For starters, I want to reflect back to last season—the teams (especially myself) who did well got the least exposure during the initial episodes. As such, I’m predicting that Wes and Sarah, Joe and Brittany, Ankur and Jennipher… those couples will be going deep into the season.
Chris and Amanda switched up with Brandon and Tristin. Amanda didn’t have to strangle herself, Tristin explained to Chris that he acted like a pompous ass and he discovered that it takes a lot more than a brief apology to soothe ruffled feathers.
I remember thinking, “Karaoke? I would have preferred that to dancing in front of a crowd…” Then I saw the camera moving around, showing a completely filled nightclub and changed my mind. Tyson rocked the house and I haven’t the slightest idea how he worked his Rubik’s Cube into his routine, but it worked.
I was in debate in high school, but we always got to prepare a speech and read from notes while presenting our argument to the judge. We only had one topic to focus on, so we rarely diverted to talking about stuff like our nifty debating outfits. (No offense, ladies.) Cher scored big points by talking about her grandmother regarding Social Security.
That’s one thing I noticed about the scores: both winners got over 70% of the votes, in part because they worked their personal experience into it. Doing something you know about = less nervousness. Whoa… I never would have believed it if I hadn’t seen it…
To-ga! To-ga! To-ga!
Chris knew that if he and his partner didn’t win a challenge, they were headed to the elimination room. He was right. What he didn’t realize was that Amanda, his former partner, would join him there as a member of the other team.
Chris and Tristin came out victorious, so two big questions remain for Episode 3:
1) How will people react when they walk in the door instead of Brandon and Amanda?
2) Even though Chris “saw the error of his ways,” will he follow through with his threat and send the Ty duo to the elimination room if he gets the chance?
