Topic: Reality TV Recaps

The Voice: Are These Battle Rounds Or Duets?

The Voice: Are These Battle Rounds Or Duets?

So last night’s episode of The Voice featured some of the best battle performances I’ve heard in the past two seasons of my watching this show. What’s weird though is that the battles sounded more like people were working together rather than competing against each other. I think it made the performances much better but on the other hand, it made the decisions THAT much harder and broke my heart several times when I liked both contestants. More »

The Hoarding: Buried Season Finale Will Make You Laugh And Then Cry And Then Clean Your House

The Hoarding: Buried Season Finale Will Make You Laugh And Then Cry And Then Clean Your House

Ahhh Hoarding: Buried Alive. My second favorite voyeuristic reality show about people with mental problems (first is Intervention). My BA in Psychology and affinity for watching people who have lost it, in a first-world kind of way, brought me to last night’s Hoarders episode about Kelly Jay – a Canadian ex-band member who loves Americana memorabilia and holding onto the past. More »

Real World: Portland — What’s Marlon’s Big Secret?

Real World: Portland -- What's Marlon's Big Secret?

Last night’s episode of Real World: Portland was called ‘Hot Air Jordan’, which I thought at first meant they’d be eating chili out of giant sneakers, but which in reality meant that roommate Jordan was full of hot air. And a lot of it. He seems to need to be right all the time, and with the larger-than-life personalities in the house, that can become a little…explosive. More »