American Idol – Episodes 8-25 and 8-26
Trap week as the Idols get to sing whatever they want. So as you might expect, the usual people sing well, the tomato cans sang “eh”, Scott sang like Scott, and Megan sang like crap. Naturally, this means that Megan, Anoop and Allison are in the bottom 3. Yeahbuhwha? Allison? Geez, people really must not like the second best performer on the show. Fortunately, Megan got the lowest number of votes, and Simon saved us all from the inevitable by going “yeah, no” to using the save before Megan even sang. They really should do this every week because I think most people already know the pecking order here.
This week, we get “Songs From the Year You Were Born”. This was probably one of the best weeks last year, so let’s hope we’ll get some good stuff this year.
The Celebrity Apprentice – Episode 8-6
We FINALLY got a team swap, as KOTU ended up being Clint, Herschel, Joan, Natalie and Khloe. Athena consisted of Melissa, Annie, Jesse, T-Boz and Brande, with Clint and Melissa as the PMs. I have no idea what happened to Brian here. The task was to create a viral video for All detergent, and I gotta say – the executives didn’t seem to understand what viral videos are about. KOTU’s video (featuring Clint) was, indeed bad, however Athena’s video (featuring Jesse acting like a deer in the headlights) was pretty damn funny, getting a random seal of approval from Perez Hilton. However the All execs apparently have pickles up their butts, since they didn’t like either video and wanted something conservative instead. We got to see one of their more conservative ads during a commercial break, and to be honest? Lame.
Anyway, noone won the task, and so both PMs had to bring people into the boardroom with them. Melissa brought T-Boz – who volunteered – and Brande, while Clint randomly chose Khloe and Natalie. But rather than firing both PMs, Trump found some seriously thin excuses to fire T-Boz and Khloe. In T-Boz’ case, he brought up Bradford from Season Two as someone who volunteered and got fired. And because T-Boz volunteered, SHE got fired. But of course, this is total BS, because Bradford gave up Immunity to go to the Boardroom, which is absolutely a dumb thing to do. Meanwhile, Khloe got fired because during the previous episode she went back to L.A. to attend her mandatory DUI classes. Apparently Trump hates drunk driving so much that – even if you’re paying your debt – he fired her on the spot. So basically, even though the PMs should’ve been responsible for clueless execs not liking the videos, they’re good reality personalities, and so two other people get fired.
Dancing With the Stars – Episodes 8-5 and 8-6
You know, I really don’t watch this show, but I have to ask – what’s up with the horribly clipped LIVE performances? Granted, that Kevin Rudolf song is horrible, but I would think that you’d let the artist sing more than 90 seconds of their songs, no? I mean, you can understand it on Idol, but obviously, this isn’t Idol and I don’t see that the artists are well served by doing a hacked-to-pieces performance.
But back to the show – Steve Wozinak got booted because really, he wasn’t very good. Holly Madison also got the boot because Dancing With The Stars picked the wrong Girl Next Door as a replacement dancer – I think Josh would agree with me when I say that Kendra is clearly the dancer of the three (although clearly not the brightest). Even if it is just booty dancing.
Hell’s Kitchen – Episode 5-7
So the Reward Challenge turns out to be making dishes featuring King Crab. Ramsay likes neither teams’ initial choices of Andrea and Ben’s dishes, and he loves Paula and Danny’s dishes. The men win, and they get to go eat a lot of food. Dinner service features the teams creating their own menus, at Ramsay’s standards, of course. Highlight of the service is the woman going to the hot plate to complain and Ramsay mouthing off at her. Blue team is found to have lost the service due to lower diner satisfaction, even though it was apparent that the red team was doing worse in the kitchen. In the end, Danny was forced to nominate a teammate for elimination, and he chose Ben. However Ramsay once again showed that there is no box by booting Carol for sucking in the kitchen (and presumably for blaming others for her mistakes).
I Get That A Lot
This was a decent April Fool’s time waster, as celebrities (more or less) did a hidden camera segment where they pretended not to be themselves. Best of the celebs was Heidi Klum who really got into her role as a pizza girl and showed some decent improv skills. Worst was Mario Lopez as a hot dog vendor, simply because it’s fricking A.C. Slater – noone is fooled into thinking it’s someone else.
Survivor: Tocantins – Episode 18-7
Reward Challenge consists of tossing clay pigs through two structures designed by the other teams to break the pigs. Timbira wins this and Brendan chooses Joe to go since his alliance controls both Individual Idols. Joe takes Erin with them and they learn the existence of the Idols. And the clues leave basically no question as to where the Idols are. Realizing this, Taj decides to make a(n apparently traditional) fake Idol. To fool Joe. But in doing so, J.T. discovers the REAL Immunity Idol and suddenly the secret quartet is now a quintet. This comse into play as Jalapao loses the Immunity Challenge and Sydney is sent packing, no doubt disappointing male viewers as a hot chick AGAIN gets booted before the merge.
The Ultimate Fighter – Episode 9-1
The first episode takes us to Liverpool, England as we have 8 lightweights and 8 welterweights from the UK looking to make it to the Ultimate Fighter house. Of interesting note here is that both Rich Franklin and The 8 fights are mostly quick finishes, with only two fights going past the first round, and only one going to a decision. So as it currently stands, Team UK is comprised of:
Lightweights (155lbs):
- Andre Winner
- Jeff Lawson
- Martin Stapleton
- Ross Pearson
Welterweights (170lbs):
- James Wilks
- Nick Osipczak
- Dean Amasinger
- David Faulkner
Next week, we head back to Vegas and see how Team USA pans out.
Kevin Wong is rooting for UNC to win the tournament. For entertainment purposes, of course.
