I mean, the title of this recap says it all. This was a glorious, if ridiculous episode. I know people have been griping about the quality of the photo shoots, but honestly, who watches this show for the modeling really? Come on, it's about skinny bitches making drama and tonight was a spectacularrrr example of that.
This week the girls had to make up one-word nicknames à la Twiggy. Some are clever while others come up with names along the lines of "Wholahay." You think I'm kidding. At a party filled with honest-to-God celebrities, Nicole Richie wastes no time getting in the middle of the dra-ma and snags just that much more TV time for herself. Also, 50 Cent disappoints THE WORLD when, instead of popping a cap in Jael's ass for being an annoying shit, he responded by throwing her in the pool (And you say I have no street cred? I mean, I don't, but where has yours gone, Fitty? [Not that I really wanted him to shoot her. I know some people have gotten touchy.]) And there's so much more including a verbal smack-down, the entire house ganging-up on Renee, as encouraged to by Tyra, and the return of MELROSE. Like I said, this episode is GOLD.
Previously on ANTM: Renee was a bitch (Does anyone else sense a pattern brewing?), Sarah stole a challenge win, and Whitney was in the bottom two with her bestie, Diana. Tonight we'll go from eight to seven crazies... You wanna be on top?
We open this episode with Whitney. Smokey the Bear's departure last week left Whitney in shock, but she vows to show the other girls she is a threat to this competition, for her and Diana. Back at the House of Top Model, the girls have TyraMail: "Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet?"
Before the girls can try to decipher the clue, Ducky jumps on top of Sarah and generally causes a commotion. Of course, this pisses of Renee, though I must say it looks like quite a few other people are fed up with Jael's antics. Renee rants about her for a little bit, but quickly moves on to her latest mortal enemy: Sarah. Renee is still pissed about Sarah winning the challenge last week when Sarah didn't actually pick out her outfit. Whatever, Dionne's already over it. Time to do the same, Renee.
The next day the girls walk into their challenge. On a large easel, the name "Lesly Hornby" is written out. No one knows who that is, but then Twiggy emerges and the lightbulbs go off. For some. For those that don't, Twiggy has a handy visual aid:
Thanks for the update, Big Ben
Ooooooh, Lesly Hornby is Twiggy. She tells the story of how she got the name "Twiggy." Basically, her friend used to call her that because Twiggy had skinny legs. One day as Twiggy was being photographed, the photog overhead the name and said it would be a great name for a model. Three weeks later, Twiggy was a sensation and that, ladies and gentlemen, is how a star is born. Also, notice Twiggles didn't come up with the name herself.
Hey, speaking of creating a name for yourself, there's a young model here who's done just that. And who should come strutting out but Cycle Seven mega-bitch, Melrose. The temperature of that room just dropped a good ten degrees. Aaaaah! Melrose and Mother Renee in one room! It's like a blackhole of crazy bitchery from which no goodness can escape.
Melrose explains the reason behind her name change: Originally it was Melissa Rose and there are a million women named Melissa, so she chose to ditch the "issa" and become Melrose. Gotta admit, it's a great name for the fashion industry.
Twiggy instructs the girls to find a new name and write it down. Renee has some problems with this because she's only had mean nicknames. So maybe she should have picked up that everyone HATES HER before now.
Some of the girls end up with fitting names: Sarah goes with her middle name, Moe, which kind of works for her and her Peter Pan-ness. Jaslene and Jael both keep their names, which, yeah, they just would.
Lame: Whitney + Michelle = Whitelle. Way to just copy Melrose. Dionne's mom once saw a Discovery Channel program about a girl who liked older guys named Wholahay. Oooookaaaaay, Dionne. Renee chose Nayien because its "spelled really cool." Cool or stupid. Potato, potatoe.
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Comments (23)
I hope the theme is "Seven and 7" and they all have to be alcoholic beverages.
I almost cried when you said "VOM"... hilarious.
1 of 23 | Posted by Mallory | Posted on April 6, 2007 11:41 AM
I too was annoyed that Jael's antics were never mentioned again. They should not have picked her first because of how she acted at the party. Plus you left out one part that I thought was funny. When Renee met Medina and he kept asking her name and she kept repeating Nayiem over and over. Pretty funny especially because it was Renee. Why doesn't her loser of a husband get a JOB, instead of her tormenting the rest of the house. I can't wait till she goes...
