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So, I finally got to get back on track with watching TAR, after a bad schedule I’m going through. Only another month left, then we’ll waiting like almost forever for TAR17, though.

In this episode, the teams traveled from the island of Seychelles (which looked awesomly beautiful from the recap shown in the beginning of every episode) to  Penang, Malaysia. First, teams had to recieve their first clue from the Snake Temple. Then, in the detour teams had to either carry Joss Sticks to the top of a temple (Buddhist Tradition) or balance a large flag on their forehead, running 120 feet (Chinese Custom) in order to recieve their next clue. Then, in the speed bump, performed by Jet/Cord they had to sniff out the correct tea to serve to a guy on a swing. Then, in the roadblock, teams had to have one person smash several coconuts to find one with colored liquid, to build onto a small craft and have sent out to sea.

Here is a recap of how the teams did, in order of what they placed, and by overall opinion of them:

Jet/Cord: 1st – They started the race in last, and with a speed bump to do. All of the teams quickly made their way to the snake temple, they took a commanding lead by finding the flags at the Chinese detour and going a magnificent job, completing the detour with no problem. Then, they move onto the speed bump, which didn’t look like a huge hassel for them, completing that, and even the roadblock before any other team arrived. When they arrived to the pit stop, Phil tells them they are indeed team number one, also becoming the first Speed Bump team to reach first place in TAR’s history. I find them to be good racers at the tasks. Okay, maybe one mistake from episode seven through them off, but they did manage to pass that. So far, they’re still a pretty good team in my opinion, and I believe I may continue to root for them.

Carol/Brandy: 2nd – They left the pit stop in fifth place-which, ironically, this leg’s placing was in the reverse order of last leg’s placing. They were not thrilled to be going to  snake temple, which, I can’t complain, I wouldn’t be thrilled either. They were the leading team in going to the Buddhist temple, with Louie/Michael & Brent/Caite close by. They were second at the roadblock, thanks to a good taxi driver, and easily moved to the pit stop as team number two. Personally, they are in this rivalry with Caite/Brent, and it’s kind of annoying, there’s no real side to take. They just seem to under estimate Brent/Caite, which gets them ticked off. Also, I didn’t hear much complainting of these tasks, so, that’s a plus.

Louie/Michael: 3rd – They left the leg in fourth place, and have earned the nickname as the dads of the group, and it appears that they are on Caite/Brent’s side of the rivalry, where the other three teams show no signs of taking a side. Anyways, they raced a pretty good leg. They were the smart team for not getting out of their taxi, finishing the journey to the temple by foot. Whichever one of them completed the roadblock did so easily by finding the colored coconut liquid within two smashes. Louie/Micahael kept remaining in third from the time after the roadblock to the pit stop. They really seem like they also have a good shot of winning, which it’s unusual to see middle-aged, non-athletic dudes last this long on the race. I wouldn’t mind seeing them in thefinals, and I think they have the next best shot.

Brent/Caite: 4th – They started the leg in third, then kept a solid position in the front of the pack. They passed Carol/Brandy in the detour, which, they, especially Caite, were all hung up and extrmemly hungry for. Then, their taxi driver wasn’t very good, putting them into fourth place. Caite performed the roadblock, and I believe it was her who tried to pass off the coconut without making the craft. Brent/Caite arrived to the pit stop in fourth place, and didn’t seem very happy about it, but they said they’ll take it. Brent/Caite seem to be racing okay, and like I said, I’m not recieving enough information to be taking sides on their rivalry with Carol/Brandy, but I find myself likeing them, simply because they seem like nice people. I could also see them as candidates for the final three, with just about as much odds as maybe Dan/Jordan or Carol/Brandy.

Dan/Jordan: 5th – They started the leg in second place, and their biggest mistake was before arriving to thwe detour they decided to walk the rest of the way, avoiding their taxi being stuck in traffic, thinking they could get their faster. They completed the roadblock and detour in enough time to avoid being last, and did end up freaking out when their taxi driver stopped for gas. Hey, it’s either stop for gas now, or be staranded later. That’s probably what I’d try to think. They arrived to the pit stop in fifth place. I simply do like them and they both have good personalities, but everytime I see them, they are seen making a lot of mistakes. I’m not sure if I find them going to the final three, or getting even close to finishing top two.

Steve/Allie: 6th – They started the leg with first place, and without the bags they left with them at leg 7′s detour. At Malaysia, they were also the other team to walked from their taxi to the detour, and their other mistake was not figuring out how to do the flag detour, wasting time on their part. They arrived to the pit stop in last place, and were eliminated from the race. Steve/Allie seemed like a nice duo. I wish I saw more of them, and could’ve seemed to see them going to final three.

Right now, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Jet/Cord & Louie/michael in the final three with any of the other three teams. I like all of the remaining teams, none of them really tick me off. I’m really hoping I get to watch next week, because it looks like Brent/Caite will do something to Carol/Brandy. Maybe U-turn them?

I’m back, and I did get a chance to watch TAR on Sunday night, it’s just my dorm computer is not working right now, so I’m at the library.

Anyways, in this leg, teams had to go to recieve a piece of French bread, and see their clue inside the bread. Then, teams had to make their way to  field, where they had to work on a WW1-era detour, simply by either figuring out a message in morse code (In the Trenches) or go under barbed wire, through mud to recieve a message to see tied onto a pigeon (Under Fire). Then, teams had to make their way to a church where then they had to ride a bicycle four miles to the pit stop.

1st: Louie/Michael – They started the race in first place, despite having three bottom performances. They stayed in first pretty much the entire leg, and ultimately used the blind U-Turn on Joe/Heidi, saying that Joe needs to humble up some more, and not be so confident. They did indeed take another first place, but I feel the yield they used was more of a personal choice, mixed with a little bit of stategy.

2nd: Steve/Allie – They pretty much started and finished in second place. They started racing close to Joe/Heidi, up until Joe/Heidi were yielded. Other than actually racing, I believe Allie has been speaking more, but I don’t remember hearing anything from Steve. I don’t think they’re going to last, simply because of the edit they get, but they could always be the next Tyler/James or Rachel/TK.

