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The Amazing Race 20 Episode 2

After wandering around the pit stop for a while in The Amazing Race 20 Episode 1, Misa & Maiya were eliminated.

Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.

First: Dave & Rachel – 2:46AM
Second: Rachel & Brendon – 2:48AM
Third: Art & JJ – 2:49AM
Fourth: Nary & Jamie – 3:21AM
Fifth: Vanessa & Ralph – 3:31AM
Sixth: Elliott & Andrew – 4:21AM
Seventh: Kerri & Stacy – 5:23AM
Eighth: David & Cherie – 5:27AM
Ninth: Bopper & Mark – 5:29AM
Tenth: Joey & Danny – 5:35AM

At the Cafayate Town Square, they will receive their next clue from a mounted postman, who arrives at sunrise, equalizing everybody.

The detour is a choice between boil my water or light my fire. In boil my water, they will visit one of three isolated villages and provide them with a means of cooking, assembling a basic solar kitchen, then boiling water with it. In light my fire, they will gather firewood and clay, load it on a donkey, and transport it 1 mile. Working with animals is always problematic, but I could see where constructing something just based on the picture and then being at the mercy of the sun could be trouble.

Boil my water: Brendon & Rachel, Kerri & Stacy, Rachel & Dave, Vanessa & Ralph, Dave & Cherie, Joey & Danny, Bopper & Mark, Nary & Jamie, Elliott & Andrew
Light my fire: Art & JJ

Art & JJ are the only ones who did not select the solar kitchen building, and they find themselves searching for the fire task instead after everyone else has already begun. They assume it will be hard because it’s too early for the sun to be of much use, while those actually on the task complain about how hot it is. For all the drama, it pays off because they manage to leapfrog everybody but the country boys, who surprised even themselves by taking the lead with their building skills. The rest of the teams are mostly just waiting for their tea to boil.

Teams will now take an 18 hour bus ride to Buenos Aires.

First bus: Brendon & Rachel, Mark & Bopper, Art & JJ, Rachel & Dave
Second bus: Dave & Cherie, Elliott & Andrew, Vanessa & Ralph, Joey & Danny
Third bus: Kerri & Stacy, Nary & Jamie

All the teams are pretty close, so now it’s just a question of how this lengthy bus ride goes. Bus 2 stops in the middle of the night when one of their windows implodes. Bus 1 arrives first, followed by bus 3. The trailing teams reveal they have been delayed about 2 hours, which is going to be too much for them to make up, so one of them is heading home.

The road block is to count cattle and calculate the average weight per head during an auction, without using their calculators. Long division without Excel. Like the olden days.

Road block (in order of arrival): Rachel, JJ, Rachel, Mark, Stacy, Nary, Vanessa, Joey, Dave, Andrew

Rachel and JJ work together to get the answer. The other Rachel (Big Brother) gets stressed out. You don’t say. Eventually she decides to work with Mark, who unlike Art & JJ who have decided they hate Rachel & Brendon, is willing to team up. The teams who tried to play like this against Rob & Amber regretted it, though that was arguably because those teams sucked. The Jersey guys and the twins also work together, leaving the clown to eat their dust.

The pit stop for this leg of the race is El Gomero, a 200 year old tree.

First: Rachel & Dave (win a trip to Grenada)
Second: Art & JJ
Third: Bopper & Mark
Fourth: Brendon & Rachel
Fifth: Kerri & Stacy
Sixth: Nary & Jamie
Seventh: Vanessa & Ralph
Eighth: Joey & Danny
Ninth: Elliott & Andrew
Eliminated: Dave & Cherie

After a bit of bad luck, Dave & Cherie have been eliminated from the race, but they depart with their typically positive attitude.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 20 Episode 3, which airs Sunday at 8/7cish on CBS.

American Idol Season 11 Episode 13

The top 24 started to be revealed in American Idol Season 11 Episode 12. Tonight concludes the painfully long process.

Top 12 Boys
Aaron Marcellus
Adam Brock
Chase Likens
Colton Dixon
Creighton Fraker
Deandre Brackensick
Eben Franckewitz
Heejun Han
Jeremy Rosado
Joshua Ledet
Phil Phillips
Reed Grimm

Top 12 Girls
Baylie Brown
Brielle von Hugel
Chelsea Sorrell
Elise Testone
Erika van Pelt
Haley Johnsen
Hallie Day
Hollie Cavanaugh
Jen Hirsh
Jessica Sanchez
Shannon Magrane
Skylar Laine

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of American Idol Season 11 Episode 14, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.

