Kenneth Paryo does his robot dance on America’s Got Talent 3 Episode 5.
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The Dallas Desperado Dancers are Texas cheerleaders age 18-26 who turned up the heat with their dancing on America’s Got Talent 3 Episode 5. Here’s a video of their performance.
America’s Got Talent 3 Episode 5
The first stop is Atlanta.
Michelle Wallace is the first contestant, and she wants to prove she’s got a great voice. She makes the audience get on their feet. So they can more easily form a lynch mob apparently. It takes three notes before the boos start. She sings about how she doesn’t want to be all by herself anymore. I’d start with stopping the singing.
Having had issues last year with a sick assistant, Bruce Block is back for a second try. Hopefully his assistant this year has been taking her vitamin C. Bruce disrobes, gets on a bed of nails, and gets danced on by his assistant. Hoff is dissatisfied. He wants Bruce to get back on the spikes so that he can jump on him as well. There are probably better ways for him to let out his aggression. Piers wouldn’t pay good money to watch him perform for 90 minutes, but Hoff and Sharon vote yes.
Dorae Saunders is a Tina Turner impersonator, who sings (lip syncs) Proud Mary. And you thought Derrick Barry was confusing. Piers is unimpressed. Sharon loves him/her and votes yes. Hasselhoff votes yes, reluctantly.
The ZOOperstars are an acrobatic dance act dressed as animals. I’m not sure I get it, but the crowd loves them.
The next stop is Dallas, Texas.
The Dallas Desperados are a group of cheerleaders. They heat things up pretty fast, and Hasselhoff’s already decided to vote yes before they start. (Video of Dallas Desperados performance)
Kenneth Paryo (aka XClusive… yeah, he’s already got a stupid nickname picked out) is ready to demonstrate his talent in public for the first time. He normally just hides in his bedroom with it. The crowd starts off by booing him before he begins, but when he starts his robot dance, they change their tune. The judges are also impressed and let him through to Vegas. (Video of Kenneth Paryo’s performance)
Barry Collier makes barnyard animal noises. He does a chicken and gets buzzed by Hasselhoff. His hounddog gets buzzed by Piers. He does a coyote. Still no buzz from Sharon, who enjoys this apparently.
Donald Braswell had severed vocal chords years ago and was left unable to speak. Despite doctors telling him to forget about singing, he wants a second chance at his dream, taking the stage again for the first time in 11 years. He sings You Raise Me Up. After his first few notes, the audience wants him off already. But he convinces them otherwise as the song progresses. The judges agree with the audience’s new opinion and let him through to Vegas. (Video of Donald Braswell’s performance)
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of America’s Got Talent 3 episode 6, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on NBC.
Big Brother 10 Episode 3
Brian played the game hard from the minute he stepped in the house. Too hard. Jessie’s veto win in Big Brother 10 Episode 2 gave the house (led by Brian’s ally of two days Ollie) the opportunity they needed, and eight of them walked in the HOH room and demanded that Jerry put Brian up on the block.
Julie Chen’s got a live audience to screw up in front of this year. Does this make rigging the competitions more difficult or less difficult?
After nominations, Brian realizes that Dan was loyal but that Ollie was the ringleader and will flip without hesitation. Brian’s bitter with Jerry’s decision (which if he didn’t make he would have been a goner) and calls his honor into question.
Dan says he won’t compromise his word for the money. Good thing this conversation is being recorded so we can call him a hypocrite in a few weeks.
Now that the boys are out of the way, Ollie and April are free to play. Ollie feels he will be the sucker in this. Typically, that’s how it plays out.
With the idiotic day one alliance now dead, the guys hope to break up the new power trio of girls.
Brian’s got Dan, and he appears to have Steven. Now he just needs to find three more votes plus get Jerry.
