SFist Watches: Your Locals On Reality TV
The Amazing Cho Bros maintained their fourth place position at the end of last week's "Amazing Race." This week they opened their first Amazing Clue to learn they'd be leaving India and heading off to Kuwait to find a mystery location which was revealed to them via some video on a cell phone (it was Kuwait Towers). The Chos maintained their alliance with Team Doing It For Our Kids (aka Team Bama) and Team Kentucky (who were in last place). All the teams managed to get on the same flight to Kuwait.
Once in Kuwait, the Cho Bros decided to recruit a local to help guide them to the Towers. It didn't prove very useful as they ended up in last place as they waited for the tower to open. Once it did, the teams found the first Fast Forward of the race, which involved driving 18 miles to an oil field, where the team would don protective gear and attempt to snag a clue in a box right next to a blazing oil fire. The other choice was the Road Block which required a team member to climb a ladder outside of one of the towers, retrieve a satchel full of puzzle pieces, return to the ground and assemble the puzzle to reveal the name of a street where they would be able to retrieve their next clue. Even though the Cho Bros were in last place, and could benefit greatly from winning the Fast Forward, they let Team Kentucky do it since they would suffer a penalty if they didn't come in first place in this leg of the race. Ahhh. Those Chos are so nice. It'll probably be their ultimate downfall!
Speaking of downfalls, they were now in last place for the Roadblock, and Erwin, who is terrified of heights, now had to climb a tower six hundred feet above the ground. Frankly it didn't seem THAT scary. It was a ladder that had a protective gate around it, so falling backwards off of it would have been impossible. Regardless, Erwin was beginning to regret giving up the Fast Forward. Despite having a near panic attack, he climbed the ladder and made it back down to assemble the puzzle....which proved almost as difficult as the ladder climb. They remained in last place as they searched for the marked bead store and their next clue.
The clue revealed a Detour, and a choice between Manual--loading bags of camel feed and stacking them onto pallets, or Automatic--operating a remote controlled camel jockey in a camel race (!). The Chos chose Manual, until they ran into Team Bama, who had chosen Automatic. They decided to team up in finding the racetrack, but quickly lost the Bamas, and set off for the camel feed lot instead. They packed their bags and arrived at the Pit Stop in--fifth place. Not bad. Not bad. For the record, we wish they had done the camel racing because that was some crazy looking shit. Also, Sarah and Creepy Peter came in last and were eliminated. Sad for Sarah, but that Creepy Peter did not deserve to win the race.
Last week on "America's Next Top Model" we lost one of our own when A.J. was eliminated. Shockingly, she really didn't seem that disappointed about it. The fire had left her. And all we were left with was Melrose.
While the girls were flitting around the house complaining, or opening high school graduation gifts (!), Melrose was venturing into the backyard only to discover a photo shoot had been set up. And who was the photographer for this impromptu shoot? Why Tyra of course! She quickly explained that she's been taking photos for 10 years, and recently shot Nicole Richie (oh, if only she meant that the other way). Oh Tyra, aren't you just the best?
Melrose put in her funky contacts, had her eyes smudged and her hair mussed, and took her scary photo. Soon, the rest of the girls followed suit. They looked creepy, blah blah. (CariDee seemed to do the best.)
The next day Sutan/Raja, a make-up artist/drag queen welcomed the girls to the El Ray Theater where they would learn the art of being sexy, and their teacher was Dita Von Teese, aka Mrs. Marilyn Manson. She did a striptease and then told the girls that moving their hips was a good thing, and props are their friends. Brilliant! The girls then had to take the stage and act sexy. Melrose overdid it a bit, as did CariDee. Really, none of them did very good.
The next night was challenge time, and they would have to put those sexy lessons into practice as they gave a runway performance on top of a huge dining table while people below them ate. Please keep your feather boa out of my soup! Most of them were dressed in tiny jogging shorts, and didn't look the least bit sexy, so it was pretty much a disaster for everyone--everyone but Melrose, who won the competition and its prize, a spread in Seventeen magazine. She got to take three friends with her, so she chose the twins and Brooke.
Photoshoot time! Jay told them there is fine line between sexy and sleazy, so they were going to go the stupid route, and shoot covers for a romance novel. Of course, Fabio and his man breasts had to be involved somehow! How these girls were able to keep a straight face while standing next to him, we'll never know...wonder if he smells like margarine?
Panel! CariDee's photos were awesome, especially her scary photo. At this point, we think she's the one to beat (sorry Melrose!). Tyra wasn't impressed with Melrose's scary photo, but the judges seemed to like her romance novel photo. Melrose is still in the running towards becoming America's Next Top Model. Brooke, you're not. Poor Brooke! She got eliminated on the night of her high school graduation, which she skipped to be on the show. Oh well. We're just glad Anchal is still in it. And we hope they stop harping on her weight, 'cause when she's at panel, she is NOT the fattest girl in the room...Tyra.
This week on "Survivor"...it was a clip show, which is just a fancy way of packaging a rerun. The show didn't really reveal that much we didn't already know. We did see Yul getting cratfy on Exile Island, covering up any evidence that he had found the immunity idol. He also talked about how when he was younger, kids would smash his family's Christmas lights, presumably because he and his family were Asian, which was totally sad.
Since there wasn't much more than that, here's a picture of Yul with his shirt off.
See you next week!