LiquidSky

Me too.....while Marti practically climaxed.

Wazootyman

I work at Target... but yeah, I agree, unless you want to buy 20 TVs, you're not going to hit that amount. Also, the largest amount you can load on a GC is $5000, so I imagine he was probably given a cash prize of 20K, but Target just wanted all the face time they could get on the show and spending an extra 20 seconds talking about a Target GC is an extra 20 seconds of exposure.

I'm actually happy they love publicity like that, because Top Chef is currently filming here in Seattle and Target just opened a new Target in Seattle. I have a strong feeling there's going to be an event taking place at the Seattle Target as a result.

Wazootyman

Oh, and as for Emily, I said it at the start, if she could get away from that 50s schtick, she could have been great. She couldn't ans wasn't. I wonder why Alton didn't do more to guide her away from it. He knows how to jump around and play with schtick.

Of the remaining people, I do like Justin, and I absolutely hate hate hate Martie. Please go now. Every week I hope to see her rambling ass go and her ineptitude lets her slink by. I tweeted about her stupid "Martie Party" concept criticizing her and actually encountered a Martie apologist who proclaimed that Martie had run a blog with that title for 2 years. Doesn't matter, don't care. If you're on a show where a previous winner with a similar sounding name used one rhyme, you do not use that same rhyme in your pitch.

davidh777

I liked Michelle at the start, but it seems like the last few episodes she's been emphasizing her "New England" viewpoint. I like seafood and clam chowder, but it's not really an exciting concept to me.

You're probably talking about Aarti? I watched an episode of her original show but don't really cook Indian so I never tuned in again.

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My Other Self

I got caught up this past week with it since I've been watching other shows, but I thought the exact some thing. It's so bizarre she's stuck in that 50s mindset and then when it came to her to open up about her past she completely shut down. I can understand her not wanting to talk about certain elements of the past but she did mention her mom in one segment so I don't know what her deal was.

I honestly don't care for anyone that's left on the show now, but Nikki's face is definitely effed up to the point that if she won a show I'd turn the channel. It's hard enough seeing the close ups of her on the this show.

I'd say the lip gloss guy is the favorite to win. He can't seem to do any wrong.

Vipper II

Pretty nice body, though.

Sweet Baby James

Giada is a true embarrassment.

bluesix

Where is this comment from? Did I miss the part where she walked out and her tits popped out of her dress or did she trip over something and faceplant into Suzy's crotch?

Why the Giada hate? Because she actually has a personality expressing her emotions about her team members instead of being a cardboard cut out Alton and Bobby who act like they really couldn't give a shit one way or the other...

Sweet Baby James

^

Her ego, her over the top cheerleading and her borderline cheating to help her team overcome the challenge was and is pathetic, IMO.

Deftones

Yep. And annoying as hell.

wirefan

I was about to post a similar thing... Giada seems more interested in winning and cheerleading and selling her team so that she wins. The show is about finding a person for the network not about a coach "winning".

On a previous show she did a whole sell job for someone explaining who she was and what the point of view was and why it was interesting (maybe it was Martita?), and Alton barbed "perhaps next time she should tell/show us that" (or something to that effect). I nearly busted a gut at that comment.

Bobby and Alton seem more focused on getting people to improve, coaching them and working on their weaknesses as opposed to selling them so they can win.

davidh777

It's true we saw Giada coaching the contestants but I guess it didn't strike me as particularly douche-y.

Glad to see Martita go but Justin is really the only one who's slightly interesting. I liked the wanton rappers/wonton wrappers joke.

So with the preview showing

joliom

My only complaint was that I thought Nikki did far worse than Ippy in the demo and should have been in the bottom 2 in place of him. That said, he was pretty awful in the producer's challenge and almost managed to save Martita (what did oranges have to do with his story anyway?).

Btw, did anyone else think they should have switched Martie and Michele's monkey wrench moments? I think Martie has a much bigger issue with time management and Michele with maintaining control when she doesn't have the right ingredients and stuff.

misterchimpy

Well at least Martita's Mexican minstrel show is over. I'll have to rewatch it, but I think she briefly lost her accent at the beginning of her presentation, then regained it(and actually overplayed it I thought, as the presentation went on).

I think at some point, they figured out that like Emily, Martita was just playing a character and also like Emily, that character vanished when she got too nervous. Still surprised that they dumped Emily over her in the 'dead air' episode, but they probably thought the Hispanic demographic had more value than the little old lady one. In any case, it was pretty clear that Bob and Suzy had lost patience with her.

As for the final 3, I'm still guessing Justin and Michelle. I'll vote for Nikki for the 3rd, as long as she promises to wear something low cut in the finale.

Jadzia

I'm glad Martita is gone so I no longer have to hear the name "Mar-TEE-Tah" over-pronounced ever again.

It reminded me of the old SNL skit with Jimmy Smits who worked with a bunch of white people who insisted on saying Spanish words with exaggerated accents.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGjty394oyw

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TheBigDave

I don't know if anyone watches Food Network Canada. But I just ran across this:

LurkerDan

actually, it's about both. that's how they set it up.

davidh777

I totally noticed that

Geez, no kidding. Be sure to flick the tip of your tongue off your teeth when you say that.

wirefan

With 2 from each team left, I'm wondering if they just do a head to head to get the 3 finalists (I sense they drove things the last few shows to even out the teams and set that up).

If so I think Justin, Michelle (execs seem to like her), and Ivan? (the cynic in me is thinking his demographic is slightly larger than Ippy's)

LurkerDan

Yvan has also performed better than Ippy.

barelypure

If it's Michelle do they change her appearance? I really don't see her show being that watchable but her sloppy look is not something you see on FN. She may remind people of Guy but he dresses neatly. And the size of her backside, wow...

davidh777

I thought you were saying she looks like a guy

LiquidSky

I'm thinking more along the lines of who would I like to spend an evening slinging back some beers with. Answer: Justin and Michelle.

barelypure

Not knowing you at all, I'd guess you aren't Michelle's type and Justin isn't your type. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

LiquidSky

Actually, I think Justin is kind of cool looking. His personality is what I like. Michelle seems like she would be fun to sling a few beers with.