HELL’S KITCHEN... Props to Paul Niedermann for winning the top prize in tonight’s Season 9 finale of Hell’s Kitchen. (Good grief, nine seasons already? Didn’t the show premiere on FOX back in 2005?) I was rooting for runner-up Will Lustberg to become the head chef at BLT Steak in New York—with an annual salary of $250,000 to go with the job—but a shaky performance by Lustberg during the 2-hour season finale and Paul’s emotional testimonial about winning the competition for his mom (who passed away before Niedermann headed to Los Angeles to embark on the reality cooking show) made me, and probably a lot of other viewers, want to root for Niedermann instead. Hell’s Kitchen definitely had two worthy finalists tonight.

And as expected, Elise Wims was eliminated right before the finale. Assuming Wims watched this entire season on TV, I hope she now realizes that she only went as far as she did because she was the main antagonist (that’s an understatement) on Hell's Kitchen this year...a la Omarosa in The Apprentice and The Celebrity Apprentice. Sure, Elise could cook (and it was cool that she had Paul’s back during the dinner service in the finale), but she primarily stuck around to bring ratings to the TV show, nothing more.

As for Tommy Stevens...wow. One can only imagine what kinda lovin’ his totally hot (19-year-old) girlfriend would’ve given him if he stood behind and opened one of those two glass doors at Chef Gordon Ramsay’s office at the end of the second episode. Or at least been one of the finalists... Get a room, rockstar.

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MASTERCHEF... I’ve been watching this new show since it premiered on FOX last month, and like with Hell’s Kitchen, I’m completely hooked. Mouth-watering food (from sirloin steak, Chinese food, halibut and Texas chili to even cupcakes and truck stop hamburgers) and lovely contestants like Whitney Miller (top) and the now-eliminated Sheena Zadeh (below)... What’s not to like about MasterChef? Chef Gordon Ramsay is more laid back in this show than he is on Hell’s Kitchen (which would be a huge understatement), and more emphasis is given to seeing what the contestants are cooking on this program, since these are amateur chefs we’re talking about and not the professional cooks who sweat their way through a Chef Ramsey dinner service on Hell’s Kitchen. Though if the choice of footage is anything to go by in the last couple of episodes, methinks Ms. Miller will either win the title of America’s MasterChef, or she’ll at least finish second. Not that I’d complain or anything.


By the way, the next season of Hell’s Kitchen begins September 22nd on FOX. Word.


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HELL’S KITCHEN... Congrats to Holli Ugalde for winning the title of head chef in this latest season of the hit FOX TV show, though it was clearly obvious that she was gonna emerge victorious from the door of Chef Gordon Ramsay's office. The cameras focused on her young son like a dozen times during tonight's finale...most of his close-ups being in the final moments before Holli was revealed to be the one who's heading to Ramsay's Savoy Grill restaurant in London. The editor of this episode could've been a tad bit more subtle. But it's all good. You hawt, Holli. You hawt.

HELL’S KITCHEN... Tonight is the season finale of the FOX reality TV show, and unlike the previous seasons, there’s really no one to root for. Most of the contestants have actually been somewhat mediocre this season, including the two finalists, Louis Petrozza and Christina Machamer. Petrozza doesn’t know how to keep his cooking station clean (which definitely goes against Chef Gordon Ramsay’s rule of always keeping your kitchen in mint condition), and how hard is it for Christina to friggin’ move a pan’s handle away from the stove burner? (Causing the head chef to burn his hands twice grabbing the handle during a single dinner service? Not a good thing...) Where are Heather and Rock when you need ‘em? Oh right— In Vegas. Haha.



UPDATE (July 9): Christina won last night in Hell's Kitchen. Good for her.

FOX has begun showing promos for the next season of Prison Break and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which return this Fall. This time around, Michael Scofield is out for revenge, and here’s hoping Summer Glau’s beautiful visage isn’t too scarred from that car bomb explosion in last season’s cliffhanger finale. That’s all.

HELL'S KITCHEN... I was rooting for Rock to win. Glad he won... At least Chef Gordon Ramsay definitely picks substance over style as the winner (Heather over Virginia in Season 2, that grunge star-looking dude Mike over the, um, burly New Yorker guy Ralph in Season 1)...

Don't get me wrong though, I'm glad Bonnie reached the finals. How else can you ensure high TV ratings for your two-part season finale other than making sure a hot blonde nanny from Southern California becomes one of the last two contenders in the competition? Just kidding... Or ARE I? (Bad grammar done intentionally...)

