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America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 1

America’s Got Talent is back for season 4. David Hasselhoff, Piers Morgan, and Sharon Osbourne all return as judges. However, there’s a new host in town. Following in the footsteps of Regis Philbin and Jerry Springer, Mr. Mariah Carey Nick Cannon is the new host. NBC seems to believe he’s ready to be a star on something other than Nickelodeon.

Auditions will take place in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Seattle, and Washington DC.

Teacher’s aide Ray Schwarz will be singing and dancing a little bit. He claims he’s had lessons, but apparently not many. Hasselhoff buzzes. Piers lets him go for a while before buzzing. Once she’s done laughing, Sharon also buzzes. Piers wants to know how bad he was before the lessons.

Moses Lanham says he has a unique talent that nobody else does. That means it will suck. He’s the only known living person who can turn his feet around 180 degrees and still walk. Apparently, dead people do this trick all the time. While this may well be fun to watch, I don’t think he’ll be able to turn it into an hour and a half show and sell tickets to his act. Piers buzzes him. He gets three nos.

Christopher Mad Dog Thomas is the leader of FootworKINGz, a male dance group ages 16-24. Piers likes their energy and dynamism. Sharon thinks it’s awesome. Hasselhoff’s not sure if they can sustain an act, but he does like their attitude.

A bunch of blonde people (two brothers and two sisters) from Wisconsin called Shine are up next. They sing Walking on Sunshine. Yeah, color me surprised. The crowd is not very happy, and the judges aren’t either. Sharon is, however, happy to meet such very nice people. Piers reckons they’re really evil underneath.

Pete Peterkin is a Barack Obama impersonator. So basically this guy had no job before two years ago? He calls himself the Rock & Roll President. Then he tosses on a wig and becomes James Brown, which is not as entertaining, but he’s not just a one trick pony after all. He does about 300 impressions and plays about 15 instruments. He can sing, too. Despite the judges’ reservations, he’s won them over like he did with the crowd, and he gets three yes votes.

Debbie Victor has been perfecting her act for 50 years. Uh oh. She does animal sounds. Sharon buzzes immediately. Hasselhoff buzzes after hearing the sheep. Piers joins in. Come back in another 50 years.

Perhaps this next animal act will be better. Tony Hoard has brought his dog Rockin Rory, an Australian shepherd who’s 7 years old and does canine flying disc. Piers calls him an incredible flying dog. Sharon and David are equally impressed.

Brad Byers is a small town Idaho guy. He does an impression of a fishing trip gone horribly wrong… by sticking a hook through his nose and out his mouth. It’s not enough that he does that, though. He then begins to swing it back and forth. For his next trick, he brings out a drill. Then he drills into his nose. For real? Just as long as Hasselhoff keeps his finger off that buzzer, he should be safe. Piers calls him the most disgusting man in America. Translation: Piers loves him. David also says yes. Sharon says no, but with two votes, he will proceed to Vegas.

Haben Abraham (11), Salina (14), and Lianda (15) are the EriAm Sisters (Eritrean-American), a singing trio that recently released their first single. Nick is just happy to see some normal people to get away from the freaks and weirdos. He doesn’t care whether they can sing or not. They sing One More Chance by Jackson 5. Piers would like to see them take it to another level and get it right, but he thinks they’re very talented. Hasselhoff calls them the most talented kids he’s seen.

David Johnson has been playing the guitar since high school. He tells a tale of a character on Baywatch he had a crush on. David Hasselhoff? His original song is all about that crush. Yes, it is about the Hoff, not that blonde chick. Entertaining. Creepy. Let’s just stick with creepy. Obviously, David Hasselhoff gives him a yes. Sharon says no. Despite having buzzed him, Piers would like to see the love story continue, so he’s going to Las Vegas.

