This week starts out with a lesson in chemistry, which is accompanied by Tyra and Rob coming clean about their relationship. I know the wondering has been keeping you up at night for the past nine months. As it happens, they are definitively NOT banging, which seems like a waste of so much pretty. In any case, the contestants go through a quick exercise and practice the three steps of photo chemistry: 1) fresh breath; 2) tension; 3) inhalation. They have to pair up and look like they are boning while not actually boning. Phil really wants to be paired with Jiana, with whom he may be having shenanigans when he's not busy talking about the girlfriend who saved him from homelessness. Tyra does not oblige him and he is instead paired with Alexandra, who finds him repulsive.
Things move quickly to the week's photo shoot, which has a theme of "sexy fierce" that actually means "fetish." This season is all about the kink! Rob and Victoria's Secret model Alessandra Ambrosio are in the photos as well, which sexes up the proceedings even further. In his photo with Chlea and Alessandra, things get "too real" for Marvin, which I'm assuming means: boner. When does he NOT have one, though? Jeremy and Phil have to lap up milk like cats while Alessandra wields a whip over them. Don has a hard time in an elevator shot with Alexandra, because he's intimidated by the sweet nectar of perfection that is Rob Evans. Mike has a hard time being sexy and just sort of sits like a lunk for a while, but then something clicks and he actually makes a few quasi-expressions. Victory!
We then are treated to Ty-overs! There are a few surprises. Kanani gets a pixie cut and Kelly and Johnny both call it their favorite transformation. Chris and Don both go blonde, and Don moves from thinking that he looks like a little baby chicken to recognizing the dopeness of his new look. Cory gets his hair all shaved off cue-ball style, and gets REALLY upset. In fairness, he does look like he's in a children's cancer ward. Nina goes red, while Alexandra goes chocolate brown and Jourdan is turned into a blonde. She has a real complex about people now calling her a dumb blonde. To ease her concerns, I will note that I found her dumb when she was still a brunette.
Chlea gets long locks and also a re-start to her relationship with Kelly. And then there's Phil. He gets a wavy weave, and for a while looks a whole lot like he's in a community theater production of Jesus Christ Superstar. At his best, with the right lighting, he looks like an Avett Brother, which to my mind is a very good thing. A bunch of the men also get waxed all over their bodies, which is amazing and hilarious. To quote Jeremy, "I didn't know the leg had so many sensitive spots."
At panel, social media counts a little bit extra since there was no challenge this week. Mike amazingly does great and is named best of the week. Tyra's scouting skills are vindicated! Don, Chlea, Jeremy and Phil land in the bottom four, and obviously you're not going to get rid of Phil and his Jesus weave OR Jeremy and his intact hymen. Chlea and Don fall in the bottom two, and it turns out that Chlea is not somebody significent enough to retain her position in the competition.
With nary a "previously on," we jump into the third, relentlessly amusing episode of this season of Top Model with the models returning home to find Marvin's best-of-week photo in the house. Marvin loves it, and not only because he's Big Love-ing it up with five Holly Hobby looking bitches. He's got the Tyra Suite this week, and chooses Don to bounce around on the big bed and raid the Guess closet with him. Marvin thinks that a dude is going to win this season for sure, and tells us that the girls are making excuses for why they didn't bring it. Excuses like, "I was so distracted by Marvin talking constantly about how he wants to have sex with me."
Cut to Chlea, who isn't exactly making excuses for her poor performance, but is discussing why Kelly Cutrone hates her fiercely real guts. All Chlea did, she says, is tell Kelly that she maybe comes across as a little bit harsh. Renee, trying to be diplomatic, says that she's trying to take the comment as Kelly might take it -- e.g., in a rude, sassy way. Chlea is like, "WHY would she take offense at my unsolicited (rude, sassy) advice?" We flash back to Kelly ripping Chlea a new one at panel last week, and then see Chlea going off about how long Kelly has been a judge on this show and made bitches cry.
