Episode Report Card Potes: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Battle Of The Blands
By Potes | Season 7 | Episode 11 | Aired on 12.05.2006
The girls prepare for the show. Melrose loves the hair and makeup and thinks that this is a really cool idea. Well, there's your first sign that it's retarded. Melrose says that she's looking at Caridee, and thinks that she can stand out stronger. Caridee mutters to herself, "It's just walking," and Dani(elle) tells her not to be nervous. Caridee says that she hasn't had much contact with Melrose, because she's going to kick her ass. Then Tyra comes backstage, calls herself "Frankenstein," and talks to some little girls in Spanish. Is there anything she can't do? Tyra tells Caridee her problem is that she needs longer and leaner steps. Melrose has a good walk, but her problem is her dead face. Tyra settles in the audience with the rest of the judges. This runway show is whack, dude. ["It really was the least effort ever expended to make the runway show look at all legit. Compare this crap to the Project Runway finale, where there aren't cameras a foot in front of the judges to capture their reactions because that's where the MODELS ARE WALKING, where the models can actually walk, and where the audience isn't made up of people who look like they were rounded up from a local McDonald's. Come on, show." -- Wing Chun]
Jay tells the girls to keep their energy up, and that this is really about creating a scene. Melrose says that the nerves have really kicked in, and that the battle of the blondes is in full effect right now. Caridee says that she knows Melrose isn't as strong as she tries to appear, and that this is hers. The models line up, and Jay tells them to stomp it out and make it work. Like a ghost bride. Commercials.
When we return, Melrose says that this might be the coolest thing she's ever done. To be a ghost bride, that is. Caridee tells us that this is the last chance she and Melrose have to strut their stuff and each prove that they can become America's Next Top Model. And with this, the fashion show commences. Two ghostly flower girls sprinkle flower petals on the runway before some scary music makes them run off and Dani(elle) comes walking out, all ghostly and bridal. Pretty dress. Then Melrose heads out. She looks pretty good, and Tyra gives a "Nice!" There is, like, Gregorian chanting happening and slow-motion footage of people in the audience holding candles. Now, come on, does that really need to be in slow-mo? Caridee comes out next. And seriously, girl is not the greatest walker who's ever lived. There are some real models in the show who put them all to shame.