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The Bachelorette 4 Episode 2

10 guys were sent packing in The Bachelorette 4 Episode 1. I must say, though, that DeAnna turned out to have made a much better first impression than she did in The Bachelor 11.

The guys find out that they won’t be living in the mansion. DeAnna will be living there. The guys will be living in the guest house behind them. Each week, three of them will be able to leave the guest house and live with DeAnna instead. Jeremy, Jesse, and Richard, those who got the first impression roses, will be moving into the mansion. Yeah, I saw this twist before. On both Survivor and The Apprentice. For one season… and only one season because they realized it was stupid. It is an interesting twist in that it does give them an idea of what it will be like to live with someone (well, with someone and their two roommates), although it’s a highly unfair twist for those who are living in bunkbeds with outdoor showers.

The first group date is Jason, Ryan, Twilley, Sean, Paul, Fred, and Richard. This is DeAnna’s first date since Brad. They go to a magic club where they have the whole place to themselves. DeAnna and Jason get in a box together, then they disappear, which gives them some time alone together. He continues to hide his secret about his son, but they do manage to get to chat about a bunch of different things nonetheless. He’s gonna have to spill this eventually, and the sooner the better.

Sean has a conversation with DeAnna, or at least he tries to. The magical piano won’t let him get a question out and mocks him.

Twilley doesn’t know any card tricks but does get up and do a play, which goes on and on and on. When the boys are all alone, he’s accused by Ryan of not being genuine since he’s too laid back.

Richard doesn’t have any flowers to give her, but he does make her one out of paper.

Ryan lets DeAnna know the order: faith, then family, then football.

Paul, at 23, has already previously been engaged.

The rose goes to Paul.

Graham gets the first one-on-one date. If he doesn’t get a rose, he’s gone. They go to the beach, which is a good thing since he plans on wearing shorts and a t-shirt. He just got out of a relationship, which was with his first true love. She expresses fear of being dumped yet again, and she tells us his lack of experience in love scares her.

DeAnna, who’s dating 15 guys, says she was worried that Graham just wants to be in love with someone, regardless of who it is. She ultimately decides that she will give him the rose, which is followed by the first kiss.

Boys will be boys. They get together to discuss sex. So up comes the subject of Ryan being a virgin.

When DeAnna and Graham get back, Twilley’s waiting for them so he can talk to her. He’s worried that she is thinking the same way Ryan is about him, and he wants to at least express this.

The next group date will be Chris, Robert, Brian, Jesse, Ron, Jeremy, and Eric. They’ll be going to Dodgers Stadium to play some baseball. Tommy Lasorda’s there to greet them, and he gives them some Dodgers shirts with their names on them. Then he gives them a pep talk about stepping up to win her over. They start off with the national anthem, sung (badly and without all the words in the right places) by one of the guys.

This is followed by a homerun derby. Whoever gets the most homeruns will get one-on-one time with DeAnna. Jeremy gets 6 homeruns and easily wins. Both of them have noticed that, even though he got the first impression rose (way too quickly), they haven’t really gotten to know each other. Like DeAnna, he has also lost his mother, though he also lost his father about a year and a half after that.

Lunch is hot dogs and wine. Somehow this makes sense I’m sure.

DeAnna’s getting tired of hearing about Greece from Eric.

Brian wants to make sure he just gets married once to his best friend.

Jeremy gets another rose, only this time he actually deserves to have received it. Their whole conversation is broadcast on the jumbotron for all the other guys to see.

Jason makes a call home to speak to his son. He finally decides to break the news to the guys at the house. Ryan hopes this may be a dealbreaker, but I doubt it.

The guys hope to bring Jeremy down a few pegs. DeAnna feels it’s fair that she gave Jerermy a rose without getting to know him (or anybody else) at all the first time and has now given him a second one as well. The others don’t hide the fact that they don’t like Jeremy.

They’re all trying to be macho, and DeAnna’s willing to see them be macho, so she turns into a drill sergeant. The boys start doing pushups. Jesse of all people ends up winning, and his prize is one-on-one time. He tells her he can’t be a professional snowboarder forever, so he’s definitely willing to leave Colorado.

Roses
Paul
Graham
Jeremy
Ron
Jesse
Robert
Brian
Jason
Fred
Sean
Richard
Twilley

Eric, Ryan, and Chris are sent home. Chris is mostly pissed that he doesn’t think DeAnna has figured out what she’s doing. Ryan’s over it because she’d rather be with guys like Twilley and Jeremy.