3rd: Jet/Cord – They were moving up a spot, taking third place. They still seem like good racers, which this season seems to be lacking, so they look like this race could be for them. I deferentially see a good strong potential for them to get top three.

4th: Dan/Jordan – These guys seem to be a bit annoying, they seem to be bickering, and telling each other to shut up a lot. They raced pretty much in the middle of the pack, and stayed there. Than again, we haven’t seen much bunching-up and catching up in this leg anyways.

5th: Carol/Brandy – I can’t stand Brandy, she’s whiny, she was whiny during the whole detour. I would seriously love to do somethig like this, and it’s a bit hurtful to see someone cry over this experience. Not to mention, we hear Caite talking about them a lot, and it’s clear that Carol/Brandy and caite don’t like each other.

6th: Brent/Caite – They came straight to the pit sop s sixth to arrive, only to realize they were given a penalty, forcing them back to search  for the forgotton clueat the church they missed. They don’t seem to be very good racers, they seem to basically be living off of luck. That isn’t very impressive.

7th: Jeff/Jordan – They were pretty much in last the entire leg, and took forever to find the detour. They were decent for Big Brother, well Jeff was pretty good, but for TAR, they’re not so good. Jordan really seems to try, but not enough to actually catch up. Considering Jeff almost put the WW1 gun to his mouth, he seems frusterated with Jordan.

8th: Joe/Heidi – They were pretty much good racers, taken out just like how Amanda/Kris were in TARUS14. Thye were U-Turned, and couldn’t survive the Morse code detour, puttign them in last, and Phil eliminated them right at the detour. I could’ve seen them in top three, but the yield deferentially screwed them over.

This season hasn’t been as good as TAR14 & 15, it’s got basically on team to really want to see win, Jet/Cord. Allie/Steve are under edited, Louie/Michael turned me off, Carol/Brandy and Dan/Jordan are a bit annoying, and Brent/caite and Jeff/Jordan seem hopeless. Go Jet/Cord! tell me what you think!

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Hello, everyone, back for another Survivor blog, since after all, I got the Television access I needed after waiting paitently for it. So, the Survivor episode begins with night six, as the Survivor Heroes talk about wanting to win, JT apologizes to Tom and Colby for not voting thir way, and voting Stephenie out. Then, at the same night, on the Villains camp, Rob talks about the Survivor sleeping arrangements: Nobody sleeps next to someone they want to vote out. That could be something to remember for future Survivors, maybe me.

So, Rupert goes on about hoping and seeing the team start to work together, when all we sw was the hero guys catch a bunch of chickens. Then, Candace goes and tells JT stuff about strategy. Then, JT tells Cirie that Candace doesn’t trust her. When Cirie confronts Candace, Candace began scrambling to find out who lied about her, not able to figure out it was JT. So, now we should expect to see JT to be more like a Villain.

Back at the Villains camp, some of the camp members begin to not like each other.  Parvati and Jerri don’t seem to get along, as Jerri says she feels like punchng Parvati in the face and Parvati calls Jerri an old cougar. A lot of people really seem threatened by Parvati, and also Jerri gives us the episode title, saying Parvati is like a virus. Also, Coach and Rob talk about not being able to trust Russell, but I think they are clearly underestimating him, since they don’t know him.

Then it was time for the next immunity challenge. The survivorshad to use a large sumo pillow, and try to knock one another off. The first tribe to eight points wold win immunity. In all irony, it was the heroes that ended up scoring ne point a piece, able to take all of the points, and win immunity. So, back at the Villains camp, everyone had two options: Vote for Parvati, and get a threat out or vote for Randy and vote out the weakest. At tribal council, Randy turned around and voted for Rob, sticking abullet at him, but ultimately, everyone voted for Randy, and he was voted off. As he was about to pick up his torch, he threw his buff in the fire.

So far, I was a bit surprised to see them vote out their weakest person, vurses voting out a huge threat like Parvati, but I’m glad that Parvati stays so she’s hopefully get Jerri out. I still think Rob is setting himself up for failure, since Randy seems sto know that. So far, we barely see Danielle and Courtney, but the heroes were fairly shown enough. Rupert has the right idea about team effort, the heroes just don’t show that  in competitions, since in this one, they really won a point in an individual mannor. So far,

I have high expecations for Russell and Parvati from the villlains, and I believe Cirie is in a good position, and I think Colby and Tom are going to come up from behind, and maybe get the girls on their side. I believe that I expect to see people like Rob, JT, James, Rupert, Jerri, and Coach to find themselves in trouble soon, just because they aren’t getting rid of the right people, either Parvati or Russell, or JT is stuck with the wrong people right now. Coach, was the one closest to getting Parvati out, along with Jerri, we’ll see if it’s too late. Here is an LLNMD list:

Love: Parvati, Cirie,

Like: Colby, Tom, Randy, Candace,

Neutral: Russell, Amanda, Sandra

Meh: Rob, James, JT, Rupert, Danielle, Courtney,

Dislike: Coach, Jerri, Tyson

TAR gave us our second episode, and it was good, just like I expected out of TAR. What teams had to do in this leg where teams had to make their way to Isla Margarits where they were given their detour: play dress up with a llama or fly like condors. Then, teams had to make their way to Bellavistas where one person had to catch items to make a kuchen, a German-Chilean cake or pie. Then teams have to make their way to gruta de la Vergen, a church as their second pit stop.

1st: Jet/Cord – This team was completely look at as genius a their second bus stop, when they did something that made Jeff/Jordan & Caite/Brent miss the bus, I completely forgot. Then, they completely the llama detour with ease and whilethey knew some teams had almost caught up to their commanding lead, they still remained at the front of the pack, and eventually got first place. If they keep racing the way they did, they’ll be pretty good, and have so much potential to get ahead.

2nd: Joe/Heidi – They decided to make an alliance with Carol/Brandy, and saved them a spot during the bus ticketing, which got the detectives mad. They raced very closely along with Carol/Brandy and were almost always in second throughout the leg. They seem to be good with strategy and are showing as much potential as Jet/Cord and if they continue they’ll be just as good.