Bruce is an aerialist, and he’s there with his soul mate Simone, or at least that’s what they tell us anyway. They perform a double hoop act that they’re both in together. The music that starts playing is Barry White. Oh, now I’m afraid. Piers buzzes. He wants them to go get a room. Nick plans to get one of those hoops for himself and Mariah. Hasselhoff says no. Sharon says yes because that’s something she’d like to do with Ozzy. For some unexplained reason, Piers wants to see that again.

Joseph Maracina is an impersonator. Based on how he builds himself up, I’m not expecting anything good. First, he does Jack Nicholson. That’s Nicholson? Piers buzzes after about one sentence. How about Anthony Hopkins? He gets two more buzzers. Hasselhoff felt he did a very good Joseph… but no.

Dave Paris and his new wife Zoe Klein are wearing entirely too much shiny purple. They are Paradizo Dance. He’s pretty agile for a big fellow, and she’s powerful enough to hang with him without breaking anything. He weighs 240 pounds, but you wouldn’t notice by how she’s lifting him. Piers thought it was one of the most extraordinary things he’s ever seen. Hasselhoff was moved by their performance.

There’s one act remaining, Voices of Glory, two brothers and a sister (Michael, Nadia, and Avery) ages 9-16. Their inspiration is that their mom was in a head on collision a few years back, so to see if they could reach her in her coma, they started singing. She is in a wheelchair but still alive. They sing God Bless America, receiving a standing ovation from the audience and the judges. Piers says they’re the pride of America tonight. Sharon is moved to tears.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 2, which airs Wednesday at 9/8c on NBC.

Survivor: The Australian Outback Episode 6

Losing immunity in Survivor: The Australian Outback Episode 5 gave Kucha the opportunity they’ve been looking for since they voted out Debb: a chance to vote out Kimmi.

Having returned from tribal council through the heaviest rain they’ve seen so far, Kucha’s night is going from bad to worse. Their fire is out, and their clothes are wet.

Kucha hopes to go into the merger up 6-4 so that they can Pagong the other tribe. This next immunity challenge is vital.

Jerri is having as many kinky fantasies as she can dream up involving chocolate. Colby says it ain’t about the chocolate. It may well be, though. Hey, girls, guess what’s for dinner. White rice.

The other tribe, which has plenty to eat, at least comparatively speaking, has decided to eat some chicken feed. When they begin cooking it, they find out that there’s popcorn in there. They’re addicated to chicken feed now. They just hope there’s nothing radioactive or anything like that in it.

Jerri has picked some unripened tomatoes. Keith would prefer to leave them around for another day so that they can be ripe when they eat them, but Jerri insists she will cook fried green tomatoes. Colby’s sick of both of them. Tina finally yells that they both have to stop it, or they’re going to timeout. One of the problems has to go.

Reward is for a picnic. Alright, Boo Boo. Probst teases them with a Doritos chip and a sip of Mountain Dew. Each tribe will select one set of eyes to be their leader, while the rest of the tribe will be blindfolded. Jerri is the leader for Ogakor; Nick is the leader for Kucha. They will guide their teams to complete tasks: get logs into a sawhorse, switch the trap on land with the trap in water, fill buckets with water to fill the wine barrel, and get a picnic basket to the table. Ogakor seems completely confused and lost from the start. Kucha completes the sawhorse task first. They also complete their second task first, though Ogakor is to an extent keeping up with them. On the water task, Ogakor manages to take the lead, but it’s still close. Ogakor has completed the third task, moving on to the picnic basket. Just as it looks like they’re going to win, Ogakor snatches defeat from the jaws of victory, and Kucha wins reward.

Although some in Ogakor feel it’s over if they don’t win today, Colby doesn’t plan to go out like that. He’s more than willing to switch things up if he needs to do so. Jerri is thinking along those same lines as well, and she’d like to mix things up and freak people out.

