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The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 3

Patti & Stephanie fell below the yellow line in The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 2, and Patti decided to go home so that her daughter could stay.

This is student/teacher week. One person will be the teacher, while the other is the student. The student is the only one who will represent the team on the scale. The students will not be allowed to train with the trainers. Instead, the teachers will train and must pass on what they’ve learned. Since they don’t have teammates, John and Stephanie will be together. To win their first temptation, all they have to do is eat more than anybody else. Each piece of candy has 5 calories. The person who eats the most will be able to decide who are the teachers and who are the students. Sherry and Michael are the only ones to eat in round 1. Michael decides to hand the power to Sherry, who wins after only having eaten 10 calories.

Black Team: Andrea is the teacher; Darrell is the student
Brown/Purple Team: Stephanie is the teacher; John is the student
Grey Team: Sam is the teacher; Koli is the student
Red Team: Melissa is the teacher; Lance is the student
Orange Team: Cheryl is the teacher; Daris is the student
Green Team: Migdalia is the teacher; Miggy is the student
White Team: Michael is the teacher; Maria is the student
Pink Team: Sherry is the teacher; Ashley is the student

Migdalia is angry about the choice that was made, though she denies it after Bob pushes her multiple times. With Bob not making a dent, Jillian takes on Migdalia next. Jillian’s worried that if she screams like a crazy person, Migdalia will walk out. Well, when has that stopped her before? Bob tells her to just be mean. So Jillian lays into her about her 9 year old daughter and refusal to show emotion. Jillian keeps pushing and tries to get Migdalia to answer questions about why she’s there. She just answers with vagueness. Then she says she’s done. If Jillian doesn’t smack this girl, I hope her mama does. Jillian begs and pleads but is unable to get past the wall. Migdalia wants to go home. Go then. There are plenty of people who would willingly take your spot. After this, Jillian approaches Miggy instead. Perhaps she could talk some sense into her daughter.

From there, Jillian sends in the good cop. Bob wants to know what the hell happened. Migdalia is there to learn to eat healthy and exercise. She doesn’t need anybody to tell her she’s got problems. Oh boy. Bob tells her he cares about her, and she agrees not to quit. Then Miggy chimes in with excuses. They won’t change the way they are. That’s a problem. Their attitudes haven’t helped them in their weight loss goals previously. Healthy eating and exercise are all well and good, but it’ll be so easy to quit those if you can’t work on the personal issues behind the weight gain.

Curtis Stone pays them another visit. His lesson is about portion sizes. He reveals restaurant dishes with thousands of calories. Then he prepares a 4 ounce chicken dish that contains only 300 calories per serving.

Miggy seems to be getting somewhere with Migdalia. Slowly. Miggy suggests that Migdalia needs to learn to express herself, rather than getting angry and fighting. Maybe she does need help. Maybe she is willing to get help.

The teacher from each team will unwind 1000 feet of ribbon through a playground. Students will then draw for which ribbon they will have to untangle. The first team to unravel the ribbon and return it back wins immunity. Additionally, they will be able to choose one team to switch student and teacher. After the teachers are done, everybody’s hoping they just don’t get the white ribbon. Mike made an extra effort to twist and tie it up and make it as difficult as possible. Remember that whole random drawing thing? Yeah, that was just a joke. Students will be bringing in their own colored ribbon. Blindfolded.

Lance is looking forward to this. As a commercial diver, he’s been in black water plenty. Daryl, however, is not. He starts to struggle right away. 15 minutes in, pink team is still on their first obstacle, with communication that’s just not working in a blindfolded scenario. Mike’s plan, meanwhile, has backfired. After half an hour, the pink team’s still on the first obstacle. Red is looking to win their second immunity in a row, while the grey team makes a dash toward the finish line. Grey team wins in a close race.

Ashley’s having second thoughts about the choices they made earlier. Pink team seems to have stacked the deck against themselves by putting Ashley up against mostly big men. It’s hard to argue that their choices were bad ones, though.

At the weigh-in, the grey team has decided to switch the white team, putting Michael in the hot seat.

And then… election coverage. Coakley has conceded. Well, that should get interesting. Meanwhile, the weigh-in continues off screen, which leaves me with having to pull the numbers from the scoreboard.

