Survivor-Redemption Island

If anyone can take Matt off Redemption Island it would be Stephanie. But first she has to list her food cravings which is probably driving Matt crazy, since the only thing he can converse in is God speak (not that that's a bad thing!). The challenge is the memory pictures which I thought Stephanie would ace since she's pretty smart, but alas that was not the case (she must be still thinking about that peanut butter sandwich) and Matt comes up a winner again. Next episode it looks like he might be headed back to tribe and everyone else better watch out, because it really does look like he has God on his side.

Phillip is not trusting Rob since he withheld the clue and because of that Phillip wants to CRUSH him. No problem for Rob, because he knows the more Phillip talks the more he'll get himself in trouble. Meanwhile, Sarita and David are going at it because David is lobbying for strong players not loyal players which in the end proved to be his winning argument (he's a lawyer you know) as they send Sarita to Redemption Island and no match for Matt.

I was cracking up with that whole cripsy rice argument when the girls wanted to keep some for Rob and Phillip hearing that tries to get some just to be annoying. Funny stuff. I'm kinda hoping Phillip wins just to annoy us all. But then again, I do have a soft spot for Rob!

Celebrity Apprentice-ACN Video Phone

Hey wait a minute, am I watching a re-run? I'm confused? Didn't they already do this? This ACN thing? And what they are still in business? The ACN video phone. Maybe the execs wants some more free publicity. I'll have to re-read my post on that previous season, but wasn't that when Joan Rivers was on it and won? Don't remember anything about that ACN episode so it must have been a sleeper. This time around, ACN execs say they want an ad that appeals to the emotion and heart, so the girls go after a 30 second spot featuring Marlee Matlin signing to her daughter over the video phone. The guys on the other hand driven by Lil Jon wants to add shock value with Jose introduced to the parents of his gay lover over the video phone. So much for emotion and heart. Typical guy thing. The dad is played by the ever so eccentric Gary Busey, who is totally off his rocker, parading around in a bathrobe with nothing underneath, hoping that his pecker would fall out. I so thought it was going to be way too crass for the conservative ACN execs, but everyone in their audience loved it, especially when the execs heard the word "viral". Nene got all emotional in the board room. Everyone pretty much said Dionne was the weakest player so when Trump asked her who should go home, she said well I guess I should, to which Trump said, You're Fired.

Celebrity Apprentice-ACN Launch-Previous Season's ACN

This episode's task is a launching party for ACN's new videophone. Someone at my work sells those, I'm just wondering do you have to have ACN as the phone carrier? I would love a videophone but I'd always have to wear lipstick, never know when you would get a call!

Again Joan is gone away for some event leaving Claudia (the model from Deal or No Deal-she's a celebrity?) as PM with Brian McKnight as PM for the guys. At least this challenge doesn't involve generating money but instead the teams will have to use their creative ideas for the launch. Clint Black and Dennis Rodman get into a heated verbal, over what I'm not sure. Clint last week was sporting the little man syndrome (I know someone at work with that!) which rubbed Dennis the wrong way. Dennis gets all in Clint's face and it was ugly. Dennis has some serious issues. Hey Dr. Phil, ya busy? After the spat, Dennis removes himself from the group, probably to find comfort in booze and broads or dudes (whatever he's into). The ACN execs want an emotional appeal for the promotion. Jesse James suggest right off that he has a contact out at West Point and they can shoot a video there, no matter that it's a two hour ride there. The girls get sidetrack with Claudia and Melissa's tongue wagging war. Melissa tries to volunteer ideas since she does this kind of thing, um like yeah, but Claudia sees it like she's being obnoxious and bi!chy. Claudia's vampire nails come out even further bashing Melissa's semi frozen face and says Melissa scares her because she doesn't know if she's happy or upset. Careful Claudia, I'm seeing plastic surgery in your future, you are a model aren't you?

