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Legally Blonde Live Blog: "They Loved It... Okay Now I'm Going to Go Die"
Hey everyone we are down to the final 8 on Legally Blonde: The Search for the Next Elle Woods. At this point I actually can live with most of the girls winning except Cassie and Emma (annoying and mean to other girls) and Celina (doesn't look like Elle and last week I thought was the worst after watching full clips of their performances).
Anyway on to tonight's show. We pick up with the three girls who survived the last elimination- Lauren, Celina, and Emma, walking back into the house. The other girls speculate on who will be eliminated of the four. They agree they'll be shocked if Emma goes home (again, I like her voice, but she's too arrogant for my liking). They also surprisingly agree they'll be surprised if Celina doesn't return. They apparently agreed with the judges, who put Lauren and Lindsey in the bottom 2 last week as well. When the three survivors come in the girls call a temporary truce and hug in sadness at Lindsey's departure.
Emma takes her trip to the bottom four really hard, and admits she lost confidence as a result. Good, maybe I'll start liking her now that she's not as overly confident.
Meanwhile Celina still is upset by Cassie's comments from the previous week. I still think she was talking primarily about Bailey at that moment, and I think the girls should just move on and focus on their next assignment. But of course they don't do this and Celina confronts Cassie about her comments. Autumn then gets in on the act, along with some of the other girls. Cassie is shocked by this reaction and says she didn't realize she was throwing them under the bus by saying what she said. I think that's a little stupid for her not to realize what she was doing but I do feel a bit bad for her as the others "gang up" on her and because they all waited until now to express their dislike for her. Cassie then admits she doesn't have many girlfriends (can't imagine why!) and thus isn't used to talking to them. The girls tell her nicely just to think before she speaks (good advice) and tell her that she's taking things too personally. Okay now I understand the girls' point of view and I actually think they were very kind yet direct with Cassie about what she has to improve to make more friends in the house. I still do think they could have talked to her sooner, since they appeared to shun her even before her comments last week.
The next morning the girls get a call sheet telling them to go to a studio with a notebook and pen. The girls hitch taxis (what no limo like on ANTM?) and head over there. The girls have no idea what is next, and neither do I.
When the girls open the door to the studio they see Haylie with two little dogs! Aw they are so cute!!! I love Bruiser!!! Holding them is Bill Beloni, animal trainer for the show, and her assistant Kylen. Still don't get what the pen and paper are for... The two dogs are Boo-Boo and Teddy. Such cute names!
Haylie tells the girls they must learn to bond with the dogs. They will take the dogs back to the hotel at the end of the workshop. Apparently Laura Bell Bundy used to have sleepovers with the dogs too just to get to know them. That's so cool! (Can you tell I love dogs?) Anyway the girls are excited as well. Bill will then decide the next day who wins the reward.
Bill teaches the girls some simple commands for the dogs, like "heel", and "stay". Bill says the girls must look comfortable with the dogs. He warns Cassie to look more comfortable with the dogs (she looked like she almost wanted to put him down) and warns Bailey not to drag the dog's leash.
The girls bring their dogs home to the hotel and the dogs get a bit excited. Some of the girls chase after them, but Emma says that would just excite the dogs more, which may very well be true. Autumn and Lauren seemed to bond well with the dogs, while the dogs seem to ignore Cassie's commands.
Emma wakes up feeling really sick. Maybe she's allergic to the dogs? Just a thought. Anyway Bill comes over to the hotel to announce the winner. Haylie announces the prize will be a date with the dogs along with Richard Blake, who plays Warner, Elle's boyfriend at the start of the show. Wow they are getting practically the whole cast in on this show. Ooh he looks cute in his glasses onstage.
Bill has the girls lead the dogs in several commands, and they all seem to do pretty well. The dogs listen really well. Uh oh here comes Cassie. Sure enough the dog refuses to "stay" for her. And the winner is... (after a commercial break, of course) Autumn. Not surprising considering how she dealt with the dogs in the hotel and in front of Bill. Autumn has been coming on in recent weeks and I'm liking her more and more each week.
Autumn then of course has to pick someone to go with her. She picks fellow redhead Celina. Cassie of course complains about not having any good friends in the house and thus never being chosen to go with others on any of the rewards. Wasn't she just chosen last week? Plus if she actually won the challenges she wouldn't have that problem.
Haylie then says the next audition will be the song "Serious" with Richard Blake himself. So of course that helps Autumn and Celina who get to meet him beforehand. It's the song when Warner says he's breaking up with Elle, which means acting will be required as well. Richard really does have a great voice as well- I can see why he got the part of Warner.
