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The Celebrity Apprentice 2 premieres this Sunday March 1 at 9/8c on NBC (this season, the episodes will be 2 hours long). A new cast of celebrities (or people who think they’re celebrities) will hopefully be able to return with something on par with last season, which salvaged the show by reducing the emphasis on Trump. Here are some preview clips of the premiere from NBC.
Season Preview
The first three members of the top 12 were decided in American Idol 8 Episode 13: Danny Gokey, Alexis Grace, and Michael Sarver.
Tonight, an additional 12 contestants compete for America’s votes. They will be singing more songs from the Billboard Hot 100.
Jasmine Murray
Song: Love Song by Sara Bareilles
Randy: Some good moments, some bad moments. Pitchy throughout.
Kara: Kinda lost it in the beginning. Moments but…
Paula: Agree with the others. Off pitch. Not the right song.
Simon: Disappointed. Great look, attitude, and confidence. Just not a great voice. A couple years too early.
Number: 1-866-IDOLS-01
Matt Giraud
Song: Viva la Vida by Coldplay
Kara: Song doesn’t lend itself to that type of performance.
Paula: Hope you are here next week.
Simon: Verging on a horrible performance. Bad song, wannabe pop star, uncomfortable.
Randy: Still pulling for you, but stay away from songs like this.
Number: 1-866-IDOLS-02
Jeanine Vailes
Song: This Love by Maroon 5
Paula: Great legs. It’s season 8. Simon, I’m looking forward to what you have to say.
Simon: Terrible. Painful at times. Completely wrong song, but you do have very good legs.
Randy: Wrong song. Best part was the end, that it was over.
Kara: So overdone.
Number: 1-866-IDOLS-03
Nick Mitchell / Norman Gentle
Song: And I Am Telling You by Jennifer Holliday
Simon: On behalf of America, I pray you do not go through to the next round. One of the most atrocious performances at this stage ever.
Randy: One of the most entertaining performances ever. Vocals were not happening.
Kara: Memorable. Not a terrible singer.
Paula: True performer. There are plenty of stages in LA (just not this one).
Seacrest: Do I think you deserve a spot? Probably not.
Number: 1-866-IDOLS-04
If it’s possible, this night keeps getting worse and worse, but I think we’ve hit rock bottom. I’ll ask it again. How did this guy get to this stage?
Allison Iraheta
Song: Alone by Heart
Randy: Blew it out the box. Real singing.
Kara: Serious. Don’t even know how good you are. Could have a big hit with the right song.
Paula: Could sing the telephone book. Seasoned for someone so young.
Simon: The best tonight by a clear mile. The competition just started.
Number: 1-866-IDOLS-05
Kris Allen
Song: Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson
Kara: The back half was way better than the front, but still not close to Hollywood week. Wrong song.
Paula: Disagree completely. Showed personality. Nailed it.
Simon: Not the best singer in the competition but showed confidence and personality. May have put yourself back in the running.
Randy: You did it even without the guitar.
Number: 1-866-IDOLS-06
Megan Joy Corkrey
Song: Put Your Records on by Corinne Bailey Rae
Paula: Right song. Camera is in love with you. Interesting, relevant.
Simon: Started off really well but oversang at the end. Hopefully America votes for you.
Randy: Big fan. Nice job.
Kara: Package artist. Breakout hit artist with the right song.
Number: 1-866-IDOLS-07
Matt Breitzke
Song: If You Could Only See by Tonic
Simon: Really like you but absolutely hated that song. Boring. Uncomfortable. Frustrated.
Randy: Boring performance. Just okay.
Kara: Didn’t show any side of you. Really flat.
Paula: In key but wrong song.
Number: 1-866-IDOLS-08
Jesse Langseth
Song: Betty Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes
Randy: Okay performance. Not really exciting.
Kara: Best look. Interesting to watch. Some moments.
Paula: Memorable person but not the best song to sing.
Simon: Forgettable.
Number: 1-866-IDOLS-09
Kai Kalama
Song: What Becomes of the Broken Hearted by Jimmy Ruffin
Kara: A little old fashioned.
Paula: Really good on the song except when it was off pitch.
Simon: Old fashioned. Corny. Wedding or hotel performance. Nothing distinct, original, or memorable. Good backup singer.