The Bachelorette 4 Episode 1

During The Bachelor 11, DeAnna Pappas didn’t care that all the other girls in the house hated her. Whether this helped her any or not, she managed to stick around until the final two. Many people thought she was going to win the show. Then some asshat dumped both her and Jenni for no apparent reason. A couple months later, she’s over it already. Now DeAnna’s back for a second chance, and this time she’s in control.

The 25 bachelors are:
Brian W (Indiana)
Brian W (Texas)
Chandler
Chris
Donato
Eric
Fred
Graham
Greg
Jason
Jeffrey
Jeremy
Jesse
Jon
Luke
Patrick C
Patrick D
Paul
Richard
Robert
Ron
Ryan
Sean
Spero
Twilley (aka Blaine)

Let’s get on with it so that 10 of them can get sent home and there’s a manageable cast of 15 to work with.

DeAnna’s convinced this season will turn out differently than last. It probably will, but ask her again in two years. In addition to being there for their 15 minutes of fame, some of these guys already know DeAnna from the past season.

Jason’s starting off by speaking Greek. We know he’s sticking around. Spero’s an actor… not a good sign on this show. Ryan tells DeAnna right away he’s very strong in his faith, though he leaves out the being a virgin bit for now. DeAnna wants to know something funny from Luke… he tells her she looks great. Eric also speaks some Greek. Robert’s already dancing with her.

DeAnna will be able to give away three first impression roses.

Apparently not one to waste any time, she’s already made her first decision. Within about three minutes of walking in the door, DeAnna gives Jeremy the first rose.

Jason’s the first one to get some one-on-one time. They discuss how they’ve travelled. Then they get into family, where she brings up how her mom died when she was 12 (great first date conversation). He doesn’t want to bring up his son just yet.

Ryan goes out and grabs a blanket but fails to offer a shivering DeAnna his jacket or share much of the blanket with her. Noticing this, Spero gives her his jacket right in the middle of their conversation.

In their first conversation, Ron’s quick to bring up his ex-wife, letting DeAnna know he’s not hiding anything.

Chris admits that he’s cheated once before but says he won’t do it again.

Chef Robert hopes to impress her by cooking. He’s pretty impressed with himself.

Oyster farmer Luke is concerned that he won’t stand out, but he does give DeAnna a pearl he found.

Chris comes in clinking his glass, but it’s not quite time for the decision. Instead, he’s got a guest with him: the other season 11 finalist, Jenni, who’s apparently also over Brad and engaged.

Science nerd Richard, whose friends call him the best looking geek ever, has brought DeAnna a herkimer diamond, which is really just a quartz crystal, but is something from where he grew up.

Donato wants Jenni to sit on his lap. He’s done.

Eric is Greek and has a family that lives in Greece, so he’s looking for someone who is also Greek.

Jesse’s hoping to stand out as being different. But once Sean shows up, he’s just hoping to not get kicked in the head. The lemon kicking stunt goes just fine, though, and Sean manages to kick it off Jesse’s head without causing any damage.

DeAnna asks Jenni for her three picks for first impression rose. She says Graham, Jesse, and Jason. Considering how catty things got during their show, it’s interesting to see these two being friends.

The second first impression rose goes to Jesse, who has certainly stood out because of his very loud jacket.

Chandler does some duck calls and tells DeAnna he’s a hometown kind of guy.

Brian hopes to stand out because of his abs of steel. Except half of these guys have better bodies regardless of how impressed he may be by himself, and DeAnna’s not impressed by him anyway.

Paul is from small town Canada. She warns him not to jump in the pool since he’ll probably get pneumonia. He’s from Canada. He can deal with a little California “cold”. So he jumps in fully clothed. Then he takes off his clothes and reveals his bathing suit, which shows he’s got her name on his butt.

Graham is an investor in several different bars. Kinda like Brad. But he hopes to be able to setup a charity.

The final first impression rose goes to Richard, much to his surprise.

It’s time for the first rose ceremony. She says she understands what it’s like to be in Brad’s shoes (minus the whole not being able to give any of 25 women even the slightest hint of a chance merely because he hasn’t yet fallen in love with any of them).

Roses
Jeremy
Jesse
Richard
Ron
Graham
Eric
Robert
Sean
Ryan
Chris
Paul
Fred
Twilley
Jason
Brian (Texas)

Eliminated:
Brian W (Indiana)
Chandler
Donato
Greg
Jason
Jon
Luke
Patrick C
Patrick D
Spero

Luke leaves with a positive attitude. He’s okay with going home, as he’s just a country boy not used to all this. Chandler thinks he blew the opportunity of a lifetime. Greg believes he’s on Wrestlemania and is hoping Vince McMahon or a pack of wolves take notice.

