Dancing With The Stars Joanna Krupa Goes From Dancing Wild With Derek Hough to the December Playboy

That is not Joanna Krupa practicing a Kama Sutra move with Derek Hough, instead it is a dance called the Lambada, which I think must be Spanish for Kama Sutra dance.

Joanna and Derek danced the wildest dance I think I've seen on Dancing with the Stars. TV Guide picked it as the TV Moment of the Week, the week it was on.

Joanna will be baring even more skin soon, in the December Playboy, in an 8 page pictorial shot by celebrity photo taker, Rankin.

This will mark Joanna's second time being artful in Playboy. The first time, in the July 2005 Playboy, was after she was named the sexiest swimming suit model in the world.

I do not know if Derek Hough will be appearing with Joanna Krupa in the 8 page Playboy pictorial.

Below you can watch a YouTube video of the infamous Krupa/Hough R-Rated Lambada...

Jessica Simpson Craves Intellectual Stimulation

I was shocked today to learn that Jessica Simpson is tired of dating jocks and musicians. She wants a brainiac intellectual type now. She's been married to Nick Lachey. Linked with Tony Romo and John Mayer and now is looking for a Steve Wozniak?

Jessica says she has trouble finding suitable company because she craves intellectual stimulation. She told a reporter, "I don't want to get bored. I can bore out pretty easily, so I love intellectual men, people that will always keep me intrigued."

I've met Tony Romo. He seemed like a really bright guy to me. Absolutely did not seem like a dumb jock. I am fairly certain Tony knows that Chicken of the Sea is tuna and buffalo wings are made from chicken, not buffalo.

Project Runway: Logan Is Out

I don't think I've admitted to watching Project Runway. I saw an occaisonal episode when the show was on Bravo. I've watched pretty much every episode of Project Runway since it's moved to Lifetime.

I like Top Chef due to the fact that I can cook and every once in awhile I learn something useful. I have no interest in fashion and the only time my hands have met a needle and thread was when I learned how to re-attach a button.

I think what makes Project Runway watchable to me is the utter bizarreness of watching these people be able to whip out an article of clothing in a really short period of time. And for those articles of clothing to be so goofy.

Like the Judy Jetson costume Logan Neitzel got cut for. Logan was shocked to get sent home, "for taking a risk and showing them something that's innovative and kind of out there."

Of Logan's outerspace suit, Heidi Klum said, "It looks like an outfit for a music video back in the '80s, but not even for the lead person!"

Althea Harper was the winner this week. The other two who made something that did not look weird were Irina Shabayeva and Carol Hannah Whitfield. Irina is a bit of a, well, bitch, according to the other designers. Irina thought Althea was copying her, while Althea was sure Logan was copying Althea. All that copy talk was amusing.

The other 2 who joined Logan, as the worst of the week, were Christopher Straub for his humongous Scarlett O'hara at a ball monstrosity that funny hostess, Heidi Klum said looked like it was dragging a bed skirt along with it. The designer from what used to be Yugoslavia, Gordana Gehlhausen, made a gray thing that had judge Nick Verreos saying it "looks like an office worker in Warsaw, Poland."

The girl designers seem to have better taste than the boys, both in what they make and how they make themselves look. Christopher has this bizarre beard thing going that looks like a chinstrap. All the boys had unfortunate haircuts. I don't think we've seen any of the girls driven to tears. Christopher had a breakdown the first time the judges did not like one of his odd creations.

Project Runway often brings to mind one of the best I Love Lucy episodes. Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel were in Paris. Lucy and Ethel wanted a dress from a famous Parisian designer. Ricky and Fred said no. The girls pouted. Ricky and Fred then had dresses made from burlap bags and bought feedbags for hats. Gave the designer clothes to Lucy and Ethel, telling them they were the latest, from next year's collection of the famous designer.

Lucy and Ethel proceded to strut around town in their new outfits. Ricky and Fred felt guilty about what they'd done and fessed up. The episode ended where it started, sitting at the same outdoor cafe patio where they'd first seen the famous designer and his models. And now at the end here comes the designer and the models again. Wearing various versions of dresses made out of burlap and feedbags for hats.

