So Gangster goes back to tell the audience about how great it is to dig clams, you walk for miles until you see a little hole in the sand and then you can dig the clam out. Isn’t going to the fish market a little less work?

You are messing with me, right?
Gangster is upset because she was confused, understandably, and didn’t get to say half of the stuff she wanted to say. So once she thought she was out of time and realized she had more time- she just said “Screw it” and decided to wing it. The judges think that once she just said “F-it” and started to have fun, she was good and her dish was lovely.
The mentors admit to the contestant that they rigged the glitches in their demos. Nikki is pissed and Gangster is shocked.

You guys did what now?
Bobby, quasi-consoles her telling her that everyone liked her just being her. Alton tells Martie that she did great (so we know she’s staying), Vampoor felt that he responded as well as could be expected to a heckler- and he immediately knew what was happening, but Alton said that Susie felt he was being flippant.

Tell Gigantor she’ll be dead by sunrise
Bobble tells Yvan he did a great job, but Martita got derailed and didn’t even tell her “girls night in” story. And Bobble is pissed.
Bob and Gigantor make their entrance, they announce that there were some good performances.

And some of you guys sucked
Speaking of sucking, how much do you guys miss this crazy son of a bitch?

Rock N Roll!!!
Two contestants stood out.
Martie- she is the role model of how to defuse any situation.
Yvan- he was flawless and did everything right.
On the safe list:
Justin
Gangster
Nikki (groaaaaaaan)
Up for elimination:
Martita and Ippy
Martita says “You can’t take chilies away from a Mexican.” (adding that to my mental rolodex of things to NOT do in my next robbery) The judges think that her personality didn’t fill the space, the space swallowed her. And as for Ippy- he started well, but he let the audience get under his skin.

It’s my, predetermined, week to lose someone
As a side note, who didn’t guess that it would come down to two members of Team Bobble since hers was the only team w/ more than two people. They had to even things out.

Please God, Please, let Ippy come back
This week’s Producer’s Challenge is to expect the unexpected! Ippy and Martita will each receive a “Mystery Dome” containing 1 ingredient. Each will have 60 seconds to talk about the ingredient and explain how this ingredient is personal to them. They have no time to rehearse, no retakes, they have to lift the dome and GO.
Ippy is up first. Bobble advises him to make the camera his best friend and to keep his energy up. He lifts the dome and the ingredient is: ORANGES. Ippy starts to tell a story about how he used to steal tangerines from a neighbors tree to make Bug Juice, which was a mixture of soy sauce and other stuff- and he used to get in trouble.

Bug Juice is what?
The story is a little confusing, as it comes out in the end that the Bug Juice is something to dip fruit in and he didn’t actually mention that part.
Bobble advises Martita to romance the camera and to speak from the heart. She lifts the dome- “Oh, Oranges” she fumbles, talks about squeezing the juice into seltzer or adding vodka… I don’t know, I’m not really following. She, again, doesn’t tell a story, but she hopes she did enough.

You squeeze the orange and, well, that’s it.

This is the best you’ve got?

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Oh Marteeeta, Spanx for the memories!!
I’m just shocked at Nikki’s staying power. She messed up worse than any of the others, IMO, and had the easiest possible curveball thrown at her. Guess the teams just have to be even in the end so no mentor feels left out… Just like The Voice. Which is a major flaw in both shows.
Does the amount, size and ability to display all of ‘em at once (teeth) both anyone else but me??….speaking of Giada of course………oooooooh,wait…..is Giada the bobblehead of which you speak???……hilarious!
Not only “where anything can happen,” but “where any anything can happen,” if you read the card. =P
And Justin really IS a vampire.
Ya know… ballerina bun or no, I still would really like to see Ippy win.
They were kind of lazy with Justin’s challenge. A few people asking questions is handling a crowd. One obnoxious man asking a bunch of questions in a row during a really short presentation is an asshole. Even the worst and most useless hecklers get kicked out of clubs.
Giada’s show is alright to watch if you’re bored in the middle of the day but she seems like a crazy person on this show.
My prediction is they get one person from each team so I think it should be Justin, Michelle, and Ippy based on ability and past performance. However, they’ve been loading up on moms and Southern cooking lately which gives Martie a good shot and Yvan is the most adorable.
I am starting to get worried Martie is going to win this show. Bob adores her. I can honestly say I wouldn’t watch one second of her show. The evening of the teams is kind of annoying as well – I like my reality shows to be slightly less scripted, like Jersey Shore…..wait, not that one – maybe the Kardashians…..But I will say Martita was the right person to go. She had nothing. And I got douche chills every time my adorable Giada over pronounced her name.
The problem with Martie’s POV is that it’s straight out of the Birmingham Junior League Cookbook. That’s the kind of food she makes, along with a jillion other people. It’s ok, but definitely nothing new under the sun.
I want to make everything Justin makes, whether or not he’s a vampire. That’s not really a minus, these days, anyway.
I’m sorry. I don’t think Justin looks like a vampire, I think he looks like Howdy-Doody, which is why his “Rebel with a Culinary Cause’ is a little hard for me to swallow. He definitely doesn’t look like a rebel…a science geek, yes. Rebel, no.
I hope Ippy wins. I think he has a show idea that would actually be new and unique. His laid back personality doesn’t bother me a bit.
But, I don’t think he’ll win. It’ll either be Justin or the adorable latin dude (forget his name).
Still rooting for Justin, Michelle or Ippy. Glad Martita finally got the boot.
Has anyone noticed how wrinkled Giada looks on this show compared to her show? Talk about a vaseline covered lens….
And then, her new Natural Instincts commerical for hair dye. Girl got a facelift!
It was obvious that they wanted to keep the teams even at two. If they really chose who did the worst in this challenge, Martita and Nikki would have been in the bottom.
I hope that Justin wins. I wouldn’t really mind if the others (besides Nikki) won, but Justin’s show is the only one I would watch.
MisRed- Love your recaps!!!!! The joker was awesome. CP
Another great recap, with some funnah screenshots!
I am glad to see Martita go – she had all these opportunities and squandered them. She had all these fun stories but inevitably when it came down to fun stories versus stare down a camera blankly for agonizingly long moments, she went with option two.
Grilly just skeeves me with those eyebrows and well, just with her presence. I do not think I want to tune into a show with either her or Martie mothermouth. And I really do not get Gangsta’s POV. Is it going to just focus on New England and dishes named after family members? I really think it is the guys’ season.
Does anyone watch “United Tastes of America” with the runner up of a couple of seasons ago, named Jeffrey? Is it me or is he the smarmiest douche to host a show? I like the idea of the show, but his delivery is so blech!