Randy: Too safe.
Number: 1-866-IDOLS-10
Mishavonna Henson
Song: Drops of Jupiter by Train
Paula: Wouldn’t have been her choice of song.
Simon: Very serious. Left cold. Act like a 50 year old.
Randy: Feels so much older.
Kara: Loosen up a bit. Good singer, but where do you fit?
Number: 1-866-IDOLS-11
Adam Lambert
Song: Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones
Paula: Watching an Adam Lambert concert rather than American Idol.
Simon: Difficult. Parts excruciatingly bad, parts brilliant. Gonna get through regardless.
Randy: Loved it. Most current artist ever. A little manic. Don’t overdo it.
Kara: Outrageous vocal technique and ability.
Number: 1-866-IDOLS-12
Presumably we’re going to see Allison and Adam advance (though the latter was quite over the top). Third’s a bit of a toss up probably between Kris and Megan (I’d opt for Kris), although Matt Breitzke as a likeable family guy may have an outside chance, while Matt Giraud may have enough of a previous following to pull through.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of American Idol Season 8 episode 15, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on Fox.
Last night on The Biggest Loser Couples 2 Episode 8, the teams were shuffled, and most people were sent to opposite teams. The new black team won the challenge, giving themselves a 3 pound advantage at the weigh-in. Then the President interrupted, so here we go with a special Wednesday Biggest Loser.
The contestants will participate in a pop quiz, which means it’s time for a special guest, Liz Vaccariello of Prevention Magazine, for no apparent reason. The winning team will win a fountain of youth vacation package to Florida.
True or false? Switching from regular cola to diet cola will help you live longer?
False. Regular and diet both carry similar health risks. So what about the extra calories?
Mandi and Helen are both correct.
Which change in your diet is believed to help you live longer? Cutting fat or cutting calories?
Cutting calories.
Sione is correct.
Which exercise is believed to help you live longer? Push ups or squats?
Squats. Lower body strength will improve flexibility, balance, and endurance, which will help prevent falls later in life.
Filipe is correct. Black team wins 3-1.
It’s time for the weigh-in.
Dane: 312 pounds (-13)
Aubrey: 211 pounds (-5)
Mandi: 203 pounds (-7)
Ron: 349 pounds (-5)
Kristin: 279 pounds (-10)
Cathy: 249 pounds (-14)
Blue Total: -54 pounds (3.26%)
Dane has now lost 100 pounds faster than anybody has before, in 8 weeks.
Helen: 198 pounds (-7)
Laura: 233 pounds (-8)
Tara: 211 pounds (-11)
Mike: 297 pounds (-10)
Filipe: 283 pounds (-8)
Sione: 286 pounds (-10)
Black Total: -57 pounds (3.65%)
With the highest percentage of weight loss on the blue team, Cathy is safe, but someone else will be going home. Blue team’s 50/50 for the old trainers. Ron suggests Dane. Dane responds that he’s a huge threat, so they should keep him for now. Mandi wants to get rid of Ron because he can’t put up the big numbers. They pretty much have no choice because if they vote for someone else, it would be either Mandi or Aubrey going home.
Aubrey: Kristin
Dane: Ron
Mandi: Ron
Ron: Dane
Cathy: Dane
Kristin: Dane
So has Aubrey not seen this show before? With three votes, Dane has been eliminated. With the encouragement of his wife, Dane ran a marathon when he got home.
Update: NBC has issued an apology and confirmed that Dane did not finish the marathon. Because he would not be able to finish in the 6 hours allotted, a producer gave him a ride for a few miles so that he could cross in just under 6 hours (not the 4 hours originally reported). He did end up running probably about 20 miles, which is impressive all things considered.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser 7 Episode 9, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.
The pink team fell below the yellow line in The Biggest Loser Couples 2 Episode 7, and Helen and Shanon asked to let Shanon be sent home, which they did.
Helen’s questioning herself whether she made the right decision. So are a lot of people.
When they arrive at the challenge, the contestants are told it’s blue versus black. This year, there’s a twist, though. No one is guaranteed to keep their trainers. The winner gets to choose their trainer, the loser gets split up, and all the others will have their trainers chosen for them by the flip of a coin.
