Project Runway-Art Inspiration

And then there were five. Who knew when they brought back Chris, he would make it this far? I guess designing floats will have to be put on hold for a while. Heidi (does she ever have a bad hair day? Hate her!), assembles the designers and tells them that this time there will be two eliminated, but first a field trip. I think this season's crew got gyped because they didn't get to go Paris like last time. Instead they are meeting Tim Gunn at the Metropolitian Museum of Art. Here Tim tells them that they are to create a design inspired from art in the museum. As they walk through the Greco-Roman section with the statues of Greek Gods and Goddess, you can see Rami's face light up. He's in draping heaven with all the half naked statues clad in togas and draped gowns. To quote Rami, "it's what I do", no honey, it's the only thing you do. They are each given a camera to take pictures that will inspire creation. Our poodle dog Christian is so exicited as he spies a Spanish military painting which is just his thing, all those stiff collars and black colors-does he ever design something other than black? Chris finds a portrait of a lady dressed in a big bow, operative word here is Big. Sweet Pea focuses on a painting of a peacock, good idea in theory, but could she apply it to a real design? Jillian chose a painting with a cast of thousands in a war scene-the characters were so small, it was hard to tell what exactly she was looking at. When they entered the Temple of the Dreaded Door (at least that's what it sounded like), I thought had they stumbled upon the Indiana Jones set? Hey, where's Harrison? Back at the studio, Christian and Chris stage the battle of the fluffy pieces, Christian's marshmellowy white blouse and Chris's enormous grey taffata bow. It seems that Christian always manages to finish his work in record speed, creating three pieces and then turning to look at Jillian and remarking that she has been pressing for 3 hours. Jillian informs him that she's doing pleats! Oh pleats, should have known those take 3 hours! She used that iron so much that at the end of the challenge it didn't work anymore! Chris makes another over the top or in this case over the shoulder design similar to the one he created with Christian, you remember that rufflie shady beige thing? Only this one is more tame, or lame. All this sewing of shoulder pieces wears Chris out so that he has to take a nap looking like some giant slumbering bear in the dead of winter. And what were Rami and Sweet Pea doing? Rami of course was draping a rather dull looking dress that even Aphrodite would send it back to her hand maidens. We need drama, we need pazzazz! Rami put a rod in it! It was very pretty, but would it wow the judges? Sweet Pea's idea of the peacock did not translate to her dress very well. I expected to see a cascade of feathery eyes on a bright blue train, but instead we got a cocktail dress again! In the end it was not enough to keep her in the running and she was eliminated, as Michael Kors said, she can design for the commercial, but can she design for the runway? Chris and Rami were spared the auf as one of them should have been gone. I guess the judges couldn't decide which they liked better or worse, or maybe they couldn't understand guest judge Roberto Cavalli heavily accented auf or in his case, arrivederci.-Single D

It's off to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for inspiration for the designers this week. They were to chose a piece of art to design around. Rami chose the Roman era, no surprise there with all the draping. He was like a dog loose in the meat department, he didn't know which way to go first! Draping over here, no wait, draping over there, no wait.... In the Egyptian display Chris is checking out a temple and says, "Look Joan Rivers carved her initials here when she was a little girl".

In the work room, Christian is off to the races making a poofy swashbuckler outfit, think Pirates of the Carribean gone bad. Sweat P's inspiration was a peacock. I thought, cool she could make all kinds of things with that, but no, she had to make another regular dress. She does make cute things but this is your last chance honey, go all out. I'm actually surprised that she made it this far. Then her model doesn't show up for the fitting making her worry that she wouldn't finish on time. Hey girl, you were talking to Jillian the queen of last minute, take a few pointers from her.

Jillian came up with another coat. She is really good at that and it was adorable. The halter dress was done in gold and when her model opened the coat, it was lined in gold which really wowed the judges. I'm sure her model even forgave her for scalding her with the iron. Jillian, step away from the iron before you hurt anymore innocent bystanders!

Chris, didn't you already make that dress? With that big @ss wrinkled shoulder piece that took so much out of him that he had to go take a nap. Personally, I think just walking up to the work room makes him have to take a nap. It looked like Tim Gunn really enjoyed waking him up to ask him if he was finished. Chris said yes he was finished which earned him one of Tims famous lines "I'm worried". Then there was Rami and the ever present draping. It was a nice dress but hardly worth a WOW.

In the end Sweet P gets auf'd and it is a design off between Chris & Rami. Now we know Chris will have some over the top outfits and Rami will probably drape his way down the runway. Double D

America Idol-Hollywood Week

I love it that the contestants are allowed to play their musical instruments during their solos. Brooke on the piano looked like Carole King, which is exactly what Simon said! See, I knew Simon and I were meant to be together! Jacob playing the drums during his solo reminded me of the wedding singer-why would you play drums during a singing audition? Ms. rock and roll nurse looks much older than her 23 years and is the rocker biker chick of the group-I'm not completely sold on her Janis Joplin, Stevie Nicks persona, so it's a wait for me. And what's up with that Ghaleb fellow, he thinks he the next Antonio Bandaras or Casanova, kissing all the girls- NOT! It amazes me when some guy sings how Paula's face lights up, either she has cougar designs for him or she's thinking-Apple Martini! I thought the Irish girl did ok-but her blue tongue was distracting, did she have it tatoo as well or was she eating blue mints? I'm thinking they need to cut loose the mayor of nerdville, Kyle, omg, one word-NERDLING! Paula said he was a little corny, I'd say he was one big ear of corn. Kyle, I know you'd be better at shaking hands and kissing babies-practice political speeches, I can see you as the next mayor or something! Poor Miss South Florida Fair a victim of the wrong song, Unchained Melody, to my surprise Simon said yes. Simon dear get the wax out, Randy said no and so it was up to Paula, who was put on the spot. Everyone held their collective breath as Miss Fair pleaded and sang, sang and pleaded, and surprise, surprise, Paula said no. Well maybe one of those liquor distilled brain cells were working after all. Good girl Paula! My favorite by far was the cutie 16 year old, David Archuletta, he's got star written all over him. Let's just crown him now!

And now for a tearful farewell, to Josiah, simply a heart wrenching moment when he was cut loose, because you know the only thing he has to go back to is his car. A word of advice Josiah, go home, be a teen, enjoy these young years, get some experience, and then try out again, next time I know you'll make it!

