***PopPrincess got busy with a real job, but you are still owed two more recaps! So please welcome your Auditiongasm winner, Tiny Elvis!!
Previously on The Duel: Stuff happened that I didn't see but I'm willing to bet that Landon won something, Rachel didn't smile, Jenn was annoying, Diem wore pink, and Tori and Brad called each other 'babe' sixty-seven times.

The remaining duelers have lost their minds and organize a fashion show. Mark is the emcee, Brad is judging, and Landon is going to be a contestant. Best. Decision. Ever.
Grandpa Mark, in his best gay fashion show emcee accent, introduces our first contestant, Brittini. According to Mark, she's a secret agent sneaky bitch and would be a Black Labrador if she was a dog. I'm not sure why the girls are required to be a dog breed but I guess it's funny in New Zealand. She's wearing a white bikini, arts and crafts wings, and an attitude. She wants to win and get to the finals and prove she is one badass person that can't be beat. There is no one I want beat more than her.
Tori is next in a silver toga-like ensemble and a Burger King crown. She is the opposite of sexy and Mark says that if she was a dog, she would be a wiener schnitzel. I'm pretty sure that wiener schnitzel is a fancy German way of saying chicken cutlet but what do I know. I'm new here.
Tori says that for her and Brad, $100,000 is a lot of money but that $200,000 would be even more. Really? $200,000 would be more than $100,000? For you and Brad? Fascinating.

Rachel comes out in a motorcycle jacket, a towel and knee-high, stripper boots. (Because why would you travel to an island in the middle of the South Pacific without knee-high stripper boots? What would you do if there was a fake fashion show competition and you didn't have them?) She drops the towel and stuns the men boys into silence. I don't blame them. Her butt is hanging out of the bottom of some sort of bikini/underwear hybrid and (in the immortal words of Steven Tyler) it's F. I. N. E. Fine.
The women are finished and the men are up. Mark introduces Aneesa (see what I did there?) as a naturalist who enjoys all shapes and sizes of womens. She's wearing a torn trash bag, pieces of toilet paper and the inside of a comforter like a cape. See, if Aneesa had packed the knee-high boots, we might have had a competition here.
Diem walks out in a homemade bikini, a bunch of twigs secured by a giant green bow on her back, and tremendous teased hair. What part of "fashion show" did she not understand? She says she's a strong competitor, a force to be reckoned with and not an easy person to take out. Yeah. Just ask CT. (I'm here all night. Try the veal.)
Finally, Mark introduces Landon but calls him something that, as best as I can tell, sounds like "key goat" but I can't re-watch the same three seconds without losing my mind, so Key Goat it is. I'm not sure but I think he's crafted a belt made of juice boxes. I think Mark says something about Halle Berry and kegel exercises but Landon tears off two boxes and I lose focus. Forget what I said about re-watching the same three seconds.

The fashion show is over and it was a five-way tie. I think it was fixed.
Back en la casa, Evan asks MJ to tuck him in the same way he tucks in his daughter. A little creepy but MJ is happy to oblige. He tops it off with a kiss on the forehead and the sweet music makes you forget this is a competition and one of them is going home the next day. Even with the tuck in, Evan wants MJ to go home. He's sure MJ will call him into the duel if given the chance. These kids have it all figured out.
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Comments (10)
I'm only done with the first page but I have to tell you that you're friggin' hilarious.
So there it is. I'll be back later with more sentiments like that one.
1 of 10 | Posted by kelsey | Posted on June 13, 2009 1:02 AM
Okay! So, Tori is a loon and her talks with Brad only annoyed me, so I'm glad she went home (spoiler! from a week ago).
And that spelling bee...wow, that was impressive. I know they tried to pass it off like they were so nervous (because they haven't been up hundreds of feet in the air only to fall into the water for the past five challenges or anything), but I think we all know that they're just kind of stupid.
And I love Brittini, but that might just be because I'm comparing her with the other girls (basically Diem and Tori, who are awful), so she looks good. And of course because she is Landon's partner and I LOVE him.
But yes, hilarious recap, I can't wait to read the one for the finale.
2 of 10 | Posted by kelsey | Posted on June 13, 2009 1:19 AM
You are hilarious! Please cover the next challenge.
"and I'm going to figure out how to post these things in a timely fashion so you might actually get the last recap before The Challenge XXVI begins."
Any word on when that challenge is?
3 of 10 | Posted by tv freak | Posted on June 13, 2009 4:47 AM
wow youre awesome tiny elvis ! i loved your recap =)
please stick around !
also, i fast forwarded past any scene containing tori and brad and the episode was better that way lol
4 of 10 | Posted by angelbayyb | Posted on June 13, 2009 8:15 AM
TinyElvis, you're hilarious. And any recapper who hates Brit,is OK with me. Can't stand her.
Also, English isn't my first language, but come on, did these kids read a book, like ever?
5 of 10 | Posted by spacevenus | Posted on June 13, 2009 8:30 AM
These over-the-hill, drunken, horny assholes are still on?
How pathetic. Their 15 minutes was used up 8 years ago.
Just graduate to porn already.
6 of 10 | Posted by stillborn | Posted on June 14, 2009 8:21 AM
Hey now, seventh grade is middle school - Rachel spelled an elementary school word AND a middle school word correctly. Surely that deserves a plaque of some sort?
7 of 10 | Posted by vegasdarling | Posted on June 14, 2009 6:45 PM
Enjoyed the recaps before, but very well done, definitely enjoyed :)
8 of 10 | Posted by chelle | Posted on June 15, 2009 1:52 PM
spacevenus-I can't figure out the Brit hate. I didn't watch her season, but the only reasons i can come up with are that she is boring and a rookie that is treated like a veteran. Can you or Elvis elaborate on what I'm missing?
9 of 10 | Posted by tv freak | Posted on June 15, 2009 4:17 PM
I can't stand Tori or Diem! =/
k...that's all i needed to say.
10 of 10 | Posted by jozeyg | Posted on June 16, 2009 11:18 AM