Top Chef - Wedding Wars

For the quickfire challenge this week, the chefs are divided into two teams to do the relay race. The race is to make a quart of mayo, section an orange, peel an artichoke and fillet a monk fish. Let me tell you, a monk fish is one Ugly fish! Andrew tore through those artichokes like a hot knife through butter. Richard & Dale go head to head to fillet the monk fish. The teams are even so it comes down to the mayo making with Lisa and Nikki. Lisa is a whiz at it making that whisk fly! My arm hurt just watching her. Lisa's mayo making talent won her team the quickfire challenge. Dale, who is on Nikki's team, freaks out and slams his hand into a locker leaving a good size dent. Lighten up Dale, you can't win them all! Instead of restaurant wars as in Top Chef's past, they are doing wedding wars complete with wedding cake. One team will cater to the groom's tastes and, of course, the other team will cater to the bride. Dale's team get the groom who likes Italian food so Nikki should have a chance to redeem herself. Richard's team get the bride who seems to want a mix of bar food and picnic fare. Andrew is so excited about wedding wars that he says he has a culinary boner. Now there is someone who likes cooking! Dale, on the other hand is already getting an attitude saying he is picking up everyones slack and doing everything. The rest of the team is not happy with Dale since he is not willing to be a team player and won't work with anyone. I guess if he isn't cooking with Richard, he won't cook with anyone. After a day and half of straight cooking, the chefs start feeling the lack of sleep as Andrew stops talking much to the surprise of everyone and Dale, when asked by Chef Tom, can't remember what it was he prepared. Dale had his hand in so much that I can understand that. Nikki would not step up and take control of the team even though she has the most experience with Italian food. Lisa started on the groom's cake right away just in case something went wrong. She made a chocolate hazelnut three tiered cake. A cake Single D would love! It wasn't pretty but I'm sure it tasted good. Stephanie stepped up to make the bride's cake, a five tiered dark chocolate cake with lemon filling. Her cake was OK looking, she decorated it with fresh flowers. The menus started with short ribs and blue cheese in phyllo, pizza, pulled pork sandwiches and bruschetta on flat bread. Chef Tom was practically gnawing on the flat bread and Gail was afraid she would break a tooth. The bride's dinner consisted of fillet, potatoes gratin, creamed spinach (one of my faves) and crispy, almond crusted chicken. The groom's dinner was mixed roasted veggies, butternut squash tortellini, sea bass, pork and beef ragu as well as fillet. Richard's team bride, was the judges favorite with Richard winning, again. Richard gave his prize, a $2000 gift certificate to Crate and Barrel (one of my favorite stores), to Stephanie saying that she was a trouper for making the wedding cake. Stephanie told Richard they could split the prize. OK, enough of the nicey nice! Dale's team groom failed terribly and Dale says he did everything but won't take responsibility for anything saying everyone but him did bad. This upsets Spike who goes off on Dale calling him a little b!tch. Them's fightin' words dude! Spike is a little full of himself when the judges tell him his sea bass was the only good dish from the team but his roasted veggies were terrible. Nikki was the first to say she was not the lead on this challenge and the judges asked her why not since she is the Italian food expert of the team. Nikki is told to pack her knives and go. The judges thought she did not step up and take the lead. Come on girl, you are an Italian chef and groom wanted an Italian menu. She SO should have been the lead. Back to the pasta kitchen with you! Double D

Survivor-Fans vs Favorites-Erik Errors!

This will absolutely go down in the annuals of Survivor history as one of the funniest, craziest blindsides ever! OMG! Wasn't this the best episode ever! To begin from the beginning, Erik's pissed at Amanda for outing him during tribal council. Amanda gets the notion to work on Erik and sweet talk him into her side. The reward challenge is looming ahead and thoughts are turning to who will get the privilege of going to Exile Island for one last chance at finding another immunity idol. Amanda makes him a promise that if she wins reward that she will take him and for him if he wins to take her and send Parv to Exile to which he innocently agrees. I am saying here, is he crazy or what? The reward challenge is Survivor history questions, to which Erik is pretty knowledgeable at, gee imagine that, since as Jeff Probst pointed out that at the first Survivor, Erik was only 14! Erik wins reward and keeps his promise to Amanda, takes her to reward and sends Parv to Exile. Natalie you can close your mouth now. Plan 1 complete. The spa reward looked absolutely amazing. Of course any reward involving a massage and a pedicure is heaven! Back at camp Cirie is taking great glee at Natalie's distress at Erik backstabbing her. The Black Widow's web is falling apart. A camera shot of Exile island shows Parv sunbathing on the beach like it was some sort of resort. She has no inclination of finding that immunity idol, who cares, she has the numbers. Once back at camp, Erik is flapping around like a fish out of water, switching sides by the minute. Guess that happens to men when they are out numbered by women. Erik has little clue on the workings of women. Doesn't he know that women if forced to commune will probably stick together unless of course he's the desirable male to which he doesn't come close. Sorry Erik. Erik knows it's do or die to win immunity challenge for him. The immunity challenge was a difficult series of digging and putting puzzles together. Of course Erik wins, his digging ability is far superior to the ladies. The girls are dismayed that he won again!

Back at camp, the four girls are hatching an absurd plan. Cirie tells Natalie, that if she could work her magic on Erik to give her the immunity necklace as a gesture of goodwill, they wil pretend to vote off Amanda. Natalie says that is crazy, no one would do that! But Natalie gives it her girlish try and gets the wheels spinning in Erik's little brain. Erik's comment it's not all hair on my head, yes it is Erik, it's just hair up there, no brains.

