Big Brother 14 September 6, 2012 Recap: Another Double Eviction

Tonight's episode of Big Brother 14 was another double eviction episode, so it's jam-packed with action!

As you may recall, Dan uses the Power of Veto on Jenn and Ian puts Joe up as a replacement nominee.

Big Brother 14 September 5, 2012 Recap: Dan's in Control

Okay, now that I'm all moved, there shouldn't be any more long delays or missing posts. :)

As you might recall from Sunday's episode of Big Brother 14, Ian nominated Frank and Jenn for eviction this week.  They both seem to think it's based on personal reasons, but it's not.  Everyone's wanted Frank out for a really long time.  Jenn is just a pawn, but she somehow thinks she's a threat and thus this week's target.

Big Brother 14 August 26, 2012 Recap

Tonight's episode begins with a little recap of Thursday's double eviction episode.  We get to see some of the stuff we didn't see on Thursday.  For instance, after Boogie leaves the house, we see Frank get incredibly angry with Ian.  After Ian wins HoH, we get to see everyone campaign their position with him before he has to make nominations.  Brittney, Shane, and Dan all want Ian to put Frank up on the block right away, but Ian thinks it would be better to put up Shane and Joe, then backdoor Frank after the Power of Veto ceremony.

Big Brother 14 Recap August 23, 2012: Double Eviction

I'm sorry this is a day late, but I figured it is better a little late than not at all :)

Thursday night's episode was a double eviction, so this show was jam-packed with action.  We begin by seeing the recap of the Power of Veto ceremony where Shane puts Jenn up as a replacement nominee when Frank uses the Power of Veto on himself.

After the veto ceremony, Boogie confronts Shane about how he jerked him and Frank around regarding the replacement nominee.  Everyone can hear Boogie yelling at Shane.  Boogie even calls Shane Dan's b*tch.  Frank informs Shane that he is his number one target in the house now.

Big Brother 14 August 22, 2012 Recap: Passing the Blame

After the nomination ceremony, Frank and Boogie get together and theorize about how they wound up on the block this week.  They decide to go talk to Shane in the HoH room to try and get some answers.

Frank and Boogie keep pressing Shane for why he put them up on the block even though they were all in an alliance together.  Shane blames Joe and the Mystery Box first.  Boogie tells us that this makes no sense.  When they press further, Shane tells them he heard that Boogie and Frank were coming after him and Brittney.  They want to know where he heard that information, but Shane refuses to tell them who gave it to him.

MasterChef August 21, 2012 Recap: The Final Five

We're down to the final five home cooks at the beginning of tonight's episode of MasterChef.  The home cooks all have a Mystery Box in front of them.  What's in the box this week?

Big Brother 14: August 19, 2012 Recap: The End of the Silent Six

Tonight's episode of Big Brother 14 begins with the HoH competition.  As you may recall from Thursday's episode, the houseguests must transfer liquid from one end of a slippery path to the other.  The person who can fill their container and get the cork out first wins the title of Head of Household.  However, there are two temptations available for the houseguests in this competition as well: safety and $10,000.  Once a houseguest wins one of the temptations, he or she is out of the competition and nobody else is eligible to win that prize.

Big Brother 14 August 16, 2012 Recap: Live Eviction

First, I just want to let you all know that I'm in the process of packing and moving, but I'll do my very best to stay on top of the recaps!

Thursday's episode of Big Brother 14 begins with a recap of the veto ceremony where Frank decides not to use the Power of Veto on anyone.  

Brittney is upset that Frank even considered backdooring Dan.  

Big Brother 14 Recap: August 8, 2012: Power of Veto

Tonight's episode of Big Brother 14 was packed with a lot of scheming, game talk, and new alliance building.

After the nomination ceremony where Danielle nominated Wil and Frank this week, Wil is quite angry with Danielle.  Danielle pulls him aside to let him know that he's just a pawn.  She cries and tells Wil how sorry she is.  Wil cries as well.  After they've let it all out, they're better.

Frank is annoyed that he's been nominated for the third time.  He tells us he isn't as big of a threat as everyone seems to think he is.

Big Brother 14: August 2, 2012 Recap

Tonight's episode of Big Brother 14 begins with a recap of the Power of Veto ceremony where Shane takes Ashley off the block and replaces her with Frank.  Ashley is happy to be off the block, of course, while Boogie is furious.  

Shane tells Frank he isn't the target, he is safe from eviction and Frank believes him.  But we all know Frank is the real target this week as Shane's said so in the diary room several times.  Frank tells Boogie that he is safe this week.  Boogie questions Frank about whether he knew he'd be a replacement nominee or not and when Frank says he had an idea that he would be, Boogie becomes upset because Frank didn't run straight to him and tell him this information.  Sometimes I think the coaches act more like parents in this game than coaches....