They will be doing up downs in the mud. First to 100 wins. Dane and Helen are automatically in this because they are singles. Everyone else will choose who represents them. Sione, Tara, Mike, Kristin, and Mandi are competing for their teams. Blue and green take the early lead. When they hit 66, Sione finally loses his lead to Tara. Tara maintains her lead and wins the challenge by 1. Sione finishes next. Mandi, Dane, and Mike are next. Pink and purple are quite a ways behind. They battle pretty closely, but Kristin ends up edging Helen out by 1. Because she came in last and does not have a partner, Helen will automatically switch trainers. Because the black team fills up so quickly, as a reward for coming in third, if the coin doesn’t land on blue, Mandi & Aubrey will be separated. If it does land on blue, they switch trainers. Dane’s next, so he just goes wherever the coin lands. Then Mike & Ron run the risk of being split up. The coin lands black, so they will be split up. Since that decision has been made and the black team is full, purple team gets to stay together and with their trainer, despite having come in next to last.
That leaves the new teams as follows:
Black (Jillian)
Tara & Laura (no change)
Helen (changed from Bob)
Sione & Filipe (changed from Bob)
Mike (changed from Bob)
Blue (Bob)
Mandi & Aubrey (changed from Jillian)
Dane (changed from Jillian)
Ron (no change)
Kristin & Cathy (no change)
On the black team, only Tara & Laura remain the same, but they are now with all old Bob team members. On the blue team, Ron and Kristin & Cathy stayed the same, with a 50/50 split of old Bob and old Jillian.
Sione doesn’t feel like he’s pushing himself any more now that he’s lost Bob, and he doesn’t care to either. Mike, however, welcomes Jillian’s assistance and is willing to do whatever he needs to succeed.
Sione tells Bob and Filipe he’d rather go home. I say go ahead. Others still want to be there.
Bob’s more upset than he’s ever been before on this show, but he realizes that he’s got a job to do, so he pulls it together and begins working with his new team.
They’re greeted by Alison with a bunch of bikes for what she informs them is the longest challenge in Biggest Loser history. The bike challenge will last for 24 hours. The team with the most miles wins a 3 pound advantage, and every member of the winning team gets their own bike, which they may never want to ride again. Mike starts for black up against Mandi for blue. While Mike’s racing, Tara immediately goes back to the house to get whatever they need to make it through the next day. Black team plans to do 30 minutes and then rest for 2 and a half hours. Blue team doesn’t seem to have a plan, but Mandi goes for an hour. As it goes through the middle of the night, black appears to be sticking to their plan, while blue doesn’t appear to plan to have a plan. With 9 hours left, Ron, Cathy, and Mandi realize they’re not going to win, and they want to call a truce to rest for a while. Sione says he has to finish it because he doesn’t want to be a quitter. Aubrey says she’s with him, and they can handle it and need to keep going. Although it’s a foregone conclusion that black is going to win this challenge, everybody keeps going and finishes. Blue team rode 264 miles. Black team rode 301.9 miles to win. Tara went the furthest of all, 58.8 miles by herself.
Due to tonight’s Obama coverage, this week is split half today and half tomorrow. American Idol has, likewise, been preempted. For the conclusion of this episode, check out The Biggest Loser Couples 2 Episode 8B.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser 7 Episode 9, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on NBC.
Jason eliminated Jillian in The Bachelor 13 Episode 7. Before he makes his decision as to which of the remaining two to propose to, it’s time for the women to tell all.
Jason says he was surprised by the controversial things Megan had done because he was unaware of it. He was, also, surprised by her over the top slipping him the tongue on the set of General Hospital. In another memorable moment, he rejected Shannon’s advances because she was blubbering, which really was not the right time. Watching Jason on The Bachelorette was one of the ways that helped Stephanie cope with losing her husband. Next topic is Naomi’s wacky family. Yeah, there really was a dove in that bag. Jillian is Jason’s ultimate friend… and nothing more. Except for the hot tub scene. As for the overnight camping date with Molly, it was completely innocent. Jason claims it was just first base.
Chris and Jason talk about moments that we didn’t get to see. Yeah, that’s apparently possible despite all the filler they have to get through two hours each week. On a horseback riding date, the horse got spooked, and Jason had to hop off it before anything went terribly wrong. On his golfing date, Jason lost his pants to Molly. On another date with Molly, Jason decided to rap for her. Badly, again. What goes on in the fantasy suite? It’s a real overnight with no cameras for 10 hours or so. Jason will let us decide what goes on with that in mind.
