Big Brother Reindeer Games - Ep. 5 Blog Party

 

                                                                                    CBS

While I won't be live blogging the show as I usually do, I will pop in now and then with a screen shot or comment. But I do hear there's a party going on in the comments section. I hope to see you there! I will fill you in with major things like who wins the comps, who gets the boot, etc. 

Since we have no pool, I'm just keeping track here who gets the boot and what they win on the way out --

Cody Calafiore (BB16 and BB22) Eliminated 2nd/won a fruitcake.
Nicole Franzel (BB16, BB18 and BB22) 
Frankie Grande (BB16)
Taylor Hale (BB24)
Cameron Hardin (BB25) Eliminated 1st/won year subscription jelly.
Brittany Haynes (BB12 and BB14)
Josh Martinez (BB19) Eliminated 4th/won ugly Christmas sweater
Xavier Prather (BB23)
Danielle Reyes (BB3 and BB7) Eliminated 3rd/won $5,000

Who will be cast out into the cold cruel world tonight?

Four challenges today. 

The doorbell rings. It's Tiffany, Elf Ambassador. Naughty/Nice Challenge. Holiday Special Canceled? Elfie has locked himself in Santa's Office. The keys must be found to let him out. NICOLE finds the key!

Her advantage will be someone else's disadvantage. Two Jingle Bell Brawls. Nicole picks one person to sit out. Most think it should be Xavier.

Jingle Bell Brawl One time. Eggnog recipe book misprinted, each recipe missing one ingredient. Sample seven eggnogs, figure what's missing, grab ingredient and win. Nicole sits out Xavier.

TAYLOR wins the Jingle Bell Brawl and a big power! She is the first to advance to the Reindeer Games. She can bring one player with her. She chooses Nicole. 

Frankie, Britney and Xavier will compete in the second Jingle Bell Brawl and the winner of that will go on to the Reindeer Games.

Second Brawl - Asked questions about entertainment performances so far. Two losers must go to Santa's Showdown. Xavier is the first to get one wrong. Then another one. Then another. Britney wrong. Frankie leading. FRANKIE wins. He will be in Reindeer Games. Britney and Xavier have to compete in the Santa Showdown.

Santa's Showdown time. Krampus is putting up anti-Christmas billboards. They must knock them down and put up new signs. They are on ziplines kicking down the bad ones. Britney is not doing well at all. She recovers and both are working on the good sign puzzle.

XAVIER wins!

Britney wins a pair of man's Christmas underwear and socks.

Big Brother Reindeer Games - Ep. 4 Blog Party

 

                                                                                      CBS

While I won't be live blogging the show as I usually do, I will pop in now and then with a screen shot or comment. But I do hear there's a party going on in the comments section. I hope to see you there!

I will fill you in with major things like who wins the comps, who gets the boot, etc. I'll even throw in a screencap now and again.

Since we have no pool, I'm just keeping track here who gets the boot and what they win on the way out --

Cody Calafiore (BB16 and BB22) Eliminated 2nd/won a fruitcake.
Nicole Franzel (BB16, BB18 and BB22) 
Frankie Grande (BB16)
Taylor Hale (BB24)
Cameron Hardin (BB25) Eliminated 1st/won year subscription jelly.
Brittany Haynes (BB12 and BB14)
Josh Martinez (BB19)
Xavier Prather (BB23)
Danielle Reyes (BB3 and BB7) Eliminated 3rd/won $5,000

Who will be cast out into the cold cruel world tonight?

Oh, we will have a candy cane rodeo!

Derek X. the Elf arrives with bad news. Jill Frost has disappeared. They have to figure out who took her. This is the Naughty or Nice challenge. The winner is Frankie. Another message from Santa. Next Jingle Bell Brawl pair up with your bestie. Frankie gets to choose his partner and will be able to penalize one pair during the brawl.

Frankie decides on Taylor for his partner. The other guys want guy/girl duos while Nicole and Britney want to work together. It ends up being Josh/Britney and Nicole/Xavier.