3rd: Carol/Brandy – They were pretty much racing with Joe/Heidi, and were showing themselves to be followers. I think they got lucky they got an early bus and still need to step it up if they want to get ahead, which they’re okay for now.

4th: Brent/Caite – They were one of two teams who tried to connect to the destination through another city, but missed a bus, and got very lucky to find another one. I believe they are showing they can show a potential to race, I’m not sure how much mistakes it takes for them to, you know, get eliminated.

5th: Monique/Shawne – They were on the third bus, carrying four teams, the next  few teams, the most teams. They are pretty much still good racers, they had no blunder other tham just sticking with their first choice, and not finding better flights. Whichever one of them did the roadblock, was indeed the one who got kicked in the head by the cow, where the episode title comes from.

6th: Jeff/Jordan – They are almost, kind of, in an alliance with Caite/Brent, claiming those two teams are very much alike. I would agree with that statement, but, who knows. I believe they are okay racers, but they certainly didn’t get lucky. Like Carol/Brandy, they basically stuck with one team, calling them allies, then trailin them. They actually had a hard time finding the pit stop, which they basically had fifth, then fell to an official sixth.

7th: Steve/Allie – They are pretty much this season’s under edited team, they haven’t been shown very much. We just get glimpses of them at the tasks, but no personal story has been developed between them yet. So, there’s not much to say about them yet. I hope we see more of them, though.

8th: Dan/Jordan – They really fell behind finding either theroadblock or detour, something like that. They have proven to be bad at directions, which isn’t a good thing. They don’t look like horrible racers, and they did their tasks okay.

9th: Michael/Louie – The only thing I remember about them is that they were upset of Joe/Heidi holding spots in line. Also, they couldn’t find the roadblock, so that put them down a lot. They don’t seem like very good racers, and I wouldn’t be surprised to actually see them gone next.

10th: Jody/Shannon – They ended up being the slow team to the line, and ended up last, basically because they caught the last bus, and didn’t get a chance to catch up and pass someone. There’s not muh to say about them either, as they didn’t add much to the show either. I will probably forget these girls were ever on the race.

Not much else to say. Not clearly a favorite yet. See ya Friday. Here’s an LLNMD:

Love:

Like: Jet/Cord, Joe/Heidi, Caite/Brent, Jeff/Jordan, Monique/Shawne

Neutral: Carol/Brandy, Steve/Allie, Dan/Jordan, Louie/Michael, Jody/Shannon

Meh:

Dislike:

So, I lucked out again, getting a chance to watch the second episode of survivor. I would like to say that while I’m very lucky, I have to say it’s more than just luck to get to watch Survivor.

Anyways, from what I understand, Rob is pretty much made the leader of his Villains tribe. I was a bit surprised, I thought we would see like Coach or someone try, but it’s better to see Rob as leader than certainly Coach, for sure. Rob complains about how his tribe is horrible at working together around camp, claiming once again, he’s stuck on the baffoon tribe. Meanwhile, at the heroes tribe, Rupert and Stephenie claim they are each other’s threats, which kind of surprised me, I thought Stephenie and Rupert, probably two of Survivor’s most popular heroes, wouldn’t clash.

Then, a near-dramatic scenario happened: Rob nearly passed out, and Jerri got him nedical help, in which the medical team and Jeff Probst come out to investigate Rob’s medical needs. It appears Rob is under the weather, but doesn’t have to be checked out, so he’s safe. I was actually kind of scared, I thought Rob was going to be taken out like Russell was.

Then it was time for the immunity challenge, a challenge derived from the Tocantins season. The two tribes had to roll down blocks and stack them to spell out their tribe name. The Heroes had a good lead, and a good strategy, let JT, who played this challenge, lead everyone. However, Stephenie and James broke into an arguement, causing the team of Heroes to fail, and the Villains once again took the lead away and won immunity, along with winning a tarp for their shelter.

At the Heroes tribe, things seem worse, when James confronts the tribe about not listening to JT, and then he talks about Stephenie, saying she went outlasted her tribe, connecting it to the tribe losing because of Stephenie.  I don’t get the connection, and didn’t understand what James was talking about, I believe Stephenie was certainly heroic for outlasting th tribe, and I’m not sure why James attacked her for that.

So, Stephenie, Colby, and Tom are tight. Candace and Cirie are tight, and it seems like James and Rupert were the main rally towards getting rid of Stephenie. However, Candace and Cirie are actually the swing votes. I believe this is the third time Cirie became a crucial swing vote in by day six or nine, again. She certianly has skills. Stephenie, Tom, and Colby try to pull Cirie and Candace into voting for Amanda, the next weakest player. So, Cirie and Candace, the swing votes, are talking about voting for either Amanda or Stephenie.

Tribal Council occured, and tension erupted between the Stephenie, Tom, and Colby alliance and James, as James once again points out it’s Stephenie’s fault for losing the challenge, because Stephenie always loses. Again, clearly not making any sense. So, it was indeed time to vote. It was Amanda who recieved three votes, and Stephenie who recieved three votes. The last two relevant votes were castedfor Stephenie, so over a 6-3 vote, Stephenie was voted off. As Stephenie left, she makes a harsh statement that got James telling her to shut up. Tom defended Stephenie.

I thought this episode was very great, I really was on the edge of my seat almost. It was obviusly dramatic. We saw a dramatic way of how real this show is, by seeing Rob needing help, and we see conflict in both tribes. I believe that there are two big potential good blindsides: James and Boston Rob. I know, but this is All Stars, it’s time for some of these players to try to step it up, because it looks like Rob could be running another show right now. He’s been proving he can lead the villains around camp and challenges.

I’m also noticing that there is clearly a bond between Jerri and Coach, that I clearly didn’t expect. I also notice that Randy seems more positive, and not so angry at the world. Also, Russell claims he’s still kind Russell, but didn’tadd that much to the show, other than catch a chicken, which made his show off his contribution skills. I’m still excited about this season, and hope to see more of it.

I did happen to catch American Idol last night, I saw the “Last Chance to shine” episode, as I missed out on the day one auditions and the group auditions. So, I do have a list, courtesy of Buzzy Bloggers I have the list of the top 24 American Idolists. At the end, I’ll show my thoughts of them, and see how well m predictions went.