Chlea was just telling it like it is, and keeping it real, and INFORMING Kelly that her delivery is a bit harsh. You know, like a critical friend, with more emphasis on the "critical" and less on the "friend." Being someone significent who hasn't spoken to the mother who kicked her out when she was seventeen, Chlea is not down with anybody trying to control her. Renee tells Chlea to be smart. Chlea declines to take that advice. It's against her nature, really.
And then it's time for a hormone update! Phil, who somehow has a button-down shirt with the shoulders cut out, like Streisand in the Donna Karan-heavy 1990s but sassier, tells us that a lot can happen when girls and guys live together in a house. There's no privacy and girls are walking around half-naked, which means that hormones are active. A night-cam catches Phil getting cozy with Jiana while she's in her bunk bed. He's standing and she's laying, but their faces are awfully close to one another. Jiana tells us that something in the house is likely to happen soon, and she thinks that Phil might have a bit of a crush on her.
Marvin, of course, wants to bone anything that moves, and he and Don try to no avail to get two ladies to come share in the Tyra Suite with them. Cory serves as the voice of reason, telling us that he can't deal with the hetero-normative high school vibe that's happening. We are reminded that Cory has been challenged to up his masculinity in photos, and he says he's concerned about going home. To which I say he's way too delightful not to keep around for a time, despite certain makeover-related events that occur this episode.
We then get a glimpse into the world of Don. He took up rapping and modeling when he moved to California from Minnesota. At the moment he's primarily an aspiring rapper, and has an album called Real. Or, at least a song called "Real." Don thinks that being a rapper improves his modeling skills because: swagger. When he sets his mind to something there's no beating him, which is an indication that he probably hasn't set his mind to much so far.
The models arrive at a large penthouse and are greeted by Tyra and Rob, who are holding hands. The whole world has been asking Tyra and Rob about their relationship, says Tyra. And…they have? I mean…still? There are rumors everywhere, claims Tyra, and we see quotes from, like, blogs. Nothing from me personally, though. Where's the quote, "These two must be boning. -- TWoP." I feel certain that I said it at least once!
Tyra says that she and Rob are just going to come clean, and the models get all a-twitter and burst into a spontaneous round of applause. But, Tyra being Tyra, it's all a fake-out. She says that there's no romance, and Rob is her brother. If you are Tyra Banks and are not boning Rob Evans, it seems like history's biggest waste of genetics. But they've never kissed, and never touched, yet people talk because they present mad chemistry in photos. It's the job of a model to fool people into thinking that all the beautiful people in the world are having crazy sex all the time, in line with the overarching goal of models to make the rest of us feel bad about EVERYTHING.
Tyra and Rob have devised a three-step plan for how to create chemistry in a photo. First they pair the models in teams of two. Renee and Marvin are paired, then Cory and Nina. Phil sort of steps forward, and Tyra asks who he'd like to be paired with. Phil looks around, and then we get a brief interview with Jiana who says, "What does this guy want?" She waits, and then Tyra suggests that they pair Phil and Alexandra. Phil pipes in with, "Phil and Jiana," which, why didn't he just say that in the first place? Tyra has none of it, and then Jiana interviews that Phil can have a big, fat "whatever." She gets paired with Don, so things work out just fine for her. Mike gets paired with Kanani, Chris H. gets with Chlea, and Jourdan and Jeremy wind up together once again, much to Jourdan's chagrin. She says that she needs to keep her eye on Jeremy during the "making chemistry" process. Quoth Jeremy: "This is gonna be great."
So, the three steps of chemistry. Number one is fresh breath. Tyra makes it rain with gum, and instructs the models to rub it all over their lips in addition to chewing it. Step number two is tension, like you make when you kind of pull somebody to you and push them away and grab their muscles all at the same time. The third and seemingly most useful tip is to inhale, which always makes you look just like you're about to bone. The models then get to test out these tips in their pairings. Jeremy and Jourdan get right into it, and she tells us that her biggest fear is accidentally kissing him. "Accidentally."