Jingle Bell Brawl time! They have to repack their sleighs. Winning duo decides who goes to Santa's Showdown. Frankie, as part of his Naughty or Nice win, can freeze a team.

When Xavier and Nicole were ahead, Frankie froze them for 45 seconds.

Taylor and Frankie win!

One player from each of the losing pairs will go to Santa's Showdown. Frank has to choose between Josh and Britney. Taylor, the other two.

Frankie wants to send Josh and Xavier and work as a team. In the end, Taylor goes with ... a commercial break. She chose Nicole to go to Santa's Showdown. Frankie sends Josh.

Sant's Showdown is a candy cane rodeo!

Yipes! They seemed to fall at the same time and we go to commercial. It turns out that Josh hit the mat first so he's out.

His prize is a Christmas sweater.

Big Brother Reindeer Games - Ep. 3 Blog Party

 

                                                                                  CBS

Ah, finally to the first one-hour episode. I'm sorry. I'm just having issues with all the long episodes of everything these days!

While I won't be live blogging the show as I usually do, I will pop in now and then with a screen shot or comment. But I do hear there's a party going on in the comments section. I hope to see you there!

I will fill you in with major things like who wins the comps, who gets the boot, etc. I'll even throw in a screencap now and again.

Since we have no pool, I'm just keeping track here who gets the boot and what they win on the way out --

Cody Calafiore (BB16 and BB22) Eliminated 2nd/won a fruitcake.
Nicole Franzel (BB16, BB18 and BB22) 
Frankie Grande (BB16)
Taylor Hale (BB24)
Cameron Hardin (BB25) Eliminated 1st/won year subscription jelly.
Brittany Haynes (BB12 and BB14)
Josh Martinez (BB19)
Xavier Prather (BB23)
Danielle Reyes (BB3 and BB7)

Who will be cast out into the cold cruel world tonight?

Why oh why has Nicole done NOTHING with that messy hair bun all these years?

We can expect drama tonight. Good. 

Uh-oh. The other women are onto the Danielle/Xavier duo.

The doorbell rings and it's Derek X. (BB23), our second Elf Ambassador. It's the Naughty or Nice Challenge. Oh my! The crooner has been dumped by his gal! Eep. He gets to the 9th day and loses it. Santa thinks they can help him figure out why she dumped him. Find scrambled letters on cookies and give him the four-word phrase as to why she dumped him. Winner gets a two-minute head start in the Jingle Bell Brawl.

I have it figured out. "You are too clingy." See if I'm right. I'm right and so is Taylor, the winner of the Naughty or Nice challenge. Both Josh and Xavier offer themselves to Taylor as the Naughty recipient.

Taylor chooses to give the Naughty list disadvantage to Josh.

Jingle Bell Brawl. 

Similar to the tiny tweezer comps

They have to rebuild tiny cookies. Josh can't see his photo of what it should look like for five minutes. NICOLE thought she won but was incorrect and didn't match the image given her. Now, NICOLE won the Jingle Bell Brawl!

Today Santa's Showdown is a one-person comp. That person will choose the next one to play if he/she wins. The second person has less time to play.

Time for the Santa Showdown in the Candy Cane Forest. Mrs. Santa's favorite ornament is trapped in a snow globe. First player gets the most time, each after that gets less. If the person completes it, they choose the next.

She sends in Frankie. He has five and a half minutes. 

Reminds me of the egg through chicken wire but moving.

Frankie finished it in 3.11 minutes. Frankie has to send someone else out. They will have one less minute. Frankie sends Xavier to do it next. Xavier completes it with 17 seconds left on the clock. Now he has to send someone in. He talks to everyone. Britney begs him not to send her. Nicole asks him not to send Britney. 

So ... he sends Britney. SHE BEATS IT WITH a minute 17 seconds left!

Finding out that Danielle is being protected by Xavier and possibly threw her under the bus, Britney chooses Danielle. Taylor had volunteered.

