The lovely Nancy_Blackett is live-blogging NZNTM for us tonight….
anna_rc:Here’s hoping. Next week’s final looks glam.
nancy_blackett: ok- laura for the win i think
anna_rc:Ha!
nancy_blackett: ruby will be the most famous of all these girls i reckon
nancy_blackett: sara’s ‘when the time is right – call me’ to ruby= when you’ve lost 10 kilos fatty mcfatterson.
anna_rc:Aww Ruby. Please get a career in presenting soon.
nancy_blackett: and ….. bye ruby!
nancy_blackett: hosanna’s safe. out of christobelle and ruby – ruby is gone for sure!
nancy_blackett: laura looks lovely in white with her hair
anna_rc:Laura called first! Makes my bottom two wrong. Must say I’m intrigued by Laura’s Param past.
wait. what? laura didn’t deserve to be called first!
anna_rc: Not looking good for Ruby for “industry reasons”.
nancy_blackett: way to put the pressure on the stylist to be the one to rule out ruby
anna_rc:It would take a lot for me to stop loving Paul Rudd. Maybe I shouldn’t see the movie for that reason though…
nancy_blackett: re ‘I love you Man’ ad – i love Paul Rudd but his movie choices lately = not so good
anna_rc:Sara’s ‘you’re not big, just big for a model’ comment makes me think she’s a gonner though. I hope I’m wrong.
nancy_blackett: i think ruby made a point of mentioning that she is a size 8 to the other girl’s size 6′s to get back at the weight comments
anna_rc: I think Hosanna will get put through first for that photo.
nancy_blackett: oh hosanna, good photo, looks pretty at panel but i still can’t like her
anna_rc:Yeah, based on photos Christobelle should be going home! But she won Nivea challenge, hmm.
nancy_blackett: oohh i’m not sure about the bottom two after christobelle’s photo evaluation
anna_rc:Christobelle’s humility/self-deprecation is going to shoot herself in the foot.
anna_rc:Mesmerised by Colin’s hair for all the wrong reasons
nancy_blackett: some pretty sweet top model amateur psychology going on
anna_rc:I like Laura’s photo, but she doesn’t look like herself.
nancy_blackett: laura’s photo is fine but I’m going off her quite a bit
nancy_blackett: chris is full of rubbish. Ruby looked slim in that photo
nancy_blackett: backhanded compliments galore for ruby
nancy_blackett: photo is great!
anna_rc:She’s probably shitting herself due to the realisation she has to represent one of these girls.
nancy_blackett: sara needs to work on her tyra faux-warmth
Panel
nancy_blackett: yeah i’m pretty sure
anna_rc:Yeah, I’m sticking with my predictions. How about you?
nancy_blackett: well laura has made the same predictions as you!
anna_rc:Even the girls themselves sound bored tonight.
nancy_blackett: hosanna’s ‘i’m a lover not a fighter’ made my skin crawl
anna_rc:So THIS is why they set up all that flat tension. Laura doesn’t seem to be as bad as promo made her out to be.
nancy_blackett: was the photog telling ruby to ‘get a sweat up’ some sort of dig or am i being too sensitive?
anna_rc:Ruby looks badass.
nancy_blackett: ruby does look pretty gorgeous
anna_rc:Ruby has to do well in this photo shoot.
nancy_blackett: laura’s shoes are gross!
anna_rc:Does he have a book/career to promote?
nancy_blackett: why is monty betham here? random
Photoshoot – in a boxing ring
nancy_blackett: christobelle just realised what modelling is! taking photos for money!
nancy_blackett: christobelle looks pretty good in the nivea beauty shots!
anna_rc:I think Sara should start having a more hands-on role with the girls to make it more interesting, like Tyra does.
anna_rc:so that’s how the show’s budget doubled 
nancy_blackett: plugs so far – Vodafone, Nivea, Cover Girl, Vitamin Water
nancy_blackett: chris sisarich is boring! get rid of him for season 2 I reckon!
nancy_blackett: I don’t know if I’m in a bad mood – they’re all kind of irritating tonight
anna_rc:Nice shot of Laura drawing pensive stars in her diary
anna_rc:Wouldn’t be surprised.
nancy_blackett: do you think this door slamming fight was scripted? laura’s delivery was weird
anna_rc:There needs to be more Kelly Tarltons catwalks! It’s like the show’s budget miraculously doubled halfway through the season.
nancy_blackett: well half way through – a pretty boring episode so far
nancy_blackett: christobelle looks sort of 16 going on 35 at the mo
nancy_blackett: i think colin’s use of the word ‘captivating’ in terms of christobelle’s performance is a little over the top
anna_rc:Well that segment set up Laura and Ruby for the bottom two.
nancy_blackett: OH NO! Ruby is possibly gone! She should have rocked this!