Well, we’re coming to the close of another season, which means it’s time for the usual. Trista and Ryan, the show’s only success story over its 16 tries, are back for their semi-annual appearance. They have a baby girl on the way. Trista picks Melissa based on what she’s seen so far.
Chris begs to differ with my (and everybody else’s) assertion that Trista and Ryan are the only ones who have been successful. Charlie and Sarah, having broken up previously, are now back together. Tick tock. She didn’t like that he was a drunk, but he has been off the wagon (or on the wagon, whichever one’s the good one) for about two years now.
The guys from The Bachelorette and the girls from The Bachelor get together from time to time and look for different people to hook up with. They seem to be having more luck than the people who are actually The Bachelor or The Bachelorette. Holly was dating Robert until he got creepy, so now Holly has picked up Jesse after DeAnna dropped him because the limelight faded. Chelsea supposedly posed for Playboy. A lot of the guys have a crush on Amanda, who has opted for Graham. Fred and Noelle have hooked up.
Raquel, Lisa, Erica, Jackie, Megan, Renee, Lauren, Stephanie, Sharon, Natalie, Kari, Shannon, Nikki, Naomi, and Jillian (some of whom I actually remember) are back to dish the dirt.
Lauren and Erica rehash how Lauren threw her and Megan under the bus. Natalie never realized that nobody liked her. Stephanie just wanted to see the positive in everything and didn’t want to talk negatively like everybody else was doing.
Natalie says she was so stuck up because she didn’t have her Blackberry or iPod. She claims she’s only been stereotyped on this show, and she didn’t realize that she had problems with the girls. I’m thinking maybe she could switch to decaf and see some progress.
Jillian, who I expected would make it to the finale, has a lot of support from the audience. She’d make a good The Bachelorette. She really did fall in love with Jason, but at the last rose ceremony, that was the first time she wasn’t sure where she stood in the process. Still wanting to find her best friend, she thinks that maybe she did stop short of where she needed to be to get past that. Her parents thought they were going to get married, and her grandmother loved Jason. Despite how things turned out, she found out that she can and will fall in love. Jason’s not a kraut guy, but he’s not 100% mustard any more either. Chris doesn’t pull any punches: would you do it again? Yes, she would want to be The Bachelorette.
Jason says he’s excited to be there and feels he built a relationship with everybody. Jillian keeps her dignity. She respects Jason’s decision, understanding that there was something not there. No begging him to change his mind (let’s save that for next week and DeAnna’s return). With Naomi, Jason was worried that she wanted to spread her wings, which is something he isn’t in a place to do. Stephanie and Jason are both happy to see each other, with no hard feelings. With his choice, to be revealed next week, Jason says he’s extremely happy.
Considering this season’s ratings success, this comes as no surprise, but they are currently casting for The Bachelor 14.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Bachelor 13 Episode 9, where we will find out who The Bachelor 13 winner is, which airs Monday at 8/7c on ABC.
It was pretty obvious Preston & Jennifer were going to be a disaster when they said they were both control freaks, although I wasn’t expecting them to be the first team eliminated as they were in The Amazing Race 14 Episode 1.
Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.
First: Margie & Luke – 2:56AM
Second: Tammy & Victor – 2:57AM
Third: Mark & Michael – 2:59AM
Fourth: Mel & Mike – 3:18AM
Fifth: Amanda & Kris – 3:47AM
Sixth: Brad & Victoria – 3:56AM
Seventh: Jaime & Cara – 3:59AM
Eighth: LaKisha & Jennifer – 4:02AM
Ninth: Steve & Linda – 4:04AM
Tenth: Christie & Jodi – 4:12AM
Victor believes he’s the leader of his team, so his baby sister will have trouble breaking through that. Jennifer is going to have the same trouble with LaKisha. Mel injured his groin in the last leg climbing up that hill. Steve & Linda are just happy to not be the first ones eliminated. He admits he was an asshat for treating her like he did. Most of the teams are smart enough to use the phone from their taxi drivers. Margie & Luke didn’t prebook but get on the flight. Mark & Michael try to book when they get to the airport but are told there aren’t any seats. Christie & Jodi were smart enough to call, but they’re leaving so much after everyone else that there’s only one seat left.
