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?