The Apprentice UK Series 4 Episode 9

Sara got fired in The Apprentice UK Series 4 Episode 8 for alienating customers and not really doing a whole lot more beyond that. Helene and Michael, however, despite sucking (again) are given yet another go at it.

The teams are mixed up. Yes, yes, again. I’m getting tired of saying this because it keeps happening every single week. It’s nice to see how different people work with different people, but this is to the point of silliness. Raef and Claire move to Renaissance. Alex moves to Alpha and is made project manager. Sir Alan doesn’t want to let Michael be project manager for Renaissance and instead appoints Raef.

The task is a tissue television and press campaign to be presented to one of Britain’s biggest ad agencies. The ads will be mini dramas. Raef has done some acting and is thrilled to be doing this.

Lee suggests the brand name Snot. After firing out some more ideas, he gets one that may actually work: Atishu.

Claire suggests I Love My Tissues for Renaissance, who have decided on a campaign featuring little children.

Opposed to a gay-themed ad due to the potential negative public reaction, Alex wants a conventional family.

Raef and Michael believe they’re actors and, therefore, will be directing their commercial.

Claire also likes the task because she’s been a brand manager.

Raef has made arrangements to book TV weatherwoman Sian Lloyd. I’m going to assume that’s an actual celebrity worth booking. He and Michael head to a kindergarten classroom where they will shoot the commercial.

Alex and Lee want to include a sick child in their conventional family commercial, though one of the ones they get will be difficult to get a good performance out of. Lucinda again raises concerns about the approach and isn’t happy about her lack of input.

Raef is pleased with the box design his team has come up with, which is basically just hearts. Lucinda’s still displeased with her team, this time about their decision to have a girl blow her nose on a box. She hates Alex’s management style and considers him useless. Lee asks them to get a grip and work together as her blood continues to boil.

Nick is confused why Sian Lloyd is there. Not only is he confused, but she doesn’t get it either, as she doesn’t consider her image as wholesome as they do. For that matter, after they’ve paid for her and had her act, Michael is unconvinced that her scene is even necessary and wants to cut it to meet the 30 second requirement. The girls are very pleased with the press ad but can’t stand the work the boys have done on the video. Claire doesn’t like that the boys have been playing director while they developed the brand.

Claire will be doing the pitch. The video is a lot better than they’d given it credit for, though I agree with Michael the first part was unnecessary.

Before he goes on, Lee’s practicing his pitch while the others throw ideas at him that probably aren’t helping him any. Not that it matters because this campaign is completely flat and boring as Lucinda suggested. There’s no emotion from the audience.

To make matters worse, Sir Alan didn’t like Lee’s presentation style, and Nick points out that Claire didn’t have any notes and knew what she was doing. Alex calls Lucinda abrasive and upsetting. The one compliment that Sir Alan does pay is to Lee for the product name.

Despite the fact that the other campaign sucks, though, Sir Alan is upset at Renaissance for exactly what Claire said he would be upset about: he can’t tell what their ad’s actually about. With that said, despite the fact that they did much better than the other team at virtually all other aspects of the task, they lost.

Raef tries to pin the lack of a close up shot on Michael, who believes they should both accept responsibility for that.

Sir Alan doesn’t understand the point of Sian Lloyd either, and he didn’t notice her anyway because her scene went by so fast.

Raef has decided to bring back Michael and Claire.

Michael takes full credit for all the things that are good about the commercial. He says he took the lead for it. Raef jumps in to defend himself on this and contradicts himself by claiming that he was the one who made all the decisions, except when they were bad.

Raef is fired for being full of hot air. Based on this task, I’d say this was the right decision, but Michael seriously has to be getting close to expending all of his 9 lives.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Apprentice UK Series 4 episode 10.

American Idol 7 Winner

The finale we’ve all been expecting for several weeks now is upon us. You know what that means. 1 hour and 58 minutes of filler. After that, we will find out live whether the American Idol 7 winner is David Archuleta or David Cook.

David Archuleta from the early rounds was obviously going to be in the final two. It’s just been a question of who would be going up against him. I’d argue that he has shown to be the best, most consistent singer this season, and his performance last night once again proved he was in it to win it.

That said, David Cook eventually emerged as the clear second person to make the final two. He’s stood out as one of the more unique singers, able to present a new twist on an old song (even if, like Daughtry, the twist was at times merely a cover of someone else’s new twist).

Unlike Archuleta, who I’d be more skeptical about as far as making a modern day album, Cook has shown that he has a good contemporary sound. Either way, I’m expecting a good quality singer to take home the crown, much better than the winners of most previous seasons.

