Ice Road Truckers - First and Last

I made a promise to watch Ice Road Truckers. I watched the premier for this season and was not impressed. It starts out showing the road getting built with one of the snow plow drivers, when asked what he thinks when he hears the ice cracking says, he turns up the stereo and rolls up the windows so he can't hear it. Now there's an idea. I guess it's a case of what you don't hear can't open up and swallow you and your plow!

Then there are the drivers. The show focus's on four drivers, two work for one company and two work for another. They all know each other and it's pretty much a bash fest. Even the super religious Alex gets in on the bashing saying that some of us are less blessed than others. At least he puts it nicely(?). Alex also has 11 kids so now we know what he does in the off season! As they give the short bios on the drivers, we meet Drew who goes off by himself to contemplate his navel. What ever gets you through the day.

The mission is to take supplies from Inuvik to a natural gas drilling site 145 miles north in Mallik. They have to haul everything from buildings to the drill rigs. Hugh gets the first load and is off across the frozen Arctic sea to Mallik. Alex has to wait for a truck to be delivered by Rick who gets in wreck trying to avoid hitting a herd of moose and Drew is told to wait. Rick gets the truck to Alex and they both start out together with Alex doing about 55mph while Rick is not used to driving fast on the ice and goes about 30mph. Come on Rick, grow a set and speed up!

Everyone makes it to Mallik despite brake and speed limit problems, drop their loads and head back for more. All but Drew who is too impatient to wait for a ride and quits. Go back and contemplate your navel some more Drew. Like the one driver said, this isn't for everybody and this show really isn't for me. Double D

The Bachelorette-Two Elimination Shocker!

Ok, it was two hours of crying from DeAnna. What's there to cry about? Well, maybe the singing! This episode opens with Chris Hanson telling the guys that they will have to compose and perform a song for DeAnna. Winner will receive a one on one date. Jesse's like jeez man, Graham's composing a song, who does he think he is? Bon Jovi? Of course this thing was right up Twilly's theatrical alley. Most of the guys performed a semi muscial rap, half talking, half singing. I thought the best song was from Brian (hunka hunka!) "House of Pain", but it was Jesse's one knee hand holding serenade that caught DeAnna's ear and earned him the single date. She's just not into Brian, silly girl! The guys sit around speculating what Jesse should wear and then a knock on the door and a dress suit magically appears, just Jesse's size. I guess DeAnna wants to see what Jesse looks like when he's cleaned up. But what about that hair? Jesse answers the door wearing a tee shirt that had a print of a tie on it, maybe he should wear the tee under the jacket, just his style! I must say Jesse was so excited about his date with DeAnna. DeAnna comes to the out house to pick up Jesse and all the guys are looking so hound dog and some of them won't even look at her. I guess that's the way jealousy rears it's ugly head with guys. It's Retreat, Retreat!! The date is to an empty theater in LA, where a dining table magically appears with Natasha Bedingfield singing. Jesse's like a small child, wide eyed and wild hair. Suit and all, still looked like a pro boarder but in a stuff shirt. He was kinda of endearing and in the end I guess that's why DeAnna gave him the rose, although I don't see those two together in the end.

The next date is the macho drag racing date with everyone else except Robert and Fred who will have to duel it out for the single rose. The guy whose speed is the fastest wins the alone time w/DeAnna. All the guys act like they've all done this before, getting their macho on, but you could so tell most of them were scared witless! Brian is first up and he's so scared he can't even get it into gear. His speed comes in at 140 and is the top speed until Twilly takes over. A look of relief came over DeAnna, when Sean managed to over take Twilly speed and win the alone time with D. The alone time was spent sitting on the grass drinking champagne with tons of swirling gnats flying around their heads, how romantic! I'm surprised that gnats didn't fly into their mouths! Sean tries to act all charming, but how charming can a redneck be? He tried to tell DeAnna that they both had that redneck thing in common. Hey Sean, being southern and being redneck are two different things. He's like Bud in a can, she's more like a mint julep, more sweet tea please! After her time with Sean, she's dying to get her lips on Graham, but he pulls back much to her displeasure. He says he can't when he thinks shes done that with the other guys. Oh please! Can you say double standard! Graham really has serious issues, no wonder he's never had a relationship that has lasted more than 5 months. Either he's extremely jealous or he's seriously afraid of commitment. You can see the fear in his eyes, like a deer caught in headlights. Go home Bambi, this is cruel stuff. In the end, Sean gets the rose for being his gentlemanly redneck self and climbs up the bachelor pile.

The next day, the guys cook up a BBQ and invite DeAnna over, but when she gets to the out house, there's a bad vibe in the air as the guys are all like mountain goats circling each other and wanting to butt their horns, but instead it's retreat, retreat! Robert and Graham sulk into the house, cowards! And DeAnna goes to find them. When she confronts Robert, he says he's under a lot of stress and that guys have been saying stuff, wa wa wa! DeAnna's not only mad, she's furious and immediately confronts the group and tells them that she's been through all this and knows exactly what they are going through and if they don't want to be there then leave. You go girl! A wise girl knows that shedding a few tears doesn't hurt as well. Seems that the guys have bonded so well, that they might as well had their bbq party for themselves and not invited DeAnna over, as she tipped the balance of king of the heap of the bachelor pile. It's really funny how the guys act compared to the women that have been on the bachelor. The guys are like fraternity buds communing around the campfire discussing stragety and if their rank in the pecking order is disturbed then they retreat, whereas the women would be claws out scratching each other with verbal bards and sharp, sacrastic tongues-meow!

The two on one date, DeAnna invites Fred and Robert over for a informal dinner. Robert has already theorized to Fred that whoever kisses her first on the date will get the rose. Of course to prove his theory, he tries to go in for the kiss when he's alone with DeAnna and she quickly says of course, on the cheek. Obviously there's no connection there! Robert fails and Fred pleads, but at the table DeAnna quickly dismisses Robert. It was so quick, Robert did a double take. His jaw dropped so hard, the china rattled and he didn't have a chance to plead his case. Yep buddy, you lose, so it's off with ya to the limo. Back at the table a shocked Fred is probably feeling pretty good by now, but DeAnna comes back, screws up her face, and gently tries to let him down, by saying that she can't keep him either! What, whoa girl! Nice, sweet, genuine Fred a goner. Good guys do finish last. At least he was a good sport about it and took it pretty well. Fred is really sweet and I hope someone snatches him up, he'll make a good husband to someone one day. Hey Fred, my sister- in-law is available, do ya like maturing, slightly overweight women? Ok, old and fat!

Back at the out house, the guys rush to see whose luggage is being whisked away and are shocked to see both sets go. Hey guys, just goes to show you, don't mess with DeAnna, she means it!

DeAnna comes home to the only man left standing or in this case reclining in the mansion is Jason. Much to his delight, he's happy to catch her on the rebound, all vulnerable and all. The night of elimination it's a pool party and for the first time everyone is having a good time. All the macho horn ramming is put aside. In the end, looks like Brian couldn't bring it to the table and open himself up to DeAnna enough. Such a shame. I would have liked to see (and I mean See) more of him in future episodes without his shirt. hubba, hubba! It was like that twit Twilly said, he preferred to hang with the guys than with her. Hey Double D, who are we going to drool over now?-Single D

The guys show off their talent by writing songs to DeAnna to win a one on one date. Hunky Brian was getting into it, Sean was a little slow getting started and Jesse wanted to know what a refrain was. They all can't sing with some even resorting to talking their songs they did write pretty good and Brian even got a standing ovation. Jesse got all romantic with the getting on his knee while singing which earned him the date. A suit is delivered for him and he gets even more nervous. DeAnna takes him to an empty theater where they have dinner stage side. Jesse pours his heart out telling DeAnna he is really into her. They get a performance from the singer Single D mentioned above (I have no idea who she is) and Jesse gets a rose.

