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The Biggest Loser Season 14 Episode 8

Now that they’ve gone to singles, it’s time to start voting out the threats. Michael was the first victim of this in The Biggest Loser Season 14 Episode 7.

Jeff continues to protest too much about voting for Mike, something he said he never would do. In doing so, he does share that he has a similar story to Francelina, as both of them lost their fathers at a young age.

This week, immunity is up for grabs… for everybody. If they lose 70 pounds as a group, they are all safe. If not, there will be a red line.

The pop challenge can lower the goal weight. Biingo, Sunny, and Lindsay are the ones who will be tested. They must answer 5 basic nutrition questions and then do 5 exercises (beating their previous results) for a potential decrease in the goal weight by 1 pound each. They get the first two questions right but are incorrect that the Mexican food has fewer carbs than spaghetti and bread. They then get the next two questions correct. In a retest of their physical abilities, they are obviously more fit than they were on day 1. In total, they decrease the weight goal by 9 pounds to 61, the same amount they achieved last week when Mike was still there.

Here we are week 8, and Gina’s still throwing hissy fits. After giving a bunch of excuses and saying she can’t during the workout, she walks out of the gym, using the excuse that Joe said he hates lawyers. Who doesn’t? So much for work together week.

Speaking of more of the same, then we get to see more of Alex slacking off. So Jillian asks Gina to do the running instead. She can’t either. Then she walks out again, this time returning back to the house. Jillian’s tired of working with these quitters, so now she walks out. After more yelling, we finally get to a breakthrough where Alex acknowledges that she’s tired of her best never being good enough.

They are given yet another opportunity to reduce the goal weight at the next challenge. They must dig through sand hills and cross to the finish line at the end of the pier within half an hour. With seconds to spare, as Gina falls to the ground, Joe picks her up, surprising her that he can be a team player, though she struggles to do the same. Their goal is now 51 pounds, which should pretty easily be achieveable.

Jared stops by to tell them that this season’s winner (plus a favorite past contestant chosen by a public vote) will star in a Subway commercial with him.

Ready for Love? Oh c’mon, NBC, we didn’t need another singing competition, and we don’t need another marriage competition. What next? Dancing? Skating? A bunch of half naked people living in a house spied on by cameras 24/7?

After a high climbing trust building last chance workout, it’s time to see whether they have managed to lose the weight they need for everybody to stay safe. The trainers have been unimpressed by the team effort put forth this week. Jillian just wants them to be weighed in before Gina says anything else.

Danni: 194 pounds (-7, 3.48%)
Joe: 273 pounds (-6, 2.15%)
Jackson: 261 pounds (-5, 1.88%)
Alex: 195 pounds (-3, 1.52%)
Jeff: 308 pounds (-4, 1.28%)
Gina: 180 pounds (-4, 2.17%)
Francelina: 211 pounds (-2, 0.94%)

They needed an average of 3.09% to hit the 51 pound goal. With only Danni hitting that mark, they fell 20 pounds short after a disastrous attempt at working toward a common goal. As the person with the lowest percentage of weight loss this week, Francelina has fallen below the red line and is not The Biggest Loser. Having not gotten caught up in the drama of the week, she receives nothing but kind words from everybody as she departs.

From her starting weight of 267 pounds, she is down now to 190 pounds for a total weight loss of 77 pounds. Now outside the ranch, she’s started dating Jeff.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 14 Episode 9, which airs Monday at 8/7c on NBC.

The Amazing Race 22 Episode 1

Another 11 teams form The Amazing Race 22 cast competing for $1 million.

The Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, CA is the starting line for the race.

Chuck loves putting dead animals on his walls. Bates (like his brother) is a former pro hockey player, and he’s got the missing teeth to prove it. Max and Katie have been married for three whole weeks. Dave and Connor are father and son who have shared everything, including cancer. Idries and Jamil are twins, as if I don’t have a hard enough time telling the contestants apart, but hopefully they’re a lot less annoying than last season’s twins. Joey and Meghan acknowledge they’re the cute/sweet Youtube team. Matt and Danielle work on the same fire truck together, saying they have already been a team for six years. Caroline and Jennifer are country singers of a band called Stealing Angels, which I assume nobody has ever heard of, and they’re looking for love (wrong show, but they’ll probably have better luck than The Bachelor).

