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Bogiesgal

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 12:58 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I am wondering what's up with Keith during the last two shows? I know he "hasn't been feeling well" but I think something else is going on. The last two shows he barely spoke 10 words and only had a few minutes on screen. Remember the preview when the originals first came back to the show and Keith was putting bags in the trunk of the car? He said something about how the show wasn't worth all this (meanness)...I wonder if he agreed to stay only if he didn't have to really participate in any of the remaining shows? Just wonderin'....

Dogdoc

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 04:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My guess is that Keith doesn't want to aggravate himself by being around those who are so rude and abusive. I think he has had enough and may be afraid he would say or do something he would regret if chalanged by one of them again. Amy comes to mind.

Djgirl5235

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 05:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Realfan - thanks hon, I feel the same way!!!

Dogdoc - I too think that Keith's had enough - the poor guy has had to endure the worst for weeks and weeks and really hasn't had a break. He didn't look too good on Monday night though, so he could be unwell, but just staying away is a good idea to keep away from the madness!

Mswolfe

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 08:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Have an odd question...do they get a stipend, like on BB? I have never heard anything about that and wondered if anyone else had. And how the heck do they leave their jobs for 3 months and still have one to go back to?

I almost dread watching tonight. Just knowing I am going to have to watch Amy scream and yell and make rolling eyes faces is hard to take. BUT, never fear I will watch!! LOL

My goodness I learned how to cook before I was a teenager, what do these people do in the real world. Guess they all eat out alot. That food they were making was disgusting, and Amy sticking her hands in the food and in her mouth was really gross.

Oh well, what will we do when its over? Survivor starts tomorrow night!

Auntiemike

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 08:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Keith may have had enough but Dave is the one who has had it dished out to him constantly...and he is the only one who has met it head on and not retreated to his room. Charla and Keith seem to retreat.

Tagurit

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 08:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm wondering if I will be able to watch tonight. Since the hurricane is heading this way (I am on the coast of NC), I probably won't have electricity. What is worse - I won't be able to come here and read what happened b/c most likely cable company will take forever to get connected again. Boo hoo for me! :(

Mswolfe - good question about a stipend. I haven't heard anything. I am with you. I learned how to cook while a teenager. What was gross too was Amy licking the spoon while making guacamole and then not cleaning off the spoon before using it again. Yuck!

Kitt

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 10:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hope the hurricane stays away from you Tagurit.

Tonight's show definitely has two men leaving. I think (fear) they will use those cards again, and make the evicted person take their rival with them. This more or less ensures one of Dave or Keith goes, one way or the other.

Charla and Tara are in a good position now, particularly as if Holly is upset she's more likely to get a sympathetic response with them than with Amy.

After tonight there will be 4 girls and 3 guys... I wonder what they will do next Monday to even up the sexes for the final vote.

Maryk

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 11:44 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Even ESPN covers Paradise Hotel :)

http://espn.go.com/page2/s/simmons/030917.html

Most of the spoiler boards seem to say that Tom will be eliminated that Dave :( will go with him. I don't want this to happen!

Jan

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 12:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I hope you are safe in the hurricane Tagurit.

Maryk, I really hope that what you are reading on the spoiler boards is wrong! wrong! wrong! Are these the same boards that predicted Des and Mel last time?

the ESPN article is funny :):)

Crazydog

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 02:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whatever happened to Tom on the last show? Was he even on it? He barely even spoke, other than to say he wasn't going to eat the fish.

I am LOL because a friend of mine just called me and said that her husband forgot to set the VCR. They will be out tonight, and she wanted me to tape it. I said I would be out as well, so she is sending her husband home from work early so he can set the VCR, and then all the way back into the city for dinner.

She said that they are so addicted to this show. I told her I stopped watching shortly after the arrival of SuperDork, and she said that he is her husband's favorite! ROFLMAO

Tom seems to me to be a nice guy. Based on the previews where it looked like he was crying, I'd say he is going home. Oh, excuse me - leaving Paradise forevah!

Bastable

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 06:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Who got thrown out tonight?

Realityrocks

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 06:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Tom and Beau...YEAH!!!!!

I was flipping between this and BB so I'm really not too clear on how it happened. From the little I caught at the end it seems that Dave was pulled up there with Tom. He thought he was going and so did Tom. But then Amanda said that she didn't say that was going to happen and handed Dave an envelope. After showing what Dave had said to Beau, Scott, and Keith previously......he chose Beau.

As much as I like Dave, Keith, Tara, & Charla, it sure does seem like the producers are trying hard to keep them:) It doesn't seem fair even though I'm happy my favorites are still contenders.

Auntiemike

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 07:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
How long do we have to wait to have Amy BE GONE!!??!!?? Sure would like to see it happen next week! Were there any clues from the previews?

Hoosiergirl

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 08:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Auntie: only Tara saying at Pandora's box "I don't believe this" and Holly responding, quite snippity "Well, Tara, you'd BETTER believe it."

Also, some Arabian belly dancing.

BTW: Amy, shut up already!!! If you are so miserable about staying, why didn't you sacrifice yourself when you had the chance? Ugh. It didn't think it was possible for her to get even MORE annoying. I stand corrected!

