Posing, Patterns, and Pop 'n Lock

Welcome back to Get Real! On tonight’s schedule is Make Me a Supermodel, The Fashion Show, and the anticipated premiere of So You Think You Can Dance!!

First up is Make Me A Supermodel…

Last week on Make Me A Supermodel, judges favorite, Jordan, was sent home because she has been underperforming lately. And Jonathan is on thin ice as he was only in one of six photos during the challenge, and he had his eyes closed in it! Ouch. But Branden was able to find his confidence back and Mountaha finally won a challenge and was this week’s winner!

The photo challenge this week was taking summertime photos in bathing suits in 36 degree weather on the beach in New York. As most fashion followers know, most swimsuit photo shoots happen in the fall and winter because of when designers show their lines. So the models had to bear the cold weather plus deal with holding dead fish carcasses.

Salome had to deal with eels wrapped around her arms while holding fishing net. Interestingly, the photographer loved her butt, which is something that the judges had been criticizing her about from the beginning. Jonathan had to hold two large fish carcasses that were like the size of his legs! Sandhurst, from Trinidad and Tobago, was having a hard time dealing with the cold. He was definitely struggling to get a good photo, and I honestly don’t think he got one. Branden prepared by putting heat packs in his Speedo to deal with the cold. His fish was huge and he needed to lift it on his shoulder. Mountaha had a large eel around her shoulders like a stole. With her metallic swimsuit and the scales of the eel’s skin, she looked like a goddess from the future!

And the photo challenge winner was…Salome…again! She has won this challenge five times total and three times in a row! But, unfortunately for her, Mountaha is going with her and they will be meeting Brazilian bikini and ANTM Cycle 12 final runway show designer, Rosa Chá. And this is obviously beneficial to Mountaha since she is Brazilian. Both booked a job but were told that they couldn’t do swimsuits. Meanwhile, the boys were sent on a shoot for Blu Dot, a modern furniture retailer.

Marlon went through all of the models’ reels with them and gave them some tips and advice for upcoming shoots. This experience was incredibly valuable for the models because most models do not get this one-on-one time with top model managers.

The models then had their runway challenge and were told that the winner would no longer get immunity. The designers this week were The Blondes, and they would each get a goth look and a high glamour look. Branden rocked the goth look and was completely a different model up there. Salome was not confident in goth whereas Mountaha was a goth goddess. Poor Sandhurst looked ridiculous in his blonde wig. Mountaha’s last outfit was very carnivalesque and she looked like a glamorous ballerina.

The judges loved Branden’s runway but were not thrilled with his photo. But they praised his look and said that he would do well in Europe. The judges liked Jonathan’s photo and runway but were not overwhelmed. The judges were not at all impressed with Salome but loved Mountaha. Sandhurst was told that he looked ridiculous and that his body is not going to be desirable by many designers because it’s too muscular.

And this week’s winner was…Jonathan? I totally thought it would go to Mountaha or Branden! They both completely out-performed him. The judges saved Sandhurst and sent Salome packing. She may not be a good runway model but she will definitely do well in print ads.

Now on to The Fashion Show!

The designers were given their newest Harper’s Bazaar challenge. Each team was given an outfit that had numerous sewing problems like a bad hem on a skirt, missing buttons, fixing a lining, etc. It was performed relay style and they were given a time limit of 35 minutes. It was funny how so many of them were panicking. Once again, James-Paul’s team was the winning team and Lidia was pointed out as the best among everyone.

The teams were then told to choose new heads for their teams. This is how it went down: Team James-Paul became Team Lidia; Team Haven became Team Reco, and Team Anna became Team Daniella. The teams were given their elimination challenge, which was to design a coat with a special feature that could work for all four seasons.

Team Daniella had an on-the-go theme, Team Lidia went with a jet-set theme, and Team Reco went with Aeon Flux as their inspiration. I don’t really understand how each of them are going to make something that is special in their coats and some of them have very grand ideas that I don’t think will work at all!

Kelly and Isaac came in to see the designers and it was then that it was revealed that Andrew stole one of Daniella’s designs. However, she kept feeding him ideas and if she was going to complain about this then she should have just not given him any ideas! James-Paul being the architect and innovator that he is planned to make a winter coat that could turn into a sleeping bag. Reco’s team was having major issues and they were consulting him for everything and he unlike Daniella was smart enough to know that he could only help his team so much while still keeping it a competition.

However, now that Reco is the team leader and he completed his outfit on time, he is now getting way too cocky and talking shit about other garments in front of the other designers! Uh, ru-ude!

First up was Team Daniella. Keith’s jacket was summer and was meant for a sunbather, so the jacket zipped off to become a chic tube top and the remaining but of fabric was to be a blanket for the model to lie on as she sunbathed. Andrew’s spring raincoat was a major success as the coat lengthened and a cute hood was pulled out of a hidden zipper pocket. Anna had another hit with her fall coat, which was brown patterned tweed that had amazing structure. The surprise was two hidden pockets in the sleeves that held cute gloves and a scarf that was hidden in the liner and could be detached. I totally want it! Daniella rounded it out with a winter coat that ruffles down the sleeves, which hid an iPod holder, cell phone case, and other compartments. This is great for functionality and for a night out on the town if you wanted to only carry a clutch, which was totally what Daniella was going for.

