Masterchef - Top 6 Compete (Part 2)

We are down to (back at) 7 home cooks competing with the return of Josh from "Top 6 Compete (Part 1)" last night

Mystery Box: Giant live prawns (much to the squealing of homecooks)

Three dishes are chosen to be tasted by judges:

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A record 5th time, Becky is called up and judges sample her grilled prawns with salsa verde and saffron rice. It is plated beautifully and her "spanish" approach works. Judges compliment her technique and flavours.

Christine is next. I was worried about her being blind trying to catch and prepare the prawns. She made Spot Prawns with pineapple broth. She had cilantro which was an ingredient the judges had mentioned they would use if they were cooking. Judges call it a "home run" with great flavour.

Lastly they choose to taste David Martinez' Spot Prawn Ceviche. He sauteed the bits in a cold sauce. Judges call it a complex dish that is rarely seen from home cooks. They compliment the visuals as well as preparation and balance of flavours.

The winner: David!

Quite shocking given he has not been performing too well lately. Finally, he wins a mystery box challenge and with that comes rewards....

Elimination Test:

David gets to choose which of the three ingredients he and the other cooks will use today. (No immunity it seems, but he gets an advantage)

1. BACON

2. CORN

3. BEETS

Twist: The dish must be a dessert. As per a modern trend, incorporating non-traditional foods in desserts.

His advantage: 3 examples of how to use the ingredient in desserts. As well as 5 minutes in the pantry solo to prepare.

He uses these advantages and chooses to make a rice pudding and asks a few questions. He then, forgets rice. His main ingredient!!! Uh-oh!

He scrambles and asks other contestents if they have rice. Becky has it, and actually does give it to him.

David - Corn and Milk based Rice Pudding with carmel. Joe calls it unedible and disgusting.

Becky - Popcorn Panna Cotta. Joe likes the opposing textures and flavours. All the judges enjoy her dessert.

Christine - Corn & Coconut Pudding. Judges feel it is more complex than it seems and very tastey.

Monti - Corn Souffle. Corn milk and pastry cream infused with lavendar. it sounds fancy and the judges say it is delicious and well done.

Felix - Corn Profiteroles. Graham says visually it looks like cat poo, it is dense not airy and he doesn't like it. Joe has similar sentiments saying it is disappointing.

Frank - Corn Budino with chocolate. Judges seem to enjoy.

Josh - Corn Creme Brulee. Visually it is not pleasing or appetizing, but flavour wise judges

Bottom Three:

Josh & Felix & David

Felix is sent home.

#bb14 Spoilers

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Shane still has veto.

Danielle will be going up in his place.

Jojo and Danielle will be the nominees, it seems there are two sides each trying to get one or the other out.

Getting Danielle out eliminates the last of Dan's players, however, JoJo is annoying and part of the "WILLIE" team (well, was.)

Jojo had been the target but it sounds like she may hae a chance at this point, we shall see!

Other points:

There seems to be a group actively seeking to get rid of Wil soon.

Boogie sees Ian and Frank as strong and other houseguests are thinking the two have a F2 deal.

Ash is not as dumb as she lets on, Jojo says she is bi and going to try to steal Ash from Ian (jokingly?!)

Brit is still annoyinh and catty, she is trying ot make nice(r) with Janelle again.

Shane is seen as a huge physical threat after winning two POVs and is starting to be worried.

Some are hip to Dan throwing comps, he denies it.

HGs play bocce ball in yard.

Ian smokes (admits he smokes once a day usually).

That's about it for now....

Love in The Wild Finale...

I fell behind with this show but watched the last three episodes back to back this week and was pretty happy with the finale....

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Yanina and Ken won. thank goodness because they were the first couple to get serious from day one.

I was rooting for Summer and Chase, but NOT Ben and Michelle (Sorry, I liked Jen!)>

Basically the top three competed and third place wasn't eliminated. THEN in the final three's next competition, who ever came in first would choose their competitor.

Although Yanina and Ken were better friends with Chase and Summer, they chose to compete in the final competition with Ben and Michelle, which was a smart move as they were a newerf couple and less competitive.

Then men used walkie-talkies to radio the girls directions to find different items, which they then brought back to the men and put together a tandem bicycle and rode to town.

In the end they won the trip around the world and I am pretty thrilled about it - they deserve it.

In the after credits we learned all three final couples are still together. - yay!

Master Chef - Returning Home Chef is...

The last 8 homechefs sent home return for a chance to win an apronand return to the competition. The mystery box challenege had each returning player choosing an ingredient they loved and that may throw off the others.

There was chocolate, pork, cream, portobello mushrooms, pomegranate, and other random ingredients.

*Spoilers ahead*


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I really thought Stacey, who left most recently, would be the returning cook, but it came down to Ryan, the cocky unemployed young lad and Josh, the obvious favoured cook from day one.