Since he finally realizes he’s not in control of anything, he wants to get the house to enjoy his company so that they won’t want to vote him out. It doesn’t hurt that he’s up against Renny, who nobody likes. In a sock puppet eviction, Brian loses by a vote of 3-0. Julie may be getting concerned she’ll be replaced. He’s got Angie on his side as well. His next hope is Memphis (the guy he tried to get backdoored) and Jessie (the guy he got put up on the block in the first place, though he does hate Renny).
Keesha believes she overhears a group of people talking about her, which leads to an explosion between her and April. Apparently April does not trust her or something. Except the only reason April doesn’t trust her is because she thinks April doesn’t trust her.
Jessie tells Julie the hatchet has not been buried. Renny wants him to do as he says.
Libra isn’t concerned about the critics and says that she just needs her family to support what she’s doing.
Jerry says he doesn’t regret being put in the position of HOH and just did what he could considering it’s a game. He’s happy with the girls (who he calls Jerry’s Angels), as he believes they saved him by warning him he was in trouble if he kept his alliance with Brian.
Votes
April: Brian
Libra: Brian
Michelle: Brian
Ollie: Brian
Dan: Renny
Jessie: Brian
Keesha: Brian
Memphis: Brian
Steven: Brian
Angie: Brian
By a vote of 9-1, Brian has been evicted from the Big Brother house. He had potential, but he blew it by forming an alliance or three with everybody within the first days. The only one dumb enough to go against the plan is Dan, but it’s not as if he didn’t already have a huge target on his back. Brian hopes Dan will do well but believes Memphis will win, which is the reason why he wanted to get rid of him.
The power is back up for grabs. It’s majority rules.
Who does the house believe is more likely to commission a life size portrait of himself? Brian or Jessie?
The majority says Jessie. Only Memphis is wrong.
Who would you trust as a fashion consultant? Renny or April?
The majority says April. Renny and Keesha are eliminated.
Who would the house rather see wear only a bikini for the summer? Angie or Keesha?
The majority says Keesha. Michelle, Dan, and April are eliminated.
Whose life story would you rather read in 50 years? Memphis or Dan?
Everyone says Memphis.
Who wore the Big Brother honey the best? Jerry or Jessie?
The majority says Jessie. Angie is eliminated.
Who is vain enough to think they will be the majority’s choice for this question? Libra or Steven?
Everyone says Steven.
Who would convert to another religion to satisfy their partner? Dan or Ollie?
Everyone says Ollie.
Who is most likely to never get divorced? Michelle or Memphis?
This is a tie.
The final question is a tiebreaker. How many total pillows were on the giant bed at the start of the Sweet Dreams, Honey competition? The correct answer is 300, so Jessie’s answer of 200 is the closest. Typical Big Brother. From the bottom of the pack to the top in one week.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 10 episode 4, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.
Big Brother 10 Episode 2
In the first twist of the season, the house had to vote for a new HOH outside the house before they even said a word to any of them in Big Brother 10 Episode 1. Brian took the bull by the horns and pushed Jerry into nominating the two people he wanted to see nominated: Renny and Jessie, who had been arguing the night before.
Renny seems to be trying to get over the fight, but Jessie doesn’t have any interest in discussing it. Instead he runs up to Jerry’s room to try to get in his good graces. Jerry wants to cut a baby in half. Or something.
When Jessie comes back downstairs, she begins talking to him again. She gets nowhere still. He wants an apology. She apologizes to him, and he says it’s about time. Except she apologized to him immediately after the incident. Now she’s past him being a baby and tells him he has a forked tongue.
Brian, Ollie, and Dan, on the strength of their night one alliance, believe they have control of the house. Brian tries to drag Angie in with him, telling her he’s getting the numbers and has Jerry doing whatever he wants. Then he goes to Steven and makes a deal with him. Then Memphis, who’s not very receptive to the plan.
April’s already flirting with Ollie and looks ready for a showmance.
Jerry selects Memphis at random for the veto competition.
Renny selects Michelle.
Jessie selects April.