-Single D

Nice twist being able to play an instrument during the audition. Like Simon told a few folks, don't hide behind the instrument, you need to be able to get out there by yourselves. I like the rock & roll nurse, can't think of her name right now, but I do agree with Simon that she will start sounding monotinous, think Janis Joplin, if she isn't careful.

Where did this Ghaleb come from and who told him he was a ladies man? Looks like he will kiss anyone he can get his hands on! At least Paula spoke up first, yes I was shocked, and said no to advancing him. He took it pretty well and went out and started kissing women again. As we type this, I'm sure he is kissing his way back to Miami.

Carly the Irish girl did pretty well. I too thought she had a blue/green tongue but then as I watched, it seems like a lot of people had some oral discoloration. Is it my TV or did the merry prankster producers of "Idol" put something in the water?

On to geeky Kyle. What a pick up line "so have you ever eaten deer jerky?"! I don't think I would be able to restrain myself if someone laid that one on me! My heart is going pitter-patter. Kyle, please lose the computer geek look, do you own a pair of jeans? This is American Idol auditions not geek squad!

Jeffrey the fat guy singing about food. Do you think there is an addiction here? Sorry you didn't make it, go have a cheese burger and you'll feel better.

I'm glad Aussie Michael is sticking around, more eye candy baby! Oh yeah, he can sing too. Double D

Gone Country-Country Living-Down and Dirty

Gone Country sure packs alot in the 1/2 hour air time. This weeks episode, JR wants to take the crew to get a taste of real country life by getting down and dirty. Bobby Brown wakes up and immediately wants a cocktail. The crew's destination is Gretchen Wilson's compound where they are going to learn first hand how to shovel horse-sh** and rope wild horses. Maureen's reaction to Gretchen is that she's hot-is Mo a lesbo? Maureen, Bobby and Julio are tasked to rope wild horses in a corral, needless to say, our sweet Juilo boy was scared and when one of the horses kicked the camera man's knee, you see the video swirl around and Bobby runs screaming out of the barn. That was enough for him-someone give the poor man a drink! Maureen on the other hand, thinks all the smell of horse doo doo smells good-maybe she was just trying to impress Gretchen, while the three of them start chewing some tobacco, to which Bobby pronounces that he's high.

Next stop is Graham Central Station club, where the contestants still in their stinking horse shoveling clothes finds out what it takes to be a Hick Chick, namely, spitting watermelon seeds, to which Bobby quickly announces that is degrading, a burping contest and a toilet horse shoe throwing contest. Who do you think won the burping contest? Maureen of course, she was very proud-if she can't sing, she can at least burp, maybe she should try burping a song? Dee very proudly won the all around Hick Chick title. I want to go to that bar, it looks like a hoot! Bobby is now very drunk and doesn't want to participate in any of it and goes to the bus followed by Carney, who tries to calm him down and when she was bending over Bobby, he promptly farted a loud one in her face, to which she said that his fart was so close she could almost swallow it! YUCK! What a guy, class all the way! When everyone gets back to the bus-Bobby then gets the 3:45 am munchies and proceeds to find himself a bbq leaving everyone in the bus waiting on him.

Once back at the ranch, as everyone is sleeping, Dee and Bobby Brown share a bedroom, which Dee says is an ideal arrangement since they both snore. Dee uses a mouth piece to keep his mouth closed during sleeping hours (he should try wearing that thing during normal hours as well!), so his snoring will not be so offensive, however this backfires on him. We see Bobby getting up and as Dee hears him stir, he sees Brown coming toward his bed, pulling out you know what, to pee, Dee grunts wildly (he still has his mouth piece in), and he didn't want to be peed on, then Bobby heads for the closet, which Dee said he had visions of Bobby spraying the clothes like they were on fire, Dee grunts wildly and says through his muddled mouthpiece, thebafroom, thebafroom! Finally Dee is relieved to hear the sound of splashing water-touchdown! Off to dreamland.

The next day, Bobby complains that something has to be done about his sleepwalking and that he's very concern about it, needless to say what about your drinking problem? I think wandering around in a drunk stupor trying to find the bathroom is just the symptom, not the problem? Bobby, get real and get yourself sober!-Single D

UFO Hunters - New Jersey

From the creators of Ghost Hunters comes UFO Hunters. NY-SPI (New York Strange Phenomena Investigators, catchy) co-founders Ted, a social worker with a Master's degree in psychology and social work, and Oliver, a product specialist with a high tech equipment manufacturer with a B.S. in electrical engineering, have both been intrigued with UFO's for quite a while. There are others on the team, Denise who has a Phd in psychology and Dennis who is quite the go to guy for astrology and has what appears to be an impressive list of "contacts". With all of the brain power, this looks more like a think tank than an investigative team. I'm sure we will find out more about these people during the season. The first investigation is at Normandy Beach, NJ where witnesses report lights, some say a fireball, plunging into the ocean. The team first checks out the witnesses to see if they are credible, I guess that's nice talk for are they crazy or not? The first witness says she saw something with lights sitting on top of the water. A group of teenagers reported lights spiraling into the ocean. Other witnesses reported seeing lights going down, all around the same time. Research shows that the Coast Guard was called out so the team interviews a Coast Guard member. He claimed the Coast Guard did not find anything and that they did not use sonar to try and locate any objects. The brains have a storming session and come up with the possibility that it could be a meteor, a military drone or a alien craft. They hire a boat with sonar and a diver but come up empty. The team decides, with so many witnesses, something happened that night, but it is inconclusive. The next stop is Carteret, NJ where witnesses report a group of lights in a V shape cruising over the town. The team interviews a Police Captain but decides to go for a more credible witness (what, a cop isn't credible enough for you?!). They then interview a Reverend who says the object was immense and huge. Apparently the team was impressed that the Reverend didn't try to embelish his story. Miss PHD, Denise interviews another witness and decides there may be an abduction angle to study. The witness, John, says he saw the object while parking his car and was drawn into it. The next thing he remembers is waking up in his bed with his t-shirt and boxers on inside out. He undergoes hypnosis and talks about being in the craft, seeing beings which "are not people" and being shown images which clearly leaves him shaken. Meanwhile, Dennis uses one of his FAA contacts to verify that there were indeed a group of objects flying without transponders around the same time witnesses claimed to have seen the objects. All aircraft are required to have transponders, aircraft that belong to humans anyway. The team leaves the case open saying there seems to be an alien interest in New Jersey. Maybe they are just looking for a summer vacation spot. Double D

Ghost Hunters International - Transylvania

When I saw Transylvania, I was really hoping the team would go to Bran Castle home of the original Dracula, Vlad "the impaler" Dracul. But it was not to be and they ended up at Citadel Rasnov which happens to be in the Transylvania section of Romania. We never hear when the citadel was built but lucky for us I know how to Google, and found that it was built around the year 1215. Some of the haunts here include a monk seen praying in front of the crucifix and the same crucifix casting odd shadows. The citadel's well was built by two captured Turkish soldiers who were promised their freedom after completing the well but were killed anyway, talk about going back on your word! It is said they are still haunting the well, I don't blame them! In the museum area, a guard dog will not go past a certain spot.

