Thursday, April 22, 2010

"Cast Reunion"

Time to dish the dirt for the cast reunion!

Hosts are Tim and Nina. Ninachat, you could say. Congratulations are given to Seth and Kristina. Seth says it hasn't sunk in that he won. Emilio is interviewed, and he somberly says that if the judges loved his collection, why didn't he win? Someone is so not over it. Nina asks the contestants is they've been recognized. Anthony is now a star, apparently. At a toll booth! Even model Kristina was recognized. Ping apparently was recognized at fabric stores. As she tells her story it's evident...she is still crazy. She, uh, forget she was on the show?

Tim brings up the topic of model loyalty. Emilio of course comes up. Tim thinks there is a benefit to keeping the same model. Jonathan explains to Cerri why he stopped working with her. He does seem to imply that her ass got in the way (something about raising the hem, and lowering it...ahem). Apparently there was tension between Amy and Emilio when models were switched. It seems to me like Emilio seemed unpleasant on the show because he was generally unpleasant the whole damn time. Holly the model is asked how she felt wearing the (literal) string bikini. She seems nervous to answer. What can she say? Yeah, it felt great walking nearly nude the runway on national TV?

Emilio boldly says that her fierceness kept her in competition after that challenge. So then...Tim asks why he switched her out. Naturally! Emilio totally avoids the question, saying something about how he just wanted a change, and that everyone wanted to work with her after he did. Tim is totally sticking up for Holly's honor here, and asks if she is satisfied with Emilio's tepid answer. Emilio declares that he and Holly are on good terms, but she doesn't look convinced.

Ooh, I figured out where that pudgy hunk from Drop Dead Diva is from: Pam's original fiancee on The Office. You're welcome.

The designers are asked what their favorite challenge was, and Mila responds that it was the hardware challenge for sure. Jay agrees. Maya interjects that trash bags were really not that unconventional. Is this why she dropped out? Nina says that to make that material work as pants is very challenging. He says he wanted his model to look like Mila and Maya: bitchy. Nina has a question for the designers: what outfit do the models wish they would have worn? Alexis, the model with the feline face, wanted to wear Amy's pretty potato sack dress.

Tim says that the designer's opinions of the other designers are secrets until they're revealed on air. Fast forward to Cerri badmouthing Jay's aesthetic. And Emilio doing a mini Tim impression (nothing beats this). And Jesse and Ping trying to work together. And Jay talking about how he doesn't like Mila cause he dislikes her as a person. And Anthony confessing that when he told Mila she was sketchy, what he meant was that she was a bitchy. Mila apologizes to Anthony. He then attempts to apologize to her and quickly backpedals into some New York Post comment about how he thought she was a mean old lady. Tim sternly reminds him that the quote was indeed in bad taste.

Anthony puzzlingly says that Emilio is like the African-American version of Tim, which Tim (rightly) interprets as, "Do you think I trash talk you all"?. They all say that he sort of does- on his blog! Jay then tells Cerri that he does in fact see himself as an L.A. designer, in response to her earlier comment that he's just an L.A./Miami type designer. We then see why both Mila and Tim didn't get along with Jay. I knew it, I just knew that there was a nasty bitch hiding under that smug face. He only made that comment to Cerri, I guess, to tell her, and the nation, that he would never hire a model with "bad teeth and thick legs". There is silence in the room as everyone absorbs what a mean comment he has just made. And he just sits there and grins, like he's so pleased with himself. Nina chastises him and says that that was mean. Cerri is fuming.

Moving on: Tim asks Ping how she felt when she was paired with Jesse. She was only on the show for two episodes, and my God, it would have been emotionally exhausting to have her emotionally break down for more than two. She breaks down here and says something about how if she wasn't gold she'd shine wherever she was. I guess I have little sympathy, because it seemed to me like she was incapable of working in a team setting, pure and simple. Tim, ever the diplomat, congratulated Jesse for a classy apology, and says that without him, there may have been nothing walking the runway.

Tim brings up the touchy subject of the only designer in Project Runway history to voluntarily leave the show. Jack Mackenroth left due to illness, and one left because of accusations of cheating (who is this? Not Jeffrey Sebelia). Maya looks peeved at the prospect of confessing why she really left the show.

The real reason she left is that she was a good contender, but that she wasn't winning. Nothing dramatic, she really just quit. Nina says she wonders if Maya would have made it to the runway, and Maya blathers about how she had to grow as a designer, blah blah blah. The model Valeria also left in that same episode. She left for a really well-paying job. Kristina seems to have some survivor's guilt for winning the whole thing in Valeria's place. Nina says that this was one of the most talented seasons ever, and Jonathan thanks her for a nice comment she gave him.

Tim wishes everyone Bonne Chance, and that is it! We end with viscera: multiple clips of Tim advising contestants to follow their viscera, etc.

And with that, I say aufwiedersehen from the depth of my viscera!

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