Survivor Samoa: Liz Voted Out of Foa Foa

The sun came out, finally, on this week's Survivor. But it didn't shine favorably on Liz or Foa Foa. Foa Foa lost twice, with Liz losing 3 times by being the one voted off the island.

There were a few amusing moments. Like the Galu boys plotting to bring Shambo on to their side, so they'd have a majority over the girls. So, they decided to turn Shambo into a boy by making her their new tribal leader.

Shambo is one of those harmlessly clueless sorts. Upon her surprise election Shambo gave a short speech about her devotion to her tribe, saying "I will honestly, honestly, honestly do my due diligence to not be bossy, cause you can't really be a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps and not have an expectation when you say something things will happen."

That was inspiring.

The reward challenge was a Survivor staple, a version of Concentration. A tribe member lifts up a lid, sees an item, then lifts another lid, trying to find a match. Get a match, get a point. But if you would like to keep the item, if you win the challenge, you can do that, but not get a point.

The winners get taken to a big boat for a big feeding. The only item I can remember being kept is Brett opting to keep a tarp wrapped around a fire starting kit, after Laura made the match. Brett was acting as temporary tribe leader. Smart choice. His team won the challenge. And the tarp.

Shambo sent Laura over to Foa Foa saying she wanted to keep her men strong by getting them a good feeding. Once Laura was over at Foa Foa she was an easy target for the manipulation master Russell to turn into his new best friend.

Liz got mad listening to Natalie and Laura making non-stop religious chatter while she struggled to get the fire going.

Then it was on the the Immunity Challenge. Paddle out to retrieve bags of puzzle pieces using a pole and hook. Foa Foa was doing fairly well, but in the end they failed again, making them one of the worst tribes in Survivor history. Jaison pretty much gave up on putting the puzzle together while the Galu tribe worked well together.

Anyway, another slightly entertaining episode of Survivor.

Nielsen Rating's Top 20 for October 19 - 25

The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for October 19 - 25. The first number is the ranking, the second number is the season average, then the show name and network. The last number represents the number of viewers in millions. An asterisk * indicates a tie.

Rank	Season average	Show name	Network	Viewers in millions	Season-to-date average
1.	1	NCIS	CBS	21.3	22.2
2.	4	Dancing with the Stars	ABC	16.8	17.4
3.	3	NCIS: Los Angeles	CBS	16.5	17.9
4.	x	Yankees/Angels 6	Fox	15.5
5.	4	Grey's Anatomy	ABC	15.1	17.4
6.	2	Cardinals/Giants	NBC	15.0	18.9
7.	19	Dancing with the Stars Results	ABC	14.9	13.8
8.	8	Criminal Minds	CBS	14.3	15.6
9.	11	Desperate Housewives	ABC	14.2	14.9
10.	11	Two and a Half Men	CBS	14.1	14.8
11.	17	Big Bang Theory	CBS	13.5	14.2
12.	14	The Good Wife	CBS	13.3	14.4
13.	13	CSI: Miami	CBS	13.2	14.7
14.	14	CSI: NY	CBS	13.0	14.3
15.	20	Survivor: Samoa	CBS	12.9	12.6
16.	17	60 Minutes	CBS	12.5	14.0
17.	x	Yankees/Angels 5	Fox	11.9
18.	7	The Mentalist	CBS	11.8	16.2
19.		House	Fox	11.7	16.5
20.		Amazing Race	CBS	11.2	11.1

The Amazing Race 15: Episode 6: Canaan & Mika Eliminated After Height Fright

The Harlem Globetrotters, Flight Time & Big Easy seemed doomed, due to having troubles with Roadblocks and Detours, like not being able to figure the 3 number combination to a briefcase lock or their taxi taking them to the wrong marina.

But, by the time the final team checked in, it was Mika & Canaan who Phil eliminated. Mika froze at the top of a water slide that ended in a pool with sharks. No amount of pleading by Canaan could get her to budge. One by one teams slid past the pair and down the slide.

Big Easy was funny doing the Roadblock where he had to row out to a bigger boat in a little inflatable that the 6' 9" guy was way too big for. When he could not move using the paddles he tossed them and used his big arms to move through the water.