When the houseguests head out into the backyard in their pajamas, they see the backyard has been turned into a giant bed, containing colored pillows with colored veto bears inside. They must fill 5 jars with their bears, crawling through a river of honey in the process (thereby also covering themselves in feathers). Renny’s out of the challenge before it even starts. Memphis scores first, followed by Jerry. Michelle is the next to score 1, then she’s the first to 2. Jessie gets 1, and Memphis is behind him with his second. April gets her second. Renny’s bringing up the rear with her first. Memphis takes the lead with 3, and Jerry’s behind him with his second. Jessie also gets his second. Michelle is now at 3, and so is Jessie. Michelle and Jessie move ahead with 4 each. Jessie gets his 5th bear, and with that, he wins the power of veto.
Memphis may not have won the competition, but he did well enough to get some fear into the other guys.
Ollie promises April, Libra, and Keesha they’re safe, and Brian says Memphis is going home. The girls are afraid because Brian’s playing too hard. Libra realizes their plan: get rid of the stronger guys so that then they can turn on the girls. It’s not long before the girl power conspiracy is floating through the house.
April gets pissed off by this concept and goes to confront Ollie, asking whether he’s with Brian and Dan. He doesn’t deny that he has an alliance (nor do they give him the chance to do so), but he does say he’s on her side. He gives her and Libra his word. Too. They want to teach Brian (and by extension the rest of the house) a lesson: don’t take too much power.
Ollie pays Memphis a visit to warn him he’s going to be backdoored.
The house unites as a whole (minus Brian and Dan) to confront Jerry about putting Brian on the block. Ollie is the ringleader in this plan, jumping from the sinking ship that was his original alliance pretty quickly. They promise Jerry he’ll be safe week two, but they make it pretty clear he’d better cooperate.
After Renny uses her veto ceremony time to tell Jessie he put a target on his own back, Jessie uses the power of veto on himself obviously.
Jerry agrees to honor the house’s wishes and nominates Brian. He could have been good at this game, but he played too hard too fast. If he survives, he needs to tone it down.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 10 episode 3, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.
The Mole 5 Episode 7
The Mole 5 Episode 6 was a recap episode and hopefully did its part to help Save The Mole. Last week on The Mole 5 Episode 5, Kristen became the mole’s next victim and the sixth person to leave the game.
With Kristen now out of the game, Nicole is the last woman standing.
The next challenge starts at a vineyard. They must divide into teams of three.
Thinkers: Craig, Nicole, Paul
Runners: Mark, Alex, Clay
Paul is selected as best communicator. As the communicator, he can’t help solve the puzzles. Mark is the timekeeper, who will be running on a treadmill, which increases in speed each time a bottle’s found. He can still help with the puzzles while he’s running. The thinkers must solve brainteasers, then the communicator must communicate corresponding coordinates from the board to the runners, who will hunt down wine bottles with those coordinates. Paul is communicating with Clay, which is bad news since they got into a fruit fight last week. Despite not being on the thinker team, Mark ends up answering most of the questions and is doing a pretty good job of it. Paul and Nicole waste time arguing for no reason. Mark’s been running for 53 minutes, and they finally have all 7 bottles, returning in time to earn $70,000 for the pot.
Pot total: $247,000 out of $479,000
Mark performs impressively, both staying on the treadmill and answering most of the questions. Nicole, however, performs poorly, which draws a lot of suspicion toward her. Mark doesn’t believe she’s the mole, but Alex and Paul especially do.
Mark and Clay hope to get Alex drunk before the quiz.
The players drive to a gorge with a bridge across it. That’s probably not a good thing. The bridge is about 90 feet above the Mendoza River. They’ll be attached to a bungee cord, walk out on a plank, jump off, and toss a bag of mate tea at a target. Nicole wants to go last to have time to think about backing out.
