We are now four episodes into the Amazing Race 13 and it seems the gloves are finally coming off. On this leg of the race relationships were mended while others were strained. But in the end the two girls from South Carolina were eliminated from the race. At least they got a hug from Phil’s dad in the deal. After last weeks confrontation between Christy/Kelly and Nick/Starr I thought thinks were over but with news about Starr’s U-Turn beg things got a little messy. Although we didn’t get to see it, Kelly and Christy confronted Starr about asking Aja to U-Turn them. Apparently it didn’t end too well as both teams are even more at each others throats and it didn’t change at all during this leg.
Since everyone was in Bolivia in order to get to the next destination of New Zealand they all had to drive directly to the airport. There some tempers fumed as Kelly and Christy tried to eaves drop onto everyone else’s flight plans. Aja and Ty, who are dating long distance, also had a few tense moments as Aja was trying to control. Ty called her Fidel at one point but they ended up making up before the flight, which everyone was on. In New Zealand the teams ran to the marked cars and were off to find a knot. To get their next clue they had to simply untie the knot, where their clue was hidden inside. Some times had some trouble adjusting to the opposite side of the road driving. Luckily no teams were in an accident but Ty did run over the curb and get a flat tire. Aja wasn’t too happy about it and it kind of set the mood for them for the rest of the leg.
After controlling the last four eliminations on I Love Money, the four blondes were forced to turn against each other. Before the Pay Master challenge everything was fine between Brandi, Megan, Pumpkin and Toastee as they continued to ride the “we are weak” bandwagon. On the other side of the alliance spectrum were Hoopz and Real who were getting closer. Well I guess you could say Real was getting closer to Hoopz. See she has a boyfriend at home, which I don’t think Real knows about. He sure will a little later though!
At the Pay Master challenge the remaining eight were tasked to hold onto a dangling stripper pole. The last person on the pole would become the Pay Master and another twist was brought in. The first person to drop from the pole would be eliminated immediately from the game. That put the stakes even higher as nobody wanted to go home. As the challenge began the three guys all had trouble. The Entertainer was the first to drop though, sending himself home and back to his parents. The remainder of the guys, Whiteboy and Real then dropped leaving the five girls still hanging on. After Brandi, Pumpkin and finally Toastee fell it was down to Megan and Hoopz. Hoopz wanted to give it to Megan as she knew she would keep her but after hanging on for a few more minutes, Hoopz made a deal to keep Megan which gave Hoopz the title of Pay Master.
What can I say? Big Brother 10 is showing what Big Brother is meant to be as it continues to shift power and shock not only the house guests but the viewers as well. With a surprise eviction for one player, a rebound shift of power for another and 9 All Stars entering the house who can’t love Big Brother 10?
Following the Power of Veto ceremony it was on awwn as Keesha and Libra wanted to shift the vote to evict Jessie. They knew that April wanted Memphis gone and when they tried she wouldn’t budge on evicting Jessie. Although the two girls pretended to still want Memphis out, Keesha put a plan in motion that would split the group and possibly evict Jessie. She knew that she needed four votes to evict this week but only had three in herself, Libra and Renny. That’s where Dan, America’s Player, came into play. Keesha grabbed Dan, along with Memphis, to show Libra they had the votes. When Dan agreed it was set that Jessie would go, but it was still up to America.
In the backyard April was worried that the two girls would flip and let Jerry know they might. He immediately knew that Dan was the swing vote and talked to him, telling him that he can’t be persuaded by Libra and Keesha. Dan kind of agreed but in an “hmmm, ok Jerry” manner and basically shrugged Jerry off. I don’t know how Jerry couldn’t realize it, but hey I guess he’s old. That night Dan talked directly too America, telling us that we better do what is best for him. It was fun to see someone talking to US and hopefully we didn’t screw Dan over too much.
The night was all about Dan as we saw a video from his family and football team. The team seemed supportive of their coach, although they seemed like they were more Dan’s friends rather then players. His family was split on the America’s Player twist as his sister loved it while his mother hated it. She felt it would hurt his game play but his sister knew he could pull through. After that Julie talked a bit with April. She didn’t mention anything about April and Ollie, you know, but April did say that she feels that her and Ollie’s relationship is true.
When it was time to vote the producers made it pretty obvious. They had Michelle, Jerry and Ollie vote first followed by Libra, Keesha and Renny. Dan was the obvious tie breaker, in reality it was America, and we forced him to evict Jessie. When Jessie walked out of the house, Michelle smacked her hands together and faced in front of everyone. She wasn’t too happy an either was Jessie. Although he didn’t go out in a rage he did leave somewhat angry, not the exit I had hoped for but still pretty good.