The twist for the first leg is that the winner will receive an express pass for themselves plus a second express pass to award to another team before the end of the fourth leg. I see the unnecessary and not overly compelling $2 million twist is done.

Their first destination is Bora Bora. The 5 teams on the first flight will have a 1 hour advantage.

Knowing that there’s another express pass to be given out, Winnie & Pam set out to make friends. Katie will pretend to be nice, but Max says she’s not very likeable, with her chiming in to say she’s not at all likeable.

First flight: Chuck & Wynona, Idries & Jamil, Pam & Winnie, David & Connor, Jessica & John
Second flight: Max & Katie,

The twins suggest to the group that whoever comes in second should get the second express pass, forming an alliance with the teams on the first flight for no other reason than they are the teams on the first flight.

The road block is to skydive from a helicopter. Normally they save these kinds of tasks for much later in the race. Each helicopter can carry one member from each of two teams. Everybody seems to understand the rules, except for Mona, who skips a line on the signup sheet and puts herself last, which Katie quickly takes advantage of.

Road block (in order of arrival): Winnie, Jamil, John, Connor, Chuck, Bates, Caroline, Mona, Max, Matt, Meghan

From here, teams will travel by water taxi to Eden Beach, where they will immediately face another road block. Less scary, but it’s going to be a huge pain. Their task is to search for a clue in hundreds of sand castles, and whatever they destroy, they must rebuild. This could take hours, which is confirmed by only one team being finished by the time teams from the next flight start showing up. The dumb luck nature of the task further shows when the sixth team to arrive quickly passes the others.

Road block (in order of arrival): Jessica, Idries, Dave, Pam, Wynona, Anthony, Jennifer, Katie, Joey, Beth

With three teams still left in the sun after three hours, the teams come together and decide to all take the penalty, turning the results from blind luck to performance in the final task. Someone’s making a big mistake here.

Continuing their work in the sun, they must attach a float to a canoe, then paddle over a mile to the pit stop for this leg of the race, Motu Cafe.

First: Jessica & John (win two express passes)
Second: Bates & Anthony
Third: Dave & Connor
Fourth: Pam & Winnie
Fifth: Mona & Beth
Sixth: Joey & Meghan
Seventh: Chuck & Wynona
Eighth: Idries & Jamil
Ninth: Max & Katie
Tenth: Caroline & Jennifer
Eliminated: Matt & Daniel

They built their canoe the quickest, but Matt & Daniel were unable to stay afloat and have been eliminated. As for the other two teams, the four hour penalty will be assessed at the start of the next leg, putting them both in a continuing struggle for last.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 22 Episode 2, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

Survivor: Caramoan Episode 1

Remember when Fans Vs. Favorites meant players such as Parvati, Amanda, and Cirie? In Survivor: Caramoan, it means whatever group of nutjobs is desperate enough to do the show again. I don’t know whose favorites these people are, but they’re not mine.

The 10 returning players on the Bikal (purple) tribe are: Andrea Boehlke, Brandon Hantz, Brenda Lowe, Corinne Kaplan, Dawn Meehan, Erik Reichenbach, Francesca Hogi, John Cochran, Malcolm Freberg, and Phillip Sheppard.

They will face off against the Gota (orange) tribe, a group of 10 new players: Alexandra “Allie” Pohevitz, Edward “Eddie” Fox, Hope Driskill, Julia Landauer, Laura Alexander, Matt Bischoff, Michael Snow, Reynold Toepfer, Shamar Thomas, and Sherri Biethman.

The Survivors hit the beach and face the first challenge. Reward is fire plus 20 pounds of beans. After stripping down (Phillip brought even pinker underpants), they head into the water, where two people on one tribe must get a ring past two defenders on the other tribe. Fans take the 1-0 lead. Brandon and Andrea drag their way to a 1-1 tie. Phillip drags everybody to his goal and takes the 2-1 lead. Cochran does not get beat by a girl as the Favorites take a 3-1 lead. Malcolm and Reynold want to prove they are the most physical and naked on the beach, and Malcolm comes out ahead, giving the Favorites the win.