On with the investigation. Barry, Brian & Robb start at the front gate where they get high EMF readings and Barry does some EVP work in German, I guess Romanians speak German?

Shannon & Donna check out the crucifix and Donna gets a battery drain on her camera. In the museum, Barry sees a shadow which is debunked when the team finds a window down a long hallway letting in some light. It's Shannon & Donna's turn to go into the museum. They find Max the dog and try to get him into the museum. He won't budge even though he is wet and cold, he will not go near that museum. Animals just know something in these matters. The girls go in anyway and start EVP work. Shannon starts getting pissy wanting a spirit to show itself while Donna is more patient even asking the spirits if they liked to knit. Maybe that's why Donna is the fave among the spirit world.

Robb decides to split up the girls when it becomes way obvious they are getting on each other's nerves and can't agree on how to run an EVP session. While all of this was going on, Brian went into the well and did some EVP of his own. He did find a bone (maybe Max the dog buried it there) and felt a cold breeze with no source at the bottom of the well.

Barry takes Shannon into the chapel where he tells her to sit on a bench to observe while he goes down stairs. Let me tell you, she was not the least bit happy about that. Maybe she is PMSing because she was being a total b!tch. Barry meanwhile, finds a sealed door at the bottom of the stairs and looks through a crack and sees what appears to be two legs cross his field of vision. It pretty much scares the stuffing out of him and orders everyone to leave. After telling the rest of the team what happened, Donna went into mother hen protection mode and demanded that the spirit who frightened her friend show itself. That didn't work and the team came up empty.

Shannon & Robb have a little heart to heart. Apparently Shannon is feeling underappreciated but Robb reassures her that she is a valuable investigator and to keep focused on the investigations. Come on Robb tell it like it is, the woman is impatient and gets scared half the time. I look for her to get voted off pretty soon, sorry wrong show, I meant, I look for her to go home soon. I think she's just jealous because the ghosts like Donna better.

After sorting through all of the tapes, nothing was caught on video and only two things where captured on audio. The first being a response to Barry asking questions in German, Romanian and English. The response was in Romanian "poftim" which means sorry or say that again. The other was a response to Donna asking who are you, the response was "bine" Romanian for good. I guess the ghost was a little hard of hearing and thought she asked how are you. Donna does research on the citadel and finds the legend of the well is false.

Final verdict is that there is paranormal activity but not enough evidence was gathered to call it a haunting. I still think they should have went to see Vlad the Impaler. Double D

Celebrity Apprentice-Vera Wang & Serta

With Vinny gone, the fallout continued with Baldwin going back into the boardroom and telling Trump that he just can't work with Piers. Come on Baldwin, get over it, I think you're being a little over dramatic, it's just a game. Trump counters Baldwin, with go to the women's team then, but don't quit. I'm thinking everytime someone quits, it's like a slap in the face for Trump, after all, where would his show be if the major players quit? And Trump hates quitters. So Baldwin licks his paws and retreats to the womens side, but is not warmly received, gee ya think? and why should they? They have been side swiped by the guys before. I loved it when O said, so now you are coming to our side, yet you can't work for us because you have another engagement? After all their clucking, they had to accept Trump's decision. When Baldwin told the guys he was going to work for the women's team, even if it meant that he was just going to make coffee, the usually quite Lennox went off. Lennox was chosen as the PM for this challenge with Lady O as PM for the women. This next challenge involved setting up a live window display, showcasing Vera Wang and Serta (you know the mattress). I love Vera Wang, I wish I could be her, or at least have her money. Isn't there something so romantic about designing wedding dresses? On the set, Vera said that the three things she would look for are: creativity, brand imaginig, and entertainment value. When the guys heard this challenge, Piers said that "Lennox and Tito showing their sensitive side is like beating the hell out of Tyson on a quiet Monday". But once again, tall quiet man, Trace comes up with the display idea, didn't I say, watch out for those strong silent types? It was extremely funny how Lennox took his leadership role by asking everyone to raise their hands if they wanted to speak. This lead into a ten minute dialog about raising hands, and voting, to which Piers said "Are we going to vote on everything"? Lennox-yes, Piers-that's not running things, that voting, Lennox-yes, Piers-are you going to vote? Lennox-no and then yes, and when asked what was his vote by Piers, Lennox asked Tito what was his vote? And so on and so on for about 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, at the girls camp, Marilu looked like she was losing it. She looked like a mime gone wild, gesturing, posturing and not really being able to communicate her vision to which O had to tell her to calm down, because they were getting nowhere. Marilu replies that one needs to watch their back with Omarosa, because she'll stab you in the back, in the heart, in the side. I thought the girls idea of the wedding night and the new groom (Baldwin) would sweep the new bride (Carol) into their bedroom was great, I just didn't think it would involve the entire wedding party. Unfortunately the mattress seemed more like a prop than the focus of the window. When Vera saw the window she did so much cooing that I thought for sure the girls won. The guys window showcased Cleo and Mark Anthony eating grapes on the mattress juxtaposed with new electronic stuff, which I thought was very clever. And so did Vera and Serta and the guys win it again. I just think the girls window lacked pizzazz and color and obviously didn't go outside the box. This episode featured an old friend George, where have you been? I thought maybe you got canned like Caroline who got too big for her own good. She forgot where her fame came from. I've always liked George, if I could have a grandfather, I'd want it to be him.