Teams will fly to Munich, Germany.
First flight (7:10AM): Jaime & Cara, Kisha & Jen, Steve & Linda, Margie & Luke, Mel & Mike, Brad & Victoria, Amanda & Kris, Tammy & Victor
Second flight (8:45AM): Mark & Michael, Christie & Jodi
When they land, they’ll drive themselves to Rupholding, racing down the Audubon with matching Mercedes.
The road block is to run off the mountain and take a flying leap, paragliding in tandem with their instructor to the ground 6000 feet below. In the event of unsafe wind conditions, they can either wait for things to get better or hike down the mountain 60 minutes. Tammy opts to run down, and she’s got about a 15 minute lead over the others. Victoria’s the first one of the group of five that arrive next to decide to make a run for it. Kris and Margie decide to make a run for it. Mel can’t go down the hill because of his injury. He’s stuck up there for as long as it takes. Linda knows she’s not the best runner but is going for it. Having waited for a long time, Cara finally decides to run. With the people from the last flight arriving, Mel & Mike are getting more concerned. Mark leaves, and Jen and Christie go shortly behind him. That puts Mel alone at the top of the hill. He refuses to pray… God is busy enough without worrying about who is eliminated from this race. Finally, the wind calms down, and he’s allowed to head down.
Road block: Tammy, Kris, Margie, Cara, Mel, Victoria, Linda, Jen, Christie, Mark
Tammy completes the run first. Margie is next. Kris follows. Victoria is fourth. Mel lucked out and landed in fifth. Everybody else now knows it’s a footrace. Mark and Cara are next. Linda seems completely lost. Jen is eighth. Christie is ninth, and Linda is afraid Steve will hate her. She has run into the highway and decides to hitchhike, surely against the rules.
Teams must drive themselves 25 miles to the Schonau am Konigsee. Jen & Kisha get lost again, and Kisha doesn’t seem to want to know what Jen has to say.
The detour is a choice between balancing dolly or Austrian folly. In balancing dolly, teams must ride a Segway Transporter along a 2 mile obstacle course. In Austrian folly, teams must throw pies at a target (their partner’s face) until they find a pie with a cherry filling. The balancing task probably is a lot less fun, but the dumb luck task has been the downfall of many a team.
Austrian folly: Tammy & Victor, Amanda & Kris, Margie & Luke, Brad & Victoria, Christie & Jodi, Steve & Linda
Balancing dolly: Mel & Mike, Jaime & Cara, Kisha & Jen, Mark & Michael
The next stop is woodcutters. Once they get the wood, it will be stamped with their next clue. Then they will have to drive themselves to Salisburg, Austria and find Schloss Hellbrunn, which is the pit stop for this leg of the race.
First: Tammy & Victor (win hybrid go karts)
Second: Mel & Mike
Third: Amanda & Kris
Fourth: Margie & Luke
Fifth: Brad & Victoria
Sixth: Jaime & Cara
Seventh: Kisha & Jen
Eighth: Mark & Michael
Ninth: Christie & Jodi
Eliminated: Steve & Linda
Steve & Linda were an elimination waiting to happen, but Mel & Mike clearly should not be in this race any more if the injury is so bad that it will make them unable to complete many of the race’s physical challenges. Despite the fighting during the race, Steve & Linda say they wouldn’t have wanted to do the race with anyone else.
It’s looking like Jen’s frustration with Kisha is going to get hateful on a future episode, and although Tammy claims she’s used to Victor being bossy, she doesn’t look like she’ll be able to put up with it for much longer either. Christie & Jodi, who probably are not a bad team (if only they’d get a chance to prove it without always being on the last flight/train), keep cutting it pretty close.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 14 Episode 3 I’m Not Wearing that Girls Leotard, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.
Ji injured herself in Hell’s Kitchen Season 5 Episode 2. Regardless, she stood on her feet and completed the task without complaining. The women ended up losing in a close race. Colleen and Lacey, a pair of disasters, were nominated, but Ji ultimately decided to leave due to her injury.
Andrea wishes Lacey would twist her ankle.
The chefs get to bed at 3am. They’re awakened at 6am.
