Double Dose of Reality: The Amazing Race Episode 5 and Project Runway Episode 10

Didn't get around to expressing my thoughts about this week's Project Runway until just after The Amazing Race, so I thought I would combine them. Runway is pretty much the same as last week with Logan and Christopher getting saved from elimination while a not-as-pretty designer gets the axe. Nicholas's look was pretty lame, but so were Logan and Christopher's. Irina did deserve to win, it was the most tailored and imaginative of a sorry lot of dresses. But she's such a bitch. I predict either Christopher or Logan MUST go next unless Gordana really loses her confidence. This will be the first time all of the final three will be women.

I've noticed Tim's critiques are getting shorter and shorter, mainly consisting of "You have a lot of work to do." and "Go, go, go." Also did you notice that for Top Chef both Padma and Tom were nominated for a best reality host Emmy, but only Heidi is nominated and not Tim? He is the show for me. Heidi just comes out at the beginning and says same basically the same thing every week. Then makes the judgement and delivers the same lines at the end. I could recite her lines along with her. "As you know in fashion, one day you are in and the next day you're out..."

On Amazing Race, they stayed in same city (Dubai) two episodes in a row. That's annoying. The past few seasons they have been doing that, maybe to save money, but not this early in the race. Also they started out at 8:17 AM. But they finished the last leg much earlier than 8:17 PM. It was early in the afternoon. I guess the twelve-hour rest period rule is out the window or they only use it when it's convenient.

Team Malibu Barbie and Ken had a big advantage of 90 minutes since they won the fast forward last time. That's another thing I don't like about staying in the same city. If a couple has won the fast forward and there's no flight to another city to equalize everybody, chances are excellent they're going to win. Maghan and Cheyne stayed ahead the whole time without any signs of slipping (except for a brief moment at the hookah challenge).

Some of the dynamics have changed with the Annoying Poker Chicks now actually being honest and nice with the Gay Brothers (It's not clear if they still don't know if the boys are gay, evidence: the Baywatch comment with the Poker women drooling over the brothers' physiques). The two teams helped each other out at the gold-counting challenge by sharing information and a calculator.

Was I drunk or are there more commercials than before on this show. I was downloading the episode onto a DVD while I watching it and it seemed the breaks kept getting longer and longer. When we got to the final break, I thought, "Wait a minute, there's only two teams left and they're both at the last challenge. How are they going to stretch this out to fill up the time?" Just then the Chinese food arrived so I haven't reviewed the whole thing, but I got the jist. The last ten minutes was all about the Nashville girl having a breakdown because she was scared of going down the water slide. That was uncool of the Globetrotters to feed into her fears, but her partner didn't handle the situation properly. He should have encouraged her and let her know he loved her no matter what she did, but that she'd feel much better if she faced her fear and conquered it.

It looks like the next stop is in Holland--due to the little commercial about destinations. Hopefully, the rest will catch up with Meghan and Chayne.

Summary: Day 9--stay in Dubai, paddle to yacht, gold or glass, water slide, Meghan and Cheyne win for the second week in a row, win a watercraft each. Mika and Canan eliminated. Time for a non-elimination next week.