Seems like a lot of people like the nerdy guy on Alton’s team, but he has absolutely no charisma whatsoever. While he may be a strikingly creative thinker in the kitchen, I can’t stand listening to him stumble over lines and try to appear casual or charming.
I was thinking the same thing. They tell her they don’t like her persona, she needs to be less rough, etc. Then when she does this, they basically tell her she’s fake. No shit! I was really happy to hear her call them out on wanting her to change. I don’t know why I like her so much. She’s not the best cook or anything. I think I’m just pulling for her because I feel like the judges are screwing with her.
I can’t stand Grill-Girl, and wanted her to go home since day one. But, that was a dick move by the judges, and one they’ve pulled before.
[SIZE=“7”][/SIZE]I still see Justin as the clear winner. The phrase “slobbering love affair” keeps coming to mind when they critique him. It wouldn’t surprise me that if he somehow doesn’t win the show that Alton Brown would produce a show for him anyway and sell it to a different network.
I just looked around the Food Network website for the show and see that Justin is leading the votes with 33%. I’m surprised to see Martita firmly in second place with 31% (The others are all far behind.) It just doesn’t seem to me they need another pretty face over-enunciating non-English words.
Michele, who was my original pick for 1st place after the first episode, only has 10% of the vote. That surprises me. I still see her as one of the most comfortable and most authentic on camera.
Martie (6%) does nothing for me but seems to remain popular with the judges.
As for Nikki … She has last place locked up with 1%. I remain convinced she will be kept deep into the competition as the one everybody loves to hate. She comes across to me as totally fake. She seems to me a good example of what happens when a totally ordinary person gets filled with “You are special. You can do anything you want. Nothing is beyond you. Confidence is all that matters.” kind of stuff. I’d bet she says affirmations to herself in the mirror every morning. In her bio video on the website she says” I pretty much will do whatever it takes to win. I am absolutely not afraid to run over people in the process.” Not a person I would care to know or to watch regularly.
The others are all no doubt good cooks but don’t appear to have any standout star qualities like Justin and sometimes Michele.
BTW, I keep wondering if the new star will be “born” by appearing out of the very yonic symbol on the table where the final decision is made.
I don’t care how “natural” Michelle is in front of the camera, I wouldn’t watch her show for love or money. Her personality and attitude repel me.
Yeah, the vagina table is rather obvious.
Yes, and that smile he put on was kind of creepy looking, coming from behind those blood-soaked lips of his
I looked up Justin last night after he said that he moved to Colorado and opened a restaurant. According to a Google search, his restaurant, Do or Dine is actually in Brooklyn.
I’m not sure what the Colorado reference was all about.
Bob
Another one bites the dust. I was going to be happy with either being eliminated.
The Star Challenge got me thinking, though. If I had to come up with a cocktail, it would be:
“Island of the Blue Dolphins”
2 oz light rum
2 oz orange juice
1 oz pineapple juice
1 oz passionfruit juice
Blend with ice until slushy. Mound in a margarita glass. Float 1 oz of Blue Curacao around outside of glass. Garnish with pineapple wedge, cherry and orange slice. Serve with a straw.
July 8th’s elimination:
Martita. Which is too bad, she was really damn easy on the eyes. Her contrived accent was irritating though, like she was trying too damn hard.
Can we post stuff here now the show has aired? If you haven’t seen it don’t read on.
First… fuck you, Food Network. I don’t even particularly like Martita or the fake accent, but this “challenge” was ridiculously stupid. These people are trying to get a show on the Food Network, not anchor the evening news. Why does a TV chef need to know how to deal with hecklers? Or overcome a microphone crapping out?
None of these “calamities” have anything remotely to do with being a chef on TV. And taking Martita’s spices away, and completely removing dishes from Southern Gal’s setup? Like that could ever, or would ever happen, unless it was the last day at school and the FN bullies decided to haze the freshmen.
And was it their “mentors” who set them up? Way to come across like a bunch of dicks. :rolleyes:
Perhaps you’ve become a little too emotionally invested in this television show and should perhaps watch several episodes of “Chopped” until eliminations on a cooking game show don’t bother you so much.
Do you really think that a Food Network star does not need to maintain composure when something goes wrong while the cameras are rolling? I mean, at this level of the competition, the judges need to test for something, even remotely meaningful, while entertaining the television audience, right?
Maybe you didn’t notice that Martita has fairly consistently sucked at doing the thing that the Food Network needs her to be good at doing.
Martita is my home-girl, but she sucked this week.
On the up-side, we got a little Susie side-boob during the demos, and Yvan and Marti were un-flappable.
So, they dump three next week and we vote on the remaining three. You know that means one from each team. No way would they let Giada get two slots and shut out either Bobby or Alton. So who gets the axe next week?
My predictions is:
Justin, Yvan and Michelle make it to the final.
And if any of you mother-jumpers vote for Michelle I’ll fucking cut you, I swear!*
*-Metaphorically speaking, of course. I would never wish harm upon any moron who voted that way.