Don and Jiana get really hot, and Tyra has to tell him not to get "too real." Phil appears briefly displeased. Kanani actually mounts Mike, which is how she got a baby. Chlea and Chris work out some system by which she pretends that he's a dude back at home that she wants to have sex with, and he pretends that she is herself with a focus on her butt. Cory works to sell his masculinity with Nina, while Renee cracks up at Marvin's heavy breathing. She tells us that he was so awkward, and theorizes that he's in the virgin club with Jeremy. Tyra tells Phil that he's so sexy, but not in this moment with Alexandra. She has to yell at him to take off his hat, while Alexandra basically tells us that she finds Phil repulsive but is giving it her all.
Tyra tells the models that this is just the tip of the iceberg, which is not the first time that "just the tip" has been used in such situations. Johnny Wujek enters, because it's time for their photo shoot! He wields a whip, as you do. The theme of the photo shoot is "sexy fierce," which basically translates as "fetish." Some of the models will get to pose with Rob, while others will pose with very special guest star and Victoria's Secret supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio. True story: I once took a picture of her from the Victoria's Secret catalogue to my hairdresser. Whatever, she's got great layers! Alessandra emerges and the dudes basically have to wipe the drool off of their chins.
Tyra is doing makeup again, and this time she goes for Nina. A lot of people have apparently said that Nina looks like Allison Harvard from seasons past, so Tyra is trying to differentiate her a bit. Alessandra comes in during hair and makeup and asks if anyone has questions for her. Of course the first one to emerge is, "Are you single?" Thanks, Marvin, for always living up to expectations. Chlea asks how to avoid looking like a porn star, and Alessandra suggests that she have fun and give a little sweet smile. She adds that there are many ways to turn things that could be vulgar into something pretty and sensual and classy, but doesn't actually divulge any of those ways. Very helpful. Tyra then talks about how in her Paris high-fashion days she'd do makeup for all the girls, including Heidi Klum. Heidi still will not have Tyra as a guest judge on Project Runway, though.
Johnny introduces photographer Sarah Silver, and Mike and Phil are up first. They're wearing matching leather shorts and collars, and are instructed to get on their hands and knees in front of two little dishes of milk. Alessandra then comes out, puts a foot on Jeremy's back, and occasionally spanks them on the butt with a whip-like thing. Phil puts a hand in the milk and takes a taste, which is all wrong because you are supposed to lap it up. Don't they know anything about cats OR S&M? Phil tells us he wasn't really comfortable and doesn't think he nailed it, while Jeremy was spot on.
Meanwhile, Alexandra asks if Tyra has any advice for people who are shy. Tyra recounts advice she got from a friend about dropping your neck into your shoulder and running your hand around the rim of a glass, which was apparently very bad advice. So, basically, she has nothing of consequence to say in response to Alexandra's question. Part of Tyra's makeup strategy is to draw Xs on the foreheads of some of the dudes, which gives us the opportunity to experience an odd interlude featuring Marvin's X'ed up face and Tyra overdubbing the line, "Top Model 20, double X two oh, baby!" What is she even talking about? I think she's going mad.
Chlea and Marvin are up , and Sarah instructs them to look like they can't wait to ravage each other. Meanwhile, Alessandra stands above them and waves some handcuffs around. Sarah yells at them to get some chemistry, while Chlea talks about her awkward arm. Meanwhile, Marvin says that things are getting "too real" for him, which I can only interpret as: boner. He tells us, "How many people have a supermodel and a…very nice big girl right to them in a bed?" Marvin, on his knees in his silk pants, is having a hard time focusing. Apparently "A very nice big girl" is the new "somebody significent."
