In this week's episode, the big challenge was a talent show! The geeks instantly came up with their idea and started working on it. They decided to go with a geek rap with breakdowns in it for each team member to show off their individual skills. The beauties did not have it so easy. They quibbled among themselves for two hours straight. A few of the girls wanted to do something other than model and dance, but most of the girls did not know how to do anything else.
The day of the performance the beauties were terrible. The only theme they came up with was to dress like schoolgirls. They danced around on stage without any unity. The audience booed them off the stage and started chants for the geeks. The geek rap went off without a hitch and each of the geeks did well in their individual talents. The audience enjoyed it, laughing through most of it. The boys were the clear winners.
The geeks then had to decide which of the beauties to eliminate. In one of the funniest displays of geekdom ever seen on the show, the guys held a meeting while rigorously following Robert's Rules of Order.
Two of the girls decided to try a different tack than studying to stay out of the elimination room — flirting. Amanda hung all over Josh and later admitted to the other girls that she was only doing it to stay in the game. Meanwhile, Leticia had a hot tub party with nearly all the guys. She did not admit it was a strategy. The other girls were even more pissed off at her than they were at Amanda.
At the stair ceremony, even more drama. Amber was angry that she was picked for elimination and claimed that Leticia should have gone as well. Cowboy Joe had a shouting match about it with her.
Thankfully, in the elimination room, Amber was eliminated. Hopefully she took some of the ridiculous drama with her.
Beauty and the Geek claims to be a "social experiment where two people become more than a beauty and a geek". This season, though, it is starting to look more like any other drama-ridden, train wreck reality show.
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1 - Russ Evenhuis
Totally agree!
This was one of the few reality shows I liked because it was more about personal growth than money or winning. The twist this time seems to have killed the show for me.