Next up was a fruit flan. The two prepared then the remaining homechefs still in the competition judged, based on technique, flavour, but not knowing who's was who's.

Josh went for more exotic fruits, while Ryan stuckw ith traditional berries. The "judges" spoke about crust, filling, knife work on the berries, flavour and in the end the exotic fruits from Josh won.

While I didn't think Ryan was the better cook, I thought he made the show more entertaining so I was rooting for him secretly. Josh, who is the better cook, especially with a dessert task, won and is back in Masterchef competition.




So do you think this returning home chef will last or be sent packing again soon? Is this game rigged? Who is your fave to win now?

True Blood Times 2

I was at Comic-Con last Sunday and missed blogging about True Blood. But, I did watch it, in fact, only a day after seeing the True Blood panel at SDCC and seeing, in the flesh, most of the cast. What therefore shocked me most, was the death of Roman last week. My roomie at SDCC didn't believe it was real because we had just seen Christopher Meloni front and center at the True Blood panel... how could he be dead now? It wasn't until we saw the preview for this week when they talked about Roman's death, that it really set in for us.... sadly!

There was some greatness both last week and this, as well as some *yawn* needless scenes... but I want to review both episodes in this post, so I apologie for the length, I will try not to ramble and sticj to the recap and my thoughts on what we saw.


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Last Week:

First, stuff I hate... Terry's storyline... wah wah wah... the sups-hate-gang... and swooping up Hoyt to join their hate club... *eye roll* which also leads to Luna and Sam's story, which I don't care much for, until tonight's episode, but we will get to that....

I liked the bus slaughter, poor Doug, and Lafayette and his momma bantering back & forth.

I loved Bill fake-glamouring Sookie, which in reality was telling her it is over and move on. Time for Sookie to have some good ol' fairy self reflection away from the men that dominate her life. I also liked Eric's glamouring of Alcide, taking it so far as to make Sookie kind of repulsive... sadly, Sookie returns his memories a bit too soon.

Also Tara and Jessica continued fighting, until Pam broke it up. Alcide decided to try for Pack Leader and was seconded by a new hottie werewolf.

Of course the biggest shocker was the death of Roman. I still can't believe it. I mean not even 24 hours before I watched this, we listened to Christopher Meloni on the True Blood Comic-Con stage talking about the show... gah!

This Week:

I really loved tonight's episode. I mean I loved loved the high vampires moments after Eric and Bill say "we are vampires, it's vampire blood, we'll be fine" bahahahaha - epic!

Eric piggy backing Bill? I mean really?

I mean... seeing them high and wandering through New Orleans was just as hilarious as when Steve Newlin came to Jessica's frat boy party doing his lil' shimmy dance.

Then of course interupting the private wedding karaoke party to feast, but not before Russell duet's with the bride...

Of course, my favourite, Allan Hyde returned in a guest appearence as Godric. I love Godric, I wish he could be featured every episode. I am interested to see where this Lillith blood acid-like trip, and Lillith appearence, will take us. Eric will need to do as Godric asks and help his sister Nora.

Of course before all this, we learn, as we suspected Salomne and Nora worked together to save and bring back Russell Edginton, who is not the crazed, angry, insane leader he once was... thoughs till very entertaining... let's see where this goes.

Ok, there were other things in this episode... We have Alcide with new girl "training" slash making out- bow chicka wow wow, and Joe Manganiello was wearing his bandana, which is so hot! Meanwhile, current alpha/pack leader (JD) is pushing 'V' to the wolves and even offers it to baby Emma! WTF? he claims there is a human/vampire war brewing and they need to prove their loyalty to vamps to survive the war... hmm... Russell again?

Andy visits former Sherriff Dearborn who doesn't seem to want to help much and is too busyw ith some female friend while his wife is away... not sure why he was brought back ,maybe he is "Dragon" the leader of the hate group shooting "supes"?? Speaking of the hate group...

Sam smells out the masks at the shop and sniffs out one of the perps from the attacks, meanwhile Hoyt seems to fit in well with the hate group which is "more about love than hate" meh, not too interested in this story line (yet) I have a feeling they will go for Jessica, then I will start to care!

Pam has discovered a hair crimper and looks fab as she sits on her throne at Fangtasia watching Tara pole dance. She even looks proud when Tara tells off her momma who is "a preachers wife now" and disowns Vamp-Tara.... Comic-Con panel said at least 3 new relationships coming this season, not including random hook-ups - I predict some lesbo-lovin between Tara and maker Pam?!?! non?!?!

Lafayette goes to Don to settle unresolved issues of Jesus. He sees Jesus' head and Don stitches up Lafayette mouth and is ready to kill him and feed his brain juice to his unborn child or some crazy shit like that...??? Well, Marla, the pregnant lady stabs Don to death then comes st Lafayette, but only to unstitch his mouth - phew!