During the HoH the houseguests were asked to remember wake up calls that occurred last night. CBS had viewers send in wav files of what they should play to wake up the houseguests. Michelle was the only one to stay up all night and listen to them all. When it came down it is, Libra and Michelle were the final two of the competition. Michelle’s all nighter pulled off as she gained the Head of Household and shifted the power of the house. After such a huge eviction, this should be interesting as Michelle was the one most angry for the leave of Jessie. Oh I can’t wait to see how Michelle, and Jerry, blow up!
Before the show ended Julie dropped a HUGE bomb on us, but not the house. Ten former players of the game will enter the house sometime this weekend to play against those still in the game. In celebration of the 10th season Chicken George, Bunky, Amy, Jun, Jase, Janelle (I’m sure so many are happy about that), Boogie, Jen, Matty and Brian will play in a challenge against the remaining nine. What will the challenge be and what does it mean for the game? Tune in later to find out!
The first live eviction of Big Brother 10 went off without a hitch having a few firsts for the new format of the show. Not only did the live audience return but the first ever socket puppet show was performed making it a fun yet dramatic episode. It all started off following the nomination of Brian following Jessie’s leave with the PoV. This meant either Brian or Renny would go with the most likely scenario being Brian. He immediately went up to Jerry to find out what happened and learned that Ollie jumped ship. Jerry told him that Ollie was the one who brought everyone up to the room and Brian was NOT happy about that.
That night Brian pulled his “bro” Dan and “ex-bro” Ollie into his sofa, which he’s spent countless hours on on the feeds, and got down to business. He asked Ollie what went down and he basically told him that it was more a house decision rather then his which is kind of a lie. Dan didn’t take too well to that as he realizes he’ll have a hard time lieing in the house because of his morals. I for see Dan going soon, thanks to Ollie, as they are now the battling bible boys.
With Ollie now the leader it seems that April isn’t too mad at him anymore. She easily kissed him and even asked him for it. Both said they are just playing the other so it will be interesting to see who turns on the other first. April wasn’t only with Ollie though as her and the two girls, Libra and Keesha, realized they will be seen as a target. Brian saw that as well and wanted to turn the two on each other. He used Angie to do so and that little event ended up with another meltdown right before the votes were to be cast.
Knowing he was probably going home Brian came up with a rather interesting scheme to stay. He wanted people to realize he’s fun in the house and vote for him to stay for that reason. The now famous puppet show was then shown and seemed more boring on TV then it was in real life. I’m not sure why they edited it the way they did, leaving out most of the good parts, and a laugh track from the live audience would have been nice as well. Following the puppet show it seemed that Brian’s plan worked. Steven and Angie both said they felt Brian leaving would remove some fun from the house and this put Angie to work. She told Keesha that there was a possibility that Brian could stay if she voted for him. Little did Angie know, April was watching a few feet away and later that night let everyone know that Keesha was playing both sides.
Outside by the pool table, where most of the fights seem to begin, April was talking to Ollie and a few other guys about how Keesha was jumping ship to be with Angie. Keesha knew what was going on and didn’t take it too lightly. April then sprang up and moved towards Keesha but was held back by Ollie and pulled into the house. After doing so she told Renny she may be going and hated that Keesha switched on them. Outside Keesha was letting loose about April. Swearing left and right and saying how she couldn’t stand to be around her. Everyone saw the fight and I’m glad that CBS included it even though it happened last night. It’s a big deal and could possibly change the direction of the game.
Following the fight we went live to chat with the house. Julie told to Jessie first who said that he still doesn’t like Renny has she shows him no respect. Renny then said the same thing and told Jessie, once again, that he has some growing up to do and he should do what he says. Libra was the only other house guest to talk to Julie and she was asked a rather interesting question. It was about her leaving her five month old kids to be in the house. Libra told America that they don’t know her situation and she’s doing it for her family. She’s reminding me more and more of Daniele every day. Up in his HoH bedroom Jerry talked openly to Julie. He told her about how his military background will play into the game and how he was forced to put Brian up. Nothing much else came from that so it was time for the eviciton.
I’m surprised they did a live vote but the did and it turned out rather well. Both Renny and Brian asked to stay yet we all knew who was going. Once all the votes were cast Brian was sent packing by a vote of 9 to 1. Only Dan voted to keep him in and Brian exited the house to a live audience. It seemed thrilling to see the audience react to his leave but to be honest the live audience didn’t add much else other then clapping. When he talked to Julie, Brian seemed in good spirits. He says that Memphis will be the winner if he plays his cards right so we shall see!
