Food Network Star: "Meet the Press-Ure" (6/24/2012) *SPOILERS*

[ipsedixit]

Everyone for themselves today.

There's no "team" in EPK.

Justin wins rave reviews for dates stuffed with peanut butter, duck, and bonito flakes. Yum.

Martita leaves a whole 30 seconds on the clock. But survives.

Emily goes home. So retro-sad.

Next week? South Beach!

[DiningDiva]

Bummer, I'm sorry to see Emily go, she always amused me in a good way.

FTV keeps telling these people to "open up". I'm sorry, I don't want to know about Yvan dumpster diving, Martita's baby sister, Michele's mom, or anything eles. They're walking a fine line between interest and a therapy session.

I never in a million years thought 'dI say this but...man, I'll take Penny and Mary Beth over this group any day, at least the show they were on last was interesting. If NFNS hasn't jumped the shark already, it sure did tonight

[Shrinkrap]

Agree about Emily, and about the therapy from unlicensed therapists. Feels like "truth or dare" to make cheerleaders. Oh wait...that was me.

[Joanie]

I thought Emily was so bad last nite tho. Maybe it was cuz she was trying to do this without revealing her big secret (not sure what scary thing would have brought about her 50s point of view) but even the 2nd time when they said she was so much better, I thought she kinda sucked.

I can't believe Martita didn't yap about *something* during those 30 interminable seconds. That was bad.

Is Ippy really *that* laid back? I thought he had a nice vibe to his presentation but was surprised the newer judges said the same stuff Suzy and Bob keep saying about being a snooze.

[DiningDiva]

Martita sucked. I would have preferred to see her go rather than Emily

[shell22]

+1

[KrumTx]

+2. The 30 seconds of dead time should have sent her home on the spot.

[chicgail]

They couldn't send her home "on the spot" or the whole show would have had 30 minutes of dead air time.

[KrumTx]

Point taken:)

[BubblyOne]

Emily could have made up something plausible that wasn't soul-baring and satisfied the judges. It's not like they would know the difference. She enjoyed collecting old cookbooks as a teen and was looking for ways to make updated versions, she loved watching TV shows from the 50s as a kid and thought it was cool, she loved cooking with her grandmother. Or given an edited version of the truth.

Martita leaving 30 seconds of airtime was the worst IMHO. And she and Justin keep going back and forth in winning the fan vote.

[ennuisans]

They should bring Padma Lakshmi back to coach Ippy on how to be an energetic in-your-face cooking show host.

[DGresh]

you nailed it :)

[rasputina]

I agree, I watch cooking shows for recipes and food ideas not for family stories. And what was with the claim that they were being judged individually and then making 2 people from each team safe? That was false advertising. It seems they are more worried about hurting the feelings of their team leaders by having all their contestants kicked off because they suck than actually finding the best person. Not that I'm surprised.

[Joanie]

I didn't even think of that. Why *did* they have 2 safe and one person up for elimination on each team? Altho they may have been the actual worst of the presentations overall.

Does anyone think the judges might have thought that Emily's look was too distracting?

[mcf]

No, not given their love for Justin and his rockabilly/Howdy Doody thing. :-)

[rochfood]

I thought it was Count Chocula .

[dmjordan]

Good one! I always think Heat Miser though.

[chicgail]

He does look like Howdy Doody! And I am apparently old enough to know. I wonder who is pulling the strings?

[rasputina]

I think Michele's look is the most distracting. At least Emily's look was cute.

[DGresh]

I agree.

[DiningDiva]

I think that ultimately, for the last episode before they announce the winner, each "mentor" will have a dog in the final fight. Alton's will be Justin, Bobby's will be Michele and Giada's will be (in all likelihood) Ippy.

[ipsedixit]

Bingo.

[Janet from Richmond]

I think Bobby's will be Malcolm & Giada's will be Martita. I agree Justin for Alton.

If there is a god, Martie will be going home sooner rather than later. Dear lord, she is annoying and nothing she has made has appealed to me. If baffled as to why she is still there.

[DGresh]

unfortunately I think Bobby's will be that annoying girl on grill gal.

[Janet from Richmond]

Ugh.....she is annoying.

[rochfood]

She and Martita definitely suffer from " I think I'm all that " syndrome.
Martita wants to be the Mexican version of Giada with her cleavage..and overauthentic pronunciation of everything " Mehhican" sounding.

[DGresh]

Yeah I kind of feel like the extent of her POV is that she can authentically pronounce Spanish words.

[DiningDiva]

Hmmm....I don't find that she is "over pronouncing" the words in Spanish. Sounds more like someone for whom (or is it who) Spanish was the first language and English the second. She's from SoCal where it is not unusual to hear that style of Spanglish.

What I do find interesting is that Yvan moved to the U.S. at 13 and speaks nearly unaccented English.

[mcf]

Really, kind of like saying those of us who use proper English diction are overpronouncing. :-) Of course a native speaker is going to pronounce native language words the way they learned them.

Hey, my brother moved to Australia in mid life and speaks Ozzie, so does his daughter, who moved there after college.

[Shrinkrap]

My husband moved here at a 9 and can "do" either (patois or "educated") at the drop of the hat.

[BubblyOne]

If the live finale is 7/15, there's going to have to be some kind of multiple eliminations before then.

[chowser]

"They're walking a fine line between interest and a therapy session."

LOL, that's my feeling, too. It's almost uncomfortable listening to some of the stories. I cringe when I hear them tell the contestants to share family stories and then they get so excited when they hear tidbits, like voyeurs, It's sad that Justin's father died but within the context of a 90 second presentation? That story Marti told was awkward and irrelevant. How did being stood up by sorority girls (at 13 in high school?) make a difference in her life and yet they LOOOVVEEED it. That dumpster story is along those lines.

I don't particularly like anyone on this season but there are some who rub me the wrong way and I can't put my finger on it. I'm not crazy about Martita or Marti. I guess I like Ippy and Yvan but would not tune into either show. Justin is still too Rocky Horror Picture show for me and I don't get why they loved his hair.

[Shrinkrap]

Aww ...and Justin cried when retro lady got sent home.