“Dancing with the Stars”
Not surprised these are the three remaining. Easily the three best dancers the show has had, and Nicole and Evan are easily the best top two any season has ever had. I just don’t know how they expect me to watch the finale when I’ve got about 6 hours of “Lost” programming Sunday night, the 2-hour SERIES finale of the my favorite television show ever made “24″ on Monday in addition to the 2-hour premiere of the “Bachelorette”. I mean, c’mon. It’s obvious that Nicole and Evan will be the final two, but as for me trying to sneak in watching their performance Monday? Probably isn’t going to happen. If I can only catch one clip of that show, it would have to be Nicole’s freestyle dance. Has the makings of the best dance ever done on that show considering her talent and Derek’s choreography.
As for Tuesday night’s results show, let’s just say the apocalypse is upon us. Yes, obviously we know all the dancers from this season return to perform in the finale. However, I think this has got to be a first in show history, but Jake will be dancing with Vienna. Wait, WHAT??? HUH??? WHO??? WHY??? Never before has someone just showed up on the finale who’s never danced before, especially the girlfriend/fiancé/meal ticket/trailer trash of the “Bachelor”. This is beyond bizarre. Hey ABC, quit shoving these two down our throats. It’s bad enough we were gonna have to suffer through Jake once again goofing his way through another dance, but for the love of God, now you throw Vienna in there? This doesn’t make sense to me on any level whatsoever, other than, well, DWTS is now allowing horses on their dance floor. Embarrassing.
“Bachelor Pad”
Haven’t really talked about this one much since ABC announced it was gonna air this summer. Why it took them 20 seasons to do this I have no idea, but nonetheless, after the “Bachelorette” ends, “Bachelor Pad” will begin. Here is what I know about the show so far:
-Begins filming June 7th at a house in LA. I’m guessing they’ll use the mansion, but that’s just a guess.
-Filming will last for 15 days, with 2 to 3 people getting eliminated/voted off every other day by the others in the house.
-There will be no major traveling, but there will be a dating aspect to the show. So I’m guessing they will be leaving the house to go on dates.
-There will also be physical and mental challenges similar to “Big Brother”
-The grand prize is $250,000 and basically everyone already thinks Kiptyn is going to win it since he’s the golden boy of this show and has already said he’d donate his winnings to charity. No, it’s not pre-determined he’s going to win, but I’m just saying, don’t be surprised if/when he does.
-Casting for the show is occurring this week and next. It will consist of 10 guys and 10 girls from past seasons, but I’m guessing most of the people will be from the last 4 or 5 seasons. Based on who I’ve heard has been talked to, it seems like we won’t be getting many people who were on before Brad’s season. Which I’m fine with. No one remembers most of those people anyway. Check your “US Weekly” this week. A separate group of former contestants were in Cabo. Don’t be surprised if a couple of those people in the picture get cast.
-Starts Aug. 9th, the Monday after Ali’s finale.
The thing that I find kinda odd about the whole show is, a lot of these people hang out outside of the show and attend these reunions/parties/cruises together. Or, as I like to call them, “group orgies” since that’s basically what they are. To say the guys from past seasons aren’t using their “celebrity” status to bed down as many groupies/former contestants as possible would be a giant understatement. They can call them “reunions” and claim it’s just a way for friends who “experienced something that no one else has experienced” to get together for a good time. Ha ha. Not quite. It’s basically a way for contestants from different seasons, who normally might not have met, to have sex with each other. Pretty clever idea actually, but c’mon guys, lets call it for what it is. Don’t mask it with the “Only we know what it’s like to go through something like this, so we’ll just meet up in Vegas and get to know one another on an intellectual level.” Please. It’s good looking men and women getting together having sex. Do all of them? No. But a majority do. Put it this way, whoever you think may be involved – you’re probably right. It’s not that hard to figure out. Bob Guiney’s record of “5 ½” women has been shattered. I’ll leave it at that.
Anyway, my point being is that the people that are probably gonna get cast on this show all have developed their own little cliques already. So it’s almost like when this show starts, it’ll be like a season of “Survivor: All-Stars”, as people will go into the show already with alliances. All the friends are gonna stick together and vote out the people they know the least. I mean, Jesse Csincsak, Dave Good, Jesse Kovacs, Robby D, and Juan Barbieri just went on a Mexican cruise together last weekend with “fans” of the show. Now, if any of those group of guys get cast, won’t they pretty much be sticking together on their votes? Unless the format of the show is something completely different than what I’ve heard, it seems like you’ll be able to determine pretty quickly who’s getting voted out earlier than others. I guess we’ll see, but I think the concept of the show is gonna suck. However, I don’t think they care. They just want to cast a bunch of single people, watch them hook up, and let the drama ensue. The format of the show will be the least of the audiences concern. They just want to see who the biggest male and female sluts are…ha ha. Great television. August 9th can’t come soon enough.
So I can’t believe we’re almost to Ali’s season. Seems like last week Jake’s season ended and I said I’d be taking a break. So much for that. Anyway, will be back Tuesday with the first “Bachelorette” recap of the season. And with pretty much all the spoilers already out of the way, I can concentrate on just making fun of this ridiculous show. Any comments, praises, emails, criticisms, early birthday presents, you can get a hold of me through the “Contact Me” link at the top of the page. See you Tuesday…
Couldn’t agree more on the pap issue; they’re lower than low.