For the first real HoH was had a familiar beginning challenge. Everyone was asked a question where two of the houseguests would be a possible answer. Everyone would then choose one and the people who were in the minority would be removed from the challenge. In the end four people remained: Libra, Ollie, Jessie and Steven. They were asked how many pillows were on the bed in the start of the Power of Veto challenge and Jessie came closest without going over. Making him the official challenge threat of the game as he’s won the only two they’ve had so far.
After watching A&Es Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal I have a greatly deeper and better understanding of just how scary and true seeing spirits can be. Of course there have been “ghost shows” out there before, but Psychic Kids was truly a moving experience that will forever change my view of the paranormal. The beginning seemed somewhat odd as we heard stories from three girls, Ahli (11), Jillian (12) and Faith (8) who claimed to seem ghosts and auroras. The show didn’t try to push the fact that they were being honest and truthful at the start but towards the end they didn’t have to. All three girls proved that they were the real deal and also opened themselves up for the camera to catch.
Ahli was somewhat the “odd girl out” of the bunch as she generally didn’t see ghosts but rather aurora’s. She can see different colors surrounding people that mean different things. Once she claims she ran into a man with a purple aurora, which to her means he is sick, and two days later the man died of a heart attack. If that wasn’t enough at the weekend retreat a specialist was called in. They both drew the o of the producer of the show and Ahli’s matched that of the specialist’s drawing. Later in the weekend she was also shown how to find people’s injuries or pains and help in healing. Ahli hovered her hands over Jillian’s mother, finding that she had problems with her chest and one knee. Jillian’s mother then clarified this was fact as she’s had bronchitis and her knee had been giving out.
Jillian was one of the two girls who could speak and interact with the dead. She saw a small boy in her home along with a lady named Emily. This Emily was the one causing most of the problems as she scolded Jillian and tried to make her do things. Jillian’s “proof” came when she saw her mother’s dead sister. Her mother had never told Jillian she had a twin who died at birth so this came as a shock to both her mother and to me as that is pretty amazing! Towards the end of the show Jillian was able to call out Emily and release her grasp. We also learned she believed Emily was her mother in a past life and Chip, the psychic medium specialist, confirmed this may be true.
Most of the beginning and end of the show focused on the youngest of the three, Faith. Her family was having a hard time believing their daughter had nothing more than an invisible friend and it was causing stress on the family. At the retreat Faith’s friend Freddie was found to actually exist in the time period she claimed he did. His mother Catherine, who Faith also sees, was also on Freddie’s records. This was an amazing segment as we learned that Faith does in fact have some ability to read into the world of spirits. If anyone thinks she’s lying after that they should seriously be put in jail. Towards the end of the show Faith had a traumatic experience as it seems Catherine lashed out at her, putting Faith in a state of terror. Chip along with Jillian were able to help Faith coax Catherine out and turn her away. In the end it seems Faith was able to release her fear of Catherine and remove her from her psychic experience.
The three girls shown on Psychic Kids were amazing. They prove to me that spirits and the world of the paranormal do in fact exist and isn’t just something we imagine. I hope to continue me journey with Psychic Kids and I hope it continues to change not only my view, but others as well, on the world of spirits and the paranormal.
Paradise Hotel 2 continued it’s crazy drama run with even more drama! The show opened with Ryan and Raheim battling it out since Ryan was starting to get close to Stephanie, the new girl and Raheim’s roommate. The guys no apparently have an alliance called “the government” with Raheim the one in power, yet he’s not considered the president so that makes no sense.
The girls were then sent away to a lunch date where they met not one but TWO new guys. Neither seem really interesting or crazy like the other guys, so hopefully at least one of them goes next time. The drama continued as Ryan got even closer to Stephanie and kind of, well you know, in the shower with her. It was quickly broken up though by Raheim who angrily walked in on the two and quickly went to Mike and James to let them know what went down. They both tell him that he shouldn’t be made since their motto is “sharing is caring” and in his interview Mike said Raheim had to go.
Everyone then had a quick roommate meeting where the two new guys were allowed to steal away two girls. Both Raheim and Johnny where chosen and both are now sharing a room. Next week not one but two of the guys leave the game and anyone is up for elimination. I’m sure more drama, especially between the love triangle that Raheim always ends up in, will go down. At least we can always hope!