American Idol Season 11 Episode 12

Some more cuts got us down to the top 42 in American Idol Season 11 Episode 11. Tonight begins the very lengthy process of an additional 18 cuts, most of whom we have never heard of before. Yes, it’s an evening (two actually) of much filler, complete with flashbacks of all the other episodes from earlier in the season and a lot of babbling from the judges. Looks like about 10 minutes of actual content.

Top Girls
Baylie Brown
Brielle von Hugel
Chelsea Sorrell
Elise Testone
Erika van Pelt
Haley Johnsen
Jen Hirsh
Jessica Sanchez

Top Boys
Colton Dixon
Creighton Fraker
Heejun Han
Joshua Ledet
Phil Phillips
Reed Grimm

Eliminated
Blaire Sieber
Caleb Johnson
Clayton Farhat
Lauren Gray
Naomi Gillies
Neco Starr
Richie Law
River St. James

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of American Idol Season 11 Episode 13, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on Fox.

Survivor: One World Episode 2

Following a stupidly dangerous competition in Survivor: One World Episode 1, Kourtney was eliminated for medical reasons.

The guys took care of the ladies’ fire while they were gone. Kat is confident she did not need that help from them. If you say so.

Alicia pretends to make up with Christina, who told her to shut up at tribal council.

The next morning, Sabrina makes the mistake of opening up her mouth. They appoint her leader.

Nina finds the younger girls too immature for her. Therein lies the problem. Down 5-3, the older women are going to struggle to find a place in the tribe.

Treemail is a large box. It’s a do it yourself reward challenge. The first tribe to untie all the knots will win a tarp. Earlier, one of the girls was saying something about not wanting to untie knots. Mike sits out for the men. The men win the challenge.

Colton has no plans to make any effort to either fit into his tribe or do any work at camp with them. He hopes to fit in with the girls instead, but they are getting tired of him. Sabrina calls a fake meeting as a reason for him to leave. Later, he returns, tears in his eyes, begging for them to let him stick around. They are not interested.

Troyzan finds out from Colton that he’s got a hidden idol. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. They want to get rid of the muscle. Normally this would be a stupid plan, but they really don’t need the extra muscle on this tribe, at least not for challenges, though they could use the speed and other physical attribues that go along with it.

The players all line up on balance beams at the immunity challenge. The person on the far end must make their way past all the others without touching more than one person at a time, continuing until everybody is on the platform. Tarzan sits out for the men. The men let the little person go first. On the other side, Kat has difficulty getting past all the fake boobs, so she decides to go behind the girls instead. Christina, who is not even in the challenge yet, keeps touching two people. Kat, struggling to understand the rules of the game, twice jumps into the water for no reason. Monica switches with Kat, and they finally get someone across, but by this point it’s a lost cause, as they’re down by 5. Unsurprisingly, in a challenge requiring teamwork, men win immunity.

Nina uses Kat’s mistakes as a reason to whine and keep calling her a dumb broad and other assorted names that just seem to come from being an angry person. She slams her tribe for being led by witless people, but it’s not as if they would be any better off if she were in charge. On the contrary, her mouth seems like it would be even more problematic in that scenario.

Chelsea and Sabrina say they would form different alliances if given a second chance.

Christina doesn’t even really want to play the game.

Votes
Nina
Kat
Christina
Nina
Nina
Nina

With 4 votes, Nina has been voted off the island. Good riddance. The camera’s been on her for the last 10 minutes, which got old about 9 minutes ago. Monica, who’s hopeful that perhaps there is some middle ground for her, threw a stray vote Christina’s way.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: One World Episode 3, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

The Biggest Loser Season 13 Episode 8

After losing 9 pounds in The Biggest Loser Season 13 Episode 7, Roy was told by his team that he is not committed to losing weight.

This week’s excuse: lack of self control.

Today, they have a choice. They can control themselves, or they can control this entire game. Sounds like a temptation. On the rotating table ahead of them are their favorite foods. There’s pasta, donuts, Reese’s, Chinese food, the full list of the bad foods that got them where they are today (in doses of double or triple what a normal person would eat). Kimmy loves deer meat. Deer burgers, deer kabobs, deer stew, deer creole, that’s about all I have to say about that. The person who eats the most in 3 minutes can change the teams however they want, and that person will remain anonymous, at least for now.

