Was it just me or was last nights Celebrity Apprentice one of the best episodes its had in awhile? I mean yes Vinny did quit, but it was all in culmination of what was one intense episode. It all began when Piers sent Vinny to be a “rat” and spy on the girls. Vinny took it like it was an assignment from a mafia leader and went all Sopranos on us. Actually the whole episode seemed to be Sopranos themed and it was mentioned almost every five minutes. The one thing that wasn’t played up very much is Tito’s absence. He basically got a free pass to the next round since he wasn’t there because of a fight. That little manoeuvre is just showing how somewhat generic the show is. They are obviously not filming it in a continuous manner and the celebrities aren’t always “wrapped into” the show.

Back to the “rat” storyline. So Vinny goes over to the girls and basically designs their product for them. It was a brilliant move on Vinny’s part as he now had control of both teams. If he would have told all the girls his plan right away, things would have been different. In the end Piers told the girls what Vinny was doing, basically screwing him over. This erupted into a tirade between Piers and Vinny which lasted into the boardroom. The girls finally won something (thanks to Vinny although they won’t admit it) and left as Vinny said he’d like to quit. Honestly it makes sense he would want to as he was being tortured in a way. Trump made it seem like Vinny was the one making the mistake and shouldn’t have helped the girls team, but rather help his own team. But Piers did the same thing and basically and was kind of praised for doing it. In the end Vinny decided to quit anyway, even though I think Piers still should have been cut for what he did. The show ended with a similar ending to the Sopranos and concluded the best episode the Apprentice has had in awhile. Next week it seems like Stephen Baldwin is upset about the “rat out” as well and well contemplates or does quit. Will he go through it out? We’ll have to wait and see!

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This week brought major news in the world of Reality TV. With several news show about to begin, information is slowly being leaked and casts are being revealed. It was such a huge week in reality tv that I’m going to do one big review about so let’s begin:

It’s Time to Renew: Two major reality shows got renewed for more seasons this week. Survivor will be airing at least two more seasons after Micronesia and yes Jeff is returning. This is great news for all those who have been waiting to turn 21 to apply and gives me high hopes it will continue far into it’s 20s for seasons. A more shocking renewal was the Celebrity Apprentice. It seems like NBC likes the new celebrity format so it is returning for at least one more season and it will air next January. Mark Burnett says that the celebrities on the show have raised over a million dollars so far, so that could be one of the reasons NBC chose to pick it back up.

No News is BAD News: Two new seasons of shows that generally air in the summer will be put on for a special Winter edition this year and those are Big Brother 9 and Paradise Hotel 2. Both have kept their format and cast very secret only leaving commercials to tease about would COULD happen. All the Big Brother fanatics watched Julie Chen walk onto the Late Show stage Tuesday night but nothing came of it. Julie revealed NOTHING about the seasons but rather gave us a history lesson of the shows past. Paradise Hotel has been less secretive as it’s initial cast has been released only in pictures. It’s also being reported that one of the players committed suicide after the show completed but his scenes will still air.

Survivor Adds More Twists and two more Rombers: Jeff Probst in his pre-show interviews revealed a little to much about the season it seems. Micronesia will once again feature an exile island but this time two people will go to it each round. One player from each tribe will visit the desolate island together and will have to fight in order to find the single hidden idol in the game. If that weren’t news enough, Jeff let it slip that not one but TWO relationships formed over the course of the 39 days. Is it just me or were they trying to top Romber and the preview All Star season? It will be interesting to see WHO forms these bonds. My guess is its on the fans tribe but you never know.

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