So, on American Idol, America gets it pretty much right. Possibly slightly out of order of how I’d have done it, but close enough. Haely, Michelle, John, and Jermaine go home. Yes, Tim is still there. And yes, Danny Gokey still needs to be stopped. Wow.

Four more go home next week. Anyone want to take some guesses on who?

Over on Survivor, things continue to get interesting. The Villains are still vastly entertaining as Russell goes off to hunt yet another idol and Rob calls him a “hobbit on crack” making me laugh quite merrily. Then Coach has a meltdown of Full Mesnick proportions, and, of all humanoids, it’s Tyson who consoles him. Of course, when he agrees to help steer Coach down the right path, he tells him he might have to say things Coach won’t want to hear, then immediately goes on to list all the things that Coach does that make Tyson crazy. Well, okay, and the rest of us, too. But that was kind of amusing. Followed by Rob giving Coach a very heartfelt speech about how he is in the game and he’s not an outsider, getting all bromance about it…then following up the touching moment by telling Coach to man up for God’s sake and grow a pair. Ha. Rob is made of win. That is all.

Over on the Heroes tribe, they are made of the opposite of win. Twice. And talk turns to getting out Tom and his idol and Colby, who are not one in the same thing at all. Then JT decides he needs Candace to go because keeping Tom is better for him, leading Cirie to get all Cirie on everyone, and back with the program, which then prompts JT to have to choose between Alliance 1 and Alliance 2, and…well, it was a lot strategery about alliances and future strength when tribes merge. And no one ever seems to think about getting rid of the broken toed bump on a log that is Rupert. Is he contributing something we don’t see? I’m just askin. End of the day, or the council, as things may be, JT goes with the Man Alliance.

Yes, it was good to see strategery and I’m not even upset by the move in terms of pure game play, which clearly wrenched JT’s personal code more than he’d have liked as he was near tears at Tribal, and Jeff Probst beat up on Rupert, and James still doesn’t get it, but dayum, show, can we have challenges whereby James has to oil himself up every week? Every. Week. and Jeff loses his patience some more with every other person on the tribe and makes them all feel like douches separately and together, and then the world tilts crazily off its axis…Cirie goes home. Wha? I mean, I know. I get it. But my humorous private interviews….gone. I’m left with what the show thinks passes for clever private interviews. Russell and Parvati. Blarg. At least the latter of the two was blessedly not on the screen much this time. So thank you for that, show. Now bring Cirie right on back here. Right this instant.

Dangit.

Classy exit, though. As always. Still luv huh. Always will. And next week? Yeah, someone else gets hurt. Maybe they need to rethink putting the hard in the hardcore part of their challenges of late.

So…before we get to all the delicious dishness, it’s time to announce who wins the Free Stuff Friday free stuff. But even before that, a Public Service Announcement from me. It looks like the snow has taken a break long enough for me to get out to the post office and FINALLY get all the books mailed out from the last month or so. My apologies for the lengthy time frame, but they’re on the way. And those of you who had a side of chocolate with that… I did not forget!

This week? The winning Blog Babe is Dagmar! Woot! Just send me an email and a few choices from my website bookshelf (in case I’m out of your first choice) along with an address…and I promise to actually get the book to you in the near future!

Exciting Announcement! Next week’s Free Stuff Friday contest will be awarding a Very Special Prize. Tune in Monday for all the details, and the latest Amazing Race MAC!

But right now? Who is going home on Idol next week? Who should go home? What about Survivor? Are you rooting for a tribe, or individual players? Or no one? And what about Amazing Race? Can the Cute Cowboys make it three in a row? These things need to be cleared up. And you can help. So DISH already!

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