At tribal council, Jeff Probst knows just the perfect questions to ask to stir up the drama and Erik's insecurity. Cirie should become a shrink once she leaves Survivor, because she sure knows how to push peoples buttons and tells Erik that for him to redeem himself a gesture of goodwill needs to be shown. These are the magic words that Erik needs to hear and he gives, yes you heard me right, gives the immunity necklace to Natalie, much to the chagrin of the jury and the women! What a moment! I was laughing my skinny, bony ass off. This guy is probably a virgin. He doesn't know women, is too trusting and has no common sense! Erik you just gave away a million dollars! I bet he still lives at home with his mama. Erik don't you remember that the first rule of Survivor is to remember that it's a game? I guess you can say it's refreshing that someone would be so trusting in others and believe in the goodwill and sincerity of others. Yeah in a perfect world! In the perfect world, my husband is George Clooney and I look like Angelina Jolie. Sorry Erik, it's a hard knock life. Don't get too jaded, we women are not all bad. I loved his parting sentence "You guys drive me crazy" and with that another perfect blindside! -Single D

Amanda didn't win any points with Erik after going off on him which gets Erik thinking, send thee to the jury. Amanda has other plans and starts playing Erik by making up and striking a deal with him to take her on the reward challenge should he win. Natalie is also playing on her friendship with Erik. So where is Cirie and Parvati in this little love fest? It looks like Erik starts to get a little suspicious when he says he can't trust anyone. Keep thinking that Erik after all, you are the Super Fan and have seen what goes on in this game.

The reward challenge is to answer questions of Survivor past. This is right up our Super Fan Erik's alley. It was fun to relive Survivor past. I remembered a lot of the situations but not the seasons so I would have lost bad. Our resident cutie, Jeff had to point out that Erik was 14 when he started watching Survivor. Thanks for making me feel old Jeff! Erik wins reward with his vast knowledge of Survivor and will forever retain his Super Fan status.

Erik keeps his word (of course) to Amanda and takes her on reward which is a helicopter ride to a resort where massages and food await. With all that pampering and food, not to mention Amanda sitting across from him dressed only in what looked like a towel, Erik looked like a love (or lust) struck puppy and that he wanted a little more from her than just friends. Go ahead Amanda, make him a man!

Back at camp, Natalie is confused and not real happy that her friend took another woman to reward. Cirie plays on that making Natalie believe that Erik may not be so loyal after all. After Erik and Amanda return, Natalie comes upon Erik & Cirie talking about the final three and she is not part of it.

Immunity challenge - a repeat of find the coordinates, dig for the puzzle pieces and put it together. Erik is pretty darn sure he needs to win this to stay in the game so he goes full tilt on the digging while Parvati barely makes a dent in the sand and Cirie not too worried either. His only competition seems to be Amazon Amanda but Erik stays ahead and wins immunity which means he has a spot in the final four.

Rather than except defeat, the girls, with Cirie spearheading this, convince Natalie to get Erik to give her the immunity idol so they can vote him out. With all the girls playing him, Erik looks like he may be on ropes and possibly considering giving up the idol.

At tribal, the girls are still working Erik making him think that he has to do something to redeem himself. What exactly has he done to have to redeem himself you may ask? I'm wondering that too but those girls are SO good that Erik is sure he has done something. OK so he's young, I'll give him that, otherwise he's stupid if he gives up immunity. He's been watching this show for how long?

How do you say STUPID? Let me count the ways! Erik does give Natalie immunity and the whole jury can't believe it. I thought James was going to fall off his seat he was laughing so hard. Parvati declares Erik the dumbest survivor ever. I have to agree with her as a stunned Erik gets his torch snuffed and James says at least he lost the title of dumbest survivor. Never underestimate determined women! Double D

Tila Tequila-Shot at Love-# 2

This week's episode is a challenge of endurance, no not by the contestants, but by me. Can I endure a whole hour of sloppy lame relay races and endurance swallowing? The Bi Athleon featuring a relay race, men against men haters, slipping into wet suits, jumping into pools to retrieve pearl necklaces, dunking for red or blue balls that have men or women symbols and then slip sliding into home base. The only obstacle to this course was it's participants. The guys take a big lead in the beginning but lose it when one of them gets caught up in not being able to find the right ball. It's a slip slide photo finish, but the girls win by a fin. I couldn't understand why the girls were not able to slip on the slide, it looked like they were dead fish flopping on land. The winners, girls, gets a class with Tila, the loser boys, get to go to the prom. Humm, I think going to the prom is much more fun that sitting in class. Tila plays the sexy instructor in a class of girls gone bad in their catholic girl's uniforms. The challenge, whoever writes I love Tila 25 times the quickest gets some one on one time with the teacher. Lisa, the softball instructor wins of course, she does have a strong arm. The funniest thing was when Tila brought out the robospanker, where in the world do they sell that? While the girls are in class, the guys get in trouble by staging a panty raid in the girls suitcases. They had them on their heads, using them as slingshots, stringing them up. The girls were enraged. Ok, that's where I draw the line, you just don't mess around with a women's suitcase, that's just plain wrong! Glitter starts to cry saying that everyone is so mean. Glitter, you need to go home, MTV is not for the faint of heart. At the prom, everyone is vying for Tila's time. Ryan gets some alone time and Tila says that he's kinda cute, except he kisses like a dead frog. Cut to Glitter crying.

The next challenge is the "Conveyor Belch" nice! The participants have to drink shots of mysterious liquids. Glitter is still crying. Not so mysterious and not so nasty. Stuff like hot sauce, lime juice, mustard, canola oil, etc...well, at least it's food stuff. You would think that the shots were animal urine or something the way everyone was puking. And not in puke buckets, but on the carpet. Didn't their mothers teach them anything? I pronounce the whole lot weak as water, they better not try out for survivor, they couldn't eat worms or bat stew. Weak! The girls win again, 68 shots to 64. The girls then have to compete for a date with Tila by eating a pigs va -jay jay. Now that's gross. Some where out there, there are some poor piggies without their va-jay jays, is that nice? Lisa's determination and the ability to sallow pig wins her the date but not before she had to chose one guy to accompany them. She choses mild manner Dominic. During their threesome date, Dominic makes the mistake of telling Tila that he thinks all this bi stuff is just a phases, whoopsie, wrong comment. Tila takes offense to that which is unfortunate for Dominic since it seems like he's not your regular animal house resident. The elimination round is a chopping of 4 off the show, V, Lauren, Ryan (the frog kisser) and Dominic. Thank goodness the faster we can get rid of the participants the faster the show will be over, but then again I'm sure MTV is already planning Tila 3!-Single D