The Men:

Aaron Kelly

Alex Lambert

Andrew Garcia

Casey James

Chris Golightly

David Duke

Jermaine Sellers

John Park

Lee Dewyze

Michael Lynche

Tyler Grady

Todrick Hall

The Women:

Ashley Rodriguez

Haeley Vaughan

Janell Wheeler

Katelyn Epperly

Katie Stevens

Lacey Brown

Lilly Scott

Michele Delamor

Paige Miles

Crystal Bowersox

Siobhan Magnus

Didi Denami

Twelve of these American Idol hopefuls were on my top 24 list I made the other week. That’s not bad, for a prediction. I’m still glad to see Jermaime, Chris, and John on the top 24, despite the fatc I didn’t get to see Chris andJohn perform. I did catch a litle bit of some of them performing. I remember Jermaine, Mary Powers, Angela Martin, and everyone else I’m forgetting. I think when next week rolls around, I’ll try to put the performances down as best as I can, but I won’t remember everything said. Also, I heard that Ellen was (surprisingly to me) a good edition to American Idol.

Please note that I’m not actually taking time to watch the results shows, as I don’t think it’s neccessary to watch someone take 50-something minutes to see who gets eliminated. I will make one post, probably on Friday’s after (if I get a chance) to watch Survivor and blog about Survivor. I’m trying to also cut down on my tv time, also to mention that the next three or so results shows actually start on Thursdays, where I’m trying to watch Survivor. So, yes, expect me to blog what I can once a week.

Edit Note: It has been reported that Chris Golightly, my audition favorite, had been disqualified from the Top 24 competition, due to confusion of a previous contract. Therfore, I’ll have to pick a completely new favorite from the start of the semi finals. A guy named Tim Urban will be Chris Golightly’s eplacment. You can read about Chris Golightly’s disqualificatin here:

http://www.limelife.com/blog-entry/Chris-Golightly-Disqualified-from-American-Idol/35095.html

So, I did end up getting access to watch the premier of TAR16. YAY!!!!! *Happy Dance*. So, in the wise words of Russell, “I’m not done playin’ just yet”. I can continue to try to work with the blog, only I may not be able to watch the show every week, which is a total bummer. Anyways, TAR came on tonight, and it did indeed feature Big Brother housemates, Jeff & Jordan, Controversial Miss. Teen USA pageant girl, Caite Upton.  and along with the other teams we just met. Here is a general idea of how things went down as far as tasks and how each team performed during the race.

In the very beginning, Phil instructs to the teams they’ll have to take public transportation to their airport, where the first three teams to arrive get on the house-ahead flight. That flight ended up delayed due to mechanical errors, in which Brandy was praying for. Then, teams were given their first destination: Santaigo, Chile. Once there, teams had to complete the roadblock: Teams had one member walk a cable line the size of a football field. From there, teams had to take a goldokla-type bus called a funicular to recieve their next clue. Then, in theroute marker, teams had to carry paint, brushes, and ladders to Paseo Templeman where they had to paint a small block of paint on the wall of a house, finishing off by foot arriving to Palacio Faburizza.

1st: Jeff/Jordan – My surprise of the night: Jeff & Jordan actually got first place. Congrats to them. They were one of the three teams who got on the first flight, which got delayed, forcing them to switch tickets to the next light, the flight the other teams were on. They pretty much kept a nice run, as Jordan even kept the lead during the roadblock she completed. They were running past Caite/Brent, the team closely paced with. I was real surprised that Jordan was good. Her prayer was answered: she says she didn’t want to mess up, and I don’t think she did. They can potentially be good competitiors here, as well as they were on Big Brother. However, the sad note is this: Jordan thought the entire time she was going to China, instead of Chile.

2nd: Shawnee/Monique – I believe they were the one of the three leading teams on the delayed flight, proving that the delay didn’t even affect two of the leading teams. This team wasn’t shown as much, but Shawne did this roadblock. Along with prayer answering from and to Jordan and Brandy, they had a different religious insight: one of them were crossing the street with the ladder on them, saying “it’s like carryign a cross” and “I’m gonna be like Jesus”. They ran a solid leg and took a decent second place, moving fast on every task, I believe.

3rd: Jet/Cord – Jet/Cord were pretty much at the back of the pack the entire leg. They clearly had to have found their house to paint almost instantly, considering they were at the bottom three pack, then moving up to the top three. One thing I remember is that Shannon clearly likes them. They too were shown in bits and pieces, but didn’t add much pizzaz to the show in this episode. I love how they were like ninth to complte the roadblock that Cord completed, and then move up to third place, given there was a penalty involved.

4th: Steve/Allie – They moved along with the race easily, except I’m not sure how they got fourth, when they were seen painting the worng house, a house that probably didn’t need a paint job. They weren’t too rememberable either, as now I guess it’s hard to show eleven teams racing than it is to show less than five teams racing. I don’t know what to expect from them.

5th: Joe/Heidi – Joe came out to show a competitie spirit towards him, and I believe we’ll see more of that next episode, if I get to watch it. They seem like they could be a good team, and I don’t think they were bad this race, andthey probably ran solidly in the middle of the pack. So, they showed up at the pit stop at fifth place, just a second behind Steve/Allie. I thought for sure those two teams would be a tie.

6th: Carol/Brandy – I believe they could be one of the more competitive teams, considering we saw Brandy pray her way to wishing for a mechanical failure on a plane she ended up recieving answered and satisfied about. Then, Brandy was on the roadblock, and she didn’t start off to well, but didn’t back down, and completed the race. Then, while we saw them enough in the beginning, I don’t think we saw much of them after the roadblock, so I’m not too sure how they exactly landed into ixth place, but they did.

7th: Caite/Brent -  Caite/Brent started the race in the front of the pack, as I believe Caite was second to complete the roadblock, just minuted behind Jordan. However, they recieved a penalty after walking to a clue rather than taking the Funicular. So, they got a 30-minute penalty that landed them into seventh place. I love how Caite mentions she looks for redemption, but she kindo f didn’t do that right offthe bat, recieving a penalty. Oh well, there’s always eleven more legs to improve on.