We hear a scream off camera. Based on the episode title, Trial by Fire, we know what’s coming next, one of the more memorable moments in Survivor history. It’s Mike, and he’s burnt pretty bad. He runs and dives into the water to try to cool off after having passed out and fallen into the fire. After blowing into the fire, he inhaled some smoke, which caused him to pass out. The skin is literally coming off his hands. After he stands in the water for a while with the rest of the tribe looking on, the medical team arrives to look at him. He’ll take whatever they want to give him. They give him some anesthetic to breathe in and then wrap up his hands. They have him lay down to prepare him to be airlifted out of there by helicopter. Before leaving, he wants to make sure he says goodbye to his tribe and tells them how much he’s grown to love them. They keep their brave faces on until he leaves.

Ogakor is only told there has been an accident at the other camp, without any more details given, but that they will be advancing to the merge. While they hope for the best, they also realize that this evens things up at 5 each.

Rodger thinks that, especially now, his tribe will stick together, and some of them may have even realized there are things that are more important than the money. Jeff thinks that, although Ogakor will be compassionate, they will be relieved.

Given the extent of his injuries, it goes without saying that Michael will not be returning to the game.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Survivor: The Australian Outback Episode 7 The Merge.

The Bachelorette Season 5 Episode 6

Ed left because his boss threatened him (Jillian couldn’t understand why he would want to keep his job, rather than having a 1 in 10 shot with her), and then Mark was also sent home in The Bachelorette Season 5 Episode 5.

It’s time to leave Whistler and head via train to… somewhere that’s else. This luxurious train has been reserved just for them. They basically get one car each.

Robby gets the first individual date. They go to their own private car away from the other guys. He starts off showing her how to be a bartender, more or less. They head to the caboose for dinner. His family thinks he will be the first to get married, despite being the youngest of four. Jillian wants to have a family within the next couple of years (at least she doesn’t want to have three kids by age 30 like DeAnna did). He says he’s open to this. Although he’s 25, in between jobs, and hasn’t had a relationship in a couple years, he doesn’t see a problem with all that. Jillian’s fear is that, while Robby may be ready to fall in love, he’s not ready for more than that. With that said, the train starts to slow down. Good luck walking home from the middle of the Canadian wilderness. Maybe in another 5 or 10 years, she’d be interested, but at this point, she will have to let him go.

Wes says that, if there’s anybody here with a hidden agenda, it would probably be him. Ya think? He goes to comfort Jillian, who said she thought there would be more jerks. Wait for it. He’s got some records to sell. I’m curious how many people watching this would actually want to buy them. Granted, his target audience is women who like bad boys, like Jillian.

Tanner, Wes, Michael, Jesse, Jake, and Kiptyn get the group date. They stop at Emerald Lake for some snow shoeing, which I’m taking them by their word is a real thing. So that he can get closer to her feet, Tanner grabs the shoes that match Jillian’s shirt. The group of them play hide and seek, or so it appears. Jake “accidentally” stumbles over Jillian when he finds her, turning it into an opportunity to cuddle.

After playing in the snow for the day, they go to warm up by the fire. Jake is falling for Jillian, although he hasn’t had very much time alone with her since the first week. She’s a lot like his mom, who he hopes she’ll go to meet next week on the hometown dates. Before he gets the chance to say everything he wants, the entire rest of the group decides to break things up.

Then Kiptyn steals her away and goes inside. He is worried that he is stepping back too far because he’s not sure how she feels since there are so many other guys around. Unlike Jake, who didn’t have the time to get to where he wanted, Kiptyn manages to get plenty close to Jillian.

The group comes in, and Michael decides that he wants to know what Jillian wears to bed. Somehow, this leads Tanner to show off his underpants. Okay, nobody’s ready to see his package, at least not without peeking (Jillian did notice it was huge, for what that’s worth). Then they get some alone time, complete with a foot massage. Yeah, still creepy. He rates her feet a 9-9.5, with a higher rating pending her painting them mango mango.

Jesse really wants Jillian to come to his hometown, and he’s convinced his family will love her.