American Idol-Final Four

Where has the season gone that we are now down to the final four, David Cook, David Archuleta, Syesha and Jason. This week it's music from the Rock and Roll hall of fame. David Cook starts the show off with "Hungry Like the Wolf"-is that a classic? It was just ok. It seems to me that all his songs sound the same. He really needs to tame the hair and have a make over. Will someone find him a comb? I thought Syesha's Proud Mary, would make Tina Turner proud, although Simon thought it was a cheap karaoke. I thought the second song was ok, although I didn't recognize that Sam Cook song. I know she's proud of her heritage, but does she have to get all weepy eye over it? Maybe it was the pressure of this whole thing. Syesha does have an amazing range to her voice and yes, all her songs sound different. I think that finally the judges are beginning to see that Jason really doesn't have the right stuff. Jason chose a Bob Marley song. Why, duh, because of the hair dude! I thought "I Shot the Sheriff" was terrible. Can you really display amazing vocals on that song? When even Paula is hesitant to like it, then you know it's really bad. I thought his second choice, "Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man" was a perfect choice. His voice reminds me of Cat Stevens, sing some Cat for us!

The show stealer of the evening was David Archuleta singing one of my favorites, "Stand By Me". I could melt! Now that's a classic. When he said that he was going to sing the Elvis, "Love Me Tender", I thought why? But his rendition of it was pure magic. I can't imagine what his voice would be like if he had both vocal chords, truly amazing! Shame on you stage Dad! He's lucky that he didn't ruin David's voice and my choice to win this whole thing! -Single D

Hell's Kitchen-Sweet Sixteen

Ok, I missed the beginning when both sides were dishing the dirt and came in when the announcer said that both sides lack harmony-ya think? A trip to my favorite LA 's Farmers Market, at the Grove is such a wonderful food emporium. Next time you find yourself in LA visit that place. A part of old LA with a new mix of restaurants and shops. One of my favorite places to eat was Dupars where you could sometime see movie stars and TV personalities. One time at breakfast, the Maytag repairman was sitting behind me eating his oatmeal and coffeecake. Bless his heart! The food is amazing there so with just $100.00 and 25 minutes leaves very little time to ogle the culinary delights of that place. The reward challenge is to cook three dishes for a sweet sixteen party. Both teams back at Hell's Kitchen need to cook their dishes in 45 minutes before the teen and her mother come to judge the dishes to be served at her Sweet Sixteen party. Matt is criticizing the guys for making something so common as chicken wings which is served up to Melissa with raving reviews. Chalk one up for the guys. Next dish by the girls was halibut with mango salsa which Ben declares as so yesterday. The girls won that round. For the third dish, Melissa was torn between the steak and fries by the girls or the surf and turf by the guys. Initially, Melissa looked like she was going for the girls dish until meddling mom piped up and said remember who will be eating your food, then Melissa said, well that changed my mind and gave it to the guys. The guys win the reward challenge and are treated to a day of go carting and special dessert creations while the girls have to decorate for the party that evening. Hey, I would have loved to do that, not bad for losing. They could have had to go through garbage or something! The party planner shows up dressed in a loud orange suit, was that for real? I think the whole gay party planner was put on. He just didn't look genuine. Where's the party planner from "Father of the Bride"?

Looks like Louross has a crush on Corey. Careful Louross, Corey will eat you alive!

During the dinner service, I was wondering if Chef Ramsay would contain his foul mouth in front of a teenager party? The party planner tries to talk over Chef Ramsay explosive outburst. The one dish that needed to be cooked to perfection were that of Melissa and moms. However, both are sent back to the kitchen. Once again, Bobby jumps in to save Matt's station as he is having a break down. It is a rush to complete the dinner service and Chef Ramsay says that this time no one will be eliminated, because it was a 98 to 99% return rate evaluation. At that Matt had to open his big mouth and say that was very nice of you, when Chef Ramsay says go, Piss off, go back and nominate one from each team for elimination. Nice going Matt, next time keep your mouth shut!

The guys chose Matty and the girls chose Shayna which surprises Chef Ramsay again and calls out Roseann as well. He really wants Roseann gone. Shayna however opens her mouth and tells Ramsay that she left a 3 month old baby at home to come do this. Ah ha! Fate seal, you could tell that at that moment, Chef was edging for Roseann, but when Shayna said that about her baby, he decided right there that she needed to be home. Goodbye Shayna, how could you leave your newborn? Chef Ramsay did the right thing. Oh yeah, Matt goes to the girls team, let's see if he can make any friends there.-Single D

The Bachelor-London Calling-Bachelorette Reunion-The Women Tell All

Well, this reunion of the bachelorettes was pretty tame and they really didn't tell us anything that we didn't already know. Come on Chris, take some lessons from cutie Jeff Probst and stir the pot alittle. The women were just too polite. We wanted truths, lies and videotapes! Chris Hansen starts out by calling on Stacy and her infamous act of giving Bachelor Matt her lacy g-string upon their first meeting. She says that's not really me and that she felt pressure to make herself stand out from the crowd. Well, she stood out alright, as the skank of the bunch, nice going! Chris didn't pry it out of her that maybe her consumption of alcohol had something to do with that. I'm surprised that she could even remember that after passing out, oh yeah, she would be missing something!

Next in the hot seat was Robyn (does she look 22, more like 32!) who ticked off all the ladies by saying that she wanted to win this competition. What was it a rugby game or something and Matt the trophy? Well, she'll definitely not win any Miss Congeniality sashes in this competition along with Marshana, who was just so uncompromising in her self assessment of her sassy self. I think Marshana has become infamous in her "walk-off" comment. She was even on Ellen proclaiming that sassy "walk-off" comment as her own. She nonetheless, looked great in that outfit and I was glad that she made it that far. She did try to make a weak attempt to give kudos to the quality of women that were left in the running.

Chris Hansen said to Amanda that she managed to pull off one of the funniest pranks in Bachelor history by hiring the fake parents. But Amanda said that she initially thought when Matt didn't chose her at the final three rose ceremony that maybe he was pranking her to get back? What convoluted thinking. Now that's desperation. She says that she went into that ceremony pretty confident that she would get a rose and was devastated when she didn't. After all, didn't he try to convince her fake dad that he really liked her? Poor Amanda, America's sweetheart goes home roseless. I noticed not all the bachelorettes were present, like the singing clarinet player, Michelle P and where was the white house aide worker...what's her name?

