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The next morning, the contestants are still working on some of Diddy's smaller personal requests when they get a special red phone message telling them they each must give a presentation to Diddy that afternoon on why they should be hired. Knowing she's bad at public speaking, Stefanie seems the most nervous. This will be totally different than that time she ran for Party Coordinator Chair for Delta Gamma.

Shortly after that, a hottie named Marcus comes in to help them prepare their presentations. He plays their original interview for them, to point out what they did wrong and what they did right. He tells Suzanne not to claim she's "down" because only people who aren't down claim they're down. She's also about 2 decades too old to talk like that. With Stefanie, Marcus points out how horribly nervous she appeared, and how she just stopped completely at one point and apologized. She probably caught her reflection in someone's glasses and got distracted. He advises her that she needs to convince Diddy she's a quick learner because she doesn't have any experience compared to the other two. As for Mike, Marcus merely tells him not to wear sunglasses and act like a huge douchebag this time around.

"Truth of the matter is none of you are qualified, but I'll help as much as I can."

After Marcus leaves, they get yet another red phone message -- they each have to bring three objects to their presentation which exemplify what they would bring to Bad Boy. They are each given $200, but only have 1 hour to go shopping. Mike and Stefanie run out of the door like it's free burrito day at Chipotle, but Suzanne stays back at the apartment, telling us she doesn't need to waste Diddy's money on crap when she can find three perfect objects she already owns. I actually think that's a very smart idea, at least after seeing how it's going for Stefanie and Mike. Stefanie decides to reinforce the young, inexperienced image she already has by buying toys. Brilliant, Stef. Why not also get some diapers and a pacifier and call it a day? Mike, on the other hand, races into Barnes and Noble, where he awesomely wipes out and crashes into an escalator. It's amazing and I tried to screencap it, but the boy goes down way too quickly. Yep, definitely was smarter to stay at the apartment.

At Bad Boy, hottie Marcus is now meeting with Diddy to talk about the final three. Diddy complains that Mike messed up on a lot of the small personal tasks, but got stronger when he got yelled at rather than crumpling under pressure. Marcus's take on Mike is that Mike's arrogant and confident, and needs to decide whether he wants to use his skills to serve Diddy or himself. Turning to Suzanne, Marcus says that while she doesn't have the charisma, she's more focused and gets flustered the least. Diddy disagrees, arguing that Suzanne got the most flustered in the last challenge. As for Stefanie, Diddy calls her a deer in headlights, but one who does take direction well once she's shaken out of it. Marcus agrees somewhat, but warns Diddy that she'll need the most molding and training given her inexperience. Based on that conversation, I think Stefanie's the frontrunner.

Who?

Time for the presentations. Capricorn, Kevin, Midget face Phil, and Diddy himself take their seats, and Mike is up first. He begins with a typical interviewee sales pitch, then tries to connect to Diddy by mentioning his own humble roots and the determination it took to get where he is today. Yes, filling out reality TV show applications is the pinnacle of success. I like Mike, but he comes off so slimey in interviews to me. For his items, the first one is a Bible for unexplained reasons. The second is a picture of his parents, which supposedly keeps him grounded. And the third is some unidentified book about reaching for your dreams, which he gives Diddy and will probably be used as a coaster and then tossed. Congratulations, Mike, you're an unmemorable walking cliche.

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