After last week's recap show (which was beyond weak, in my opinion - there weren't any never-before-seen scenes, it was all just recycled filler), I was a bit reluctant to watch this week's episode. I'm still on my bandwagon about this being the last cycle of ANTM. We'll see, people, we will see.
Seven girls remain: Whitney, Lauren, Stacey-Ann, Dominique (seriously), Fatima, Katrazyna, and Anya. At the start of the show, the girls are milling about, some talking to the camera, some chatting, and some anticipating leaving the country on a modeling trip. I swear, the number of times the word 'abroad' comes up in this episode... Fatima is stressed if they have to go abroad (oh yeah, I'm throwing that word into the blog as much as possible), because she's not an american citizen and doesn't have the right travel documents. She's panicking a little, but she's got lawyers on the phone and such. I think she's doing all that she can, and probably the producers what to stir up some drama in an otherwise fairly dry show.
And then, Paulina is pushing through the door to hang with the girls in the apartment. She's there to give the girls a lesson in...speaking to people. Scenario 1: Paulina is a famous and important person named Miss Dubois (I'm not kidding, this is like sixth-grade drama class, here) and she owns a cosmetics company, let's call it, oh I don't know, Jabot cosmetics. Each of the girls has to pretend to talk to this famous Miss Dubois to practice their social skills. Why not just take the girls to an etiquette class? This is a pretty sad scene. Anya does well, Stacy-Ann is a bit fake, Lauren is awkward (quelle surprise), Katrazyna is a waitress, and Dominique forgets to call her Miss Dubois. I don't think I could say Miss Dubois out loud without laughing. Say it yourself, right now, out loud, and try not to laugh: Miss Dubois (pronouced Doo-bwa). In the second scenario, Paulina pretends to be a bubbly interviewer and asks the girls some media questions. Nothing too crazy except that Whitney is a bit too much like a pageant contestant.
The next morning, Whit and her posse are making potato latkes (yum!), Dominique is painting her face, Stacy-Ann is posing, and then Lauren cuts herself while chopping an onion. It's apparently so bad that she has to go to the hospital. Again, I'm wondering if this is just more drama-rama cooked up to make the show 'interesting'. Soon Lauren is back with a vengeance...and a bandaged thumb. Then, a mystery box shows up. It's full of lemons and limes and another box. Inside the second box is an invite: Jay Godfrey and 7-Up have teamed up to have a green-carpet event (so trendy, this environmental schtick) and the girls are invited. A party, fun!
A few moments later, Courtney Kish, Jay Godfrey's Head of Styling, is at the door and along with her wobbly voice, has brought a bunch of dresses for the girls to wear to the party. Fun! The girls get tarted up and they're off in the Fab Cab. At the party, Paulina and her hubby Ric Ocasek walk the green carpet, as does Jay, Miss J, and Nigel. I seem to be missing Tyra, I don't think she was there. Then the girls walk the carpet, one at a time, and they're quickly interviewed by Lara Spencer from the Insider. No surprises with the interviews, Whitney's a little too fake, Dom gets the designer's name wrong (Jay Georgio, she says. Seriously, Dominique), and Lauren's a bit awkward...and also swears.
There's a lot of schmoozing at the party and each of the girls tries to work it. The only worthwhile scene at the party is when Lauren and Nigel were chatting and you can spot Miss J in the background, with his bedazzled hood pulled up over his head. Anya is apparently the most social one in the group, because she 'wins' this challenge and gets a 7-up photo shoot. She leaves for the shoot immediately, and it involves lying in a tub of lemons and limes and sipping 7-Up. She does get paid $10,000 however, so that's not so bad. As a bit of a sidebar, 7-Up is now promoting themselves as a 100% 'natural' drink. What? Also - if you visit their website, you can send a burp email to one of your friends. What the ?
The next day, Fatima gets an appointment with the consulate to get her paperwork sorted out - she wants to go abroad after all - and then...Tyra Mail! The girls breakdown in this one; they can't read it in unison, they're too excited: 'There's no time to lag, so pack up fast or you'll miss your connection'. They're going abroad, baby! Fatima is half packed before she remembers that she doesn't have travel documents. Poor Fatima. The girls drag their suitcases and drive off to the airport. They pull up to the airport and Jay is waiting for them. The girls are so excited but ANTM, those dirty pranksters, have tricked the girls. There's no trip abroad (hee hee), just a photo shoot at the airport. Everyone's sad. Everyone that is, but Fatima, who is off to her consulate appointment, and might miss the shoot. The photo shoot carries on, and they finish before Fatima gets back. However, we know that Fatima's finally got her papers and is rushing back to the airport. Jay tells them to head inside the hangar to warm up after the shoot and the girls hustle inside.
Surprise! It's a judging panel. And right after the judging, the six remaining girls will fly abroad, to their currently undisclosed location. Fatima runs in to the judging panel just as they're getting started (coincidence or editing?). As for the pictures, I think all the girls look pretty good except for Dominique (looking like a Sears model) and Stacy-Ann (who's a little over the top). Tyra tells Whitney she shouldn't talk and act like a pageant queen, and how many models does Whitney know that talk like: 'I want to save the world..and the Iraq'. Um, yeah, Tyra, smart.
The judges deliberate and decide that even though Fatima missed the shoot, they would judge her on her entire body of work. Fatima had some good pictures, except for her meat shot, which was pretty much whickety whack (right from the mouth of Tyra). Anya, Lauren, Dominique, Katarzyna and Whitney are all safe. Stacey-Ann and Fatima stand before Tyra, and then Tyra pulls out a blank piece of paper (it's meant to represent Fatima, which I think is brilliant on a lot of levels), and Stacey-Ann is sent home. A bit unfair (I think) that Fat gets a pass to go abroad. Okay, I'm done with that word, abroad.
And then, the girls learn that the plane behind the judges panel is not for them, but for the 'star' judges, and that the girls will be flying on a commercial plane...to Rome!
Next week: the cover girl commercials. Finally, speaking challenges!
No comments:
Post a Comment