Big Brother 14: August 1, 2012 Recap

The game is finally taking some unexpected twists and turns!

Tonight's episode of Big Brother 14 began the aftermath of the nominations ceremony.  Janelle has a meeting with her team where she tells everyone they need to suck up to Shane.  Joe doesn't like this idea at all.  He doesn't want to be fake with Shane.  I can relate; I told my roommates I would stink at this game because I'm just too honest.

Big Brother 14 Sunday July 29, 2012 Recap: Coaches Competition and Nominations

As you may recall, Shane won the Head of Household competition on Thursday night.  Tonight he made nominations for the week.  The coach's competition also took place.

MasterChef Season 3 Episodes 14 and 15 Recaps

If you are looking for tonight's Big Brother 14 recap, please click here or just scroll down past this post :)

This will be a combined recap of this week's two MasterChef episodes.

If you were paying attention during the previews of this week's episode, you were probably excited to see Monday night's episode where one of the last eight eliminated home cooks get a chance to cook their way back into the competition.

Big Brother 14 Recap July 25, 2012: Nominations and Power of Veto Competition

There weren't any surprises in tonight's episode of Big Brother 14.  


The show starts with recapping the event that led to Willie getting removed from the game.  Frank has to make nominations for eviction, and it's pretty obvious who's he's going to put up on the block this week.

Big Brother 14 July 22, 2012 Recap: Houseguest Removed from the Game

Tonight's Big Brother 14 episode opens with reviewing the end of the Head of Household (HOH) competition.  Frank's the winner, which isn't a good thing for Willie and he knows it.  Janelle is excited Frank has won and decides to break her alliance with Brittney in order to work with Frank and keep her players safe another week.  Shane worries that he might be a target now that Frank is the HOH.  He says it was good to be aligned with Willie when he was the HOH, but now he is thinking about breaking his alliance with Willie to keep himself safe another week.

Big Brother 14 Episode 4: Live Eviction and Head of Household Competition

I'm sorry I haven't been keeping up with MasterChef and Big Brother lately.  I've had to deal with a personal crisis, which I'm not at liberty to discuss.  But the last thing I want to do is be an unreliable blogger, so I am sorry about that.  I'll do my best to stay on top of the shows!

Tonight's episode featured the first live eviction and some major drama.

On Wednesday, we saw Shane win the Power of Veto competition.  He decided it would be in his best interest to not use it and to keep the nomination the same - Kara and Frank.  Shane wants to show Willie he's serious about wanting to work with him.

After the veto ceremony, Frank goes up to the Head of Household (HOH) room to chat with Willie.  Willie lets him know that if he lays low, he won't be going home this week, Kara will.  Frank feels reassured and lets Willie know that he trusts him more than anyone else in the house.  Why that is is beyond me.

Big Brother Season 14 Premiere: First Eviction

It's time for Big Brother again!  Season 14 premiered tonight (July 12).

We start this season off with 12 new house guests.  The producers show each house guest receiving an invitation to the Big Brother house.  Some of the house guests seem confused because people going to the house usually get a key instead of an invitation.

MasterChef Season 3 Episode 11 Recap

This episode of MasterChef begins with a Mystery Box Challenge.  What's in the box this week?  A sea urchin!  Some of the sea urchin's spines are poisonous, so Chef Ramsay calls everyone down front to show them how to properly take the sea urchin apart.  He lets Christine feel the sea urchin as he demonstrates.

The home cooks have 60 minutes to prepare a dish for the judges.  They are also given access to a pantry with a limited supply of ingredients.

As usual, the judges walk around and chat with contestants as they cook.  Christine feels Monti will have difficulty with this challenge.

MasterChef Season 3 Episode 8: Battle of the Desserts

This episode of MasterChef began with a Mystery Box Challenge.  For anyone who may be unfamiliar with Mystery Box Challenges, the home cooks have to use some or all of the ingredients inside the box to create a dish.

What's inside this week's Mystery Box?  Mike's wishing for a steak!  He gets his wish; T-bone steak, peaches, paprika, corn, and watermelon are among the ingredients in the box this week.  The judges made a big point of making sure everyone knows the ingredients all came from Wal-Mart and only cost $15.....have to make that advertising money and all, you know.

The contestants have 60 minutes to prepare their dishes.

MasterChef Season 3 Episode 7 Recap

As you may recall from last week, Christine and Josh had the two best dishes in the Elimination Challenge and were named team captains for the next Team Challenge.

The contestants are all asleep in their Los Angeles hotel when the judges start knocking on everyone's door to begin this week's Team Challenge.  It's 3am and not everyone is happy to see the judges so early.  This week's Team Challenge is to cook all the breakfast room service orders.  Occupants in the hotel can order: two eggs any style, homemade pancakes, oatmeal, eggs benedict, a fresh fruit salad, or an egg white omelet.