Posted by REALITY REHASH on August 19, 2009 under Bravo, Top Chef
Top Chef has returned for its sixth season and this time its taking the heat of the kitchen to Las Vegas. Padma, Tom and the brand new crew of 17 chefs are ready for a bran new season and so am I. Last season was my first full run in awhile and I’m surprised to be excited for the new season so let’s get started! Hopefully we don’t have any Debby Downer’s this time around, AKA Leah, but I’m sure we won’t know that tonight anyway. The cast was featured first thing with several award winners in the mix and others were trained by some of the most famous chefs in the world. There is also a set of brothers in the mix which could prove interesting.
As the chefs starting entering the house it was obvious they had an eclectic cast this season. Mattin will be one of the international chefs this season, seems to be they always do well. Some chefs found links with where they are from while others found they were the only ones from their states. The house seemed very “down home” this season after last season’s apartment like style. Brings a new energy to the opening part of the show at least. Seems they are also letting people MOVE into the house this time, rather then doing the Quick Fire early to take someone out. Not sure if they’ll throw one at them soon but I wouldn’t doubt it. The brothers were then introduced, Michael and Brian and haven’t seen each other in a long time. It seems they are a bit different at least while Mike recognized another Mike…. seems there are links all over the place.
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Posted by REALITY REHASH on August 21, 2008 under Big Brother 10, CBS
With the only showmance of the season gone Big Brother turns to its home stretch. Following the eye opening Power of Veto ceremony, the house was up in confusion about who offered Dan the money. April was upset that he would tell everyone while Jerry was upset that April would stoop that low for a vote. Michelle was really the only one wondering who, between April and Jerry, did the offering and when she confronted Dan he simply said it wasn’t meant that way. I don’t think they ever got to the bottom of the money question but the bribing sure didn’t end there.
When Ollie and April realized that they may be spending their last week together they went into game mode. Both targeted Michelle to start but she quickly shot them down, saying she would vote however the house voted. This led them, once again, to Dan. Ollie started off by saying how he would have two people not putting him on the block if they won HoH compared to Jerry who was only one person. April then got to Dan and let him know she would do anything for his vote, even throwing him a few gold bars. It’s a shame she would use the money to gain a vote from Dan after he basically revealed that she did earlier. Dan hinted that his mind was still not made up which seemed to set April at ease a bit atleast.
For the nights interview from home we finally got to see how April and Ollie’s family feel about their “showmance”. During the segment we saw the two discussing moving in together, which April says was a huge joke, but who knows. Ollie’s parents were up first and talked highly of their son. I still wonder if they REALLY know what’s going on in the house. Although his father didn’t know what a showmance was he said it was ok as long as it was real. April’s sister was happy for the couple as well, comparing Ollie to herself. The only time she disagreed with the relationship was when Ollie “fake” proposed. Her eyes lit up so fast you could hardly tell the difference between her and her twin April!
During the time Julie took to talk to the houseguests little was given out. The questions weren’t that hard hitting this week which was kind of disappointing. Showing a video to the houseguests of Ollie’s fear of birds was the only good thing that came from the segment which led into a very long Renny rant. Up in the HoH Julie hardly got any words in as Renny blabbed about her different sides and her mother and father. She also went on how she is against Memphis and always was. It was about 10 minutes and I’m sure the producers were freaking out, hoping she would stop to give them a break to go to the votes!
When Renny finally shut up long enough for the votes it was that time. April was evicted as suspected and walked out the door happy with only Ollie’s vote not cast for her. Outside she let Julie know that her and Ollie’s relationship is more of a friend them “romance” but they sure didn’t act that way in the house. The audience laughed when Julie mentioned starting a family and I’m sure April realized then that everyone knew her and Ollie’s not so hidden secret. April’s interview outside was actually one of the better ones this season and led us into probably one of the most entertaining endurance HoHs ever devised.
Out in the backyard all six players for the HoH sat on a round disk. They were themed as vines and when it started to rain it seemed that would be it. BUT there is SO much more to this challenge that makes it one of the most fun to watch. Every so often the vines swing back and actually swing the houseguests into a wall! It actually seems kind of fun but after awhile I assume there will be some brusing. If only Renny was in the mix it would be so much more fun to watch but atleast we have Jerry to make fun of! He’s already starting the “do you know how old I am” complaints!
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