The group date is a trip to the Auto Club Speedway to drive stock cars. Now that's right up any guys alley! Come to think of it, it's up my alley too! Can I drive with Brian? Brian gets to go first and after having trouble starting the car, pulls out a fast time. The others take their turn and Sean is the winner and gets alone time with DeAnna. He really didn't utilize his time well even telling DeAnna they are both rednecks. I'm sorry, but I don't want any guy calling me a redneck (excuse me while I scratch my butt and get a beer)! Once they are back in the group, here comes Jeremy! He takes DeAnna away, again even though she isn't complaining. DeAnna gets Graham alone and tells him now would be a good time to kiss her (cue the ominous music) and he says he wants it to be different which doesn't sit well with DeAnna. DeAnna ends up giving Sean the group date rose. He came off so cocky in the beginning, now he seems more grounded. I guess being among sharks in a pool with one fish for a prize can be a little humbling.

The out house guys decide to throw a BBQ and invite DeAnna. Robert wasn't real happy when the guys gave him a chefs hat and apron then sat him at the "kiddie" table. After throwing a chair (is he related to Bobby Knight?) he rips off the hat and storms off saying he can't do this. Can't do what? Take a joke? I hope you are taking notes DeAnna. The guys were all hanging out with each other and no one was really paying any attention to DeAnna so she goes in to talk to Robert who is still sulking. The combination of no attention and Robert whining gets DeAnna mad enough to go off on the group telling them she knows what they are going through and storms off.

The two on one date (sounds like a wrestling term, doesn't it?) pits the two average guys against each other. I'm not sure what to say about these two. Average doesn't quite cut it, I wanted to say teddy bears but sure about that either. They are just Fred and Robert. How about average nice guys? Robert doesn't waste any time and gets DeAnna alone and asks if he can kiss her. She says yes, but on the cheek. Does that just scream you're going home? He looked like a 70's reject sitting there with his shirt unbuttoned showing his baby chest that matches his baby face and personality.

Fred gets his alone time and tells her he is just as happy to be sitting and talking. I swear I have seen him in Chicago. Maybe he has a commercial for a law firm or something. The out house boys are sitting around the camp fire betting that Robert will be going home. They were right! Back at the dinner table, DeAnna sends Robert home. He starts crying in the limo saying he is destroyed. Light weight! You're a guy, suck it up and move on. How in love can you be with this girl?! Meanwhile, Fred is back at the table letting out a big sigh of relief and smiling now that he has the rose all sewn up. Twist! DeAnna sends Fred packing too! At least he took it like a man and wished DeAnna to be happy. What a nice guy (average) guy!

DeAnna gets back to the mansion and it's Jason to the rescue asking her if she wants to talk about it. He takes advantage of her vulnerability and moves in for a lip lock.

At the cocktail party, Jeremy takes DeAnna away first thing. Hunky Brian finally gets his chance and tells DeAnna that he only wants to marry once. Graham gets some face time and tells DeAnna he is there for her and she finally gets her kiss. They all hit the pool and we get to see Brian sans shirt with his muscles to next week. Yummo! I thought sure they would do the rose ceremony in the hot tub but party pooper Chris had to break up that party and told everyone to get out and get dressed. Darn! In the end, DeAnna sends home our hunk-a-hunk Brian :( I still can't believe she kept Twit Twilly over Brian and will someone please tell me what she sees in Graham? Double D

Tila Tequila-Shot at Love 2-It's a Sweet Trip to the Tattoo Shop Not!

Oh my gosh! It's a field trip to the tattoo shop. More like a trip to the nightmare shop! Here Tila treats her would be lovers to a little shop of horrors, tattoos, piercings, a walk on broken glass and an electric chair. The remaining would be suitors need to prove their love by taking on one of these modern day chamber of horror stunts. I would be like, "see ya"! How could anyone in their right mind even propose such a thing and how could a contestant even consent to it? Oh right, it's shock TV, I forgot! Brittany is the first one to pipe up that she would get a tattoo and then when put on the spot, gets a serious case of the "I can't go through with it", good girl, your mother would be proud as she slinks back to her chair. Georgie is eyeing the broken glass box and is willing to cut his feet in the name of love and bravely kicks off his shoes. George steps on the broken glass and is squealing in pain, glass shards piercing his feet. When he makes it to the other side he quickly looks at his feet crying out that they are cut. When Lisa looks at them, she says it's not cut and there's no blood, but the pain is so intense for George, the medics placate him by putting on a bandage on his toe, is that better? Good boy, now go get yourself a Popsicle. Tila then says she wants to try the glass and kicks off her high heels and quickly walks across it. I guess wearing stilettos makes your feet callous. She makes it to the other side where she pronounces with girlish glee that the glass is fake. Ya you heard me fake, fake, fake! George got himself so hyped up, that he imagined it hurt and cut his feet. Hey the mind is a terrible thing to waste. Christy says she wants a star behind her ear. I must say it was very dainty and behind the ear, which could be hidden. Good thinking. Bo steps up and tells Tila that he wants the shot glass tattoo. Are you kidding me? Hey Bo, you'll have that stupid shot glass when you're 86! Of course, Jersey doesn't have an original thought in his head and follows in Bo's shot glass step and gets one as well. Lisa decides to do the electric chair and gets her electric groove on. It looked like she was enjoying it! Brittany meanwhile is mad that everyone out did her so she decides to get her belly pierced. Now, she claims she's deathly afraid of needles, yet she chooses the one thing that looks the most painful and hey what about that lip ring you have already? Christy gets the single date and a shopping trip to the lingerie store, now that's a reward! The rest gets the dirty date, donning white underwear, which George liked a little too much, smearing paint and rolled around it in. Ok, that's not my thing, who wants blue paint in their hair? The final challenge is a hot dog challenge, but since Bo can't eat anything solid, it's a blender shake of hot dogs, buns and condiments, yuck! Lisa once again is an animal and wins, but again, she takes on that tough girl attitude and turns Tila off. At the elimination, it's not enough for Lisa to apologize and Lisa is left key less along with Georgie. It was time for George to go, he just doesn't have that killer instinct and is the Domenico of this season. Hey, MTV don't even think about making a bachelor out of George, he's just doesn't not have that X factor.-Single D

Hell's Kitchen-Looney Tunes by Matt

This episode, Chef sends Jen back to the girls team and Matt back to the guys team. Neither side is happy with the switch. At 6 am the blindfolded group finds themselves on the roof top of Chef Ramsay's new LA eatery London West Hollywood. It is here that he announces that the teams will merge. For their first individual challenge each person is assigned one item, Petrozza-chicken, Matt-veal, Christina-sea bass, Corey-lobster, Jen-beef and Bobby-duck. Pretty much everyone did really well, but Chef chooses Jen's paper thin rib eye as the winner. Chef likes her dish so much that he's going to put it on the dinner menu. For her reward she gets to chose one person to accompany her. She choses Corey, which Matt says it's like pairing a cobra with a mongoose. So it's off to Las Vegas, baby! to see last season's winner, Roc at Green Valley Ranch at his Terra Verde restaurant. What a nice gig. The girls get a gorgeous suite with their very own bath and their very own swimming pool. Must be nice! The rest of the group gets the delivery punishment, carrying heavy supplies into the restaurant. Matt complains non-stop getting on everyone's last nerve. Bobby says Matt is like a full metal jacket when he's pissed. Matt definitely needs some anger management classes. He's so looney, he's one fork short of a set, he's the missing knife in the butcher block, he can't find his beans and franks with both hands (as Jeffie would say), there's a cuckoo missing in the clock, he forgot to take the out to lunch sign off his head, ok, he's just plain psycho and lives in the land of twilight zone, cue music.