8th: Dan/Jordan – Jordan, or who ever is the gay brother, seems like he’s kind of the manipulator. He began reminding teams of who Caitlyn, Jeff/Jordan are, and he wasmocking Caite. He could be a potential guy who ould be fun to watch. They started the race pretty stable, as hey were in the front of the pack. However, they dropped a paint brush, andfailed to find it. Honestly, I’d take a fifteen minute penalty rather than spending too much time finding a paint brush. Thye did indeed recieve a fifteen minute penalty which dropped them from a potential fourth place down to eighth place. So, basically, karma bit them.

9th: Louie/Michael – They don’t really seem like they’ll be good racers. Given we barely saw them, and they never seemed to have much luck, or showed any potential to catch up, they could probably be out pretty soon. I don’t remember anything they really did, so there’s not much to say abou them in this episode.

10th: Jody/Shannon – I was really surprised they got tenth place, I wanted to see if they could do a whole lot better than that. I would say right now they’re on the same plane as Louie & Michael, not showing much luck or much abiltiy to catch up. Not even Shannon who completed the roadblock was seen struggling, or even pulling ahead. Maybe something else put them down, or it was the fact they were last to get a bus to the town, Valparaiso.

11th: Dana/Adrian (ELIMINATED) - After failing two times to get across the cable line, Adrian really struggled with his fear of heights to notbe able to overcome this obstacle, and Phil eliminated both Dana and Adrian before arriving to the pit stop, making them the third team to never make it to a pit stop, (Bil’al/Se’eed, Eric/Lisa) even though they weren’t a part of a twist.

That’s it for this leg, hopefully, I’ll see you some other time!

This is Dan, the blogger of several USA shows.

I am here to announce the end of my blogging, mainly because I’m in a new environment that will have me completely out of touch with television access. I will never-or very unlikely get an oppotunity to watch television shows for a while. So, we could still look forward to hearign someone else bring up the rear for any show. Please let Graham know if you’re interested in blogging for either SurvivorUS, The Amazing Race US, Big Brother US, Celebrity Apprentice, I’m A Celebrity US, or any other show followed by WoBB.

Again, it’s been one year too today since I got on the blog, and I really wish things were better for me, so yes, I’m officially ending my blogging for the shows on WoBB.

Graham has told me that The Apprentice will be the next Reality Show franchise that is entered into WoBB and will be there before the premier of Celebrity Apprentice, March 14th. So, I will reveal the cast now, as NBC has already revealed that information. Fourteen celebrities have joined Donald Trump for the next season of The Celebrity Apprentice, hoping to win $250,000, I believe, for their favorite charity. The biggest conflict is that it’s a two hour show, in which I’m not sure if I can, or would watch the second hour (it runs for 2 hours) since I have a planned schedule of waking up early. I’ll likely watch the second hour later online. So, without further ado, I now announce the cast of Celebrity Apprentice 3. Get a grip on me, I’m not good with annoucning celebrities I personally know nothing about.

Bill Goldberg is famous for being in the NFL & active as a Pro Wrestler. His ties to Reality TV are host of Bullrun, which is a show I know nothing about. He has also appeared in several movies including “Ready to Rumble” and Fast Glass. I just named a couple, for you. I personally never heard of him, so it will be interesting seeing how he’ll do. Given he’s an athlete, I’m sure he’ll know how to lead a team, so I expect him to do well there, for now.

Bret Michaels is a superstar singer, producer, songwriter, who is also famous for his VH1 Reality show, Rock of Love. He’s also acted in movies such as Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Deuce Bigalo-European Jigalow. He has his own film production company partnered with Charlie Sheen. Given that he’s got his own production company, I can see how he knows how to run and manage something related to a high stakes profile. I’m once again not familiar with him and his fame much, so I’ll have to watch him and see.

Carol Leifer is a comedic writer and stand-up comic who has appeared on Oprah, Today’s Show, and Jay Leno.  I personally remember as a judge on Star Search back in 2002, or whatever, for a while, until that show died. I personally liked her as a judge for that show, along with Naimo Judd and Ben Stein, as well. Anyways, as a comedian and a writer I expect to see the creativeness brought to the team, and entertainment brought to the show’s plot.

Curtis Stone is a celebrity chef, best-selling author, tv host, and entrepreneur. She is originally from Melbourne, Australia, probably the first Aussie to participate on Apprentice. Cooking and Famous culinary is his pasion, which will help out the team he’s on tremendously when he’s working in a food-industrial task. Other than that, I’m curious to see what else he brings, as I’ve neverheard of him as well.

Cyndi Lauper is a 80′s music icon, which I’ve heard one song, only on Dance Dance Revolution, “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”, so I’m borderline on knowing her, and I also know that she’s the trend starter of wild hair girls in the 80′s must’ve had. I’m not sure what she’ll add to the Apprentice, she seems like she could have the creative skills to get success from this game.

Darryl Strawberry is a baseball legend, two-time cancer survivor who speaks out for autism and community outreach, also noting he’s a best selling author. He is very successful, which will make him very goal oriented throughout his time in the Celebrity Apprentice, and made a lot of acheivements in his life, and as a child, having a dark past. I believe he’s got team experience, with youth outreach and being a baseball player, along with communications skills as an Austim speaker. I have a strong prediction he’ll last.

Holly Robinson Peete is an Actress, Author, and Activist who has a radio show called “Meet the Peetes”, airing on XM/Series satelite radio. She started her acting career very young, at age four. I personally never heard of her either, (Man, I’m bad with Hollywood, I better never go there), so I’ll be curious to meat her as well. Like Darryl, she also has ties to Autism awareness programs.

Maria Kanellis is a Pro Wrestler who appeared on the reality series’ Outback Jack & WWE Diva Search, where she got fifth place. She was a backstage interviewer for Monday night Raw. She’s also a model, where she has loads of pageant experience to go along with this. She clearly has the competitive sprit going for her, in athletics, and even from reality television. That will probably be her strong suit for her, I suppose.

