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

American Idol: And We're Down To Four (5/5/11)

Tonight it was definitely a fun night to go with the Wednesday theme.

The now belonged to J-Lo (with Pitbull) and Lady A singing their latest hit and new song respectively.

The then went to the top 5 who sang a good reditition of Happy Together, the Turtles classic.

And also, as a side note, Lauren won the Gordon Ramsey hosted American Idol Hell's Kicthen. No I'm not making that up.

But when it came to results time, Ryan was up to his old tricks. He seperated the Idols in pairs, James/Haley and Lauren/Jacob. See where this is going? Then he told Scotty he was safe and asked him to choose which side to go on and that trio would be safe and the others would be the bottom two. Well after Scotty refused, Ryan gave him a little push and made our...

Bottom 2:
Jacob and Lauren

Me and Mandy were yelling and screaming for Lauren to be safe and then finally we said goodie to...

Jacob

This man I've had in my bottom list for WEEKS now and he's finally gone. Took long enough America.

American Idol:Now & Then Rollercoaster (5/4/11)

It's hard to believe it's Top 5 week. The season is almost over! This is where things get interseting and rough. The theme this week was Now and Then. Also they sing twice and Sheryl Crow was their guest mentor. So on with the show... 

James
Song: Closer To the Edge
Blake: Started off really weak n my opinion. There were some really terrible high notes near the end. Not that good at all for me.
Rating (out of 5): ***
Mandy: James was okay for me. He will be great in rock, but I don't listen to enough of that kind of music to really appreciate it.

Jacob
Song: No Air
Blake: It was alright. Not "great". Too tough for him. Rough start to the night so far.
Rating (out of 5): ***
Mandy: Jacob confused me. What is he trying to be? Obviously not both Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown, I hope. Definitely not for me.

Lauren
Song: Flat on the Floor
Blake: Very sassy! Loved the fiddle and the playing to the crowd. This might have been her best performance of the season.
Rating (out of 5): ****
Mandy: Lauren is only 15! I have to keep reminding myself that because that was amazing! Carrie, watch out...you have some competition!

Scotty
Song: Gone
Blake: Well done! Our country people are going strong! A lot of energy of just entertaining. Loved all the facial expressions and hand motions. He played the crowd so well.
Rating (out of 5): *****
Mandy: Scotty and Lauren need to get together and have cute little country babies. He was awesome. Put him on the radio NOW America!

Haley
Song: You And I
Blake: So an unreleased  Gaga song eh? Could have fooled me. This was really good for her. Very energetic and she really hit the notes in the end.
Rating (out of 5): ****
Mandy: I really liked Haley tonight. I liked the song and I like the fact she was real and not over the top and overly sexy.

James
Song: Without You
Blake: Very great! Wow. Totally different side of him. Totally unexpected. Didn't realize he had a family. He was amazing during this one.
Rating (out of 5): *****
Mandy: This is the James I love. More of this and less of pomp and circumstance. It was the first time we saw his reason and soul.

Jacob
Song: Love Hurts
Blake: Can I have Sheryl's version of the song? This wasn't good at all. At least in my opinion. I didn't like it, it seemed very forced and it's time to say goodbye.
Rating (out of 5): **1/2
Mandy: I am sick of Jacob's bag of tricks. Who are you? I just don't get him as an artist. It wasn't a high note, it was screeching.

Lauren
Song: Unchained Melody
Blake: Very nice. This was beautiful. Vey low key and point on. 
Rating (out of 5): *****
Mandy: Lauren looked flawless and sounded the same. She showed a vulnerability that was adorable. I really think she can take it.

Scotty
Song: Always On My Mind
Blake: Tonight Scotty had just sailed into concert mode. There is no better way to put it. This was so well done it almost felt like he's already won the show.
Rating (out of 5): *****
Mandy: Scotty, Scotty, Scotty. Beautiful song. I think he can win too. Can they both win? And again with the cute country babies.