Chef Ramsay must know that Matt is really getting to Christina and pairs them up together on the meat station for the dinner service. Pretty much dinner service is a disaster with Christina and Bobby mixing meats while cooking them, like cooking the salmon with the chicken? Corey loses it on the vegetable station, how hard is it to cook green beans? And again Matt is out in left field, not understanding the simplest English instruction, 2 rib eye, 1 chicken, 2 wellingtons!! Matt's brain has left the building and Matt tells Chef he has a migraine, no Matt, it's not a migraine, you need a brain for that! Hey Matt, you've given us a migraine! Chef is so frustrated he sends everyone out of the kitchen. Gee, I wondered who finished the cooking for the customers? JP? He says for them to come back when they have nominated two for elimination. When Chef ask who they chose, Petrozza says Matt and when Chef ask Corey who else, Corey says Christina, but offers herself because she failed on veggies. Chef calls all three up and brings the chef knife down on Matt. In the end, Chef recites poetry as we see Matt walk off without his chef coat-

"There once was a boy named Matt, whose performance fell flat. He was terrible on meat, it was no easy feat, and so he's gone and that's that!" or something like that!-Single D

The Mole-Premiere

It's been a few years since the Mole has been on. Last time they had D-lister celebrities, like Kathy Griffen and Steven Baldwin, which made for good mindless entertainment. This time around it's your ordinary reality show groupie and do I really want to watch them? It's like who cares! In this premiere episode, they jump, literally off a waterfall in Los Angeles, Chile. Who knew, there's a Los Angeles in Chile? The stunt was kinda like a combination river rafting and bungee jumping and definitely not for the faint of heart. The whole premise to this reality show is the last one standing wins the money, or whoever outs the mole, or if the mole outwits everyone, then they win. The money is accumulated by stunts completed and performed which can or cannot be subverted by the mole. Every episode ends with a quiz and the one that answers the most questions wrong are executed. I'm wondering, since we are never given the answers, how do we really know which contestant answered the most questions wrong? At this point it is pretty hypothetical since all the questions are about who they think the mole is. Since it is so early in the season it is just a guessing game at this point, but immediately the group is targeting Marcie as the mole. Already there are some primadonnas emerging, especially one in particular, Dr. Nicole, who refused to sleep outside in a sleeping bag and stayed awake in the cabin all night. Gee, let's see, be totally tired from not sleeping all night, or sleep outside in a sleeping bag, which would you do? The raft over the falls netted the group 6 bags of money. The contestants range from young to 60. I'm thinking Liz (the 60 year old) meant to audition for the Price is Right, but ended up on ABC 's casting call. The next challenge was to find items strew over the beach for items that Cruseo would have had on a stranded island in 1704. Basically, a pretty lame challenge, with the scavengers, appraisers and the timekeepers roles assigned to the group. This challenge netted the group $5,000 to total $35,000. At the end it is Marcie that is executed and if this show doesn't become more intrigueing I might have to execute it myself-sorry no Mole pictures!-Single D

The Bachelorette-Duds and Dudes

It's out of the outhouse and into the penthouse for Paul, Graham, and again, Jeremy! Jeremy is getting on my last nerve! It's funny how different men and women act in this situation. The girls are just raving mad lunatics but when the guys get together, it's more like a fraternity of men, cavemen around the fire, a truly bonding experience. If Jeremy wasn't there, there would be no drama among the guys. I loved it how when the three guys went up to the house, everyone was letting their imaginations run wild...Jesse-"she'll be in the pool or hot tub, looking good in her bikini" as all the guys wistfully sigh! The date card arrives and it's Richard that is chosen, yikes! Could be good, could be bad, more bad I'm thinking. Richard's date is a romantic dinner atop of one of LA's tallest buildings. During dinner, Richard is more into science teacher mode than romantic bachelor mode. Poor guy! After dinner it's a Cinderella carriage ride, yes DeAnna, it's Cinderella that you are trying to say. I think she was really distracted on how to dump poor Richard, that the conversation totally took a nose dive, yet Richard kept talking to the camera on how this was the most wonderful date. Hello? Could he not tell by the body language? The whole carriage ride was awkward and stiff, so much so, that it looked like DeAnna just spontaneously told the driver, STOP! Get him outta here! Poor guy, he was told to go roseless and just let off on some LA street. Good thing there was a cab nearby. Boy what a way to get dumped! And he seemed like such a nice guy. Meanwhile back at the outhouse all the other guys except Jason get to go on the group date to a dude ranch. Love a guy in a cowboy hat! The guys learn to line dance and Graham might look hot at the beach, but it looks like he has two left boots when line dancing. What would be a dude ranch be without the customary mechanical bull ride? DeAnna tricks the guys by falling off and pretending to hurt herself to see who would rush to her rescue. Everyone rushes in but Ron, left standing on the sidelines. He's all like thinking how much could you hurt yourself on a padded, inflatable cushion? Jesse was the best at the bull and won alone time with DeAnna revealing some of his serious side, didn't know he had one, can a guy be truely serious sporting a page boy haircut? Back at the campfire, the guys start ramming their horns, with Ron going after Jeremy. Hey, I don't blame him, Jeremy is really getting slimy with all his monopolizing of DeAnna's time. Robert is getting frustrated and tells DeAnna what he feels. She in return gives him the rose for his honesty. In the end, the guys being guys, start singing "Home on the Range"-hey guys, keep your day job.

For Jason's single date, DeAnna has them picked up by helicopter much to the jealousy of the others as they go off to Griffith Park Observatory to see the stars. What a great date. Jason wants to tell DeAnna he has a son, Ty, but wants it to come up naturally in conversation, so at dinner Jason says, I have a kid, could you pass me the bread? DeAnna takes it very well and Jason quickly turns the conversation to her mother, good diversion. We get to hear all about the passing of her mother which was very heart wrenching. For his honesty, Jason gets the date rose. I'm just wondering if DeAnna rewards for honesty or for her feelings? At the elimination, DeAnna tells Jason that she had a star named after Ty which was very sweet. Next day DeAnna and the guys head for Hollywood where they are guest on the Ellen DeGeneres Show. Ellen makes the guys drop their pants for a look see at the Ellen shorts. Ellen got to pick (with the help of DeAnna) the guy for the rose and their choice was Fred. Up until this point, I was like Fred who?

The night of the elimination, DeAnna ask Ron for some one on one and Ron begins by saying that in the morning he felt like she was not the girl for him, but that after he heard her talk about wanting the guys to be honest, he suddenly got the "DeAnnas", does that translate into the warm and fuzzies? You could tell DeAnna was not impressed and that she pretty much made up her mind to get rid of him. I think there was no love loss on both their parts and it was goodbye Ron and Paul. Poor Paul, she just ate him up and the spit him out, his heart broken and all!-Single D

Again we are subjected to the whole DeAnna/Brad thing, I guess ABC doesn't think their audiences remember why the bachelorette is or maybe they have a deal with Brad to pay him every time they show it. Anyway, Richard gets the first one on one date. Roof top dining with a stunning view of LA. When talk turned to shooting stars, it looked like the romance would start but then Richard the science teacher came out. DeAnna is saying how neat the shooting stars are and Richard tells her it's just space junk. Way to kill the moment Rich! DeAnna looked like she wanted to be anywhere but on that date. I guess that is what it would be like to be on a date with your brother. She finally had enough and during the carriage ride, gives Richard the boot.