Each player is offered an exemption when they go. They must guess how much money the group will earn (a maximum of $10,000 per person), and the player who comes closest will receive an exemption. If they want a chance at the exemption, they have to jump.
Mark goes first and misses.
Paul is second and misses.
Clay is third and misses.
Craig goes fourth and misses.
Alex is fifth and hits the $4,000 mark.
Nicole is last and misses.
Clay is suspicious that Nicole missed despite having the best form. Whatever that means.
Pot total: $251,000 out of $539,000
After the challenge is over, we get to find out who gets the exemption.
Mark: $10,000
Paul: $12,000
Clay: $14,000
Craig: $20,000
Alex: $15,000
Nicole: $28,000
With everybody’s guess too high, nobody gets the exemption.
Nicole is finally starting to write in her journal, as she says she’s concerned that the quizzes are becoming more specific.
At dinner prior to the execution, the players discuss how their conscience isn’t bothering them and that lies are just part of the game. At least there’s nobody standing up and pretending they’re too good to lie. As planned, Mark and Clay work on getting Alex drunk.
Mark suspects Craig may be the mole because he overthought the brainteasers. Clay says Paul could be the mole since he gave an incorrect coordinate. Craig says that Mark’s kept the most money out of the pot. Alex found Nicole’s bridge performance suspicious. Nicole mostly just wants to be faster than everybody else on the quiz.
Alex has been executed.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Mole 5 episode 8, which airs Monday at 10/9c on ABC.
Big Brother 10 Episode 1
Just a couple months after the last season ended (one which, if nothing else, sucked less than the last few have), it’s time for Big Brother to start its 10th season. In addition to returning host Julie “Chenbot” Chen, the 13 strangers (yes, all strangers for the first time since Big Brother 3) that make up the Big Brother 10 cast are:
Angie
April
Brian
Dan
Jerry
Jessie
Keesha
Libra
Memphis
Michelle
Ollie
Renny
Steven
Jerry says he’s the oldest person ever on reality TV, and he’s seen every episode of Big Brother, even season 1. April believes she can get the guys to do whatever she wants. Libra says she’s a chameleon, typically a pretty safe role if somebody can pull it off. Memphis thinks he’s a hustler. Keesha may well be this year’s Holly/Janelle. Michelle plans to be loud and most likely obnoxious. Steven hopes he can blend in well with the women, which has historically been true about gay guys on this show.
They’re going to be choosing the first HOH before anyone moves into the house. All they have to go on is first impressions, not having said a word to any of them. They all vote, but the results will remain a mystery for the time being.
April voted for Renny because she thinks she looks like the motherly type. Little does she know. After she gets to know her, she decides she’s nuts. She’s not alone, as Renny’s already getting on a lot of people’s nerves.
Keesha voted for Jerry because he looks so nice and sweet.
Steven doesn’t reveal that he’s gay at the very first meeting, as if half the people don’t notice already.
Dan hopes to be Brian’s ally because he thinks they have a lot in common.
April lets everybody feel her boobs to prove they’re real.
The house divides into two groups of six for the first competition. There’s an odd man out, so Jessie volunteers to sit out because he doesn’t want to be seen as a physical threat (it’s a little late for that). The first challenge is a reward challenge, and they will be competing for a vintage car. Huh? This is Big Brother. They’re not supposed to give stuff away unless it’s related to a movie premiere. Jessie’s upset about this, but it’s really quite simple: you don’t want to win a reward on night one. Granted, the car is worth more than any of these people will make directly from this show unless they finish first or second. The good news for him is that the winning team eats, while the losing team goes on slop. Yes, slop is back, despite two people being hospitalized for it last year.
They go outside to see two VW bugs upside down. They must all climb in, pull themselves across the ceiling, and hop out one at a time on the other side until they’re down to just one person left. That person will win the car.
