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Survivor: Africa Episode 13

Continuing down the line, Kim P was eliminated in Survivor: Africa Episode 12.

They’re getting used to bathing in and drinking from an elephant’s toilet. What they’re struggling with now is the boredom. Aside from there not being much to do, they’re running out of stuff to talk about.

Treemail is letters from home. Oh, now that was just a little too easy. They’re supposed to get that from a reward challenge, not just have it drop from the sky.

The reward challenge is a list of 12 Swahili words in a word scramble. The words will intersect to give them an English word. Lex is starting off quickly. Nobody else even appears to be in this. Lex is up 6-3 over Ethan. Lex is the first to hit 12. His closest competitor when he gets his clue for the English word is Ethan, with 6. Lex wins reward. He spells out Avalanche. There’s a reason for that. His reward: a Chevy Avalanche. Ethan doesn’t want Lex to win any more. Well, then, close your ears. Lex will be an ambassador of good will. They’ve loaded up some medical supplies to bring to Wamba Hospital to help fight AIDS. People come from all around to this little village to get treatment.

Kim J doesn’t want the guys to take each other to the end. Well, then, she should have joined in the all female alliance. Welcome to the game, finally realizing the obvious. She has decided to approach Ethan and tell him that he’s gotta get rid of Lex. Upon his return, Lex thinks the mojo is just funky. Something’s up.

Big Tom has, apparently, told Teresa that Lex should be the next to go. That said, considering they’ve made an alliance, he thinks he’s stuck with that alliance. Teresa is noticing that everybody wants Lex gone, but nobody wants to do it.

The immunity challenge contains elements from previous challenges: puzzle ladder, net, cart with a puzzle, ladder crawl, and bow and arrows. Not entirely physical, but being the most physical sure will help. Ethan, Tom, and Lex are dead even with their puzzle ladders. It’s obvious the girls should just sit out. Lex completes his puzzle first and just needs to hit the target with his arrow. Lex wins immunity. Again.

With Lex safe, Teresa’s hopes may well be dashed. Everybody wants Lex out and has for a long time, but they threw away their opportunity last time when he did not have immunity. Nobody really wants any of the other three out.

The only hope Teresa has now is to get Lex and Kim J to vote out Tom. She admits to being the one who voted against Lex the time before the witch hunt. The reason for that: “somebody” told her to watch out for Lex. Kim backs her up, saying that Tom told her to go ahead and vote against Lex if she really wants him gone, just so long as she doesn’t tell Tom about it. As much as Tom wants Lex gone, he can’t bring himself to vote that way. How many people in the jury know this side of Tom? None. That could be a problem.

Votes
Teresa
Teresa
Teresa

By a unanimous vote, Teresa has been voted off the island. She stuck around just long enough to stir the pot, and now the remaining Boran members will be faced with turning on each other.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Survivor: Africa Episode 14 The Final Four: No Regrets, where we will find out who the Survivor: Africa winner is.

So You Think You Can Dance Season 5 Episode 19

The top 8 danced in So You Think You Can Dance Season 5 Episode 18, and tonight two more will go home. This marks the 100th episode.

Starting with the girls. Melissa is safe. Kayla is in the bottom two. Janette has never been in the bottom, but she is now. Huh? Jeanine is safe.

The boys go next. Jason is in the bottom. Ade is safe. Evan’s support continues and keeps him safe. Can merely being a likeable guy keep carrying him? Brandon is in the bottom two.

Janette Manrara has been eliminated. Wow. Boo America. The only thing I can think is her fans got complacent and assumed she was safe. Janette was Mia’s favorite, and Nigel is in agreement in thinking she was going to win. This ruins the whole 100th episode celebration for him. She learned how much she loves to dance, so she’s going to keep doing it.

Jason Glover has been eliminated. Not nearly the shock of the first one. I was half expecting America to vote out Brandon after that.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of So You Think You Can Dance Season 5 Episode 20, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.