The group date, everyone except Jason gets to play cowboy on a dude ranch. Brian says he will have to impress DeAnna somehow maybe by roping a chicken. Let's see, Brian in a cowboy hat and some rope, um.....nevermind. The guys learn to line dance, not bad, not good but not bad. After the dancing came the mechanical bull. Now that looks like fun. Jesse earns a little alone time with DeAnna after he was the first to come to her rescue after she fakes a fall. Jesse takes the opportunity to show her his serious side. How do you take a pro-snowboarder serious? And, like Single D said, with a page boy hair cut, it's hard to see the serious side.

Back at the camp fire, it is evident that Ron & Jeremy are not the best of friends. They get into a head butt moment with Ron telling Jeremy there is something off about him. Yea there is, he's a slime ball! The others agree with Ron but not in front of Jeremy. Jeremy ends up with even more alone time with DeAnna but Fred and Graham put a stop to it by busting in on them sending Jeremy back to the camp fire. Fred finally gets a little face time with DeAnna while Graham stands by cracking jokes. Robert decides he has to jump in and tell DeAnna that he wants to see if there is something there since he told the guys he doesn't want to take up a spot if there isn't a chance for him. What a guy! You know none of the women on the bachelor would EVER do that! Robert's initiative earns him a rose from DeAnna and the other guys seemed genuinely happy for him.

DeAnna takes Jason on a helicopter ride to an observatory where they watch the sunset and have a candle light dinner. Over dinner, Jason finally tells DeAnna about his son. She didn't freak out so he brought out the pictures and talked about Ty for awhile before asking DeAnna about her family. They had quite the bonding moment talking about their families with DeAnna telling him about her mother's death. DeAnna gives Jason the rose and they head up to the telescope to scope out the stars. I would have never thought of an observatory as romantic but those two made me a believer. Maybe it was the music.

DeAnna takes the guys to meet Ellen DeGeneres. I love Ellen, she cracks me up! I would love to go and see her show. Maybe someday, meanwhile, it's on at 3pm! Ellen gives DeAnna advise on the guys, asks them a few questions and, in true Ellen fashion, has them drop their pants to reveal their Ellen boxers. After a dance off, Ellen gives Fred a rose for his adorable dancing.

Before the rose ceremony Ron tries to save himself but falls flat and Jeremy, once again, moves in and steals DeAnna. Graham got in there and opened up a little making DeAnna want to keep him around a little longer. Send him home girl, the only way he is going to open up is with a can opener! It's probably in the editing, but Sean, Brian and Paul didn't even try to get any alone time with DeAnna. What's wrong with them, do they think they will get by on their looks (as good as they may be)?

In the end, Paul and Ron are sent home. No surprise about Ron but I really thought she would send home Sean before Paul. Paul looked heart broken while Ron was giving himself a pep talk on the way out saying he didn't fail, she just picked someone else. Keep telling yourself that Ron! Double D

Tila Tequila-Shot at Love 2-It's a Sweet Trip to the Candy Shop

This time the challenge is a jello pool wrestling match in the cherry pit. Winning team, what else alone time with Tila. Glitter graciously chooses Bo even tho he can't play because of his injury. This time the green team comes up winners and for Glitter, Bo and Brittany it's a trip to Tila's candyland store. As Glitter gets her alone time with Tila, things heat up between them, while the rest of the group watch while sucking on their lollipops, humm? The losers get a treat to the candy shop as well, and what do children usually end up doing with their food? Why throw it of course, food fight. Like I said before, it seems like the losers get the better gig than the winners. But the food fight fun comes to a halt when den mother Tila comes in and tells them that they have to clean up their mess. Fun sucker! Next it's the stay or go game ("should I stay or should I go", isn't that a song?), where they are asked questions by Tila on who would make a better partner for Tila. Everyone voted to send Bo packing much to his surprise. I'm thinking that maybe they feel sorry for him and his injury and he should go home to heal up the jaw. Bo and Tila are thinking that they really want Bo out. Bo's hurt as he really is the nice guy of the bunch. Come on Bo, it's a game! Of course they want the best guy out of the house. Remember, nice guys finish last. Glitter refuses to play as she doesn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. Ok, a second come on! Why does she act all surprised that she has to play these dumb games. Didn't she watch the first season? I'm wondering when Glitter cries over and over, doesn't that glitter eyeshadow get in the eyes? After that it's another pool party and to show Tila that she's fun and spontaneous, Glitter gets her naked on and jumps in the pool san suit. Of course Jersey can't let anyone show him up and he does the same thing. Jersey being his old obnoxious self, ruin's Bo one on one time with Tila. I'm wondering why Tila hasn't seen through Jersey and send him packing?

During the elimination, Lisa gets a freebie and is safe from elimination. Looks like that girl's here to stay. Glitter is given her walking papers along with Scotty, guess the jump in the pool with no clothes on didn't save her. We knew those two wouldn't make it all the way, in fact I think think they make a better couple. Maybe they should hook up? Anyway this thing can't end fast enough. Where's the excitement, the intrigue, the surprises, the make me laugh till my sides ache, oh ya, I forgot, we've all been through this before.-Single D

Top Chef - It's All In How You Cut It

The Chef's go to Allen Brothers which is a meat supplier. They also do catalog orders which I have had and they are fantastic! The challenge is to cut individual chops from a dry aged rib rack and french the bone in 20 minutes. With the racks being dry aged, it was hard to cut. My mouth was watering just thinking what those steaks would taste like. Spike says that both of his grandfathers were butchers and it showed up in this challenge, he flew through those ribs.

The second half of this challenge is to cook a steak for guest judge Rick Tramonto. They get to use the chops they made at Allen Brothers. Chef Tramonto didn't taste any of the steaks, only looked for the butchering techniques and doneness. I couldn't judge a steak without tasting it, you would have had to roll me out of there! Spike and his butchering wins him the challenge.

The elimination challenge is to take over Chef Tramonto's restaurant, Tramonto's (how original) for a night. Chef Tramonto seems very reluctant to hand over his restaurant going as far as to beg the chefs not to upset his customers. Go take a tranquilizer Chef, it will be over before you know it! The chefs get to the restaurant and have to wait while Spike decides his proteins for appetizer and entree' which was his reward for winning the quickfire challenge. He chooses the tomohawk steaks for entree' and scallops that he found in the freezer for appetizer. Chef Tom is back and will be expediting the service. He stops by each chef's stations and makes some nervous about their choices like Lisa's peanut butter mashed potatoes. I love peanut butter but that is something I would have to be talked into trying. Stephanie's entree is beef tenderloin piled on a plate with mushrooms and apple sauce.

The guest judges for this round are the winners of the previous Top Chefs. They all loved Richard's sweetbread appetizer. Antonia also made sweetbreads and it looked as if Ilian was actually gaging over her dish. Chef Tom gets on Richard for being slow but Richard says he wants everything to be perfect even if the customers have to wait. Remind me to order another glass of wine if I'm going to be waiting! The judges loved Stephanie's dish, the taste as well as the presentation, which was, let's just say, different. Chef Tom looked like he was having more fun expediting the service than he does when he is out front eating. He has to remind the chefs that he is judging and to save him some food.