Michael Johnson is an Olympic 200/400 sprinter who was a motivational speaker before that. He participated in the 1996 Olympics where he was the first man to acheive gold metals from that. In 2000, he acheived the oppotunity to be the first athlete to win consecutive gold metals. I personally was too young to follow the olympics then, so I don’t know him. I feel he’ll bring in some competitive, communication, and teamwrok skills to this season of Celebrity Apprentice.

Rod Blogojevich is a former Illinois governor who ended up impeached for political corruption. His wife, Patty Balgojevich competed on I’m A Celebrity last year, since he was not legally able to compete. To me, he can’t be the only corrupt politician, he just didn’t know how to get away with things. I can’t imagine him being able to impress anyone on his team, and maybe I sound harsh, but he has a bad reputation. Who knows, maybe this show will furthur his chances of clearing it.

Selita Ebanks is a model, who is mixed race of five different races, and also works as an activist for helping women in Seirra Leone, a country who faced a cival war and was torned years ago. She was discovered as a model at age seventeen, at an amusement park. Given she’s an organization active, I see the business and executive side of her, along with someone putting her dream, which is modeling, ahead, something I admire.

Sharon Osborne is a TV Star, who’s appeared on “The Osborns”, “America’s Got Talent”, and the “Osborne’s Variety Show”, is also a writer. I actually have seen her, weatching America’s Got Talent’s audition (I only watch their auditions, as that program runs over something else, Wipeout, I believe). I’m sure she’ll bring in some entertainment and creativity to this bunch.

Sinbad is a actror and stand-up comedian, who is considered a “Gte ‘em in the face” type of comedian. I don’t know what he’ll add to the how, not ot mention I’ve heard the name, but again, I’m never much into comedy, so It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out.

Summer Sanders is an olympic swimmer, who recieved gold and bronze metals in 1992. In 2005, she co-hosted the show Skating with Celebrities. I think she’ll have the comuncation skills down, along with the competitive skills.

Out of the fourteen celebrities, there’s only three that I’ve physically seen on television. That would be Rod, Carol, and Sharon. It’ll be like watching a regular reality show to me, since I’m just so into my Christian music and (mainly competitive) Reality Television.

Here is a list of my top 24 favorite hopefuls who auditioned of American Idol 9 Auditions. I’ll later see how many of them still remain during the Hollywood Auditions process, and see how many of them remain once we have the top 24. I basically evaluated my wish list based on who was in the Love category on a LLNMD list and the rest are by who I mostly remembered were vying for the bottom half. So, here we go, my list of the top 24 favorite auditions of mine.

24: Aaron Kelly (Best of the Rest)

23: Amadeo Di Ricco (Boston)

22: Katelyn Epperly (Chicago)

21: Michael Lynche (Best of the Rest)

20: Crystal Bosersox (Best of the Rest)

19: Genesis Moore (Best of the Rest)

18: Bernadette Desimond (Orlando)

17: Ashley Rodriguez (Boston)

16: Angela Martin (Chicago)

15: Christian Spear (Dallas)

14: Didi Denami (Best of the Rest)

13: Haeley Vaughan (Denver)

12: Todrick Hall (Dallas)

11: Lacey Brown (Best of the Rest)

10: Keia Johnson (Atlanta)

09: Maddy Curtis (Boston)

08: Leah Laurenti (Boston)

07: Danielle Hayes (Denver)

06: Mary Powers (Los Angeles)

05: Dave Pittman (Dallas)

04: Erica Rhodes (Dallas)

03: John Park (Chicago)

02: Jermaine Sellers (Atlanta)

01: Chris Golightly (Los Angeles)

This is what American Idol calls “The Best of the Rest” episode, where we saw more successful and unsuccessful hopefuls audition throughout the seven cities they traveled to. After this blog, I have decided to make my own “Top 24″ list and see how many of my top 24, make the actual top 24, rather than doing a top twelve.

Jessica Furney – She sang a song, co-written by Simon Cowell. In my opinion, she sang very beautiful. Randy says she’s improved since her last audition, and she gets a full house and four votes to Hollywood.

Amanda Stectman – A hopeful auditioning out of Boston, who sings okay to me. Victoria says she needs to connect more. The judges say her personality was a lot like dramatic acting, which could’ve influenced her singing. However, she got four votes yes to Hollywood.

Lee Dewyze – A short segment of a guy who sang okay, and is put through to Hollywood.

Crystal Bosersox – Another short segment of a girl who sings pretty decent, getting approval for Hollywood.

Lacey Brown – A Top 50 Hollywood hopeful of last year, who sang well enough and pretty beautiful in my opinion. Randy  liked her tune, and she was one of Kara’s favorites. She gets put through to Hollywood with four yes’s.

Stephenie Fisher – When she sang, she didn’t sound the worst, but not good enough for the judges, and for the seventh time on American Idol, she was rejected.

Rachel Hubbard – A 16 year old girl with a short audition segment, who sang okay, and was put through to Hollywood.

Genesis Moore – Another sixteen year old who auditions and hears from Randy she was one of the best. If I remember correctly, I really liked her too.

Adrian Chandtchi – A 6 ft. & 8 in. guy who has apasion for swimming. When he sang, he sounded much like a girl. However, Kara says he sounded like a school boy. He was rejected.

Michael Lynche – A personal trainer who is a father to be, having a kid on the way. In my pinion, he sang different than he looks. Randy says he can sing, and all of the judges say yes to him for Hollywood.

Didi Denami – A girl who is singing in honor of her best friend who passed away. In my opinion, she sang very strong and emotional. Kara says she knew she wants this bad, and she was really emotional after singing as well. Avril says she has high potential. The judges all say yes to her.

Aaron Kelly – A guy who grew up with his parents having financial problems, and had his aunt and uncle raise him. I thought he sang excellent, but not my taste, as he sang Miley Cyrus, which is only good if you’re going for preteen sensation. He did get four votes yes to Hollywood.

Kimberly Bishop – She sings “I kissed a Girl”, by Katy Perry. Randy says it wasn’t good enough, but Simon would’ve said yes. Kara said no, and also says that girl was weird, after Kimberly left the audition room.

Shaddaii Harris – A girl who started singing, and moved okay. However, the judges say she can’t sing, and she was rejected.

