The episode opened with Brooke and Ev hanging out on the couch. WTH? I still can’t figure out what is going on there. I get that Ev is into Brooke. She talks dreamily of the future and made statements that she is sure that she and Brooke will continue outside the house. Brooke on the other hand, says she won’t let Ev have “unrealistic expectations”. She also keeps saying Ev would be perfect if she just had a d%@&. I think Brooke doesn’t have a clue what she’s into.
For the “Wring Out” challenge players are divided into those who soak their clothes in the ocean, those that pull the clothesline to those who wring the clothes out and back to the soakers. During the team meeting on how to divide up the players Brooke volunteered to be a soaker (the person who repeatedly runs back & forth to the ocean!). She was denied and got pi$$ed at Johanna for not picking her for that job, since she now wants to prove herself (even though she was sucking wind during the last challenge).
The Veterans won, again! Their strategy for the Gauntlet is to try and save Brooke, even though they can’t give her the immunity again. They save Tori and put Brooke into the Gauntlet, knowing that she’ll pick Jillian to go against (Jillian is smaller than Brooke, so a good choice).
In the Gauntlet Jillian and Brooke play “Ball Brawl.” There are five numbered balls, 1-5. Numbers 1-3 are worth 1 point each, 4&5 are worth 2 points. The goal is to cross the line with the ball to get the points. The female with the most points wins. Jillian jumped in and scored 2 points then let Brooke get the 3rd point (giving Jillian a chance to rest a little and Brooke to tire out more). Then, without much of a fight from Brooke, Jillian got the 4th ball and won the game. Brooke and Evelyn had a dramatically teary moment before Brooke left (really, how long have you known each other? A week now?). The veterans now have a ferocious new weapon…a pi$$ed off Evelyn.
During the birthday party for Katie, Adam and Johnny Bananas poor Zach got his hair shaved and Casey and Johnnie were caught, umm…naked. Does Johnny’s blow up doll have a passport? How many countries has she been in now?
“Blind Man’s Maze” was the next challenge. One player served as the eyes, standing on an observation deck in the middle of the maze. That player has to talk their teammates through the maze, to ring a bell and back. The team with all their people through the maze wins. One kink in the plan, even though the Veterans have 4 more people, they still have to get them ALL through in order to win. That gives the Rookie’s a huge advantage. The Rookies finally win a challenge (even though it didn’t seem like a fair
competition).
Adam was given immunity, Evan was put into the Gauntlet. The fireworks began on the Veteran team. CT, Brad and Evan are tight and pushing for Johnny to go into the Gauntlet. Johnnie tries to call out Eric by saying that he’ll weigh them down at the end. CT and Brad get their way and Johnny and Evan compete in “Sliders” in the Gauntlet. They have to complete a sliding puzzle. Evan figured out the puzzle first and Johnny is sent home (oh, that Tyler/Johnny karma-go-round is getting thick!).
Melinda and Johanna trying to establish themselves as strong competitors (maybe trying to live up to the expectations of Danny and Wes?)
What is up with the snide comments about Frank and Jillian? The entire house seems to hate them as a couple!
Finally, Tyrie’s girlfriend is having heart surgery so Tyrie is leaving to be with her.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Project Runway (2/6/08)
This week Tim took the designers on a “field trip” to find out about their challenge. This challenge turned out to be not so much about “fashion” as it was about creativity and versatility. The trip was down to the runway room. From outside the room the designers could hear grunting and yelling. Inside, the designers met their models for the week; the divas of the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). The challenge for the week is to create a new outfit for one of the female wrestlers. Each designer was able to pick the diva they wanted to work with. The wrestlers wanted garments designed according to their onstage personalities: sex kitten, girl next door, funky, etc.
With some input from the ladies, the designers planned their designs. Christian’s model wanted “leather and lace” and he proceeded to make a truly sexy outfit that included black leather chaps and black lace. Christians design was (as he put it) “fierce”.
Jillian’s sporty girl-next-door outfit was surprisingly well done. It was sexy and seemed functional for the ring.
Chris created a great hoodie for his model. It was green leopard print with a dark, sparkly lining, a criss-cross leopard top and sparkly booty shorts. Chris won the challenge and his model will wear the outfit in the ring. “Of course, I end up winning the tackiest challenge,” he said.
