Spoiler alert…don’t read on if you haven’t caught up with your reality show taping…

So, Wednesday became the new Tuesday for reality show viewing, what with AI results show and Amazing Phil, er Race on the same night. What a flaming disappointment that turned out to be. (Except for Phil rocking that red shirt. Nice new haircut, too…) Where was I? Oh, right. America is stupid. Nine contestants left and you really thought Mandisa was the weakest link? Really??? Because, you know, not really.

A show of hands on how many people thought the Ace, Bucky, Kat trio was the bottom three? I actually wasted time worrying they’d send Kat home from the group before either of the two guys. So then they reveal it’s Paris, Mandisa, and Eliot, and I start praying for Eliot, which would mean Paris leaving…and despite the fact that she’s a great singer, as I said yesterday, her personality is wearing on me and I could have handled her leaving. Especially from that threesome. At NO time did it even occur to me that Mandisa was in trouble.

And now they’re leaving the eight remaining to contend with Queen songs??? QUEEN? I love Queen, but my god, wasn’t making them tackle Stevie enough? And shoot, Mandisa was probably one of the ones who could have handled it. You know, I was really enjoying this group, but the past couple of weeks, not so much. And I’m not looking forward to next week either. A shame.

On to Amazing Race…. where I was convinced it HAD to be a non-elimination round. HAD to be. I’m pretty sure my buddies, Lori and Dave, thought so, too. I was crushed, crushed I say, when Phil heartlessly cut them from the race. Boo, Phil, boo. (Like it’s his decision.) I always enjoy this show, every episode. I’m not all that demanding with this show, I just want to see my race. But I will admit that this leg wasn’t all that exciting to me. Not much changed from the order they left to the order they showed up, except Yo and Ray moved up one. And I’m really liking those two alot. I’m rooting for them in a big way. I like BJ and Tyler okay, they’re a joyous duo, not so much the Frats, but I wouldn’t mind a major shake up in the top tier. It’s getting too predictable. I don’t think any previous AR has gone this long with the same two teams dominating the top two spots. Not that I can remember anyway. Especially from the beginning, when there are so many teams.

I would definitely like to see Lake and Michelle meet up with the worst taxi driver in AR history and get hopelessly lost and finally get booted. Fran and Barry can follow them. And the oldsters are actually doing okay, and definitely enjoying themselves…I just don’t find myself loving them. Jo and Mo are racing hard (loved her plaintive looks at cute Italian girls who didn’t reek of fish) but they can round out that bottom three. Oh, wait, that’s American Idol. And look where that got us. Sigh. Oh yeah - what were those things Lake and Michelle were wearing strapped to their chests? Lake (who has a nice bod, damn shame he’s such an ass) looked interesting in his, but my eyes! my eyes! having to stare at Michelle’s boobs strapped around and over that thing. Just say no.

Bye Team Nerd. You will be sorely missed. Have a happy life together.

Reminder! Last day to enter this week’s Friday Giveaway. See Monday’s blog post for all the details.

Tonight, Survivor…let’s hope for a strong reality show rebound, end the week with a bang! Or with Shane self destructing. Whatever.

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