It appears this new cycle starts out just like all the others.  Getting a bunch of girls together with crazy personalities is always what is up and creates a touch of drama, of course.  The beginning hour was just like all the others and really didn’t show anything spectacular, other than the clash of personalities.

The Makeovers

The girls all gather on Melrose Place and are headed to a premier salon to get their “thai-overs”!  What is a thia-over, you ask, well, just like Jay said, it’s a makeover in chinatown!

The makeovers were going on and each girl is getting more nervous with what Tyra is going to do.  In the meantime, we get to hear what the models think of eachother in the cut scenes.  It appears that Bianca, who is NOT here to make friends, is quite bitchy and was not liking her eyebrow bleaching of a makeover.  Since she didn’t have any hair, there is really nothing for Tyra to change.  Taking the eyebrows away was the best thing for her.

Nicole, who got more hair and more red, really looked good.  I didn’t think that Rae needed to go MORE blonde, but since it’s Tyra’s show, we’ll let her decide what looks nice.  Laura just got a bit of extra highlights, which is nice for most girls, but she wanted more of an edge.  When she sees people get their haircut off, like Courtney did, she would most likely be thankful she still has most of her hair.

The Home

For the most part the makeovers seems to make a difference and there wasn’t really any model with a bad attitude, other than Bianca and her almost gone eyebrows.  After the makeovers, the girls are headed to their new house.  Of course they are all screaming and getting all weird trying to pick out room, etc.  I thought the funhouse mirrors was something cool and the decor is really starting to get crazy cycle after cycle.  There is a pool, hot tub, bar and a ton of fun decorations.

Now, we have all kinds of girls living together and the personalities start to come out.  You can tell right off the bat that Bianca is going to start some trouble.  Lisa, came back after getting “booted” because Amanda could not continue on in the competition due to personal reasons, and she feels like she is extra lucky and knows that she is going to have to try 2x harder than the rest.

The FIRST Photo Shoot

Having to do an editorial type shoot based on some baby photos of the models.  The shoes that Rae had to wear were just unreal.  With her feet pointed straight at the ground and an 8 inch heal, I think they were effect because her baby photo was ballet like, so I guess it went ok.  Her photo turned out pretty damn good too!

Bianca is still complaining about her non-eyebrows and of course the makeup they chose for her was just not her style.  She liked Sundai’s makeup (boo whoo).  I think she might make it a couple of weeks, but her attitude is going to get her dumped quickly.

Brittany was starting to look “hoochy” and when Jay mentioned that, it got worse, lol.  There is always one model that keeps the hooch in each shoot, but the Jay’s have been able to break them of the bad habits.

Overall, the models have something to learn as they go, which is normal.  I guess we’ll see which ones turn it on and which ones  won’t “get it”.

Back at the House

Bianca starts trying to get into others heads and is really trying to get Nicole to say something, but I am not really sure what it is.  That is all they show at this point and the next portion is the elimination/critique, etc.

The Elimination (with guest judge Chanel Iman)

Lots of talk about making these girls appear taller than they are.  We all know they are under 5′7″, but Tyra is going to be giving the leason to appear taller more often.  Kara is getting the “you look good in profile shots, but nothing special from straight on” talk from Tyra.  She has a huge smile, but she cannot do much with it.

Courtney looked awesome with her red hair, looking into the mirror.  I think she has a tone of potential here and I am going to claim her as my all-the-way-to-the-end-model, for now.

Best photo went to Rae, which surprised me, but Chanel Iman loved it.  It was qutie WHITE and really caught the eyes of the other judges.

Final two were Bianca and Lisa and guess who got sent home?

I wasn’t happy to see Bianca moving on, but it creates a bit of a stir on the show.  Adding drama brings in viewers, it was just really sucky to see Lisa called back for a 2nd chance, then booted anyways.  Stay tuned for next week!

What’s Up Next?

According to the previews one model gets dumped halfway through the show and a photographer can’t seem to get a good photo from any of the models.  I think it might be a tactic to see how the models react, so we’ll see.