The bad choices? Ricky made an orange bathing suit, Rami used Pepto-pink on his entire outfit, and Sweet P’s was underdone (she was completely opposed to everything that her client wanted on the garment).
So, Chris came out ahead and it came down to Ricky and Sweet P. Cue the tears…Ricky was eliminated. Christian must be thrilled!!
With some input from the ladies, the designers planned their designs. Christian’s model wanted “leather and lace” and he proceeded to make a truly sexy outfit that included black leather chaps and black lace. Christians design was (as he put it) “fierce”.
Jillian’s sporty girl-next-door outfit was surprisingly well done. It was sexy and seemed functional for the ring.
Chris created a great hoodie for his model. It was green leopard print with a dark, sparkly lining, a criss-cross leopard top and sparkly booty shorts. Chris won the challenge and his model will wear the outfit in the ring. “Of course, I end up winning the tackiest challenge,” he said.
The bad choices? Ricky made an orange bathing suit, Rami used Pepto-pink on his entire outfit, and Sweet P’s was underdone (she was completely opposed to everything that her client wanted on the garment).
So, Chris came out ahead and it came down to Ricky and Sweet P. Cue the tears…Ricky was eliminated. Christian must be thrilled!!
Thursday, February 7, 2008
The Biggest Loser: Couples (2/5/08)
So what happened at the weigh in last week? Umm, some of the black team members have been cutting their calories in an effort to try and increase their weight loss. How did that work out? Kelly didn’t lose any weight, Brittany only lost 2 and Paul actually gained 3 pounds. Jillian sat down with her team to find out what was going on with their diets. Kelly has been cutting to as far as 1,000 calories per day and Brittany has had days in which she got as little as 500 calories.
The teams met for a temptation challenge involving chocolate covered caramels. Each candy has 26 calories and the challengers are each at a table with curtains between them, so they have no idea what the others are doing. The person who either is the first to eat 100 candies or the person who eats the most will win. The prize is the ability to swap any member of any team with another; including themselves. At the end of the challenge, Roger had eaten one candy, Paul ate three, Brittany ate 15, and Mark ate 43 (for a total of 1,118 calories!). Mark left the teams intact.
Mark had to go to the doctor for a pain in his right leg. As it turns out he has a stress fracture and can no longer to any weight bearing lower body exercises. He has to make do with upper body workouts, the pool and the bike. Can he maintain his weight loss with those limitations? He is worried to say the least.
Dan hiked up to the top of the hill (will they please stop referring to it as a mountain? Please, it’s a hill!) to claim his prize for being the biggest loser of the week. When he got to the top of the hill he found that every envelope had the word “Family” printed across it. Then, his brother appeared. Dan’s prize was a visit from his older brother. His brother got to visit the ranch and see the gym (and his mom, Jackie). The difference in Dan and Jackie were very evident to Joe. The funniest moment was when they were discussing where Jackie might be.
Joe: “Where’s Mom at right now?”
Dan: “She might be still doing her 10K.”
Joe:“10K?”
Dan: “Yeah, 6 miles.”
Joe: “6 miles?”
Dan: “Yeah.”
Joe: “Walking?”
Dan:“No running.” (and he says it like it’s nothing, like everyone runs 6 miles, while Joe is just stumped).
The next challenge was a cooking challenge. The teams had to put together a three course meal for celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito. They had to pick a recipe, and create a healthier version to serve to Rocco. They were judged on taste as well as how healthy and calorie conscious the dishes were. The Black team pulled it out this time. The prize was to have Rocco prepare a meal for them and also to receive something that their families have made for them. Rocco doesn’t just make them a meal, he has them help so that they can go home and cook for themselves. After the meal they go to the living room for videos from their family. The highlight was when Kelly’s boyfriend was saying how much he missed her kisses, etc. and Paul is just torn up. He tells her how hard it is for him to see that. Kelly essentially tells him that she knows it must be hard but “don’t ruin my moment”.
