The latest leg of The Amazing Race stayed in France but that didn't prevent most of the teams from being lost in translation and location. Just about everyone had trouble finding the right Taittinger champagne estate for their Detour challenge with Team Tiara(Brent and Caite)not even getting to the right Joan of Arc statue in order to reach the Roadblock. Alertness went on vacation here,it seems like.
None of those slowdowns by the others gave Team Big Brother(Jeff and Jordan)any advantages;the two of them started off last and never managed to catch up. The closest they got was when Team Tiara was struggling to find that set of grapes in the vineyard after screwing up the glass pyramid challenge,something that Jeff and Jordan also flunked out on. So long,Team Big Brother-on the bright side,a)Phil didn't have to eliminate you in the vineyard after dark and b)Team Tiara will be the ones to wear the Goofy Couple crown for the next leg:
Theme weeks on American Idol tend to introduce mentors for the contenders to take tips from and this time around,it was Miley Cyrus,giving her expertise(for better or,for an unfortunate few,worse). The theme was originally supposed to be Teen Music but a last minute change made it Billboard #1 Hit songs instead. Regardless of why the sudden switcheroo came about,Miley's advice didn't seem to help or hinder much.
The performances can best be described as The Good,the Bland and the Godawful,with Randy on the verge of losing his cool at times(he's gotten much sharper in his critiques lately) and Simon practically checking his watch to see how soon he can ditch this gig for The X Factor. He and Randy did perk up for Crystal Bowersox,who took back her glory from Siobhan this week with a powerful rendition of "Me and Bobby McGee." As much as I am a fierce Siobhan supporter,this was Crystal's night to shine:
There were plenty of contenders for the Sanjaya award this week,with Tim Urban Pat Boone-ing his way thru Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and Andrew Garcia's workmanlike performance of "Heard it Thru The Grapevine" but this honor rightfully goes to Paige Miles for her truly tortured version of "Against All Odds."
Not trying to kick you when you're down,Paige,but I think Simon was right when he said you seemed to have thrown in the towel weeks ago. Some might feel that you were cheated of a Judges' Save but Simon was doing you the courtesy of not going through that sorry excuse to stretch out the time and letting you what was what there. Oh well,at least you got a Sanjaya award as a parting gift:
IT WAS AGAINST ALL ODDS THAT YOU WOULD STAY AFTER THIS
EVEN MARIAH MADE IT LESS MOURNFUL
One of the best ways to catch up on TV madness is The Soup,with it's snarktastic host Joel McHale,whose droll comic timing can also be seen on the NBC sitcom Community. The Soup on E!,however,is still the strongest display of his talents which makes this clip show the hot spot for celebs of all stripes stop by to get their five minutes with Joel(as well as plug their projects).
We've seen the likes of cast members from Lost and Mad Men,not to mention Seth Green and whoever is not on The Celebrity Apprentice this week touch base here but having a recent Oscar nominee like Gabourey Sidibe pop in is quite the pop culture coup. She's not the only one demanding to have a sip of The Soup but at least this one was one honor that Sandra Bullock couldn't get to first:
A FLIRTY OSCAR NOMINEE,INDEED!
STEPHANIE PRATT IS THE OFFICIAL UNLIKELY VOICE OF REASON
ACTRESSES BREAKING BAD INFO ABOUT THEIR SERIES
RANDOM NOTES:
LEGEND OF THE SEEKER: Speaking of surprise visits from Oscar nominees,Richard and friends meet up with a powerful young woman who may or may not be The Creator of Life. Whoever she is,2002 Best Actress contender Keisha Castle-Hughes is no stranger to divine roles due to her follow-up to her acclaimed work in Whale Rider being the Virgin Mary in The Nativity Story back in 2006.
This should be a great episode,since the major threat to our heroes has been the Keeper of the Underworld's campaign to destroy the world of the living and who better to battle death than the source of life itself? So looking forward to this showdown:
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