Top Chef has returned for its fifth season and they started it off with apples in the big apple: New York. With seventeen new contestants they were ready to start their culinary journey but wait! Only sixteen chef outfits are hanging in the kitchen so one must leave before the game even starts. That’s where the apples come in. For their first quickfire challenge the chefs must compete in three apple related challenges. In the first part the first nine to peal several apples would be safe, Stefan finished first and it gave him immunity for the first elimination challenge. For part two it was all about the dicing. Four more became safe leaving Leah, Radikha, Lauren and Patrick to compete to stay. After making a dish with their apples in two minutes it came down to pre-game friends Patrick and Lauren. With head chef Tom liking Patrick’s salad better that sent Lauren back to culinary school and the rest of the contestants into the kitchen!

But wait! The chopping block made an appearance before the chefs could move into their house. They each chose a knife and were paired up based upon a location in New York. The pairs would make a dish and compete against each other. The better of the two dishes would keep the chef safe while the cook of the lesser of the two would be up for elimination. With that said and done it was time to move in. Inside two distinct groups formed. The gays of the house formed the “rainbow” alliance while the two guys from Europe distanced themselves from the group. Stefan and Fabio, both from Europe, started complaining about American ways and even seemed to become rivals in a sense. Danny spoke up in confessional and didn’t seem to like either of them much, seems we may have a budding fight on our hands!

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Big Brother 10 has been a strange season but nothing as strange as the latest. After Renny was evicted and the Head of Household played, a sumo wrestler entered the house with really no clue as to why he’s there. Following the Power of Veto ceremony where Renny went on the block against Keesha, things were rather odd in the house. Renny wasn’t as upset as you would think but more upset that she was up against her friend Keesha. Keesha felt the same, being up against Renny, as they’ve become very close in the house and lifelong friends.

The three guys had thoughts about the events as well. Jerry once again felt alone in the house since Memphis turned on him while the Renegades were ecstatic. Both Dan and Memphis secured their alliance would be until the final two and it made them obvious as well. Jerry took the ball and ran with it by talking to Keesha and telling her that Memphis has a final two with everyone. With the idea in Keesha’s head she got a bit paranoid and it was time for Jerry to try Dan. By telling Dan that he is now on par with everyone else, Jerry gave Dan the same deal he gave Keesha. Going to the final three as Memphis is aligned with everyone but Dan doesn’t buy it. Alone in the storage room, Keesha and Dan let each other in on what Jerry was doing. Memphis joined them and it made the two guys realize that Keesha may sway on them if they aren’t careful. It also showed that Dan and Memphis weren’t as close to the finals as they thought.

Following the paranoia from Jerry it was all about the girls. Renny and Keesha have been friends since the start of the game and have formed one of the closest bonds in Big Brother history. With one of them sure to go it was sad to see the two in their last days. They expressed their joy of finding a friend in the game and I think both will remain close for years following this season. Outside the house it was time for the interview from home, Memphis took his turn this time around. The interview was with his girlfriend who said why she loved him so much and how Memphis isn’t a womanizer. We had a few clips of Memphis telling why he went off on Jerry so long ago and it was interesting to see how people see him outside the game.

With four jury members now in the house it was finally time to see what they have been up to. Mostly nothing has really changed. Libra was alone for an entire week and called the eviction order every time. When April walked in Libra was happy as she was the one she wanted to see out but April wasn’t upset. She feels being a jury member is more important and took the time to bash Keesha EVERY chance she got. After saying how badly she wanted to see Keesha walk through the door so she could sleep in the yard, Michelle walked in and the Keesha bashing continued. As they watched the endurance competition, April and Michelle commented on Keesha’s supposed weight gain. They were very petty and when April gets out of the house she will surely learn that America thinks of her what she thinks of Keesha. With Ollie in the door April jumped for joy, claiming she was happy to see him so they could be together. The jury segment was mostly focused on April’s opinions of the remaining players and a sad opinion at that.

When it came time to vote it seemed like Renny knew she was going. She took a solid five minutes to “plead her case” but rather took it as a time to give a Dan style speech. Not only did she tell the housegeusts a story of how to play the remainder of the game, Renny also mentioned having grief none of them knew about. Sadly we will never know what she was talking about as both Dan and Memphis voted Renny out over Keesha. Outside Julie only got to ask Renny one question due to time but Renny ran with it. She enjoyed interacting with the crowd and is the only player to do so, so far. It was nice to see Renny at her finest, it’s just sad that we will no longer be seeing it in the game.