The Ifrite comes and laughs at Terry. Terry gets mad and nearly shoots himself, but is talked down. Meanwhile Arlene watches her wedding video, which was cute and Crystal came in and basically said Terry may not be crazy, there are crazier things that they have all witnessed (aka this is True Blood, anything that sounds compeltely eff'd up - is probably true and happening!) Seriously Arlene, you were in love with the murderer in season 1 - - expect this shit!

Jason is feeling down about the news vamps killed his parents, and while Jessica tries to prove all vamps aren't the same, she kisses him with fresh man-blood still on her lips from some hottie she is sucking upstairs. This sends Jason off the deep end and he shoots her in the head while security team of Bill's comes to her rescue.

Sookie, still super boring this season (though she *is* pregnant in real life) learns she is part human and her fairy powers are not infinite, she can run out... and be normal, which sounds pretty awesome to her, so she tries to use up her power at the end of the show.

Did I miss anything? Probably... but Lillith is there and I am curious to see whot his goes, I am already confused by what the heck she stands for and if you bekieve in her literally or not and how the influences if you feed off of humans or not... they all swing back and forth... *sigh*




What did you think?

Twilight Time at Teen Choice Awards #TCAs

ROb gave away his surf board... Kristen followed suit and Taylor left his behind - maybe for someone else to give away for him to avoid a mob scene? No idea....

Teen Choice Awards 2012

Photos on my Tumblr HERE


Kevin McHale and Demi Lovato hosting, I love it. She made him fake audition for x-factor.

Full play by play and opinions ahead - click for more and I apologize for any typos, spelling errors or criticism of people you like... ha ha



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Selena Gomez & Zooey D present Choice Comedian - Ellen wins, brings up Sophie Grace who win choice web stars in their princess dresses - I love them.

Dax Shephard and Shawun White present Choice sci-fi Fantasy TV Show - How and why is True Blood nominated, teens should NOT watch this show!!! Vampire Diaries wins... the cast comes up to accept. Looking just as hot as I remember them in the flesh at Comic-Con ha ha. They also win a ton of other awards including scene stealers for ian somerhalder, nina dobrev, michael trevino, candice accola.

Cat Deely talks about Carly Rae Jepson video challenge "Call Me Maybe" they will show clips later in the show

134 million votes for awards this year...

Baby photos of the hosts....

Hayden Pannittiere and Will.I.Am introduce No Doubt who perform their new song. I loved No Doubt when I was a teen... I love that they are making a come back though their sound is a lot different based on this single. Still unique and fun!

Cast of Pretty Little Liars wins Choice Summer TV awards and present Choice Movie Actor Drama to (Zac Efron - Lucky One, Ryan Gosling - Drive, Matt Damon - We bought a zoo, JTimberlake - In Time, Channing Tatum - The Vow) Obviously I love them all, but root for Channing, but The Zefron won.... The Lucky One also won choice drama movie

Choice Hottie nominations - Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Kate Upton, Justin Bieber, Ryan Gosling, Liam Hemsworth, Robert Pattinson, Ian Somerhalder.

Winners are Ian Somerhalder and Miley Cyrus - WTF?

Kevin Hart and Nina Dobrev (still rosey after her man won choice hottie tee hee) present Choice Music Group and the winner is Selena Gomez and The Scene... would NOT have been my pick... meh - she looks drunk too... then again it is her bday.. LOL...they bring her out cake and sing Happy Birthday to her....

The hosts discuss tattoos and their pain ha ha then Jordin Sparks comes up with Paul Wesley and whats his name hottie from Magic Mike Adam Rodrigez they present the nominees for Choice Comedy Movie - Crazy Stupid Love, 21 Jump Street, American Reunion, What to Expect, The Muppets... winner being 21 Jump Street - yesss! Sadly Jonah Hill accepts without Channing Tatum... awnnnn..

Stefano from American Idol presents with two girls I don't know - they introduce FloRida who sings... meh, I am not digging these performances much... get on with awards and speeches or more entertaining performances please....

Jennifer Lawrence - Choice Actress Sci Fi
Liam hemsworth - Choice Male Scene Stealer
Alexander Ludwig - Choice Villian
Emma Stone - Choice Actress Comedy )Crazy Stupid Love) and Drama (The Help
Breakout in Movie - Rihanna (Battleship)
Hissy Fit - Charlize Theron (SWATH)
Summer Movie - Katy Perry
Tv Breakout star female - Hannah Simon (New Girl)
Breakup Song - Pay Phone (Maroon 5)
Female Movie star of the Summer - Kristen Stewart (SWATH)

Ridiculous to skip presenting all those awesome awards ut I quickly forget as Zachary Levi comes up to present Twilight awards....