Darrell: 3.22%

John: 3.10%

Lance: 3.57%

Daris: 2.90%

Miggy: 3.20%

Michael: 2.08%

Ashley: 3.48%

Jillian says that Melissa threw the weigh-in again this week, like she did last week. Lucky thing the grey team didn’t switch them. Jillian and Bob confront Melissa, who continues to deny it. This evolves into a silly argument where everybody starts screaming.

That puts the white team below the yellow line. The grey team’s switch had no impact (except it may cause some animosity from Michael toward them) since Maria also would have been at the bottom. This early in the game, it’s hard to imagine them voting out a 481 pound person. Maria wants to leave and says that sending Michael home will kill him. Correction: 30 years of bad habits would be the cause here, not a vote on a reality show. Nonetheless, I don’t think he has anything to worry about. John, however, views Michael still being there as an insult. He knows what it’s like to be 500 pounds, too, but at least he’s putting in the effort.

Votes
Cheryl & Daris: Maria
John & Stephanie: Michael
Andrea & Darrell: Maria
Sam & Koli: Maria
Melissa & Lance: Maria

With 4 votes, Maria is not The Biggest Loser. The contestants have, reluctantly, voted to keep Michael here, with a message that he needs to try harder.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 4, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

The Bachelor Season 14 Episode 3

Three more women were sent home in The Bachelor Season 14 Episode 2. First, Rozlyn was dismissed for having an “inappropriate relationship” (we never did find out what that means) with a producer. Then Ashley and Christina got cut at the rose ceremony.

Vienna gets the individual date. Jake says Vienna’s a blunt person who’s a little out of his comfort zone. They take a motorcycle to his house, where they wait for a helicopter to pick them up and take them to a bridge in the middle of nowhere. She’s afraid of heights (he is, too), so this next part should be interesting. Time for some tandem bungee jumping. After taking some time to panic together, they jump off the bridge, and then he kisses her. After dinner, they hop into the hot tub, where she gets her rose, after having shown him a more mature side of herself. The girls back at the house don’t like her and won’t be happy to see her coming back.

Corrie, Elizabeth, Ali, Tenley, Ashleigh, Jessie, Kathryn, and Michelle get the group date. Michelle’s not happy again. The girls will be doing stand up comedy with the assistance of Jon Lovitz. Ashleigh eventually breaks down crying as they prepare. As if she and the others are not nervous enough, oh, by the way, they’ll be performing for a live audience. Elizabeth, the no kissing chick, has to be censored due to her raunchy routine. Kathryn invites Jake down to the stage, where she kisses him. Then the daggers come from Michelle’s eyes, with ominous music in the background. Corrie does an impersonation of the other girls. Eventually, we get to Vienna. The other women cheer her on as she trashes Vienna, which worries Jake. What do they know that he doesn’t? Ashleigh has had enough to drink to get past her meltdown, and she manages to get through some blonde jokes.

After the jokes, they head off for some drinks and food. Tenley did not reveal it before, but she has decided to tell Jake that she’s divorced. After that, she ends up getting a kiss as well. Ashleigh’s angry that Vienna got a rose, so she tells Jake about it. Ali and Jake haven’t talked since the date, but when they do, their conversation, too, turns to Vienna.

Later, the girls all toast to Corrie for her stand up routine. Well, all except Michelle, the odd duck out. She’s there for one reason: her family says it’s her turn to get married. Ali tries to tell her maybe she should get along with everybody as well, and the claws get out. She doesn’t need Ali’s help, or anything else from any of them. Elizabeth suggests therapy. When Michelle gets to talk to Jake, she says she can’t continue this process unless he’s feeling the same way he does. Let me end that mystery: he doesn’t. Somehow, she is already in love with this guy. Her solution is to ask for a kiss, which he agrees to do. Her response: he’s gotta give her something more than that. Apparently she got no tongue. Jake sighs, puts his head down, and says he’s ready for this night to be over. With that, she’s gotta tell him something. She can’t stay. Okay, then. Go away. What producer made him keep her past night one anyway? The answer she gets is not what she was hoping for. He calls her bluff and thinks it would be best if she did leave. So now it’s all his fault that she’s leaving, when she told him repeatedly she doesn’t want to be there (her less than stable behavior probably didn’t help matters any). As for the others, none of them will get a rose on the date.