In the boardroom the girls were under attacked and when Trump asked Baldwin who was the weakest link-he quickly gave up Marilu-how did he know, when he wasn't present most of the time? It seemed like Omarosa fell apart under scrutiny and when asked who she was going to bring back, she was cautioned by Trump to not do what Gene did. I think that stuck in her head, that if she did not bring back Nely, she would be the one gone like Gene, ya think?

I liked it when Omarosa asked why should they go out, why can't it just be done with everyone there-which we know was a total cop out as she didn't want to name the two weakest, and George piped up to say that things aren't always the way we want them and that's the duty of the PM. Omarosa did the right thing and brought back Nely and Marilu. Marilu knows when to keep her trap shut as Nely did everything possible to sink her own boat by talking back to the Donald. Incredulously she asked why he kept bringing up the fact that she dodged two bullets by Gene not taking her back into the boardroom! The Donald has been wanting her gone, probably knowing that she really isn't worth her salt or her loud mouth. The Donald in the end had cannons aimed at her this time and he wasn't going to miss-Nely you're fired!-Single D

We start off this episode in the suite after Vinny takes his leave. As unpleasant as only Piers can be, Omarosa has to show her "classy" side by dumping a glass of champagne on his head. If you are going to do that Omarosa, at least stick around to see the outcome. That's one of her problems, no follow through!

Stephen jumps on the "I hate Piers" bandwagon and goes crying to The Donald about how he can't work with Piers. Piers, are you getting a clue? The Donald grants Stephen's wish and sends him to the girls team. Oh Donald since you are granting wishes, I would like a cute little red sports car!

The girls were not very happy to find out that Stephen would be joining them. Joining them in spirit anyway, since he had a previous engagement. The guys seemed disappointed also that Stephen defected to the other side. The girls voiced their displeasure to The Donald who promptly told them to get used to it. Does anyone in this capacity decline The Donald anything?

Omarosa appoints herself PM and comes up with the not so imaginative wedding theme. Marilu, in charge of construction looked like a deranged marionette waving her arms all over trying to give orders, "let's have this, no, no let's have that, wait a minute, put that over there".

In the guys camp, all I can say is Vera Wang & Trace, oil & water. That being said, Trace comes up with a great slogan, "The world's greatest romance deserves the world's greatest mattress" and they go with Cleopatra and Mark Anthony. Trace, who would have thought? He must be a real romantic at heart. What kind of songs does he sing? After coming up with their theme, Lennox, the PM, decides that no one will speak unless they raise their hand. Are we back in second grade or does Lennox just not want to hear anyone talk? They waste more time arguing about who can talk when then working on the project. Lennox doesn't seem to be a very good leader and the guys can't come up with a clear focus as to what to do with the window. Just as everyone is getting fed up with Lennox, he let's a fart prompting Piers to comment that is like your leadership, it stinks!

Stephen rejoins the girls and starts throwing out ideas even though they have already settled on their idea. Suck it up Stephen, the world doesn't stop because you weren't there!

Both teams are under the gun to finish their respective displays. The guys were so far behind that I really didn't think they would finish in time. All that hand raising and all, I wasn't surprised. Did Lennox make them raise their hands to go to the potty?

Both teams did finish and Vera and company came to the girls window first. She gushed SO much over their presentation, that I too thought they would win. But when Vera saw the guys window she gushed just as much. Does she just not want to hurt any feelings? OK, I did like the Serta sheep in the window.

The guys end up winning again. Their window was really more creative and thought outside the window. I was pleasantly surprised that these guys who, combined, couldn't have a feminine thought, won this challenge. That's OK guys, I like menly men, with a bit of gentleman thrown in for good measure!

In the boardroom, it was Omarosa on the hot seat. She wasn't talking smack that night! Even trying to get out of bringing back anyone by suggesting that everyone stay. George (welcome back George!) wasn't having any of that telling her that's all part of being in charge. The Donald pretty much told her who to bring back anyway. It seems to me that he has had to do that a lot in this series. Once Omarosa makes her choices, it was just a matter of time before The Donald fired Nely. Double D

Survivor Premiere-Fans Vs Favorites

I admit it, I was so excited for this premiere. The last time I was this excited was when I found 5 dollars in my coat pocket. For the favorites, America's sweetheart, Yauman; the survivor everyone loves to hate, Johnny, my grandmother died, Fairplay; James, who should have won for China, and Ozzy. What happened Oz? You don't look like the jungle boy we know and love! Then there were the questionable favorites-I'm wondering who they polled for these? Jonathan, not so smart player from China, Parvarti-we know why they chose her and Ami? Cirie, what? come on! Eliza, whose she? And Amanda-backstabber (careful James!) from China. I'm just wondering, don't these people have jobs? How is it that they are able to take off for two months to go to some tropical island and play?

Our cutie Jeff Probst makes his entrance riding on the outside of a sea plane. Careful Jeff, don't want to lose you to the sharks! The 10 fans are already on the beach when Jeff debutes the favorites, Parvarti giving Jeff a very sparkling Hi. The last to come out is Fairplay dressed like Probst, in khaki and blue, with a cap that has "will lie 4 food".

Right off the bat Jeff announces that there is an immunity idol in plain sight and everyone makes a mad dash for the boats, where we find Yauman and Fairplay making a pounce for it, Fairplay coming up empty handed and whining. Go Yauman!

I'm already disliking that Kathy girl on the fans side. She kept saying homosexual about ten times and getting on my last nerve. Poor Chet having to cope with her, he reminds me of a younger version of Nigel from "So You Think You Can Dance?"

Back at the Favorites camp, James was already getting the warm fuzzy for his group-careful James, have you not learned anything! And why, why, why Parvarti! She'll break your heart dude!

I definitely don't want the fans to win anything! I secretly relish their inability to do anything, clinging to their palm fronds during the intense thunderstorms. Looked really wet and cold, burr!

The challenge looked both complicated and intense, but not to worry, every favorite has been there and done that-WRONG! Out of the starting gate our lame faves lose it, unable to put together the pieces to the wheel-hey Yauman, aren't you good at puzzles and where's Pee Geih when you need her? The fans took off like a rocket and took a hugh lead, with the faves tipping over poor Eliza as she took a header off the wagon. I expected her to have a concussion!