Michael wants to prove he’s more than just the young crazy guy who makes everyone laugh. His parents, his brother, and his dog would kick him out of the family if he doesn’t marry Jillian. Her main concern is his age.

Tanner decides to tell the truth to the other guys. He was the rat who mentioned the guys with the hidden agendas. If they’re all there for the right reasons, nobody should be worried, though. So Wes now has a target for his anger. He doesn’t like tattle tales. Regardless, he’s already made it 6 episodes and sang his song. He already got all the publicity he wanted, so it really doesn’t matter if he gets sent home tonight. Jake intends to get to the bottom of this, whether Wes is his friend or not.

At the end of the night, Jillian gives away a rose, and that person is guaranteed to be going on the hometown date. Kiptyn gets a rose.

The next morning, Jake wants to open up more because he’s afraid he won’t get a rose. While he’s not in love yet, he’s crazy about her. Then he tells us that Jillian’s who he wants to marry, which is confusing, or at least I’m confused.

Reid gets his one-on-one date. That means he’s all alone on the train all day, with the exception of some train staff. One of them happens to ask whether he’s told her how he feels. No, he hasn’t. They will hit the slopes at Lake Louise in Alberta. Since they’re on snowboards instead of skis, he gets the chance to practice his falling. He’s completely open to this new adventure, even though he realizes he sucks. Jesse is expecting to see Reid get cut since he can be annoying sometimes, and he doesn’t see how they could be compatible. Reid is neurotic… fondue and unwashed vegetables concern him. The girls he’s dated have been blonde and otherwise don’t look like Jillian. When she questions him about whether he’s concerned about the fact that she lives in the sticks while he lives in Philly, he responds that they can figure it out when they get there and not worry about it just yet. Although she’s a little bit worried how they’d actually fit into each others’ lives, Reid gets a rose.

They have arrived at their final stop on this train tour, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

Jillian’s well aware that Wes has a career to promote. She even indicates that may have been his primary purpose for coming on the show, but she thinks he’s into her as well. It’s possible (yet getting less likely) she’s right, but nonetheless he’s not going to lose any sleep if he gets cut.

Before the rose ceremony begins, Jillian still has a few questions she needs to ask Michael. She never expected she’d be falling for someone who’s 25. With the exception of Jesse, the other remaining guys are in their 30s. The one thing he’s missing in his life is the forever person.

Roses
Kiptyn (group date)
Reid (individual date)
Jesse
Wes
Michael

Joining Robby from earlier in the show are Jake and Tanner. These are the two guys who have been the most vocal about guys with a hidden agenda. Will they speak up? That would be a no. Tanner doesn’t know what he did wrong, but he does still want to know what Wes is doing there, even if he’s still not naming names. Jake wants to know why he wasn’t chosen, but she doesn’t have an answer for him. He doesn’t get her choices of dangerous, flimsy, and really young over him. His last word of warning: she will get hurt by Wes.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Bachelorette 5 episode 7, which airs Monday at 8/7c on ABC.

Survivor: The Australian Outback Episode 5

Because of his alliance’s insistence on voting for Keith due to Jerri’s personal vendetta against him, Colby switched gears. By voting with Keith and Tina, Colby was able to eliminate Mitchell, who seemed to be on the verge of quitting anyway, in Survivor: The Australian Outback Episode 4.

Ogakor has been overtaken by smoke. The forest fires continue getting closer.

Amber and Jerri realize there is no alliance any more. Colby’s still the swing vote who can make or break either side. He says he’s voting for the strongest to stay, whoever that may be.

Kimmi is happy to have some new pets. Someone explain to her those aren’t pets… they’re food. Now that they’re done eating the pig, it’s time to kill another chicken. So it’s time then for Kimmi to leave, with an overdramatic exit.

While Kucha is eating like kings, Ogakor hasn’t been able to catch any fish lately. Jerri blames Keith, and Keith doesn’t have the energy to argue with her.