The weigh in went as follows:
Black team: Dan -7 pounds; Jackie -2; Roger -8; Trent -9; Jay -5; Mark -9
Blue: Kelly -7 pounds; Paul -12; Maggie -5; Brittany -10; Bernie -13.
BLUE TEAM WINS!
Jackie immediately goes on the offense. She goes to Roger and Trent and asks Trent if he can do it at home, then goes and tells Mark and Jay that “Trent’s down” with going home. What was she thinking??? I’m sure Trent wasn’t just going to roll over and go home! Then Jackie had Mark and Jay swear on their kids lives that they would tell her if they were going to vote out her or Dan. Cut to the elimination room, Jackie has been voted out and now she’s rubbing it in that they swore on the lives of their kids. She just wouldn’t let it go, it was like she was trying to make them change their minds.
The teaser for next week is that something will happen during the weigh-in that will cause Bob to walk out. Hmmm what could it be? More game play? In the middle of a game? No way!
The teams met for a temptation challenge involving chocolate covered caramels. Each candy has 26 calories and the challengers are each at a table with curtains between them, so they have no idea what the others are doing. The person who either is the first to eat 100 candies or the person who eats the most will win. The prize is the ability to swap any member of any team with another; including themselves. At the end of the challenge, Roger had eaten one candy, Paul ate three, Brittany ate 15, and Mark ate 43 (for a total of 1,118 calories!). Mark left the teams intact.
Mark had to go to the doctor for a pain in his right leg. As it turns out he has a stress fracture and can no longer to any weight bearing lower body exercises. He has to make do with upper body workouts, the pool and the bike. Can he maintain his weight loss with those limitations? He is worried to say the least.
Dan hiked up to the top of the hill (will they please stop referring to it as a mountain? Please, it’s a hill!) to claim his prize for being the biggest loser of the week. When he got to the top of the hill he found that every envelope had the word “Family” printed across it. Then, his brother appeared. Dan’s prize was a visit from his older brother. His brother got to visit the ranch and see the gym (and his mom, Jackie). The difference in Dan and Jackie were very evident to Joe. The funniest moment was when they were discussing where Jackie might be.
Joe: “Where’s Mom at right now?”
Dan: “She might be still doing her 10K.”
Joe:“10K?”
Dan: “Yeah, 6 miles.”
Joe: “6 miles?”
Dan: “Yeah.”
Joe: “Walking?”
Dan:“No running.” (and he says it like it’s nothing, like everyone runs 6 miles, while Joe is just stumped).
The next challenge was a cooking challenge. The teams had to put together a three course meal for celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito. They had to pick a recipe, and create a healthier version to serve to Rocco. They were judged on taste as well as how healthy and calorie conscious the dishes were. The Black team pulled it out this time. The prize was to have Rocco prepare a meal for them and also to receive something that their families have made for them. Rocco doesn’t just make them a meal, he has them help so that they can go home and cook for themselves. After the meal they go to the living room for videos from their family. The highlight was when Kelly’s boyfriend was saying how much he missed her kisses, etc. and Paul is just torn up. He tells her how hard it is for him to see that. Kelly essentially tells him that she knows it must be hard but “don’t ruin my moment”.
The weigh in went as follows:
Black team: Dan -7 pounds; Jackie -2; Roger -8; Trent -9; Jay -5; Mark -9
Blue: Kelly -7 pounds; Paul -12; Maggie -5; Brittany -10; Bernie -13.
BLUE TEAM WINS!
Jackie immediately goes on the offense. She goes to Roger and Trent and asks Trent if he can do it at home, then goes and tells Mark and Jay that “Trent’s down” with going home. What was she thinking??? I’m sure Trent wasn’t just going to roll over and go home! Then Jackie had Mark and Jay swear on their kids lives that they would tell her if they were going to vote out her or Dan. Cut to the elimination room, Jackie has been voted out and now she’s rubbing it in that they swore on the lives of their kids. She just wouldn’t let it go, it was like she was trying to make them change their minds.
The teaser for next week is that something will happen during the weigh-in that will cause Bob to walk out. Hmmm what could it be? More game play? In the middle of a game? No way!
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
The Gauntlet 3 (1/30/08)
(There was a bit of a delay in getting this one up...apologies)
Another week in Mexico, a brand new round of drama and deceit. Of course, this must mean it’s the girl’s Gauntlet week!