Back at the house, the drama with Vienna continues with the others. She has decided that every girl in the house is fake (including Gia, who’s the only one who has stood by her), and then she storms out of the room crying, since the entire rest of the house hates her.

The remaining solo date goes to Ella, who has not yet gotten a date. That leaves Valishia and Gia dateless for the week. Ella, too, gets picked up by a helicopter. They go to SeaWorld, where her son Ethan is waiting as a surprise. This also proves a good opportunity for Jake to bond with him, and a chance for Ella to see how Jake is with kids. Although the situation does not allow for much romance, that’s not really necessary, as it still allows them to get a lot out of it. At the end of the date, Ella gets a rose.

Back to Vienna, she tells the others that she plans to be nice, or at least not mean any more. Apology not accepted. Ali goes on the offensive.

At the cocktail party, Elizabeth continues to play her game, and Jake calls her out on it. He knows people who have elected not to kiss for spiritual reasons, but he doesn’t think that’s what it is with her. And she’s a tease.

Vienna interrupts Jake and Elizabeth before they can get to the bottom of whether she’s going to kiss him or not. She wanted to defend herself seeing as all the other girls attacked her. This is certainly fair. However, it’s just one more bit of ammo for them to hate her.

After she’s done talking to Jake, Elizabeth is crying because Jake called her a game player. This gets twisted around. Ali tells Vienna she hurt Elizabeth. Not Jake. Vienna. I’m having trouble hating Vienna as much as the house does. They’re making an extra special effort to create conflict with her. Afterward, Elizabeth and Jake return to their conversation. Her tune is changing. He had the option of disagreeing with her request to not kiss her. Ultimately, she misses the point that it’s not about kissing. It’s about her mixed signals.

Roses
Vienna (individual date)
Ella (individual date)
Gia
Corrie
Tenley
Ali
Jessie
Kathryn
Ashleigh

Elizabeth and Valishia have been eliminated. Valishia has gotten so little air time that there’s not really much to say about her. Elizabeth’s no kissing until we’re engaged silliness comes back to bite her. She probably would still be around if she didn’t confuse him.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Bachelor Season 14 Episode 4, which airs Monday at 8/7c on ABC.

American Idol Season 9 Episode 2

Boston brought us Maddy Curtis, Amadeo DiRocco, Ashley Rodriguez, Tyler Grady, Katie Stevens, Justin Williams, and Leah Laurenti in American Idol Season 9 Episode 1. A surprising change of decent talent compared to the usual audition shows that feature one or two people with a chance.

Tonight we head to Atlanta with guest judge is Mary J Blige.

Keia Johnson sings the Titanic song. Although her comments from Simon are not entirely glowing, she’s through with 4 votes.

Miriam Lemnouni, Noel Reese, and Tisha Holland also advance.

Jermaine Sellers is a church singer who’s been taking care of his mom since he was 17. He sings One of Us by Joan Osbourne. Randy calls it the best vocal yet.

Christy Marie Argonow sings Love Is a Battlefield by Pat Benatar. She just lost that battle.

Vanessa Wolfe likes jumping off a bridge in her town of 1100 people. She sings Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine Show. Kara thought that was better than expected. Simon likes her, despite the fact that she’s ill-prepared and nervous. This trip to Hollywood will mean her first ride on an airoplane.

Jesse Hamilton believes he has almost died three times. But he survived to give us this painful audition instead.

Holly Harden gets dressed up as a human guitar. Simon is irritated already. She sings You Ain’t Woman Enough to Take My Man by Loretta Lynn. I’m sensing another Kellie Pickler here. The judges are surprised that they can’t hate on this girl in a goofy outfit.

Mallorie Haley sings Piece of My Heart by Janis Joplin. Good voice, although I don’t sense Janis from her. Mary says that was the best vocal she’s heard.

Antonio “Skii Bo Ski” Wheeler already has a stupid nickname picked out. As much as I want to hate him, he sings I Heard It through the Grapevine by Marvin Gaye well. Simon calls him awful and terrible, but the other three like his voice. Randy suggests dropping the nonsense.