Danielle does not finish the comp. Lots of tears. She is out of the game. Her prize on the way out is the $5,000.

The Amazing Race 35: A Sunset, Seattle Scramble - Ep. 12 Season Finale Blog Party

 

Yes, we're at the season finale. Although I have my random blog pool pick still in there as well as an outright personal favorite team apart from the pool, any of the three teams remaining winning this would be fine. All three teams are likable and have really done their best ... with no arguing or nastiness. Kudos to all three!

I will be live-blogging and updating this post constantly as the show airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest updates. As always, the real blog party is in the comments. I hope to see you there!

Lifeguard SueGee has once again updated the blog pool and here's where we stand going into tonight's show:

Greg & John -- Brent McKee, Jackie, Judi Sweeney

Joel & Garrett -- ChicMc, Ethan, Willie J, Jasonuwp

Rob & Corey -- marthalight, PDX Granny, Sharon N

Are you ready? Let's GO! 

Skipping through the Previously On bits!

Rob/Corey get the clue that directs them to fly to Seattle, Washington. The next clue will be at the base of the Space Needle. The three teams are on the same flight.

The teams are RUNNING to their vehicles at the airport. At least with the Space Needle so tall, it's easy to find. They have to walk around the rim of the Space Needle for the next clue. Only one member of a team has to go alone. Rob/Corey are first. Corey is doing the walking! He finds a clue leading him to a man and the glass center. John up next.

Rob/Corey have the next clue - Seattle Scramble - Grunge, roadie. Grab, acrobatic. Glass, blow glass. 

John/Greg are at the glass blowing to earn a piece of the next clue. Rob/Corey arrive at Grab. Corey finishes it. Rob's turn. Oh, not so good! Joel/Garrett are at the glass blowing with John/Greg .... both teams are having problems.

Joel/Garrett finish the glass blowing first! They have taken over first place. Rob finally got his knees on the bar but didn't have enough momentum for the other person to catch him. Wait! Next try he did it!

Joel/Garrett heading to Grunge. John/Greg finish Glass and head to Grunge. Grunge has them working as a roadie for a band. Set up the stage for their band. Corey/Rob are also heading to Grunge.

Now all three teams are at Grunge. Joel/Garrett are so close to being done. They finish and the band Smokey Brights comes out and um ... plays. They have to do Grab, then be done with the Scramble.

Rob/Corey finish Grunge and the Black Tones play. Argh ... my blog pool team John/Greg are way behind on Grunge. Finally got it and they are on their way to Grab.

Rob/Corey are at Glass. Garrett is having problems with the trapeze. Joel finally does the Grab right. Then Garrett! They are in the lead. The clue parts end up being a plane with an address in Kenmore, Washington. Meanwhile, the brothers are doing well on Grab, Corey/Rob not so much in Glass. Ah, Rob/Corey finish Glass!

Joel/Garrett get the final clue first. Roadblocks and Detours on kayaks, teams must put in chronological order. Uh-oh ... Rob/Corey seem lost on the way. All three teams are at the kayaks now. Joel/Garrett are SO close to being done but can't figure out why they are not passing the check.

Greg/John finish first and get the clue to head to the Pit Stop. Joel/Garrett make it through now, too.

Pit Stop order

1. Greg/John - my blog pool pick team WIN THE AMAZING RACE 35!

2. Joel/Garrett

3. Rob/Corey

This has been such a good season. 

Survivor 45: The Ex-Girlfriend at the Wedding - Ep. 12 Blog Party

 

Good evening! This is the penultimate episode of the season! Yep, next week is the three-hour (oy!) season finale.

A separate post for tonight's The Amazing Race season finale will magically appear at about 9:25PM ET. So, please shift over to that post for that show. Merci.

I will be live blogging the show the best I can as it airs here on the East Coast. Refresh this page to get the latest updates. As always, the real party is in the comments area. I hope to see you there!