Shamar has decided he does not care about the shelter and lets his tribe know that they should be building a fire instead, as if the odds of that make it a more worthwhile task. It’s clear he’s got a mouth on him that is going to rub people the wrong way. In the end, for all his talk, he does help to deliver results, as the tribe ends up making fire.

Francesca points out one reason why I barely remember half of them. She was the first person out during her last season. Phillip screwing up her name and putting a q in it is more memorable than anything she did. She promises to eat a rock if she’s voted out first again.

Phillip says he’s learned a list of rules about how to play the game from Boston Rob. Unless one of those rules is don’t be crazy, he’s going to come up short again. Corinne and Andrea happily ally with him. His total alliance is 6 people, the last of which is Erik, who he bullies into joining them. Erik agrees despite thinking he’s a combative idiot loser who makes everybody crazy.

Reynold forms a final two alliance with Allie, saying he wanted to join someone who would not be obvious. Yeah, because nobody would ever suspect you going after the pretty blonde girl. Especially after seeing you cuddling on the first night.

Meanwhile, Eddie, telling us he’s the best looking person on the island, teams up with the other best looking person, Hope. He won’t be at all obnoxious. These two make a four person alliance with the other cool kids, Reynold and Allie. Like the other cute couple, their relationship has very quickly been exposed.

Knowing that there is a division in the tribe, Michael and Matt must decide which four to align with. I don’t see them as having any chance to break into the cool kids’ alliance, though either side would be happy to have the numbers for the time being.

I don’t know how the heck Cochran survived the first time, yet he’s back again. Even his toes are sunburned.

At the immunity challenge, they will toss crates off a tower, then use the sandbags inside to complete tosses. The first part of the challenge is pretty well moot, though Allie and Eddie put their team way behind on the final leg, far enough that Malcolm’s half way done with the bag tosses by the time they finish. But he never gets past that point. Despite the lead, Reynold jumps ahead of Malcolm to win immunity and flint for the Fans.

Francesca suggests getting rid of Phillip or Corinne, but mostly she wants revenge on Phillip. She tells this to Andrea, one of Phil’s closest allies. Francesca and Brandon are pretty comfortable that there’s no way Phillip could actually have the numbers on his side. So confident is she of this that she wants to split the votes. Phil is behaving too calmly, so he must have immunity.

He may not be worried about Phillip, but Brandon is terrified of Andrea. He’s on to the fact that she’s relaying information to the other side. Now a third name is into their equation. Since you’re about ready to leave and vote, you might consider making a decision. I thought you people were supposed to be experienced at this game.

Dawn and Cochran have agreed to work together, which went really well for her last time he voted her out.

Votes
Andrea
Andrea
Andrea
Francesca
Francesca
Francesca
Andrea
Francesca
Francesca
Francesca

For the second time, Francesca has been voted off the island first, burned by both Phillip and her overly aggressive gameplay. I again question how she is a favorite. Along with Erik and Brandon, Brenda joined the minority in the vote against Andrea, but as he promised, Phillip has the numbers, with or without Erik.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Caramoan Episode 2, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

The Biggest Loser Season 14 Episode 7

David’s injury finally caught up with him in The Biggest Loser Season 14 Episode 6 when he was voted out.

Gina thinks her team is stupid because she’s the biggest threat. I see she’s fully flipped into delusional mode now, which at least is better than the pity party.

They’re going to singles. For the first time, they will face the yellow line.

Now they get to face their first individual temptation. The week leading up to Valentine’s Day, Americans buy more than 58 million pounds of chocolate. Whoever eats the most calories worth of sweets gets a 2 pound advantage for themselves, and they can give the same advantage to someone else.

They compete in the dark. Francelina and Alex begin eating immediately. Danni starts exercising instead. Jeff grabs a few lower calorie items. As a diabetic, Gina’s not touching this food, though she doesn’t mind playing along. Jeff ate 3 pecan clusters for 270 calories. It’s between Francelina and Alex, both of whom ate just over 1000 calories. The winner is Francelina. If Alex had finished the brownie she was eating, she would have won. But she gets the 2 pound advantage anyway because Francelina awards her the additional advantage for coming in second. Danni now wonders whether she made the right decision.

Jillian wants to train the three people who ate something at the temptation, leaving Danni with Bob. Among them is Jeff, who already made it clear before he doesn’t like her and is willing to throw in the towel when working out with her. Despite a rough and seemingly unproductive workout, they do come to an understanding afterward when discussing his father’s death.

