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Just heredity, I think- her sister Doe Doe has the same Pillsbury doughboy thing going on. I think June still had those weird puffy arms and legs even when she was at her lowest weight, so it's not just fat.

The Carrie theme was a mis-step; the whole first half of the show was terrible, imo. And the second half saw only 2 good song choices- Hunter's and Noah's, again imo. I assume this will be Season 10 redux (Scotty/Lauren/Haley), although Leah M. must have a big fanbase to have overcome that ridiculous performance of 'Separate Ways'. Any of the 3 would be OK winners.

Wait, Jessica is a 'model'? Like an OnlyFans-type model? And Alana suggests she become a stripper? Jessica looks like she gained almost all the weight back that she lost, and Alana looks like a barrel. Josh and Pumpkin do make cute babies. I agree that I'd rather watch them than June.

I need more info about why Charity was granted alimony from Mark (?)-$2000/mon.- when she wasn't even legally married to him. Also, they just mentioned the first wife's suspicious death and the 'poisoning', but never followed up on it? I agree he was controlling/pushy, but I believed most of what he said. He should have bailed after the breast reduction turned into $26K worth of liposuction, etc., followed by new implants 😬 She should have sued the surgeon for installing her implants right under her collarbone, too.

He was diagnosed with diabetes (T2) and finally took it seriously. He looks a lot older than 65, though. Everybody else looked and sounded good. What's this about Willie Spence singing the national anthem for the Queen (Liz)?

You know he was a last-minute replacement for singer Ben Platt, right? Derek didn't add much to the show, but Hunter's fangirling over him was kind of cute. Still think Noah's a lock, and showing him belly-kissing his cute baby probably made up for a meh performance. I'm guessing Christian and Jay will be the next ones eliminated. I thought this was a very entertaining show; loved the group song, there were several really good performances, and nobody really embarrassed themselves (except Katie 🙄).

The preview for the new season of 'Road to Redemption' make it look as if it's going to be mostly a custody battle between June and Pumpkin (custody of Alana, that is).

I was kind of disappointed by the big Yo/Harry confrontation. It was just her yelling over his mumbled non sequiturs. Despite her saying she wanted to hear 'his side', she really didn't. I was expecting to hear some funny insults from her, but nah. Stripper daughter bugged with her prissy 'this old dude doesn't have the finances to take care of Mom'- Branwyn appears to be a strapping woman who could easily get a job in a city like Portland -where they seem to be extremely tolerant of criminals and druggies. That said, Chazz is a desperate sadsack, pretty much a twin of Rick. I'm going to guess that Rick/Gollum, Kevin/Tiff, Indie/Harry won't be back. Surely, Rick won't stick around if he finds out about the blushing bride, Kevin didn't seem to want to pursue Tiff, and Harry has other options than Indie. OTOH, I don't think Kaylah-despite all her tough talk-is ready to cut Martell off, and I'm horribly afraid Chance and TayLER will marry, chaos will ensue. The only couple I'm not sure of is Chazz/Branwyn. Depends on how much Branwyn needs the Sharp paycheck.

It's interesting to see on Wikipedia that the old Fox Idol schedule ran from mid-January to mid-May; in 2010, there were 43 episodes. The ABC version has run generally mid-March thru mid-May, with between 16-19 episodes. That's waaay less time for the audience to bond with contestants, and waaaay less time for the contestants to 'grow' and become interesting. Once other singing competitions appeared, the showrunners were forced to prioritize elements that brought in the best ratings, ie the auditions. The audience simply doesn't want to invest four whole months watching top 9 become top 8, etc. anymore. And the pool of quality, undiscovered talent is diluted by the other show(s). I'll still watch as long as it exists, though!

Branwin's stripper daughter is 19?? Her boobs are saggier than Lacey's (age 38).

She dated John Mayer for a while after her divorce from Russell Brand. Her Wikipedia page actually doesn't say how it went, but Mayer's known for a long string of short-term affairs with famous beauties.

I agree with all your observations. I didn't mind the 'song competition', as long as it doesn't become a regular feature (like, more than one episode). You sure could tell that Lionel hasn't really listened to any music since about 1980, though. I left the room before the last performance, but came in to hear Jay's last 15 seconds or so. I've never voted for him before- too many runs, boring song choices, lack of connection- but I gave him the max votes for that. Where has that Jay been? Really nuanced, perfect phrasing, effortless/restrained ornamentation-just beautiful. I thought Nicolina has never sounded worse, although Emyrson was not far behind. Also, what's up with the stylists trying to make Emyrson look like a 45 year old socialite? Poor Tristen, that had to sting. I did wonder about the wisdom of picking 'You Can't Always Get What You Want', though- sort of the equivalent of all the past Idol contestants who chose 'Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me', and then got the boot.