At judge's table the judges went to each chef in turn with the critique. Stephanie, Antonia and Richard all took it well. Then there is Lisa. Lisa was beaming when they praised her entree' and her peanut butter potatoes but then they started criticizing her shrimp appetizer, she had death ray look in her eyes again. That is one scary woman when she gets mad!

Spike screwed up royally. He picked frozen scallops from the walk in and challenged Chef Tramonto for having them there in the first place. Someone should shove a scallop in his pie hole. Talking to a chef, not to mention that he is a judge as well, only makes that target on your back that much bigger! Just to keep you guessing, the judges went after Lisa making her death ray glare scorch the table cloth. Stephanie wins the challenge (and Richard doesn't look to happy about that) and gets a prize of Chef Tramonto's cook book and a suite of GE Monogram appliances. Antonia and Richard will join her in Puerto Rico for the final.

The judges get on Spike and Lisa one last time telling Lisa that she has been in the bottom five times now but it's Spike that has to pack his knives and go. Stephanie has really jumped to the top out cooking Richard. I'm still thinking Richard to win but Stephanie is going to make him work for it! Double D

Hell's Kitchen-Goodbye Louross

Matt is still reeling from his poor performance during the dinner service from which he managed to squeak by without getting fired. The challenge the next day is a cooking relay which looks fun. They are to cook three items from the dinner service menu, scallops, Jan Dore and chicken. Jen's bossy side is still in control telling Louross that he should sit this one out since he is quick but gets nothing done. Louross, Bobby and Petrozza are frustrated with her yet they won't stand up to her. What! Are they afraid of her or what? When Chef ask which one will sit out, Louross says I am. Chef says he's surprised and Louross says so is he. Each chef will have 6 minutes to cook and 15 seconds to tell the next person where they left off. It's Matt vs Petrozza, Christina vs Bobby and Jen vs Corey who will go last. The last person will be the deciding factor for each team. Jen thinks she will be able to whip the other side, but in the end forgets to put sauce on two dishes and ultimately the red teams wins. The red team gets a day at the beach learning how to surf with Chef Ramsay. It looked like so much fun especially when Chef Ramsay threw JP into the water. I'm wondering if JP is not only the maitre'd, but also Chef Ramsay's personal manservant, he was bringing up the beach towels for heaven sake. Meanwhile, the blue team gets to scrub down HK for dinner service. Once back at the restaurant, Chef Ramsay tells the teams they will be creating their own dinner menus. The red team is working cooperatively while the blue team, you guessed it, it's a hostile takeover with Jen trying to control everything. Chef loves the red team's menu while he hates the blue team's and tells them to make some changes. At dinner service, both teams run into trouble with getting the plates out, but it is Matt who is dripping sweat into the pasta sauce and everyone is complaining that the sauce is too salty! Gawd, isn't that illegal or something? Good Grief, put a bandanna on your sweaty head! Matt is falling apart at every station on the red team, while Louross has a breakdown in the meat station. In the end, I think the red station had the most mess ups, but Chef declares the blue team as losers and chooses Petrozza to pick two for elimination. Petrozza chooses, Louross, he reminds me of a rabid chihuahua, and Jen, the snarling bull dog. Petrozza says of Jen, that she feels she has more to teach, when in fact she has more to learn. Spoken like a true poet chef! Chef Ramsay then asks Petrozza who he would choose to leave, and Petrozza says, Louross, which is exactly who Chef Ramsay said he would eliminate. So it's bye, bye for little chihuahua Louross. He should have stood up to that bullying like his mohawk stands up on his head, but in the end he could not stand up to Jen's snarling bulldog attitude. Jen, go pick on someone your own size and Louross grow a backbone!-Single D

The Bachelorette-Magic in the Air

DeAnna and her first three bachelors to share the mansion, Jeremy, Jesse and Rich (first impression roses) while the other poor fools have to live dorm style with bunk beds and outside showers. Yes, outside showers, no privacy there. The first group date is to LA's Magic Castle. The place looked like so much fun, the place where magicians gather and I suppose swap magic secrets. The first trick was the disappearing box, where DeAnna chooses Jason to accompany her. Into the box they go and poof, disappear, much to the disliking of the rest of the group. Jason pours his heart out to DeAnna but is unable to bring himself to tell her about his 3 year old son. How much of a lead does one need. He kept saying the time wasn't right. It's never right when there's kids involve. Spill, spill! Back in the salon, DeAnna is forced to watch the guys perform their own magic tricks. Some of them will need some magic to cover up their lame performances, like the twit Twilly, who instead of performing magic decided to do a 10 hr. one man play. Yawn, will some one wake me up when this is over, was the look on DeAnna's face. I thought that big goof, Richard making her an origami flower was very sweet. Paul from Canada must have really worked some magic on DeAnna, because she ended up giving him the date rose. She fell for that, I'm the youngest one here, 23, and I so know what I want in life ....gag me!

Back at the house, it's Graham that snags the single date. We all knew that was going to happen, since DeAnna is all but panting for him. As she said herself, "Graham is smoking hot!" Frankly, I just don't see it, I guess you have to be there. Their date is to the beach where they weakly attempt to fly a kite. After kite flying, DeAnna gets down to the serious language of why are you here and have you been in love before stuff. He tells her he has only been in love once before. DeAnna acts surprised by this and is concerned that he's only had that experience. Gee, how many affairs of the heart does she expect? The body language between the both of them looked so frozen and awkward, but I guess the bonfire lit something under DeAnna. Back at the house Graham kisses and tells and the guys are jealous. I thought it was funny when Ryan told the guys that he's still a virgin at 28, noticed how the room came to a screeching halt. Ok, I'm all for that finding the right one, but at 28 you might as get over it and just go for it or you'll end up like some 40 yr old virgin.

The next group date is to Dodger Stadium where they all meet with Tommy Lasorda. He reminds me of a fatter version of my dad. Hi Dad! I'm thinking the cutest one of that group date is Brian. Jeremy wins the most home runs hit and get quality alone time with DeAnna. I loved it how Lasorda got all frustrated with the guy's hitting, no matter what advice he gave them, they just swung at the ball when they wanted. Lasorda was so charming and spirited. I just love him! Jeremy tells DeAnna that both is parents are dead, which hits home with DeAnna, Now we know she's been through the same thing, but did she have to give him another rose? Come on, spread the wealth or in this case roses and give some other poor sap a chance. I think that just wasn't fair and the rest of the guys weren't too happy. But not to worry, because lunch is served, hot dogs and wine. Hey, where's the beer?

I loved the pale blue gown DeAnna wore to the rose ceremony. Three previous roses given out to Jeremy, Paul and Graham. Jeremy still tries to monopolize DeAnna's time. I guess he's going to be the Robin of this season. Jeremy better be careful or I might start to dislike him. Meanwhile, it's goodbye to Eric, quit the Greek talk, Chris and Ryan (the virgin). Ryan one word, don't save it, it's too late in the game. Maybe if you had sex you could have wooed DeAnna better. Sorry to see ya go. In this stage of the game, I'm getting a crush on Brian and have a soft spot for Jason, single dad. -Single D

OK, we all know DeAnna got jilted by Brad. Are we going to be subjected to the history at the start of every episode? Enough is enough, it's a new show and speaking of which.........I love it, 3 guys each week sharing the mansion with DeAnna while the rest stay in the guest house which has bunk beds complete with cowboy sheets and outdoor shower. Apparently the shower doesn't have hot water prompting Graham to comment that there will be a lot of shrinkage! To me, it looks like the perfect bachelor pad.

