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It must have been those chickens getting loose but the team bonding sure had some impact on the Heroes as they scalp the villains in a first to eight sumo/bag challenge in a clean sweep.  It's humiliating.

With such an emphatic win to the Heroes, the villains retire to camp to start the inevitable process of cutting one of their own.  Do they go with the weakest player on the team or do they get rid of one of the biggest threats?

You would think that after some of them have played this game two or three times that they would have learnt by now that unless you remove the threat, you put yourself in the difficult situation of having to deal with some very crafty and devious players later off who, like an unwanted mosquito, can be incredibly difficult to get rid of and keep turning up when you don't want to feast on your blood.

Tribal council proves that the majority still haven't learnt this lesson and poor old Randy is extinguished from the game.

If there's one thing I hate watching in shows like survivor it's seeing people who are physically strong getting hammered by the elements and the environment.  Seeing Boston Rob have a spell of unconsciousness must have sent chills through the villains camp as the reality of the environment they find themselves in impacts their very lives.  How cool must it have been though to come back from that and win the immunity challenge?

While the villains have to deal with nearly losing the very person who seems to be pulling their tribe together, the heroes seem to be falling apart.  It's embarrassing.

For the second week in a row the Heroes get their asses handed to them at the immunity challenge because they just can't get it together and work together as a team.  James just wants to win but first they're going to have to sort out their various differences and stop pulling in multiple directions.

It's been a while since I watched a full season of Survivor and I have to admit, I've missed it.

What better place to pick it back up again though than with the 20th season of the hit show that has been running for ten years.  Can you believe it?

While previous Survivors have had Outwit, Outplay and Outlast as the theme for the series, Survivor: Heores vs Villains is all about Return, Revenge and Redemption.

The teams:

21 year old luger, Nodar Kumaritashvili from Georgia, was killed during training just hours before the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Canada.

Kumaritashvili lost control of his sled, went over a track wall and struck and unpadded steel pole near the finish line at the Whistler Sliding Center and was unable to be revived.

Join us from 8pm as we blog the winners of the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards.

Ricky Gervais is hosting tonight's 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Of course, it's all about him vs Steve Carrell. He's a funny guy, really.

Nicole Kidman is presenting our first award tonight. She mentions the ribbons people are wearing for the people of Haiti. George Clooney is apparently running a Telethon next week to help raise funds for the Haitian Earthquake victims.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Mo'nique

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical
Toni Collette (United States of Tara)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
John Lithgow

Best Animated Feature Film
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This list will be updated as the auditions progress:

Thanks to American IdolBlog for this information.

Nine seasons in, AMERICAN IDOL returned to CTV last night with its biggest premiere audience ever. A record-high 3.2 million viewers tuned in for opening night, an increase of 25% compared to the Season 8 premiere last January. It was the #1 program of the day nationally and in the metered markets with all three key adult demos. An astonishing 8 million viewers tuned in to some or all of the show while 1.6 million viewers watched from CTV’s key A25-54 demo.

AMERICAN IDOL delivered 36% more viewers from 8-9 p.m. than NCIS (Global, 2.15 million viewers) and over two million viewers more than NCIS: Los Angeles from 9-10 p.m. (Global, 1.4 million)

AMERICAN IDOL propelled LAW & ORDER: SVU to one of its highest audiences of the season at 10 p.m. on CTV. It was the #3 program of the night with 1.66 million viewers.

The 25th year of The Oprah Winfrey Show will be it's last according to a spokesperson for Harpo, which Oprah is set to confirm during tomorrow's show in the US.

Oprah has suggested calling it quits in the past but as her new cable network (OWN - Oprah Winfrey Network) launches in January 2011, the media mogul intends to place her energies there.

Oprah has impacted millions of lives across the world during the last quarter of a century and the final 20 months of the show promises to make history once again before the lights go out on the set.

It's Television's night of nights as the stars gather at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles to celebrate and recognise the best television in 2009.

Hosting tonight's 61st Emmy Awards show is Neil Patrick Harris.

Of course, Kanya West gets mentioned.  Thankfully he's not in the building so he shouldn't be interrupting any acceptance speeches here tonight.

Tonight, the awards are going to be divided up into five genres.  First up, the Comedy Awards.

Presenting the first award are Tina Fey and John Ham.

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Pushing Daisies • ABC • Living Dead Guy Productions, The Jinks/Cohen Company in association with Warner Bros. Television
Kristin Chenoweth, as Olive Snook

The stars of How I Met Your Mother take the stage to present the next Award.

The nominations for the 61st Emmy Awards have been announced.

The winners will be announced on Sunday the 20th of September at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

And the nominees are:

Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour)
American Dad • Sixteen-Hundred Candles • FOX • 20th Century Fox / Underdog / Fuzzy Door
Robot Chicken • Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II • Cartoon Network • ShadowMachine
South Park • Margaritaville • Comedy Central • Central Productions
The Simpsons • Gone Maggie Gone • FOX • Gracie Films in Association with 20th Century Fox Television

Outstanding Animated Program (for programming one hour or more)
Afro Samurai: Resurrection • Spike TV • A Studio Gonzo Production in Association with Spike TV and UppiTV
Destination Imagination (Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends) • Cartoon Network • Cartoon Network Studios

Even after losing the first contestant, the girls are upset after apparently feeling so close to Tiffany.  Are they just being nice?  Talking about it until 3am isn't smart though.  Especially when Nole is arriving at 6:10am, dressed up in a police uniform and blowing a whistle to get them out of bed.  This could be a fun day to watch.

The girls arrive at a court room where Jay is sitting in the judges chair in a robe.  Nole had told them they were guilty of fashion crimes.  Of course, they're getting told how their make overs are going to look.  Of course, they're all pretty ecstatic.

Holts Salon and Spa is the location for the the haircuts.  They're not happy to have the mirrors covered.  Lots of hair ends up on the floor.  Linsay Willier was worried about losing all her hair but ends up loving the end result.  Maryam Massoumi loves her new look.  So do I!

It does seem like a while ago that Jay found a Top Model.  Thousands of young women turned out with the hopes to become Canada's Next Top Model.  Twenty contestants are greeted by Jay who has arrived via helicopter on what looks to be a rather cool Toronto day.

Jay tells the twenty girls that half of them are going home right now.  They're each standing on a number which as Jay reads out, he wants them to come over and stand next to him.  The girls who have been left behind are getting anxious.  9 girls are called over and Jay tells them they're done.  But there's a twist.  Those 9 girls are already models and the 11 girls remaining are excited once they realise that one of them will be Canada's Next Top Model.

What a vicious start to this season on CTV! After thinking they were out, they're in.

How cool is this?  The week Canada's Next Top Model premieres - Tuesday May 26, 8pm ET on CTV.  On the 28th, the cast, and Jay of course, hit newsstands on the cover of FASHION Magazine.

On the 9th of March, Dancing With the Stars will hit the screens once again as 13 new celebrities take to the floor.

The 2009 lineup consists of seven men and six women who will be paired with champion dancers who will coach them in everything ballroom.

So who are they? Read More

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