Yeah, that was me- only I thought Christian would do it. However, he still sang a song that isn't at all religious, as if it were religious (Take Me to Church). At least Dan is gone; I was positive he'd make semi finals.

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Raydean and Kay might be 'spiritually married', y'all! How could Lacey have gotten Antoine so wrong? How was he even cunning enough to FOO' her? 😆 The disconnect between the guy in her head, who would appreciate a romantic evening view of the city from on high, vs. the smirking, self-involved baby gangsta' she got is pretty dramatic. Given how filthy TayLER's house looks, as well as her own disheveled self, I doubt that her nether regions are exquisitely hygienic at the best of times, much less when she's roaring drunk.

That eye was the best thing she's done, imo- I was amazed to see that she was able to make an eyelid, which really made all the difference. That guy was only 61? (got the original eye in 1979, when he was 18, so born 1961, right?) He looked 80+ to me. Toe girl was a shrug for me. I guess if you were young and wore a lot of sandals it would be important, but again- I wonder how these things stand up to regular washing and reglue-ing, especially if you're walking around in open shoes? Her mother also looked like some ancient crone, but she surely couldn't have been more than mid 50's (daughter was 16). Beautiful hair, though. That poor earless kid still has pretty serious damage to the left eye and mouth area. Hope the friend with the pittie had insurance.

I was astonished to see the state of his teeth! His bottom teeth seemed to be entirely composed of tartar😬 Yes, these were very bland subjects and not very interesting histories.

It actually made some sense for singers to repeat songs they'd had success with previously. There was no voting last night, and the next show is a week from now, so it's not like it would make a difference in terms of placement; plus some of the audience might be new, so might not have seen the original performance. I agree that it's almost a given, historically, that the 4 who had to be saved will be the first to be eliminated again. Again, Noah makes an admirably strategic song choice. He's either getting (and taking) very good advice from someone, or he's a much more sophisticated person than I had given him credit for.

Fritz and Leah's voices have not wowed me in the past- he can sound whiney, she can sound strident- but those were beautiful performances. Tristen came across as Adam Lambert: The Middle School Years. IMO, of course. Moving from dislike to downright hate of Christian's show-offy style and corny song choices. I'm sure he'll make top 14, and he'll probably do 'Hallelujah' next, replete with a million runs and glory notes, ugh. Speaking of song choices, I've always thought 'Free Fallin' was a sad/regretful song, not the expansive/joyful thing Allegra seemed to be making of it. Also, I'm amazed at Noah being strategic enough to choose a Harry Styles song- wonder if his gf/baby momma suggested that, like she did with his Rihanna number. He's growing on me.

I normally couldn't care less about car ads, but I do like the Lincoln Navigator one with a cover of Sting's 'Walking on the Moon'- very pretty to look at.

I just saw this icky Venus razor commercial, which seems to be a year old-so I apologize if it's already been commented on: The Pube Song I thought their 'Thin Skin' one was gross enough, but this one is actually worse ,imo.

Well, there's a big freestanding sign outside with the name of the clinic- 'Something Prosthetics', so it must be in an office building of some sort. But yeah, the inside shots make it look like a house that's been converted to a studio. I missed the first half of this; what caused Victoria's terrible damage? The new hands would probably look very convincing with a longer-sleeved top, and it was pretty great that she could use the hands for eating, holding her adorable son's hand, etc. I would have liked to see how she got them off in order to clean her arms, and then on again. They looked tight, I assume she only wears them in public. Again, didn't see the back story, and couldn't figure out why the eyebrow guy had decided to have a shiny metal tooth and weird metal? eye. I guess the eyebrow did provide a bit of normalcy, but I wonder why he didn't just go with an eyepatch.

I particularly liked the way you could almost hear her thoughts when she found out that dear old Gramps had basically abandoned Grandma to live with his 'other family'-I think she was close to saying 'I can't believe I let that trifling old goat walk me down the aisle'.

But, but - according to husband #1 and the hitman/boyfriend, she has this magnetic personality! She convinces you she's a victim! I was disgusted that the daughter still visits her in prison.

According to the web, Boone's first album made the 'hot 100' on Billboard last year, and just put out a second album this February. For what any of that is worth.