Biingo finds the boot as a new excuse why he can be lazy and avoid the new lifestyle they’re trying to teach him. His fracture has finally healed 6 weeks later, so now he’s ready to begin training for tryouts.

Reward for the challenge is a visit from the family member at the ranch for 24 hours. Since it’s Valentine’s week, they will again be able to share the love and pick another person. They get dressed up in glow in the dark clothes and will chase lights around the arena. Gina is the first one eliminated. Jackson is out next. The third spot requires stair climbing as well as a lot more running, and Mike is out. Jeff drops next. Then Alex. The final round is between the two people who have been neck and neck in each challenge (Joe and Danni) plus the person with the best strategy in this challenge (Francelina, who placed second to last every time). Danni places first when it really counts, and she wins the challenge. She gives the second prize to Gina. In addition, she gives her own prize to Mike.

Alex is busy making Bob angry at the last chance workout, while Gina’s confidence is again fading into more drama.

Francelina: 213 pounds (-4, -2, 2.76%)
Alex: 198 pounds (-6, -2, 3.92%)
Danni: 201 pounds (-6, 2.90%)
Joe: 279 pounds (-12, 4.12%)
Jeff: 312 pounds (-11, 3.41%)
Gina: 184 pounds (-9, 4.66%)
Jackson: 266 pounds (-13, 4.66%)
Michael: 353 pounds (-10, 2.75%)

What’s with all the tears over numbers in the 3% range, before the final results are even known? In the end, one of those sets of tears proves to be warranted, while Danni narrowly escapes despite not eating at the temptation.

Gina immediately says they need to get rid of Mike. Jeff is torn because he said he would never do that.

Votes
Danni: Michael
Alex: Francelina
Gina: Michael
Jeff: Michael

As the person with the lowest percentage of weight loss due to Francelina’s 2 pound advantage, in the event of a tie, Michael would be eliminated. With 3 votes, Michael is not The Biggest Loser. From his starting weight of 444 pounds, Mike is down 124 pounds to 320 today. He has turned his workouts into a family affair.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 14 Episode 8, which airs Monday at 8/7c on NBC.

American Idol Season 12 Episode 8

An all male Hollywood week began for the boys in American Idol Season 12 Episode 7 with some solo performances followed by group night. I missed the first few minutes of tonight’s show making preparations for snowmageddon, but it’s American Idol, so how much could I have really missed? Looks like we’re picking up on day 3, some more solo performances.

The contestants will receive immediate results. No waiting, no rooms.

Devin Velez (What a Wonderful World), Gurpreet Singh Sarin (Georgia on My Mind), Cortez Shaw, and Matheus Fernandes (Stronger by Kelly Clarkson) are in group 2. So apparently what I missed was group 1. They tell Matheus to stop talking about being short. To be fair, they’re the ones encouraging people talking about their otherwise irrelevant stories. Devin, Gurpreet, Cortez, and Adam Sanders are through to the next round.

Nicholas Mathis gives a somewhat rough performance. Papa Peachez tells us he’s not a puppet and has his own thing going on, which would explain his bad choice of nicknames. His performance has Nicki more disappointed still. Jimmy Smith has slightly more luck. Nick and Papa have been cut. Papa says he doesn’t like singing other people’s songs anyway.

Nick Boddington made it to Vegas last year, so he should be a lock to do so again. He decides to play the keyboard, and on top of that he’s a great singer. Charlie Askew is as awkward as ever, but his voice stands out despite that. They both advance along with JDA and Mathenee Treco. If Mathenee’s this good and auditioned in Oklahoma, why didn’t we see him instead of the ridiculous nonsense they chose to show?

Burnell Taylor and Marvin Calderon move to the next round after both singing Jar of Hearts.

Micah Johnson surprises with a Randy Travis song, but it’s not good enough to make it to the next round. Gabe Brown, Sanni, and Nate Tao have also been eliminated.

28 people have been chosen. Since they need to narrow it down to a top 20, 8 more will be cut next week.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of American Idol Season 12 Episode 9, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.

