SemiCharmedLife

Chazz and what's her name...

I'm calling her Wonky Eye-- due to the filter.

Candice thinks Andrew is "pure," ie gullible as hell.

"Love and Affection" in inmate speak = cash and gifts

An inmate with a secret???? That's a new one! 😉

Rob and Tennie are a good looking couple.

At least Blaine is not on this one!

But, of course, all of the above! But, it's cool-- I learned about all of these fashion choices on the teevee!

Yay! We're back! I had to come by for a few minutes to see my peeps and check out the new couples, but I have plans tonight to go see some live music, so I will be leaving early. Hopefully my entrance at the music venue, wearing my tarantula lashes, neon green ombre wig, and deadly spiked fingernails won't turn too many heads. I prefer to fade into the background. 😂 The ambience is just so lovely....and just not so LDL!!!

Thanks for sharing the article. I will be visiting Wisconsin this summer (though the western side) and will look for a fish boil to attend.

I was thinking the same thing, particularly when Manny mentioned the cost of just one of his ingredients- the beef. The team needs to take into consideration that the meat and fish portions may need extra money. And, it wasn't okay for Danny to get only $75 and the rest of the chefs just say, "We'll help you out." They should have reevaluated right then and there. Hopefully, they have learned something about budget before doing additional team challenges or Restaurant Wars. I remember during the last team challenge, one team had a better plan for purchasing ingredients- they cross checked ahead of time who had duplicate ingredients and made sure only one person bought them.

I completely agree with your post. We have had storylines in the past where the chef is set up to fail so a returning chef can waltz in and save the day. I hope this is not the case. I would love to see Anthony get some help/support and continue to make his amazing dishes.

I remember these scenes where the chief stew collaborated/supported the chef. Some chefs would not want that type of collaboration, but I think Anthony would welcome it. I can't fault Anthony for not whipping up burgers and fries for these guests. Most chefs wouldn't consider that yacht fare, unless specifically requested. I wish Anthony would come up with a temporary menu and check with the guests when they arrive, since Fraser is obviously not going to be that helpful when it comes to going over menu planning with cheffy.

It was great to see the queens return, though I miss the reunion format! I was very pleasantly surprised by Megami. She turned it out! I also thought Mirage won her 2nd lip-synch, and wonder if others thought so, as well. I think most of the early out queens got a chance to showcase themselves again. It seemed to be a very positive episode and loved seeing the lip synch battles.

Yes, she was very emotional while asking them to pack their knives. The only saving grace of this double elimination was that both chefs had a failure in their dish. I hate it when one chef loses the challenge and they both have to go. Watching Kaleena and Alisha bicker was super cringe. Also, I'm surprised Kaleena presented a crust that she didn't know well- she said she thought she had it right. Oops!

As a Gemini, her comment did not land well with me. But, on the other hand, I was fine with it. 😂

Yes, I'm in agreement with many of you who were surprised that the chef-testants who made croquettes continued on after learning how many others were making them. But, then again, one of those chefs did win. 🤷🏼‍♀️. I was hoping some of them would change their plans so the menu was more diverse. Too bad Kenny's dish wasn't more delicious...it would have been a nice bite for a hot day.

I agree with many of you calling out Fraser for being unprofessional, complaining about Barbie to Xandi, Paris, Ben. But, in my opinion, I don't think he is 100% of the problem. Barbie didn't feel supported when Xandi and Fraser were off on the beach excursion and should have brought it up to Fraser instead of sulking and giving him the cold shoulder. I think she relies on childish behaviors, probably because she was indulged by her parents. She may be a hard worker, but she is far from professional. Ben completely creeped me out, being so handsy with Paris. That is just wrong on so many levels.

After reading that article, I find what the Belgians did to be extremely silly and way too literal. Miller High Life is not misappropriating the word champagne when they say "the champagne of beers."

It is a very strange strategy that they have done before-- In AS7, there was a title that Raja won- even though she wasn't in the finale for the Queen of Queens crown. So, she earned more prize money than the two other finalists. I always love a reunion. I hope they will give us a bit of that next week, along with the lip sync battle.

I'm looking forward to seeing this season's queens return for the lip synch episode, too. I bet they will bring their A game! I've been rooting for Nymphia since MTQ and am hoping she wows us with her final lip-sync. I can see her pulling off a Sasha Velour- type surprise. We haven't seen her lip sync on Drag Race, though I've caught a few videos on the web and she is good. Sapphira will probably take home the crown, though. The edit seems to be telling the story of her eventual queendom. I would be happy with this outcome, too, because it is well deserved.

She was upset that some fans found her "annoying" and started name calling and fat shaming them. The fans weren't even being nasty, but Q took it there plus some. There is actually a funny meme that came out of it all- an insult generator by Q (Q didn't come up with the generator, just the insults.)

Why don't they just write the check out to Mhi'yah now? Q's Xwitter rampage several weeks ago pretty much confirmed that she didn't end up in the finale.

I would love to know how Sapphira's breastplate grew six sizes during the competition. Sometimes the judges give advice to the queens that they can't take due to the fact that they have already brought their luggage and don't get to go out and shop for something new. Maybe the rules have changed... or maybe DoorDash delivers size 44 DDD breastesses.

No, I would say he has the advantage, having competed in Top Chef before. He may not have shopped for ingredients in Top Chef France, but the other cheftestants haven't done that OR any of the challenges before. From reading these posts, apparently some of the chefs have appeared in other shows featuring cooking contests. But, Kevin has the advantage of having done Top Chef before. I'm sure there are other things that will be different, besides the shopping.