anna_rc:every time she speaks I now always think of this http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2557909248/ch0014718
nancy_blackett: there is something so creepy about hosanna’s way of talking
nancy_blackett: this should play to ruby’s strengths
nancy_blackett: oooh will christobelle & laura’s skin be a problem in this nivea challenge
Second challenge- impromtu on camera ad for Nivea
anna_rc: Poor Laura. Her voice would get grating if she was in the public eye for a long time.
nancy_blackett: colin’s tie-dye is truly awful
nancy_blackett: hmmm not sure
anna_rc:Is it Colin in that current Neutrogena ad, swimming in orange? Looks like him. This Nivea plug makes me wonder though.
nancy_blackett: on a side note this latest NZ beef & lamb gets in my head really badly
nancy_blackett: hmmm at the first ad break I’m not quite sure how they’re playing it re:elimination
anna_rc:Yeah, just getting everyone to point out other girls’ flaws
nancy_blackett: laura is coming off as a bit of a bitch tonight
nancy_blackett: ruby is so composed! she could have been a bit more outspoken about the fat-shaming but I guess she is only 17
nancy_blackett: NEAR DEATH IN NEXT TOP MODEL HOUSE
anna_rc:I love Ruby
nancy_blackett: her voice is such a private school girl voice
nancy_blackett: christobelle is such a rich girl!
anna_rc:Oh Christobelle, showing weakness. Just said she doesn’t think she’d do well in a modelling career..?
nancy_blackett: i liked Hosanna’s ‘kia ora’ to Wendyl
nancy_blackett: yup dic = not cool. I drive sometimes, drink sometimes but don’t find it hard not to combine the two
anna_rc:Quite surprised at Laura’s criminal conviction.
nancy_blackett: oohhh laura the criminal!
nancy_blackett: oohh possibly. I’m sure someone in Wellington knows
anna_rc:Laura’s boyfriend was so her pizza hutt boss (reading between the lines)
nancy_blackett: awesome! laura met her boyfriend at pizza hutt paraparaumu
anna_rc:I love it when people’s occupation is ‘media expert’.
nancy_blackett: wendyl nissen – writes a natural housekeeping column in the women’s weekly
First challenge – media training/dirt digging with Wendyl Nissen
nancy_blackett: ha ha ruby – you’re sixteen – what have you ‘given up to be here’?
anna_rc:Ok! Does Hosanna remind anyone else of Denise Richards in Drop Dead Gorgeous?
nancy_blackett: unconvincing ‘chat’ from the girls
nancy_blackett: sara’s voiceover is a bit shouty tonight
anna_rc: True. I think they might keep the villain (Hosanna) in as long as they can…
nancy_blackett: I think Hosanna or Ruby will have to go (too short & too fat – in crazy model world obviously)
anna_rc:That would be amazing! Then you could live-blog a live final – such excitement.
nancy_blackett: internet rumours suggest the final could be live
nancy_blackett: oohh ad shows more crazy hosanna drama!
nancy_blackett: I think final two will be laura and christobelle which could potentially be a bit boring.
anna_rc:Hmm, sending Laura home would definitely add drama
nancy_blackett: good prediction. I think Laura will definitely be in final two but they’re going to need to create some drama.
anna_rc:I have a feeling it’ll be a tense bottom two – Laura and Ruby, with Ruby going because of her (TOTALLY NORMAL) thighs
nancy_blackett: any predictions before it begins?
Here’s a little email to and fro between my friends today: “who is going to go???Hosanna hopefully. Maybe Ruby for being too fat??”. “Hosanna is actually too short……Ruby can do something about weight, but Hosanna can’t get taller…so maybe it’ll be Hosanna. But I agree it’ll be one of them”. “Well the ads imply that the chick with the teeth fixed crumbles a bit under the pressure. Can’t remember her name”. “Laura I think. She will be in the final and so will Christabel…with a name like that she has to be”
i’m glad Laura is safe – Hosanna creeps me out no end. I love Ruby and I hope C4 realises she’s better than all their stupid male presenters (seriously can’t believe they’re all YAY NEW PRESENTER and it’s yet another faceless dude… fuck off C4 – unless since I last paid attention they’ve hired a female?). Christobelle always looks drunk – and I agree with the private school snob sounding voice. She’d like that chick from Skins – “OH YOU SHOULD MEET MY FRAAAAAANNNNNNNS”
also, can’t wait for final! yay! i’m going to be… twittering up a storm.
I am SO FURIOUS at this whole Ruby being too big for sample sizes thing. She’s a size EIGHT for fuck’s sake. She’s fucking gorgeous, and looks healthy and happy. GRRRRRRR. Plus, she totally had the best personality. Laura is not as articulate as I first thought she was, so I’m a bit over her, although her photo was FIERCE. I’m not a Christobelle fan – she totally looks 35, but I kind of like Hosanna’s kind of crazy. And the shoes she wore in the shoot. And I’m pretty much in love with CMJ now – his sarcastic asides are hilarious. Chris Sisarich can go suck a fuck though.