Autumn and Celina go to a dog boutique (of course) and meet Richard, who comes bearing flowers, champagne, and chocolate. Aw what a gentleman! Too bad he plays a jerk in the show! They tell him about the experience so far. He seems like such a great guy (and really cute too!)
The next day the girls meet Denis Jones, the associate choreographer who will help teach the girls this scene. It tests not only their singing but their comedy and acting as well, as Elle has to make the audience laugh with her overreaction to Warner dumping her. Seth, the vocal coach, asks if the girls have been dumped, and most of them have, save for innocent and young Lauren.
Autumn seems confident in her ability. The scene looks funny- Elle has to start singing only to be interrupted by Warner, who says he's not finished. Cassie looks a bit too sexual while swaying as Warner sings. Emma is still really sick. Apparently it's from the quitting smoking so suddenly. Who knew quitting smoking made you sick as well? But that very well may the reason since Seth says he had a friend who had a similar problem after quitting smoking. Like I said I don't really like her because of how she acted in the pilot but I'm coming around towards her and I would feel bad if she got eliminated as a result of this.
Seth and Denis tell Bailey she's not acting devastated enough at the breakup. Seth tells her that the judges didn't want her back this week. This seems a bit hard to believe since she wasn't even in the bottom group. Sure enough, it's just a ploy to get her to show the devastation she needs to show in the scene. I had a feeling when I heard that line in the previews it would be taken out of context.
Emma goes to a doctor right after the audition. And it's bad news- bronchitis that is becoming a sinus infection. I wonder if she's going to drop out because of this. It seems to be getting worse not better, which is also not good for her.
Now it's audition day. Emma tries to drink lots of water but she fears she might not be able to audition. Cassie also feels nervous but Autumn is again confident. Be careful, or you might start to annoy me with arrogance like Emma is.
The girls head to the audition and see Haylie wearing a stylish blue dress. Again we meet Bernie, Heather, and Paul. And then Richard comes out. He compliments on their looks. Aw I really want to go out with this guy (I wonder if he's single?) Anyway the girls promise they'll try to focus on the scene and not on his looks.
Up first is Rhiannon. I think her goofy style will suit her well in this scene. I don't really like the singing but she was funny, especially when Warner tells her he's breaking up with her. The judges seem to love it as well. She'll be around another week.
Next is Cassie. We skip to the end of the scene when she's trying to get over the devastation of the breakup. I don't really buy the emotion from Cassie here, although she is a bit funny while crying. The judges again agree and don't buy the emotion either. Bernie says he doesn't see her as Elle. Cassie apologizes for disappointing the judges, a surprisingly classy act on her part.
Then it's Bailey's turn. She's funny too. Lauren is only really shown singing not acting, and since singing is her strong point she sounds great. The judges like it too, and since only a small clip is shown I'm guessing she's safe too. Then we cut to Natalie mid-song. Again, just singing, which she does well, but no acting, but the bit when she loses track of where Warner is was funny. Next is Celina, who needs to rebound after last week. We go to four simultaneous shots of the breakup moment for each of the four. It's hard to watch all four at the same time but I think Lauren's and Bailey's were the best of the four.
Now judges comments. They feel Bailey is consistently good but needs to bring more and not just copy Laura Bell Bundy each week (I thought the point was to be like Laura Bell since she does it so well). Anyway they feel Natalie too must set herself apart from the pack, while they think Lauren did just that (good my favorite is safe for another week). As for Celina, the judges didn't see the comedy in her routine. She may find herself in the bottom three again this week.
Next up is confident Autumn. I hope she lives up to her expectations. I actually thought it was pretty good but the judges said her timing was off. Odd since she had the extra chemistry with Richard after her reward challenge. That's the second week in a row where the challenge winner hasn't reaped the benefits in the audition. She at least admits afterwards that she choked. Maybe last week's performance will save her.
After the break we get to see if Emma's voice will hold up in her audition. She has the overly cute beginning down. Now for the singing. Her voice doesn't sound too bad. Her reaction when Warner breaks up with her is okay but there were better ones early on. I really do like her devastation when she tries to come to terms with the breakup at the end of the scene. She's nearly in tears and is really believable. The judges love her too. She's growing on me a bit too, especially with her performing well while still obviously sick. They said her acting was good too, which is good for her since that's not her strongpoint, but it was tonight. After her audition she tells the camera, "They loved it! Okay, now I'm going to go die!" Great line!
