Deutschland sucht den wohabichgradreingezappt?

Schon wieder 'ne Woche her, sachste? Sagt man noch "sachste" oder war das letzten Monat? Ich bin hinterher. Und vollkommen unstrukturiert. Momentan. Aber ich habe es geschafft, mein Kalenderblatt zu wechseln. Besteh' mal zwei lästige Zwischenprüfungen und fall' dann nicht in ein Loch der konsequenten Desorganisation. Und dann leg' dir mal noch einen zweiten Blog zu, für den du jeden zweiten Tag Recaps schreiben willst, die viel mehr Zeit in Anspruch nehmen, als du je geahnt hättest. Von Wocheneinkäufen morgens halb 8 im Netto wollen wir hier gar nicht erst anfangen... Wo war ich?

Ach ja... Fernseher. US- Reality TV ja wie bereits erwähnt in meinen Zweitblog verschoben, aber deutsches Reality TV halte ich nach wie vor für massenrelevant. DsdS bisher überhaupt nicht weiter verfolgt, ich habe keine Ahnung, ob ich jemanden favorisiere und "Ich Tarzan. Du Jane." (Casting Show fürs neue Tarzan- Musical) habe ich heute in der Wiederholung nur müde belächelt ob all der Belanglosigkeit. Wenn auch durchaus enormes Potential vorhanden war. Aber für Potential schaltet heute keiner mehr den Fernseher ein. Da muss schon Porno. Ich verliere mich schon wieder in Ausschweifungen...

Die eine Show, die ich auch dieses Mal intensiv und voller Begeisterung verfolgen werde, ist selbstverständlich Germanys Next Topmodel! Viel kann ich allerdings noch nicht dazu sagen, da die erste Folge, in der aus den Top 120 die Top 50 und aus den Top 50 die Top 30 ermittelt wurden, relativ öde war. Fand ich jetzt. Wer es trotzdem genauer wissen will und dazu noch der englischen Sprache teilmächtig ist, kann sehr gern hier bei mir nachlesen. Für alle anderen nur mal meine vorläufige Auswahl:

Gina- Lisa ist einfach nur mein Block, die Aneta der dritten Season, nur noch oranger im Gesicht, die muss es einfach ganz weit schaffen und Bianca halte ich persönlich für wunderschön. Der Rest ist süß. Kann aber auch 'ne optische Täuschung sein. Zeit bringt Facetten und Facetten bringen Sympathie.

Weißte Bescheid erstmal. War das jetzt ein Erguss der Eloquenz oder bin ich nur betrunken? Ich werde mich um regelmäßigere Aktualisierung bemühen. Liest das hier einer? Prost!

Rock of Love. Season 2. Episode 7. Recapped.

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I see. old. people. Alright, I guess that's no Haley Joel Osment kind of super power since everybody sees them, but it still scares the hell out of me.

This episode started with Bret introducing his younger sisters Shirley and Joan to the remaining seven girls. Shirley and Joan have been performing for US vets for over 50 years and now they were supposed to help Brets chicks with their performance, which was the challenge for this week.

Preparation was not that funny as there were only 2 old people (Bret wasn't there), but then we got to "Bret Michaels Rockin' U.S.O.ish Style Show".. Actual vets included. Being with Bret is one thing, the girls may focus on him as kind of ageless trophy, but all those "elderly citizens"... Kudos for keeping the smiles.

There were 3 teams and Daisy had to do a solo performance. Ambre and Kristy Joe went by the name of "Stars and Taps", Destiney and Inna formed the "Rock of Love Rockets", Megan and Jessica did "Hula- Hoops for our Troops" and Daisy went by the name of "Daisy". ROFL. I love how she keeps it simple.

They all looked pretty cute though talentless on that stage, but one performance stood out for so many reasons. First there was an ass that was never made to be showcased. Then there was some bending down that was never supposed to entertain. Slutty outfits. Slutty moves. The whole performance of Inna and Destiney just screamed "SLUT"! And usually I mean that as a compliment. But this time... There was no creativity, there was no class, there was no dignity. It was Eastern Europe Whore Standard. Alright, I'll stop right now, but for Inna to do such a poor show knowing that she needed to win some time with Bret and for Destiney to conform... No, no, no.

Megan and Jessica won the challenge. Although I dislike both of them, they did a nice job. I actually agreed with Jessica, that they had done the whole stripping thing in a classy way and Megan even remembering her lines was a shock to me. As well as Jessica knowing all the words in the preamble was a shock to me. Is she smart after all?