When Matt made his entrance I was wondering, why the shaved head, and when Chris asked him if he was doing a Beckham, Matt brushed it off. Shaven head and a gruffy beard. I just didn't like it. He didn't look so cute and his new look made his nose look even longer-sorry Matt! Grow your hair back and shave that 5 0'clock shadow. I tried looking for clues on who Matt chose as the last woman standing. Matt did say that the women, Chelsea and pause here.....Shayne are wonderful. Ah, did he say Chelsea's name first for a reason? Was she the one that he picked? Why hadn't he said Shayne's name first? Ah, but I speculate. I'm still hoping that it's Shayne's finger that diamond ring goes on. After all, doesn't he call her by his pet name "monkey". By the way, ABC your website on the Bachelor stinks-no pictures and no recaps. What's up with that?-Single D

Top Chef - On a budget

Oprah's personal chef is the guest judge for this episode. The quickfire challenge - create a fabulous entree' in 15 minutes using Uncle Ben's microwaveable rice. Some of the dishes were simple yet elegant like Spike's stuffed tomatoes and some were down right different like Antonia's rice salad with skirt steak. Lisa grilled shrimp and sauteed some veggies in tequila. Where was that idea in the last challenge? Antonia wins immunity with her rice salad, the judges were crazy for it. The elimination challenge - make a nutritious, kid friendly meal for 4 with a budget of $10. Now, the chefs are shopping at Whole Foods. Anyone that has set foot in a Whole Foods will tell you $10 will not get you down one of the aisles! All of the chefs go over their $10 budget and have to scale back. Antonia was peeling leaves from her bok choy to make the $10. Andrew actually comes in .28 short and runs off to buy something else. Back at the Top Chef kitchen, the chefs find out they will be getting some help. They get paired up with a child from the Common Thread program, part of the program is to teach children to cook with emphasis on families having dinner together. Spike's kid cuts himself while peeling a carrot so Spike tells him it's good luck. If that's true than I'm leading a charmed life! The chefs really get the kids involved in the cooking with one kid pounding chicken with a skillet making Chef Tom wince & look away unless the kid starts pounding his hand. The kids have to serve other kids, as well as the judges, their dishes and explain what they cooked. When Spike brought out his pasta dish, the kids went crazy. Nikki's one pot chicken and veggies was a hit with kids and judges alike. Stephanie's dish fell short with the judges saying that she was typical restaurant chef who doesn't cook much at home. That and the combination of peanut butter and tomato didn't fly. I love peanut butter but please hold the tomato! Who ever heard of a PB&T? Antonia wins elimination with her whole wheat noodle and vegetable stir fry. She's two for two in this episode. For once, Dale nor Richard ended up in the top three. They're slipping. Mark ends up in the bottom three, again and thinks it's because Chef Tom doesn't like him. Chef Tom was very surprised to hear this. Lisa also can't figure out why she is in the bottom three. The judges tell her it's because her dish is bland which she totally disagrees. The judges couldn't get past Stephanie's peanut butter and tomato and put her in the bottom three. Mark's sloppy vegetable curry earns him a pack your knives and go with Chef Tom reassuring him that he does like him. Sorry Mark, it's back to New Zealand and more cooking lessons! Double D

Ghost Hunters - Trans Allegheny Lunitic Asylum

The Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, WV is the stop on this week's Ghost Hunters. The asylum was established in 1858 and is the largest hand cut stone masonry building in North America. At one time there were over 100 lobotomies a day performed, some without anesthesia. I guess they figured crazy people don't feel pain.

Some of the reports here are sounds, full body apparitions, shirts & hair pulled. One woman was grabbed and pulled down a hallway in front of another woman who sat on her to keep her from being dragged any further.

Jason & Grant, or J & G as I like to call them, start investigating in the main building. They hear what sounds like a voice and Grant tries to provoke the spirits and they hear laughter coming from right between them.

Steve & Tango hear laughter in the women's ward. When Tango goes outside to try and debunk the laughter, Steve hears footsteps and movement in the ward even though he is the only one in the building.

Kris & Kristen go to the main building where Kristen sees a shadow. Kris gets frustrated because everyone except her is seeing things and having experiences. Don't worry Kris the ghosts will warm up to you eventually!

J & G go back to the main building where Grant tells the spirits to let them into their world, mess with our heads. After that, they see a man in a hospital gown who puts his hands over his head, crouches down and disappears! Grant is so excited that he chases after the man hoping to see it again.

The findings - Steve finds that they were able to record a lot of the noises they heard as well as the voices. The creepiest part was when they play back the recorder that was set up in a window sill with no one around, you hear someone or something move up to the recorder and breath into the microphone. I get goosebumps just thinking about that one.

The team declares the asylum haunted and would like to come back again. After seeing the apparition, I'm sure they are clearing their date books! Double D

Survivor - Idol curse broken!