Simon says that, for the first time ever, he doesn’t really care who wins because both of them have done terrific.

The American Idol 7 winner by 12 million votes is David Cook, who received 56% of the 97.5 million votes cast.

As much as some may like to pretend that American Idol is fading since its ratings are declining, it remains by far the #1 show on TV, taking this season’s crown by about 7 million viewers. So obviously, American Idol will be back on Fox once again for season 8 next January.

American Idol 7 Episode 41

It’s apparently time for the final two to rumble.

David Archuleta won the coin toss and has decided to go second.

David Cook
Song: I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking for by U2
Randy: Great way to start. Hot but don’t know if you did everything you could with it.
Paula: We have found what we’re looking for.
Simon: Phenomenal taking into account how tense you looked at the top of the show.

David Archuleta
Song: Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me by Elton John
Randy: One of the best performances of this whole season. Flawless. Unbelievably molten hot.
Paula: Heart still pounding. Chills up and down my arms.
Simon: Okay last week but arguably your best so far this week. Round one goes to Archuleta.

For the second song, the guys will pick the song they want to perform the most out of America’s 10 favorite entries from the songwriting contest. May be some indication of the type of music we can expect from them when they make their albums.

David Cook
Song: Dream Big
Randy: Song was just okay, but you were singing your face off.
Paula: Great way to take a song we don’t know and fall in love with it.
Simon: Bit of a lightweight. Made the most of what you had. Didn’t feel like a winning moment. 6.5 out of 10.

David Archuleta
Song: In This Moment
Randy: Wasn’t crazy about the song again, but you’re in the zone.
Paula: On fire tonight. Pure magic.
Simon: Chose the better song. Round two goes to David Archuleta.

David Cook
Song: The World I Know by Collective Soul
Randy: Showing people a lot of different sides of David Cook. Very nice sensitive side.
Paula: Integrity and originality. I truly applaud you.
Simon: One of the nicest, most sincere contestants. Beautiful song but completely and utterly the wrong song choice.

David Archuleta
Song: Imagine by John Lennon
Randy: So good tonight. Exactly what this show about. The best singer of season 7 is right there.
Paula: Left me speechless. Stunning.
Simon: You came out here to win, and what we have witnessed is a knockout.

David Cook’s numbers: 1-866-IDOLS-01, 1-866-IDOLS-03, 1-866-IDOLS-05
David Archuleta’s numbers: 1-866-IDOLS-02, 1-866-IDOLS-04, 1-866-IDOLS-06

That wraps up the final night of performances, and tomorrow night we will find out who the American Idol 7 winner is. Phone lines will be open for voting for the next four hours.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of American Idol 7 episode 42, where we will find out who the winner is.

The Apprentice UK Series 4 Episode 8

In addition to being a horrible project manager on a previous episode, Jenny lied and cheated (doing neither very well) and was fired in The Apprentice UK Series 4 Episode 7. That wasn’t enough for Sir Alan, though, as he also targeted the project manager for the losing team, Jennifer, firing her for being a snake as well.

Helene is pissed off that she a) has to associate with these people and b) can’t fire them (all of them apparently). Get rid of this crazy chick already.

The subject of the task this week is weddings. They have two stands at the National Wedding Show where they will represent suppliers of wedding items.

The teams are reorganized. For the 18th time. Claire moves over to Alpha. Helene and Sara move to Renaissance.

Claire dreams of marriage and wedding dresses and so forth. Raef is anti-marriage.

Helene steps forward as project manager for Renaissance because she used to model in bridal shows (she did?) and has had a lot of friends get married.

Lucinda will again be the project manager for Alpha.

Michael and Sara first stop to see bridal designer Ian Stuart, whose dresses sell for up to Â£2,500. Michael couldn’t care less but pretends to be interested. Helene and Alex visit a shop that specializes in colored dresses.

Over on Alpha, Claire and Raef will be visiting wedding dress businesses, while the rest of the team focuses on other items. They also visit Ian first, and unlike the other two, who didn’t care for him, Claire loved it. Their next stop is to check out some plus size dresses.

Lucinda and Lee are going to check out other products, and they start off with cakes, though they are unclear on whether they’re expensive or not.

Michael and Sara also make a stop at a cake store. Sara believes this is critical. Alex and Helene are checking out wedding lingerie and honeymoon beachwear. Helene is gushing and wants this the most. Unsurprisingly, she shoots down the cakes. Michael says that an intelligent person would have sent two people to look at wedding dresses and two people to look at the other stuff (like the other team did at Claire’s suggestion).

Lucinda also likes the underpants, and she and Lee agree they want that over the cakes.

