On Survivor: Gabon:

Okay, so now I kind of like Sugar. A little. At least I “get” her a bit more, anyway. And I thought it was great that she not only kicked ass and found the idol, but that she fooled even her teammates into thinking she was the dumb blonde. As for her bonding with Ace - I haven’t had much of an opinion of the guy, because the season, thus far, as spent way more camera time with the floundering Fang tribe, but I knew straight off (thanks, editors!) when we were spending significant time with Kota, that they were going to council. That they lost both comps was something of a surprise, but still…heavy foreshadowing, editors. We’re not that stupid. And neither, apparently, is Sugar.

I can see why she’s allied with Ace, but after seeing more of him last night, I get why he’s not loved. Wow, the arrogance. For a guy so concerned with his chakras, he might need to self examine a wee bit more. I would have loved - LOVED - to see him booted last night. Poor Paloma thought she’d pulled out the blind boot, too……but, alas, no. Made me miss last season when every tribal was a blindside.

Fang is still problematic, and while I can see the issues with a constantly confrontational GC, since the one he’s confronting is Randy, who I seriously loathe, I’m not sure how the editing is playing out there. I’d also LOVE to see his miserable, negative, the-sky-is-falling butt outta there. What a sourpuss.

Best part of the night was the gamer from Fang beating Bob the Physicist from Kota. And I heart Bob in a big way, but it was nice seeing the younger generation do the math. I enjoyed that win. Enjoyed seeing Crystal finally play the game. And Corrinne? Wow, dial it down a little.

Next week? They are forced to rank their own tribes. I can this being problematic for both sides. Can’t wait!

Okay, now it’s time to announce the winners of this week’s SHaQ Attack contest, which is a celebration of my new release, TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT (hey, have I mentioned it’s already gone back to presss? Just sayin. ) All you had to do was email to be entered, and a lot of you did - and three of you will be winners! Those winning blog babes are? Lacey, Diana, & Tamara! Woo hoo!! Congratulations!!

In the meantime….who are you loving? Is Jeff Probst annoying you this season, too? Who do you want to send home? Who wishes we could just merge now and make things interesting?

See you Monday with Amazing Race MAC and more SHaQ!

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So, last night on Project Runway, we essentially wasted an hour accomplishing absolutely nothing. Except to confirm that Kenley is still so self-absorbed that she has no self awareness at all. (”I’m always on the outside, and I don’t know why.” Really, Kenley? Nary a clue?) Everyone made flower inspired dresses and Jerrell won, except none of it mattered because all four will go to Bryant Park and all four will have to compete yet again to be in the three that actually get to show. How is that fair? I can see, if the judges were truly stumped (do your job, I say, even if it’s hard) that Korto and Kenley, who were in the bottom two, could duke it out for the last place. But if there was any point to last night’s challenge, then both Leanne and Jerrell have earned their finale spots. So to put them through the exact same ringer again is both pointless and unfair.

Ah well.

And then we go on to Top Design, where Crazy Aunt Kelli really brings the wackadoodle, but as it turned out to be the most entertaining part of the program, I owe her. So…they have a triathalon, which is actually my fave challenge thus far, as we get to see each designer work alone, and on three consecutive tasks, each one bigger than before. The first part is redecorating a chair, the second is creating and entire dinner table ensemble, the third is to do a photo-shoot ready outdoor set up in an studio-set area. Nathan won both the first two legs, although I understood the win on part two, I’d have given that one to Eddie given he’d already won part one (with a chair I thought was perfectly hideous, but whatever…) So he had double immunity going into the final leg and everyone else had none.

It was interesting seeing how each designer tackled the challenge. Their style was finally more exposed and determined and the front runners really stood out, but there were some surprises as well. I really loved Wisit’s hand painted chair, I thought it was pretty amazing, but Ondine and Andrea both disappointed me, where I expected them to shine. Eddie was the most consistent in terms of doing things that I thought were both splashy, finely detailed, and appealed to me personally (unlike Nathan’s hideous blue and silver chair -gah!) but then, that’s what Eddie does everyday, working for Martha Stewart Living. He was clearly upset at not getting the win for the table setting, though he smiled his way through it. But given how close it was, and that Nathan already had immunity, I really felt it should have gone his way.

That said, the catty backstabby comments? Seriously, Eddie, stop being so insecure. And two-faced. Everyone is dissing Teresa’s skillz, now that they’re finally on display, and while I agree her aesthetic isn’t so hot, I really liked her as a person this episode. Which I can’t say for the rest of the designers. I was glad to see Andrea separate herself from it, but I was really wishing someone had called him out to his face about it. A shame.

Which left me not caring at all about the challenge, despite loving it in theory, because the best designers were the worst people, and the people who were shiny and happy…not so much with the room display. Except Natalie, which was a happy surprised. But… I started thinking, you know, I could be reading and eating chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream right about now….

What a waste.

Oh yeah, and Nat wins the final leg, Nathan takes it overall. Teresa goes home. Yawn.

Tonight, Survivor Gabon, ep 2 and I’m pretty sure yawning won’t be the reaction. MAC tomorrow, along with the winners of this week’s SHaQ Attack contest. See Monday’s post for details!

In the meantime….DISH!

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And they are good.

After a night in which we got to see Anya & Pasha dance (yay!) listen to Jessica Simpson caterwaul (twice! Ouch!) watch Maks n’ Cheryl dance (yay!) and see a shaved Brian Friedman dance (double yay!) it was finally time to get down to business and send Kim Kardashian home. (Biggest yay of all!)

All in all, a good night.

I’m thinking Cloris is on her way out next week, and then probably Rocco. (Sniff!) After that, it’s anyone’s game really, as they start to really battle it out and see who rises and who falls. Depending on fan base, I think La Lucci will be in danger then, but after that, it’s kind of a toss up. The rest of them are working hard and they are improving, so we’ll see!

Tonight it’s all about fashion and interior design. More MAC tomorrow.

Don’t forget to enter this week’s SHaQ Attack contest. I’m giving away three prizes this week in conjunction with my new release hitting the stands TODAY! Yay! Check out Monday’s post for all the details, winners announced here on Friday.

So….what did you think? DISH!

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