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I felt some type of way when Brittany casually mentioned how she regularly hires this particular chef. As if she is some high falutin' rich lady like Patricia on Southern Charm. In terms of Janet's comment about revealing that Nina is in alanon, my DVR on the west coast recorded that and it was in the WWHL episode when I watched it this week.

Here is an article in Scientific American about "old people smell" - tl,dr: it is a real thing, but not as terrible smelling as the lady on this show implied - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/old-person-smell/ The soap lady - I had to mute her and read the subtitles as her voice was at a pitch/frequency that really bothered my ears. Its sad candy lady couldn't pull herself together better. She's made a decent amount of money. Why wouldn't she bring someone on board to help by now if she can't do math? Things like this I don't understand.

This season was underwhelming for me. I also did not care for Lucia. All her songs sounded the same - one trick pony for me. I honestly never listened to Maroon 5 so I didn't even know who Adam Levine was when this show started. I am sure I would recognize some of their hits if I heard them but I wouldn't know the band name. Anyway, I liked Adam's voice and guitar playing in this duet in the finale. Do we know if he had to comply with stricter behavior guidelines for this season? He seemed much more subdued, but maybe its because his trigger, Blake, wasn't there. The dude who won... It was a bit fascinating how Michael was just sooo into that guy! I thought he had a good voice, but I didn't detect anything exceptional there. But Michael was just over the moon. I mean, think about being a serious musician and you never really get a career, and then someone like Michael Buble keeps telling everyone how amazing you are... that would have to be a real boost even if he didn't win.

I was also pleasantly surprised by the 'Stuck on You' performance. It was really nice. I noticed how Lionel seemed to shift into "performing" mode while he sang. Like you could tell that was his stage presence persona, based on decades of doing it. His voice sounds amazing even now. I need to go back and watch some of the finale. I was stressed worrying that John might win over Jamal so I fast-fwd through much of the three hour show and then only got to relax in the last two minutes of it. Nothing against John but it would have been a travesty if he beat Jamal. Its happened before - lesser singers beat the stronger ones. That's why I'm so happy America picked the right one this season.

MY DUDE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I absolutely love Jamal's voice. Probably my favorite of any singing contest winner ever. I love how much emotion he conveys. I love the song that he sang right before the winner was announced. That one just hits me hard. And his little girls are so cute!! And you can tell he adores them. He seems like a genuinely good person. Hopefully no bad things about him come out. I hope he can stay grounded and have a great career. I'm so happy for him. eta - his two oldest girls are named Lyrik and Harmoni - music is clearly in the blood of this family - I don't know what the baby is named.

When Sean told Tyler he couldn't talk to his daughter after getting home from work because she was grounded, he implied that he (Sean) was staying home all day with the children. While Tyler worked. Do we know what's going on there?

I love how when non-family people are featured in this show, the producers ask them directly if they would ever be in a polygamous relationship... and so far every single one has scrunched up their face slightly and immediately said, "aw hell no!" I appreciate that they're being asked and I appreciate the honesty. Upon viewing the third episode, I now believe Sean is the weak link in this group. I also found it interesting that Tyler was openly talking with his sister about what would happen when things fell apart, in terms of the kids. Its clearly something he's been thinking about. To me, he seems like a great guy. Much better than Sean.

I also have a hard time remembering names / relationships on shows like this. The blonde lady is married to Tyler, the dark-haired guy. Then we have bald dude, Sean, who is married to the dark-reddish-haired lady.

I'm watching. I tend to like a lot of reality shows when they are in the first or second season. In this case, I find the dynamic between the two husbands interesting. Its as if they are essentially forced to deal with each other due to wanting to have sex with both their wife and the other woman, and then deciding to become a family. I want to see how things play out between them. Then you have the issue of this group deciding to not find out who the bio father is for the three younger kids. That should make for some odd dynamics as the years go on. I don't think this sort of set-up will stand the test of time. Its bound to implode eventually.

A lot of my faves got knocked out .... I'm not a fan of Josh or the 16yo girl. I wanted Filo and the two other AA singers to stay.

This is very sad! He seemed like a genuinely good person! I remember when I first started watching the show and I thought, this is a very sad and pathetic attempt to re-create Jersey Shore. But I got hooked on this crazy bunch of kids. They were fun and had interesting dynamics. RIP Kirk.

I had a bizarre dream last night. In it, Robyn was going to be buying me a new car. I don't know what Model/make it was, but it had the number 300 in the name. I was so excited about this car. A bunch of other stuff happened, then I woke up. Then I fell asleep again and had another dream in which I was confronting Robyn about my car. Why hadn't I got it yet, what was going on. After being evasive she eventually admitted, tearfully, that she hadn't paid her taxes and the money had to go to that, and I wasn't getting car.

I'm liking lots of the folks who made it through to the top 14. Its unusual for me to genuinely like the voices of so many contestants at once. Usually its only one or two who I really enjoy. Not saying that to imply I have more discerning taste than anyone else, but that's just how it tends to go. So having a bunch of folks that really sound great to my ears is wonderful. I feel like there is a lot of solid talent in this group. I really like Jamal, I also like the "mom" , and others whose names haven't yet stuck in my brain. Did the guy whose mom cries all the time go through? I like his voice. I was surprised the guitar playing dude from Hawaii went through. To me his voice is good but not exceptional.

Am I the only one who doesn't think Janelle is ever going to be destitute? Reasons: 1. She owns a large piece of property (so portions could be sold off in future). 2. She currently has enough funds to build a house even after buying property. 3. She has income from the show 4. She has income from her MLM (not sure if she still does it though), 5. She got , what $300K (?) from Coyote Pass sale, if invested properly that is a good retirement nest egg. 6. Assuming she paid her taxes on her TLC and MLM income, she will receive SS and Medicare. (I would have thought the IRS would have caught them by now if they weren't paying taxes, but who knows). She also had a work history prior to TLC. An important caveat: what is her current income to spending ratio? Is she living within means, and saving/investing the rest, spending what comes in, or spending more than she brings in.

All I can say with Mina is "project much?" - who is the snake here? Mark is a damn idiot and I loved all of his family giving him shit about it at the BBQ.