Jiana tells us that the field of ladies is weak, and her real competitors are the guys. She and Chris get frisky on a kitchen counter as Alessandra stands over them with a camera. Meta! Johnny tells us that Chris really went after Jiana, who in turn was executing the #3 tip of inhalation with aplomb. Backstage, the models watch the shoots and Phil talks about how Chris killed it. Apparently Phil has a lot of opinions and likes to give instruction to others, and Chlea is sick of his long lessons and wants to see him go home. Don and Alexandra are , in an elevator with Rob Evans. Don's energy is flagging, which both Sarah and Johnny notice. Rob gives some tips on how to take control of a woman, to great cheers from the female models watching backstage. He is so fine. After the shoot, Don notes that having Rob there made him work harder because: supernatural fineness.
Renee and Jourdan are , and get to be in bed with Rob. Jourdan yanks on Renee's hair as Rob sort of pats them both. Sarah says that she was impressed with both ladies. Cory gets to compete with Rob for Nina's attention, and tells us that he's nervous but going to do the best he can. Backstage, some of the other models opine that Cory does, in fact, look manly. Finally we have Mike and Kanani, in bed with Alessandra. Mike has his typical stiff look, and Johnny notes that he should look happy because he's getting down with two ladies. Mike gives the most unexcited sounding, "I'm excited," then interviews that it was more difficult to channel sexy emotions than he thought it would be. Try inhaling!
Having been given the golden ticket from Tyra, Mike worries that he'll let her down with his complete inability to model. Phil wonders how Mike is sitting like a dullard when in bed with two hot ladies and asks, "What are you doing, dude?" Eventually, though Mike gets a quasi-expression on his face, and everyone gets really excited. And that's a wrap!
Back at home there is Tyra Mail: "You'll have to be a cut above if you want some love. Fierce and love, Tyra." Everyone realizes that it's makeover time, and then wonder what the makeovers will look like for the guys. Spoiler: hilarious. The contestants go to the Christophe Salon, where they meet Kelly, Johnny and, of course, Christophe.
Each contestant has an envelope within which are descriptions of the looks that will catapult them to supermodeldom, and/or make us laugh and laugh and laugh. Kanani discovers that she's getting a pixie cut, while Chris is going ice blonde. They always have to have someone who looks like king or queen of the elves. Jiana is getting a long bob, and has to ask what a long bob actually is. Once she finds out the answer, she worries that it will just emphasize her chubby cheeks. I feel like Phil would do it chipmunk-style with her, though.
Don's makeover entails bleached blonde hair and facial hair, and when he sees the chicken yellow results he worries that he looks like an Easter egg. Nothing wrong with looking like a baby chicken, I say! The stylists wind up keeping his beard dark because of his sensitive skin, and in the end Don realizes that he looks dope with his platinum do. Cory's makeover is to shave his head, and though he seems outwardly calm, his inner monologue is a whole series of holy shits. This, despite the fact that his hair was only an inch long to start off with. With a little bit of fuzz on his head, he thinks he looks pretty cool. And then his stylist gets a razor, and Cory realizes that he's getting a cue-ball. He is despondent, saying that he doesn't want to look like a freaky alien. And he shouldn't worry, because he actually looks way more like a cancer patient.
Cory does a confessional where he tries not to cry, and Kelly looks concerned as she says it's a big change. Johnny tells him that of all the guys, he has the most unique look, so should own it. Kelly advises him to get into the winning mindset. Cory tells us that he's going to work it out, but he's still obviously not thrilled.
Nina gets her blonde hair chopped, and is going red with bangs. I sort of liked her blonde, but I think she'll work it out with the red. Chris does indeed look like some sort of fairy elf warrior with his blonde hair. Kanani gets a whole lot of hair cut, but seems just fine about it. She's hoping that her pixie do will transform her from a Cuban girl from Chicago into a model. Both Kelly and Johnny cite it as their favorite makeover, and she does look much edgier. And then the contestants get a visit from Harry Karp, who is listed as "hairy model." It is indeed a descriptive title.