Nobody has a heart condition or fear of heights, so they’re good to go once they grab their barf bags. It’s a meat processing plant. They should probably be paying attention. Lacey says she isn’t.
They get back to the kitchen to meet Chef Ramsay, where they need to know their meat. First, they must identify the meat, then they must identify where it is from the cow. Ben goes first for the men and gets 1 wrong. Andrea gets 2 wrong for the women. Giovanni’s attempt for the men fixes the mistake. Paula is able to correct the mistakes for the women. The men try first to get the cow parts and get 3 wrong. Colleen gets 3 wrong for the women. Seth tries for the men and brings it up to 7 wrong. Robert drops it to 6 wrong. Lacey brings the women to 6 wrong. Ben wins it for the men.
For their punishment, the women will have to butcher some sides of beef. Once they’re done lugging the cow corpses off the truck, they have to butcher them, then eat the less popular parts. Tongue, kidneys, hearts, and liver. It’s not long before everyone is throwing up. Andrea’s drama seems to actually be uniting the team.
The men will do some wine tasting and dinner at a steakhouse, and they will travel via private jet. Robert gets to wear his wedding shoes now, which he wasn’t able to do before since he had to postpone his wedding to come on the show.
Hell’s Kitchen is a steakhouse for the night. There will be two seatings. One team will cook; one team will serve. Then they’ll switch. The men opt to cook first. Giovanni is confident because he works in a steakhouse. It takes the women 20 minutes to get the first ticket in. Obvious sabotage, which probably is not the wisest move. Charlie’s cloth catches on fire. Somebody might want to step in before he burns the place down. Ben has the brownies and cheesecake ready before the appetizers are out. Giovanni is leading the meat station. He’ll need to cook his meat completely, and many of his steaks appear to be coming back. Lacey forgets her table until JP tells her. They’re running out of filets, down to just one left. Seth doesn’t know how to cut them, so Charlie has to show him. Chef’s not only not impressed but aggravated that he wasted so much of the meat. The men started on a low note and have continued on that note throughout.
The women are up next. Charlie’s not sure whether he took one of his table’s orders, but they have time to kill anyway since there’s nothing coming out of the kitchen. Chef Ramsay has Colleen repeat her tongue twister of an order list again and again and again knowing she has to screw it up eventually, which she does, so he uses this opportunity to tell her something’s wrong with her. 45 minutes in, the salads have started leaving the kitchen, but Coi has made raw shrimp. Charlie’s spilling food. At least it’s just on the table and not on their clothes. With less than 30 minutes left, Andrea’s starting to get the steaks out. Steaks are coming back, but Chef Ramsay says the customers are wrong and that their steaks are cooked perfectly. See if those customers come back in a real restaurant if you tell them that.
The teams will be examined on cooking, service, and feedback from the customers. Charlie is the worst waiter; Lacey is the worst waitress. Despite how they’re supposedly judged on other factors, it comes down to the team that served the most entrees. The women finally win. LA is disappointed by not being able to get rid of dead weight.
Seth wants to take out the strongest guys. Then he’s the strongest guy. Yeah, once he gets rid of like everybody else. Giovanni’s starting to get some votes, but some people also blame him for being a steakhouse guy and doing so poorly on the steakhouse task.
Despite the talk, the nominations come down based on performance. Seth is the first nominee because of his lack of experience. Charlie is the second nominee because of his performance during the task.
After J makes the nominations, Seth wants to go down the line because he doesn’t agree that that’s what everybody wanted.
Ramsay doesn’t care whether these are the actual nominations or whether J just made them up in his mind.
Charlie believes he should stay because he has more experience than Seth. Seth agrees that he has a lot less experience and is looking for a mentor. Then he goes on and on. With that said, Charlie is going home. Ramsay’s looking for a head chef, not a prep chef, and nice guys don’t get to finish.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Hell’s Kitchen Season 5 Episode 4, which airs Thursday at 9/8c on Fox.
Survivor: Tocantins Episode 1 immediately started with the tribes being told to turn two teammates into outcasts. Jalapao chose Sandy due to her age; Timbira chose Sierra because she was already sick. While Sierra worked to get back in the good graces of her tribe, Sandy didn’t make an effort and instead searched for a hidden idol that she apparently never found. Regardless, thanks to Carolina’s mouth and poor performance in the challenge, she was the first person voted out, sparing Sandy for the time being.