Carmen Turner and Lauren Sanders are BFFs for life. Lauren sounds, well, quiet. On the other hand, Carmen’s got a big voice. Simon wants them in a group together, the Ditz Sisters. Lauren is told no, but Carmen gets three yes votes. Simon tells her not to worry… they won’t be apart for too long.

Bryan Walker sings Superstar. This guy can sing.

Lamar Royal is there to meet Mary J Blige. He says before the audition he can take constructive criticism. After singing way over the top, he proceeds to refuse to listen to a word the judges are saying. As much as they’d like to tell him he may potentially have potential, he doesn’t even want to hear that. Security needs to escort this guy out because they don’t want to her him either. Now he hates Mary J Blige and wishes Paula was here. He continues making a fool out of himself out into the parking lot.

The final audition of the night is clearly going to be a waste of time. General Larry Platt has been beyond the age requirement for multiple decades. To make matters worse, he sings his own song, Pants on the Ground. The judges are far more amused with this than they probably should be.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of American Idol 9 Episode 3, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on Fox.

American Idol Season 9 Episode 1

Simon Cowell is back for a ninth (and final) season (minus his loopy sidekick because she thought she should make more dollars than she made sense), hoping to find America’s next top idol. We start off with auditions in Boston.

The first guest judge is Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice, now known for her marriage to David Beckham).

Janet McNamara has made the show for one purpose: promote the American Idol video game. Randy likes her 90% of the time in the game. Paula (not to be confused with Kara) always likes her. Not that it matters, but she sings Pocketful of Sunshine by Natasha Bedingfield. Apparently, Janet didn’t get the memo. There’s a new judge, and one of the old judges is gone. Well, at least she knows who Posh Spice is. Granted, even if Paula were still around, she probably wouldn’t have voted for Janet either.

Maddy Curtis is number 9 out of 12 kids. Mom and dad, get a hobby. She sings Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen. Randy didn’t think it was going to be that good. Kara says she has an authentic old soul. Simon likes that she’s not annoying for a 16 year old. She’s through to Hollywood.

Pat Ford is, however, annoyingly perky. Kara likes him. Randy wants to hang out some time, as long as he stops singing forever. That said, he’ll be back next year.

Jennifer Hirsh, Claire Fuller, and Jess Wolfe get lumped into a going to Hollywood montage.

Amadeo Diricco sings Hoochie Coochie Man by Muddy Waters. The judges already like him before he starts singing, but when he starts singing, his big voice wins them over even more. Simon’s favorite audition of the day.

Derek Hilton thinks he sounds like Chris Brown and The Eagles. He doesn’t. There were 20 people in his head, none any good.

Mary Doyle believes she’s an anime character, and she hopes to make it big in Japan. She sings Piece of My Heart by Janis Joplin. Simon tells her she’s verging on terrible. Well, that’s better than actually being terrible.

Luke Shaffer sings Fall for You by Secondhand Serenade. His lobby buddy Benjamin Bright sings All My Loving by The Beatles. Both make it through to Hollywood.

Andrew Finley is tired of the waiting. Oh, and by the way ladies, he’s single. He starts off giving Simon an attitude before singing House of the Rising Sun. When he finishes, Kara wants to know if he’s angry. When he says he didn’t like waiting, she gets angrier than he was, giving him a lecture and telling him she doesn’t like him at all. In closing, she offers to spank him.

Ashley Rodriguez sings I Ain’t Got You by Alicia Keys. Kara tells her she has a commercial look and voice. Set the bar. Victoria says she’s one of her favorites. Simon thinks she may have it.

Tyler Grady shattered both of his wrists when he fell out of a tree. Not good for a drummer, but his dream has been to be a front man anyway. In 1971. He sings Let’s Get it on by Marvin Gaye, and he gets 4 votes for Hollywood.

Lisa Olivero sings Vision of Love by Mariah Carey. Well, that took all of about three notes before it fell apart.

Mike Davis is an actor on speed boat Codzilla. He sings Yesterday by The Beatles. Kara found that touching, and he invites her out for steaks. He doesn’t get a yes (or a no) to that invite, but he is going to Hollywood.

Katie Stevens wants to bring good news back to her grandmother with Alzheimer’s. She sings At Last by Etta James and easily gets through to Hollywood.