The Magic Castle did look like fun. They used to have something similar here at Caesar's Palace that I got to go to and it was fun! When Jason and DeAnna get some alone time after "disappearing", Jason starts to feel out DeAnna about kids but doesn't yet let her know he has one. Later, DeAnna asks Sean to go for a walk and they end up in a room with a player piano which mocks Sean every time he tries to talk. Frustrated, they go back to the group.

DeAnna asks the guys to perform their own magic tricks, that was ballsy. Knowing the guys I do, they would offer to pull a banana out of their pocket. Some had the usual card tricks but Twilly went WAY over board acting out an entire theatrical skit. I hope she made up her mind right then that he is out! Geeky science teacher Richard gets a big AWE by creating a paper flower for DeAnna, Ryan professes his faith and Paul tells DeAnna even though he is young he knows he is ready for marriage and kids which earns him a rose.

The first one on one date is with Graham. To the beach they go and try to fly kites. Graham tells DeAnna he has had only one relationship causing her to rethink her choice then turns around and gives him a rose. I guess the beach will do that to you. Meanwhile back at the bachelor pad, Ryan drops the "V" bomb and Jason drops the kid bomb. No one really had anything to say about Ryan being a virgin, but I'll bet they were thinking all kinds of things! I guess Twilly realized what a twit he made of himself at the Magic Castle and hid out in the bushes like some deranged rabbit waiting for DeAnna to come back from her date all so he could tell her about his serious side. What about that stalker side Twilly?

The second group date is at Dodger's stadium with Tommy Lasorta bearing Dodger's jerseys for all. He gives the guys a pep talk on how to win DeAnna but it didn't look like anyone was really listening. This is how I picture it, Tommy giving the pep talk and guys are thinking "wow I'm in Dodger stadium with Tommy Lasorta! Wait 'till the dudes at home see this. This is way cool! Oh yeah, I guess I should look like I'm listening". After the pep talk, it was time to sing the National Anthem. Half of the guys didn't even know the words much to Tommy's displeasure and the ones that did know the words butchered the tune. Oh well this isn't American Idol. The challenge was to see who could hit the most home runs and win time with DeAnna. I was hoping for hunky Brian when he tied two others with two runs each but he failed to get any more. Jeremy gets up to bat and kills it with 6 home runs and earns his prize. He finds a common bond with DeAnna in that they both have lost parents. I know it's bad, but I briefly thought maybe he was pulling a Johnny Fairplay (of Survivor fame) and just telling her his parents died. Erik gets a little face time with DeAnna but all he could talk about was being greek. OK, we got it! I could see it now, she would pick Erik and he would expect her to be in the kitchen or the bedroom all the time! He just strikes me as a controlling person. Uncle Tommy gives DeAnna some advise and she gives Jeremy the rose which was broadcast on the jumbotron which really depressed the other guys.

Before the rose ceremony, Twilly gets DeAnna alone when Jeremy comes in and steals her away. Come on dude, you have two roses give the girl, and the other guys, a break! Jeremy is getting on everyone's nerves since he does have two roses and not letting anyone else get alone time. That's ok, it's either a good game plan or he will start to get on DeAnna's nerves as well and then he'll be out. Before she gives out the roses, the guys start posturing like Peacocks and end up doing pushups. As they dropped out, it came down to Jesse and Brian. Go Brian! Brian dropped out at 97 pushups and Jesse would have kept going but the others picked him up at 99 and said that's enough and he gets some alone time with DeAnna.

DeAnna sends home Erik the Greek who still thinks he is all that and Chris who thinks he is all that and more. Ryan took it a little better. Looks like he'll stay a virgin a little longer. I too think Brian is a looker, tall, handsome, muscles to next week, hubba, hubba! I just hope he turns out to be a nice guys too, if so, I've made my pick! Double D

Tila Teliqua-Shot at Love # 2-Bo Punched

We left Tila Teliqua with a cliff hanger, Chad head butting Bo. I had to see what happened to Bo after that attack. Well, not only did Bo get head butted by the psycho maniac Chad, Chad also gave him a right to the jaw. Bo just stood there stoically, not even letting out the smallest of yelps. Where was the security on the set while this was happening? They should have rushed in immediately when Chad head butted Bo, but to let it get out of control to continue for the sake of TV ratings is just not right! Shame on you MTV! And Bo, why didn't you step back out of the way or at least go down or turn away when he first made contact? Instead, I know you stood there like a man and took it. Must be a guy thing. Some guy thing, now you're left with a broken jaw. Bo is spitting up blood and his tooth is gaping. I hope MTV is going to cover the hospital bills. Bo is rushed off the set to the hospital where we learn that his jaw is indeed broken and needs surgery. I hope Tila was worth it. What's a nice guy doing on a show like this? This guy is smart (well?), good looking, has a great job (high school football coach), why would he want someone whose reputation is so seedy that she makes Anna Nicole (bless her heart!) look like an angel. Maybe it was for that 15 minutes of fame? After learning that Bo took a beating and that Chad had been escorted off property, Tila cries for all of five minutes and then announces that she's hungry and getting cabin fever, so it's off to her favorite Moroccan restaurant, but not before she makes a stop to pick up recently rejected George and asks him if he's still interested in another shot at love. George of course is tickled. He's so sweet and innocent, she's going to break his heart all over again, smuck! In the restaurant everyone's happy that George is back, well, maybe some, looked like Jersey was less than pleased. And speaking of Jersey, I'm wondering why no one came forward to tell Tila that Jersey was co-conspirator in the Chad head bashing incident, that he was partly to blame for prodding Chad on and pumping up his roid rage punch. Lisa's not too pleased with the whole situation, as well, and asks Tila, "why did you bring back George" putting Tila on the spot. Lisa then says under her breath that "Tila's a fake" which of course is overheard by Tila. Gee Tila fake? Now there's a new concept! Everything about Tila is fake right down to those fake eyelashes. When they get back to the house Tila calls it an evening but everyone else feels like partying. MTV sensitively intersperses the party shots with poor Bo in lying in the hospital bed, IV's and all. The next day, Bo comes back to the house with a big bandage on his chin telling everyone that it was either have his jaw wired for six weeks and not be able to talk or have a plate put in so he could come back. He's back so what do you think he chose? Dummy, go home, she ain't worth it! You know you're getting dumped come next season if she decides to pick you! You've been punched, warned and wired shut! The challenge is a bathtub race, but Bo has to sit this one out along with Sibrina. Poor George, you're darned if you do and darned if you don't. George gentlemanly offers to sit this one out because he was brought back and wants to be courteous of the others. Tila said to George that she was disappointed that he didn't fight for a spot because he has to show that he wants to fight for her love. Aw come on Tila! Give the guy props for having a decent bone in his short little body for heavens sake! Of course, Lisa and Brittany win, Lisa wins every challenge, and Brittany says, that every time she wins, the other person gets eliminated. The double date with Tila goes well for Brittany, but Tila confronts Lisa as to why she called her fake. Lisa walks out and Tila goes chasing after her. Such drama which leads to arrrgh, a passionate kiss tween the two of them. Ugh! Tila's digging all the drama from Lisa, I think she likes to be dominated. In the end, it's Sibrina and Michelle that are eliminated, but not before Lisa gives her another big smooch in front of everyone during elimination. Ok everyone, close your mouths! My guess, Tila will chose a girl this time around, hey, it didn't work out with man-boy Bobby, maybe she'll see if she can make it with a girl. -Single D

Top Chef - Restaurant Wars!

