corrie is going home. Jake’s worried that it took too long for her to open up, and she would never open up fully (at least not before marriage). She thinks this would have turned out differently if not for all the other women.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Bachelor Season 14 Episode 6, which airs Monday at 8/7c on ABC.

American Idol Season 9 Episode 6

Los Angeles brought us Jim Ranger, Mary Powers, Andrew Garcia, Tasha Layton, and Chris Golightly in American Idol Season 9 Episode 5. Tonight we head to Dallas with guest judges Neil Patrick Harris (huh?) and Joe Jonas.

Julie Kevelighan was here in season 1 and was promptly tossed out. Less worse than the first time.

Lloyd Thomas sings Overjoyed by Stevie Wonder. Simon calls it his favorite audition of the day. Randy gives him a billion percent yes. Well, that’s pretty high.

Kimberly Carver sings an original song. Randy likes her really good voice, but Simon doesn’t see anything current or interesting. Simon declines, but the other three say yes. She promises to go watch Doogie Howser.

Dexter Ward tells us he is the next America’s Idol (he almost got the name right). Randy wants to know if that hurt.

Erica Rhodes was on Barney & Friends. Time to break out the leather and whip then. After doing the Barney theme song, she sings Free Your Mind by En Vogue. She’s through to Hollywood.

Dave Pittman was diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome when he was 9, although it doesn’t affect him when he’s singing. He sings Bring It on Home to Me by Sam Cook, and he’s through to the next round.

Day 2 brings us a Jonas.

Todrick Hall was in The Color Purple with Fantasia. He sings a somewhat lame original song but nonetheless sounds great. Randy calls him one of the best of the season. Simon’s not jumping out of his chair but says yes.

Dawntoya Thomason and Stephanie Daulong also make their way to Hollywood.

Maegan Wright is there with her little brother Dawson. She sings To Make You Feel My Love. Kara found that very moving and says she’s her favorite of the day.

Vanessa Johnston is entirely too perky and pink. Simon’s nightmares look and sound like her.

Christian Spear was diagnosed with Leukemia on her 4th birthday. Now at age 16, she is doing fine and singing All I Could Do Is Cry by Etta James. Joe likes her confidence and beautiful voice. Kara didn’t sense any fear.

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

American Idol Season 9 Episode 5

Orlando brought us Jermaine Purifoy and Matt Lawrence in American Idol Season 9 Episode 4. Tonight we head to Los Angeles, so basically everybody who showed up there is already going to Hollywood. The guest judges are Avril Lavigne and then Katy Perry.

Neil Goldstein tells us he’s got an IQ of 168. So he’s probably smart enough to know that he sucks at singing. He sings Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through by Meat Loaf, and it goes about as badly as expected.

Jim Ranger sings a song he wrote called Drive. Simon thinks his voice is authentic. Avril thinks he’s got a good voice, but warns him that being in this business means travelling, which may be a problem with a wife and three kids and being a pastor.

Damien Lefavor has been trying to hit that one note for years. He sings You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling by the Righteous Brothers. At least he acknowledges that he sucks, and he just walks out.

Mary Powers’ daughter predicts she will be in the top 14 or something. She sings Love Is a Battlefield by Pat Benatar. Simon thinks she’s got a really good voice but is cliched.

AJ Mendoza wants to be Adam Lambert. He sings Cult of Personality by Living Colour. Simon felt it was as if he just got back from the dentist.

Katy’s first bit of judgment is to say that the other judges are ridiculous for arriving by helicopter.

Austin Fullmer is more in love wih himself than Simon is. Simon suggests he stick to just cleaning water. Katy wants to know if these people are frisked before entering.

Andrew Garcia wants an improvement over his life, having been raised by parents who were in gangs. Simon calls him a genuinely really good singer. Randy says he’s got mad vocals.

Tasha Layton is a personal assistant/minister. She sings Baby Baby Baby by Joss Stone and gets through to Hollywood.

Jason Greene believes in magic. He also believes he’s hot, which in itself would require magic, and he sings I Touch Myself by the Divinyls. Creepy. Katy feels dirty. Simon didn’t like being hit on, although Ryan ends up getting the phone number.

Chris Golightly has bounced around in the foster care system since he was a baby. He sings Stand by Me. Kara calls him one of her favorites of the day. Simon thought he was nice but old fashioned. Katy and Simon give him limited support but still yes, but Kara and Randy are big fans.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of American Idol 9 Episode 6, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.