I'm wondering which one on Athena decided on that whole stage actor vignette thing because I knew having actors interspersed with video would be corny.

Clint looks like a wet puppy with nothing to do on KOTU as Brian prepares to be the center of attention by performing a song. So that's two guys on KOTU with nothing to do, Clint and Dennis who finally shows up but Brian won't give him a single task. Dennis and Clint both act like spoiled brats. Maybe they should scoop up Melissa and all three could be a team.

Joan makes it back on time, private jet and all at 4:00 am. Got to give that old lady props for having so much energy to do that and still look fresh the next day to give her stand up routine. I know, who can tell when she's tired after all that plastic surgery. The best line in Joan's stand up for the videophone, was now all she had to do was to call her gyno. Funny stuff. Joan's still got it!

The guys presentation was really good. They didn't have all that corny crap that the girls did and going second really worked in their favor.

In the end, the Donald said by a landslide, the group liked the guys show better. Everyone love Brian McKnight. I wasn't unhappy that the ladies lost, eventually the weaker ones will have to exit and this week it was Claudia. She tried to throw Melissa under the bus for her big mouth, I'm the greatest thing since foil act, but the rest of the team said Melissa saved their weak presentation by taking charge of the production. Mama Joan came out swinging at Claudia. Don't mess with mother and her cub. In the end, Donald Trump could see that Claudia was clouded by her dislike of Melissa and was sent to pack her bags and take her model self back to Deal or No Deal to bring out another money suitcase.-Single D

Amazing Race-Tea and Sympathy

Teams get their next clue and no you are not leaving China just yet. First you drink tea. Little do they know they will have to remember what it taste like. From there they get their next clue and it's off the the land of the many, India. The Detour takes them to a tea house where they will have find the same tea they drank in China. Do we remember what it taste like? A tea of mangoes and papaya. Actually sounds delicious. The table looks like they have a thousand tea cups on it. Ron is the first to find it, he had a leg up on everyone since they asked in Chinese what kind it was. Everyone finds the tea after drinking cup after cup except for Luke. He starts bawling. I'm like why? No sympathy here. Come on it's just tea! Smell the damn cups! And why are you moving so slowly? If you can't find the right tea cup, then I would have been taking tea cup after tea cup to the guy in rapid fire, although I would probably would have had the need to use the bathroom first. Luke is down on his knees saying in his muted way, "it's too hard", he even had the Indian servers sympathizing with him. When he finally found it after doing the smartest thing all season, was to take a tray of cups with him, he finally found it, the Indian servers practically carried him off the field or in this case around the room. You would have thought when they finally catch up to the Globetrotters in the paint the pink Ganesha roadblock they might of have a chance in staying in the game. But that was not the case, and mother and Luke are eliminated.

I have to say, the people of India are so friendly and nice. Maybe I might have to put this on my bucket list somewhere towards the bottom.

Survivor Redemption Island-Beauty Queens and the Red Headed Step Child

Or at least that's what Secret Agent man calls himself against Ashley and Natalie who are constantly grooming each other and cutting and picking skin off from under their armpits. Yuck! I don't know what is grosser, Phillip in his pink BVD's or Ashley and Natalie's spa habits that puts grooming monkeys to shame. Stephanie tries to make an alliance with David who is realizing the virtue of having a strong player, Stephanie over the weak Sarita. Sarita who is about inert as a piece of wood now has some sort of tooth ache because she was cleaning her back teeth with a dirty stick. You're in the jungle, last thing you want is a jungle infection.

On Redemption Island, Krista and Matt bond over the God thing and after Matt of course wins the challenge, God's will, Krista gives Matt her luxury item, a Bible. Andrea who witnesses the whole thing, instead of saying, aw how nice instead says he can't be trusted since he befriended her so quickly. Am I'm sensing a little jealousy?

The immunity/reward challenge is something like Beach Squash. Rob's teams wins easily and gets to have a picnic on an amazing hill over looking the ocean. Rob and Grant steal the clue. they could never be spies, hidden under the plates, but not before Phillip comes around to join them. Maybe he does have some secret agent powers of observation?