Alicia is getting tired of Kimmi and the chickens. An argument ensues, complete with finger wagging. Well, that was sure interesting. Not that these two didn’t hate each other before, but now they have an excuse.

Having moved the fire away from where they sleep for safety reasons, Kucha is surprised to find out that not having the fire near their beds leads them to their coldest night yet.

Kimmi is disgusted by the water because there are all sorts of creatures living in it. Her preference: not go in the water at all so that the dirt just sticks to her. Rather than tan lines, she has dirt lines.

The tribes get treemail and are told to build stretchers. We saw this in Borneo, so they should have some idea what they’re in for. Jerri views this as another time to take control, which doesn’t sit well with Colby, who just ends up walking away so he can not have to kill her. The challenge is to bring victims back to the triage station. The winning tribe gets what they wanted and what the other tribe wanted. Kucha chose the blankets and spices; Ogakor chose the spices and soup mix. In addition, they get toothpaste, deodorant, and shampoo. Kimmi and Rodger sit out for Kucha. Michael and Nick are the rescuers for Kucha; Colby and Keith are the rescuers for Ogakor. Ogakor grabs Tina, while Kucha grabs Jeff. Tina proves to be an easy person to return, but Jeff keeps getting dropped. Once returned, the victims join the other rescuers. Amber and Alicia are the next victims to be rescued. Kucha makes up a lot of ground and takes a slight lead. Jerri and Elisabeth are the final victims to be rescued. By this point, Kucha’s established a large enough lead that the challenge is theirs to lose. Kucha wins reward, continuing their dominance over Ogakor, who are getting tired of losing.

What Mike’s most looking forward to: Kimmi bathing. Everybody else stinks, too, but everybody else at least makes an effort to bathe. She actually does get in the water to take advantage of the shampoo.

Having lost 4 in a row, Ogakor realizes that they either win this, or they’re done, since they’re now down to 5 members. The challenge is a giant maze with 46 tons of lumber and three miles of burlap that took two weeks to build. Inside each maze are 5 totem poles. They must get through the maze to collect all medallions in order. Kucha will run with 7 because there is no obvious advantage or disadvantage to running with their full 7. Ogakor grabs their first medallion first. Kucha ties it at 1. Ogakor grabs their second. Then Kucha ties them. Ogakor retains their lead at 3. Then they take number 4. Lastly, they get their fifth. Now they just have to get out of the maze. Ogakor wins immunity.

Despite all their wins, Kucha isn’t a happy tribe. Some of them are looking forward to the vote.

Alicia and Jeff would love to get rid of Kimmi. Rodger doesn’t think he will vote that way, but his only guarantee is that he won’t vote for Elisabeth. Despite how fit she is and her contributions to camp, Rodger is considering voting out Alicia because it will bring harmony to camp. There’s a simple solution to that: vote out Kimmi instead.

Michael wants to deflect being the leader. He says that everybody has taken on a leadership role. Alicia says that she’s a motivator, not a leader.

Votes
Kimmi
Kimmi
Kimmi
Kimmi

By a unanimous vote, Kimmi has finally been voted out, a long overdue result. Her mouth got her in trouble in the beginning, but it was her vocal beliefs that ultimately did her in.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Survivor: The Australian Outback Episode 6 Trial by Fire.

Survivor: The Australian Outback Episode 4

Keeping Maralyn around weakened Ogakor in the challenge, causing them to return to tribal council again where this time they decided to vote Maralyn out in Survivor: The Australian Outback Episode 3.

Tina and Keith, the first ones awake, wanted to go fishing, but Jerri doesn’t want them to do that. She’d rather take the canoe with the others, the ones that she said she bonded with at tribal council. Jerri realizes that she may have stuck her foot in her mouth, as Tina and Keith realize they may be outsiders.

