Maria wraps up there little encounter with some touching words of wisdom. She advises Berto that, "you can insult people with choosing the words that you are insulting with and you are still a gentleman, but you have to go for it."
Berto leaves the breakfast feeling pretty confident and telling us that he thinks he made a good impression. Yeah, when a judge propositions you it's probably a good sign. Especially when you're a natural manho without those pesky things called morals.
I'm so going to get laid.
Then, it's time for Berto and Jenn to get down and dirty and our favorite disembodied narrator tells us that the final duel is haunted by the living dead. And standing up on the balcony are the eliminated contestants, or at least some of the eliminated contestants. From what I can tell, Jainmy, Kailan, and Silvia are missing. But the rest of the dead/eliminated chicos are hanging out on the balcony, holding orchids and ready to signal live or die as needed.
But the surprises are not over. A hit song of Maria Conchita's that I don't recognize, and that seems to consist in large part of highly charged sexual whimpering and groans, fills the room as the camera pans to a lone disco ball. A row of showgirls in skimpy, sequined outfits and tall feathered headdresses line the staircase and slowly give way to Maria Conchita who descends the stairs wiggling her hips seductively to the music. As she reaches the ground she is picked up by a couple of lost Chippendales dancers and carried to her seat.
What do you say we drop this bitch and go get a drink?
All of this is managed gracefully without mishap until Maria Conchita has small geriatric moment climbing on to her chair. Oh well, it happens to the best of us.
Give me a moment...
Almost there...
The chairs get higher every day.
The music stops, Carlos assumes a serious expression and Maria calls Jenn and Berto to present themselves. Jenn is wearing a surprisingly tasteful blue full-length gown and Maria Conchita comments that she looks beautiful; even Carlos offers an appreciative wow! Explaining that in telenovelas it is common for the dead to come back to haunt the living, Maria Conchita says that she would like the dead/eliminated contestants on the balcony to ask Jenn and Berto some questions. But first, this is the duelists last chance to plead their case. Then we go to the commercial break. Is it just me or are there a ridiculous number of commercials in this episode?
When we come back from the break, Maria Conchita once again welcomes the duelists and Carlos reminds them what they are fighting for: $100,000, a career making role in a telenovela, and a fully furnished South Beach condo for a year.
Maria Conchita starts the duel by asking Jenn why she should be the one to walk away as the winner. Jenn tells them that before the show she had three jobs in order to survive, pay bills, and invest in her career because no one else would. But ultimately, she's an actress and its in her blood. As soon as Jenn stops to take a breath, Little Enrique jumps in with the first question and asks if Jenn doesn't feel that her pushing made it a one-woman show. And before she can respond Little Enrique adds in a very stern voice, "I find you have absolutely no give and take skills as an actor." Uh Oh, Jenn is not about to take any crap from Little Enrique even if he is towering above her and she tells him that she works very well with her actors, thank you very much. If she was pushing it was only because it is competition and he better get over it.
Alexcy looks a little nervous when he asks how she responds to the criticism that she doesn't look like a telenovela actress. Jenn's not taking any crap from him either. After all, she caught his ass all flagrante delicto with Maria Conchita just a few days before and she knows what he's up to. Jenn snaps back that she does look like a telenovela actress and they may think she's ghetto, but they haven't seen anything yet. Because, if they screw her chances in this elimination, she's going to go ghetto for real on their asses. Well, that last part is kind of implied. Jenn actually tells them that they may think she's ghetto, but she's got a lot of sides they haven't seen.
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Comments (5)
Nice recapping. I only saw part of one episode - the one where Berto carried his partner in the gay scene - and I thought Berto had a strong chance of winning (even if I didn't care).
Obvioiusly, I didn't consider the show worth my time, but your recaps were.
I vote to double your wages!
1 of 5 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on June 1, 2008 8:07 AM
fire@will: Thanks for the kind words...Us recappers love us some kind words : )
I'll remember to tell Flipit to double my salary, but, alas, two times nothing is still nothing.
Hugs,
Yenta
2 of 5 | Posted by yentapatrol | Posted on June 2, 2008 11:32 AM
Is that person in the picture a drag queen? Seriously, is that a woman or a man or a shman??
3 of 5 | Posted by BBFanatic | Posted on June 2, 2008 1:11 PM
Hey Yenta, great recap as usual. I hadn't posted because I can't post from my phone and was having problems with my internet...Anyways, yay! Berto won!!!! Also I was really glad that Gisel was the one who got eliminated and also I think it was kind of pathetic that she would ask that of him in the final "Duelo". Good to see that the two finalists were puertoricans lol though I think that Berto must have a little dominican blood in him. I will miss these recaps but most of all I'll miss... Carlos :( Till the next trainwreck :)
4 of 5 | Posted by michypr | Posted on June 3, 2008 8:41 AM
Also, Gisel looks like a tranny.
5 of 5 | Posted by MichyPR | Posted on June 3, 2008 8:43 AM