Big Brother 11 Episode 7

Ronnie’s plan was to backdoor Russell. That all went to hell quickly in Big Brother 11 Episode 6, as he took Jeff off the block and put Jordan up in his place, hoping to seal Laura’s fate.

Ronnie sees Laura as a threat to him, and he’s right. She’s definitely on to him, and she’s smarter about the game than she may have at first appeared. Her problem is she doesn’t know who to say things to and who not to say things to, and her lack of ability to form alliances leaves her flailing about.

However, Ronnie promises that Russell is on his hit list. Yeah, just give Russell’s alliance the numbers, then target him. Granted, Russell’s mouth will probably get him in too deep sooner or later.

The potentially good thing about eliminating Jordan is that you completely isolate Jeff. But c’mon who’s afraid of Jordan?

That’s Laura’s only card to play, aside from making fake promises. Break up the couple.

Ronnie invites Natalie, Chima, Lydia, and Kevin up to his room to see what they think about keeping Laura. Without hesitation, both Lydia and Chima don’t want to go along. Since nobody’s biting this, he takes the opportunity try to get them to at least hate Russell. He claims that Russell said that he can get the votes to keep Laura.

Natalie goes to Jessie. Jessie goes to Russell, who denies it. Then the rest of the house comes out into the backyard to join the discussion. Let’s drag Ronnie out there then. Laura’s plan: if she leaves this week, at least she’s taking the liar down with her. Ronnie doesn’t say anything, but he doesn’t have to say anything. Everybody can see the lies, and Ronnie just keeps digging himself in deeper and deeper. Now both sides are talking, and they see that he’s been lying to everybody. After locking himself in his room, Ronnie decides he should have put Russell’s ass up. No, what he should have done was play less aggressively, or at least play smarter.

Ronnie has barricaded himself in the HOH room. It’s a good thing he’s got all that HOH food up there so he doesn’t have to starve. When BB calls Ronnie into the diary room, Russell views this as an opportunity. He’s waiting to confront him. Russell has made it his mission in life to torture Ronnie all day long. Does this guy actually think this is helping his cause? Surely being a bully won’t win you anything, and its side effect may be some sympathy for Ronnie.

Ronnie tells us he’s only got allegiance to the athletes, and he’s just trying to get information from the other side of the house. He believes he’s got an underlying tone of sympathy from the house.

Votes
Jeff: Laura
Jessie: Laura
Natalie: Jordan (to spice things up in the house)
Casey: Laura
Russell: Laura
Kevin: Laura
Lydia: Laura
Chima: Laura
Michele: Laura

By a vote of 8-1, Laura has been evicted from the Big Brother house. Kudos to Natalie for screwing with people’s minds. They all made the right choice here. Laura was definitely the bigger threat. If only she’d talked less to the wrong people and more to the right people, she could have made it pretty far. That whole pointing fingers at the HOH before nominations stupidity was well worth being evicted for. She believes she’s taken Ronnie down right away. Take out the guy you may or may not be able to trust, or take out the guy you know you can’t trust. I don’t think this is a slam dunk here. With Laura’s eviction, the popular clique consists of one. Not so popular now.

It’s now time for the HOH competition. One at a time, they will each shoot a single ball into the honeycomb target.

Michele: 4
Jessie: 6
Kevin: 5
Natalie: 2
Lydia: 1
Russell: 5
Chima: 3
Jordan: 1
Jeff: 6
Casey: 1

That brings us down to a tiebreaker.

Jessie: 6
Jeff: 3

Jessie is the HOH. Again. Certainly an opportunity for him to make additional enemies. His only safe bet is to target Ronnie, although that would be a wasted week.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 11 Episode 8, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

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Survivor: Africa Episode 12

Frank made it a lot further than I would have expected, but his grumpiness finally caught up with him in Survivor: Africa Episode 11.

Ethan’s surrounded by people all the time, but he feels so alone because he doesn’t really know them, having met them a month ago. So pretty much this is a family visit episode.