Joshua Blaylock sings Bless the Broken Road. Simon thinks he’s forgettable, but good enough to advance. Now he just needs to teach him how to be mean.

I’m noticing a pattern here. What’s up with the 5 minute commercial breaks?

Justin Williams was diagnosed with cancer 7 years ago. After surgeries and chemotherapy, he has recovered fine. He sings Feeling Good. Combining the story with the voice and looks, he could do well.

Norberto Guerrero is also from a few decades ago. Simon tells him he sings like a three year old girl dressed like Latoya Jackson. So that’s a no then?

Bosa Mora’s mom and dad are from Nigeria. He sings You Look So Good in Love by George Strait. Simon says good but boring. Victoria disagrees and wants Simon to stop rolling his eyes. Bosa gets a no from Simon, but the other three say yes, although he has a lot of work ahead of him.

Leah Laurenti grew up in an overly protective family, never sure whether music is something she should keep pursuing. She sings Blue Skies. Randy calls her one of the best of the day. Kara wants her to know she really is good.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of American Idol 9 Episode 2, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.

The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 2

The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 1 started off the season with the elimination of five people. First, the two last place teams in the opening challenge (Cherita & Victoria and Sunshine & O’Neal) were sent home for 30 days and will compete against each other for the right to return. Then, after the vote of which twin to eliminate, James was sent packing.

It’s week two, so now we’ve gotta hear about this week two curse for most of the next two hours.

Jillian asks John how somebody gets to 500 pounds. Comfort food. Oh really? He says he’s cursed, seeing as so many of his family members have died. That’s the path he himself is headed down of he doesn’t shape up.

Dr. H is there. This is the sickest group. Ever. Again. Patti was told 20 years ago that she had diabetes, which she chose to ignore. He hands out envelopes which he hopes will help eliminate some of this denial that has landed these people in their current positions. The white team’s task is to watch a normal weight man simulate his weight, meaning 303 pounds of excess hydrated fat. They toss the weights on Bob, who becomes miserable with the weight before he even reaches the full amount. The purple team gets to see a video in which the doctor makes a house call to their family, telling them how bad off they are. Red team finds out their true cost of being overweight (including that Lance lost his job by refusing to change, not to mention that their marriage is failing): over $3 million. The orange team gets to watch how their old diet affects a healthy person. Jillian must eat one of their meals. Calories (lots of them) coming from processed foods that are pure crap. Jillian has to pretend she’s repulsed by these meals. No doubt the size of the meals is ridiculous and more than any normal person can eat, but I find it hard to believe that they don’t taste good.

When they head to the challenge, they see a pool. Each team has a balance beam: 3.5 inches wide and 40 feet across. They will need to take 10 beach balls across the balance beam, put them in the tower, and get back safely. If they fall into the pool, they have to start at the beginning. The winning team will get immunity. The losing team will get a 2 pound penalty. Because of her diabetes, Patti has numb feet, which she says gives her horrible balance. Maria is terrified because she does not like water. Daris is the first one to put a point on the board, giving the orange team the lead. Pink, grey, and red also score. Eventually, black and red are battling for the lead. On the other side of the spectrum, with Maria having panic attacks, white scores its first point after some teams have put up 6 or 7. John follows the white team with his first point a long ways behind everybody else. Black team is the first to 9. Red ties it when Andrea falls in, but her next time across is successful. Red team wins immunity. Black team comes in second. Orange places third. Pink finishes next. Then green. Grey is after that, followed by purple. That leaves white against brown in the battle for last. Maria continues to panic, but as paranoid as she is of falling in the water, the real danger is land. Rather than falling in the water, she goes the other way face first toward cement. She falls and gets a bloody nose before being hauled away to the hospital. Mike wants to go with her, without concern that it will mean a loss and penalty, so the white team loses the challenge.

Maria gets out of the hospital with a sore nose, black eye, and fractured finger. Afterward, Bob tells Mike he didn’t have to take care of his mom. He’s there to take care of himself, and she had a whole medical team looking after her. For her part, Maria’s going to have to get in the pool, which Jillian will make her do whether she wants to or not.