Chef Tom wakes up the chefs to work the egg station at a Chicago landmark, Lou Mitchell's as their quickfire challenge. The chefs all have the final four in their sites. I say one challenge at a time guys because you all know that Richard has a spot, most likely Stephanie and Antonia. 4th place is up for grabs at this point. Antonia is finally starting to show her culinary stuff, it's about time! The owner of Lou Mitchell's looks very rough, the kind of person you don't want mad at you. The chefs take turns at the egg station cooking, eggs of course along with the breakfast meats. It was fast and furious with eggs flying all over. Antonia was first at the station and held her own to the satisfaction of the owner. Spike, who said he used to be a line cook, fell behind quickly and Stephanie couldn't fry her way out of the kitchen. I know I couldn't cook like that, I have a new appreciation for the cooks at my favorite breakfast spot! Antonia wins the challenge and is told she will get an advantage in the elimination challenge. The elimination challenge is restaurant wars! This is my favorite challenge. I was afraid since they had wedding wars that they wouldn't have it. Antonia's advantage? She gets to chose her team. She wisely picks Richard and Stephanie, the same team they won wedding wars. Dale wastes no time alienating his team mates and putting them on edge by trying to take over. I say let him. The guy is talented, he might pull if off, he might not. If not, it's all on him. The teams get $1500 to spend on food and $5000 for decor. Dale's team decides to go Asian. Spike takes the front of the house and ends up decorating all by himself as Lisa and Dale (who appoints himself head chef) do all the cooking. Their menu will consist of short ribs, coconut laksa with grilled prawns and butterscotch scallops with Dale's Halo Halo and sticky rice with coconut for dessert. Butterscotch scallops? Maybe it will be good, who knows. Antonia's team decides to go with a modern American gastro pub theme. What the heck is that, gourmet chicken wings and upscale nachos? Stephanie will run the front of the house with Richard as the head chef. Instead of chicken wings and nachos, they come up with linguine & clams, trout & cauliflower and broiled loin of lamb and braised lamb shank. Now we find out Chef Tom's replacement for this challenge is my fave Anthony Bourdain! Chef Anthony comes bearing good news, the teams get to chose a helper from the chefs that were sent packing. Dale, who gets to chose first, picks Jen which makes Lisa happy and Antonia is ecstatic since she needs someone to make pasta so she naturally picks Nikki. Dale wants to make his signature Halo Halo for dessert but ends up putting in a rotten avocado only noticing when the mixture comes out brown. Ok, Dale is a chef, how does a chef not know he is cutting a rotten avocado? Dale gets in a bad mood which puts everyone else in a bad mood (boy do I know how that feels when someone you work with is in a bad mood). Dale pulls Lisa's rice off the burner so it didn't get "sticky". Dale tries to give suggestions to fix the rice but pretty much leaves it up to Lisa to do it. After making the pasta, Nikki finds the clams really gritty. Antonia says she already washed the clams but Nikki insists they are gritty forcing Antonia to rewash them all. Everyone gets ready and it's show time! Spike comes right out and tells his first guests that his team will win the competition. Now that's confidence. I guess he didn't see, or notice, what was going on behind the scenes. The judges were loving Antonia's team. Even the dishes they didn't like they at least liked the presentation. They also liked the fact they were thinking outside the box. Dale thought everyone was making mistakes except him. Anthony Bourdain described the sticky rice as baby vomit with wood chips. Spike was doing a pretty good job keeping everything together out front while the rest of the team were duking it out in the kitchen. At least Jen can leave. At judge's table, Antonia's team wins with Stephanie being the individual winner. Her prize - a trip to Spain. Sweet! This means, of course, that Dale's team wasn't so lucky. Chef Anthony comes out with guns blazing asking who chose the table cloths and who's idea was it to make the scallops in butterscotch. Dale is so busy throwing everyone under the bus that he can't, or won't, remember what he did or didn't do. Lisa told the judges that Dale told her what rice to use and he naturally denies it. He SO told her what rice to use and went as far as to tell her to follow the directions on the package! This team has way too many I's in it. As the judges tell Lisa her shortcomings her expression got more and more sour. If looks could kill. Spike starts to jump in a few times and wisely shuts up after one of the judges tells him that he is not safe just because he was in the front of the house. Dale is told to pack his knives and go. While Dale is saying his goodbyes, Lisa just sits in her corner looking as if she wanted to take the head off someone. As long as Spike doesn't screw up royally next week I think Lisa is the next to go. Double D

Hell's Kitchen-Goodbye Roseann

Why is it that I always miss the first ten minutes? I come in to see Jen being transferred to the blue men's team much to the glee of Corey. Finally peace has come to the red team, or so they think. The food challenge involves 20 ingredients, 4 dishes and all ingredients must be used but not more than once. Sounds easy enough. The girls are methodical and portion out the items quickly while the blue team is trying to sort it out and takes up most of the 45 minutes to decide who will cook what. Jen's big mouth is not winning any points with the guy's team of course. She really is like a bull in a china shop. Well into the cooking we see Matt gasp as he claims that he sliced off the tip of his finger. Ouch that's gotta hurt. They call for the medic and whisk him out of the kitchen. Yikes is there blood on the cutting board? Chef Ramsay ask does anyone know where the finger is as the girls peer into a pan of cooking pancetta. Ick! Guess I know where I won't be eating tonight! I don't know if they ever found the tip, however, I'm wondering if that counted as one of the 20 items? Down to the final few seconds and Louross is debating whether he should put the veal with his fish as he doesn't want to wreck the taste. Hey buddy, you don't have a choice, do ya? You have to use all the ingredients! That narcisstic decision cost the blue team a win and so they are stuck with hand washing all the linens, while the red team gets the In Style photo shoot. You knew the girls would win. Chef Ramsay always makes the girls win for that photo shoot. I think he thinks he looks better with women draped all over him rather than sweaty guys. I was surprised how well the girls cleaned up. I could barely recognize them. Meanwhile Jen is cursing at Louross for not putting the veal on his dish, how could you be so stupid! Louross is getting mad at Jen's attitude, hey I'd be pissed too! Now go do my laundry!

That evening the surprise guest for this dinner service are two food critics, one from Zagat and the other one I don't remember, all I know is that she was stuffing food in her mouth. Hey, I want that job! The blue team falters when Petrozza cuts the beef too soon. Who cut the beef? But that was their only trip up as the girls quickly fall apart and Chef Ramsay sends the tearful red team out of the kitchen and makes the blue team finish their dinner service. After the service ends, Chef Ramsay tells them that the critics declared the blue team the winners, much to Jen's obvious delight. He tells Corey to chose two from her team for nomination. She picks Matt and Roseann, but Chef also calls out Christina. After an English beating, he sends Roseann back to the line but wait, not so fast cookie, he then decides to fire her. Aw man, that's mean! He's had it in for Roseann from the first NY accented word she spoke in his kitchen. And so with that, Roseann is stripped of her chef coat. Hey, have you noticed when Chef Ramsay says 'Piss off" it's really a term of endearment? Honey I love you, piss off!-Single D

American Idol-The Finale-Duel of the Davids

Let me be brief-David Archuleta wins American Idol!!!!