Whatever, dude. It’s a stupid method of eliminating contestants. Maybe you should emotionally detach yourself from my critique. Did you come up with this task, perchance?
No FNS has to deal with missing ingredients on a show. They’ve got multiple takes. Apparently it takes Giada 8 hours to record a 30 minute episode.
Perhaps the absurdity of having ingredients missing, or someone waving random time cards in the air illustrates one’s ability to maintain composure. In reality, it means someone in the food chain fucked up… Roll tape and do it again. NBD.
Personally I think a task where they cooked another contestant’s specialty, or one like they did a few seasons back when they went on the air with Rachael Ray would be better (sans the faux sabotage). I get the feeling if I was sitting in the crowd shouting “What size hat do you wear?” to Giada I wouldn’t be around for a second smartass comment.
Justin is the only one I’d be interested in watching. I’m rooting for him.
The contrived challenges were a bit over the top, but they’re essential - there will be live TV appearances and demos in their future.
Being able to have an accurate internal clock to overcome the floor director giving screwball timings might be useful but not critical - I think the judges were a bit off there, but being able to carry on or at least not go into meltdown when your mike fails or the prop people put out the wrong stuff is important.
I thought the challenges were extremely unfair. Not that they were there, but relative to each other. A microphone going out is not a challenge at all, the wrong kind of chile should have been easy to adjust to. Having half the audience walk out on you? There’s no real good way to handle that (at least when being judged by the two execs we have).
I’m convinced Grill Girl should have been in the bottom two, but they picked two people from Giada’s team to keep the mentors balanced.
Is it really a surprise that Martita went home? She’s been consistently failing to tell stories on camera as requested, planned for, and reminded again. Yet the stories never come. She’s just boring on camera.
The only shows I’d watch are Ippy and Justin.
Listen here, “dude,” all I did was quote your profane assessment of an entire television network and point out an obvious perspective about an episode upon which you were commenting. I sincerely apologize if you failed to perceive the humor that was intended.
And I now also understand that your post was meant to evoke emotionally detached responses, but that makes me wonder why you posted it in the first place. Did you really think that we would all just nonchalantly agree with you? Martita sucked, dude, and even Martita would agree with that.
To answer your question, yes, I did indeed come up with that task. I personally came up with it. I came up with it, and I am delighted that you watched it and that it provoked such a passionate response from you.
All kidding aside, your comment about Giada’s hat size was truly hilarious.
So anyway, I agree that with garygnu that Justin and Ippy are interesting. I could watch Justin in a generic studio kitchen just being his weird lipsticked self, but Ippy is going to have to be out on the street, taking me to his favorite tropical hangouts because I don’t think he could keep my interest in a Food Network studio all by himself.
Michele the butch is a definite contender, but we already have Guy Fieri. Martie the old southerner is a wildcard, and she bores the crap out of me. Nikki the “Grill Next Door” is a longshot and I can’t stand her. Cute little Yvan is going home in Giada’s pocket and will be the Food Network’s first sex scandal.
I think the humor aspect was lost on you. I haven’t booked a ticket to the Food Network studios to shoot them the bird, nor am I planning to plant a flaming bag of poop on their doorstep.
Why on earth would you presume I’d want you to agree with me? Or care one way or the other? Not being snarky, but in CS folks usually state their opinions. Unless there’s a “hey, who’s with me?” after a comment, it’s like that thing they say about rectums. We all have 'em.
Furthermore, I guess you didn’t read my emotionally charged rant that closely:
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I don’t even particularly like Martita or the fake accent, but this “challenge” was ridiculously stupid.
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Switching gears now: I can’t say that I really care who wins. I haven’t watched any of the FNS shows, although I would watch Aarti’s show if I could ever find it. Melissa and the others? Not so much. I think Justin might be interesting to watch as a case study, but I don’t really haven’t been excited by anything he’s cooked. I suppose Yvan has the most interesting food. There’s already a “Party” FNS, so I think Martie needs to change her title if she wants to win. Michelle… I just don’t think there’s a lot of interest in New England cuisine nationally, is there? The Grill Girl is fairly forgettable, and don’t they already have Bobby Flay, anyway?
I do wish the producers would come up with better challenges that more accurately reflect what the FNS will actually need to do in their role.
The problem with that is that while they’re sitting at the Judges’ Table or the Eliminination Altar or whatever they call it, Bob and Susie really only know one thing - “We want someone we can flog mercilessly and get some good financial return out of.” The precise role that the winner will play is yet to be decided. Just one example - Guy Fieri’s original show was cooking in a studio. At some point, letting him visit quirky restaurants around the country and not actually coking anything popped up as an idea and the real star was born.
Once the confetti falls, “You on a plate” and your “food point of view” goes right into the trash. Some of the TNFNS winners are lucky enough to have their shows retooled a time or two. Aarti Paarti has had an extended break or two, but it appears the network wants to keep her. Others, like the Party Hearty Boys and Amy Finley have just fallen off the face of the earth.