The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 4

After the white team fell below the yellow line in The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 3, the contestants reluctantly eliminated Maria, despite her son’s lack of effort.

Michael claims that he’s making an effort, but that it’s a learning experience. He calls the rest of the house childish, seeing as how they gave him another shot.

D’oh. Damn Comcast. Internet connection went down in the middle of a post, so I’ll have to settle for a summary from memory for the first half of the show.

In the pop challenge, teams ran up and down the hill gathering cards in a dumb luck attempt to see who could get three green checks first. Red team won the challenge, which granted them immunity. In addition, they had to make three choices.

No gym access: brown team (John does about 80% of his workout outside)
No vote this week: white team (in case Michael’s bitter)
2 pound disadvantage: green team (which led to much whining from Miggy and Migdalia)

After the confrontation last week at the weigh-in and the screaming match about how Melissa’s 0 pound weight loss over the course of two weeks was just gameplay, Bob decided to talk to them about it. He’s 99% sure they’re lying, but he’s willing to move on anyway. Jillian, however, is 100% convinced there’s no possible way they’re not playing the game. That said, Lance has no respect for her and refuses to work with her the rest of the game. It was at this point that I decided that the red team needs to go home. After thinking about it, Melissa has decided that she is willing to move on, and Lance agrees, although he was perfectly happy to continue pouting the whole game.

In the final challenge, teams had to hoist their cages up 120 feet using ropes. In a battle between grey and red teams, grey team won. Their reward was a phone call home. They were also able to give calls to three teams: red team, green team, and brown team.

The last chance workout is a trek to the top of the mountain. Well, that’s part of it anyway. Once they go to the top of the hill and back with Bob, Jillian’s waiting for them with news that they’re only half done, as she’s got a course out in the yard with rocks and wheelbarrows.

Starting off the weigh-in, Miggy says it’s been gameplay since day 1 with Melissa, so the red team decision was all about gameplay.

Melissa: 203 pounds (-11, 5.14%)
Lance: 318 pounds (-6, 1.85%)
Red Total: 521 pounds (-17, 3.16%, immune)

For someone who supposedly had so much trouble losing weight, Melissa put up a pretty good size number. Granted, she had immunity again, so it can’t be argued that she was just losing it because she was in danger.

Michael: 456 pounds (-15, 3.18%)

Andrea: 267 pounds (-5, 1.84%)
Darrell: 351 pounds (-10, 2.78%)
Black Total: 618 pounds (-15, 2.37%)

Cheryl: 197 pounds (-6, 3.00%)
Daris: 295 pounds (-6, 2.00%)
Orange Total: 492 pounds (-12, 2.38%)

Ashley: 326 pounds (-7, 2.10%)
Sherry: 186 pounds (-4, 2.10%)
Pink Total: 512 pounds (-11, 2.10%)

John: 427 pounds (-10, 2.29%)

Sam: 320 pounds (-14, 4.20%)
Koli: 341 pounds (-12, 3.40%)
Grey Total: 661 pounds (-26, 3.79%)

Stephanie: 230 pounds (-6, 2.54%)

Migdalia: 233 pounds (-4, 1.69%)
Miggy: 211 pounds (-1, 0.47%%)
Green Total: 444 pounds (-5, +2, 0.67%)

Migdalia steps down off the scale swearing, but at the end of the day, the green team put up such bad numbers that the disadvantage is irrelevant. They can blame whoever they want, but the finger should be pointing the other direction. Miggy tells Migdalia that she can’t cry. As Jillian sees it, this is their problem. They keep their emotions bottled up.

Whichever member of the green team sticks around, they’re going to need to change their attitudes if they wish to not only perform better but also make sure in the future that the other teams are not gunning for them. Migdalia makes it simple: she wants to go home. Then she yells at everybody letting them know they’re going to have to live with an increasingly miserable bitch if they keep her there. Melissa’s comment is that the drama and the negativity is coming mostly from Miggy. I agree, not that Migdalia’s pleasant. However, I say vote out Miggy and watch Migdalia quit. Two birds with one stone.

Due to the pop challenge, Michael will not have a vote.