HELL’S KITCHEN Season Finale... The right person won! For a second there, I thought Chef Gordon Ramsay was gonna prove K-Greasy’s (a.k.a. Keith) point that the Chef had a thing or two for Virginia by choosing her to win the Red Rock Hotel restaurant in Vegas. Good thing that didn’t happen. Go Heather! Yea, she deserved it. Anyways, now that Hell’s Kitchen is over, can’t wait till Prison Break returns next week. That’s a kick-ass show (who cares about the concept being farfetched. The show’s f***in’ entertaining...and that’s the point). Will I watch Vanished when it premieres next week as well? Hmm... We’ll see. Eh— Who am I kidding? I’m gonna watch it. What else is on Monday nights? Nothing. Nothing, whatsoever.

HELL’S KITCHEN... Next week is the season finale for the reality TV show, and the two finalists are Heather and Virginia. Obviously, I’m rooting for Heather to win...since she was the most hard-working of this year’s contestants, and I think she’s a lot more attractive than Virginia is, haha. Virginia should’ve been gone waaay long time ago, if Gordon Ramsay didn’t have a thing for her (c’mon, if you watch the show too, it’s clearly obvious the chef does). Keith’s elimination didn’t come as a surprise after yesterday’s episode, since he really IS a cocky bastard. To quote a line by Luke Skywalker in Return of the Jedi (I know, I know— Oh, brother. But Jedi IS a Fox film, and Hell’s Kitchen is a Fox TV show. So the reference makes sense): His over-confidence was his weakness. Keith constantly acted like a punk since he assumed he would end up being one of the top two. Boy, were you wrong, buddy. That was your undoing. Anyways... Like I said, I hope Heather wins. But much like Ralph P. who finished in second place last season, Virginia is gonna try to get by on selling her abilities instead of showing ‘em (her abilities, that is haha). And since Virginia is obviously not a balding New Yorker like Ralph is (I wouldn't be surprised if was opening myself up to a libel suit here...but you didn’t just read that), I think Virginia’s tactic might actually work. That, and she flirts like hell with Chef Ramsay. C’mon Heather, that multi-million dollar restaurant in Vegas is yours!

The end of DAY 5... Well, after 21 weeks of rushing home after work to make sure I wouldn’t miss even that "Due to some graphic violence, viewer discretion is advised" disclaimer before the show (and Prison Break at 8PM), it’s finally over. Till next January, that is. Man, what a season that was! The question remains... Will Day 6 open up with Jack Bauer managing to find a way to escape that cargo freighter before it reaches China? Or did FOX amp up the budget and allow production to actually shoot some episodes in China or some other Asian country (to show Bauer escaping from a Chinese prison)? Or will the opening episodes simply be shot on studio sets or in some location in SoCal...like Chinatown in downtown L.A. or something (hmmm, I wonder which options are more likely)? Whatever the case, can’t wait for the 6th longest day to come. Especially considering those three conspirators whom President Logan was in cahoots with during this season are still at large... Yep, 24 rules. But now I’m finally available to work on Monday nights now. Woohoo!! No wait— That doesn’t seem very exciting...

UPDATE (May 25): There is a brief snippet on Wikipedia.Org about Jack Bauer escaping from the Chinese freighter before Season 6 begins. This sequence might be shown in the Season 6 prequel on the Season 5 DVD, which should come out later this year. Hmm— I guess FOX didn't want to spend more on filming in Asia, afterall... Haha.

UPDATE #2 (May 28): KCAL Rules!! This is Channel 9 in Los Angeles, and it airs 24 in syndication on Saturday nights (or should I say, Sunday mornings) at 12AM and the same episode again at 11PM Sunday nights. Not that I'm home Saturday nights or Sunday mornings, ahem. But anyways... Being that KCAL is barely on Season 2 right now, I guess that means by the time Season 4 airs later this year, it'll run through January when Season 6 begins. So it's still 24 every weekend throughout the rest of the year! Assuming I did my math right (which I didn't), haha. Anyways... Carry on.



And of course, tonight is the season finale for House. And despite the fact I have no intention whatsoever of watching the season finale for American Idol, I hope Katharine McPhee wins. Why, you ask? Because Taylor Hicks is a—Well, look at his last name and you’ll know what I was gonna say, and McPhee is sooo friggin’ hot. Even hotter than Kelly Clarkson. But Kelly Clarkson is also bangin’. In more ways than one. ‘Kay, I’ll stop sounding perverted now. Go Katharine!



EDIT (May 23): On a different topic, I hope the Dallas Mavericks whup the Phoenix Suns' ass and make it to the NBA Finals. Um, uhhh... Go Nowitzki!

EDIT #2 (May 25): So a Hick(s) is the new American Idol and friggin' Phoenix is playin' like they're gonna be the next NBA champions. What a great evening last night (*sarcasm*). Not that I watched Idol...nor saw Boris Diaw make the game winning basket with 0.5 seconds left against Dirk Diggler and company. Turd.

EDIT #3 (May 25): Looks like I still won't be available to work Monday nights, afterall. Hell's Kitchen returns to FOX for a second season on June 12th. I like that show. Gordon Ramsay is an a-hole. That's why he rocks.