Lifeguard SueGee has updated the blog pool. Here's where we stand:

Austin --- Pearl, Nora M, Sharon N

Drew --- Dr Celine, monty924

Jake --- Donna in FL, TS14Fan

Katurah --- Donna NY, April W

Dee --- Judi Sweeney, Brent McKee

Julie --- Andi, PDX Granny

JURY

Kaleb

Kellie

Kendra

Bruce

Emily

Survivor fans ready?

Time to skip the Previously On segment.

It's Night 21 and they are returning from Tribal Council. Julie is thrilled to be safe. She tells us that Dee is the one who saved her but told the rest that she's mad at her. Austin's amulet is only good until the next Tribal and he must play it then.

Austin tells Dee that they need to get word out that she didn't tell Julie. Dee is acting like she's scared that Julie is going to come after her. Julie comes after Drew, Dee and Austin calling out Reba Four strong. But she tells us that Drew blew it up so it's now game on.

Day 22 dawns. Katurah goes searching for an idol as she knows once idols are used, they are usually back hidden the next day. Dee notices that she's gone. So, Austin and Dee go out looking for her. Austin sneaks up on her. She admits to him that she's looking for the idol before Julie comes out looking for it.

Meanwhile, Julie is up after not sleeping well. Julie talks with Drew. She wants to believe in Reba but ...! She thinks the blindside was done by Drew and Dee's the only one she can trust. Dee and Julie talk and both think Drew is the problem child mastermind who must go.

Time for the Reward Challenge. First person to finish wins a picnic -- helicopter ride to a sandspit to picnic. They must make their way to shore from individual platforms, roll a barrel standing on it using ropes to steady themselves, grab three keys and sliding puzzle.

AUSTIN wins Reward! He picks Dee to go with him. One more spot. He chooses Katurah after telling Jeff he would need to have alliance members to stay at camp to dissuade conversation about booting him.

Drew is bummed that he never gets picked to go on Reward. He feels like he's back in middle school. Julie feels like she is being babysat.

Back at camp, they all seem to be a bit bummed. It turns out that both Drew and Julie have been on a helicopter, and both threw up. Julie knows that Drew is to babysit both her and Jake. They both think they will look for an idol.

The helicopter does a flyover of the camp. Like rubbing salt in a wound. Katurah knows she's a third wheel and sees that there might be romance with Dee and Austin. We get more takes on the showmance.

At camp Jake thinks he's stuck with his two targets. He goes off on his own looking for the idol. He finds a clue to it ... a note that says the idol is in a secret compartment in the raft. He's got it! The last time it can be used is when there are five players in the game.

Immunity Challenge time. One foot on one end of a hinged beam. On the other end is a ball. Ball drops, you're out.  

Julie out, then Jake out. Katurah out. Drew out. It's down to the showmance partners Dee and Austin.

DEE WINS IMMUNITY!

Drew wants Julie out still. I guess we will see about that!

Back to camp, Dee and Austin have a friendly rivalry going on. Austin thinks Juliee needs to go. Same with Drew. Jake, on the other hand, thinks differently. Jake wants to go after Drew. Little does he know, Julie was already wanting to work with Dee to go after Drew. Jake talks to Katurah about going after Drew. Jake thinks he's masterminding it all. But Dee already was thinking the move. They need to make Drew think they are targeting Julie.

Drew thinks it's a clear shot at Julie and that Austin is with him. Dee is considering telling Austin about blindsiding Drew but ...! Time for them to head to the Tribal Council.

Tribal Council Night 23. Jeff brings up the Reward Challenge and the fact that he was worried about who to leave behind. Julie talks about being babysat at camp. Friends, love and voting people out. Drew says the money brings you back to reality. Dee thinks that they're all lying to each other. Alliances not really locked in. Drew thinks if he gets through tonight, he has a clear shot to the end. Julie can't think of it that way.

Time to vote. Drew votes Julie.

Tally time ... Austin plays his amulet for himself. 

Julie, Julie, Drew, Drew, Drew, Drew ... 6th member of the jury. He says no goodbyes. They will be taken to a new place to start over as they get to the end.