2 of 23 | Posted by Featherhead
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Posted on April 6, 2007 12:22 PM
Brown? Are you kidding, brown? Why not just call her Blackie and get it done with? Sarah could have been Cracka, Natasha would be Ruskie, and Whitney could have been fatty! Oh, it would be so much fun!!!
VOM
3 of 23 | Posted by Pappy44 | Posted on April 6, 2007 12:37 PM
does Jael have a speech impediment? i can't understand what's she's saying half the time . . . although i'm sure it's something pointless, so i guess it doesn't matter.
love the recap!
4 of 23 | Posted by IDon'tGetIt | Posted on April 6, 2007 1:01 PM
im sorry, but i dont care how annoying someone is 50 had no right puttin his hands on that girl. best believe if that was me, he would be gettin hit with an assault charge. then the name "50 Cent" would be very applicable to him. but other than that, the episode was the best. how stupid was renee to tell nicole richie who she didnt like? and how hilarious was the scene with all the girls telling renee how much she sucks??? im gonna put it out there that this was the best episode in history of ANTM actually shandi's high pitched cheating phone call home episode was funny too.
5 of 23 | Posted by Niecy | Posted on April 6, 2007 4:51 PM
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who saw 50 pushing Jael into the pool as totally inappropiate.
I'm sorry but it looked like he was very rough.
I can understand that she was being VERY annoying, but that's what bodyguards are for or just telling her to get the hell away from him. But he should not have pushed her the way he did.
I'm not some prude or anything and usually cheer when something like that happens, but that whole thing just totally rubbed me the wrong way.
Anywho! I was so damn mad when Whitney got yet another freaking chance. That girl should've been gone a while ago. She hasn't taken a single good shot yet. Her photos just totally suck. She always talks about girls relying too much on being pretty, and that's ALL this girl has done. Bitch better be gone, b/c I don't think there really is a weaker person left.
If they get rid of someone else before her, I'm gonna be UBER PO'd.
And blahblahblah.. this episode sucked. I actually do watch it to see the photoshoots and the pics afterwards and well.. this one just totally sucked balls.
6 of 23 | Posted by Shollia
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Posted on April 6, 2007 10:39 PM
Jael's ass deserved to be in the pool. What a dipshit.
Whitney (aka Tyra's Fat Project) gets another chance. WHY???
Brittany had the best shot, shitty weave and all. Jaslene didn't do so great with just a simple photoshoot but I still like her. Renee looked like Naomi Watts in those pics. Too bad she's a twat.
7 of 23 | Posted by LaSexorcisto
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Posted on April 7, 2007 10:45 AM
Not that I liked Sarah, but she probably didn't own the name and shrugged it off because the name concept was so fucking dumb. People like Twiggy and Melrose can pull it off, well, because they wanted to. No one else uses just one modelling name.
Also, there was no preview for next week ... are they going to do another lame 'Where the girls came from' like they did in the middle of last season? Who cares! We want to see Renee get pwnd some more.
8 of 23 | Posted by tito
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Posted on April 7, 2007 11:25 AM
I was just glad to see a photoshoot that didn't rely on some shitty gimmick. These were straightforward modeling shots where the girls were asked to style themselves and portray different emotions in front of a blank background. No hiding behind chocolate syrup or facial hair (seriously, what the hell was that?)
I'm just hoping they start talking about the clothes and doing more high fashion stuff soon. And my favourite episodes yet, the go-sees.
9 of 23 | Posted by bmg | Posted on April 7, 2007 10:37 PM
Oh, and the challenge this week? Lame! Like Tito said, the nickname thing only works if someone makes a conscious decision in an attempt to further themselves or their career. It seemed like an excuse to get twiggy some screen time. And I can't believe they wasted the formidable (in all her bitchiness) Melrose on a lame, useless challenge where she only appeared for a few seconds. *sigh*
anyway, rant over. excuse the double post.
10 of 23 | Posted by bmg | Posted on April 7, 2007 10:41 PM
will someone please explain to tyra that she is not a psycholgist, therapist or even a peer advisor?! Putting someone in the front of a room so everyone can tell her why they dont like her, that's about as healthy as her other activity when they have the girls get up and emote all this past hurt on the stage as an acting exercise.
and dead on with Renee- get a job! Don't go on a show that can't even get the winner a job! how did Brittney get such a poor quality weave when Whittelle's (ugh nickname) is so nice?
