February 25, 2008
SFist Watches: Your Locals On Reality TV

We're starting with "Survivor: Micronesia - Fans vs. Favorites" again this week because it was a heart breaker.
Things weren't looking good for Yau-Man from the beginning of the episode when his teammates started discussing his elimination before they had even had an immunity challenge. So, when they did finally make it to the immunity challenge, and his team lost, he was basically doomed. Most of his tribe figured he was someone they would never be able to beat if they were to make it to the end with him, so why not get rid of him now? And they did. Poor Yau-Man! You were robbed!
Next up is the latest season of "America's Next Top Model." One of the first models we met on this, the tenth "cycle" of the show, was local girl Marvita. Within the first 10 seconds of meeting her, we learned that she tried out last season and didn't make it, and has had a tough life that included molestation and rape. Holy tomolly! We thought, "just give her the damn prize!" until we met Fatima, the model from Somalia, who had undergone female genital mutilation as a child. Whoa. Fine. Give her the prize! And then Marvita had the nerve to ask Fatima if that made her feel "less of a woman." Oh, hell no. Marvita, you may be from San Francisco, but that doesn't mean we have to like you. Consider yourself on notice.
"Project Runway"--or "Pwoject Wunway" as Heidi prefers to call it--had a reunion show last week. What did we learn? Let's find out, in bullet point form!
- Jack Black likes Sweet P. the best(!).
- Little girls have come up to Elisa and told her she was an inspiration to them, (that SO did not happen, no matter what she says), and she's even more batshit crazy than we had ever thought possible.
- Rami is so passionate about draping that if he were a wrestler, he would use fabric draped around his arm to confuse his opponent, and then attack. Seriously.
- Jack's pimple landed him in the hospital for five days.
- Heidi hates Victorya and thinks she's totally uptight.
- Kevin is still not gay.
- Ricky still wears stupid hats, and insulted women everywhere by saying he didn't think he was "going to cry like a woman" so much on the show.
- And right after he said that, Tim asked a question that caused Carmen to cry like a Ricky.
- Michael Kors thinks female wrestlers are hilarious.
- Elisa and Jack were the only aufed designers who even mentioned that Chris had a chance in hell of winning the finale, but you could tell they didn't really think he had a chance in hell.
- And, finally, Christian won the fan favorite award of $10,000.00. Really? People actually like Christian, and don't just find him an annoying--albeit talented--little gnat?


Christian has a HUGE following of teen girls who are absolutely in love with him. They are constantly proposing marriage. Even though I disliked him at the beginning of the show, I now find him hilarious.
As for Elisa-- I don't know about little girls but I saw her on my last trip to NYC and told her that I found her an inspiration. Granted I might have been mistaken as a little girl since I was wearing a t-shirt with a unicorn on it.
I was surprised about Christian, but I'll admit I tend to underestimate the teenie bopper fan girl factor on these shows (to wit, Sanjaya on AI).
Re Marvita, I genuinely don't believe her comment was meant to be malicious, hurtful or mean-spirited at all. Her timing, on the other hand, needs major work, as does her brain-to-mouth filter...
My 17-year-old niece came for the weekend, and not only does she dig Christian, she IS Christian. Christian = 17-year-old girl.
I loved Heidi's comment re: Victorya. Cut to Victorya not smiling.