There was a slim glimmer of hope that Sarita would go home, but Stephanie was sent packing to Redemption Island and I'm thinking she'll be a force to be reckoned with against Matt, as Matt prophetically says maybe his time is up.

Celebrity Apprentice-Camping World

Cast of characters:

The men-

Meatloaf

Gary Busey

Jose Canseco

David Cassidy

Richard Hatch

Lil John

Mark McGrath

John Rich

The women:

Star Jones

Nene

Marlee Matlin

Lisa Rinna

Nicki Taylor

La Toya Jackson

Dionne Warwick

Hope Dworaczyk

Missed the first two episodes where I guess "I think I love you" David Cassidy and I have too much silcone lip injections, Lisa Rinna were eliminated. Shucks and I like those two!

When I saw that Marlee Matlin was on, I was like how is she going to get a "word" in with all those women? I could just see her hands flying and the other women telling her to shut up. This season's line up is perfect, leave it to the Donald. There's a few questionable quasi celebrities, like Richard Hatch, aren't you supposed to be in jail somewhere? And Hope whats her name model fame, obviously not a super model. How he landed La Toya and Dionne, love them! It's the battle of the black diva's between Star Jones and Nene of Real Housewives of Atlanta. Nene reign in those breast please! Humm, there'll be no mincing words between those two, tell it like it is, girl! There's John Rich, no mistaking that pompous cowboy hat which he never takes off, because that would make him only 4 foot 3. Then there's Jose Canseco, twitching and grimacing, who said steroid use has no side effects? Hasn't he heard of botox. Freeze those facial muscles! Poor guy. But the funniest, oddest character there who looks like a freezed dried mummy is Gary Busey, which the Donald kept calling him a genius. Yeah, a genuine lunatic! He's like "we're a team" T-E-A-M he spells out, T for together, E-for each, A-for achieves, M- for more, together each achieves more. Corporate America can use that phrase. He's full of odd insightful riddles wrapped in an enigma. What does that mean?

I just want to watch because it's a train wreck and laugh out loud good time.

Nicki Taylor graciously fired herself for losing the camping challenge. Class you can take to the bank. Glad that the Donald finally changed the format with the challenges not having to be about the money all the time. It's just fun to watch celebrities make fools of themselves.

Amazing Race-Dolls, Basketballs, and Double U-Turns

Still racing in China, teams train it to Kunming, City of Eternal Spring. Kent and Vyxsin have time to make up especially now that they have a 30 minute penalty at the end for not catching the required flight the first leg. Is that a razor blade bandana Vyxsin is wearing?

The sleeper train was stacked 3 beds high, never seen that anywhere. The clue says something about Golden Arches and not the McDonald's kind although there are plenty of McD's there. When they were waiting at the train station, Globetrotters struck up a game of basketball putting on a free show. This leg has the threat of a double u-turn so all teams are hyped up. Racing through either a doll challenge or putting together a solar tube panel. I had to laugh on how Globetrotters memorized the doll order, mop head, red head, blue rag head....Luke and Margie make quick work of the tube challenge which was surprising and arrive first at the u-turn, opting not to turn anyone. Kent and Vyxsin make it before the cheerleader, by the hair of Vysxin's bandana and u-turn them right before their eyes. Dismayed, the cheerleaders decide to u-turn Globetrotters, who were not happy. I would have u-turned Christina and Dad since they have the Chinese speaking advantage, which didn't work out too good anyway, since their cab driver took them to the wrong place. Putting the Dinosaur together looked hard and was finally the undoing of the cheerleaders having to do both challenges. Margie and Luke are showing that they are coming on strong having finished the tubes and putting the dinosaur together in quick time, who knows maybe they have a chance to win this time around.

Survivor Winners-Where Are They Now?

