SYTYCD & Top Chef, etc.

So You Think You Can Dance? has gotten into the good part of the season--the top 20 are now competing in couples and two people will be eliminated each week.  I caught a few of the performances tonight and I have to say that the talent this season is good but it doesn't yet look like there are more than a couple of standout stars.  Hmm...  I'm not ready to pick favorites yet or anything like that, but I have a feeling that in the next couple of weeks the best dancers will really step it up.  Great show.

I'm currently watching the Top Chef finale and it's pretty straightforward, as it should be.  The three remaining chefs must prepare a traditional four-course meal for a black-tie event: fish, poultry, red meat, and dessert.  Usually dessert isn't a required course for these finales, but I think it's an important part of being a top chef, you know?  Anyhow, Stephanie's cooking looks the best to me, for the most part.  Her philosophy is just making good food that people will enjoy.  Lisa's decided on an Asian-inspired menu which is strange, and her food looks good for the most part but I think it would have been a better idea to go with a more traditional menu. Richard is the gadget guy, bringing liquid nitrogen into the kitchen.  His food is incredibly innovative and showy, but it does look great.  Who wins?  Home viewers decided that Stephanie should be given the title (60% voted for her versus like 36% for Richard and 4% for Lisa).  STEPHANIE WINS!!!

This sounds like a joke, but considering it's Nicole Richie, it probably isn't.  The Simple Life star is trying to get a network to pick up her new show--in which they (she?) search for the next HER. Don't get it?  Me neither, really.  Oh, and get this: the winner of the show will then go on to have her own reality show.  It's like third-generation reality TV or something.  Crazy.

Celebrity Rehab's next season looks like it'll be a good one, with housemates such as Aaron Carter and Nikki McKibbon (from American Idol's first season).  Hahaha, what a show!