Renny is first out for the red team. Libra is first out for the white team. Michelle is the second person to hop out for red. Keesha drops for white. Angie jumps out for red. Dan jumps out for red. Jerry takes a fall while getting out for white. Steven and Memphis do rock, paper, scissors, and Memphis wins this, so he gets the car. He chooses the 69 Camaro rather than the 66 Mustang. Red team gets food, but the white team is already on slop.
With three votes and finishing second for HOH is Renny. The winner of the first HOH is Jerry. No surprise, although I would think he’d serve a better purpose as a pawn nomination than HOH.
Dan and Brian begin talking alliance already, which is stupid because these night one alliances typically fall flat on their faces sooner rather than later. They decide to bring Ollie in with them.
Renny wakes everybody up in the middle of the night and begins screeching. Jessie, who was in the next room, is upset by her loudness and confronts her about it. She wants him to just get over it.
Brian goes to Jerry to chat. He tells him he was in the Air Force, which gets Jerry to trust him. Jerry wants an alliance. Brian considers this a temporary alliance.
Jerry wants Dan out because he’s a loose cannon, but Brian doesn’t hide very well that he’s in an alliance already. He also brings up Memphis, who won a car earlier. Brian poses the scenario of Jessie against Renny, which Jerry is okay with because it would eliminate conflict.
Nominations
Michelle-Safe
Angie-Safe
Memphis-Safe
Libra-Safe
April-Safe
Brian-Safe
Steven-Safe
Keesha-Safe
Ollie-Safe
Dan-Safe
As planned, Jessie and Renny have been nominated for eviction. He tells them he’s nominated them due to their conflict. All this does is make them hate each other even more, but it does keep Jerry’s hands fairly clean.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Big Brother 10 episode 2, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on CBS.
Save The Mole
The Mole has always been one of the better reality shows out there, and season 5 has been no exception. Unfortunately, the ratings have not gone along with that quality this time. The show is currently running in the 4 million viewer range, which even for a summer show is not enough (they’ll probably finish airing, but a season 6 is not in the cards as things stand now). The producers have come up with a Save the Mole website pleading for help.
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOLE FANS
Will The Mole Face Its Own Execution?July 10, 2008
Since our first season debuted in 2001 with Anderson Cooper, The Mole has been described as one of the smartest reality shows on television. Beloved by critics and fans alike, we’ve enjoyed four amazing seasons on ABC. Among all the TV shows we’ve had the privilege of creating and/or producing, The Mole is still our favorite by far.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
The very future of The Mole hangs in the balance. While our core fans have been turning out in droves, the show has been underperforming in the key 18-49 demo. Yes, we know, Monday at 10:00 p.m. (9:00 central) sucks for a lot of people. But that’s what we’ve got and we aren’t moving. The good news is we still have a chance to show ABC how much people love this show by getting our ratings up for the last five episodes. We did it the first four times we were on the air and we can do it again. If we don’t, the show itself could be facing execution at the end of this season, and this time it might really be fatal.
HOW CAN YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
Get 10 of your friends to watch the show. And have them get ten of their friends to watch…
Organize Mole screening parties every week to get people hooked.
Join The Mole’s fan club on Facebook and invite your friends. Every little bit helps.
Post on the ABC message boards.
What about your friends who say, “I’d love to get involved, but it’s already halfway through the season and I can never catch up?†Now, they can:
1) Fox Reality Channel is airing a marathon of the first five episodes this Sunday, July 13th (11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. EST), the day before our next ALL NEW episode.
2) ABC is airing a recap special on JULY 14th at 9:00 p.m. that covers the first five episodes. It airs just before our next new episode at 10:00 and has a whole slew of “never before seen†material.
Two great ways for new viewers to get caught up and fall in love with our show, the one that Variety said demonstrates “considerably more smarts than your run-of-the-mill reality fare.†(Variety, 6/1/2008).
STILL NOT MOTIVATED?
ENTER OUR “SAVE THE MOLE” CHALLENGE!
Here’s a video from executive producer Scott Stone explaining the challenge.