Mark: 2 plates of venison for 312 calories
Chris: Peanutbutter cups and pizza for 1039 calories
Chism: Nothing
Kimmy: Nothing
Conda: Nothing
Megan: Nothing
Kim: Peanutbutter cups for 210 calories
Emily: Nothing
Cassandra: Pizza and peanutbutter cups for 619 calories (while dramatically shaking the whole time)
Jeremy: Nothing
Daphne: Peanutbutter cups and more peanutbutter cups and more peanutbutter cups for a total of 1890 calories

Daphne is the clear winner, about which nobody would be surprised. She decided to change things. A little. She adds a drama queen to her team and sends her brother to the other team in her place. Jeremy heads to the red team; Conda heads to the black team. That’s it. Very strange. There does not seem to be any strategy or logic behind this move. Her explanation: it was personal. Daphne denies eating, in spite of every finger in the house pointing her way.

They arrive at a shipyard. Each team has a giant puzzle, which they must solve, moving around each of the 200 pound puzzle pieces. Following the switch, the black team is now down to 1 guy with 6 women, giving them a big strength disadvantage, though that doesn’t seem terribly critical in this challenge. Every member of the winning team gets 2 weeks at The Biggest Loser Resort. Daphne immediately volunteers to sit out for the black team, and Chris will sit out as well. Mark will be the eyes for his team; Chism will be the eyes for his team. It’s father against son, but it eventually becomes clear that Chism has no clue what he’s doing. Red team wins the challenge.

Bob suggests that Daphne tell the truth. It’s not like some great big secret seeing as everybody in the house knows. She reluctantly apologizes to people who don’t want to hear what she has to say.

Daphne is under the impression her team is purposely trying to lose the weigh in so that they get rid of her. She is not wrong. Someone needs to be smart about this because the person with the highest percentage of weight loss on the losing team is immune. If Daphne’s the only one making any effort, that will be her.

Jeremy: 309 pounds (-11, 3.44%)
Kim: 193 pounds (-7, 3.50%)
Mark: 226 pounds (-8, 3.42%)
Kimmy: 179 pounds (-5, 2.72%)
Buddy: 317 pounds (-12, 3.65%)
Red Total: 1224 pounds (-43, 3.39%)

Chris: 196 pounds (-5, 2.49%)
Megan: 217 pounds (-2, 0.91%)
Chism: 293 pounds (-5, 1.68%)
Cassandra: 188 pounds (-1, 0.53%)
Emily: 216 pounds (-2, 0.92%)
Conda: 246 pounds (+1, 0.41%)
Daphne: 226 pounds (+2, 0.89%)
Black Total: 1582 pounds (-12, 0.75%)

I was fully prepared to call the black team dumbasses for following Conda’s ridiculously stupid plan to throw the weigh in, which was on course to fail miserably. With Daphne also throwing the weigh in, she’s done. If ever there were no need for either a vote or any discussion, this is it.

Votes
Chris: Chism
Cassandra: Daphne
Emily: Daphne
Megan: Daphne
Daphne: Conda
Conda: Daphne

With 4 votes, Daphne is not The Biggest Loser. So ends a stupid week with much pointless arguing. From her starting weight of 271 pounds, Daphne is now down to 200 pounds.

Stay tuned to dinguRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 13 Episode 9, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

The Celebrity Apprentice 5 Episode 1

Trump dropped his flirtation with the presidential race when NBC made it clear he is expendable, so he is back with a new cast of D listers, some of whom are recognizeable as celebrities, or at least were a couple decades ago. The Celebrity Apprentice 5 cast of 18 contestants is:

Adam Carolla (Comedian)
Arsenio Hall (Comedian/Host)
Aubrey O’Day (Singer/Reality Star)
Cheryl Tiegs (Supermodel)
Clay Aiken (Singer)
Dayana Mendoza (Miss Universe 2008)
Debbie Gibson (Singer)
Dee Snider (Singer)
George Takei (Actor)
Lisa Lampanelli (Comedian)
Lou Ferrigno (Bodybuilder)
Michael Andretti (IndyCar Driver)
Patricia Valasquez (Model/Actress)
Paul Teutul, Sr. (Reality Star)
Penn Jillette (Magician)
Teresa Giudice (Reality Star)
Tia Carrere (Actress)
Victoria Gotti (Writer/Reality Star)

For the sake of not having to make a decision, we start out very simply: men against women.