Right after tribal last week, James was told to go have medical look at the cut on his finger. Sure enough, it's infected with the infection getting close to the joint which means he could lose his finger or his hand if it gets bad enough. They squirt him up with antibiotics and say they will check him out the next day. On the way back to camp after tribal, Alexis falls and hurts her knee. It's looking swollen but apparently not bad enough to send in medical. Cirie, reminding herself that she is a nurse, seems pretty happy that two people might have to go to hospital getting her that much closer to the million bucks. Don't nurses take an oath to help people? I hope I never end up in her hospital! It's the family/loved ones challenge with the winner taking their loved one to jelly fish lake, haven't we been there before? I had forgotten about Cirie's husband being so much younger than her. Go Cirie, there's hope for me yet! Erik was showing his super fan side by pointing out Jeff "Props" to his brother and going on about his newly acquired beard. Just how old is Erik? James' dad shows up saying he is on a diet so his stomach would looks like his. Sorry but he has a ways to go. The survivors have to answer questions about each other and Alexis is the victor. She gets to chose two other people and their loved ones to join her and her brother. Alexis chooses Cirie and Natalie to go along to jelly fish lake and sends Amanda to Exile island. Hopefully this is Amanda's wake up call that she is not really in the girl's club and side with the guys. And why is Cirie getting a reward? She doesn't and hasn't done anything. James gets the bad news that the infection is dangerously close to the joint and gets evacuated. That will certainly change things at tribal. At jelly fish lake, Cirie seems to get a new outlook on life while on Exile island, Amanda finds the clue that says the idol is buried under the tribe's flag back at camp. After the reward winners return and find James gone, the girls start wondering who to vote out. Immunity challenge is to shoot your sake bottle. Shoot sake?! Isn't that alcohol abuse? Erik wins immunity which means the girls will have to turn on each other. Back at camp, Amanda empties her bag to show everyone that she doesn't have the idol but tells Parvati she knows where it is. Erik suggests they have chicken for dinner and Natalie, with a wicked gleam in her eye, jumps in and says she wants to kill it. Don't trust that girl with the machete, it might end up in your back! While dinner is being prepared, Parvati keeps anyone from looking for Amanda while she looks for the idol. We don't see if she finds it and it looks like it is fans vs faves once again. At tribal, James comes in looking all cleaned up and hooked up to an IV stand. Only he would be able to pull that off! After cutie Jeff has his fun questioning the tribe, it's time to vote. When Jeff asks if anyone has the idol, Amanda holds up her hand and produces the idol twirling it as she walks past the other tribe members to hand it to cutie Jeff. YEAH!!!!!! See, it takes a female to know what's what and how to use that idol! Those guys who had the idol where stupid and, yes, weak as water! Alexis receives the next highest votes and gets her torch snuffed much to the pleasure of the jury! Double D Can I begin by saying, hey CBS are you stealing our catch phrase-Curse of the (Immunity) Idol? James' finger doesn't look good and it doesn't bode well since this season has been plagued with injuries and get me outta here rescues. Alexis also has taken a stumble and is on the injury list as well. The medics are called in to look at James' finger and tells him that if the next day it's still infected he might have to leave. Waaaa! Cirie on the other hand is tickled pink since that's one less survivor to get rid of. Nice and neat, thank you very much. The reward challenge is the family affair reuniting relatives w/the survivors. Looks like Cirie is the only married one of the bunch and can you say cutie to Alexis brother! The reward to jellyfish lake is so awesome. I'm putting that one on my bucket list. Apparently Cirie is so moved by the experience that she claims she has changed from not viewing everything as a threat. Gee I wonder how long that is going to last? Meanwhile, the dreaded Medics return and pronounce Jame's finger as not healed as she squeezes pus out of the gaping wound. James is forced to leave lest he should want to dig graves with nine fingers. And so my favorite Survivor leaves. I really like James. He played an honest game, always had great instincts and told it like it was. Maybe America will vote him as Americas' favorite survivor! I was really surprised at Parvati sticking up for Amanda when Alexis was trying to rally everyone against her. What Parvati has a backbone? When Erik won the immunity challenge, I was glad. Now the women will have to eat one of their own, let the backstabbing begin. Only it wasn't quite a backstabbing, more like it's you tonight Amanda, nice and gentle. I loved it how Parvati covered for Amanda when she was digging for the idol by saying that Amanda is washing her pits because they stink, nice! Let me tell you, this was the most perfect execution of playing the immunity idol Ever! Leave it to a woman to carry out it out flawlessly. Major snaps for Amanda!! When she dug that trench on exile island, it almost reached America, I thought she wasn't going to find it. And a good acting job on her part when she emptied her bag and told everyone that she didn't find it. Give that girl an Academy Award! Even during tribal council, she looked so hound dog, give her a bone! Of course the editing left us wondering if she did find it at base camp under the flag. The tension, the stress, the sit on the edge of your seat! This episode should have been made into a movie, it was so perfect! When Jeff announced the usual rule to play the idol now before the reading of the votes, there was that tense moment when I thought, did she find it? OMG, the looks of shock and surprise as she said I have it and gave it to Jeff and as he pronounced it bonafide. Two votes for Alexis was enough to have her fire snuffed and as Jeff said "the tribe is perfecting the art of the blindside". It really was a mastercard moment and I know Ozzy, Jason and Eliza got great satisfaction from that. One side note, why didn't Amanda and Parvati vote out Natalie, as she is a strong player and it looked like Alexis would get ousted with her injured knee anyway? And oh one more thing, Erik proved this episode what he's made of, ice cream, not a single ounce of substance to that boy! Go Amanda-Single D

Tila Tequila-Shot of Love 2

Ok, how many shots of love can a girl get? I guess the thing with Tila choosing Bobby didn't last too long, less than a year. Is Tila trying to follow in the footsteps of Flavor Flav whom I think is on his 4 round of the Flavor of Love? The whole thing borders on the point of absurdity. I'll admit, last season of Tila was my guilty pleasure, a titillating peek into the voyages of bi-dating. The remaining cast were actually people you could root for in the end. The mama's boy Bobby, who had never been out of po-dunk America, the man-woman fire fighter Dani, whose awkwardness made you want her to get the girl in the end and the Amazonian Amanda, too tall for her own good but sincere and sweet in a weird sort of way. I chanced upon this season's Tila and her round of bachelors and bachelorettes, can they even be called that? More like a roundup of America's dumb, wacky, stupid, immature, spotlight grabbing egos. I'm wondering how much of it is scripted by MTV, because can there be so many mindless airheads out there? Are they hoping that maybe if they don't get the girl they will get their own spin off? Case in point, our castoff Italian Stallion of last season's Tila Tequila, Dominico, and his own spinoff dating show, "That's Amore". It was just too hard to watch the meatball slinging, alcohol swilling wenches dragging each other through the marinara. I don't know who ended up with the Italian pony and I really don't care. Domenico, get thee back to Florence, I think the Italian girls are much nicer and probably better cooks! MTV get a clue! Another raunchy spin off from MTV, "I Love NY" from Flavor of Love. Gee, I hope they don't bring her back, she's scary! Seriously, I don't know if I will be able to stomach watching Tila 2. Some of her charm is gone and it looks like she's in serious need of a makeover. The cast of 9 girls and 9 guys are not the ones you'd want to bring home to mom, but then again is Tila? This season's cast looks like they're all about partying. There's even a bar in the bedroom. Can you say Frat House? One guy brought his blow-up doll, weird! Kyle is the Norman Bates of the crowd and she should definitely get rid of him quick before he makes her meet his mother in the attic! What ever happened to real entertainment? Like Jimmy Stewart as Scottie and Kim Novak, as Madeline, as he chases her up the stairs of the steeple in the Church at San Juan Baptiste, overcoming his fear of heights and vertigo, only to find at the top the answers to his mystery and Madeline plunging to her death. Now that's real entertainment!-Single D

Hell's Kitchen-Pizza with Pizzazz!