In the end it looked like the faves gave up as they just stood there and watched the fans raise their fire. I'm sure all over America, people were screaming at their tv, throwing their slippers. Come on! The faves were too cocky-yep guys, it's in the bag! Their bellies were full and their bodies rested unfortunately had nothing compared to the hunger and determination of the fans to show them up and kick their butts, which is exactly what they did! This humbled the faves back at camp, remember, never ever rest on your laurels.

At the faves camp, the usual jockeying for position began, with Pav and James teaming up with Amanda and Ozzy. It looked like Fairplay would be the swing vote, until he does the 180 and seems to find sanity, conscience, and fatherhood all in one enlightening moment. Holy cow-is this for real or is he going to pull a grandma died thing here? Where has my Johnnie gone? Right up until the very end, I was hoping I'd see a glimmer of his old self, but alas, this was not to be, our favorite villian was the first cast off and wins the honorary distinction of redeemed villian turned super hero. Yuck! Well Johnnie, wish you would have stayed on and wrecked havoc on the camp, I would have love to see what diabolical plots you could have hatched, so instead, I wish you luck on fatherhood and I know somewhere out there, Fairplay is giving his sly smile.-Single D

It's finally here! Fans vs faves, love it! The action started right away with the race for the idol. Fairplay gets one and is kept from a second when Yau-Man trips and pushes Fairplay into the canoe causing him to drop his idol. Yau-Man sees Kathy from the fans team and tells her to "pick that up". Fairplay starts whining about how Yau-Man bashed his head into the boat and not being real happy about it, vows to get rid of Yau-Man. Game on!

Ok, so both teams get to their new homes. The fans have obviously been watching Survivor and taking notes. They had good team work and built a pretty good shelter. They did, however, have to put up with Kathy the crazy lady who, apparently has never seen a gay man and was in awe. She kept looking at poor Chet like he was on exhibit. Wait until she finds out about Ami! She says later that she doesn't know when to keep her mouth shut so I don't expect her to be around very long. What's up with Natalie and that outfit? I know it's survivor and it's all about comfort, but hey, can't we have a little style? Camouflage pants, blue tank top and a green bikini top OVER the tank top. Tim Gunn would be appalled! Then there is Joel, the Lou Ferrigno of Survivor. Nothing to say about him yet, he just reminded me of the Incredible Hulk. Did I tell you my friends Terri & Katie saw Lou Ferrigno at the Shot Show here in Vegas last week?

At the faves camp, it seemed all anyone wanted to do was make alliances, except for Parvati who couldn't keep her eyes off James and do they make a bikini any smaller?! Ok, I'm jealous. I have to agree with Single D, run James, run! She will take you out in a New York minute! I love how Parvati said she was going to distract the guys and Ami. Doesn't look like she is going to vamp Ozzy (looking much better than the jungle boy we last saw) who already has eyes for Amanda. Where was Cirie during the show? I saw her introduced by our favorite cutie Jeff, didn't see her running for the boats, didn't see her at camp, umm. Who's favorite was she anyway?

At the challenge, the faves again show that they have been doing their homework by leaping into the lead while the faves struggled with everything. After crashing their wagon and sending Eliza to the ground on her face, Yau-Man was trying to hold the wheel on the wagon. Everyone gets to the sand pit to dig for planks to make a bridge. The fans immediately start throwing their sand into the faves pit, good thinking. The fans pull out the win with the faves looking on scratching their heads.

So the battle of who is going home starts. Fairplay was flip-flopping so fast I lost track on who he was aligned with. Like he said, "this is too easy, didn't anyone watch me?" Then he turns around and suggests that he pull some votes which quickly escalated into please send me home, I miss my girlfriend and baby (even though the baby isn't here yet). Maybe that hit on the head knocked some sense into, or out of, him. I kept trying to figure out the angle he was playing, is he bluffing or not? Still don't know. If he was bluffing, it backfired but he took it graciously. Too bad, it would have been fun to see what tricks he would have pulled out of his "will lie 4 food" hat! Tune in next week when we answer the burning questions, will Parvati find someone new to flirt with and where is Cirie? Double D

Project Runway-Smackdown

Standing outside the door to their next challenge with Tim Gunn, everyone could hear grunting and screaming noises coming from within-yes pets, be afraid, be very afraid! Jillian had the look of shear terror as she heard noises that were violent and scary to her. Chris on the other hand was hoping he was going to dress drag queens-well, close enough honey, -Women Wrestlers from the WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment. For their next challenge, they are to create an outfit suitable to their persona in the wrestling rink, how drag queenie can you get? Christian was in heaven as he chose Kristal. She was all about the leather and lace, right up his alley and I knew Ricki was going to pick, I want to live in America, Layla. Then it was off to the spandex store-gee, I didn't know there was a store that just specialized in Spandex!

Unfortunately this episode lacked drama and intrigue, but did provide some comic relief when Sweet Pea challenged our poodle dog Christian to an arm wrestle. I thought for sure a slam dunk, as she weighs twice as much as he, but that sinewy little arm decieved us all and surprised her even more, to which he then pirouetted and pronounced "I'm a beast you guys!" And oh, Christian stop using the hair spray and leave some for the models.

And once again we find Sweet Pea in edit mode as Tim pronounces that her outfit looks like something out of the WWE hospital. Poor thing, I think she always chooses the wrong color and the wrong material, this time some shimmering white thing that looked like stripper underwear and Candace Michelle was not happy. She is all about coming out into the rink and ripping off her cape to display that which lies beneath. I think Sweet Pea should have made a cape with rhinestones-heavens, would it hurt that much?

Rami's wrestler looked like a man, especially in that hideous pink foo foo thing he made. He tried to fem her up when he should have made her edgy and more dominatrix like. Her physique was too manly for the feminine swish of that hot pink skirt. These wrestlers I'm sure for their first course eat men alive with a little salt and pepper.

On the catwalk I was surprised that most of the wrestlers could really walk the walk with the exception of Rami's wrestler Torrie-she walked like some Amazonia women-me Jane. I hate to admit it, but I liked Christians outfit of leather chaps and lacy top and Chris's animal print outfit-he was also wearing an animal print shirt-coincidence? I'm seeing spots!

When the judges proclaimed Chris as the winner, I know Christian was spitting nails, he thought he was going to win, sorry Christian, now go back and spray your hair some more.