Clay is concerned about the number of frat boys on his team, foremost among them, Adam Carolla.

The men unanimously agree on their team name, Unanimous, after 45 minutes of really stupid names. The women agree on Forte, a name that apparently is supposed to show they are not loud and bitchy.

Patricia Valasquez volunteers to be the project manager for the women. As for the men, they are all silent for a change. Paul Teutul gets volunteered.

After that, they are invited into the boardroom for a Trump family reunion.

The men learn that Michael Andretti will be coming to join their team, after his son Marco dropped out following the death/investigation of a teammate.

Their first task is simply to sell sandwiches.

Dee Snider says he can get $5-10k. Paul thinks he can bring in half a million dollars. No need blowing through everything on day 1, but if he wants to, everybody else will just save their guns for later. With that in mind, they’re going to focus their theme on him and choppers.

Like the men, who were originally thinking about turning their store into a sideshow, the women were considering a carnival theme, but after Victoria Gotti’s comments about the cops and permits, they go with a red carpet theme instead.

Aubrey O’Day is upset that the other women don’t consider her recognizeable. Sorry, I don’t know who you are either. Then again, I wouldn’t recognize any of the women by looking at them, and only a couple by name.

Everybody is finding Paul rough around the edges, and elsewhere.

The women have more of a team effort going on, all going through their rolodexes and making calls, though it goes without saying that they will be saving their best for when it comes to their own necks. Victoria, however, is making calls about personal problems instead. If you can’t put stupid things like your son’s car insurance on hold for a few hours, don’t bother being on this show.

The next morning, Victoria’s not there when they head off to the shop. She strolls in later with claims of a doctor’s appointment.

When Lou takes off his shirt, George is more thrilled than anybody else.

Not afraid of the cops, the men stand on the sidewalk and make a spectacle, with Penn doing his magic show and shouting. The problem is there is so much going on outside that they are struggling to get anyone through the door.

Clay’s inside hustling for money and making some good progress, but he’s left with a question: where’s the big money? Meanwhile, the women continue to draw in a number of donors in the $10,000-25,000 range.

Don Jr. thinks that the women’s grilled cheese idea may not be good, as it takes too long to prepare, which may hurt them if volume is a concern.

In the middle of the task, they get a call from Trump. Each team is instructed to bring their best sandwich to the Rachel Ray show. The best sandwich will receive a bonus, theoretically enough to make a difference between winning and losing.

Patricia and the women seem to have cleaned up. However, Paul’s big donors are not showing up, and since the men put all their eggs in his basket, it would seem they are screwed.

Patricia says that her biggest star was Dayana. She thinks that Tia did well at her thankless job at the cash register. Trump asks whether she’ll bring her back if they lose, and she says no. Tia says that it’s okay if she wants to bring her back. Big mistake. Trump is the kind of person who will throw out all performance data and anything task related and fire you due to one comment. Completely pointless and stupid and against the grain of the whole show, but at least on that he is consistent.

As far as who needs to go if they lose, she reluctantly offers up Cheryl and Victoria. Cheryl did not bring any money, which she denies, though she personally said she had no plans to make a big effort at doing so. Her problem with Victoria is that they could not get a hold of her when she was missing.

Paul says his biggest star was Penn for the spectacle he was able to create. When pushed, he names George and Arsenio as his weak players. George does not have a strong enough personality. He just picked Arsenio at random.

Rachel Ray’s winning sandwich, worth $35,000, is the men’s big chopper sandwich. Better pretentation and better taste.

The women set a record for the first task of The Apprentice with $126,000 in earnings. The men, however, raised $332,000, for a total of $367,000. The money from both teams will go to Paul’s charity, Make a Wish Foundation. $305,000 of that came from one nameless person.

Debbie would bring Cheryl into the boardroom because she’s slow. Aubrey would fire Victoria, but she will not answer whether Diddy is a good guy. Tia would fire Victoria as well, maybe. Nobody would fire the project manager. Dayana can’t believe all these stars who are bigger than her could not raise any money. Lisa would fire Victoria due to her personal calls or Cheryl due to her lack of focus.

