After sending how two chefs last week, Top Chef 5 returned for its second outing in New York. The morning after the leave of Patrick the house felt his loss. Richard was missing his “Rainbow Alliance” member while everyone else just came to the realization that people will be leaving. Fabio and Stefan continued their “European Battle” as they stayed friends yet still wanted to beat each other badly simply because both are from Europe. After that little tidbit into the house it was time for the Quick Fire challenge. The chefs were told that Donatello, a famous chef from New York, would be their special judge for the day. They were also getting a special visit from a “professional” to compete against in the challenge. It turned out the pro was a hot dog stand lady as the challenge was to create their own version of a hot dog.

When learning that he had to make a hot dog, Fabio got a bit nervous as he didn’t know what a hot dog really was. Everyone else didn’t really to have any problems though, being from America, but they sure made some interesting dishes. Who would of thought you could make hot dog sushi or even mixed with some Indian spices? Well you can and they apparently tasted pretty good! The only ones who the two tasters didn’t enjoy were Jill and Stefan’s. Jill didn’t make her own hot dog while Stefan’s was just over thought. Although they didn’t mark her as one of the worst, Jamie’s did have a bone in it. Guess Padma didn’t care if she chocked or not though. After dishing out the worst it was time for the best. Hosea and Fabio received recognition but the win went to Radhika. Since she was in the bottom twice last week it was a sigh of relief as she now has immunity for the elimination round.

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I Love Money is starting to get just as confusing as some seasons of Survivor and Big Brother, alliance wise. There are so many alliances in this game that’s it’s hard to keep track of them all. After the elimination of Chance last week, the lines were drawn as new alliances formed from old friendships. To sum things up there are the remainder of the Stallionaires being: Real, Whiteboy and Hoopz. Rodeo thinks she’s in the alliance but she’s kind of not. Then we have the new Gold Team alliance which is: 12 Pack, Entertainer, Pumkin, Toastee and Heather. The pair in the house is Brandi and Megan but they are now also working with Pumkin and Toastee so there is a lot of meshing going on.

Before their challenge began we saw the new alliances congregate together. Pumkin and Toastee, fearing their life in their current bedroom, moved in with their new alliance. Hoopz and Rodeo also showed their new allegiance with the green team by moving into their bedroom. At their next challenge the money lovers were faced with eating food that was actually normal. Before the mission began Hoopz and Rodeo decided to throw it, saving their alliance of Whiteboy and Real. But since Heather was the leader for their team she got to decide that Hoopz would sit out, leaving it all up to Rodeo. Megan was the leader for the other team and would play a large role later.

During the entire challenge the green team was in the lead. They first ate sushi, food from a buffet, chicken and then crepes. Rodeo didn’t even have to throw it to much thanks to Entertainers lack of eating so there wasn’t as much drama as expected. Most came at the end when almost everyone puked their guts up. Seriously, the food they had wasn’t even disgusting so I don’t know what the huge deal was.

Back at the house the gold team finally had to return back to the vault. The few hours before they had to decide who would be nominated, Rodeo decided to kiss every one’s ass but it severally backfired. Inside the vault she was voted 5 - 2 to go into the box. She revolted against the idea, saying Toastee and Pumkin lied to her but it didn’t help. Hoopz and Toastee also went into the box, one for being a traitor while Toastee put herself in.

During the power outing Megan had the three girls talk to her dog, saying she was decide who went home. Hoopz and Toastee took it as a joke while Rodeo cried her heart out, thinking Megan was serious. That wasn’t all Rodeo did during the power outing as she bended to Megan’s every beck and call. I was surprised Rodeo would stoop that low to stay since she was very powerful and nothing like this on the Rock of Love.

When the power outing was over Megan was stuck voting one of the three girls out. She struggled somewhat as she swore on the Bible that she would do whatever her team wanted. That’s where the problem came as she wanted Rodeo gone. Her “team”, being Whiteboy, wanted Toastee gone for getting rid of Chance while her secret alliance, Brandi and Pumkin, wanted Hoopz gone.

Later that night it was time for Megan to choose who was going to be bounced. After insulting Toastee, but giving her her check, Megan hindered her alliance but it seems Toastee will keep it going for just a bit longer. It was then down to Hoopz and Rodeo. After calling Rodeo up and giving her nice comments, she bounced Rodeo from the game, making the decision for herself. I’m not sure why she would do that though since now she angered both the green team and her secret alliance but hey it’s her decision. Once Rodeo left the yard the host then revealed that the teams were now done with. With the game now turning individual how will the jumble of alliances pan out? Tune in next Sunday as we get a double dose of I Love Money.

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