Top Chef Gets the Holiday Feeling

Wednesday’s new episode of Top Chef was a change from the norm. A top three chef get in the bottom, competitors help each other and a surprise goes home.

Top Chef’s first challenge was a good one but not as good as the judge. To judge the chefs skills of cooking a holiday meal, in 45mins and in one pot, Martha Stewart made her first guest appearance. Whatever you want to say about Martha, I think she’s great, she really knows her cooking. Martha made a great guest judge and left the viewer wishing she would come on the show more. The top three for the Quickfire Challenge was Hosea, Ariane and Jamie. The winner was Ariane, not Jamie. Poor Jamie still not able to be number one, read more about that in my other post here.



Next, the chefs started their Elimination Challenge. The challenge was to make dishes inspired by a day of the 12 Days of Christmas to feed 250 guests at a holiday fundraiser. Hosea and Radhika both had some bad luck. The refrigerator was left open so they lost their pork and duck they prepared the day before.

Next happened something I have never saw before. All the other contestants chipped in to help Hosea and Radhika fix their dishes. As Stefan said helping is the right thing to do. If he wins, he wants to beat the best, when they are at their best.

The top four were Radhika, Hosea, Stefan and Jeff. Hosea was the party guest’s favorite and the judges. The bottom three was Eugene, Mel and Jamie. Wow Jamie, I was surprised. It sure sounded like her rare scallop dish was bad, I just thought she would do better.

So who goes home? I am sitting yelling at my TV “it better not be Jamie”. “It has to be Eugene! He’s always in the bottom three.” The judges are deliberating and boy they are not happy. I can’t tell who is going home but it’s sounding like Jamie.

Then Tom joins all the contestants, something he does not normally do. He rips them all a new one saying none of it was good, not even really the top four, so know one should be proud. They had all better step up, No one is looking like a Top Chef!

Therefore, the chef packing up his or her knives and going home is… nobody. The judges have decided that since so many dishes were bad, the fridge problems and as a holiday gift, everyone is staying for another show. As a fan of Jamie’s, I really don’t think this could have come at a better time. It sounded like her dish was the worst. It saved the judges from choosing between a worse dish and a better chef(Jamie); or a so-so chef with a so-so dish(Eugene).



Who do you think should have gone home? Do you like that no one was eliminated? Please comment below, I’d love to hear your opinion. Thanks for reading. Bravo owns all Top Chef images.

MTV Keeps It Real With 8 New Reality Shows

According to K. Nordyke at THR.com, MTV has decided to bump up its original programming with eight new shows for 2009. MTV is looking to be able to fill the timeslots of 9pm-11pm on Sundays and 9pm programming for Mondays and Thursdays.
The new series include:

The Girls of Hedsor Hall: which takes unfinished, loud-mouthed girls and ships them off to an English finishing school.

An as of yet untitled series by Nick Lachey, about students from Cincinnati’s School for the Creative and Performing Arts.

Daddy’s Girls: which follows the blossoming careers of Rev Run’s two daughters Vanessa and Angela.

How’s Your News?: This follows disabled reporters going around the country interviewing people.

College Life: a series shot by students at Wisconsin University.

Nitro Circus: a series about motocross’ Travis Pastrana and his thrill-seeking friends.

The CollegeHumor Show: about the online business of College-Humor.com website.

Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory: a series about Rob from MTV’s Rob and Big show.

I like that MTV is coming up with more reality programming. As a fan of the Hills and Road Rules-Real World related shows, I am hoping to find a new show out of these that I will enjoy as much. Thanks for reading!

Bravo Brings Back Some Fav's

I am very happy to report that the Bravo channel will be bringing many shows back for new Seasons. According to BravoTv.com’s blog The Dish, Bravo has already renewed:

The Real Housewives of Atlanta for a second season


The Rachel Zoe Project for a second season


Million Dollar Listings for a third season


Millionaire Matchmaker for a second season


Tabatha’s Salon Takeover for a second season


Flipping Out for a third season


Bravo has become a staple for great reality shows. I watch all the shows listed above and will watch the new seasons. I am the most excited for the new season of Flipping Out. It is a great show to watch and I hope you all will. I will try my best to keep you updated of any other returning Bravo shows.
Which Bravo reality show are you the most excited about seeing, please comment below. Bravo owns all images.

Lauri Out, Lynne In. A Classy Real Houswife Says Goodbye

Yesterday’s The Real Housewives of O.C. ended on a sad note with classy, beautiful Lauri leaving the show. Bravo had hinted over and over that a “housewife” leaves the show on Tuesday’s episode. I had not read any spoilers. I like rumors and news but not always spoilers, so I kept thinking who could it be? The only housewife I could think of was Lauri. I thought because she was a newlywed that she wanted to spend more alone time with hubby. Then I started seeing previews of Lauri crying about her son Josh.

Lauri's son Josh, who has been in and out of past seasons, has been dealing with drug addiction. We had seen him get help before and all hoped he would recover soon. Unfortunately, according to Lauri’s testimonial last nigh, the road for Josh ahead is going to be very hard and long.

Lauri left the rest of the show, to be with her family, during this trying time. As much as I enjoyed Lauri and am sad to see her go, I can not blame her at all. I can not even imagine what it would be like having to discuss you son’s heroin addiction on television. I think her family needed this break from the public and sincerely hope only good things for her family. This is a link to Lauri’s Bravo Blog if you would like to read her thoughts on what happened.

With Lauri leaving, a new housewife Lynne Curtin, will be introduced next week. I don’t know much yet about her except from a brief Bravo bio. We will have to wait, till next week, to see how her on-air personality is. However, she has big shoes to fit stepping into Lauri’s spot. Hopefully, Lauri will come back soon if it's right for her family.
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