Not sure Bachelor Pad will be as obvious as you think; I think a lot of the people involved have loyalties to numerous individuals/cliques and those torn loyalties may make it even more complicated in terms of figuring out who they will/won’t/might back. Guess we’ll see soon enough. Curious to see exactly who’s cast.
Looking forward to another season of sarcasm!
Well,it’s confirmed now, you know nothing about music and after this post it is clear you know nothing about Survivor. Even by your standards Parvati is clearly the best to have ever played the game.
Steve, I’ve been watching Survivor since season 1. While Richard Hatch may have been the first “Sole Survivor”, Susan’s attack on Kelly at Tribal (“if I saw you in a desert, dying of thirst, I wouldn’t stop to give you a sip of water…”) was GREAT TV and paved the way for the show. And while Russell may be one of the dirtiest players ever, he had 18 seasons to learn from. Richard was the true trailblazer.
It’s tricky calling anyone “the best Survivor ever.” And I believe there’s a different approach to playing the game before – and after – the merge. But the key to WINNING is mastering the jury. YOUR jury, and your jury only. Other seasons don’t matter. That’s why there’s no “best approach” to winning the game. You have to calculate how you’ve treated (or mistreated) each member of the jury, and then sell them on you at the final Tribal. Sometimes it’s just simple math.
Personally, I’d rather see the best, strongest, nicest, people win (go, Ozzie!). And frankly, I don’t know why the 4 or 5 strongest guys don’t align on Day 1 and say, “let’s ride this til the end.” Immunity Idols and Hidden Idols notwithstanding, the key to moving on is alliances.
Without having been on the show, I can’t say what outside influences affect what we see every week: production elements, conversations we’re not shown, etc, but you’d think EVERYONE goes on the show with some degree of a plan. It’s always surprising to see contestants who seemingly go in with NO IDEA how to play. (Can you say, Erik…?) Gotta keep sending in those audition applications, I guess. Would love the opportunity…
Keep it up, Steve.
Sandra still had game, even if it wasn’t physical. She convinced Russell to vote for Coach. And though she wasn’t able to convince the Heroes to vote Russell out, she still played enough to keep herself in. She didn’t put up with his bullsh**. The only reason Russell even got to the final three is because people knew they could win against him. His “strategy” involved bullying people (vote for me or you’re gone next). In order to actually win, you have to play the social game too. Talking to people like actual people is a step in the right direction. Unfortunately, Russell is just a misogynistic, egomaniacal ugly little man. Boston Rob got it right – Russell sees staying in the game until the end as “winning”; not necessarily getting the $1M. And people get to the end many different ways, whether it be riding the coattails of a strategic player or being so loathsome that everyone on the jury hates you. This season’s contestants have played before and I believe they respect a good game, and vote accordingly.
agreed. ali footage is disturbing. most phoney and vapid ‘ette evah.
Can hardly wait to read your post on Tuesday, and i agree that it seems like just yesterday when Jake’s season was over. Time flies! Thanks for being there for thos of us who like the spoilers… you’re the best!:)
So paps are chasing Ali? For real? And what is with that lame wave of hers? Evidently she hasn’t been practicing the red carpet wave. LOL And you are right Steve, she is LOVING every second of it.
So sad it’s the series finale of 24. It totally is the best show on TV. Bummed another network wouldn’t pick it up…although looking forward to a possible movie that’s said to be in the works. Love me some Jack Bauer! Keep the blogs coming Steve – Love your website!
So true bout the photogs. People even celebs SHIT SMELLS!!! I work in retail and sometimes celebs will come in and people are like do you know who that was? I touched the stuff she bought! WHO FRIGGING CARES. Don’t you think that you should focus on your own life and DO YOUR JOB rather then salivate all over another human being?
Anyway, Can’t wait for the Bachelorette on MOnday. Have fun
Ali is definitely loving every second of it, and I know for a fact that abc is telling her how she is supposed to act around people and the media because when I ran into her right after she was on jake’s season before it aired she was being super arrogant and snobby (compared to her being usually an over the top attention seeker), yet when I ran into her a week ago at a bar she was really trying to act all gracious and polite, which is definitely not how she normally is. Also, i felt kinda bad, she looked awful, those extensions looked like a rats nest on her.
Is it just me or does it look like Ali either got stung by a been, is drunk or has had collagen injections in her bottom lip? She was definitely slurring her words tonight and her bottom lip looks swollen.
Steve, I understand and acknowledge that paparazzi are a very controversial topic and therefore, I am not here to persuade anyone for or against them. I do, however, want your readers to know that in this particular case it was Ali’s PR who contacted the paparazzi to be at the salon while she was there. I work for a paparazzi agency so I know this to be true. This happens often when they (the PR) want to build someone and/or their show up.
Hi Steve-I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your site. When ever I am talking to my friends about ‘scoop’ I always say I have the best resource. Your awesome.
By the way… I do think Kasey has a hearing impairment. Its almost painful to watch because no one is talking about it but it sticks out like a sore thumb.
Lastly, I felt Craig was a big fat bully. If he was a bigger man he would of just let things be. Yes… weatherboy has a small man complex but it was not nice.
Love your site Steve.
My comments on Craig big mouth. That man has issues. he is an alcoholic, bully with no understanding of personal boundaries. Grabbinb Jonathan’s clothing was out of line, no matter what his feelings about Jonathan. You don’t touch what does not belong to you.
I agree that Jonathan has Napoleon’s disease, and he is a whiner. I hate whiny men.
Justin-the-entertainment-wrestler is just pathetic on his own level. I am sure we will find out just how pathetic he really is very soon.
Keep up the good work!