Votes
Melissa & Lance: Miggy
Cheryl & Daris: Migdalia
Ashley & Sherry: Migdalia
Stephanie: Migdalia
Sam & Koli: Miggy
John: Miggy
Andrea & Darrell: Migdalia

By a vote of 4-3, Migdalia is not The Biggest Loser. During the voting, Migdalia finally defends her position, which she did not do originally when she yelled at everybody and demanded they vote for her without explaining. She feels her mom needs to be there more. Despite saying she’s learned everything she needs to succeed at home, she says that she’s only learned how to deal with her issues a little bit. Migdalia is now down to 219 pounds from her starting weight of 265. She gained about 10 pounds when she first got home but is back on the right track.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 5, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

The Bachelor Season 14 Episode 4

Three more women went home in The Bachelor Season 14 Episode 3. First, tired of Michelle and her in need of therapy behavior, Jake took her up on her offer to leave the show. Then Eliabeth and Valishia were also cut.

Chris tells them everything is about to change. They will all be leaving the house forever. Instead of a mansion, they will now be living in RVs. Ali, Jessie, Kathryn, Ella, and Tenley all get in one RV. That leaves Gia, Corrie, Ashleigh, and Vienna in the other.

Gia gets the one-on-one date. Jake picks this city girl up on his motorcycle. Their first activity is to play hide and seek in a vineyard. My tip for her is not to giggle and give your location away. When he finds her, they go to have a picnic. She says she was a nerd growing up. Jake can relate, as he used to be called Mr. Dateless in 9th grade. After they polish off the wine, they play spin the bottle. Yeah, you really can’t play that with just two people because it’s kinda rigged, but this leads to their first kiss, which she calls the best of her life. Well, that’s a little dramatic. Their dinner is hot dogs and s’mores, cooked over her first campfire. She wants kids before 30, two kids and a baby girl from China. And a pot-bellied pig. After dinner, Gia gets the rose.

The group date is for Jessie, Ashleigh, Tenley, Ali, Vienna, and Corrie. They head to Pismo Beach. First, they get on dune buggies. Ali doesn’t care if she doesn’t drive as long as she gets to ride shotgun with Jake. Corrie looks right at home driving, though Jessie’s a little timid. Then they go sandsurfing, which is apparently a real thing. As the sun sets, they have some fruit and wine. Jake invites everybody to roll down the hill, but only Corrie takes the bait. She’s realizing that either she spends time with the guy, or maybe she should just head home. After playing in the sand, they get their first real shower in a while. Ashleigh and Jake seem to be struggling to find conversation, and Jake isn’t feeling a lot of chemistry with her. When Vienna’s asked for some alone time, she says she’d rather go last. With Tenley, he wants to make sure she’s really over her ex-husband. He’s the first man she’s kissed since then. Vienna wants to be the last girl he kisses before he goes to bed. Meanwhile, the others discuss how much they still hate her, which he’s noticing and concerned about. Thanking her for being patient with him, Jake gives the rose to Tenley.

That leaves Ella and Kathryn for the two-on-one date, and one of them will be going home. After last week’s date, I’m assuming Ella will be the one who sticks around. Kathryn feels as if she’s in danger as well because she really hasn’t spent much time with Jake. They’re invited for a quiet dinner at Jake’s cabin. Kathryn’s frustrated, thinking she’s just a third wheel. She feels as if he doesn’t pay attention to her. Since he’s developing stronger feelings for some of the other women, Jake has decided to eliminate Ella. Not the outcome I was expecting. Ella doesn’t get it. I don’t get it either. I’m not seeing a connection between him and Kathryn, and it doesn’t seem like Kathryn does either. That said, it’s not over yet. Kathryn is also being sent home.

Corrie feels that the other girls have progressed further than she has.

Jessie, who’s been a little on the invisible side thus far, wants to tell Jake that there’s one person who’s not for him. That person is Vienna.

Vienna says that the girls are uptight, and that they view her as a threat. Ali says that, if Vienna gets a rose again, she’s going to have a conversation that Jake would never expect, whatever that means.

Roses
Gia (individual date)
Tenley (group date)
Ali
Corrie
Vienna

The bloodshed is not over yet. After two roses have been given out, Jake needs to talk to Chris. Does he really have to give out two more roses? He’s definitely sure on one girl and pretty sure on another. Following Vienna receiving a rose (as if by some coincidence, her name just happened to be called last following all the drama), Ashleigh and Jessie have been eliminated. Though she’s not alone in her belief that Vienna needs to go, Ali’s more emotionally invested in Vienna than she is in Jake. We haven’t seen the last of this feud.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Bachelor Season 14 Episode 5, which airs Monday at 8/7c on ABC.