I like Natasha more every week.
11 of 23 | Posted by Leah3t
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Posted on April 8, 2007 3:05 PM
Whitney should have been gone last week, Diana was way better.
Renee is, well, yes, a bitch, but she's probably the prettiest and one of the best models of the bunch. And most of the time, her criticisms are true anyway.
12 of 23 | Posted by the_canuck
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Posted on April 8, 2007 5:56 PM
Why has no one addresses Renee's ridiculous Virgin Mary blue head scarf?!?! She wore it most of the episode, including their assignment at the "celebrity" party. She looked so pretentious and I was sure Tvgasm would be all over it....
Is it just me?
13 of 23 | Posted by Casey | Posted on April 9, 2007 6:35 AM
I LOVE PARIS!!!
14 of 23 | Posted by Marty | Posted on April 9, 2007 9:36 AM
So sue me, I kind of like the head wrap - it works with her campaign for canonization. Mother Renee for Sainthood!
15 of 23 | Posted by kmills
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Posted on April 9, 2007 9:56 AM
What is VOM?
16 of 23 | Posted by kb2021
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Posted on April 9, 2007 9:58 AM
VOM is short for vomit, being my visceral reaction to Jael's rat tail.
17 of 23 | Posted by kmills | Posted on April 9, 2007 10:17 AM
ThankU kb2021, I was going to be afraid to ask . . . and reveal my ultra-unhipness--I thought it was also ultra-unhip to shove a girl in the pool--has fitty never had annoying fans clamoring for his attention--good thing there was a pool there, but, not that I was a fan before, I's hatin' on him now . . . tacky! I wish the show had done more to address the issue, and thanks Niecy--great idea, he did somehwat ruin her chances of a good meet and greet by dunking her duckiness--twice mind you . . .
Great recap Krank, though you did miss the scarf--I'm glad I'm so unfashionable, but even I was saying" is that in?" Wasn't someone else wearing it later too?
I did think Jael was too much, but she was chompin' for some . . . her hormones took over (or maybe that drink she spilled in the pool and all over anyone in the arc of her arm swing . . . )
Also, are all the anonymous posts the same human?
18 of 23 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on April 9, 2007 2:14 PM
Jael seems like a nice enough girl (minus the drunken party behavior) and I don't mean to be rude but WHY is she in this competition? Tyra has based entire episodes around model's needing nice skin and the ability to speak clearly, but she has nothing but great things to say about Jael. Her skin is terrible- you can see it even under her makeup episode after episode and she speaks like she's on Qualuudes and has a mouth full of marbles. Is that attractive to Covergirl or Seventeen these days? Am I missing something????
19 of 23 | Posted by d-fly
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Posted on April 9, 2007 2:47 PM
Well, d-fly, seems the retouchers on the show are top notch and all the grrrls are spotless in their shoots. I haven't noticed her skin so much, and Eugena had terrible acne last season.
I think the love/hate people bring the ratings, and even I was gasping at the pool incident, and scared to death of her meeting with La Medina (for this site, La is all good with me) . . . Moe on the other hand was a meh.
Oh, heck, just call me "Brown"
20 of 23 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on April 9, 2007 3:21 PM
Add me to the growing army of fans who expected a couple of snarkyisms directed at Renee's retarded head scarf. If it didn't work for Jade, it's not gonna work for Renee. At least Jade was crazy, as opposed to outright bitch like Renee.
Did anyone else notice that during Tyra's Talk Time, she said something along the lines of, "Excuse my extreme make up, I just got back from a photo shoot", then during judging, SHE HAD THE EXACT SAME DAMN MAKEUP?!? Don't lie to the hamsters, TyTy.
21 of 23 | Posted by brendahamLincoln | Posted on April 10, 2007 12:06 AM
I have to admit that the headscarf did look good on REnee but it doesn't mean she had to wear it the entire episode AND to the party, it was a little over the top...
oh god, NIcole Richie's primping in the mirror was embarrassing! it was obvious she did not know she was being filmed b/c she was all "Im a model" in the mirror to herself..
22 of 23 | Posted by ali2 | Posted on April 11, 2007 12:07 PM
HAHAHAHA pappy44 you completely read my mind.
23 of 23 | Posted by treezie | Posted on April 15, 2007 3:52 PM