Vanessa's hand is so seriously wounded from the oil spill that she will have to see a plastic surgeon, maybe he can remove some of those brown spots on her face as well, ouch! Chef Ramsay shows the chefs a pizza creation from one of his restaurants that fetch a whopping price of $200.00! It is made of white truffles, in my book it better come with a diamond bracelet under that pepperoni, er truffle. The challenge, to create a high end pizza in 45 minutes. This challenge definitely delineated how each team works, with the girls communicating with each other on what each one was making. The guys being the territorial animals that they are, didn't speak to each, they just sniffed around like dogs inspecting a fire hydrant. I do have to give credit to Matt as he tried to get the guys to talk to each other in an effort to win this challenge. After all the pizzas are make, each team will have to decide which pizza merits the taste test from Chef Ramsay. The girls choose Jen's French/Italian Pizza and the guys chose Ben's duck confit (what exactly is confit?). Chef says it's really close but in the end chooses Jen's prosciutto and sundried tomato over Ben's duck confit and chanteralls (which were gritty). For the girl's reward a helicopter ride to Santa Barbara to eat at "Square One', home of the $90.00 burger. If I'm eating a $90.00 piece of meat, it better be accompanied by a lobster!

The guys have to do the prep for the evening and Louross is losing it. He has a towel wrapped around his head and is crying, jeez, get a grip and stop the whining! Matt, the softie of the group still insist that they need to communicate. He reminds me of the "cowardly lion", if I were king of the jungle!

Before the dinner service begins, Vanessa is frustrated that she can't work up to her level and goes to speak with Chef. She doesn't want to stay if she can't compete at 100%. Personally, I think it was just too much for her and this was her way out. So after about 2 seconds of thinking it over, she told Chef Ramsay, she was bowing out.

On top of trying to complete the dinner service, which will feature the winning pizza, they will also be delivering pizza in a golf cart with Ben as the pizza delivery man. In the kitchen, our cowardly lion, Matt has trouble cooking the quail eggs so finally for once, Bobby, who dubs himself the four star general, acted like one for once, and stepped in to cook the eggs. The phone is ringing off the hook with pizza orders, and it's Ben's turn to deliver the pizza. He did manage to find the address for someone not knowing LA, must not have been too far. Hey Ben, if you wash out of Hell's Kitchen, you could always deliver pizzas fpr a living! Both sides for once complete the dinner service, but not without it's weak players, Roseann for the girls and Matt for the guys. However, Chef tells each team to call out one person for elimination. The girls first decide on Roseann but then flip to Christina as a ploy to get the strongest competitor out. The guys vote Louross. Chef is confused when the girls nominate Christina as clearly she's was not the weakest player. As he's about to say who is leaving Hell's Kitchen, he decides that no one will leave this week as Vanessa bowed out leaving a stay of execution for Louross and Christina. Hey, did I tell you Roseann looks like my cousin, Sue? I wonder if she smokes and drinks coke like a fiend?-Single D

American Idol-Neil Diamond Songs

This week it is Neil Diamond songs-is he still alive? If he is, he's really well pickled. Hey Neil, whose your plastic surgeon? This week each idoltestant gets to sing two Neil Diamond songs, are there that many? Jason Castro chose to sing "September Morn" which I think suited his corny subway voice. And "Reverend in Blue Jeans" which I absolutely hated. Hey Jason, you can still make money singing with your guitar case open in the subway stations!

I'm sorry to say, that I think David Cook is a fraud. Sorry David, but I have read that your "arrangements" to your chosen songs were not entirely your "own" arrangements. Hey, what do you say about that? The judges gushed on how innovating and entirely different and new you made certain songs sound as your own, when it was previously done by other artists. I think at least you could have given some sort of credit to your predecessors. I knew there was something artificial about him, as he doesn't come off entirely sincere. Brooke White sang "I'm a Believer". Isn't that a "Monkeys" song? Either way, I'm not a believer! Although she sounded good sitting at her piano singing "I Am, I Said". And David Archuleta picked the perfect song in "America" , he's religious and patriotic! Kudos for Simon admitting he picked the perfect song. And poor Syesha, are the judging not hearing what I am hearing through my TV? I think her singing voice is amazing, well if you like Broadway that is. Don't worry Syesha, you'll have a theatrical career at any rate.

The highlight of the entire evening though, was when our ditsy, drunk, damsel, Paula was giving her critiques on the first round of songs, and thought that Jason had already sung two songs. She rambled on and on about his two songs, how she loved it when he sang in his lower register on the first song....blah, blah, blah. I wished they would have let her mouth keep running, but the look on Ryan Seacrest's face was priceless and Randy had to rescue Paula by saying that he only sang one song. Paula was then totally confused, what? I thought he sang two songs? Paula, next time you drink before the show, make sure you sober up before going on the air! -Single D