Team Lidia went next and Angel’s spring coat was the leading look. She was trying to go for something like Andrew’s coat minus the hood to make a traditional British trench, but the length was no wear near enough and it was incredibly underwhelming. Lidia did the summer coat which looked kind of like a weird fish! The color was not good, but I see the functionality of it – the hood was like an umbrella and the lining inside was dry so that you could zip away the outer raincoat fabric and still look fashionably underneath. Merlin’s fall coat had a cut hidden plastic bag in the lining that you could use to put in the heavy hood and other detachable parts to allow for a lighter feel and look. James-Paul’s construction of his winter coat was definitely good, but the idea was a little weird. When your inspiration for the coat is made with a reference to being drunk and needed a place to sleep, this cannot be good! Overall, Merlin’s was the best in this group.

Team Reco went last, leading with Johnny’s spring coat. His coat was supposed to be a shoe organizer. But why would you want to wear shoes on your coat? And what if you wanted to wear your coat but it was hanging up in your closet with shoes in it? Not functional at all! Haven’s summer coat had hidden compartments for a mirror and hairspray which was cute but I wouldn’t want to carry those things around with me while I was walking around town. Markus’s fall coat had a cowl that came off which held jewelry in it. Again, what’s with this storage concept and carrying unnecessary things around with you?! Reco’s winter coat was basically just a cape with a hood that could be buckled in the back to be more structured and unbuckled to drape over the front. Oh, and it could carry a coffee mug in it. Yeah right, no girl would want to risk carrying around a hot coffee mug around in their coat. But it was pretty innovative and fit best with the team’s concept.

Team Lidia was safe, leaving the other two teams left. Team Daniella was the winning team, which was no surprise to me, at all! Also not surprising was the fact that Team Reco was in the losing team. Once again, Anna was one of the best designers. The controversy was the fact that Andrew was the other best look. Daniella spoke up for herself and said that it was her design and she was basically reprimanded for it because that is sometimes the role you need to play as a team leader. Andrew was winner, but once again I would have rather Anna won. Between the two, I would want to own Anna’s coat, and not Andrew’s.

Team Reco was in the bottom once again. Reco was the best of the team and the judges and audience loved it, but because he was in the losing team, he couldn’t win. Markus and Haven were the bottom two designers, and for good reason. Neither had good designs and neither were well constructed. Haven began questioning her ability and the judges tested her. Markus was called out on his poor craftsmanship but he said that he was doing better.

So which of the designers were the judges not buying into? Bye, bye Markus! Haven was left hanging by a thread.

And finally, it’s time for So You Think You Can Dance!

Yay! This is my favorite dance show on TV and it has probably my favorite TV show host, the lovable Cat Deely! Since we are just in the audition stages, these are going to be short little synopses of some of the highlights of the show.

Tabitha and Napoleon are joining Mary and Nigel in Brooklyn for the first set auditions. The first auditionee was Gabi Rojas who was raised in the circus and who suffers from Rheumatoid Arthritis but continues to dance regardless of the effect her disease is having on her body. And let me say, she is fantastic! She’s a wonderful mixture of modern and quirky, like mixing Katie and Mark, two of my absolute faves, from last season. Nigel went on to say that it was one of the best auditions he has ever seen and he thinks she should be in the Top 20. He even said he doesn’t want to see anything else for the day! And she got the first scream from Mary! Naturally, she went straight to Vegas.

But don’t think this is going to mean a good start…there are definitely going to be some baddies in there with the goodies.

Up next were the Mutation, who do that horrid bone breaking style of dance that I hated so much on America’s Best Dance Crew. I understand that there are different forms of dance and everything BUT I do not like this kind of dancing at all!! They were moved to the choreography round to see if they can do anything else, but I doubt they will do well. And what do you know? They didn’t even stay for the choreography round!

Peter Sabastino from Philadelphia was another standout dancer who was a mixture of hip-hop and tap! It was so interesting and original that you can’t help but send him straight to Vegas…and that’s just what the judges did.

One interesting thing about this show is that while the judges are surely unwilling to deal with bad dancers, they do love to see people come out who overcome adversity to prove that anyone can do what they set their minds to. Case in point, Tiffany Geigel, who only has 3 vertebrae instead of the normal 7, whereas her arms and legs are the normal length. She was actually a better dancer that you would expect from looking at her. Rather than the judges criticizing her for coming to the show when there is no chance of her ever moving past the audition round, they praised her for her courage and for continuing to follow her passions.

Skipping to the end of the show, Natalie Reid and Brandon Bryant both came back after just barely missing the Top 20 top Katie and Gev, respectively. Both dancers completely killed their auditions, showing why they deserve to be in the Top 20 this year. I would be surprised if either of these two dancers didn’t make it into the Top 20 and even farther than that.

Overall, good show and I’m so excited for this to season! Hooray for summer!

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