Jalapao’s already talking about how Sandy’s the next to go.
Since the other tribe got all the food, Jalapao is getting desperate already. Time to eat the termites. Sydney declines. She’ll eat one at a challenge, but not in real life, whatever that means.
Sierra still wants to find the hidden idol. Since they didn’t go to tribal council, she will still get an opportunity to use it. In need of some help, she goes to Brendan, who was the only one who didn’t vote against her the first day. They’re away so long that Debbie comes looking for them. They tell her they’re building a firepit. They don’t even have to lie to the others, as Debbie tells them that they’re going to have a beach fire. Now that this has happened, Sierra has given up on the idol.
Coach and Candace are clashing because they’re similar. They like to pick things apart and aren’t afraid to argue. She predicts his ego will be the death of him.
Taj tells her tribe she’s married to Eddie George. They seem to know who he is, so I’m going to take their word for it. He recently retired from the NFL, which is a dangerous thing to acknowledge since people who don’t need the money run the risk of getting booted.
The rain welcomes them to the challenge. Three members will go through the water to grab a ball, then work together until they can shoot the ball into a basket, while members of the other tribe will attempt to stop them any way they can. First to three wins immunity and fishing gear. Debbie sits out for Timbira. Taj, Stephen, and Sydney go against Sierra, Candace, and Tyson for the first round. It’s obvious this will be a very aggressive challenge with no holds barred. Candace intercepts the ball and scores for Timbira. Joe, JT, and Sandy are taking on Erinn, Brendan, and Tyson. Tyson scores for Timbira to take the lead 2-0. The next round is all women: Candace, Sierra, and Erinn against Taj, Sydney, and Sandy. Taj completely takes over initially but can’t make the shot, but Sydney recovers to keep Jalapao alive. The men are next up: JT, Joe, and Spencer against Brendan, Coach, and Jerry. Brendan tosses the ball away, and it’s recovered by JT. It’s tied at two. The last round is between Stephen, Sydney, and Taj against Sierra, Candace, and Tyson. Candace tackles Taj to get the ball for her team, but both Candace and Sierra miss their shots. Sydney recovers and misses. Stephen barely manages to escape the clutches of the recently sickly Sierra to score the point and win for Jalapao.
Additionally, Brendan will be going to Exile. But this year there’s a twist, which hopefully doesn’t suck. He can grab one member of the winning tribe to join him. Hmm… interesting. He will take Taj with him.
Stephen says JT has emerged as the tribe leader, and they’re surprised that two people so different are getting along as well as they do. They have luck seeing fish, if not catching them.
At Exile Island, each person must choose an urn. Brendan gets a clue. Taj gets nothing. Okay, now that part of it is lame. But the twist continues. The person who gets the clue can choose whether to go back to their own tribe or to go to the other tribe, which could be a potentially huge move (but hopefully the tribe they leave doesn’t later whine and whine and whine about it like Ozzy and his crew did during Cook Islands). Brendan’s not at all interested in going to the other tribe. Taj insists on helping him find the idol. He’s lucky he took her, or he wouldn’t have been able to figure out that the idol’s where they live (at least now she knows, too). She tells him she hasn’t bonded with anyone yet, but he believes they’re creating a good bond here. They agree to work together to get sent back and find the idols.
Coach, who one would assume is one of the better people to have in such a physical challenge, surprised Candace by his lackluster performance at the challenge. Probst brought this up during the challenge as well, so it’s not just her, but Coach wants to get rid of her instead of Sierra.
When he gets back, Brendan tells his tribe the story about how there are two urns… and he didn’t get the one with the clue.
As much as she hates Coach, Candace knows it’s too early to cut him.
Coach tells Sierra and Debbie that he’s going to vote for Candace and keep Sierra safe, so they need to vote with him.
Sierra gets trashed as expected at tribal council. Candace knows that sometimes she talks too much, the kiss of death last week. For some reason, Erinn seems to be trying to distance herself from the tribe, saying she doesn’t know that she can trust any of them.
Votes
Candace
Sierra
Candace
Candace
Candace
Candace
The tribe buckled pretty easily to Coach’s will, and Candace has been voted off the island.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Tocantins episode 3, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.