America's Next Talk Show Guests

OK so it's Friday, and we all know what that means: America's Next Top Model!!!

I have to say, this cycle has possibly been the most all round frustrating. Sure, last cycle I was consistently infuriated by the judges decision to keep Jade every week (especially the week Molly Sue went - worst decision in ANTM history!), but I really feel like this cycle is worse. It seems like there are some girls there that the judges consider to have great "potential" to be models, and therefore keep giving them chances. Now I'm all for that, but really after 6 weeks competition, they should actually be giving great shots or going home.

Before I start my rant, I just have one question for you all to ponder:

How in the world is Jaeda still in the competition?

I'm not saying I totally disagree with all of the eliminations so far, least of all Christian & A.J. And yes I was extremely glad to see the last of Monique the Psycho. But they actually toyed with the idea of letting her stay, even though all her previous photos had been pathetic (throwing cell phone shot anyone?) and I do remember last cycle when Danielle was told by Jay that if she didn't do the photo shoot she would be going home. So let me get this straight; Danielle gets out from hospital and has to go for a trek through the jungle or she is eliminated, but Monique - who was genuinely sick too - gives up on doing a photo shoot on a moving runway and she gets sympathy and the option of being judged by her previous efforts??? Oh that's right, she had potential

Then there are the two models who should have gone home at least 3 times now; Jaeda and Eugena. I just don't get it... neither of them have done anything even remotely decent, yet every week we hear the same thing from the judges: "We see a girl who has the potential to be a model". Whoop-dee-do. Maybe they do - I mean, I'm sure not experienced with models or the fashion industry and I would think that Tyra, Nigel & J* know better, but when do they start accepting that these girls are useless and have the modeling ability of a Big Mac. And I'm not talking about one of those 'made for commercial-picture perfect' Big Macs, I'm talking about a 'fresh off the grill in the middle of rush hour and made by an acne prone-intellectually and hyngienically challenged teenager' Big Mac!

*(notice I don't include Twiggy there? Only thing she knows better than me is how cool it was to have a cameo in The Blues Brothers)

Last week was seriously the most infuriating episode since the infamous Molly Sue vs Jade decision. First of all, Brooke's pictures that week weren't that bad - I actually think her Romance Novel picture was kinda OK. Wasn't awesome, but not that bad. Then you look at Jaeda's - it was way too obvious that she was physically repulsed by Fabio, and it came through so strongly in her picture. Good professional conduct there. And then you have Eugena, whose picture I don't even remember - but I do remember that it was lame. But what drove it home for me, was that when we had the 'look back' at Brooke's shots from the series, some of them were actually really good. Most people will know that I have never been much of a fan of Brooke at all, but that little retrospective made me think "Hey, this girl has done some seriously cool shots. What have Jaeda and Eugena done?" The answer is NOTHING!

Except stink up my screen with their crying and moaning. Seriously, if I have to hear Jaeda cry about her hair one more time I'm going to fly to the States and slap her myself. You had a bad haircut - big deal. You moan for a week and get over it. Or wear a hat. Or accept the fact that you look like a man and become a drag queen; I don't care, just go home and get off my TV!

And then there is Anchal... this girl is like a dream come true for Tyra; wants to be a model, not white, and has such a lack of self-esteem that she needs support and to be constantly told she is good. And we all know that Tyra just wants to be Oprah, so what better way for her to show the world she cares by helping this needy little girl? Every week - no matter how bad her photo is - Tyra puts on her best caring voice and tells Anchal just how beautiful she is. I can't wait for the Tyra Banks Special where these two sit on the couch and discuss all of Anchal's image issues, and how she only managed to survive on ANTM because of all the love and support she got from Tyra.

And I was comforting myself with the hope that one of those three would be leaving tonight... but now I see that it is the whole 'story so far' episode, where we see all the stuff we've already seen and no one gets eliminated. Boring. But I've just been to the TV3 website, and it looks like May 11th could be a good episode to watch:

The Girl Who Breaks Down [PGR]
Fri 11-May 19:30
During an intense acting challenge, one model chastises the group while another reveals something traumatic in her past.


Oh yeah that sounds like good entertainment!