Back to the doc for another wake up call. Andrea has a greater risk of heart attack than 98% of others in her age bracket. Darrell may well have won sickest man on campus. Maria’s risk of developing diabetes over the next 5 years is 33%. Michael’s body fat is potentially fatal. Cheryl’s inner age is 75, 24 years older than she really is. In addition to her obesity, she also smokes. Koli tosses and turns all night long because of his sleep apnea, so he never gets a good night’s sleep. Ashley’s inner age is 57, more than double her real age. Also, she’s a diabetic.

Melissa: 215 pounds (+1, 0.46%)
Lance: 336 pounds (-8, 2.33%)
Red Total: 551 pounds (-7, 1.25%, immune)

With immunity in hand, Melissa decides to play the game. Hard to blame her.

Sam: 345 pounds (-9, 2.54%)
Koli: 366 pounds (-8, 2.14%)
Grey Total: 711 pounds (-17, 2.34%)

Ashley: 345 pounds (-8, 2.27%)
Sherry: 196 pounds (-5, 2.49%)
Pink Total: 541 pounds (-13, 2.35%)

Migdalia: 245 pounds (-4, 1.61%)
Miggy: 219 pounds (-8, 3.52%)
Green Total: 464 pounds (-12, 2.52%)

Patti: 216 pounds (-4, 1.82%)
Stephanie: 243 pounds (-3, 1.22%)
Purple Total: 459 pounds (-7, 1.50%)

Cheryl: 210 pounds (-3, 1.41%)
Daris: 310 pounds (-7, 2.21%)
Orange Total: 520 pounds (-10, 1.89%)

John: 451 pounds (-10, 2.17%)

Andrea: 279 pounds (-5, 1.76%)
Darrell: 373 pounds (-10. 2.61%)
Black Total: 652 pounds (-15, 2.25%)

Maria: 258 pounds (-10, 3.73%)
Michael: 481 pounds (-11, 2.24%)
White Total: 739 pounds (-21, +2, 2.50%)

That puts the purple team Patti & Stephanie below the yellow line. Presumably the mom will fall on the sword for her daughter, which is exactly what happens. Patti says she’s ready to go, but Stephanie says she cannot do it at home.

Votes
John: Patti
Ashley & Sherry: Patti
Maria & Michael: Patti
Sam & Koli: Patti
Melissa & Lance: Patti

With 5 votes, Patti is not The Biggest Loser. She is down from her starting weight of 243 pounds to 200 pounds today. From a start of 9 medications, she’s down now to just a couple, hoping to be off all of them and no longer be a diabetic by the finale.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 3, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

Howie Mandel Joins America’s Got Talent

Howie Mandel will be taking David Hasselhoff’s spot as the third judge on America’s Got Talent. Good trade.

“Howie is one of America’s favorite entertainers and his sense of humor and energy are irrepressible,” said Paul Telegdy, Executive Vice President, Alternative Programming, NBC Universal Media Studios. “He’s passionate about new talent and his years of experience across a variety of disciplines in entertainment, not to mention the fact that he headlines and performs in Vegas all the time, will bring new depth to our panel. He will be a real asset to our contestants and help them take their talents to the next level. We are thrilled to have him join Sharon and Piers and are sure that sparks will fly!”

“We’re thrilled to have Howie join the show,” said executive producer Cecile Frot-Coutaz. “He’s an extraordinary, multi-faceted talent whose success story spans the gauntlet of all things entertainment. He will no doubt bring a dynamic, poignant and entertaining perspective to the judging panel that is all his own.”

The X Factor Coming in 2011

The X Factor, a singing show similar to American Idol that’s already a success in the UK, will be coming to Fox in 2011 with Simon Cowell serving as judge and executive producer.

“I’m thrilled that we have put a date on the launch of the U.S. version of THE X FACTOR, and delighted to be continuing to work with FOX,” said Cowell. “We have a fantastic relationship, a great team and are all very excited about this.”

Mike Darnell, President of Alternative Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company, said, “We have had a very successful relationship with Simon Cowell for many years, and we’re absolutely delighted to continue our relationship with him. THE X FACTOR has been a massive success around the world, and we can’t wait to bring it to the U.S. in 2011.”

