Is Carrie the girl from either Idaho or Iowa with the short brown hair and huge gorgeous smile? The one who rolled out some dough with a cold bottle of wine? If so, then my top 3 look very close to yours. I'd add Justin in there somewhere, too.

I'm with you - Stephanie and her tentative self-deprecation are winning me over. Loved how Padma initially drawled something like, "Can we talk about this horrrrrrible macaroon?", but Gail said she liked the coffee icing(?) on it…so at Judges' Table Padma decided she really liked the macaroon. Way to have the…

Was he the guy with the handlebar mustache? I'd forgotten about him as well…until I saw him recently on a commercial (eek)!! With another chef from last season - the winner maybe? His having graduated to the world of foody commercials was a shocker to me.

Agree - and normally I don't like the loud, bossy chefs. Shirley is still managing to be bossy with a smile, though (nice dimples!)…and I don't see arrogance yet (which is what I really hate)…except for last week when she was shrieking about something I've forgotten. She thought somebody had taken her something. I…

Thanks for the info!! I do really want to learn more about the history of this game, as it's fascinating to me, but (as I + 1 kindly warned me), Wiki gives everything away as soon as you land on the page. Ozzy sounds hideous!! And you're absolutely right (your last sentence) - if Tyson is a pussycat in real life…

Hadn't thought of that. I don't have enough Survivor under my belt and have apparently missed some bigger assholes. I've seen Hantz in just one season, and he was such a pirate-y asshole that he was almost funny to me. Don't know Ozzy, unless he's the guy who furthered his game by saying his grandmother had…

Yeah, I suppose it does. I was merely commenting on the guy.

That was exactly what I thought!! (the lameness of the RI challenge). When they poured out that first bag and the tiles were not random numbers between 1 and 100, I thought I'd misunderstood something. But no…it was just a race…to put numbered tiles in their correct sequential order. Something I seem to remember…

Gotta say I'm with you re: Tyson. Jesus, what an asshole. I think we're pretty much alone here, though.

If you were seeing things, then so was I.

I read here a couple of times that people get very pissed off if someone SPOILS the previews (what??) so I won't, but…uhhh…what you said about Tina and Vytas!! And Katie!! And being honored!!

hmmm…I was thinking that she looked way TOO clueless, since she's not. I don't remember Mizz Boneham getting much camera time, but it seemed to me that neither of those women was dumb enough to even make that mistake in the first place…much less stand on the beach and look boneheaded while their teammates shrieked at…

Oh my God - that never even occurred to me!! And yet now in retrospect it does make sense…particularly in light of how incredibly stupid she and Mrs. Boneham looked, as they stood there dripping on the sand with mouths hanging open…neither one of them is that dumb. Even if they WERE winded from that swim. Just felt…

I don't know why I immediately thought their names were Latvian. Probably because I have no idea what their last name is. And I knew a Latvian girl named Vija, who had a brother named Vilnis, soo…what do I know. Close, but no cigar!!

@avclub-d061df563924ac065af14111ea9f656a:disqus - I'm betting he'll very soon be a guest judge on Iron Chef America.  Sitting right next to Jill whatshername, from Real Housewives of New York City.

"While Patty who has made consistently bad choices remains on the show" - except if they're going to remain true to their constantly-repeated claim that eliminations are based on JUST that challenge ONLY, Patty shouldn't have been eliminated for her performance last week.  I think her ill-advised addition of a boring…

Agreed; that was wild.  That Aaron guy asked someone else if it was started with a velouté?  Thought it was pretty funny that the person he asked just completely ignored him.  So if the next challenge includes a beignet, maybe he'll ask if it can be made with Bisquick!

And they also did it…jeez, my memory!!  Last season when they were in Alaska maybe?  And they had to make a bread - and something else - in the house overnight?  Sorry - just way too lazy to look it up…

Yeah (straight woman here, too) - personally I think she'd be "hotter" if she didn't talk about how hot she is all the time.  Fer crissake, the "I'm pretty good with my hands…" trailing off and giggling thing - gag me.  Haven't seen something like that since sophomore year.  Guess it's a girl thing.

Yeah, saying Jason's food was the best of the four is something I can't even begin to understand.  Has nothing whatsoever to do with how douche-y I found him.  His food looked so very slimy - made my gorge rise.