"I had some trouble remembering words of the preamble especially because I had never heard of the words before. So I wasn't just learning the preamble, I was also learning new words." (Megan) Admitting being dumb is a smart move, either... They confuse me.

Before Megan and Jessica got to go on their date with Bret, they all sat down to have dinner together in a "nice atmosphere". And Bret starts the evening with asking "Who do you think is here for the right reasons and who do you think is here for the wrong reasons." I guess he had already forgotten that he wanted to have a nice evening. Cruel dementia. Ambre felt the need to throw Kristy Joe under the bus (and if Ambre felt the need, I feel it too) by indirectly saying that she's not completely sincere and then things went crazy between KJ and Destiney. They started screaming at each other and finally Bret left the table and Kristy Joe started packing. Again. I can't stand that much drama. Kristy Joe looks gorgeous, but all that crying and packing.... Ugh.

At eliminations Ambre got the first pass. As she deserved. She had been the only one being brave enoug to speak her mind and she is just so adorable. I just got a crush on people who are able to be nice and act social. Finally Kristy Joe and Inna were left and Bret calls down Inna. Destiney is having the time of her life dismissing KJ but then there is this funny sound of a vinyl scratched terribly wrong, I guess, which always signalizes a twist and always makes me laugh hard even if the situation isn't funny at all and Bret tells Inna that her tour ends here.

Whatever, Inna felt that it was "her time to leave" and if she thinks so, I won't stand in her way.

Previews showed some music video shoot, Kristy Joe planning on finally getting through with her divorce and Ambre cracking on Kristy Joe. I can't wait to see Ambre crack. Furious Ambre, *hrrr* ;o)

KJ is so not getting divorced.. Can anybody tell me if Innas last name is "Dmitrenko" or if that's wrong?

Project Runway. Season 4. Episode 13. Recapped.

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Oh I'm so sad... Why is everybody trying to ruin my belief in the gracious goddess of reality TV? I blame the government.... Shame on you, Mister Bush, shame on you! (Just quoting.)

But from the very beginning: Once upon a time there were 15 designers, trying to take the chance of their lifetime on a reality TV show called "Project Runway". I had heard of it before, but I had never seen it before since I was dependet on dial- up until August '07. But as the show was mentioned in every blog I was reading regularly, I had to watch it. From the very beginning I loved Sweet P and Chris March. Kit was cute, Kevin seemed to be fun and Christian... well.... christianed. But Sweet P and Chris were my definite favorites. As they were down to 5 designers, my darling Sweet P was auf'd. "Naaaaaaaaaw" I said, but at least there was Chris. And what are they doing in this weeks episode??? Wait and see.

The episode was basically about Tim visiting all designers in their studios and getting to know a little more about their collections and their private lifes. First he visited Christian Siriano in New York. Although I'm not quite sure if I'm digging Christians personality, I really think, he has something going for him and I couldn't help but thinking "Wow, he's cute.." But as soon as I realized that I was thinking about Christian Siriano, I threw that thought away. Actually I didn't have to do very much because they were showing some pictures of Christians previous states of being. He's come a long way... But for being 21 his style is really... grown? I'd call it grown...

Next Tim Gunn visited Jillian Lewis, who was also working in New York. I really liked the outfits that were shown, but then Jillian went on stating "I know that everybody thinks that they're going to be the next big thing but I really will be and I won't have it any other way." Of course that's the attitude you need to survive in this circus, however I like those ones, who are down to earth and not too convinced of themselves much better. And the granny sweater she wore didn't help at all.

Rami Kashou was the only one working on his collection outside of New York so Tim had at least one flight to Los Angeles. I have noticed nothing about Rami except he was looking kinda cute this time and I was not quite sure if the guy in his house was his friend or his "friend". Of course Rami was talking about Jerusalem (was it Jerusalem?) again, I didn't listen that much, but the story about him sketching secretly since he was twelve and his parents finding out about that incidentally almost brought tears to my eyes. I'm just so jealous of people who are living their dreams....

Visiting Chris was probably the most extravagant part of Tims journey. Chris was also working on his collection in New York. Looking at the outfits Chris had created and being told that Chris actually used human hair, Tims "gag reflex was kicking in." He used a very cute metaphor of someone coming into a monkey house. "First it smells disgusting. After 20 minutes the smell isn't that bad. And after one hour one would feel it doesn't smell at all." Although I loved the metaphor, I wasn't feeling it referring to Chris' collection. Later that day Chris took Tim to a friend of him, who "had not left his appartment for about 30 years, so everything that's in there he also built in there." And it was looking that way. But not in a bad way. I was really impressed and I can't tell the reason because usually I hate kitsch and glam and knicknack and don't know what the appropriate word for it, but as Tim said, this appartment was looking like Versaille and some other things I can't remember ;o) The guy in this appartment really should think about making money with it.

