Big Brother 8 Episode 16

On Big Brother 8 episode 15, Jen pulled herself off the block after winning veto, and Eric was nominated in her place as planned. Dick and Danielle scrambled to get the votes to make an Eric eviction happen, including plotting to join their fiercest enemies, Kail and Jen. Tonight is eviction night. Did they get the 4 votes they need?

Kail is concerned because Eric has no real enemies except for D&D. Eric, who’s been pretty much liked by everybody thus far, proceeds to threaten (to Dick of all people) to tell everyone about a story Amber told him about how she lied about being pregnant to her boyfriend twice, while on drugs. Not a good move. Way too aggressive and desperate. Amber used the overused reality TV phrase of swearing on someone’s life when promising not to vote for Eric, which puts her in a position where she wants to vote for him but doesn’t want to go back on her word. She then confronts Dustin and asks him to vote out Eric for her, and explodes about it in front of the entire house (an excellent way to ensure the dirty laundry is aired to all of America). In exchange for a vote from Dustin and/or Amber, Dick promises a one week deal where neither pair will go after the other, which means Dustin/Amber would be in the position of putting their allies in danger, up to and including potentially nominating one of them (or just lying and putting up Dick/Danielle anyway), in addition to seriously shifting the balance of power in the house.

In her HOH interview, Danielle says that living in the house with her father is difficult but slowly improving. She also tells Julie that whether she’s right or wrong about Eric being the one who cast the stray votes, she’s okay either way because she knows he’s the biggest threat.

It’s time to vote…
Dick-Eric
Jen-Eric
Jessica-Kail
Zach-Eric
Jameka-Kail
Dustin-Kail
Amber-Kail

By a vote of 4-3, Kail has been evicted from the Big Brother house. Eric got lucky that it just didn’t make any sense to boot him. Dustin then tells Dick he voted Eric out because they had a deal. Dun dun dun.

Kail becomes the first person to walk out the door in a bunny suit. She says she doesn’t believe Dick’s attitude is all about strategy because he kept it up for 6 weeks. All the houseguests have pretty positive things to say in their goodbye messages.

The HOH competition is Let’s Make A Duel, which is about what evicted houseguests have said in the diary room. Jameka is not allowed to compete because of the veto competition. Danielle picks Dustin and Eric as the first pair.

Eric buzzes in correctly. Dustin is eliminated. Eric selects Dick and Zach.
Zach buzzes in incorrectly. He is eliminated. Dick selects Eric and Jessica.
Julie screws up the first question, giving the (obvious) answer, and preventing Eric from answering.
Jessica gets the followup question correct. Eric is eliminated. Jessica selects Jen and Dick.
Dick buzzes in incorrectly. He is eliminated. Jen selects Jessica and Amber.
Amber buzzes in incorrectly. She is eliminated.
Jessica answers correctly. Jen is eliminated. Jessica is the new HOH.

Jessica’s sitting pretty. I don’t know whether the HOH win helps her any, but once it was down to her and Jen, she had no choice but to take it. Dick and Danielle made their own bed, with the assistance of a banner ironically intended to help them, and are the likely targets this week. It appears one of them’s pretty much guaranteed to be gone.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live blog of Big Brother 8 episode 17, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

American Idol Contestant Goes Into Labor During Audition

Antornia Gillon, 20, showed up 9 months pregnant to the American Idol auditions in Dallas. She sang through the contractions and refused to leave until she heard she made it to the next round, which she obviously did since there’s no way the producers are going to pass up telling this story.

She was taken to the hospital from the auditions and later gave birth to a 6 pound 7 ounce boy, adding Idol as a middle name: Jamil Labarron Idol McCowan.

On The Lot Episode 14 Recap

At this stage of the game, nobody feels safe. Jason thought he was in danger because his movie in episode 13 was horrible. Zach at least felt better than he did last week. The bottom two came down to Sam and Zach. Zach ended up being the one to get the boot. Despite being a huge favorite early, his movies haven’t had the same oomph to them recently, but I still think he’s the best one there. Regardless, I don’t think this is the last we’ve heard of Zach Lipovsky.

This week’s guest judge is F. Gary Gray, director of The Italian Job. Garry Marshall is back. The winning logline entry for this week’s movies is: a man wakes up and finds himself in a dress but can’t remember what happened.

The Yes Men by Will Bigham
Description: A group of employees come to work to find their boss wearing a dress.
My Thoughts: Good concept well executed, highly entertaining.
Carrie: It was a talkie. Great look, great spirit.
F. Gary: Funny, all out with style, maybe less music and a little more at the end.
Garry: If one person is funny, it’s usually he’s funny. If all the people are funny, it’s usually the director.

Dress For Success by Sam Friedlander
Description: A chauvinistic boss is taught a lesson by his employees.
My Thoughts: Like Jason’s movie from last week, I didn’t get it. While it was more easily understandable, it seemed like a weak concept.
Carrie: Derivative, not original.
F. Gary: Felt like two different movies.
Garry: Derivative, needed a faster pace.

Army Guy by Adam Stein
Description: A soldier wakes up in a really strange house.
My Thoughts: Really strange is right. Over the top strange. It made sense after seeing the ending, which showed the basis of a great idea, but the beginning was two minutes to long to get to that.
Carrie: One of the most innovative, freaky, fantastic films of the competition.
F. Gary: Brave, inventive.
Garry: Ambitious, quite artistic.