Claire and Raef next stop at a Big High Street retailer. Claire likes this cheaper store the most, though Raef likes Ian the most. They agree to go for Ian Stuart first and BHS second due to Ian’s brand name.

Michael pushes for Ian, but Helene again wants to go with the cheaper option and the one she saw, the colored dresses.

Both teams have chosen different dresses, but they must now convince the lingerie shop owner to choose them over the other team since they both want that. Based on the dress selection being complementary to their product line, the shop goes with team Alpha and Ian. Helene’s team opts for cake instead.

Sara and Michael are concerned about the tacky dresses Helene has chosen.

Lucinda’s team quickly has a queue waiting to try on dresses, though they’re not moving. Nick doesn’t believe this strategy will pay off because this is a mass market place. Lee is finding it easy to sell the low cost lingerie and beach items as expected, but he knows they need wedding dress sales to make it worthwhile.

Alex tries a conversational approach to selling dresses and doesn’t believe in a hard sell, particularly when it comes to wedding dresses. Unlike Alex, Michael is an aggressive seller, which looks like a turn off. Likewise, Sara also comes off as pushy.

Around 4:00, Raef is questioning the wisdom in his decision to pursue the high end dress market. Lucinda decides to let Lee have a go. And Raef gets into a bear uniform, the lingerie company’s promotional outfit.

Michael’s still not selling any cakes. He opts for trying to make a potential customer feel bad, and he believes the people he’s dealing with are dumb.

As the show is wrapping up, with still no wedding dress sales, some of the people from earlier in the day are returning to Alpha’s stand to check out Ian Stuart’s dresses again. They finally get a sale. Then another. Claire realizes something Sara and Michael failed to realize: these people are there for an all day thing and don’t want to make snap decisions.

Lucinda’s team really likes her.

Michael is quick to point out that it was an error to not have each team dedicated to one line of products.

Alpha returns with Â£5,752.99, Â£647.24 for the accessories and the rest from three dresses. Renaissance sold 5 dresses but no cakes, for total sales of Â£1,925.00. Sir Alan congratules Alpha on their gamble paying off, and Nick is really impressed by Claire’s selling and believes she was well led by Lucinda.

This is a tough choice. Aside from Alex, I’m not seeing much of anything from Renaissance.

Michael blames the lack of a gamble for the loss. Sara believes that Helene contributed the least to the task.

Sir Alan got the impression that Michael was already covering his tracks for the loss even before it was announced what the results were.

Helene pretends she would have gone with another route if somebody had defended their stance more passionately.

Sir Alan wants to know why Alex, who was the only one who got anything done for this team on this task, is always on the losing side. Alex wants the person who sold the least on the day to be fired, which would be Sara.

Michael and Sara acknowledge that cakes were a bad decision. Margaret brings up that both of them were pushy anyway.

Alex is safe, and Helene will be bringing Sara and Michael back with her.

Much more of the same follows in the remaining portion of the boardroom.

Helene wants Sara gone because she doesn’t like how she treats people. Both Sara and Michael want Helene gone.

Sara has been fired because she doesn’t do anything, is confusing, and has alienated customers. Sir Alan is getting more and more fed up with Michael, who remains on borrowed time but gets another shot.

On the way home, Sara basically tells us that she can’t work with other people.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Apprentice UK Series 4 episode 9.

The Bachelor on VH1

VH1 is acquiring the full library of The Bachelor in a licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. The agreement includes 12 cycles of “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” franchises as well all cycles through at least 2008.

VH1 will air the first seven seasons during the first week of June. Airing one season per day in a marathon format, VH1 will premiere the first edition of “The Bachelor” on Sunday, June 1 and conclude the week-long programming event with the seventh on Saturday, June 7.

“‘The Bachelor’ is the granddaddy of the dating reality format. It’s been a water cooler staple from the moment it premiered in 2002, and it’s still on top of its game”, said Ben Zurier, Executive Vice President, Programming Strategy, VH1, VH1 Classic, and MHD. “As we’ve seen with our own record-breaking ‘Rock of Love with Bret Michaels’ and ‘Flavor of Love’ series, dating reality has become the drama for the current generation of young adults, with an engaging mix of intrigue, romance, and surprises. ‘The Bachelor’ and VH1 certainly feels like a good match.”

American Idol 7 Episode 40

Results will be posted live as they become available.

After killing an hour, the results come in at about 2 minutes before the show’s done. No big surprise there.

As has been expected for about 6 weeks now, it’s a battle of the Davids. Syesha Mercado is eliminated. The final two contestants David Archuleta and David Cook will compete for the title of American Idol 7 winner next week.