In the end it was about rink wear, not swim wear and Ricki was auf with his one piece orange bathing suit. Great for Ipanema and wrestling in the sand not in the rink.-Single D

Tim Gunn promises a field trip. Some field trip, it was a few floors away in the same building. When they got there, the sounds eminating from behind the door had Jillian so freaked out I thought sure it would take a week to pry her off Rami's arm! Leave it to Christian to say it sounded like sex moans. I don't even want to know what he is into! It was revealed that the Divas of the WWE were behind that door and making those sounds and Chris Flintstone was really digging it!

As last week's winner (much to Christian's distain as he kept rolling his eyes), Ricky got to choose his wrestler first. He chose the girl who likes, let's say it together, lingerie.

This was a pretty slow episode with Rami back to draping again with some hideous pink cheerleader like outfit, Sweet P making the wrong choices (listen to your client girl, she wanted embelishments) and Jillian behind the clock.

Ricky wasn't making anything resembling lingerie. Hello, who are you and what did you do with Ricky? This should have been a no brainer for him, afterall, the girl did come out wearing a garter. Instead, he was making nothing more than an orange bathing suit.

Christian's outfit was cute, for a wrestler. Does he make anything he wouldn't wear himself? I'm sure somewhere out there, Christian is wearing that jacket with the feather boa, or maybe just the feather boa.

I loved the color of Jillian's outfit. It looked like something from Victoria's Secret or in this case Jillian's Secret. No secret she was still fighting against the clock. How can someone take something so skimpy and still not get finished on time?

In the end Chris Flintstone wins, as he says, the tackiest challenge yet. Ricky gets auf'd for his not so inspired bathing suit. I kept waiting for the water works to start and was impressed that he stayed calm. Again I have to ask who is this? It certainly isn't our little weeper Ricky! Hopefully next week will be more interesting. Double D

American Idol-Atlanta

Well, we finally get to see Ryan Seacrest's mom and dad-very nice-they must live somewhere near Atlanta, home of idols fame, Clay Akin and Jennifer Hudson. Ryan's parents reminded me of some political candidate couple all nicely polished and dressed for a speech. With this stop over in Atlanta, a couple of audition nods-to Asia, who made Paula cry (again)! I'm wondering was she crying because she was moved to tears, or because she hadn't had a drink since the previous night? Asia's sad story did make me more sympathic towards her even before she started singing-her dad passing away two days before this audition from a car crash. She sang in breathy tones, her voice barely above a whisper, choked and hoarse. She was passed through although if that is truely her voice, she won't last the season. Let's hope she regains her voice in Hollywood.

Then there was Josh, lover of glass, creator of glass circles and Idol hopeful, so much so, that he would throw away his beloved glass cutter if he makes it big. However, when he sang, he looked like one of those kewpie dolls that one squeezes in the middle and the eyes bug out. And his singing-aw come on guys-are you hearing what I'm hearing? I thought he was terrible, buggie eyes and all. He was so repulsive when he sang that Simon asked him to turn around to sing, so we had an audition from the derriere, you know the back of his front. How is he going to control those eyes, let alone his voice?

Next, Miss South Florida Fair, Brooke, who kissed a pig (what no frogs?) and milked a cow, said "do do" on TV, and wanted to show Simon that even a pageant winner could sing. Yikes! Should she really announce she's a pageant winner from a country fair? I think Simon had it right when he said that she was really annoying! Unfortunately, she'll probably end up the next Britney Spears or something! And finally, to the boy who lives in a shoe, I mean car. What's a matter with you? You left home and now you live in your car? You might be a free spirit, but obviously you miss your home. Well, I'm glad you are going to Hollywood, now you'll get to sleep in a real bed, watch TV and eat hot meals, like every teen your age is doing. And hey what's up with that fake British accent when you sing-do you have the same disorder as Britney, except, her's is more cockney? I think Simon gave you a pass because any British accent gives him the warm feeling of being near Big Ben. Come on Simon, who do you think you are, Henry Higgins? -Single D

OK, first up was JP who sounded like he was singing hillbilly rap. I'm not a big country fan and he was supposedly singing Rascal Flats, is that somewhere in Tennessee? Next was tear jerker Asia who's father passed away as she was enroute to her audition. Simon had a tender moment for her as Paula was reduced to tears and had to leave the stage (most likely to get a shot of vodka, I mean courage, or is that the same thing?). Then there was Miss South Ditzy, Florida Fair. This is one girl that gives us blondes a bad name! She wasn't a bad singer but, I think Randy & Simon just wanted to see her jump up and down in her tube top (see Single D's photo above). When she was done and voted through, it was a regular love fest with Miss Ditz leading the way. I really was expecting the flowers and Kum-by-ya to start at any moment.

The montage of losers was a good one, or bad depending on how you look at it, entertaining either way. And what was up with the dude with the spinner around his neck? Was he trying to be Flav-a-Flave with a hub cap? Then there was the guy in the leather skirt and Tweety Bird voice. It never ceases to amaze me, the number of people who think they can sing.

Eva and her crush on Simon was pretty memorable. "I love you Simon", "I know" came the reply. Eva started her audition and promptly slipped on her number which had fallen off of her and fell on her rear. The directors thought that deserved a slow-mo replay. Oh yea, she couldn't sing worth a darn either which prompted Simon to ask "is this a serious audition?" To which Eva responded "yes, I love you Simon, I didn't mean to fall." Simon, who really thought this was a joke, asked her to look him in the eye and tell him it was a serious audition. She did and still professed her love for him time and time again. Run Simon, run! The poor woman actually thought she had lost the audition because she fell down. No, sweety it's because you can't sing or dance! She did, however, get a hug from Simon, who I think is really just a big softy!