Oh, Boy by Jason Epperson
Description: A story of revenge from a high school feud.
My Thoughts: Similar concept to Sam’s but with appropriate execution.
Carrie: Nice spirit and humor, relateable.
F. Gary: Getting better, really funny but safe.
Garry: You know how to deal with the power of kindness.

Judges Picks:
Carrie: Army Guy by Adam
F. Gary: Army Guy Adam
Garry: Army Guy by Adam

My Pick:
The Yes Men by Will. Good from start to finish and just kept improving.

Sam suggested that the real race was between him and Adam because the other two were safe. I’d have to agree with that, but then again, that’s what I thought last week as well. However, I’d be very surprised if Sam survives yet another week. With Zach out of the running, the other guy who’s been my favorite from the beginning, Will, now becomes the odds on favorite to win, but it’s still anybody’s game.

On The Lot episode 15 airs on Tuesday at 8/7c on Fox. Stay tuned for a full recap of the show right here on dingoRUE.com.

Thousands Flock To American Idol 7 Auditions

With nearly half a year until the premiere of American Idol 7, the phenomenon is getting under way in typical fashion. Last week, 12,000 people showed up in the first audition city, San Diego, CA. This week, a similar sized crowd swamped Dallas, TX.

Throughout August, preliminary auditions will be held in additional cities: Omaha NE (August 10), Atlanta GA (August 14), Charleston SC (August 18), Miami FL (August 22), and Philadelphia PA (August 27). Those contestants who prove to be bad enough, along with a handful of competent singers, will be invited back to be torn apart by Simon and company.

Big Brother 8 Episode 15

Previously on Big Brother 8, Jen and Kail were nominated for eviction. Then Jen and Kail were nominated for eviction. Then Jen and Kail were nominated for eviction. Again. Will one of them finally go home? Will one of them get off the block because of the veto? Again? And will I finally wake up from this recurring nightmare? Stick around for another live blog.

Jen finds her nomination hilarious. Definitely taking it better this time than last.

Dick and Danielle want Eric gone, turning on the original alliance, since they know Eric’s lying about the votes. The problem now is securing the votes. Jessica plans on playing along. Dick will obviously go along, Jen is unlikely to vote against Kail, and Zach’s a wildcard who may remain loyal to Nick, despite disliking Kail. The four others seem to be remaining strong together, though.

Time to pick for veto:
Danielle picks Zach at random.
Jen picks Dustin at random.
Kail picks Jameka (houseguest’s choice).
Amber is the host.

It’s a bidding game. The houseguests have to bid highest on various tasks of sacrifice.

First up: bunny suits. Dustin is eliminated with a bid of 100 hours. Jen, Kail, Zach, and Danielle will wear bunny suits for 120 hours.

Second: manure will be dumped on the houseguest who bids highest. Everyone offers to have it dumped on them every hour for 24 hours.

Third: $10,000 cash. Because this didn’t cause any problems last time. The high bidder will be eliminated but will get what they write. Everybody bids 0.

Fourth: how many hours are you willing to live on slop over the next 30 days? Jen and Kail go the max: 720 hours. Zach is eliminated by putting the lowest amount, 250.

Fifth: how many HOH competitions are you willing to not participate in out of the next 5? Massive risk here, but then again, winning HOH generally isn’t that good anyway. Kail and Jameka put 5. Danielle puts 3 and is eliminated with the lowest bid. She attempted to change her answer to 4 at the last minute but was told it’s too late.

Sixth: how much of the grand prize are you willing to give away, up to $250,000? Jen goes the max amount and wins POV, allowing her to pull herself off the block for the third week in a row. The cost to her: $250k if she wins, slop for 30 days, bunny suit for 5 days, and manure on her head once an hour.

Jen, despite being on the outside, has also heard the rumors that Eric will be nominated. Dick hatches a plan to apologize to Jen and attempt to get her on his side. The most insane alliance ever. Neither of them trust each other, but they may need each other. After Jen has a discussion with Jessica, who may be a key swing vote, Jessica begins to wonder whether Eric’s playing her. At the same time, Eric’s closer to her than anyone in the house.

America gets involved again but gives Eric a task that won’t screw him over this time. His assignment is to convince Jessica he wants to take her to the final two, which is easy because it’s true.

Jen uses the veto to save herself. Danielle replaces her with Eric.

Since Eric has been nominated, the vote this week for America’s Player is: Which houseguest should Eric flatter incessantly in order to ensure his safety in the house?

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live blog of Big Brother 8 episode 16, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.

Contender 3 Starts Sept 4

ESPN today announced it has picked up The Contender for another season. The third season will premiere Tuesday Sept 4 at 10PM EST on ESPN.

Sugar Ray Leonard will be returning, along with 16 fighters competing for $1 million in total prize money.

Produced by Mark Burnett of Survivor/Apprentice fame, the show originally debuted on NBC in 2005 to poor ratings, which many argued was more about bad scheduling than anything else. Upon moving to ESPN, however, it became one of the network’s highest rated boxing programs.

Heroes Returns To NBC

As we await Heroes Season 2, those people looking for a fix for your Heroes addiction can get a little something to hold you over. Now that the Age of Love winner has been announced and the season is over, Heroes will be shown in its regular time slot.

Starting next week, the cast will host their favorite episodes. We begin with episode 4, Collision. The following week, August 20, is episode 9, Homecoming.