Finally all four designers were reunited and Rami and Chris had to work on their collections to showcase them later on to Heidi, Nina and Michael. Therefore they had to team up with one of their fellow designers and Team Fierce was reunited!

Unfortunately it didn't help, after showing their three strongest looks, the jury decided to send Rami to Bryant Park. And I can't say that I disagree with their decision, I loved Ramis last two looks and Chris should have shown a wider range of his great talent. But I think, in the end it was the human hair. You are supposed to create something wearable. I wouldn't wear human hair anywhere else but on my head. At least not this amount of human hair. Chris' third look was simply stunning and it had no human hair.

In the end I think Chris will make his way anyways, because he's a great costume designer. He'll keep designing wonderful costumes and from time to time he definitely will be paid for creating some stand out peace of fashion art. And what, in my eyes, is consoling the most: If Jack wouldn't have gotten sick, Chris would never have made it this far. So for being in the final four Chris was already enormously lucky.

Next week there'll be the finals, to get a preview of the collections of Christian, Jillian and Rami or Chris and Sweet P who are also getting to show what they've created, you only need to click their names ;o) I'll go for Christian. I can't wait to see what Victoria Beckham is going to say about the collections, because usually I really like her style but you'll never know...

Again... wait and see and pray.

Germanys Next Topmodel. Season 3. Episode 1. Recapped.

[Excitement!]

[What's that on Lenas head? Looks like some fluffy monster stepped into her.]

Finally! All those ads and billboards.. So sick of it.. Today the pictures began moving! Thank God Heidi!

However I can't say I was very impressed with what I saw. But I've never said that about any first episode. Thousand of girls applied for the contest, only the 120 most beautiful got to Cologne. Unfortunately Bruce Darnell is no longer a member of the jury, so we were introduced to casting director Rolf Scheider. I've seen three interviews of him earlier today and in all of them he felt the need to express, how pissed he is that everyone's asking about Bruce. In fact he described himself as the improved version of Bruce. Girl, you'll never be him so don't even try.
[Rolf Scheider, Philipp Plein, Peyman Amin]

But what's most important to me, there's Peyman! Peyman! He's back for the third time and I'm still in love with him, every other visionary reality TV kind of relationship doesn't matter if there's a Peyman in my TV. Sorry, Ben and Ronnie... Foursome?

After being cut down to 50 the girls were instantly taken to Barcelona to do a runway show on Barcelona Fashion Week. Some fool going by the name Philipp Plein decided to book all 50 aspiring models to do his show. I mean... what? Barcelona? Fashion show? Most of them had never done something like this before but Heidi felt that they should know how to walk because they all were able to watch season 1 and 2. I love Heidi, but...

Maybe they're trying to do comedy this season because watching all those girls, doing the catwalk completely clueless was funny as hell.

After the runway show they were cut down to 30 and my jaw dropped after Heidi didn't call Bianca. There were some pretty girls and there are some I dislike already, but there were two who I thought were really hot. One of them was Bianca. And she wasn't called? Straight away I began doubting my sense of beauty, but last time I predicted the winner on day one, so I felt I was fooled. But then Bianca was shown talking to Heidi. Heidi simply had forgotten to call her name and no one noticed that there were only 29... Well, you don't get a topmodel for counting. Thankfully someone recognized the mistake.

The girl I was feeling from the very first minute I had seen her was Gina- Lisa. Orange teint, peroxide blonde, smoky eyes and tons of make- up, that's what they call ghetto fabulous. Well, in the US they'd call it porn fabulous, I guess, but that's what our ghetto chicks look like. And I L.O.V.E. this trashy styling. If I was a girl I'd probably look like her. Having said that, I don't think this look is high fashion at all. But one can change. At least a bit. Last seasons Aneta was proof enough.

So here are my preliminary picks for the grand prize of a contract with IMG models, the cover of Cosmopolitan Germany and an ad campaign for C&A:

Those three I think are cute as well:

But my mind has changed so many times during the past seasons, probably I'll go for the ugliest of all by the end of this ;o)

Picking top 30 is always kinda boring. Next time there'll be more fun... Promise ;o)

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