I think this may be the last cycle of ANTM.
Wow.
I'm ready to eat my words, people, but don't get me wrong, tonight's episode was a little...dry. Plus I read on the 'Net that Ty Ty wants out of the show. So, either they are grooming (no pun intended) Paulina to take over the show, or Cycle 10 is the last. It would honestly surprise me if Ty Ty came back. I'm just not feeling it this time around. I didn't get fired up tonight as I usually do for this show. It feels like everyone, even the judges, are starting to phone it in for the episodes. Sigh. Am I going to have start watching Girlicious or Rock of Love just to start foaming at the mouth again?
The episode begins with the usual recap of last week's show. And then there is the usual conflict with Dominique and Whitney. I think the producers are trying to beat a dead horse. It's pretty boring, actually, Dominique thinking that Whitney can't deal with Dominique because Dom has 'confidence and a can-do attitude', and Whitney doesn't. Seriously, Dominique. Then Fatima and Lauren start it up. They spat about coffee, but all I can pay attention to is the handwritten note on the fridge door behind them. I'm not kidding, it says: 'Close Fridge Door All the Way. Press on the door'. Except someone originally misspelled 'on the door' so that part is crossed out and re-written. I wondered if that will get auctioned off on Ebay, because I would bid. Maybe 50 cents. Canadian. But really, how dumb are these birds that they need a note on the fridge to explain how to close it?
Whitney reads a goodbye letter from the sweet Mormon, Aimee, and the girls diss Claire. The usual banter and then...Tyra Mail. Screaming, and I notice that now the girls are even starting to use hand gestures as they read. 'If you don't make it here, you won't make it anywhere. Luuuuuuvvvvv Tyra!' Although someone mentions that she thinks this mail means they're going to Broadway, it actually means that they're going on the infamous 'go-sees'. Now, I don't know about you, but these always are boring for me. Not sure why. I just don't care about watching girls navigate around NYC (for the record, I think Manhattan is pretty easy to navigate) and try on some clothes at random design 'houses' that I've never heard of. But I'll watch it. I won't say I'll like it, but I'll watch it.
The girls trot out with their handy Sprint GPS Cellphones (nice) and Claire is the designated navigator because she is the mom. I'm pretty sure there are non-moms in the world who also know directions and can get things done, but that kind of talk usually gets me in trouble. One of the go-sees is with some snobby designer who I was too lazy to remember the name of. Apparently this designer is looking for a model who is not too big (Whit), not too small (Fatima), just the size of...Stacey-Ann. What did you think I was going to say there? The other go-see was with Shoshanna Gruss (you guessed it, the ex-gal pal of none other than Jerome Seinfeld). Lauren looks more than awkward in the yellow frill bikini Shosh makes her try on. The third and final go-see is a very anticlimactic tie-breaker for the two teams, at Alice & Olivia. I'm not great at guessing ages, but this designer is about 12. She tells the models that they should feel free to do cartwheels as they model her clothes. I was disappointed that no one did, although I knew that Whit would not mess up again after that splits debacle a couple of episodes back. Lauren still looked awkward and walked like a horse. Kat finally gets that bob and I start to think I should get a bob. Kat and Whit are easily my favourites.
The next Tyra Mail: 'Put your best face forward but be careful not to get washed out'. Anya is excited and thinks they're going for a car wash shoot. Hot. But it's not a car wash. The girls get in the Fab Cab, head off to yet another warehouse, and are greeted by the Silver Fox/Silver Robot, walking on a huge treadmill, and then jumping through a barricade of cardboard boxes. I thought for a second the girls would be doing a runway show on the gigantor treadmill, but no. The girls will be reenacting an off-broadway show, Fuerzabloga, in which they will be lying in a puddle of water on a clear sheet of mylar, suspended 15 feet or so in the air. Wow, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel on this one. There will be no hair and no makeup, even though the hair guy is on set (if only to cut Kat's hair), and there are makeup people around (if only to wipe makeup off the girls' faces).
Claire is first up and basically sets the tone for the rest of the show. By that I mean that she literally lets herself fall face forward onto the sheet of mylar. She doesn't bend her knees or drop slowly - no - it's almost like she thought she was falling into a pool of water, not a one-inch puddle. I think she literally bounced off the mylar. The Silver Fox, who is underneath all the action, is holding a microphone (seriously, a microphone) and asks if she is okay. She is. It's hard to tell in this shoot who is doing well, because I think they all did crappy except for Whitney, who actually moved around a little, and showed some expression.
Finally - the judging panel! This episode did not give me a lot to blog with, let me tell you. The girls pics are reviewed, the usual catty comments, no surprises at all, Miss J is boring except for the red sequined brows, Nigel looked good (as always) and Claire goes home. Yawn.
Next week looks a little more exciting, since Lauren cuts her hand and Fatima gets deported. Stay tuned.
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