Well, that's the way I had imagined in my mind, but here's what happened:

Finale countdown and it's the duel of the Davids. American Idol played it off like a boxing match between heavy hitter, David Cook and the lightweight contender, David Archuleta. They even had that boxing announcer, what's his name, as ringmaster. This was really a showdown of two different styles of singing. David Cook the rocker wannabe and the soulfully pure voice of David Archuleta. I like them both and they will both be successful I'm sure. Does David Cook have the kind of voice that you will remember in the years ahead or will his fame come from rocking some really great tunes like rock bands before him. Really, no one remembers a rockers voice, they only remember the song. Can you really say that Cook has a memorable voice? Will he be remembered as one of the great singers from American Idol. Can he match the vocal skills of Carrie Underwood or Kelly Clarkson? I think not. He'll make a great lead singer for a band, like Daughtry, but as a solo artist, not hardly. Little David does need some more maturing and experience. He's definitely wet around the edges and you can so totally see the difference in their ages. David Cook is more polish and secure on stage which in a few more years David A, will be there too. I think David A. made a believer out of Simon Cowell, as Simon was on Ellen the other day saying that he was hoping for Cook to win. That night, Simon told little David that it was a knockout declaring David A. the winner! You made a believer out of Simon and if you made a believer out of one of Idol's most caustic judges then you must be it! I didn't have a shadow of doubt that David A would not walk away with the crown, wrong! First of all, let me say that the final night of Idol was way too long, about an hour too long. I started to lose my interest right around the nine o'clock hour when I decided to go on my computer and what is on the internet, but the Idol spoiler! David Cook wins the Idol Crown it screams across my screen! What! So I quickly type in Zabasearch, this website has been predicting Idol spoilers and there on it's website it declares David Cook as the winner, stats and all. I was so disappointed that David A didn't win, that I didn't watch the rest of the idol finale. I'm sure David A will get signed on to some record deal, but it would have been nice to see this humble kid win. David Cook wasn't even interested in singing, he just auditioned on a whim and now look at him, winner of American Idol. Well, good luck David Cook, hope you're not just a flash in the pan to fade to black and white like some previous idol contestants. Meanwhile, I'm sure we haven't heard the last from David Archuleta, at least while his dad is in charge! -Single D

DeAnna-The Bachelorette

Poor DeAnna, I felt so bad when the bachelor, Brad Womack jilted her at the bachelor alter. I even wrote about his actions leading up to his dismissal of her in our blog about the Bachelor. He was stomping around the grass like he was begging for time. I thought the ring fell out of his pocket or maybe he stepped in some stinky poo, but no, no ring, just stinky poo for DeAnna. She was so relieved when he told her he sent Jenni home, the man is mine she thought! But it was not to be. Brad, scruffy beard and all, was in the end, afraid of committment and wasted the time of 25 ladies and sent DeAnna packing. A collective gasp could be heard thundering through America. Even when she appeared in the After the Rose episode, he made her cry because she was still carrying the tiniest of torches for him. Well, DeAnna managed to get herself up and dust herself off and got a gig on one of Ellen's episode, where Ellen told her that she should be the next Bachelorette and lo and behold, she gets the call. I don't know if Ellen was responsible, but Thanks Ellen!

DeAnna makes a great Bachelorette. Pretty, smart, funny and sincere. Kinda of a Greek Trista, remember her and Ryan fame? This time it's DeAnna's turn and she has her hands full. Her assortment of bachelors range from a science teacher, pro basketball player, snowboarder to oyster farmer. Immediately right off the bat, the little bio on Kirk, single dad, makes you want him to marry DeAnna, kid and all. I loved it when the guys gathered in the room and said that their little hearts were racing upon meeting her. Gee just like a girl! It was funny how so many guys had to twrill DeAnna when meeting her. I guess the macho for "Hi". I loved it when Chris Hansen said that there are 25 guys that will make you forget about Brad and her reply was "Brad who?", go girl! Her garden variety of men, include chef Robert who in the middle of everything decides to cook her crab dip. I was wondering if he gave them his grocery list before the show began. There's the token guy virgin, Ryan, pro football player. I don't like calling a guy a virgin, he should be called something like a guygin. There's the little oyster farmer from South Carolina. I wonder if he knows Bubba Gump? There's Sean, a master martial arts borderline mullet head kicking lemons off the head of odd ball Jesse's (snow boarder) head. To which Jesse's says that if he misses, once he wakes up, he's going to punch his nuts 5 times! What just 5 times? The guys try to get DeAnna's attention, just like the bachelorettes of previous but in reverse. It's a shark infested pool. Jenni makes a surprise visit to help DeAnna give out her three first impression roses. DeAnna gives out the first rose immediately. It seems she likes scruffy dark haired guys. Jenni puts the guy through a barrage of quickfire questions, do you want children, how many, have you been married before..... Who knew Jenni and DeAnna are good friends. I guess being jilted by the same guys gives the girls common ground. DeAnna gets several gifts, one from the oyster farmer, a beautiful pearl necklace. Too bad he doesn't have a chance. Richard gives DeAnna a Herkermer diamond (not a real diamond but a crystal) to which he says he would like to substitute it with the real one eventually, sweet. In the end, she let go 10 guys. Looks like this season going to be fun and maybe, DeAnna will get lucky and meet someone special. -Single D

DeAnna does have her hands full, yes siree! But what a bunch to have your hands full with! There is such a range of guys from geeky to hunky. It still seems strange to see the men getting out of the limo instead of women. Those guys can party! You can see them with the glasses in hand in the limo and then, after greeting DeAnna, go into the house and have more cocktails. That should loosen up some tongues.

I was so not digging the dress DeAnna wore. She looked uncomfortable in it, stepping on it every time she moved and, yes it did make her butt look big! Some of the fare up for sampling by our heroine include Sean a martial arts guy with an ego but cute, Jon who is into his hair, I'm sorry but if a guy takes more time with his hair than I do it's time for him to go! Then we have Ryan the virgin pro football player, now I watch football and I have never heard of this guy, he must be something like 5th string and seeing how he is from Minnesota, he must be with the Vikings. He is also a BAD singer, bless his heart! Now Jeremy the real estate attorney $$$ cha-ching! Let's keep him around for the money factor, Brian the hunky high school football coach, I'll take him thank you! Spero the actor is the strangest looking person I have ever seen, Twilly (what kind of name is that?) has no upper lip, how do you kiss someone with no upper lip?

The first impression roses go to Jeremy ($$$), Jesse the snow boarder and his multicolor dream coat and the science teacher. I guess she is in to geeky guys. After the first impression roses are given out, the rest of the guys scramble to get DeAnna's attention. As Chandler is trying to impress her, Brian whips out his abs of steel, grabs DeAnna's hand and has her touch his abs. She didn't seem real impressed with that but touched him all the same. While talking with Graham, DeAnna let go that she worked as a bartender for 9 years. Didn't she say she was 26? So that would mean she was a bartender at the age of 17. Must have been in Canada. Paul in his attempt to get DeAnna's attention, jumps in the pool. He starts taking off his clothes while walking out of the pool and displays his underwear/swim pants that has DeAnna's name embroidered on the back to which she exclaims, "that boy has my name on his booty!" If that doesn't get her attention, nothing will!

As the time nears for the rose ceremony, the guys seem to be having a great time. Out come Chris to announce the ceremony. I guess that is his only job, to come out and state the obvious. He also comes out to say, gentleman, there is one rose left. You think they have to be told that? DeAnna made some good choices. By the last rose, I knew that because Chris said so, I was holding my breath for Brian. DeAnna picks Brian with the last rose and I exhaled, I just want a chance to see his abs again. Let the dating begin! Double D