I actually turned TC off 2/3 way into the episode last night because I was so worried they were going to send Jennifer home (she's my favourite) and I didn't feel up to watching that. Poor Laurine, but thank Jebus both Jennifer and Kevin are safe!

Crap! I didn't realize it was going long and didn't see judges table.

Can someone explain this?

Mike V.'s offer was awesome and generous.

The minute Laurine didn't explain the food, I knew she was a goner. The fact that she wasn't cooking her dish herself was also a bad sign. Great food might have made up for it, but it seemed mediocre. Was anyone called out for something really bad?

I don't remember the judges commenting on Laurine's dish at all. But Jen had two with serious problems. (The cloudy bouillabaise and the fish one they called a disaster, IIRC.)

Mike V.'s offer was awesome and generous.

When he won he immediately asked to split the 10 Gs with his team. (Which is brother then got all pissy about and refused @@. I think Bryan's about over the brotherly togetherness.)

Mike V.'s offer was awesome and generous.

He won the $10k that the blue team lost in the quickfire and he split it with the red team.

And could Bryan have been more of a douche? "Oh just keep it. I don't want it."

t likes Michael better.

t still hasn't gotten over the asshole-boy thing

I don't remember the judges commenting on Laurine's dish at all.

I think hers was the lamb the Kevin was cooking inconsistently.

Mike V.'s offer was awesome and generous.

He offered to split his $10,000 winner reward with the team. Which led to that odd kerfuffle with his brother about "professionalism".

Oh, god, I haven't watched SYTYCD yet, but Ashleigh the married ballroom dancer made it in. I HATE that chick. Let's hope she goes home early.

This, and they cut girls that were obviously better than her! (I'm thinking of the girl they accused of having empty eyes.) The whole "growth" thing was total bullshit, if she only did broadway well. Goddamn her bitchface mess, but OTOH, her naked bitchiness is sort of funny.

I'm really happy to see Russell in the top 20. Nigel had better not pair him with Ashleigh. I'm going to have to print out a copy of the top 20 and start shuffling them around to see if I can guess any pairs.

I wish there were heights posted. They do a lot of height-based pairing in the first set, especially with anyone who is unusually-heighted.

There are great photos at [link] Evil Ashleigh in white lace leggings, it is to puke. And so many generic cutie-pants contemporary girls.

Bryan Voltaggio's restaurant Volt is having a Poe-themed evening - you can see the menu at the site.

(Well, you can - for some reason I'm having difficulty bringing it up - I assume it's the same acrobat problem I've been having for some time now.)