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logisticslad ([personal profile] logisticslad) wrote2009-02-16 11:13 pm
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Reality Update

I'm deep in the midst of several reality shows that I am mostly enjoying. Here's the rundown:

Top Chef: New York - This season has been pretty good, with a number of interesting challenges and impressive celebrity judges. I'm not warming up to the nasty British replacement judge for Gail. We're down to the final four contestants: Stefan, who has dominated in the challenges, Fabio, who has a winning personality and won the last challenge despite having broken his finger, Carla, who is endearingly wacky and has finally found her creative voice, and Hosea, who has been off his game since he let things go too far with another contestant. I predict that he will be the one out next. While I like Fabio and Carla better, I suspect that Stefan will win. We'll see!

True Beauty - This is a new show that can probably be done only once. The contestants think they are in a beauty competition, but they are actually being judged on inner beauty. Unfortunately, what the judges define to be inner beauty is a bit farfetched, but it makes for an amusing show. I'm rooting for Billy, the thirty one year old blond man, who is a Chippendales dancer from Idaho. However, everyone left seems pretty fake.

Ru Paul's Drag Race - This is also a new show and it's quite a scream! Santino from Project Runway is one of the judges and he and the other judges hold nothing back. The contestants are totally over the top and the challenges are hilarious. In the end the bottom two must Lip Synch for Their Life, after which Ru decides who shantees and stays and who sashays...away.

Survivor: Tocantins - Not much to say about it, yet. There are a lot of strong personalities, but no one has come through as particularly likeable after the first episode.

I'm also looking forward to the new seasons of Make Me a Supermodel and Dancing with the Stars coming soon...

[identity profile] eleithyia.livejournal.com 2009-02-17 12:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Top Chef: I was so SAD to see Jamie go...not that I thought she could win over Stefan and Fabio, but how often do girls like me get eye candy like that!!!! LOL! Blond, tattooed, cute lesbians...But seriously, I wish Carla would win...but I know she won't. Stephan will win, and he's just so smug. Oh well.

True Beauty--what a silly show! I haven't seen t his weeks, though I've been watching. One of the guys will win, I'm sure of that...just don't know who. CJ was my favorite--in looks and personality, and he's gone.

I'll have to catch the Ru Paul show...sounds way better then another season of Tyra's Top Model.

[identity profile] defenestr8or.livejournal.com 2009-02-17 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I've caught the 1st and 3rd eps of Drag Race, and it is terrific!

[identity profile] puzzld1.livejournal.com 2009-02-18 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
YOu didn't TELL me about the Ru Paul and new Survivor starting *pout* Bad bf-no reality biscuit:-)

[identity profile] mst3kforall.livejournal.com 2009-02-18 06:57 am (UTC)(link)
Neither my Comcast nor DirecTV package gives me Logo, but apparently you can watch full episodes online.

The link I am about to watch for the first episode is:

http://www.logoonline.com/video/misc/336606/part-1-of-ep-1-rupauls-drag-race.jhtml?id=1603692

top chef

(Anonymous) 2009-02-18 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
I totally agree with your analysis of Top Chef. I thought trying to decipher a dish made by a master was a great test as was cooking the last meal for cooking icons, but I also can't stand the snideness and quipping of the new judge. I don't think Carla is nearly as wacky as they make her out to be. One time the camera lingered on her meditating as though that were bizarre. Sounds pretty sane to me.

Debby