Yeah, pretty much. When they arrive at the challenge, everybody gets videos from home. Once all this sh…ow of emotion is over, it’s time for the challenge. Since they’ve got their families on video already, they might as well ask them questions. The winner will go to the Masai Mara to watch the migration of the wildebeests. Then they’ll head to the safari resort for an overnight stay, to be followed by a hot air balloon ride.

What is your most embarrassing moment?
Kim J: Throwing up on you on our second date.
Husband: Not the second date. She fell asleep on the toilet.

Teresa: New York Marathon injury.
Husband: Spilling a full tray of drinks on first class passengers.

Ethan: Curling iron got stuck, and mom had to cut my hair off before prom.
Mom: Letting in an easy goal in a very important soccer game.

Tom: Walking around with dirty underwear in the house and then coming upon people in the kitchen.
Wife: Can’t embarrass him. He doesn’t give a hoot.

Kim P: Falling off a bike in the race due to bathing suit getting stuck. All the racers got a good view.
Mom: Matches Kim P for a point.

Lex: Threw up in the middle of human sexuality class.
Wife: Matches Lex for a point.

What physical trait do you least like about yourself?
Kim J: Feet.
Husband: Matches for a point.

Teresa: Hair.
Husband: Nose.

Ethan: None.
Mom: Legs.

Tom: Hair.
Wife: Matches for a point.

Kim P: Small chest.
Mom: Arms.

Lex: Nose.
Wife: Hair on back.

What is your biggest fear?
Kim J: Growing old.
Husband: Bungie jumping.

Teresa: Loss of a loved one.
Husband: Snakes.

Ethan: Throwing up.
Mom: Matches for a point.

Tom: None.
Wife: Loss of a son.

Kim P: Spiders.
Mom: Being unfulfilled.

Lex: Outliving either son.
Wife: Matches for a point.

Since there’s no way Teresa can win, she is eliminated. Lex leads with 2, while everybody else has 1.

What is your greatest achievement?
Kim J: Family.
Husband: Matches for a point.

Ethan: Playing professional soccer.
Mom: Taking high school soccer team to state tournament.

Tom: Son.
Wife: Matches for a point.

Kim P: Calling off wedding at the last minute.
Mom: Solo trip to Europe.

Lex: Sons.
Wife: Matches for a point.

Lex wins reward. Go easy with Jeff Probst’s Visa card. He will take Big Tom with him.

They’re taken to Governor’s Camp, a grossly ovepriced luxury tented camp in the middle of an African jungle. They get more to eat right then than they have in the past month. When they’re done eating, they get in the middle of the migrating wildebeests, one of the more hideous animals on the continent, which sound like Tom on a good Saturday night and are just as crazy. They also see just about every other type of wildlife they hoped to see all in the same area in the space of about an hour. Upon their return, they’ve got a few spirits, so Tom’s ready for a good Saturday night. This would be a good time for Lex to find out how Big Tom doesn’t trust him, but instead he just finds himself amused. The next morning they wake up early for the balloon ride. It’s like the Discovery Channel.

The immunity challenge is to be the last one standing in a pot shattering competition using sticks that are traditional African weapons. Since it’s an immunity challenge in which alliances matter, Kim P and Teresa may as well just sit down now. Big Tom breaks Teresa’s first pot. Big Tom then breaks Kim P’s first pot. Then Big Tom breaks Lex’s first pot. Kim J hits her own pot. Ethan breaks Kim P’s second pot. Ethan and Tom combine to eliminate Teresa. Lex eliminates Kim P. Having those two in this proved pointless. Lex takes out Ethan’s first pot. Kim J hits Tom’s first pot. Big Tom takes out Ethan’s second pot. Lex takes out Kim J’s second pot. Ethan takes out Lex’s second pot. Big Tom eliminates Ethan. Big Tom strikes Kim J’s last pot, but she’s still hanging on by a thread. Big Tom eliminates Lex. Tom is down to one pot, but he retaliates and eliminates Kim J. Big Tom wins immunity.

Teresa returns to the all female alliance idea. All they need to do is force a tie and vote against Lex, who has 6 votes against him. Despite that, their plan is to try to woo Big Tom. Why? He’s not necessary for this plan to work.