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Survivor Redemption Island-

Instead of calling this season Redemption Island, it should be called Mosquito Island. Kristina and Phillip are covered in a skin of mosquito bites. Yikes, can you get malaria from that? Just looks so nasty. Spending 40 days on an island has to wreck your skin. You'd come back with bites, brown sun spots and wrinkles. That's why I could never sign up for that. Plus the fact I need my pillow and soft bed and warm clothes. Love paradise, but it better be in a resort. Rob and Grant and Stephanie and Krista are sent to redemption island to watch the duel between Kristina and Matt. This time it's building a cube out of heavy blocks. Not fair since Matt will have the advantage of strenght to carry those things. On the other hand, I thought Kristina would have a chance at this since she's pretty smart and was ahead of Matt in setting up her blocks when he knocked his down to start over, but she couldn't pull it out, let alone move those heavy pieces. Stephanie takes the opportunity to tell Rob and Grant that her and Krista are up for grabs now that Russell is gone and they would be willing to join them once they merge. I'm sure Rob is hoping that would be the case since he could convince those two to do anything for him. I'm sure those two would be survivor groupies to Rob's celebrity.

The challenge is the blindfold challenge to collect puzzle bags with Rob as the caller and puzzle maker and Stephanie for the other team. While Rob dumps his puzzle pieces on the table a piece falls on the ground, but thankfully he sees it. Whew close! I knew this was going to be a shoe in for Rob because he can do two things great, solve puzzles and build things. Who knew he could also be crazy devious. When his tribe won reward, Grant and Rob notice a clue in the coffee, which Rob quickly takes, runs to where his hidden immunity idol is buried and switches the clues on Grant. As Rob says, the first clue was clueless, "under a bush, in a tree, on a branch", or in other words anywhere and everywhere.

I kinda felt sorry for the two Manson (Russell) followers, Krista and Stephanie since no surprise here, they are on the chopping block. Everyone is faulting Stephanie for not being better at puzzles, when it was Sarita who chose her to do it, so why isn't she on the chopping block?

Guess the tribe decided to keep Stephanie because she's the stronger of the two players, and I have to hand it to her, the girl's got gumption. Hillbilly Ralph can't spell for nothing as he writes Krista's name as Krasha. Maybe if Hillbilly wins he can go back to school.

The Next Bachelorette-Ashley Hebert

Ashley, third place runner up or cast off of Brad Womack Bachelor season, will be the next season's Bachelorette. The 26 year old dental student is ready to fall in love so bring on the men!

After the Rose-Brad and Emily

The prince proposes to the princess and they rode happily into the South African sunset. Well, not exactly. After watching the After the Rose Ceremony, I got the distinct feeling that Emily is just not that into him. While Brad is definitely head over heels about her. Every time Emily was about to say something negative about their relationship, she would first pat his shoulder and then say, "I love you" and then, "No I'm not moving to Austin", "No we're not getting married" and "Yes, he does have a temper". We watched another Emily emerge. Gone were the Southern Fried charm and in it's place a reality show make over. I hate to say it but her demanding ways were showing. I caught a glimpse of that when on their last date in South Africa when she kept grilling him about her daughter, that he'd have to be there for all the bad stuff too, like emergency runs in the middle of the night, hey I think he gets it. Brad seems fully vested in her, but she's the hesitant one, afraid to take the plunge because maybe in the back of her mind, no one will ever live up to her Ricky.

Both seem extremely stubborn and temperamental, a volatile combination. They confessed to having knock down drag out fights. How knock down and drag out fights can one get over the phone since they haven't been together since the finale? My guess on their relationship lasting, when it rains money! Too bad, we did want the Hollywood ending for Emily, but she looks like she is trying to sabotage it. Come on, where's that sweet Emily that is looking for love?

Amazing Race-In Lijiang China

I have to make this quick, the bachelor finale is in 10 minutes. Teams leave for China, except for some reason the Goths can't seem to find their way to the airport and miss the required flight to China.