Cheryl and Victoria will be going back to the boardroom with Patricia. Tia would have been a smarter pick. Trump would be out for blood over that comment she made. At the end of the day, though, I don’t see Patricia going regardless.

Victoria acknowledges that everybody held back, including herself. Cheryl finally does as well.

Patricia would keep Victoria, if she will focus. Victoria would not fire the project manager. Cheryl, who has always been shy and quiet, does not know if this is right for her. No point delaying the inevitable. Cheryl is fired.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Celebrity Apprentice 5 Episode 1, which airs Sunday at 9/8c on NBC.

The Amazing Race 20 Episode 1

A cast of 11 teams returns to compete for $1 million. The Amazing Race 20 cast consists of 11 teams each with a preexisting relationship. Among them, a pair of familiar faces, Brendon & Rachel, winner of last year’s Big Brother plus her fiance, with this season marking the third stint in a CBS reality show for each. The teams are:

Art & JJ (Border Patrol Agents/Friends)
Brendon & Rachel (Engaged)
Dave & Cherie (Married Clowns)
David & Rachel (Married)
Elliott & Andrew (Twins)
Joey & Danny (Friends)
Kerri & Stacy (Cousins)
Mark & Bopper (Married)
Misa & Maiya (Sisters)
Nary & Jamie (Federal Agents/Friends)
Vanessa & Ralph (Dating Divorcees)

Thanks, by the way, for bringing us two people named Rachel, two people named Dave, a pair of twins, and multiple people whose names could be either male of remale. That should help simplify things as far as me trying to figure out who the hell is who.

And what would The Amazing Race be without an overrun from some sport or another? Football over, we pick up late as usual, this time with golf. (Yes, golf is a sport, sort of.) With Undercover Boss now on Fridays, I see I need to adjust my Tivo options to record this over by an hour instead.

Bopper & Mark are country boys from the wrong side of the tracks, who never had anything and never thought they would get anything. Misa & Maiya are athletes (or at least golfers), who promise no crying. Joey & Danny want to prove they have more going on than your typical Jersey Shore guys. Rachel & Dave hope to reconcile their marriage after his tour in Iraq. The twins don’t seem alike at all, as one’s a rocker dude and looks the part, while the other is a pro soccer player. What’s up with all the body art this season?

Their first clue is up in the air… in a balloon. 11 of the 100 balloons have a clue. It’s all just dumb luck, and the longer you’re there, the worse your odds get. A few teams no doubt have good luck, while the last team standing is there for 1 hour and 44 minutes.

Their first destination is Santa Barbara (Argentina), not to be confused with their current destination of Santa Barbara (California). The first 6 teams will get tickets on the fastest connecting flight. The trailing 5 teams will be 2.5 hours behind.

First flight: Elliott & Andrew, Brendon & Rachel, Nary & Jamie, Art & JJ, Rachel & Dave, Vanessa & Ralph
Second flight: Dave & Cherie, Joey & Danny, Mark & Bopper, Misa & Maiya, Kerri & Stacy

Upon arrival, they proceed to Aerodromo Gilberto Lavaque, an airport in the middle of nowhere. At the road block, one partner will jump out of the airplane, but that’s not the road block. The road block is for the other person to find the jumper, which for the most part seems pretty simple. Follow a map, look for the plane, and run to the X that marks the spot.

Road block (in order of arrival): Art, Brendon, Dave, Jamie, Ralph, Andrew, Danny, Bopper, Maiya, Kerri, Cherie

It’s here that the border patrol agents form an alliance of sorts with the military guy. Brendon, however, is half Mexican and hates border patrol.

Danny can’t drive stick. One thing with The Amazing Race is that somebody on the team has to be able to do that. Problem is typically both people don’t need to. He’s going to get a crash course during this road block. Maiya, meanwhile, gets stuck in the sand, having pulled off the road in the wrong location.

At Patios de Cafayate, they will make 120 empanadas, which must be approved by the empanada champion (really?). They will learn how to make them based on the ongoing demonstration, and they must notice that there’s a different technique to both the cheese and the meat empanadas.

Every damn year with this show. Tivo mishap out of the way, I hit a 10 minute gap. Hopefully nothing too important happens in that time. Like the first 6 teams checking in.