Lex, meanwhile, sees someone as desperate as Teresa is to advance as being a threat.

Votes
Lex
Lex
Kim P
Kim P
Kim P
Kim P

Althought Teresa’s the biggest threat in terms of strategy, Kim P is certainly a logical choice as far as someone far too likeable to want to go up against in the end.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Survivor: Africa Episode 13 Truth Be Told.

America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 10

The Myspace auditions in America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 9 brought us Bollywood dancers Ishaara and singer/piano player Charles DeWayne Dorsey, Jr.

Tonight is the last night of the auditions.

Best friends Breaksk8 are roller skaters. Piers buzzes, but they’re definitely through to Vegas. David has to think about this. Piers loved everything but the skates. Sharon likes them because the skates make them unique. Piers says no, but the other two say yes.

Ciana Pelekai, 8, is going to sing. She sings At Last from Orchestra Wives, presumably having heard it from Beyonce. Piers tells her to start looking for a new house because he’s never heard someone her age with a voice like that. Hoff thinks there’s nowhere to go but up.

Choir director Joseph James sings Somewhere over the Rainbow. What the bloody hell is this? After the build up, I expected at least something reasonable, but not this joke. Hoff compares him to a balloon losing air.

The Beale Street Flippers started years ago in Memphis, TN. They do flipping, usually for tips on the street. Hoff is flipped out. The best flippers ever on this show. Piers has just two words: flipping incredible.

The auditions have come to an end. With 24 minutes left, they’re apparently reserving the bulk of the show for the Susan Boyle interview, as if I’d switched to Dateline NBC or something. I’d considered watching the interview before I found out how long it was going to be, but enough is too much.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 11, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on NBC.

So You Think You Can Dance Season 5 Episode 18

Kupono and Randi were eliminated in So You Think You Can Dance Season 5 Episode 17, and tonight the top 8 dance.

Mia Michaels and Ellen DeGeneres both join the judges. What Ellen knows about dancing I’m not sure. Oh, and Nigel’s a doctor. Like how Bill Cosby’s a doctor, although at least he delivered babies on the TV.

Group Dance
Style: Fusion
Choreographer: Travis Wall
Routine: It’s a rave
Song: Let It Rock by Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne
Nigel: Great opening. All terrific.
Ellen: I can do that.
Mary: Great dancing. Great costumes. Great choreography. Nobody to pick on.
Mia: Loved it. Had a blast.

This week the boys will be picking their partners out of hats.

Evan Kasprzak & Janette Manrara
Style: Jazz
Choreographer: Sonya Tayeh
Routine: Getting people to shut up
Song: Move (Metronomy Remix) by CSS
Nigel: Evan’s finally delivering more. Janette is absolutely wonderful.
Ellen: I can do that, too. Amazing, like the wine I had before I came out here.
Mary: Really good job by Evan, although he could have been a little rougher toward the end. Janette just can’t take a wrong step out there.
Mia: Evan made a step in the right direction, but still needs more. Janette’s my favorite this season.

Brandon Bryant & Jeanine Mason
Style: Waltz
Choreographer: Hunter Johnson
Song: May It Be by Hayley Westenra
Nigel: Such a demanding routine, and the music sounded like pulling teeth (I was distracted by the music because I quite liked it, though I can see where it would be called slow). Didn’t really get as much as expected.
Ellen: I forget my point, but I thought you two were fantastic.
Mary: It was a sloooow waltz. Takes unbelievable control. Respectable considering. Lines could have went further.
Mia: Next time, Brandon, don’t dream about birds and bunnies. Not magical. Too many hiccups.