Top Chef - Second City in the Windy City

The quickfire challenge, with guest judge, pastry chef Johnny Iuzzini, is to make a dessert. Most of the chefs start to groan right away. Well, it's hard to come up with something original when you are staring at a table full of desserts! Some of the chefs had their own "special" dessert and pulled it out for this challenge. Good thinking since a few chefs in the past have lost challenges because they were saving their specialties. Spike ends up in the bottom three with his souffle' but gets kudos from Johnny for trying. I thought sure Dale would win with his Hawaiian ice but Richard won with his banana "scallops" with guacamole and chocolate ice cream, yummo! The chefs are treated to a show at Second City. For those of you who do not know, Second City is an improvisational troop. During the show, the actors ask the audience for colors, emotions, ingredients and veggies. Nikki is the first to figure out that those will be the dishes they have to cook and she was right. Only they will be cooking for the Second City actors. The chefs pair up and chose their dishes. With names like orange turned on asparagus, yellow love vanilla, purple depressed bacon, green perplexed tofu and magenta drunken polish sausage, this should be interesting. Antonia & Lisa rebel saying they won't cook with polish sausage and use chorizo instead and only using a tiny bit on top of sea bass. When Spike & Andrew started making soup, they find out that all of the electrical equipment, including blenders, have been removed from the kitchen. Then the second surprise, they have to pack up everything and move to the house where they will finish cooking and serve. All those people trying to cook in one kitchen? OK. In this case, there really will be too many cooks in the kitchen! Dale & Richard make a great team. Who else would think to take tofu and marinate it in beef fat to make it taste like a steak and make everyone love it? Antonia & Lisa's decision not to use polish sausage did not escape the judges attention and earned them a spot at the bottom. They also used a touch of tequila which the judges were expecting a shot to go with the dish. Antonia & Lisa totally missed the mark with no sausage and no "drunkenness". Spike & Andrew's yellow squash soup and Dale & Richard's tofu steak and curry were the standouts. Jen & Stephanie had the orange turned on asparagus which put them at the bottom with Antonia & Lisa. They were trying to get the asparagus to stand up like a phallic symbol or something then topped it with some kind of orange cheese. Under all that cheese, nothing is going to stand up. Maybe they should have tried Viagra. They tried to be all sexed up during the presentation going as far as to perform a culinary B.J. on the asparagus. Poor asparagus, what did that asparagus ever do to you to deserve that?! The dream team, Dale & Richard win the reward. Each of them received $2500 worth of kitchen equipment. Jen & Stephanie had too many things on the plate for the judges taste and Jen was told to pack her knives and go. My prediction is that it will come down between Dale & Richard with Richard winning. You heard it here first! Double D

The Bachelor, London Calling-Final Two

The last three dates takes place in Barbados. What dream dates. So gorgeous! Shayne is the first date with Matt, meeting him at the beach wearing a big floppy hat and big sunglasses. She's like a cross between Jayne Mansfield and Marilyn Monroe. Her and Matt spend the day in the water jet skiing and swimming. Looks like so much fun. There is even a water trampoline where Shayne shows off her gymnastic abilities. They look like they were having a great time. At dinner, Matt wants to see if there is a serious, intellectual side to Shayne. Careful Matt, you can't have it all in one package, sex kitten and rocket scientist. At dinner, Matt asks Shayne if she is knowledgeable of the world or is she just putting on a show, like when she asked "Are there palms trees in London?" After the dinner, Matt of course hands her the fantasy suite card which she reads and of course accepts. The suite looked awesome. If I were reading the fantasy card to Matt, just for kicks, I would have read, sorry guys the fantasy suite is under repair, you have to sleep on the beach! ha!

For his next date, Matt describes Amanda as a great prankster, having great parents and simply stunning. Did he call anyone else stunning? No! Amanda and Matt do a zip line activity, which looks really fun and is the perfect choice for athletic Amanda. Amanda says she's afraid of heights, so I thought she would start hiccuping like crazy, but she managed to control it, good girl! Amanda reminds me that she could be related to Maria Schriver, you know Mrs. Arnold Schwarzenegger?

She too accepts the fantasy suite without skipping a single beat, Amanda, not Maria.

The final date is with Chelsea. Matt was displeased that she came off in the beginning of the date, cold and distant. He said all that ground they covered from the last date was gone and that he would have to start all over. Chelsea was acting really stand offish and didn't look like she was having any fun swimming with the turtles and fishes. That turtle was really friendly, letting Matt touch it and swim really close to it. It reminded me of when we were in Hawaii and we swam with the turtles. They wouldn't have anything to do with us, but it was really amazing. Chelsea on the other hand was off swimming in the distance, leaving Matt to comment that he was getting more attention from the turtles than Chelsea. Ya think? Chelsea's definitely a cold fish! At dinner, Chelsea said that she was afraid to be close to him because she's afraid of getting hurt. Hello, you signed up for this gig! You knew what you were getting into. To prove that she really digs Matt at the fantasy suite, she slips into something black and lacy and throws her panties to the wayside. There's no guessing if they did the naughty there.

By the way, did you notice how many times they showed the Hilton sign? ABC must have gotten discounted rooms for the free advertisement.

In the end, I thought he would say goodbye to Chelsea, since she is not very giving of herself, but in the end he sends a tearful Maria Schriver, I mean Amanda away. Now I had a suspicion that Amanda would be the last woman standing, since people have been searching our blog to see if Amanda won the Bachelor. Well, now my suspicion is dispelled. It's not Amanda. It's between Chelsea and Shayne who in two weeks go to London to meet his parents. Looks like a very stuffy encounter and I can't wait to see who he chooses. My guess, just simple observation- WARNING SPOILER HERE! The ring looks like it is placed on Shayne's hand, she always wears her nails short with clear nail polish, where Chelsea always wears black or dark nail polish. I could be wrong here, but that was just an observation. My thoughts in reality, Shayne is too young at 22 and an aspiring actress. Can Matt deal with that and her immaturity, not to mention her love of purses, sunglasses, and hats? Chelsea on the other hand is a better match, but can he put up with someone whose not very affectionate and doesn't even like to hold hands? I like Shayne better, but I think I'm the one better suited for Matt than anyone there, so Matt...Call me!