With Renny gone it was all about the Head of Household competition. Earlier today the players got to view several photos of past competitions. All the questions came from these photos in a form of true or false statements. In the end it was down to Dan and Memphis with Dan winning by a point. By getting the last correct Dan claimed his second HoH win and guaranteed a spot in the final three. Since the Power of Veto means everything in the final four, Dan’s HoH really doesn’t mean much other then immunity. Something that does mean much though is the luxury competition now underway. As the houseguests walked into the living room after the HoH, they saw a sumo wrestler sitting on a small stool. As the wrestler uttered words in Japanese, Julie filled us in that a luxury competition was now underway that could put a twist on the remainder of the game. How will the luxury competition play out? For spoilers head on over to BigBrotherLoop.com for the inside scoop on the sumo and the luxury competition!

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You would never think a show featuring “I Lovers” on VH1 would turn into one of the most crazy and backstabbing shows in a long time. On the last episode we learned that the show was going individual and thanks to that change, one of the biggest back stabs and blindsides took place. Following the leave of Rodeo, thanks to Megan, the alliances were set in their ways. Or so we thought, Megan was the only one to waiver as she began to fall more towards the remainder of the Stallionares, hoping they could protect her better then her all girl alliance.

For their first individual challenge the money lovers were going to stab each other in the back, literally. Each round everyone still in the game would throw a dagger at a dummy of another player. The first person with three daggers in their back would automatically go up for elimination while the last person remaining would be the Pay Master. The challenge went smoothly until the very end where Megan showed Pumpkin, Toastee and Brandi that she wasn’t sticking with the plan. When it came down to Real, 12 Pack and Toastee; one from each alliance; it was left to the two guys to take each other out. This gave Toastee the Pay Master role automatically, her second time for the show and one that had the ultimate power and safety.

On the way back to the house Hoopz, Real and Whiteboy were alone in a van with Megan. During that ride they welcomed her to their alliance, putting Megan in all three alliances at this point. Back at the house everyone was sucking up to Toastee and 12 Pack wanted to be sure she went home Whiteboy. He told her he’d go into the box just to make sure Whiteboy goes home. Bad idea buddy! Megan was also scheming but for the other side. Since Megan was starting to side with Whiteboy, she had to find a way to save him. She knew that Pumpkin, Brandi and Toastee wanted him gone badly and once she learned 12 Pack wanted in the elimination box her mind began to spin. Her first plan of action was to get Real, Hoopz and Whiteboy to apologize to Pumpkin and pull both her and Toastee back into the alliance. That they did and the two girls fell for it, putting Megan in the power seat once again and making her seem smarter then she looks.

In the vault it was time to put two more up for elimination along with Whiteboy. After a vote both 12 Pack and Entertainer were put into the box and were sent off with Toastee to their Power Outing. Here they had a hilarious “soul cleansing” where they got spit on and took him a turkey as a memento. Back at the house Megan used her powers of persuasion to get both Pumpkin and Brandi off the “get Whiteboy out” bandwagon. She told them that if they kept Entertainer and Whiteboy, the two alliances would still have someone to go after. Getting ride of 12 Pack would keep the target off of the four girls and keep them safe. After a little while the two girls agreed and when Toastee came back the plan was reiterated to her. It was all up to Toastee to decide though and it seemed she had a touch choice to make.

At the elimination ceremony Toastee first saved Entertainer. After bashing him a bit she gave him his check and was left with 12 Pack and Whiteboy standing in front of her. She at one point wanted to get rid of both and also gave 12 Pack her word during the power outing that he would stay. Toastee didn’t seem to care about that though as she went with the girls alliance and sent 12 Pack bouncing out of the game. It was interesting to see how quickly the target changed and how far backstabbing has gone so far. Will it continue next time? One can only hope!

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Last week Celebrity Circus brought some amazing and not so amazing performances. This time around everyone seemed to step up their game but still one person had to go home. The show started off quickly with Joey revealing the first three celebrities safe from elimination. Stacey, Antonio and Janet. I can say that I’m not surprised the three moved on as they were heavily praised by the judges last week. Although I don’t think all of them had amazing performances I was excited to see what they could do this week.

Stacey was up first and performed a similar act to Rachel’s last week, the spinning/hanging ring. It seems like she had a tough week as she had to change her routine last minute but it didn’t show that much in her performance. Her act was actually very good but not as amazing as the judges made it out to be. I feel they are favoring her for some reason when she doesn’t deserve it as her performances haven’t been all that spectacular.

Antonio was next and we saw a short segment of how well he and his partner are getting for the act. He performed a body balance act with a professional. Although it wasn’t that dangerous it was interesting to watch and did seem difficult. He made it look easy and although he improved from last week his scores were still somewhat low compared to Stacey’s average of a 9.

Next up was Janet who the judges said lacked “sexiness” last week. She worked on that during most of her practice and almost seemed to care more about being sexy then actually doing the stunts. Her act this week was very well performed. Although the lady judge (no clue what her name was) didn’t think she was “technical” enough the two guys loved it. I for one think Janet’s performance was much better then Stacey’s as she did several of the stunts on her own. I hate comparing everyone to Stacey but they set her bar so high when she really isn’t there yet.