Ade Abayomi & Melissa Sandvig
Style: Chacha
Choreographers: Tony Meredith & Melanie Lapatin
Song: Yeah (Como Goza Mi Morena) by Chino Espinoza Y Los Duenos Del Son
Nigel: Pretty good. Melissa turned out a little too much and was over the top being sexy. Ade’s got great stature but could have sizzled a bit more. Lovely choreography. Well danced.
Ellen: Are you carpenters? Because you nailed it.
Mary: Ade’s bum was perched up so high, bum apparently being a term she’s heard from Nigel. That caused both of their feet to slide all over the place. A little below what was expected.
Mia: Ade’s worst performance this season. Thrown all over the place and not down and dirty. Melissa did excellent for a ballerina.

Jason Glover & Kayla Rodomski
Style: Broadway
Choreographer: Tyce Diorio
Song: Mr. Monotony (from Jerome Robbins Broadway) by Kim Criswell
Nigel: Jason’s toes and feet were terrific. Kayla’s lines are beautiful as usual.
Ellen: These are good seats.
Mary: Seemed to flow effortlessly. Jason was cool and suave… and some grunting noise. Kayla’s riding first class.
Mia: Amazing. Want Jason to work on his upper body. Kayla should sing and act to take Broadway to storm.

Evan Kasprzak & Janette Manrara
Style: Rumba
Choreographers: Tony Meredith & Melanie Lapatin
Song: Heartless by Kris Allen
Nigel: Smooth and very sexy, but hard to get votes with that routine. Janette’s got the sensual feel down pat. Evan looks drowsy.
Ellen: Evan is a special guy, apparently. Janette is amazing.
Mary: Evan did a really good job. On time and well connected. Janette is little miss fire and spice and flavor.
Mia: What Evan brings to the stage, there’s not a lot of people that bring that. Evan was sexy, but with a Zoolander face. Nothing more to say about Janette.

Brandon Bryant & Jeanine Mason
Style: Pop Jazz
Choreographer: Laurieann Gibson
Song: Battlefield by Jordin Sparks
Nigel: That’s all I’m asking. Exactly what we want. Jeanine was fantastic staying with Brandon, who was strong. Hooray. At last.
Ellen: Make it appealing to join some kind of armed forces.
Mary: Strong. Powerful. Dynamic. Just hit it all the time.
Mia: Danced in a place that was more than dance. Brandon’s such a powerhouse, and Jeanine kept up with him. Wow.

Ade Abayomi & Melissa Sandvig
Style: Contemporary
Choreographer: Tyce Diorio
Routine: About a woman who has breast cancer
Song: This Woman’s Work by Maxwell
Nigel: That’s why I love dance so much. It can express so many emotions without use of words. If this isn’t an Emmy nomination next year, it will be a surprise. One of the most memorable routines on this show. Ade’s strength gave Melissa the courage to do a lot of the jumps, and Melissa’s maturity let her perform the routine.
Ellen: The most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.
Mary: Don’t think I’ll ever forget it. Gift of love, compassion, and hope.
Mia: What an important piece of work. Wish I had the strength Ade had in this piece for my daddy. Melissa is an angel.

Jason Glover & Kayla Rodomski
Style: Hip Hop
Choreographer: Shane Sparks
Routine: Zombies
Song: They’re Everywhere by Izza Kizza
Nigel: Very sort of Michael Jackson inspired. Got something together there. Enjoyable.
Ellen: Keep dancing like that, and you’ll have your own talk show some day.
Mary: Really hit it hard. Loved every second of it.
Mia: Favorite piece from Shane on this show. Disturbingly hot.

Kayla: 1-888-TEMPO-01
Jason: 1-888-TEMPO-02
Janette: 1-888-TEMPO-03
Ade: 1-888-TEMPO-04
Melissa: 1-888-TEMPO-05
Evan: 1-888-TEMPO-06
Melissa: 1-888-TEMPO-07
Brandon: 1-888-TEMPO-08

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of So You Think You Can Dance Season 5 Episode 19, which airs Thursday at 9/8c on Fox.

Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 2

Louie was thrown off the show, Melinda was eliminated, and Robert from season 5 returned in Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 1.

Robert’s there to give the girls some advice, and they’re thrilled to have him.