Deliberation time. The judges overall are impressed. Based on their earlier comments I say the bottom three are Cassie, Celina, and Autumn, and I think Autumn will get a pass since it's her first time in the bottom three. The judges say Rhiannon was the best, Lauren was unique and colorful, Autumn's timing was off, Emma was great, Celina is not the role, Cassie was whiny and unbelievable, Natalie was flat, and Bailey was not herself. So Bailey and Natalie may be in the bottom three mix as well but it still seems that Cassie (in my view) and Autumn (in the judges' view) were the worst, and Celina has not looked like Elle since she got there, so they should be the bottom three.
Now Haylie reads off the list. Either Rhiannon and Lauren should be first, or maybe Emma for her great performance through illness. Those three are the only ones definitely safe in my view. Indeed Rhiannon is first, followed by Emma and Lauren. Did I call that or what?
Bailey thinks she's next, which likely means she may be in the bottom three. Or maybe not, as she is called next. So now it's down to four girls and only one is safe from elimination. And that girl is... (after another break) Natalie. So no surprises in the bottom this week, as we are left with three non-blondes on the hotseat. Like I said before I think Autumn was so good last week and has not been in the bottom before, leaving Celina and Cassie, and honestly I don't really care who leaves out of those two. I guess I want Cassie to leave just because she's annoying offstage, while Celina is fine off-stage but just doesn't have the look.
Autumn says she knows she did poorly and deserves to be in the bottom this week. Again, good for her for admitting this. Celina thinks she did well but says maybe Elle is just not her part, which may indeed be the case. Cassie of course is the complainer of the group, saying she's never seen the material before, so the judges should cut her some slack. Well the other girls hadn't seen the material either and they did just fine, so Cassie is obviously just making excuses.
The judges tell the girls what was wrong with their performances. Bernie says Cassie would make a good understudy, and even that may be a bit kind after tonight's performance. Cassie says she doesn't want to be the understudy. She seems a bit condescending to Bernie. Bernie apparently meant that Cassie could learn as an understudy, but Cassie snaps back that she wants to be a star. Her rudeness here may come back to haunt her later on. Bernie says that Celina didn't make the judges laugh, and Celina jokes that she was maybe too subtle. Heather then correctly points out that Elle is not supposed to be subtle. Ouch! Autumn admits again she had her worst performance, and Paul also correctly points out that you can't even have one bad day when thousands watch you on Broadway each night. At least she admitted her faults unlike Cassie.
The judges announce their decision. And Celina is cut rather abruptly. When the judges said her name first I thought they would say she was safe and leave it down to Autumn and Cassie. But instead the judges are quick to dismiss Celina. She has a good voice, but doesn't have the Elle vibe, and I'm a bit surprised she lasted this long. I wonder if the quick elimination means a double elimination? I know I said the same thing last week but I always try to guess "shockers" before they occur. (Just as I predicted Michael Johns would go home on Idol once he was in the bottom three because I thought that would be the most shocking result). Celina graciously exits and says she learned a lot on the show.
Wow did I call this or what? Just as Celina leaves, Bernie tells the girls another one of them is getting cut. It should be Cassie based on her inconsistent performances, along with her rudeness to Bernie tonight. Bernie indeed tells Cassie she's inconsistent, and tells Autumn she was just bad tonight. Indeed Cassie is cut as well, so the tension in the house is gone. Cassie is surprisingly also gracious in defeat, congratulating Autumn as she heads back to the hotel. I can't wait to see next week's show when the girls react to only one girl coming back to the hotel. She even calls Bernie "sir" at the end.
The only bad thing is now I'm running out of girls to root against!!
But of course the old Cassie comes out at the end, as she bitterly tells the camera that she worked hard and was improving. Well she may have worked hard but so did the other girls, and she clearly wasn't improving or she wouldn't have been in the bottom two weeks in a row.
Next week certainly looks good. The girls have to dance on a sidewalk. Not only that, but they must decide as a group who the worst singer, dancer, and actor is in the bunch. That seems a bit harsh. And one girl (looks like Autumn) runs out of the audition in tears! Looks depressing but entertaining!
So thoughts on tonight's double elimination. Anyone else see it coming like I did? And were the right two sent home? Post your comments below.
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Jun 23, 2008 11:34 PM
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The cuts were right on this week. Both of them were out in left field as far as Elle Woods is concerned. It was sad to see Cassie freak out at the end accusing and blaming and whining. But maybe it's just her age. Makes for good TV material i suppose. Seems like the editors have been having a field day with her footage.
Rhiannon was awesome and perfect in this scene - well deserving of top of the list. Hoping Autumn will get past her bad days, she was my favorite until "Serious"...
I'll definitely be watching this week and probly all the rest too. Legally Blonde has got me hooked. Thanks alot MTV
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Jun 25, 2008 8:01 PM
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