All the girls seem to be kind of "buddy-buddy" tonight; they sit around talking about how they actually want to do a Cover Girl commercial (foreshadowing!) and then have a lovely dinner. It's pretty clear there are still "sides" though; Celia, Natalie and Allison seem to keep together more than mingling w/ the other girls.
But it's also pretty clear that Natalie is still an Asshole. After dinner Teyona and Aminat ask that everyone clear away their own plates (a reasonable request) but Natalie thinks it's better that she just sit on her ass and let everyone do the washing up. Aminat's logical reaction is to call her a "bitch", which isn't necessarily true - however, "arrogant" is and she does call her that.
Instead of taking that as a sign that maybe she is kinda worthless in every way, Natalie complains to Fo, who pretty much seems like she doesn't care. The BEST part though is when Natalie explains why she didn't get off her ass and help: she's from a "better/wealthier" community and isn't used to cleaning up.
Oh. OK. That's cool then.
Exercise: Acting w/ a partner
The premise is basic - the girls are given a line by Paulina and are instructed to say the line w/ a certain emotion. Surprise, surprise when half of them couldn't even manage that...
Celia/Aminat: "I've never said that to anyone"
A: bossy C: pitifully (Celia was better/Aminat came across as threatening)
Teyona/Natalie: "I've never said that to anyone"
T: shockingly N: threatening (Teyona was hardly shocking/Natalie was pretty good)
London/Fo: "You've got to be kidding me"
L: pitifully F: threateningly (both girls were pretty good!/Fo be crazy!)
Allison/Thalia: "You need to get out of here"
A: arrogant Th: ecstatically (Thalia is just nasty, can I say that enough?/Allison...whatever)
Let me just interject here:
It's kind of annoying that the producers keep paring Celia and Aminat up, hoping for something to happen. As ghetto as Aminat can get, she not dumb enough to start shit in front of a judge.
Same goes for throwing Teyona and Natalie together. And notice that there's a lot of black/white pairing going on too?
I think (officially) London and Fo might make it to the Top 4. Both have been flying pretty low under the radar and have been either consistent (London) or getting much better (Fo).
Paulina called Allison and Thalia the "mild mannered" girls. This must be code for "neither of these girls is going to win, let alone break the Top 4." So that's kinda sad. Also, Thalia is an Asshole too.
After the exercise, the girls are charged w/ learning a script about a "has-been model" that is running late for a fitting. Paulina announces that they are going to be acting with......CLAY AIKEN!!!! Who gives a shit? And I give even less of a shit that Clay and Tyra are supposedly "close personal friends." The only way I could marginally care is if they hung out and did karoke to "Ebony and Ivory."
Challenge: Acting w/ Clay!
- London did a great job and has some natural talent on stage.
- Aminat was better than I thought she was going to be.
- Natalie is basically Stanky at everything she does.
- Teyona, once again, managed to make an impression that could only be measured w/ a (-).
- Allison was also pretty "eh."
- Fo came across as a major Drag Queen, which was super fun to watch.
- Thalia can't even act like a human being, let alone a "has been model."
- Celai also did the Drag Queen but was hilarious and perfectly over-the-top.
Winner: London! Good for her, she's been kind of in the middle lately. She won $5,000 in jeans and some other clothes from some fashion place that I've never heard of.
It was a shot-lived victory when she got home though: turns out London has been struggling w/ her weight lately (she's already pear-shaped) and seeing all the better proportioned girls sliding into HER jeans couldn't have helped.
Photo Shoot: Cover Girl commercial
So, their wish came true! HA! Oh, and they get to hang out w/ MyKey (how the fuck do you spell that?), the only Top Model to have no personality whatsoever. Hmmm...maybe Teyona has a chance.
This commercial is a little different, following in this cycles favorite "let's fuck w/ them" theme of groups. There are two groups that will be filmed. Each girl will get a chance to say all the lines, while the other girls get to try to out-shine her in the background.
Group One:
Celia was OK, she tends to come off a little "odd" in front of the camera.
Teyona set the standard for Retarded by staring at the Teleprompter through her entire performance.
Aminat managed to bring the Stank and look mad AND dead at the same time. Impressive.
Allison rushed through everything and didn't look at the camera either.
Group Two:
Natalie messed up right off the bat and just went on being "whatever."
Fo wasn't that good either.
London was OK but came off a little crazy - I think "door-to-door salesman" was said.
Thalia also messed up, who would have thought? FUCK, I seriously hate her. She had to be by far the worst and even Mr. J said she lacked "spirit/energy."
I really enjoyed how Thalia seemed to be stuck w/ the line "I like full coverage!" And I'm impressed that she didn't bitch about it. But then she started talking about how she still needs more confidence...sigh.
Panel:
I thought it was pretty odd that Clay Aiken was on panel. Sure, he read a few scenes w/ the girls but those were for the stage and were open to interpretation. Cover Girl commercials are super scripted and you are expected to perform in a very specific way...
- Celia: I liked her and thought she was pretty natural, editing in wonderful (though her hair looked super crazy)/judges liked her too, but Tyra (still butt hurt) said she looked old.
- Teyona: daaaamn! She looked like Vivica A. Fox!/the judges didn't care for her poses and movement and she squinted too much.
- Allison: came off kinda weird/they said she looked good but sounded bad and Trya said it was like getting "punishment" listening to her. She also got chastised for wearing the same thing twice.
- London: she came off badly, really odd/"slouchy", "sloppy" and "hardness" were used to describe her. Then, like a cherry on top, Paulina told her not to wear shorts again - ouch! But she did look pretty bad (and the extreme close-up didn't help).
- Natalie: yawn!/the judges didn't care for her either. They thought she was forgettable, too stiff and even got over-shadowed by London. I think someone even said she seemed fake!
- Fo: still came off rushed but it was better after editing/"sounded like you were chewing gum"!!
- Thalia: she was whatever - not terrible/while they said she has a good Cover Girl face, they didn't like her performance. She was too mean looking and tended to fade into the background. HA!
Commercial Break: Heather is still working!! And studying video game art!!
Negative
Allison
Fo
London
Aminat
Natalie
Positive
Celia
Teyona
Thalia
Called First: Celia!!!
Thunderdome Battle! Deathmatch!
Allison vs. Thalia (finally)
Tyra chastised Allison for not being versatile and having "one face." But she does come off as editorial, so that's cool. But I still hate that complaint: you can't change those eyes and they are going to be difficult to work around but that's what you heir her for - her look.
Thalia "has a great look for Cover Girl" but the judges weren't sure if she was comfortable being in front of the camera. DUH!!!! Mr. J as said it, Celia said it, THALIA SAID IT, and last week the judges even questioned it. And it's taken them this long to figure it out...
Going Home: THALIA get the FUCK out of here!
According to Thalia her biggest challenge was "myself." That's a god dammed understatement if I've ever heard one. But she came away from this fucking train wreck thinking that she was a great role model.
NO, NO YOUR NOT. Scott McIntyre from American Idol is a role model because he has persevered and excelled despite his handicap (which he's had from birth, longer than Thalia). On the other hand we have Thalia who chose to go into a business that bases your value on looks alone, as opposed to any sort of talent. Whenever this became challenging she would whine about it and complain that it was too hard and that she didn't want to be there. When things were going well she flip-flopped like a bi-polar.
NOT ROLE MODEL MATERIAL.
Next Week: The girls get direct each others shoot and there might be another argument!!
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