The pit stop for this leg of the race is down the road somewhere.

First: Dave & Rachel (win the express pass)
Second: Rachel & Brendon
Third: Art & JJ
Fourth: Nary & Jamie
Fifth: Vanessa & Ralph
Sixth: Elliott & Andrew
Seventh: Kerri & Stacy
Eighth: David & Cherie
Ninth: Bopper & Mark
Tenth: Joey & Danny
Eliminated: Misa & Maiya

Misa & Maiya finished the empanada task before the tenth place team and also arrived at the pit stop before them. However, they fail to spot Phil, and end up getting eliminated in the process of searching for him.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 20 Episode 2, which airs Sunday at 8/7cish on CBS.

American Idol Season 11 Episode 11

They started to narrow down the contestants in American Idol Season 11 Episode 10. Very little, very slowly. Tonight, more of the same, in Vegas.

I thought group week was over. Now enter group week, part 2. They are instructed to form groups of 3 or 4 and perform songs that were written 40 or 50 years before most of them were born.

Cari Quoyeser, Chase Likens, Skylar Laine, and Colton Dixon kick off the doo-wop music. In spite of the fact that it sounds good enough, I’m not sure what tonight’s theme is supposed to demonstrate if it continues like this. Colton, Skylar, and Chase are through to the next round.

David Leathers Jr., Jeremy Rosado, Ariel Sprague, and Gabi Carrubba sound better, perhaps because they got a better song, Rockin Robin. Gabi talks about wanting a standing ovation, but she knows it’s not happening tonight. They’re all through to the next round.

Adam Brock on piano, Erika van Pelt, Angie Zeiderman, and Shelby Tweten perform Great Balls of Fire. After a lame dragged out fake out that nobody’s buying, they are all through to the next round.

Schyler Dixon (Colton’s sister), Brielle von Hugel, and someone named Molly who’s about to be eliminated are up next.

Wayne Wilson, Ashley Robles, and Stephanie Renae join the list of the eliminated.

Reed Grimm, Elise Testone, Haley Johnson, and Eben Franckewitz decide to modernize their song, some. This earns the first standing ovation of the night, and they are all safe.

Jermaine Jones and Richie Law are the only duet of the night, as Richie’s old group decided to drop the cowboy. The deep voices and slow pace of the song aren’t going to wake anybody up, but they are both through to the next round.

Hallie Day, Baylie Brown, and Chelsea Sorrell join the list of those who make it.

Jessica Sanchez, Deandre Brackensick, and Candice Glover tell us they have updated their song. I’m going to take their word for it. This is the first arrangement where the voices are given a chance to shine, rather than the background music drowning them out.

Randy congratulates those who made it through, telling them that they may be cut tomorrow after the remaining groups perform.

Clayton Farhat, Scott Dangerfield, Adam Lee Decker, and Curtis Gray do some Jailhouse Rock to mixed reviews. Clayton, Scott, and Adam are safe.

Caleb Johnson, Joshua Sanders, and Joshua Ledet continue the Elvis theme with success.

Britnee Kellogg, Courtney williams, and Jessica Phillips were the only group that did not rehearse with the band. Dumb. They’re there for a reason. Their voices sound good enough, but the judges are not impressed with their arrangement. Britnee and Courtney advance. Jessica leaves with her head held low, telling the judges she’s a real artist, which they are not looking for.

Lauren Gray (who tells us she’s not on ritalin) and Wendy Taylor are through to the next round, but Mathenee Treco has been eliminated.

Heejun Han looked up vocal coach Peggy Blu on Youtube. He’s afraid. But then he keeps getting hugs. He is joined by Neco Starr, Jairon Jackson, and Phil Phillips. They are all through to the next round.

The final group of the night is Groovesauce, minus Reed Grimm: Jen Hirsh, Aaron Marcellus, Creighton Fraker, and Nick Boddington. Great harmonies, great individually. Except for Nick, who is told he was good, but not good enough.

Day 1 contestants are called back to the stage for more cuts (for some reason, none of the day 2s can be cut). Gabi Carrubba, Schyler Dixon, Angie Ziederman, Candice Glover, Johnny Keyser, Jairon Jackson, and Britnee Kellogg have been eliminated. That brings us down to a top 402.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of American Idol Season 11 Episode 12, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.