Hoosiergirl

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 08:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Bookmaker Set Odds on "Paradise Hotel"

"LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Betting on the results of FOX's "Paradise Hotel" is probably a little bit like throwing money down on •••• fights or jai alai. You aren't really sure on the rules. You suspect the results are rigged. But what better use do you have for your money? In that spirit, the Internet sports betting site Intertops.com has started to lay odds on the FOX summer demographic hit, installing Dave and Charla as the favorites to win.

Win what?

When it launched, "Paradise Hotel" was a game whose only goal was to stay in Paradise (a luxury resort hidden somewhere in Mexico). Then, for most contestants, the only goal was to outlast the aggressively pugnacious Toni and the temperamental and petulant Scottish-Italian Zach. At some point it became clear that there was actually an end game on the show, but to this day, nobody knows what the prize is, or how it will be obtained.

That hasn't stopped Intertops from making Dave, the wisecracking schemer, a 7/4 favorite and Charla, the not-so-innocent Barbie Girl, a 3/2 favorite. Considering that the show will feature a winning couple, rather than a single winner, do the different odds imply that the good people at the St. John's based sportsbook think that the Charla-Dave alliance is unsteady?
At 2/1, Zach's spunky little gal Amy is the second choice among the ladies, while Keith, who split up the power couple of Zach and Amy, is the runner-up among the men at 6/1. The odds aren't so good for Holly, who can keep pining away for Scott at 13/4 and Beau who, as 6/1 longshot, may have returned to Paradise for nothing.

"This is the first time we have offered odds on this series, but we've watched the ratings and realize how hot this show is, so we figured it would be a great opportunity for our customers to get in on the action," says Michael Maerz, Intertop's chief bet manager.

These odds can change at any time, though, because just when you think you understand what's happening on "Paradise Hotel," the producers find new ways to rig the game and make up new rules. The only thing that's (somewhat) certain is that the show will reach its inevitably stunning conclusion on Wednesday, Oct. 1 on FOX."

From Zap2it.com

Maryk

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 08:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yay! I'm glad that my info was wrong! Go Dave! Go Charla! Go Keith! Go Tara!

Auntiemike

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 10:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
They said the conclusion was on Wednesday. I got the impression there was a 2 hour conclusion next Tuesday. Does anyone know which it is??? Have to set my VCR for the right day/time!

Kalekona

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 10:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
After watching the train wreck that is BB seeing the look on Toms face, along with the originals when Amanda told him, he was only asked who he thought should leave with him not that he had the power to choice.. Dave ending up with the power was priceless!!!!!!!

Auntiemike

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 10:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Kalekona: That was a nice twist, wasn't it? I too enjoyed seeing him go home with Beau on his coat tail. And you're right. Paradise Hotel is drawing my attention way more than BB this year.

Now, on a personal note: are you the one that lives in Port Townsend?

Spear

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 11:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
According to the Fox web site, the next show is the 2-hour finale on Tuesday (8PM).

Beachcomber88

Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 12:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Even though I'm happy about the double twist tonight with both Tom and Beau gone, HOW SCRIPTED is this? On the Fox site boards, there's a post about how the producers were disgusted by the OG's behavior when they came back, so they wanted to even the playing field. I'm happy about the outcome too, but c'mon!

Once again, it's the same pairing off of couples. If things continue, does that mean Holly and ZitAmy both pick Scott, and he chooses Holly? And then ZitAmy knocks out Charla with her? This show would be much more interesting if there was some type of competition to decide who gets to choose who and in what order. Loser goes home. Simply having the guest who is chosen twice decide who goes home is quite boring. Did we really think Charla would choose Tom over Dave? Or that Dave would choose Melanie over Charla? I want the Barbie crowd to win too, but this is getting quite boring.

Would also like to see if Fox has the "rules" written down anywhere. Or is it truly day-to-day manipulation to get the results they want? It truly takes the "reality" out of this reality show. We don't see Amazing Race deciding which week is a non-elimination week based on who's in last that day. Or Big Brother making up rules to get people out. I think this show is truly flawed, yet I will continue to watch, if only to see ZitAmy go down in flames.

Dogdoc

Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 04:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
"Zach's spunky little gal Amy." Who is that!

Kady

Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 04:14 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Even though I'm glad all the twist are keeping my favorites in there....it does look flawed. I think if they ever do this show again, you shouldn't be able to hook up with the same person two weeks in a row. I will be glad when it is over, it seems like it has been on forever.

Happyhounds

Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 04:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Another great and funny recap. check out
http://www.fansofrealitytv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18001

Shortnsweet

Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 06:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Spear, I think the Fox website is wrong. Here is what it says:

PARADISE HOTEL
Visit the PARADISE HOTEL web site

ONE GUEST HOLDS KEY TO FINAL ELIMINATION ON SPECIAL ALL-NEW TWO-HOUR EPISODE OF 'PARADISE HOTEL' Tuesday, Sept. 23, ON FOX - ON A SPECIAL DAY AND TIME

It’s down to the last three couples in Paradise Hotel. Old rivalries come to a head when the couples are forced to split up in a surprise excursion. In tonight’s episode, one guest holds the key to the tonight’s final elimination, which will leave just two couples battling for the ultimate, and secret, prize in next week’s special two-hour season finale on this two-hour episode of PARADISE HOTEL airing Wednesday, Sept. 23, (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (PH-127/128) (TV-14; D, L, S)


It says the finale is Wednesday, September 23 (Wednesday is the 24th), but it does not air Wednesday, September 24, because of the "Performing As" season finale. My understanding is that the finale will be in two weeks on Wednesday, October 1.