Already the veteran girls are on the defensive. There’s pretty much no doubting the plan (CT has already voiced that he’s up for it), the veteran guys will eventually turn on the girls and throw challenges to get rid of as many girls as possible. Thereby having a stronger (mostly male) team at the final challenge. It isn’t the first time that plan has popped up. And God bless Katie for her, “if you f*@k us, we’ll do it back” attitude.
The week was full of letdowns for some of the castmates. Nehemiah made it clear that he and Beth did not hook up and tried to distance himself from her as much as possible. Could it be that he was just trying to secure his chances with Angel? (An unfortunate place to put all his bets as it turns out…). Also on the letdown list: Tyler. Ryan totally gave him the “I’m just not that into you” speech. Although he did leave it open for drunken make-out sessions. In other words, “I’m not interested in you, would never date you in the outside world, but if I’m lonely and drunk I may consider you for an evening”.
So, for the “Screw You” challenge, the veterans won. Again. Brooke (who was huffing and puffing and looking like she was going to die during the challenge) was given immunity by the veterans and Jillian was put into the Gauntlet. Jillian picked Angel to go against. There was a hint of true competition but, ultimately, Jillian was stronger and Angel went home (sorry, Nehemiah).
The guys challenge was next and umm…yeah, the veterans won again. A new twist was revealed. The same member of the losing team can’t be saved two times in a row. The gracious vets saved Tyrie and put Tyler into the Gauntlet with Johnnies encouragement (remember the time Tyler picked Johnnie to go against him, thus assuring that one of them would go?). So Tyler flips out, complaining about how he needs the money (who doesn’t?) and turns on his old Key West castmates. Frank is picked to go against Tyler and the end up with the “Force Field” challenge again. Frank hunkers down and waits as Tyler bucks and lunges against the vest. Frank wins and I don’t think anyone is really too sad to see Tyler go.
I have to say, I love the one hour format this time. I just hated the ½ hour show, it never seemed like enough, so thank you Mtv for the extended show!!!
Another week in Mexico, a brand new round of drama and deceit. Of course, this must mean it’s the girl’s Gauntlet week!
Already the veteran girls are on the defensive. There’s pretty much no doubting the plan (CT has already voiced that he’s up for it), the veteran guys will eventually turn on the girls and throw challenges to get rid of as many girls as possible. Thereby having a stronger (mostly male) team at the final challenge. It isn’t the first time that plan has popped up. And God bless Katie for her, “if you f*@k us, we’ll do it back” attitude.
The week was full of letdowns for some of the castmates. Nehemiah made it clear that he and Beth did not hook up and tried to distance himself from her as much as possible. Could it be that he was just trying to secure his chances with Angel? (An unfortunate place to put all his bets as it turns out…). Also on the letdown list: Tyler. Ryan totally gave him the “I’m just not that into you” speech. Although he did leave it open for drunken make-out sessions. In other words, “I’m not interested in you, would never date you in the outside world, but if I’m lonely and drunk I may consider you for an evening”.
So, for the “Screw You” challenge, the veterans won. Again. Brooke (who was huffing and puffing and looking like she was going to die during the challenge) was given immunity by the veterans and Jillian was put into the Gauntlet. Jillian picked Angel to go against. There was a hint of true competition but, ultimately, Jillian was stronger and Angel went home (sorry, Nehemiah).
The guys challenge was next and umm…yeah, the veterans won again. A new twist was revealed. The same member of the losing team can’t be saved two times in a row. The gracious vets saved Tyrie and put Tyler into the Gauntlet with Johnnies encouragement (remember the time Tyler picked Johnnie to go against him, thus assuring that one of them would go?). So Tyler flips out, complaining about how he needs the money (who doesn’t?) and turns on his old Key West castmates. Frank is picked to go against Tyler and the end up with the “Force Field” challenge again. Frank hunkers down and waits as Tyler bucks and lunges against the vest. Frank wins and I don’t think anyone is really too sad to see Tyler go.
I have to say, I love the one hour format this time. I just hated the ½ hour show, it never seemed like enough, so thank you Mtv for the extended show!!!
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