Hope Johnson – A girl who grew up poor. She claims music is her way of escaping troubles. I thought she sang okay in my opinion. Randy says she has a beautiful tone. All of the judges voted yes for her to Hollywood.

Over 180 hopefuls are going to the next round, the Hollywood round, which starts next week. Here is a LLNMD poll of the hopefuls shown in this episode.

Love: Lacey Brown,

Like: Lee Dewyze, Crystal Bosersox, Genesis Moore, Michael Lynche, Didi Denami, Aaron Kelly,

Neutral: Jessica Furney, Amanda Shectman, Rachel Hubbard,  Hope Johnson

Meh:

Dislike:

The seventh stop American Idol made during it’s Audition process was Denver, Colorado. Victoria Beckham was once again the judge. This is the final audition city, before the “Best of the Rest” clip show tonight. I’ll have to see if that’s worth blogging about or not, maybe they’ll show other successful auditions.

Mark Labriola – The first audition of the day, a guy who says people tell him he looks like Jack Black. He tells Simon he loves cheese, and then the conversation turned into this guy’s whole life story, about him mother and everything. I didn’t think he sounded too great, but the judges liked him. He didn’t sound so serious, but he made it trough to Hollywood.

Mario Gaiven – He is an addictions counselor, singing Elvis Presley’s Jailhouse Rock. Simon asks him what break has he had, but he was ultimately rejected.

Kimberly Kerbow – She sounded great, in my opinion. She also hs a five year old daughter, as a single mom. The judges liked her, and she was votes yes to Hollywood, receiving four votes.

Danielle Hayes – A karaoke host who is a song writer and another single mom. She’s saying she’s been pursuing her singing career for a couple years. To me, she sang very strong, flowing, and very good. Simon likes her, but says she seems a little “broken”. Kara says she’s movable, and Victoria says she could go far.

Casey James – He started singing okay, but not my style of music. Simon says he was bad, but Kara says he was very good, and Victoria ended up saying yes when he took his shirt off. Randy says yes, for the girls, but says he needs much improvement.

Tori Kelly – A girl who brings in a kid who draws pictures of the judges. When Tori sang, she sang very good. Kara liked Tori, but Simon says her voice was annoying. Randy. Victoria, and Kara say yes, making her through to Hollywood.

Austin Paul – A football player who likes to sing. He says going to Hollywood through American Idol is ‘Number 42″ on a list of things he wants to do. Kara says he’s a bit cocky and Simon says his voice is very annoying, as Victoria says he was a bit arrogant. He was rejected.

Kenny Everett – A guy who considers himself the male version of Mary J. Blige. He sounds lousy, and is basically screaming as he sings. He also basically killed Be Without You, by Mary J. Blige. Simon agreed, saying he sounding like nothing but screaming. He refused to hear no, and continued to sing. He sang again, and the judges began chanting “Go, Go, Go”.

Nicci Nix – A girl who is from Italy and flew fourteen hours to Denver. I thought she sounded like a little girl at first, but got better. Simon says she sang with meaningful lyrics and sang deeper than her speaking voice. She got four votes to head to Hollywood.

Haeley Vaughan – She considers herself a miracle child, being born under three pounds. Also, she went through the loss of her father. For An African-American girl, I was surprised by her originality to sing a country sing, a Carrie Underwood song. She claims she wants to be a country music artist. The jusges also loved her originality, and decided to put her through to Hollywood.

A grand total of 26 hopefuls made it through to Hollywood. The grand total of hopefuls going to Hollywood are 180. Then the episode ended with a horrifying twist, a  guy in a bikini, now named “Bikini Boy” after we saw Bikini Girl last year, came into the audition room. The judges were just as horrified, and told him the look clearly doesn’t work for him. Out of the good, decent auditions, Danielle Hayes was probably the best one, following that would be Haeley Vaughan. I’ll post the LLNMD list, and Tomorrow after the Best of the Rest show, I’ll post a top twelve hopefuls, seeing how accurate my ist comes out of the actual top twelve.

Love: Danielle Hayes, Haeley Vaughan,

Like:

Neutral: Kimberly Kerbow, Tori Kelly,

Meh: Mark Labriola, Nicci Nix, Casey James,

Dislike:

This sixth episode of American Idol took place in Dallas, TX, where the special guests were, first, Neil Patrick Harris, a Broadway star, now an actor on How I Met Your Mother, and Joe Jonas, a musician from the hugely popular band the Jonas Brothers, obsessed over by mostly preteen girls. I thought this was the end of the suditiones, but apparently, there is one more, so I’ll have a top twelve hopefuls list up next week.

Julie Kevelighen – She was the first hopeful to audition for Dallas. She was someone who auditioned in season one, and is now back to try for season nine. When she sang, I thought she tried to sing like Broadway, but must have failed. Neil says it wasn’t good and Simon says it, or the singing, the make up, the appearance, is all wrong. When the judges said no, she refused to leave, and continued singing, only to end up escorted out by security.

Lloyd Thomas – A guy who started dancing with Robot moves. He complains about hating his job, and says he grew up in the projects. When he sang, he sang okay, better than I expected. Kara tells him that American Idol is the type of show that could really change his life. Also, Randy, Neil, and Simon loved him too. He gets put through to Hollywood.

Kimberly Carver – Neil seemed to enjoy this girl when she sang. I don’t remember her now, so I don’t know what to say. Simon says she wasn’t very interesting. However, all of the judges say yes to her.

Dexter Ward – An African-American guy with a bleach-haired Mohawk. To me, he sounded very bad. Randy says he looks like he was hurt. He was indeed rejected.

Erica Rhodes – A grad student and actress, who appeared as a kid from the children show Barney & Friends. She sang the Barney & Friends catchy song “I Love You”, but also says she wants to prove that Barney kids do grow up. Indeed she grew up, because she had a whip and wasn’t dressed like a child, for sure. When she sang a real song, Kara says she loved her originality. Also, Erica goes through to Hollywood. She was indeed a good singer, and does indeed prove she grows up.

Dave Pittman – A guy with Tourettes syndrome. In my opinion, he sang very excellent, and didn’t sing too country, more like rock-ish in my opinion I thought. Neil and Randy really liked his voice, and Simon says he’s likeable. He gets four votes for yes to Hollywood.

