Tiggy's links so made me miss the old stage.

I just watched 5 Guys Named Moe and it made miss all that and the talent pool from that season. As much as I love seeing Mark on my TV again, I hate the All-Star concept and hope they realize it was a mistake and go back to the old format.

Not a single waltz this season. Why?

Why are Simon Fuller and Cecile Frot-Coutaz doing their level best to make me hate a show I once loved so much? The decision to cut no one last night was complete and utter bullshit. This is a competition show. If you can't compete, you should go home. Period. And I love Billy and think Jose couldn't dance his way out of a wet paper sack. But seriously, y'all? Billy should've been out last night. I don't blame him for not dancing, even though he'd been cleared by the doctors. Stepping is hard on the knees even when you are at 100% and given what happened to both Alex and Ashley, he may not have felt comfortable risking it. He has his whole career to think about, not just his place on this show. Nonetheless, Donyelle danced almost the entire last half of season 3 with a broken toe. Natalie danced herself into a knee brace and still tore it up and made top 6 during her season. Fug Princess. Noelle. There are so many dancers who've danced injured on this show. The decision to keep Billy last night was not fair. Not fair to the other dancers. Not fair to the audience. Just . . . no. Ugh. I hate what they are doing to the show this season. Thank god for Cat and her disgusted aside that the judges are just making shit up as they go along this season because honestly. WTF, show? I'm over it.

Mark was divine last night and Abbey Whoever showed Tasty how Faux-Fosse should be done. That whole routine was love and just made it even more head scratching why they keep letting Tasty do Broadway. That kid with the chains was phenomenal and I find it hard to believe that he was worse in other styles than AdeChike has proven himself to be so why is he not on the show while we watch Apple Cheesecake struggle and be mostly charmless week after week again? The ballerina was gorgeous in that piece. Did not care for the male dancer. I wish they wouldn't let the swaybots scream through guest performances. Enrique Iglesias is nothing without his mole.

Last night's show broke me for the season. I will stick it out because I'm addicted like that, but I just can't care anymore.

Just watched last night's show--and I can see why they didn't kick anyone off, and I think if I were Billy I might have also said "fuck it, I know my body, I don't think I'm going to win, and I don't want to fuck myself for the rest of my career". But Jose doesn't belong there. So blah.

Mark is so fabulous, and I loved the opening number. I also liked the ballerina, she was great--not sure if the guy wasn't, or just the choreo didn't give him as much. (Did make me go "Dangit, why is Alex broken, mannnng?!"

I know it is one of the standards in the ballet canon, but I've never seen it and (since I'm currently reading it) I had to wonder how the hell you make a ballet out of Don Quixote.

Enrique Iglesias is nothing without his mole.

That's what it is! I couldn't figure out why he looked so generic.

So, an indication of how little I'm loving this season of Top Chef is that I really didn't give a crap about clearing it off the TiVo. Sigh. I hate this reality show bullshit.

Also, the previews from next week make it seem like my hatred for Alex will grow. Pea puree! The words have lost all meaning.

I went back and rewatched what Nigel was saying about the tour, because I was curious.

It sounds like
a) No Mark. BOO
b) Only Katherine and Russell from last season. No Legacy, Jakob, Eleanor? Odd.

Perkins, I read elsewhere that Jakob for sure has another job lined up and Legacy may as well.