American Idol Season 12 Episode 7

American Idol Season 12 Episode 6 was an insult to the intelligence of the audience and humanity in general. As bad as this show can be, I do not remember any episode being this bad before. If the Oklahoma auditions were really that bad, just don’t show them, or truncate them and put them together with something else. The good news is that at least they are done wasting time, and Hollywood week begins.

This year, Hollywood week is divided by gender. Tonight we start with the guys.

Micah Johnson, who has a speech impediment following his tonsils being removed, is advancing to the next round. Nate Tao, Gabe Brown, and Gurpreet Singh Sarin are as well.

Karl Skinner advanced because the judges had nobody else to put through in Oklahoma City, but he will not be going any further. Dustin Watts and Dr. Calvin Peters have also been cut.

Cortez Shaw’s annoying rendition of I Will Always Love You fails to annoy anyone other than Nicki. Curtis Finch Jr. and Frankie Ford advance to the next round with him.

Lazaro Arbos still has a better story than a voice, but he will be advancing. Trevor Blakeley, a tired Bryant Tadeo, and Charles Allen will, too.

Brian Rittenberry is in the last lineup of the day, and the good news stops with him. He and half the guys have been cut already.

Now on to group night, where we can start manufacturing some drama. Speaking of which, the contestants, who have already spent the day forming their own groups, will not have that luxury. For the first time, the producers will determine who is in which group, deliberately picking groups they know will clash.

Nick Boddington, Mathenee Treco, Matheus Fernandes, and Gabe Brown are in one of the few groups that actually got along. Their lack of drama shows through in their performance of Somebody to Love, and all four move to tomorrow’s solo round.

Johnny Keyser picked a song with lyrics he wasn’t really comfortable with, and after a “nightless sleep,” he still doesn’t know them. Kareem Clark seems to know the words, but he’s terrible. He is the only one of their group to be cut.

Charlie Askew is not feeling well for a few hours. He has one supportive team member at least. Curtis Finch, Jr., however, offers to pack his bags. I guess he’s trying to be funny, but it comes off unlikeable. In any event, all three advance.

Micah Johnson, Vincent Powell, Marvin Calderon, and David Willis are all going through. Zach Birnbaum, Nate Tao, Cortez Shaw, and Elijah Liu are, too.

Paul Jolly and Will White are in a group in which nobody knows the words, but they are the two who advance regardless.

Nicki doesn’t care that the next group consisting of The Turbanator and some other guys is terrible. They are still her favorite of the day because they brought their terribleness to the audience, like she does at her shows.

Jason Jones, Dan Wood, Jessie Lawrence, and some other guy try to do One Direction… and fail miserably. They are all eliminated.

Devan Jones and Devin Velez are in the only group of the night to sing a cappella. They advance along with somebody named Adrian.

Tony Foster Jr. and Burnell Taylor advance, but Darien Moses and Mario Jose are cut.

Lazaro has never heard of the Beach Boys, but he sings one of their songs along with Josh Stephens, Scott Flenor, and Christian Lopez. Their decent but somewhat rough performance results in the elimination of Josh and Scott.

Lee Pritchard, JDA (really?), Joel Wayman, and Trevor Blakney are in Country Queen, a group that’s half country and half queens. The country half of the group, Trevor and Lee, is out.

David Leathers (the final elimination last year), Kayden Stephenson, Kevin Quinn, and Sanni M’Mairura are the youngest guys remaining. David and Sanni have made it.

The group with the most bickering, who continue to argue as they’re walking on stage since Frankie still won’t shut up, get the final spot of the night. Papa Peachez, Adam Sanders, Frankie Ford, and Charles Allen participate in a train wreck, but the three other than Frankie continue. His group tries to offer some words, but he doesn’t want to hear from any of them as we close out the night with a meltdown.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of American Idol Season 12 Episode 8, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on Fox.

The Biggest Loser 14 Episode 6

Lisa was voted out in The Biggest Loser Season 14 Episode 5 after the red team lost the weigh in despite being far less annoying than the blue team.

Only 1 person will be facing the scales from each team, to be decided at the weigh in by a roll of the dice.

For some reason, during the reveal of this twist, Gina breaks down crying. Oh boy, another week of this. Bob’s going to keep on her until she accepts she’s good enough, even if she doesn’t like it.

