Holy crap! Tonight we get our most action-packed episode yet! We lose the house douchebag but discover the house victim. When God closes a door, he opens a window on Make Me a Supermodel!
Tonight was the first episode that doesn't make me do this.
After last week's panel, Katy, Ben, and Dominic are up for potential elimination. Katy tries to sneak in a little stress eating, but Casey chides her about not eating sausage right before bed. Oddly, Ronnie gave Ben the opposite advice.
Dominic comes busting into the kitchen, demanding to know who's been talking shit. Beautiful Frankie takes the opportunity to say that he thinks a lot of the girls are backstabbers. They talk about each other behind their backs, but are friendly to their faces. Frankie, that's how female friendships work! Probably upwards of 80% of conversations I have with any of my girlfriends are about the girls that aren't there. That's just what women do.
Dominic counters by saying that he'd rather have people talk to his face than behind his back. He needs one of those "I am the best person to discuss me with" rule lists that made ANTM Cycle 7 contestant Furonda infamous. Because no one is going to remember him for his beak nose and constant whining. Yeah, I know, I know, the first couple episodes I was all about him, but as Feministephanie loves to remind us, beauty is more than skin deep. He's like the boy you're smitten with in 8th grade that maybe just transferred to your school and dresses kinda different and is a little mysterious but then you find out his favorite band is Def Leppard and suddenly he's not so cute anymore. True story.
The next morning, Ronnie gently wakes his roommate Ben and offers to hold his hand during elimination. They share the gentlest and tenderest of hugs, and Ben is off.
Dominic says he doesn't know if he'll be leaving or not. I do. Then he pulls out my #1 personal pet peeve and says this week it's "a whole nother" ballgame. Really? It isn't another whole ballgame? No? A whole nother ball game. I see.
Then he whips out pet peeve #2 - "everything happens for a reason," which he reads off an embroidered baseball hat. If you say so, Dom, but I can't figure out for WHAT reason someone would have ever written that hackneyed piece of crap on a cap.
Katy says the point is to make her a supermodel, not to pick a supermodel off the street ready to go. She's got a point.
It's more hugs, kisses, goodbyes, and out the door. Beautiful Frankie says he's sick of all these people around the house, and they need to do two eliminations at a time. BF is making a whole lot of sense lately, and its weirding me out.
Back at panel, the judges reiterate the models' weaknesses. Dominic can't walk, Ben needs to let down his guard (another prison guard pun?), and Katy isn't evolving as much as they'd like.
The results are in - and Dominic is eliminated! See ya, douche bag! In his exit interview, he says he feels cheated (of course) because he got faulty advice and coaching on how to walk and that didn't go over well with panel. As long as it wasn't your fault, Dominic. He goes on to say that the biggest bummer would be him going home and getting recognized as the guy who can't walk and I instantly want to track him down so I can do just that in the aisle at Walgreen's. He closes by bitching that they didn't "give me some shoes that fit." I'd rather give you a mouth that shuts.
Back at the house, the models are speculating the results. Feministephanie says everyone wants Dominic gone. But Beautiful Frankie counters by saying there's a difference between who they want to go home and who deserves to go home. See what I mean? He's the new Voice of Reason. Beautiful Frankie, if you keep it up, you're going to get re-nicknamed.
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Comments (7)
-----He closes by bitching
----- that they didn't
-----"give me some shoes
-----that fit." I'd rather
----- give you a mouth
----- that shuts.-----
Amen,
this show was racey enough that I erased it before my 15y/o GirlChild could get her mind wrapped around 'wood' and horses having sex. I bet Tyra is kicking herself that she never included men in her runway. bummer.
You a good recapper Sparkles.. thanks .....
1 of 7 | Posted by giffordsaz | Posted on January 29, 2008 8:34 AM
Great recap. This show is much better than ANTM
2 of 7 | Posted by gasmreader | Posted on January 29, 2008 9:21 AM
Ya know, not a one of these models do a thing for me, but I must say, hot epi! So outside of what would really be required of a legit model, IMHO, but fun none the less.
I'm for losing wooden Jay tho, seems nice, and nice looking, but a clueless model, completely and totally. I also think putting him against 2 of the stronger ones is a death knoll.
I don't hate bird girl, she's complex, and I felt for her that she's not happy with her guy--some of the sweetest sounding people can be really sour, that's my take.
Poor Ben's wife, but I've thought a gay/straight crush would be scintilating and it's nice to see it in action.
TG that tool is gone, true to the losah he was, complaining about training and shoes . . . well, I agree on the shutting but I'd say a hole that shuts!!!
Can't wait till BF goes on the block, I have a feeling he wont survive . . . okay, I hope he wont!
Thanks for the awesome, screen cap galored recap Sparkles!!!
ps. In my high school, if you didn't like "FreeBird" and scream it at every band at every dance, you were not cool!!!!--guess where I fit in that . . . .
3 of 7 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on January 29, 2008 2:26 PM
juddfan: Google "calvin klein jeans" and then hit the images link. Look at some of the ads for just that campaign alone. Some of them look like the people are having sex right there. And that is a mainstream ad campaign. Or look at some of the photos accompanying an article in Cosmo or one of those magazines. Legit models are definitely put into work situation like those in the show this week.
4 of 7 | Posted by snootchy bootches | Posted on January 29, 2008 3:32 PM
is it too late for me to be a model . . . thanks for the heads up, snoot! Why is no one watching this?????
5 of 7 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on January 30, 2008 5:44 PM
Hey Sparkle!
Love you recaps! I had to register just to tell yo that.
I also wanna join in on some of the talk...how ridiculous did Beautiful Frankie look when he got on all fours during the runway show? lol.
If he thinks he is about to win this thing, he is sadly mistaken.
I'm on team Ronnie for this show.
Glad I started watching this show. I look forward to it every Thursday. Who would've thought. lol.
Also another cool thing about this show is the official website. You should check it out Sparkle if you haven't already.
All the models keep these cool little diaries and viewers get to leave comments for each entry. It's cool since everything is pretty much in real time.
Beautiful Frankie's diary last week was basically all about how Holly was "drunk" on the photo shoot and his hate towards her. lol.
He also has a girlfriend...I swore he was a closet case...
Ronnie's diary further expresses his love for Ben...
I totally thought Ronnie was just fooling around with his crush on Ben, but I believe he is REALLY SERIOUS.
Can't wait until they "accidently" kiss.
You know it's gonna happen too Sparkle. They've been getting really close to it these past few episodes. lol.
I'm putting my money on Aryn, I mean Birdface, to go home this week, simply because according to the previews of this week's episode, they are doing nude modeling!! lol.
It would be great to see how Holly and Jay are gonna act towards that. Birdface would be boring in my opinion in that situation.
I voted a few times for Holly, so hopefully she stays.
6 of 7 | Posted by Bfrank | Posted on January 30, 2008 11:28 PM
Hey Sparkles:
Love your recaps, but what's the beef? I'm sure you're probably really busy, but where's last weeks recap? I've been waiting all week to read it! I need an update on the mannon count. My life is so sad...
7 of 7 | Posted by GasmLover | Posted on February 6, 2008 12:05 PM