Jiana calls him a heavy-set wolf man, and Jourdan claims to never have seen so much body hair in her life. These are not people with Eastern European heritage, apparently. My three-year old cousins have more body hair than that! In any case, Hairy Harry tells the male models that he might have too much hair to be on Top Model, but they still have a chance. They are going to get manscaped. That means waxing. Mike calls it the worst idea ever. Worst idea? Or best idea. We get a whole montage of Marvin, Chris, Mike, and Jeremy screaming in pain as the estheticians apply hot wax to their legs, stomachs, and other parts and rip. Says Jeremy, "I didn't know that the leg had so many sensitive spots." The girls of course think it's hilarious, because it is! Kanani is like, "WELCOME TO OUR WORLD, XYs."
Speaking of Jeremy, his makeover is pretty uneventful aside from the waxing - just lightening and a trim. Marvin gets a fade, while Mike gets amber highlights. Alexandra and Jourdan trade hair places, as natural blonde Alex goes a chocolate brown and Jourdan goes honey blonde. The end color is lovely, though of course Jourdan has a sour look on her face. Christophe wonders if she knows what people say about blondes, and Jourdan goes, "That they're dumb?" He's like, no you idiot, they have more fun. She is determined to break the mold in that regard.
Jourdan confesses that she doesn't want to look like a Barbie, and she really doesn't want anyone to make dumb blonde jokes. She didn't finish high school and so is a little sensitive to the possibility that people will think she's a dumb blonde bimbo. I thought she was pretty dumb as a brunette, which will hopefully put her mind at ease.
Renee gets straight, black hair, while Chlea gets long, Farrah Fawcett locks. Kelly approaches her and suggests that, since it's makeover day, they might try making over their relationship. She asks Chlea if she understands what happened, and Chlea says that it was a misunderstanding. She eats crow as Kelly tells her that she doesn't have to be a complete and utter pill to show that she can be strong. Kelly offers to help her in any way that she can and extols Chlea's momentary good attitude. Chlea tells us that she has to listen and apply to the best of her abilities, and she now thinks her chances are better. Chances of what?
Jiana's bob looks totally good, and Phil allows her to hold on to his finger as he says it's sick. Alexandra confirms what we can already see: that Phil is always all over Jiana. He also always talks about his girlfriend, but he and Jiana have had an "intimate thing" from the beginning. Phil has some modeling tips to give Jiana too, since he's so good at it.
And speaking of Phil, it's then time for his amazing, number one of all time makeover. He's getting a wavy weave, which starts off looking sort of like Jesus with a mullet. Halfway through, where it looks like a wig from a community theater production of Jesus Christ Superstar went to pasture on his head, Phil wonders what they're doing to him. Johnny tells him to be patient and just breathe through it, then gives Phil a high five, walks behind him and mouths, "What the fuck?" Amazing! Cory calls Phil's mid-process weave questionable, while it actually makes Marvin sick to his stomach.
Phil says that he trusts his stylist, while everyone else looks either bored or horrified. He emerges with his final look to the tune of the Hallelujah chorus, and says he's never felt so good. He puts a flower garland on his head, and suddenly he's in a combination of Hair and Godspell. Phil: bringing you 60's musicals through Tyovers. He calls it a Jesus/surfer/Tarzan combo, and says he'll have fun with it. Having been through so much torture to get to this place, Phil apparently does not have to face manscaping.
Once the models are home, Kanani talks about how Chlea's confidence has been boosted with her new look. Chlea interviews that if she goes home now, at least she's got her hair. Quite a consolation prize, I suppose. Cory pouts at how difficult it is to watch others flounce around with their new hair while he just gets cold and feel like a cancer-ridden alien. It's taking its toll on his psyche, because he is a little bit of a baby. And then skull mail comes. Someone is going home. Mike is nervous, saying that it was a big thing to come to this competition and he's 110% committed. If he gets sent home, he's going to be pissed. Cory is also scared, saying that it would be totally unfair for him to go home after having the trauma of his one inch of hair shaved off. He prays to Jesus-slash-Phil that the odds are in his favor.