We get a montage of clips from Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn. 41 teen choice awards won by Twilight cast (Choice Romance, Choice Actress (KStew) win this year)

Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson come out and accept surf boards. Rob gives his away, Kristen follows suit. Taylor looking like he doesn't want to start a riot leaves hi on stage and maybe asks Zachary to give it away ?>!?!

Demi Lovato who won last year, presents Miranda Cosgrove(iCarly) the inspire award.

Lea Michele and Tyler Posey come out and ask who is cooler Vampires or Werewolves? Tyler is hyped he won an award, having met this kid last week at Comic-Con let me say - nicest ever! I asked him about the People's Choice Awards with Kayley Cuoco and he told me the whole story and was so chill.. more about that when I post my SDCC Journal for Saturday (Including the EW Party)

Anyways, Taylor Swift wins a shit load of awards,a s always and is gracious and uses her "surprised" face slightly less than usual which is nice because as cute as it was the first 100 times, it does get old. Love Swifty, she is pretty genuine. She thanks everyone involved in the Hunger Games and she won a ton for that song, Lorax, and her own music - it's insane.. she wins more awards that I even know or can list. Good on her!

Bridgette Milner and Shane West (RAWR!) introduce (or try to, fans are screaming) Justin Bieber (He won over 70 awards, 4 tonight for Male artist, fashion, single and more) ....

He performs - kills it - He is pretty awesome! I love him not only because he is Canadian, but he really is hard working and my daughter adores him!

****POWER SURGE*****

My power went out - I blame my over power use... PVRing True Blood, TCAs, bachelorette, Big Brother and blogging while Hubs is video gaming heh heh ....

Got back on just in time for....

Josh Hutcherson wins big!! Choice Lip Lock with Jennifer Lawrence, Choice Book, Choice Sci-Fi, Choice Male Sci Fi, Choice Movie Sci Fi, just awesome!

He beat out Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson, and other amazing nominees!

Twilight fans are pissed... I have to say it doesn't bug me at all, EXCEPT the lip-lock... the Katniss/Peeta kiss (Josh and Jen) was so tame and awkward... Obviously the Breaking Dawn wedding kiss was far more intense and should have won!

Gordon Ramsay is out with a guy and a monkey to present Choice Summer Music Star: One Direction wins along with Choice Breakout Group and Choice Love Song is "What Makes you Beautiful" but since they are not there, they send a video...

Chris Hemsworth wins an award for SWATH and avengers. they thanks Pauly D the dj of the night, The hosts both wins awards too and Cat Deely then introduces Carly Rae Jepson, after showing the video of people acting / singing / dancing to Call Me Maybe.

I loved all the celebs singing the song too ha ha... love it...

And that was the TCAs - hope you enjoyed them!

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#bb14 spoilers

Last night (July 21) about 10pm BBT Wil brought out his alter-ego "Craig" a straight rapper.

He and the girls did a dance, which was epic fun! If you have live feeds flashback to it - pretty funny

The rest of what I have to say is spoiler - read on only if you don't care

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So Willie is gone. We know this from my previous spoiler post.

Janelle won Coach Compa nd saved Ashley.

Shane and Jojo were put up by HOH Frank.

Shane won POV, saved/saving himself obviously

Based on conversations it sounds like Danielle will be replacement nominee.

So if Danielle goes home, Dan is out of players.

There is a lot of "playing" going on. Frank & BOogie talked to Shane last night saying they would work with him, yadda yadda.

It feels like a lot ofplayers are saying one thing to one group and another to another, so until we see DR it is tough to know how they will really vote.

JOJO drives me nuts so I 'd love to see her go. I also don't like Danielle after watching more of her on live feed... lastnight in the hammock with Dan she said she didn't like pretending to be a K teacher because she was actually as smart as Ian and can "recite the periodic table" ha ha ha

She also went on and on about appearences and not caring (though she looks in the mirror 24/7) and that she didn't care about not being a blonde bombshell (yes as Trixie, etc she said she was the only brunette boo hoo) and talked about how she had legal responsibilities if there was an injury because she is so high up in the medical field... oh god! It isn't that any of this is/isn't true, it is HOW she says it, going on and on and on - i just don't like her....

My opinions right now:

Not a fan of:

-Joe - dirty, yappy, hate his fae landing strip

-JoJo - needs a muzzle

-Danielle - so yappy, self-centered yet insecure

-Boogie - name dropping, controling, thinks he is the bomb, looks old and sick

Like:

-Dan as coach and overall
-Ian to win
-Janelle - tolerable, she is way less cool this season so far
-Jenn - different, i like it
-Frank - I loved Willie so i am sad about that whole issue but I do like Frank, minus Boogie's influence.