Treemail tells them to build a chicken coup. Kimmi hopes that helping to build will help remove her from the chopping block she put herself on during the eating challenge. When they arrive at the challenge, they must solve a sliding puzzle telling them where reward is. They are playing for three egg laying chickens and a rooster. Kucha wins reward. Kimmi already doesn’t want to kill them.

Michael feels he’s no longer necessary. They can just eat a chicken every day until the merger and be fine for food. He wants to consume the chickens as quickly as he can. The next morning, Mike already wants to take out the rooster, but Nick and Rodger stop him.

Ogakor hears a forest fire, and they can see ash blowing in the wind. They just hope it doesn’t reach them. At least it has to cross the water to get to them, so they feel they should be safe, but they’re still concerned.

Tina is trying to convince Mitchell and Colby that Jerri cannot be trusted. The good news for Tina is that she’s not next up on the pecking order. That would be Keith. The bad news is that she’s not helping herself any with this anti-Jerri strategy, but if she keeps going with it, it may work.

Kucha will be eating their rooster as planned. This is an entirely traumatic event for Kimmi, and Mike is still paranoid that he’s going to be replaced by some egg laying chickens.

Mitchell thinks that Keith is plotting something with Colby. If Keith manages to get Colby and Tina onboard, that would make it a tie, sending Jerri home because she’s got the most votes. Amber, Jerri, and Mitchell aren’t so sure that they can trust Colby, who doesn’t trust any of them (or anyone else either).

Colby has decided he will go pig hunting. Unlike on Kucha, his team supports him. Because of the forest fire, which has pretty much stopped at this point, the wildlife may have been flushed toward them. Now they just need to find one.

Over on Kucha, Nick spots a pig in the water. It’s on now. Mike’s the first one there. With Nick’s assistance, Mike corners him and goes in for the kill. Not so crazy now. Okay, maybe he is still a little crazy. Meat for everyone, except for Kimmi who wants to distance herself from the meat eaters.

The immunity challenge is a question and answer game. They’ll go two at a time.

It is possible to improvise a compass by magnetizing a needle with what?
Silk. Michael and Mitchell are both correct.

The number of flies in Australia increased after the arrival of Europeans. True or false?
True. Elisabeth and Keith both get a point.

In order to safely purify water it must be boiled for at least how long?
10 minutes. Amber is correct; Alicia is incorrect.

Then they answer a bunch more questions we don’t get to see.

Of the ten most venemous snakes in the world, how many live there?
9. Both Alicia and Tina are incorrect.

Then a couple more questions are answered, bringing us down to a tiebreaker. Whoever between Alicia and Mitchell is wrong first loses immunity for their tribe.

Which of the following animals have toxic eggs that should not be touched?
Cane toads. Both are correct.

When building a fire, you should never do what?
Place wet rocks near the fire. Alicia is right. Kucha wins immunity.

Keith has the biggest target on his back, but he doesn’t appear to think he’s going home. What Colby’s struggling with is that he doesn’t agree with voting for Keith.

Votes
Keith
Keith
Keith
Mitchell
Mitchell
Mitchell

On the way to tribal council, Colby came up with a new plan, turning on his alliance to vote for Mitchell. Since there is a tie, the other four will vote again. Before they vote again, Keith says he won’t quit. In response, Mitchell agrees with Keith. He wants them to win, but he’s drained physically, mentally, and emotionally. He can’t compete with Keith’s strength, which will be bad if the challenges are strength-based.

Votes
Keith
Mitchell
Mitchell
Keith

It’s tied again. Keith has had no votes cast against him previously. Mitchell has had one cast against him. That one vote is enough for Mitchell to be eliminated. Keith lives to see another day, but he’ll be living with Jerri still (and vice versa). The only person who got everything they wanted out of this vote was Colby, and perhaps Mitchell, who seemed like he was throwing in the towel.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Survivor: The Australian Outback Episode 5 The Gloves Come Off.