Tag Archives: Elimination
Season Premiere: The Amazing Race, Watermelons, and the Loss(?) of Uncertainty
“They Don’t Call the The Amazing Race For Nothin’!” September 26th, 2010 Earlier this month, CBS gave away what I would technically consider a spoiler: they released a video of two contestants completing a Roadblock which was fairly clearly taking … Continue reading
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The Irony of Monotony: Why SYTYCD’s Season of Reinvention Still Feels Stale
The Irony of Monotony: Why SYTYCD’s Season of Reinvention Still Feels Stale July 22nd, 2010 Earlier in the seventh season of So You Think You Can Dance, I commented at length on how the All-Star structure seemed to take away … Continue reading
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Injury Time: Contestants turned Survivors on So You Think You Can Dance
Injury Time: Contestants turned Survivors July 15, 2010 Earlier this season, So You Think You Can Dance was creating its own problems: the new format got off to a rocky start, and early efforts to course correct felt like an … Continue reading
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Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains – “Going Down in Flames”
“Going Down in Flames” April 22nd, 2010 When we watch reality television, we like to write our own narratives: we like to imagine scenarios where our least favourite team on The Amazing Race gets stranded at an airport, or where … Continue reading
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Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains – “Episode Eight”
“Expectations” April 8th, 2010 After the recent exit of Boston Rob Mariano, I was convinced that Survivor’s twentieth season was headed off the rails. Rob was basically single-handedly keeping the fairly over-matched Villains tribe in this game, and his exit … Continue reading
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The Amazing Race Season 16 – “Episode Seven (Seychelles)”
“Anonymous?” March 28th, 2010 Most weeks, The Amazing Race is a show which tends to expand rather than create our knowledge of the various locations it visits. The value of the show as a representation f different cultures is always … Continue reading
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Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains – “Episode Six”
“Banana Etiquette” March 24th, 2010 Survivor has done episodes like this one before: by sending both teams to tribal council, it means that a single hour becomes packed with wall-to-wall strategy, which is usually when the game is at its … Continue reading
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains – “Episode Two”
“It’s Getting the Best of Me” February 18th, 2010 I don’t know if Mark Burnett and his fellow producers are really excited about the direction that Survivor’s twentieth season is heading in, or if they’re actively concerned about it. What’s … Continue reading
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