Haley
Song: House of the Rising Sun
Blake: Beautiful beginning. This was fantastic for her. Very good way to go out for the night.
Rating (out of 5): ****
Mandy: Wow Haley! Way to step up your game. My problem with her is I have no idea where she would fit into mainstream music nowadays.

Should Go Home: Jacob
Will Go Home: Jacob

The Glee Rumor Mill (5/3/11)

Well last night rumors were spreading and our DVR missed the first ten minutes of the show.

That being said last night they based the show around the classic album Rumors by Fleetwood Mac. The major problem I had going into this night to start is the fact that I'm not a fan of single artist theme nights. No matter who it is. That's not what this show is about. Plus so far the only artist they honored correctly without completely screwing up the pace and tone of the show was Madonna. While this episode wasn't as bad as the Britney Spears episode, not much can be that bad, this kinda bored me. Other than Britney and Artie breaking up and the big Sam and his family are homeless after his father lost his job reveal, what actually happened last night? For me it seemed like filler show to get us to the big prom and nationals episodes the next two weeks. That being said let's get into the music...

April & Will-Dreams
This is the one song that was in the first ten minutes of the show that didn't dvr last night. I had a feeling there was something missing because the whole show made no sense without seeing this. It set up the whole show. I caught the song on youtube this morning, and yeah it makes sense now, not that the performance was that good. I don't know why but as much as I love Kristin Chenoweth, she hasn't really sang a good song on this show at all. I know I'll get hell for saying that but it's true. Maybe it's her character. But every song seems the same she's always flirting with Will, no matter what. It loses something after awhile. This was not a good performance. Even though it was one of the songs I actually knew. C

Artie-Never Going Back Again
I love Artie, but it's a combination of the fact that I didn't know this song and it was hard to hear the words. Then I got distracted by Puck randomly walking behind him with a gutiar. I know this is a musical and we are supossed to suspend belief on stuff like this, but it was too random even for me. One thing I did like was the visual of all the other guys playing gutiars on the stage with Artie in the middle singing. He got his moment and that was cool. B-

Santana-Songbird
This is perfect xample of a song that I didn't know but the person singing it sang it so well it didn't matter. This was well done. It even won over Brittany's heart to a point. This was so sweet and it showed a completely different side of Santana than we're used to. She is a hopeless romantic deep down and she really loves Brittany. A

Finn and Quinn-I Don't Wanna Know
How do you resolve a fight on Glee? Sing it out! It's worked many times in past with friends, why not try it with relationships? Maybe it was me but I don't really like them singing together. Not the greatest chemistry which they should have. It just doesn't work for me at all. This was a fun song though, just didn't sound great at all. B

Rachel-Go Your Own Way
Ah finally another song I actually know! This was really good. Further proof why she is one of the best singers on this show. She had the attitude to pull this song off. It didn't feel fake or forced. It set up alot of storyline with her singing to Finn (who was playing drums on the song) right in front of Quinn. This blew me away big time. A

Sam and New Directions-Don't Stop
When the music started on this song I was so excited. I'm a MAJOR fan of this song. Always have been. A VERY fitting song to end this show, especially sing Sam was singing to his brother and sister and then it turned into ND signing to the three of them. This was a well done performance and it showed how you share the lead of a song. It was a case where you didn't need just one lead singer. A+

The show definately finished stronger than it started. Next week is prom as the season is coming to very quick close. So close to nationals and it's only going to get more interseting.

Dancing with the Stars: Quick Elimination Lookin (5/4/11)

For whatever reason our DVR was totally acting up last night. So I didn't see the show last night at all. So let's just look at who got eliminated.

In Danger...
Kendra/Louis
Chelsea/Mark

Very surprised to see Chelsea and Mark in danger to be honest. Kendra and Louis doesn't shock all that much. Kinda thought that Romeo would be here.

The results....
Kendra/Louis

Well there ya go. No big loss or deal in my book. Other outlets are making it into a bigger deal than it is in my opinion.