At panel, Tyra is looking extra fly in a lingerie-inspired dress, and compliments the models on their new looks. There are prizes, there are judges. Jourdan and Renee are up first for evaluation, and of course the finest looking model in their photo is Rob. It's not fair, really. Rob thinks that Jourdan looks long and model-esque even though half of her body is covered by Renee, but Tyra wishes she'd have given a little more intensity to the photo. Bryanboy claims not to like to be the bearer of bad news, which I assure you, is inaccurate.
In any case, the fans have turned on Jourdan this week. The judges have not, though, and she gets 8s from Kelly and Tyra and a 9 from Rob. Kelly thinks that both ladies should have been into this moment more, since they were in bed with one of the hottest humans on this planet or any other. Fans were also disappointed with Renee's disconnect. She gets a 7 from Kelly, and when Rob announces that he's giving her a 9, Tyra goes, "WHAT?" He explains that he was there working with Renee and she took direction well. Tyra and Kelly feel very strongly that you don't get points for effort -- it's all about the final product. In fairness, that's how we all evaluated "Shake Ya Body (Body)." Tyra gives Renee a 7.
Chlea and Marvin are up , and Rob tells Chlea that she doesn't look like she wants to be in the picture. Probably because she was negotiating Marvin's boner. Kelly likes Chlea's makeover and is glad that they're friends now, but thinks she needs to show off her beautiful body more. Tyra reminds the models of the cleanliness rule, and says that it looks like Marvin hasn't bathed in a week and Chlea wants him to get off of her. All of that is probably true! Bryanboy notes that Chlea is the only fiercely real girl in the competition and fans have a lot of expectations, which she is not meeting. She gets 6s across the board from the judges.
And then there's Marvin. Kelly tells him that he looked like a high school boy who snuck into a whorehouse but had neither enough money to pay nor enough game to get laid for free. All of that is probably true as well. Rob thinks that it looks like Marvin and Chlea are photobombing an Alessandra Ambrosio photo, and fans are on the fence. Marvin gets 6s from Rob and Kelly, and a 9 from Tyra because he's good for drama.
Then there's Jiana and Chris, whose photo is indeed pretty hot. Rob praises Jiana's symmetrical face, which is going to be a real asset in the modeling world. Kelly doesn't care for her leg or hand position, but Tyra disagrees and thinks the photo is fierce. Social media loves Jiana, and she's risen to the top of the fan rankings. Sorry, Jourdan! The photo gets 9s from Tyra and Rob and a 7 from Kelly. As for Chris, Kelly points out that he's a little wonky-eyed and lurchy in the photo, while Rob says that his energy doesn't match the sexy sex bomb that is Jiana. Tyra likes it all, though. Chris gets a 6 from Rob, 7 from Kelly, and 8 from Tyra.
Then there is Phil and Jeremy with their leather shorts and bowls of milk. And before we get to the critique, when is someone going to give Phil grief about his panel presentation? He looks crazy, always. Rob likes Phil's face and the fact that he's looking directly at the camera, but Kelly doesn't think he seems submissive enough or that his face and body are strong. Tyra wants to see a booch (which she finally explains is a boy booty tooch)from him to add the requisite magic to the photo.
Phil gets a 5 from Kelly, a 6 from Rob, and a 7 from Tyra. Jeremy is the stronger of the two, according to Kelly, though he looks a bit crosseyed. Tyra thinks he looks like a primate, which, thank God he's white. Rob gets 6s all around from the judges, which is obviously disturbing to him since it's the sign of the devil. Methinks de-virginazation is on its way!