“THE X FACTOR has enjoyed an unparalleled success in its U.K. home market and globally,” said Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO of FremantleMedia North America. “We are truly excited to bring it to the U.S. and look forward to building another entertainment franchise in the marketplace.”

The Bachelor Season 14 Episode 2

Jake returned last week on The Bachelor Season 14 Episode 1, where he eliminated the first 10 out of 25 candidates.

Gia, Rozlyn, Valishia, Corrie, Christina, and Ashleigh go on the first group date. They go to a hotel in Santa Monica for a photo shoot with In Style magazine. This is just a normal day for most of them, although Christina would rather be doing math. Rozlyn’s not afraid to be filmed with or without underpants. Christina’s nervousness should help her to stand out, hopefully in a good way. Following the picture taking, they have a wrap party and get some one on one time. Last week Gia made it like she was unlucky or something with guys, but her lack of relationships is really because her first one lasted for six years. Ashleigh is the first to break out a bikini, which promptly leads to a bikini war to see who can outsexy whom best. Christina is again intimidated. Perhaps getting drunk will help her ease that. Rozlyn drags Jake away from her by shaking what her doctor gave her. Then, not wasting any time, she breaks out the tongue. That’s enough to convince him to give her the rose.

Ali gets the one-on-one date. They hop on a motorcycle, which allows her to squeeze him tight, although a dress and heels are probably not the best attire. They head to the airport and board a two seater airplane. She doesn’t even like commercial planes, let alone a little one. Hopefully she ate a light lunch. And then we hear On the Wings of Love in the background. Yeah, that’s going to get old. Following the plane ride, they take a drive to Palm Springs for an isolated dinner. All of the people she’s dated have names beginning with J. After dinner, she receives a rose. To end the night, they get a private concert by Chicago.

Elizabeth, Jessie, Kathryn, Ashley, and Vienna get the last group date. That leaves Michelle, Ella, and Tenley out in the cold. This should lead to more Michelle drama, as if that’s hard to come by. She says this means he doesn’t want her. The girls who did get the date get a Six Flags all to themselves. Elizabeth is first to drag him away for some alone time. She asks that he not kiss her until he’s ready to commit to her, an unusual request considering how fast some of these chicks have been moving. Also a dangerous proposition. Is he really gonna propose without even a first kiss? Vienna has a secret to tell. She was engaged to her pastor’s son in high school, but called off the marriage because she was only 17. It doesn’t end there. He got married a month later. In turn, she eloped at age 18 because it was so hard losing him. 4 months later, she was divorced. As she’s sitting there crying, Ashley comes up with margaritas to get her turn. One last thing before the date is over. Elizabeth gets the rose, and then she stays behind to watch fireworks with Jake.

Back at the house, Michelle’s packing. Fare thee well. The other girls, not whining, try to talk some sense into her. Good luck with that. Regardless, Michelle is still there when cocktail time arrives.

Ella, having celebrated her birthday yesterday, gets the first bit of time with Jake at the house for a birthday cupcake.

Tenley, who got the first impression rose, wants to reveal that she’s divorced. Jake gives her the opening when he talks about past relationships, but she skips by the subject for now.

Knowing that the truth will spread, Michelle tells Jake that she packed her bags. She promises to always be honest. Too honest.

Chris comes into the room to ask to speak with Rozlyn outside. He accuses her of entering into an “inappropriate relationship” (whatever that means, he used the same phrase three times) with a staff member, who is no longer with the show. As a result, she is being thrown off the show. Although she is a contestant on reality TV, she really doesn’t think that her personal life is anybody’s business. Seeing as she got herself a rose on the group date, it looks like Jake’s judgment here is pretty far off base. Chris agrees to give the rose back so that one of the others can remain in her place. As Jake and the others learn her fate, Rozlyn packs under the watchful eyes of somebody waiting to escort her out of the house.

With that drama out of the way, it’s time for the rose ceremony.

Roses
Ali (one-on-one date)
Elizabeth (group date)
Vienna
Gia
Tenley
Ella
Valishia
Corrie
Jessie
Ashleigh
Michelle
Kathryn

Ashley and Christina have been eliminated. It seems Christina’s fears of being a normal woman amongst a group of models were not baseless.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Bachelor Season 14 Episode 3, which airs Monday at 8/7c on ABC.