The clue, after successfully completing the Gold/Hookah Detour, directed teams to the Leap of Faith at the Aquaventure Water Park. Meghan & Cheyne got there first, and even though both are afraid of heights, they zoomed quickly down the slide, even after Meghan noticed sharks swimming below.

Mika & Canaan arrived at the Leap of Faith in 6th place. Mika went into full meltdown mode. Canaan tried to reason with her, pretty much tried to shove her down the slide. Mika did some praying. That didn't help. Then the Globetrotters arrived. Mika now had 2 minutes to get down the slide or pull aside so the Globetrotters could go.

Canaan did some more begging. Big Easy played on Mika's fears. She started crying. Time up, the Globetrotters slide down the slide. Canaan followed the Globetrotters down the slide. Mika walked down the stairs, while Canaan waited at the bottom so they could make their walk of shame to hear they'd been eliminated from the race.

Good episode of The Amazing Race. I want to see Dubai in person.

The Real Housewives Of Atlanta: Finale

The second season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta finale was Thursday. The Atlanta girls were not as entertaining as when I first met them. Well, except for Kim, for me she continues to deliver gems.

In the finale we learned that Kim's extra large frontal assets are store bought. I don't recollect this being mentioned by Kim before. Those girls sure seemed to appear more prominently this season.

All the fighting over nothing was very tiresome to watch. Usually that type thing is where a lot of the entertainment comes from on a reality show. But that was not the case, here, for the most part.

I liked NeNe when I met her in the first season. By the end of the finale I'd decided NeNe's needs are warped. When she confronted sweet-natured Kandi at Sheree's She by Sheree thing, over the previous confrontation, both of which were caused by some twisted thinking on NeNe's part, NeNe told Kandi that she felt Kandi owed her an apology.

An apology for what? is what Kandi and I were thinking. Kandi said some response to the NeNe apology demand and then NeNe went into Shrieking Banshee mode. NeNe seems to have a bizarre fixation about people talking about her behind her back. That seemed to be what she was accusing Kandi of. That seems to be what NeNe accuses everyone of.

Earlier we saw yet one more Kim and NeNe final confrontation. Apparently in a confrontation previous to the latest final confrontation NeNe choked Kim a couple times, with NeNe claiming Kim had touched her inappropriately. None of the choking confrontation was filmed. But, Kim supposedly filed a police report over the alleged attack. NeNe denied touching Kim, called her a liar and stormed off.

From what we've seen of NeNe of late it does not take a great leap of imagination to picture her choking Kim. That and she pretty much admitted to Dwight that she'd hit Kim.

Speaking of Dwight. He is the most insufferable housewife of them all.

That whole Sheree is a fashion designer thing, just because she says she is one seems so deluded. I really don't think that that is how the being a fashion designer business works. Sheree does provide some good entertainment value due to being so full of herself.

I don't care for Lisa. I don't know why. She seems like a nice person. In the end we learned her clothing line is being sold in some high end stores. While Sheree's apparently, so far, is not. Though she did do something with her "fashion line" in New York. In the end we also learned that Tardy for the Party is #3 on I Tunes. And that Big Poppa and Kim are still not married. And that Big Poppa has not filed for divorce. Or something like that.

I'm not looking forward to the 2 part reunion show like I did last year's. You just know that we are going to hear an awful lot of yelling with the Atlanta girls, with NeNe demanding apologies and complaining about people talking about her behind her back.

Top Chef Las Vegas: Restaurant Wars--Laurine Packs Her Knives & Goes

Laurine Wickett was the main fatality of this week's Top Chef Restaurant Wars. Laurine was the front of the house for her restaurant, Mission. She did not do very well at that job. Nor at what she cooked. Her entire restaurant did not do well with the cooking.

In the Quickfire Challenge knives were drawn. Six blank. Two not blank. The not blank knives were drawn by Michael Voltaggio and Jennifer Carroll. They took turns picking a team. Michael chose his brother, Bryan, Eli and ended up with Robin. Jennifer picked Kevin, the other Michael and Laurine.

Jennifer's team won the Quickfire and $10,000. Padma then told them they could let the 10K ride and if they won Restaurant Wars they'd each get 10K. They let it ride.