Lijiang China looks so awesome, put on bucket list. The plane lands in Kumming, (which I heard means the city of eternal spring), ah that's why it looks so clean and beautiful.

The challenge has the teams riding yaks across the waterfalls, how fun, after which they race to the old city and make candy, Chinese style, with a wooden mallet. The candy looked like toffee with nuts, yum! Asian dad can't seem to stop eating this on this leg much to Christina's frustration, to which she says you can eat when we reach the rest stop. The roadblock has the teams collecting zodiac charms, reminiscent of the locks at the Great Wall challenge. Zev and Justin have a hard time doing this and get so far behind that the Goths catch up with them. Once the Goths catch up, it looked like they finally got out of their funk, but instead Vxysin completely loses her cool and they fall behind again. Christina and dad get on the wrong bus and when Christina tells the bus driver to stop in English, why isn't she speaking Chinese to the Chinese bus driver? So instead she jumps out. Luckily it wasn't going that fast.

First on the mat, Luke and Margie, but all teams find out they are still racing. I'm sure team Goth are spared elimination, even though they are now way behind because they leave their fanny pack on the gondola ride and have to go back.

Bachelor Brad Choses!

And the winner is...... Emily!

Nothing more needs to be said!

Richard Hatch-Back to Jail

The notorious first winner of Survivor, Richard Hatch who bounced around Survivor beach in the buff was ordered back to jail to finish out serving a 9 month sentence for still not paying his taxes on the original million, which has now double into 2 million in taxes and penalties. What? Did they let him out on a promise to pay his IRS taxes? Did they not watch Survivor and see that he was the scummiest player that first season? He remarked of his jail time that it reduced his "arrogrance". I think it's pretty arrogrant not paying the taxes in the first place. What so you think you're above Uncle Sam? Apparently he's the newest star of this season's Celebrity Apprentice. Didn't even know that was on that (probably trying to win some money to pay off his IRS debt), but I guess his stint will be shorted lived as he has to surrend to the US Marshal's on Monday, hopefully he'll be fully clothed.

Survivor-Redemption Island-

Forgot that Survivor was on last night, so I have to watch it via computer which is not always ideal, with all that buffering and playback getting stuck. I had to restart the video 3 times but somehow all the commercials never get stuck.

I was dying to see how Russell did on Redemption Island up against Matt for a second chance to stay. Two from each tribe go to the Arena where Russell and Matt build wooden domino chain which once tipped releases a ball which breaks a tile. Matt finishes first and tips his domino's which stop half way, everyone was holding their breaths. You could so hear the collective gasp from Phillip and Kristina and Ralph and Sarita. Then Russell does his and misses too which gives Matt a second chance and he manages to do it the second time, beating out Russell. Russell breaks down in weepy tears. Tears of frustration I imagine, as he lashes out against his team, telling them they threw the challenge. Fur coat Ralph in his hillbilly ignorance tells Russell well heck, he got the immunity idol 12 seconds into the game and was just about to pull it out when Sarita whispers for him not too, smart girl. Ralph makes a pretense that he was just kidding, but for the first time in the game, Phillip states the smartest thing ever and says Ralph is telling the truth, that he has it, because I can read people says Phillip. Guess he can't read everyone's disgust when he walks around camp in his baggy underwear!

Back at camp, Rob makes a pretense that he has to go to the bathroom while everyone is on the beach and hunts down the idol and much to his chagrin finds it after digging up the 38th tree.

At the challenge, Rob's tribe loses, WEAK! and they send Christina packing. I'm like why did Christina throw Phillip under the bus at tribal since he was the one trying to keep her there. Guess she was trying to divert the tribe's attention to his erratic ways and thereby hoping the tribe would vote him out instead of her, but her attempt failed. I'm thinking he needs to go soon, his craziness is wearing thin, like those pink underwear of his.-Single D