Next week's episode is the reunion bitterfest, with the returning bachelorettes, sure to be full of spiteful attacks. Two weeks till the finale. Can't wait!-Single D

To be in Barbados walking on the beach swimming in the surf, oh sorry, I'm supposed to be blogging on the Bachelor! OK, so Matt is there, and I'm here :( First up is Shayne on the beach, not me, don't worry about me, I'll get over it. Where else would you go for a date in Barbados? The beach! Shayne shows up and they do the jetski, water trampoline thing. Matt says he wants to see the intelligent Shayne. She may be smart about some things but an intellectual she ain't. Matt also keeps calling her his "little monkey". That to me is a pet name for a little kid not a potential mate. Shayne does act like a little kid sometimes. She tells Matt she is falling in love with him and, not to miss the moment, gives her the fantasy suite card which she happily accepts. The camera fades out showing the two of them in the suites swimming pool in a lip lock. Aren't those two water logged by now?

Matt takes Amanda zip lining. Hey, I just did that in Mexico (see Gone Cruisin' below)! They are both afraid of heights and Matt thinks it's sexy to face their fears together. I could think of a lot more sexy things to do than being afraid! At dinner Amanda stammers over her words with every other word being "like". Amanda practically dives for Matt when he gives her the fantasy suite card. At least it's a different room than the one he had with Shayne.

Chelsea goes out on a catamaran with Matt. Matt was looking for romance and Chelsea wasn't biting. Chelsea better warm up or no fantasy suite for her! After a day swimming with the turtles and sailing on the boat they go to dinner where Matt just comes out with it and asks her what's up? She finally lays her emotions on the table and a happy Matt gives her the fantasy suite card. In the suite, Chelsea, her walls down, gushes her feelings and, so there was no doubt, surprises Matt by changing into a lacy black nightie sans panties.

The bootie call complete, it's time for the roses. Matt keeps Shayne and Chelsea leaving Amanda to mend her broken heart. As Matt says goodbye to Amanda, I got the feeling like she wanted to like hit him like. She can like go back to like Florida and like squeeze some like oranges. Matt is SO picking Shayne! Double D

Big Brother-Till Death Do Us Part-And the Winner Is....

Sheila is the 7th juror to enter the house and she's not one happy camper. She is bad mouthing Adam saying that he threw the last challenge so that Ryan would have to do his dirty work by getting her evicted. Sheila somehow thinks that if she were in the final two, she would have gotten all the house votes to win. What? Earth to Sheila! This is your wake up call.

This finale episode of Big Brother, was a Big Blob. Dull, dull, dull. We find the house guest sitting in front of the camera shooting Adam and Ryan their best hateful last questions. Joshuah asked both of them what they would do with the $500,000 dollar prize. Adam says that he was here to play for the kids and that he would give some of the money to autistic children and create an after school care center. Very noble! Ryan on the other hand said that he would give "some" money to his mother and give some to Jen (at which point Chelsia puts her finger down her throat). In other words, he's going to spend all the money on himself, no charities there.

Many a harsh exchange transpired between the final two and the evicted house guest, can you say, bitter? Chelsia is still raging and most likely should seek some anger management classes, because that girl's got issues. Poor Adam, he took the brunt of criticisms from the house guest and you could see his face turning red as he tried to defend himself. I just wanted to say, lighten up house guest, it's just a game. Adam says to Ryan, that Josh, James and Chelsia are psychopaths, gee ya think? Oh by the way, James is still wearing that ugly pink tee, ugh!

Julie Chen ask Ryan and Adam to say in one word how this experience has been. Adam goes into this long dissertation on how rough it's been (you know how fast yak yak he talks), so Julie says "rough?" Ryan says, nerve racking, isn't that two words? Natalie still manages to be sweet even when she says with a smile, you suckers, even tho you voted me out.

Julie then announces the entrance of the house guest jurors as they cast their final vote for the winning house guest. The other evicted house guest makes their entrance as well. I'm just wondering how Jen's top was staying up. Julie then announces the winner of Big Brother by pulling up the keys. It was almost unanimous for Adam with the exception of Joshuah voting for Ryan.

The winner of Big Brother season nine...........................Adam!!!!!

I hate to brag, but didn't I call it in my last blog, that if Ryan would have taken Sheila instead of Adam, Ryan would have won, because, no one would have voted for Sheila. Ryan, big mistake, you just gave Adam a 1/2 million dollars. Now Adam say thank you!

The audience favorite juror announced by Julie Chen, second place favorite, Sheila (I bet Shelia's thinking great second place, what does that get, zilch, zero, nada). The winner of America's favorite juror was James. I'm like, well ok, at least he told Chelsia off when he went into the juror house, that earned him points in my book. James, now that you've won $25,000 go out and buy yourself some new clothes!

This morning, Adam and Ryan were on the "Morning Show" and Adam announced that he is giving away $100,000 to children's autism. After that donation and taxes, Adam is walking away with about $250,000. Not too shabby for 3 months work. Good for you Adam. Great Job and I hope you find a nice girl because you definitely deserve someone nice after three months of Sheila.-Single D

How many ways can you say Bitter? Sheila still thinks she should have won the half mil for playing a great game. She is a legend in her own mind! She shows up at the jury house wearing black. I guess she is in mourning for not winning.

The jury gets together to bash, I mean hash it out over who is most deserving and you get the idea that Ryan is scoring the most points. Sheila is angry at Adam, Natalie is not real happy with either one, Joshua certainly doesn't like Adam and Chelsia is just angry at the world in general. Natalie is trying to see the good in both guys still calling them "her boys".

Matt finally gets down to the nitty gritty and asks each one what they will do with the money. Adam goes first not hesitating to say that he will start an after school program for kids and that the only reason he was there was to help kids. Ryan had a pretty poor following with, "I'll help my mom....a little bit" and he said he would do something nice for Jen prompting Chelsia to do the gag me face. Sheila tells Adam that it was her that carried him through the game. Which show was she watching?

Then Adam gets himself in trouble by running off at the mouth eventually telling the jury that the game is over for them. Wrong thing to say Adam, these people are the ones voting for or against you. Then it was time for voting and Adam got every vote but Joshua's. I guess Joshua didn't care if the money went to help kids or to Jen. Speaking of Jen, I thought she was going to have a wardrobe malfunction the way she kept tugging up her strapless dress (see Single D's pic above).

Oh yeah, James was America's favorite juror. He still creeps me out especially after the scandal broke. I guess he didn't make alot of money making those movies and had to resort to Big Brother! Until next season - Double D