The cooking took place at Mandalay Bay. Jennifer's team got to pick what restaurant they wanted. They chose an upscale one, leaving Michael's team with a downscale one. Michael's team decided REVolt was a clever name. The revolting food connotation did not cross their minds. The name came from (Ro)bin E)li (Volt)aggio. VoltRE would have worked better.

Both kitchens were very intense. Michael ran his kitchen very efficiently. Michael and Bryan did some heavy duty bickering this episode. Michael also had a bad run-in with Robin over her pear dessert.

The Mission team decided not to make dessert, due to the Restaurant Wars dessert curse. REVolt decided to flaunt the curse and do two desserts. In the end, REVolt made pretty much nothing but good decisions.

Michael gets a lot of face time. He's gradually seeming to have a likable personality. Brother Bryan is way too intense. The judges' pretty much raved about the REVolt food, including the desserts. I don't think they liked anything at the Mission restaurant.

In the end, Michael won Restaurant Wars. Padma gave him the 10K that Jennifer's team had let ride. Michael asked Padma if he could split the money with his team. It's your money Padma told him. Back in the Stew Room, Robin effusively thanked Michael while Bryan told Michael he could keep Bryan's share. More bickering.

I have an annoying brother, so I know what that's like. I can't imagine being stuck in the heat of a kitchen with him.

Survivor Samoa: Russell Provides Jeff Probst His Scariest Moment Ever on Survivor

The Samoa Season of Survivor is being a very odd one. I think it's the most rain I've seen on Survivor. The ocean is the wildest I've seen. And the challenges have gotten way too physical.

Last night the combo Reward/Immunity Challenge had the season's second challenge victim. And no immunity.

Russell, the leader of Galu, who can't make fire, collapsed after being guided, blindfolded, by Laura in a ball being pushed by Russell and Erik. It was Liz in the ball for Foa Foa, being pushed by the other Russell and Jaison.

At the end of the ball pushing, the two in the balls had to direct the blindfolded working a ball through a table maze.

Russell was so disoriented he wanders over to the Foa Foa table. When Russell got to his table he collapses. Probst stops the challenge and calls in the medical team.

Before the challenge Probst told the tribes that they were playing for pizza, but there would be no immunity this week. Both tribes, win or lose, would go to Tribal Council, together, where each would vote out a member. This has never been done on Survivor before and I did not get the purpose.

So, after some scrambling, on both tribes, they head to Tribal Council where Jeff informs them that Russell is out of the game, and that, "It was the scariest moment I ever had on this show. 19 seasons, I have never been more afraid in my life at how bad things were."

The 13 sat there, the usual Probst questioning takes place. But he never said "It's time to vote." There was a lot of whining about the miserable weather. And then Jeff gives them some good news. Nobody would be voted out.

The 2 tribes headed back to their flooded camps, without losing a member.

Nielsen Rating's Top 20 for October 12 - 18

The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for October 12 - 18. The first number is the ranking, the second number is the season average, then the show name and network. The last number represents the number of viewers in millions. An asterisk * indicates a tie.

Rank		Show name	Network	Viewers in millions	Season-to-date average
1.		NCIS	CBS	21.0	21.9
2.		Bears/Falcons	NBC	18.2	19.6
3.		Dancing with the Stars	ABC	16.8	17.4
4.		CSI	CBS	15.4	16.7
*		NCIS: Los Angeles	CBS	15.4	17.8
6.		The Mentalist	CBS	15.1	16.6
7.		60 Minutes	CBS	14.3	14.4
8.		Two and a Half Men	CBS	14.2	14.6
9.		Dancing Results	ABC	14.0	13.3
10.		Criminal Minds	CBS	13.9	15.5
11.		Grey's Anatomy	ABC	13.8	17.3
12.		Desperate Housewives	ABC	13.7	14.6
13.		House	Fox	13.5	17.0
14.		CSI: NY	CBS	13.4	14.2
15.		CSI: Miami	CBS	13.3	14.6
16.		Big Bang Theory	CBS	13.1	13.8
17.		The Good Wife	CBS	13.0	14.4
18.		Survivor	CBS	11.8	12.2
19.		Amazing Race	CBS	10.9	10.9
20.		Private Practice	ABC	10.4	11.1