It was then time to reveal the next two safe from elimination. Chris and Wee Man were told they were moving on, leaving Rachel and Blu on the bubble to leave. I knew that Blu would be there but Rachel? Her performance was very good last week and the judges stupid bashing probably put her there. I hate how delusional they are and it really does seem they are playing favorites.

Chris’ performance was very different from the others as he was doing a Fire Clown act. It’s something I’ve never heard of before but was very funny and very entertaining! He set himself on fire several times, swallowed and spit fire and also blew up his crotch! To me the fire was more dangerous then the swinging in the air, but the judges didn’t agree. Apparently only “flying” acts deserve praise and they gave him one of the lower scores of the night.

Wee Man was the next to go and he was performing the German Wheel. He seemed hesitant at first since it’s what Chris broke him arm on but quickly got past the fear. During practice it seemed he wanted to bond more then practice. They had a segment of him and his coach at a spa and swimming in the pool. The judges busted him on it later but I’m sure it was a segment scripted by the producers. Although he seemed to train hard his show didn’t go so well. Wee Man fumbled several times, getting out of synch and even tripping once or twice. After receiving pretty harsh words from the judges, Wee Man showed that he could do a “coin flop” but it was too late. He received two 4s and a 6, giving him the lowest score of the night.

It was then time to reveal who was going home. Joey then announced eliminated and the best part of the night began. Knowing that the judges couldn’t say a work Blu erupted into a rant against Aurelia (had to look that up) and basically said she disagreed with what she said last week. She told Aurelia that she wants a challenge between the two of them to see who could do each others job better. Blu argued that Aurelia could never sing her songs but she herself could do Aurelia’s job. Blu then walked off stage with a smile as you could hear Aurelia in the background asking if she could talk. Of course she couldn’t as it was time for a commercial break and time for Rachel to perform.

During the week Rachel seemed to have the most rough time. She was doing a hammock routine but since she is so tall the average hammock was too small for her. One of the coaches in the circus decided a new version of hammock had to be created so Rachel performed a stunt designed just for her. I must say that it was very good and much better then last week. The judges agreed and told Rachel they loved her progress. Her scores were around a 7.5 and she was happy with that as she only had a few days to prepare.

After two episodes of Celebrity Circus I can honesty say I’m hooked. It’s similar to Dancing With the Stars but different in a way as it is defenitly more risky and challenging. I hope it continues to keep my interest as they bring more stunts and harder stunts into the show. Hopefully the judges will wise up and stop favoring certain people and hopefully more drama happens next week!

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On the latest Paradise Hotel 2 not one but two guys were sent home. Since two new guys entered the game on the last episode, a double elimination had to occur to balance the game back out as the twists the show is known for begin to pick up. The first elimination came after a very heated Pandora’s Box where Stephanie and Raheim battled it out as Raheim denied that he tried to control Stephanie when they were roommates. She said he told her to not talk to the new guys, which he did say, but he denied it when it was brought up to everyone. TD was then asked to read a ‘Hotel Question’ which asked the girls which guy they would like to see leave the hotel. The show then became survivor-like and the 5 girls cast a vote on who they wanted to leave the game ‘forever’. The most votes went to Johnny, the first new guy to enter Paradise. Although the votes were not revealed, we do know that Tanya voted for him to leave and regretted it afterwards. Johnny left without much fanfare, other then a flip, and made the unevenness of the guy to girl ration ready for the next roommate selection.

Before we could kick another guy out of Paradise drama had to go down of course! With two new guys coming into the game it created a setup for a new alliance to emerge. TD has joined Stephanie and the new guys Aaron and Chris to create a new split in the house. They all agreed that Raheim should go and it seems that Chris is running the show there. Before the elimination would occur though the original guys worried that the game would be changed up. Krista, who is in neither side, realized the split in the house and worried that she would be on the outs next week. It was interesting to see how she picked up immediately on the change of the players and it will be interesting to see which side she selects next week.

At the roommate selection it was time to send another guy home. The two new guys stuck to their alliance and chose TD and Stephanie while James went to new love Lauren and Mike went back ‘finger painting’ buddy Tanya. Krista was stuck with the hard decision of sending someone home and had to decide between Ryan and Raheim. Although she has been friends with Raheim for awhile and from what I can remember never really even talked to Ryan, she picked Ryan as her roommate and sent her friend Raheim home. He left kind of quiet, which I was surprised, and hopefully didn’t take all the drama out with him. Next week a new girl enters Paradise and apparently all the guys are falling for her. A new twist is brought in as well as it seems the new girl has the ‘ultimate power’ over the other girls. That probably means she sends one of them home single handedly and gives the producers another reason to create more drama and change the game how they wish.

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