At the end were two memorable people. My fave, the Rock and Roll nurse. She rides a hog, she keeps it real and she can belt out a tune. You go girl! And last but certainly not least was Josiah, not sure of the spelling, but I think he has a split personality. One second he is from Tennessee and the next he is channeling John Lennon. Let's hope his car/house makes it to Hollywood. Double D

Millionaire MatchMaker

OK-I admit it, I do a lot of channel surfing the nights that my reality shows are not on, last night being one of them. I'm not really dumb really, I do read a lot of books too, maybe I should blog those?! But I happened upon MatchMaker Millionaire and I was in a trance, my husband kept saying aren't you going to bed because before that my eyelids were firmly shut, mouth agape, drool rampant. First of all, any woman, in this case Patti, that can tell it like it is to anyone is my cup of tea. She says all the things I wish I could say, instead, I always resort to the Ally McBeal moments in my mind. Last night's episode, Patti meets with two millionaires, one who owns a number of in-spot restaurants, Lonnie, and the other a CFO of a corporation, Patrick. She meets with each one to gather information about their likes and taste in women. Of course, duh, Lonnie, likes only amply endowed blondes between the ages of 18-24, to which she exclaims, that's why you're alone on Sunday nights. Lonnie needs to be taken down 20 to 30 notches, he's got serious attitude! Patrick on the other hand is socially incompetent, hence, the two chihuahuas and one cat. Patti puts out a casting call for matches for these two guys which proves to be the funniest scene ever. Her scrunity of the girls is hysterical-doling out criticisms like rapid machine gun fire. You're hair is too curly, guys like long silky hair-lose the curls! yours is too tight in that bun, let it down! you-you need hair extensions! you-you look fat in this picture, why-because it just shows your head! Girls, you must show cleavage, if you got them, flaunt them! But the biggest giggle moment was when this Asian women came in (to me she looked 50!), dressed in fishnet stockings, a mini skirt and pink tank prominently displaying her obviously fake enhancements, to which a cool Patti, said, you look like trash, lose the fishnets and change the outfit. When the girl came out, she said in a very accented tone, she like bruised me like I have punches on my body where she said I no look good. I almost expected her to say, 5 dollar love you long time (I can say this, I'm Asian), I'm thinking Patti really wanted to say, this is not an open casting call for a brothel. During the reception, Lonnie and Patrick are introduced to the room full of hopefuls in which they get a 5 minute one on one. Lonnie in his superior I am greater than thou acted like he didn't want to be there and really didn't say much of anything during the one on ones. Patrick on the other hand kept asking every woman if they liked animals. His ears did perk up when one said she likes to horseback ride, to which he asked do you like dogs? But the true connection moment came, when one of the girls said she owned a chihuahua, his eyes lit up, I could almost hear a symphony playing in the back ground, love was in the air, the music swells.......... And then..................sorry, I fell asleep! -Single D

Ghost Hunters International - England

This week we are in Pluckley Village, England. England has a lot of haunted places, I don't think the team is going to run out of material for a while! Pluckley Village is listed by the Guinness Book of World Records (don't they make a beer too?) as being Europe's most haunted village. We'll just see about that! The first stop on the tour is Black Horse Inn, Europe's most haunted pub, I'll have that Guinness now! Anyway, the tale told here is that there is a Bailiff and his dogs that are seen in the bar, anyone for a Guinness?, a little girl that was murdered is seen by the fireplace and cold spots in the bar, and I thought the bar was usually a hot spot!

The team decides to set up EMF detectors as sort of an alarm as to any presence, something they have not tried so far. The idea is to catch any entity coming or going with an audible alarm.

Brian and Barry go to the bar where Barry feels hands on his shoulders (I'll bet he wished he had a Guinness about then) and wasn't too happy about it. He asked the presence if it was playing games and the EMF detector alarmed. Later, when listening to the tapes, they get a response to Barry's question "perhaps".

The team sends in Shannon and, ghost fave, Donna to see if females would elicit a different response. The girls ask the spirit all kinds of questions including Donna asking if the spirit would like to dance with her friend. Every question earned them an EMF alarm.

Andy & Robb debunk the bar's cold spots with the thermal imaging camera when they see cold air seeping in around the door. Like I said before, a place that old will be a bit drafty! After reviewing the tapes, and a few pints of Guinness (I'm assuming), the team declares the Black Horse Inn haunted.

On to Elvey Farm Hotel, which was built in 1406, and the screaming woods. Some of the stories told around the fireplace here are that a farmer shot himself and his last words, "I will, I will" are heard around the farm house, scratching noises heard in the barn and, of course, screams heard in the screaming woods (I guess I don't need to comment on the obvious).

Andy & Robb right away debunk the barn noises with the thermal imaging camera as being rats (eeek!), they always get the fun toys. They next go to the screaming woods and immediately hear, you guessed it, screaming. Nothing shows up on the thermal but, they hear foot steps coming toward them and stop right in front of them. After all of the screaming and foot steps, they decide to send in the "A" team of Donna & Shannon to see if they would get the same experience. They did.

Next into the screaming woods was the "B" team of Barry & Brian (get it, B team, Ok just making sure you are paying attention). They start hearing the same things and end up getting lost. While trying to find their way out of the woods, they hear what sounds like something laugh at them. Andy & Robb go in to look for them using the thermal camera and find them with it, which, by the way, was used in the commercial which led people (Ok, me) into thinking something other than human was caught on the thermal and would cause us to watch. Don't you guys know by now, we will watch no matter what?! After the review, nothing was found in the farm house and the screaming in the woods was matched to several types of animal noises. Therefore, no evidence was found for a haunting.

The team stopped by Sherwood forest (I didn't think there really was such a place) for a little R&R. Barry & Brian decide to surprise the rest of the team by dressing up as a knight (Barry) and Robin Hood (Brian). Things go terribly wrong when Barry trips over the log he was trying to jump over and lands face first in front of everyone. At least he can laugh at himself. I was glad to see the team having some fun on their European trek.

Congrats go to Andy for his first baby! Double D

Gone Country-Country Cooking and Fuel

I guess everyone partied too hard especially Bobby Brown, because the next day he is unable to rise from his bed and is in a drunken stupor. Maureen tries to rouse him like the old married couple they appear to play. In the next room, they all (except Bobby) find guitars that has smash me written on them. Gee I always wanted to smash a guitar, doesn't it look like great fun? But it appears to be much harder than it looks for the women, smashing on brick walls doesn't make one dent when finally Dee puts his foot through them-he should know, he's a rocker. Whose ever guitar holds the note, will be the leader of the challenge. And much to Carney's surprise, she's the winner. The note says that the cast will be cooking a down home country dinner for his family, or as he called it his muzikmafia family, with grandma Rich as the judge, and who better to win this challenge, than Carney, she's all about the food. They all (except Bobby) make the caravan to the grocery store, Carney in the lead, making list, delegating tasks. Dee notices that Julio's shopping cart is only filled with yellow food-or as Julio says yjello food. Who knew? Maureen meanwhile is having a blast having her pictures snapped, which she says it's an every day occurrence. How nice!

