Friday Reality Roundup

March 10, 2006 · Filed Under popmedia

As I’ve been remiss in writing about Survivor the past few weeks, and I haven’t even mentioned The Apprentice or The Amazing Race 9, I figured I’d just whip off a short posting with some observations about what’s been happening on these shows…

Survivor:

We’ve now reached the point where I want Shane to stay, if only because morbid curiosity has kicked in, and I want to see just how psycho he can really get…
God help me, but I’m actually starting to enjoy Cirie & how she’s playing the game strategically…
Exile Island turned out to be a very interesting twist last night, what with Sally getting sent there instead of heading to certain elimination at tribal council (and kudos to Casaya for recognizing the proper strategic move!)…
Not only that, but her banishment might just give Sally the opening needed to really go far in the game, post-merge…
It was too bad to see Dan sent home, but I must say that I was impressed with both his attitude, as well as with the overall mature attitude of all 4 guys in dealing with a bad circumstance…
No new episodes for 3 weeks is not a good thing…

The Apprentice:

It’s an interesting group so far, and the first two episodes have been quite enjoyable…
Ivanka, while certainly being no Carolyn, was surprisingly focused & intelligent…
Bill has an awesome edge to his comments & insights, and I think I actually prefer him to George…
Tarek is a pompous ass, and he must be removed from my TV at the earliest moment possible…
Brent, while certainly a wildcard (social-skills-wise), was completely in the right in his battle with Stacy…
Roxanne is a player! I like her attitude, and I think she could go far…
Lenny is awesome. I just hope that (as I read elsewhere) that the situation arises to get him to say the words “moose and squirrel”!

The Amazing Race 9:

It’s great to see them back where they belong — going to foreign countries with teams of two…
My favorite team is Dave & Lori — They’re such cute nerds! I find them hugely entertaining, sweetly sincere, and just adorable to watch & root for…
Teams MoJo & Boricua are current favorites if only because they’re smart, entertaining, and have very, very cute girls (Monica & Desiree, to be precise… :oops:)…
Team In-The-Closet (Eric & Jeremy) is sooo annoying — I mean, come on, could they be any more blatant in their over-the-top hetero-horndog behavior that seems to be nothing more than a dead giveaway to some painfully obvious homoerotic tendencies (ewww, why did I just type that? :shock:)…

And, finally,

Skating with Celebrities:

I enjoyed this show far more than I ever thought I would — it was pure cheez, but it was good cheez :wink:…
The right 2 teams were in the finals (John/Jillian & Lloyd/Kristy)…
The wrong team won — My take on the competition as a whole, and on the finals in particular, is that John & Jillian far outclassed everyone else, technically and artistically.
Lloyd & Kristy certainly did improve quite a bit, but not enough, IMO, to legitimately beat out John & Jillian…
Jillian was far superior to Kristy…
Lloyd was superior to John…
In the end, I think that Lloyd being better than John was the significant thing…
I’m disgusted by what happened with Lloyd & Kristy outside of the show, and that certainly tainted my reaction to what happened in the finals…
Oh yeah, and Jillian is quite possibly the prototypical “guy’s girl” — hot, into sports, well spoken, hot, athletic, and well you know, hot…