Now, it is a rather short day two, with Joe Jonas as guest judge.

Todrick Hall – He started singing very good, and sounded like he would impress any young girl. Randy says he’s impressive. Simon was left uncertain, but anyways, he got four votes for yes to Hollywood.

Maegan Wright- She, I believe, raises her little brother or something. Kara really liked her, and says she was surprised by her. All four of the judges say yes. I thought she sounded good, and authentic in my opinion.

Vanessa Johnston – A very happy, positive person who sang very loud and not god at all. Kara says she sould move her head like Brittany spears and Simon says she was like one of his nightmares. They all reject her, and she still had a happy, cheery attitude.

Christian Spear – She was the last hopeful to audition and was a leukemia survivor, suffering from Leukemia at age four. She sang very good, excellent in my opinion. Randy says she’s really good, and Simon and Kara says she’s brave. Christian goes to Hollywood with fur yes’s.

A total of 31 hopefuls were successful in their audition, bringing the total to 153. Denver, CO is the last stop before I will make a list of the top twelve auditioners. My favourite person from Dallas was surprisingly the Barney kid Erica Rhodes. My second favorite is clearly Dave Pittman. Below is a list of whom I liked from this audition along with the new top five.Overall, Dallas had a good variety of singers, so I was impressed by this city.

Love: Erica Rhodes, Dave Pittman, Todrick Hall

Like: Christian Spear, Maegan Wright, Lloyd Thomas

Neutral: Kimberly Carver

Meh:

Dislike:

Top 5:

5. Dave Pittman (Dallas)

4. Erica Rhodes (Dallas)

3. John Park (Chicago)

2. Jermaine Sellers (Atlanta)

1. Chris Golightly (Los Angeles)

The fifth audition city of American Idol 9 was indeed Los Angeles, the city of angels. Also, yes, the succesful auditioners have just a short trip when they go to Hollywood. In this episode, Avril Lavigne and Katy Perry took turns as being special guest judges. Avril was the judge on day one, and Katy was the judge on day two.

Neil Goldstein – He was the first hopeful to audition in Los Angeles. As hestarted singing, he got extremely nervous, pasing for abotu a minute. Also to mention, his hair made me feel very uncomfortable. He didn’t sing very well, and Simon says to him that he is not suited for this type of business. He was rejected, and decided to leave only to avoid being carried out by security, after trying to agrue with Simon.

Jim Ranger – This guy sings a song he wrote called Drive. Simon called him authentic, and Simon says yes to him. However, Avril said no, as I’m not sure why she said no in the first place. It was up to Kara and Randy, who apparently say yes, since he gets a golden ticket to Hollywood.

Damien Lefaver – This guy is addicted to another passion, Martial Arts, comparing himself to a pacifist. Singing is his other passion. However, for a day job, he makes sandwiches. He sang very bad, and was choking a lot. Simon tells Danien he should just go. Damien says he mesed up, admiting thtat, but says he could’ve done a whole lot better.

Mary Powers – Girl Rocker with a daughter who is a fan of Simon (the dughter is a fan). She sang very good, strong with emotion. Simon didn’t like her appearance, saying it was very cliche,  but says yes to singing. However, Avril loved her rock appearance and voice, and yes yes. As Randy and Kara also say yes, she’s pu through to Hollywood. My personal note is that she looks so much like Lydia from Big Brother US 11, only with singing talent.

Next, we hear from an guy (name not known) who says if Susan Boyle and Adam Lambert had sex, their kid would look like him. I thought that was so funny, but awkward at the same time.

AJ Mendoza – An Adam Lambert fan and lookalike, who sang very strony, kind of okay, but I don’t think it’d be what American Idol would look for. Simon says he sounded like he’s visiting the dentist for an appointment. He was rejected.

Next, it is day 2 and it is Katy Perry’s turn to be a judge.

Austin Fullmer – This guy sang outrageously horrible, and I could barely tell what he was saying, and he tried to sing with a British accent. Simon says this isn’t his purpose in life, and this guy also freaked Simon out. He was rejected.

Andrew Garcia – A guy coming from a struggling family. When he sang, it sounded much like oldies or blues to me. Simon says he was a geneuinely good singer. He gets four yes’s.

Tasha Layton – She started singing very good, in my opinion, but now I don’t remember her. Simon says people may like her. She gets four votes for yes and goes through to Hollywood.

Jason Greene – This guy started to sing, and it crepeped Kathy Perry out. He also sand very horrible, in my opinion. Katy tells Jason he made her feel dirty, and Jason tells Kathy the same thing. They all rejected him.

Chris Golightly – This kid is a foster kid who has always liked music. He sang very excellent, in my opinion. Randy says he’s interesting, and Kara says he’s her favorite, and I say he was my favorite LA hopeful. Katy says he needs more to him, but I thought Katy was being rude, as Katy calls Chris Golighty being in foster care a “Lifetime Movie”, and I personally took offense to that, so I dislike Katy Perry even more than I did, lol. Simon says he looks boy-band-sish, which I totally would disagree, Clay Aiken is more boy-band-ish than this guy. Anyways, with four yes’s, he goes through to Hollywood.

A total of 22 hopefuls will go to Hollywood from Los Angeles. This brings us up to 122. Los Angeles was okay, in their auditions. I would say that the best performances of this episode were obviously Mary Powers and Chris Golighty. I am deferentially placing them in the top five of my list. I believe Dallas is the last stp, and we go to Hollywood. Here is an LLNMD list of the Los Angeles successful auditioners and a new top 5 favorite hopefuls.

Love: Chris Golightly, Mary Powers

Like:

Neutral: Andrew Garcia,

Meh: Jim Ranger, Tasha Layton,

Dislike:

Top 5:

5. Leah Laurenti (Boston)

4. Mary Powers (Los Angeles)

3. John Park (Chicago)

2. Jermaine Sellers (Atlanta)

1. Chris Golightly (Los Angeles)

After the Dallas episode, expect to see a list of who I think should make the TOP 12, based off of the local auditions round only.