The next challenge is to work with shrimp, cleaning them to meet Chef Ramsay’s standards. Lovely will sit out. They are given 10 minutes to clean as many as possible. Lovely’s attempting to be a cheerleader. Both teams want her to shut up.

Sabrina: 7
Amanda: 9 out of 9
Tek: 7
Ariel: 6
Tennille: 1 out of 8
Suzanne: 10
Robert: 4
Red Total: 44

Andy: 7 out of 8
Van: 9
Tony: 9 out of 10
Joseph: 5
Dave: 4
Kevin: 9 out of 9
Jim: 2
Blue Total: 45

Blue team wins the challenge. Tennille, who performed the worst, gets the blame.

For their punishment, the red team will have to make a shrimp cocktail for the next service. The blue team will go to Newport Beach, where they will go on a yacht.

Hoping to make up for the fact that she screwed them over in the challenge, Tennille tries to take control of the punishment, which just earns her more contempt from her team.

Joseph isn’t there for lunches or conversations. What is he there for anyway?

Robert intends to be the leader for the red team.

Kevin sees Tony cutting grapefruit and shows him the right way to do it. Tony says he’s not a moron and can cut grapefruit. So then Ramsay comes up and complains about the way they’re being cut. Tony blames Kevin. I thought even a moron could cut these, though.

Van will be a waiter. He hopes his charisma will help him through. Tennille will work at tables as well. She might consider smiling like Van is.

Tony’s still struggling with the grapefruit. Looking to get past this, he’s already cooking scallops. Uh, nobody ordered them yet.

Lovely is trying to cook with the stove off. Tek told her they were on. She has to be told?

Next stop for Tony, he’s serving up raw scallops. Kevin has to take the fish away from him so that they can get some appetizers out.

Robert’s off to a rough restart.

Jean Philippe wants Van cool in front of the customers. He also might need to serve the blue tables instead of the red tables. What’s wrong with these two anyway? There’s a language barrier. Van speaks Texan, while JP speaks whatever he speaks.

Red team’s trying to get appetizers out quickly. Too quickly. Their first table gets some raw shrimp. Nobody wants to be responsible for a pregnant lady eating raw shrimp.

JP’s ready to beat down Van. Ramsay has to pull them aside to give them a lecture.

Tennille’s backed up by 6 tables.

Andy has made some raw chicken, but at least he realizes it before he gives it to the chef. Not that this saves him because Ramsay finds something else to pick on him about. The question Joseph has is: why’s he keeping the meat thermometer on his arm instead of using it?

Sabrina has also cooked raw chicken. Suzanne warns her, but she doesn’t listen and brings it up anyway.

Tony is ready to impress with the fish. Or at least Kevin is anyway, taking over for him again.

Lovely’s fish is raw. She wants Ramsay to get his eyes checked because he is getting kind of old. After refiring, she returns with seabass that’s not raw. It is, however, burned.

Kevin has returned with raw fish. So now Joseph offers to cook it. Two other people do as well.

Sabrina’s now burned the chicken on the red team. Since nothing’s going out anyway, they can at least serve shrimp cocktail. Not cooked, not seasoned. A group of idiots could handle it, or at least that’s what he hopes. Once everybody gets shrimp cocktail, it’s time to shut down.

Both teams will have to come up with two names for elimination. Tony is willing to nominate himself. Andy, who was on the same station, is not. Tennille almost served a pregnant woman raw fish, so she’s getting a lot of fingers pointed at her. She shouldn’t have been given the raw fish in the first place, and in the second place she couldn’t have known the woman was pregnant. Lovely wants her nominated because she could have almost killed someone. Van’s got himself an attitude problem. JP should have punched him.

Tennille has been nominated for serving raw food. Lovely has been nominated based on overall performance and experience.

Who’s the first nominee for the men? Joseph’s response: they can speak for themselves, but they know who they are. Okay, try again. Who’s the first nominee and why? Answer: Tony and Andy. First nominee and why? Tony. He knows why. Try again. First nominee and why? Joseph doesn’t want to hear any more from anybody. Instead, he’d like to meet Ramsay out in the parking lot.