Don and Alexandra are , and Kelly says Don looks like he's about to mug Alexandra in the photograph. Um, yeesh. So, I would call that a problematic statement. Tyra thinks that Don's arms are on the thin side for all the tattoos that he has, and he needs to lift. Rob flexes to show him what a perfect arm looks like, and holy cow. Don's social media scores are also slipping. He gets 5s from Kelly and Tyra and a 6 from Rob, all of which seems a little low to me. Alexandra looks wasted, according to Kelly, and Tyra says that she's not commanding the photo. She needs to exaggerate more, like Tyra does with EVERYTHING. Alexandra gets a 6 from Kelly, 7 from Rob, and 8 from Tyra.
are Mike and Kanani. Rob thinks that Mike killed the shot, and isn't even outshone by a Victoria's Secret model. Tyra tells him that he exhaled, which she says is what she was talking about, even though what she was talking about was inhaling. Kelly had all but given up on Mike, so is surprised to see this fantastic shot. She's still haunted by his runway walk, though. Mike's social media scores went up, and a fan named Albert commends him on giving the smize of a man. Mike gets an 8 from Kelly, 9 from Rob, and a 10 from obviously biased Tyra. Rob likes how Kanani is creating tension by pulling the bed sheets, but thinks she looks a little small in the photo. Tyra thinks she's morphing into a no-neck monster, and Kanani's fans didn't care for her disconnected look in the photo. She gets 8s from Kelly and Rob and a 7 from Tyra.
Finally we have Nina and Cory. Tyra says that Cory looks much edgier and like a model with his bald head, at which Cory cries. He says he was petrified at first, but Tyra tells him that his makeover is polarizing, interesting and different, which means people will talk about it. Also, it will grow back in, like, two days. Calm down.
When it comes to the picture, Rob doesn't feel that Cory looks like he's into Nina, and is instead concerned about his own face. That is probably accurate. Tyra doesn't like Cory's old 1987 Color Me Badd hair, and Kelly adds that he'd look fiercer and more dangerous if his head had been shaved in the photo. Cory gets a 6 from Rob, 7 from Kelly, and 8 from Tyra. You'd think that Nina would appear to enjoy being the creamy center in a male model sandwich, but instead she looks kind of bored. Kelly likes it though I think. Nina gets 8s from Tyra and Kelly and a 6 from Rob.
The scores are all added up during a commercial break, and the highest scorer and best photo of the week is Mike. He got a 7.5 fan vote, which equals a total of 34.50. He'll get to roll around under pictures of Tyra and raid the Guess closet for the week. Jiana is , with a whopping fan vote of 8.8 and a total of 33.8. Then there's Jourdan, with a fan vote of 7.8 and a total of 32.8. That's only .1 less of a fan vote than she had last week! Shut up, Bryanboy. Nina is , with a fan vote of 8.6 and a total of 30.6. Chris has a fan vote of 8.8, for a total of 29.8. Then there's Cory, who has a fan vote of 7.8 and a total of 28.8. Alexandra is called , also with a fan vote of 7.8 and a total of 28.8. Kanani has the lowest fan vote yet of 5.8, but is called with a total of 28.8. Renee has a fan vote of 5.7 and a total of 28.7, and Marvin is called with a fan vote of 6.8 and a total of 27.8
This leaves Phil, Jeremy, Don and Chlea in the bottom four. Phil squeaks by with a fan vote of 6.7 and approval from his twin Jesus, for a total of 24.7. Jeremy is then called, with a fan vote of 6.6 and total of 24.6. Chlea and Don are in the bottom two. Tyra loves Chlea's makeover, but the judges question her drive and passion for the competition and industry. Tyra sees a strong face and a lot of modeling potential, but that doesn't come through in the photo. And then there's Don, who is super hot especially after his makeover. But if he can't deliver in a photo, it's a problem. And OBVIOUSLY Chlea is eliminated. I mean, come on. Tyra then announces that Chlea -- and all of the eliminated models -- have a chance to come back later in the season via a high social media score. Chlea makes a halfhearted plea to her fans to give her a chance, so she can once again reclaim the glory of feeling like somebody significent.
week: Mike tells Chris to shut the fuck up, which turns into shut-the-fuck-up-gate. And the show tries to break all the ankles it possibly can with a runway featuring a spinning disc.
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