Back at the farm, Bobby is finally rising, must be around 2 or 3 in the afternoon, and everyone is madly cooking. Bobby apologies which is endearing for about 2 seconds, now we know why Whitney threw him out, he spends the night boozing and partying so that the next day he's good for nothing, of which DeGarmo states she has no patience with someone in a drunken stupor. Watch out guys, if you marry her, you'll definitely have to tow the line! Julio now has the sleepies, must be all that yjello food, and takes a nap on the couch while everyone is furiously cooking-his punishment for napping, Julio has to set the table for all the guest, but Mother Maureen goes in to help him. She really is like someone's grandmother.

With dinner all set, JR's family begins to arrive, at first I thought maybe the carnival broke down outside, all shapes and sizes were coming through the front door. Wilson has a sudden shock of panic as she sees all the people and laments that they haven't made enough food! At the end of the meal, JR asks granny "Was it good?" You could feel the air being sucked out of the room, but then she pronounces "It's Good!" To which JR says that girl Carney can cook!-of course she can, she loves food!

After dinner and I'm sure they were all pooped-they all headed downtown to a club called Fuel, where JR had arranged that each cast member would sing their song on stage with his band. Maureen was petrified! She had a look of sheer horror! Each one took the stage, and of course, Bobby Brown and Dee fought for center stage, jealousy rearing it's ugly head. Mo was crying. DeGarmo blew them away with her amazing voice and she knew it. Mo was crying. Carney Wilson was a bit timid and scared but managed to pull it off, I'm thinking she just alittle self conscious of her weight. Mo was crying. Julio and JR did the duet "Of All the Girls I Used to Know" which sounded amazingly good, and of course it would since his father, Julio Igelesis did it previously with Willy Nelson, sounds of deja vu. Did I say, Mo was crying? In the end, she was terribly disappointed with herself for not having the courage to go on stage and sing, intimidated by the others and her lack of real live stage singing experience. Come on Mo, you knew what you signed up for, if you can't stand the heat, you better get out of the kitchen, or in this case the club!-Single D

Celebrity Apprentice-The Godfather Saga

Oh where to begin, this episode unfolds like a Mario Puzo novel, the mafia Don, Donald Trump, the rat Luca Brazi, Vinny, and the hotheaded Sonny Corleone, Piers Morgan. Oh I can hear that godfather music in the background. Meanwhile, back to the firing of Jennie, we learn in the war room, Omarosa wants that "twit Carol Alt gone"-frankly I think she just threaten by her statueque beauty. It's funny how not two seconds after that sentence leaves Omarosa's lips when Carol walks in and Omarosa gives her a congratulatory hug, women will be women!

This episode's challenge was to design a free standing Croc donation bin where people can donate their used crocs to be recycled for those in Africa. I never really cared for Crocs myself-relegating them to garden shoes, but now I give them a thumbs up for that concept.

Piers becomes the PM for the guys, and The Don choses Carol as the girls PM. Immediately Trace comes up with the perfect catch phrase of "Wear Them, Share Them", watch out for those strong silent types! And hence the mayhem begins. When the guys think the girls are spying on them, Piers sends in Vinny to be a spy and cross the line over to the girls camp. Women being the nurturers, takes in Vinny with open arms-What? Didn't they suspect anything? I kept thinking this has got to backfire, although while it was happening, it was so totally funny. Vinny was thinking he was still on the Sopranos. When Vinny wrote a note and threw it to Baldwin, I was surprised that Baldwin didn't purposely pick it up but called Lennox to pick it up. Baldwin wanted to disassociate himself from all this deceitfulness, because much to my surprise, surprise, he's a minister and a born again Christian. He was having a pang of consciousness!

I thought the bin shaped like a giant Croc was a light bulb moment for the women with the cut out sign of Carol perfect and even Omarosa had to admit that Carol is a 10, although we know how highly O thinks of herself by rating her sassy self a 9 1/2.

Meanwhile, Vinny, being the nice guy that he is, started to feel the warm and fuzzy for the girls and decided to do a double cross and become a double agent and start working for the girls team, which set off a series of events that eventually led Vinny to become as he said, a man without a country, scorned by the girls and rebuked by the guys. I did feel sorry for him, but he shouldn't have taken it so far, he shoulda called it quits when Marilu and him were to go to the factory. That would have been the perfect time to go back to the guys camp, but our Luca Brazi continued to play his role.

I thought the guys did well on their project with that great catch phrase and the croc drop sign, and it did look like the Croc reps liked the guys better (I ended up liking the guys drop better with the graphics and all), however, the girls won for once-I'm thinking that shoe would look better in the Smithsonian.

In the boardroom, Vinny was still in Godfather mode, saying how the rat always gets killed, to which Piers or Pierce as Vinny kept calling him, piped up and said that "Marilu is not going to kill you". Curious how in the boardroom there was not a chair for Vinny-hum..too much over kill.

And I loved it when Vinny said that Piers called him a "fat Italian" which Piers, said, "no I called you a very fat Italian". I swear, Piers could say all the cuss words in the english language and they would sound like he's reading Shakespeare.

Had not for Vinny offering up his resignation, in the end, it almost looked like Piers was going to get fired, his face turning all pasty and sweaty, and his usually caustic English mouth snapped shut like two thin veal chops. Hey, have you noticed how Baldwin and Trump share the same doughy little eyes? In the end, The Donald had to let Vinny go, had he not offered himself up like some sacrificial lamb-Piers would have been ambushed, like Sonny, at the toll booth, his car riddled with bullets-but oh I digress! -Single D

American Idol-OMY-Ha!

American Idol is in the Heartland-Omaha, Nebraska with one of the first contestants bearing gifts, but not of the musical kind. Chris did manage to charm his way to a Simon referral for Omaha's Fox 42 to get him a gig hosting an Idol talk show. Well, if you can't sing, talk! Jason forgot the lyrics, but was given a pardon by the judges and was passed through, now don't forget the lyrics in Hollywood or you're history! I think the scariest person at the auditions in Omaha and probably in the entire state of Nebraska was Sarah formally known aptly as Lady Morgue (she wrestles). Sinister, ghoulish, freaky, weird, just a few adjectives come to mind-and what's with the eye make-up? Certainly not for the weak at heart-which it seems she throughly and ghoulishly enjoys. I never, ever want to meet her in a dark alley! -Single D