The dice rolling does not just apply to the weigh in. It will also be used to determine the challenge participants. Reward is letters from home. The members of the red team hope it’s Francelina, but they are disappointed to see Jackson’s face come up. Gina for a change wants to be the one picked, and that’s how it goes. As usual, Danni is alone, but at least for once she is not alone at being alone.

Their task is a combination of balance beam and calorie counting. They must dodge objects while crossing a beam to grab plates that match the foods with the specified calories.

Danni’s the first across, and she grabs the highest plate to put with the burger. She starts to run the table from here with her second, third, and fourth plates. Jackson finally grabs a plate, and Danni’s shortly behind him with her fifth plate, which is enough to win if they are all correct. Nope, all incorrect. Her second attempt is 3 right. Her third and final attempt means victory.

Now for the kids, who will lead by example. Sunny is running circuit training at school, taking the place of her phys ed teacher for the day. Biingo is recruiting people for his after school fitness club. Lindsay gives anti-bullying speech with Cody Simpson.

As her team collapses around her from exhaustion, Bob tells them the last chance workout is not going to be over until Alex sweats. This could go on for a while.

When they enter the weigh in room, it’s the moment of truth. Obviously, Danni is the lone person whose weight will count on the white team. Now we just have to figure out how the dice roll for blue and red teams. The entire red team is hoping Dolvett rolls Joe’s face (Jackson would be fine with anybody other than him), and they get their wish. Aside from Alex, the blue team seems to have accepted Bob’s challenge of saying bring it on, and the die lands on Jeff.

Jackson: 279 pounds (-1, 0.36%)
Francelina: 217 pounds (-7, 3.13%)
Joe: 291 pounds (-8, 2.68%)
Red Total: 787 pounds (-16, 1.99%)

Danni: 207 pounds (-6, 2.82%)

Gina: 193 pounds (-4, 2.03%)
Alex: 204 pounds (-3, 1.45%)
Michael: 363 pounds (-8, 2.16%)
David: 250 pounds (-3, 1.19%)
Jeff: 323 pounds (-6, 1.82%)
Blue Total: 1333 pounds (-24, 1.77%)

With or without the twist, the blue team was going to lose the weigh in after a streak of 5 weeks of avoiding elimination. As The Biggest Loser on the losing team, Michael is safe.

Votes
Jeff: David
David: Jeff
Gina: David
Michael: David

Struggling with an injury since the first week, with 3 votes, David is not The Biggest Loser. From his starting weight of 307 pounds, David is down to 220 pounds for a total weight loss of 87, and the brace is off his leg.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 14 Episode 7, which airs Monday at 8/7c on NBC.

American Idol Season 12 Episode 6

Tonight is the final round of the often painful audition process. 1 hour seems to work better, though, as there was a surprising amount of competent performers last week with less not funny filler that Nigel is convinced is hilarious. The auditions conclude in Oklahoma City.

Karl Skinner is a character, who starts off with the first ridiculous audition of the night, though in the end he actually does turn out to have a decent voice.

Both of Nate Tao’s parents are deaf, which means they have no idea whether he sucks. He doesn’t need to worry about that, though, since he continues the reasonably decent singing.

A puppet. Great. What show am I watching again? Halie Hilburn performs a duet with Oscar, a yodeling talking dog. Disregarding the puppet, she has a good voice.

Next we get a commerical break. Then an idiot butchering the national anthem. I fast forwarded this nonsense after pausing to do something else because it was too stupid to justify watching, but apparently she made it through to Hollywood despite being horrible. Then another commecial break. This all adds up to 15 straight minutes dedicated to stupidity and commercials. What was it I was saying about 1 hour shows working? So can we get some good singing now? Nope, next up, a crying montage.

So now we’re at 17 minutes since puppet lady, and Anastacia Freeman is up, also crying. And she sucks, despite God telling her that she should audition. Now another commercial break.

What the bloody hell is up with this stupid show? This has to be the worst episode ever.

Kayden Stephenson has cystic fibrosis, which means his life expectancy is 35 years. He has an inspiring story, though his voice is merely adequate.

We finish the night with about what can be expected from a night like this. Steven Tyler dressed as a woman. Anyone who DVRed this show may as well just delete it. Even the good acts topped out at decent, while most of the show was just a great big waste of time, even by American Idol standards.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of American Idol Season 12 Episode 7, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.