To be continued…

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 3, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on Fox.

Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 1

Gordon Ramsay is back again to yell for no good reason.

This year’s prize is to become the head chef at Araxi in Whistler in British Columbia, Canada. Hope you like snow.

Sabrina’s mind is telling her she’s spicy, sweet, and sexy hot.

The first task is to cook their signature dishes. The girls are the red team, and the boys are the blue team. They will go head to head.

Suzanne: fontina fonduta risotto. Rice looks undercooked before even being tasted. It’s a little chalky. Or a lot.
Dave: ostrich with pan-seared brussel sprouts. Ostrich is cooked perfectly, but the brussel sprouts are undercooked.
Neither gets a point.

Tek: Honey grilled shrimp. Nice. Cooked beautifully.
Louie: Sausage gravy with biscuits. Oh, f*** me. Tastes like gunk.
Ladies get a point.

Joseph: Chop and vegetables. Lovely color. Brussel sprouts are rock hard.
Tennille: Lamb chop with balsamic glaze.
Ladies take the lead 2-0.

Joseph’s biggest issue: he’s not animal. He wants a fork. Cavemen eat with their hands.

Amanda: margarita french toast with tequila wine butter. She’s not joking.
Tony: Muscles with chorizo. There’s potential there. Nice.
Men get a point.

Melinda: Poached lobster and portobello mushrooms. Where is the lobster tail? She had some “challenges” during the cooking process.
Jim: Seared ahi tuna. Tastes delicious.
Men tie it at 2-2.

Neither Kevin nor Ariel score a point.

Lovely and Andy don’t score either.

Sabrina: Chiopotle wrapped pork tenderloin. Why’s it so hot?
Van: Seared foie gras. Intriguing.
Men win 3-2.

As their punishment, the women must clean up the kitchen to prepare it for the opening of Hell’s Kitchen. Their dinner will be bologna sandwiches. The men will get a special dinner from Ramsay’s restaurant. Because the men are partying and not apparently ready to stop any time soon, the women have the advantage of studying.

Scott is back to run the blue kitchen, while season 2 winner Heather will run the red kitchen.

Lovely starts off not so lovely. She’s already screwing up before the restaurant’s even open, having already overcooked things when there are no orders yet.

Tek is already bringing out the (raw) scallops. Lovely’s overcooked her pasta, which she blames on Tek.

Jim has cooked three scallops cut in half. Or at least he’s cooked two scallops cut in half anyway. Count to 6 now.

Robert from last season is back. He’s not just there for dinner, though. He is being given a second chance to compete in Hell’s Kitchen. Ramsay will break the news to him later.

Jim’s and Kevin’s second attempt at appetizers is sufficient.

Red team, however, continues to struggle. They have to start over. And over.

Louie puts unseared, unseasoned lamb into the oven.

For the eighth time, can the red team deliver appetizers? Nope, not cooked. So how much of this food is being throwed away?

Back to Louie again. Why’s he cooking spinach on the meat station?

So where’d Lovely go? She needed a break. After drinking 4 bottles of water, well, she’s still sitting around.

The salmon is stone cold. Amanda put it in the freezer instead of the fridge.

Back to Louie. Get out and pack your bags. Oh, like this wasn’t planned. Dinner service is over because it’s going nowhere, but there’s a replacement already lined up in the dining area. Robert’s back for a second chance.

Melinda, Lovely, and Amanda all screwed up for the girls. Since they served 0 entrees, a new record, they’ve lost. Despite this terrible loss, it was someone from the men who was thrown out. Amanda made a stupid move, but it was an honest mistake, even if it was a big mistake. The other two, who got them stuck on appetizers (and then there was Lovely’s coffee break), need to go up.

Melinda is the first nominee. Amanda is the second nominee.

Melinda, who’s been a deer in the headlights the whole time, has been eliminated. She’s being sent back to whatever planet she came from.

Robert has been moved over to the girls, which should give them somewhat of a boost.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Hell’s Kitchen 6 Episode 2.