blue team-related stories
Posted Oct 14th 2009 1:24PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Watercooler Talk
I haven't watched this season of
Hell's Kitchen since the second episode. But I have them all recorded just in case I wanted to get back into it and maybe I'll take one of these weekend days and do a marathon. Of course, since I'm writing this post I already know who won, but it won't ruin the season for me. It's all about the journey (and a chef yelling at people).
So were you surprised by who won?
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Posted Oct 14th 2009 2:31AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: OpEd, The Biggest Loser, Episode Reviews
(S08E05) It's been a lot of fun seeing Bob and Jillian working together to help everyone on the Ranch lose weight and become better people. It was a good idea to pair up these total strangers as teams of two, so that they could develop a personal support structure. Everyone was in a good and happy place, and things were moving along.
Everyone except for Tracey. It is amazing how soundly she is despised in this game by nearly everyone there.
But still ... one big happy family, right? Wrong! This week everything we thought we knew about this season was thrown out the window, and once again a single contestant was given ultimate power in how the new face of
The Biggest Loser would play out. At least until they change it again.
Continue reading The Biggest Loser: Week Five
Posted Mar 12th 2009 8:03AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd
I was really enjoying this season of
The Biggest Loser. The addition of the "Couples" formula created a built-in connection for the contestants and established a bigger one with me as well. There was something special about rooting for these friends and family members to go for it together. The show was inspirational and generally uplifting, unlike most reality competition shows. These guys knew they were there for a much bigger and more important reason than the money.
Then, a few weeks ago, all that got kind of tossed out the window when the pairs were thrown into two competing groups, even splitting up father and son duo Ron and Mike. Suddenly everybody got really intense and competitive and got their "game" on. Filipe summed it up pretty well this week saying that when he was training with Bob he was thinking about his family and his reasons for wanting to lose weight and be on the show. Now that he's on Jillian's team he thinks about the game. And this week it all went so wrong.
Continue reading The new teams on The Biggest Loser are sucking the joy out of the show
Posted Feb 27th 2009 1:04PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd
This week on
The Biggest Loser, Alison switched things up turning this from a "couples" game into a "team" game. In an effort to balance the playing field again, the ten remaining contestants were being split into two teams, determined by the flip of a coin. What this meant was that the chance existed that one team may be split up. There were two contestants, Dane and Helen, who'd already lost their partners, so teams could have stayed intact but it was unlikely.
Ultimately, of all the teams there was one that absolutely needed to stay together. I've been a big fan of the Brown Team for a few weeks now. We've gotten to watch some pretty touching moments between Ron and son Mike, and Mike has proven himself to be a genuinely decent kid. However, Ron has really been struggling to hold his own. Their trainer Bob even told Mike point blank that he was going to need to carry his father through the weigh-ins. If ever there was a team that needed one another, it was the Brown Team.
Continue reading I'm not sure if the new Blue Team "gets it" on The Biggest Loser
Posted Jan 29th 2009 10:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews
(S05E01) "Who cooked the diapers?" - Chef RamsaySo, another year, another group of supposed chefs, battling to see who gets $250,000 and a position at a top restaurant. This season it's the head chef position at the Borgata in Atlantic City. First off, can we talk about the names of some of the contestants this season? The players this season include J, LA, Ji, and Coi.
J? LA? Ji? Coi? Those aren't even names, they're Scrabble words. Luckily, we have a Charlie, a Ben, and a Danny to balance things out.
This season, we don't get to know the contestants before they arrive at
Hell's Kitchen (except for a scene of the contestants being picked from the group of finalists). There's no video of them making the trip to L.A. and no disguises by
Chef Ramsay to infiltrate the group. After a roundup of the previous seasons (and a big preview of this season), we get a promise that this is going to be the best season of the show ever (I think they say that every year) and go right into this season's action with the cooking of the signature dishes.
Continue reading Hell's Kitchen: Day One (season premiere)
Posted Jul 17th 2007 3:00PM by Scott Johnson
Filed under: BewbTewb
Posted Jun 26th 2006 10:28PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Food/Home/DIY, FOX, OpEd
(S02E04) Finally! Chef Gordon Ramsay says what I - and most of America, I'm sure - have been saying since the first episode: these contestants aren't chefs, they're just a bunch of fast food cooks, and none of them are fit to run a multi-million dollar restaurant at a billion dollar hotel. Yes! One of the truer moments in reality TV show history.
This week the teams not only have to get through their fourth service, but also have to make lunch for the first time - for several screaming, hyper kids.
Continue reading Hell's Kitchen: Episode 4
Posted Jun 12th 2006 11:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, FOX, OpEd
(S02E01/S02E02) As the second season of this reality show begins and the players are introduced, I'm really not sure who the hell deserves a multi-million dollar restaurant at a billion dollar Las Vegas resort (Red Rock). Seriously, which of these people would you entrust that kitchen to? Maybe Heather? The others don't really impress.
Here's the rundown on the other contestants and the first meals they make for chef Gordon Ramsay:
Continue reading Hell's Kitchen: Episodes 1 and 2 (season premiere)
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