Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Tough Enough: Double Elimination (5/9/11)

This week's show as about focus and made for a very interseting show.

As a wrestling fan I truly enough this episode. Most of the show was actually in the ring. There's not a whole lot to say about this week because it was so much wrestling. This week Andy really stood out in the ring but is still super green but isn't that the whole point of this show to mold a green wrestler and turned him into a superstar?

The only real crazy moment of note was John Morrison guest starring along side an insane climbing course. It was one of the toughest challenges on reality TV in a long time hands down. Poor Eric stood no chance in this thing and got stuck twice. It was sad really.

In a really tough and challenging skills challenge, Luke regained his top spot.

The other item of note was that Ivelisse was still dealing with her leg injury from last week and it showed big time. I do give her credit for really trying to compete.

Bottom 3
  • A.J.
  • Eric
  • Ivelisse
Eric and Ivelisse I expected big time, but A.J. I think that was meant as a wake up call.

Eliminated: Ivelisse and Eric

Stone Cold had to let Invelisse go or she was going to hurt herself. Eric was so out of shape that he should have gone home weeks ago. No major surprises or disappointments here this week at all.

Celebrity Apprentice: Team Changes, Comedy and OnStar (5/8/11)

This week was a jam packed three hour marathon show. Alot happened and alot changed. I've been trying to figure out how to sort this out since there were two seperate tasks. So I will just sort is out this way:

Teams to start show:
Team Backbone: Jon Rich, Lil Jon, Latoya Jackson, NeNe Leakes
Team A.S.A.P: Star Jones, Marlee Matlin, Meatloaf

Well NeNe got swapped over to Backbone to get her away from Star and that really pissed her off and she ended up quitting before she even got to officially join her team.

In this first challenge of the night, the teams had to recruit comedians and then put together a comedy show. This also was a fundraising challenge so the winning PM would get all the money raised for their charity.

Team A.S.A.P.-Winning Team
Project Manager: Meatloaf
In my opinion I wasn't rooting on the team, I was rooting on Meat. He got really emotional about gambling all the money that he raised for his charity and risking it all. So much that Jon Rich told him that if his team lost that he would personally match the money they raised (which ended up being $102,000). Alas Meat's team won and he got close to $190,000 for his charity which actually made everyone happy.

Team Backbone-Losing Team
Project Manager: Latoya Jackson
Well despite Jon Rich being able to get Jimmy Fallon to help on the show (and even wrote a fun song), they still didn't raise enough money to win. Latoya ended up being fired, literally a day after getting a second chance, mainly because she didn't raise enough money and was the PM. It was the right decision.

Teams now:
Team Backbone: Jon Rich, Lil Jon
Team A.S.A.P: Star Jones, Marlee Matlin, Meatloaf

The second challenge was to make a new promotional video for OnStar.

Team Backbone-Winning Team
Project Manager: Jon Rich
Why am I not surprised that the two of them won this? They had the better video. They showed off the project, emphasized the point of what they were advertising and even included special effects. The Jons are amazing together as a duo. They both deserve to be here.

Team A.S.A.P.-Losing Team
Project Manager: Marlee Matlin
This video was kind dull and boring especially since it was so short. The fact that they included a terrible cliche cop donut job sold it for me. What I didn't expect was the massive arguement between Meat and Star. The two of them went at it and it was entertaining to watch. When the smoke settled and Trump got down to the problem at hand, it was deemed that Star really couldn't get along with people so thus then she was fired.

Going into next week's show I am very happy with the final four, I have no real problem with anyone winning, but I am indeed rooting on Jon Rich.

Dancing With the Stars: Instant Dance Party (5/9/11)

This week is one of my favorite and the most unpredictable nights of the season. There's two dances and one is the instant dance. If you forgot from last season the instant dance is simply this, they practice the dance BUT they don't get the music till after their first dance of the night, leaving them a half hour max to get the dance done. This show last year lead to major standouts...that being said on to this year's show.

Chelsea/Mark
Dance: Waltz
Judge's Score: 29
My Rating: 5
Thoughts: Beautiful! Might have been the performance of the whole season for any couple.

Hines/Kym
Dance: Foxtrot
Judge's Score: 28
My Rating: 5
Thoughts: Super cheesy but super entertaining! This has to be the hottest start of the season for this show. Well done!

Romeo/Chelsie
Dance: Tango
Judge's Score: 27
My Rating: 5
Thoughts: Very intense! Might be their best fast paced dance so far.

Ralph/Karina
Dance: Viennese Waltz
Judge's Score: 25
My Rating: 4
Thoughts: Wow. You can never tell that Ralph has an injured leg. 100% professional! Very well done!

\Kristie/Maksim
Dance: Argentine Tango
Judge's Score: 28
My Rating: 5
Thoughts: Kristie looked like the pro out there with some of those moves. Not perfect but well done.

Instant Dance

Chelsea/Mark
Dance:
Salsa
Judge's Score: 26 (55)
My Rating: 5
Thoughts: Might have been their hottest dance. Seriously they just showed they CAN win this thing. Amazing!

Hines/Kym
Dance: Jive
Judge's Score: 26 (54)
My Rating: 4
Thoughts: Not that great to be honest. I wanted better.

Romeo/Chelsie
Dance: Salsa
Judge's Score: 25 (52)
My Rating: 4.5
Thoughts: Was about to say best instant dance of the night till he got visibly lost in the middle. Other than that good.

Ralph/Karina
Dance: Cha Cha Cha
Judge's Score: 21 (46)
My Rating: 4
Thoughts: The ultimate instant dance. No prep at all before tonight due to his leg. That being said well done. He didn't do that good but wow what can you expect from his after everything he dealt with?

Kristie/Maksim
Dance: Salsa
Judge's Score: 25 (53)
My Rating: 4.5
Thoughts: A little slower than I expected but otherwise good. This was a crazy round for sure.

Should Go Home: Kristie/Maksim
Could Go Home: Ralph/Karina