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There's such a barrage of reality shows swallowing up our television time, it's hard to keep track of who's schmoozing whom and who's been doing the backstabbing. Here's the cooler talk about last week's episodes of some of your favorite reality fare, written by The Salt Lake Tribune's resident unscripted-TV buffs. (Warning: Spoilers ahead. If you didn't watch last week, read at your own risk.)
So You Think You Can Dance
Wednesdays, 7 p.m., and Thursdays, 8 p.m., KSTU Channel 13
The Lowdown
You know the drill: Dancers chose their partners, learned choreography, danced. Nigel went on a five-minute tirade about why dancers' lives suck (awkward!). In the end, hip-hop break-dancers Sara and Dominic got the fewest votes.
Best Whine and Cheese Moment
Had to be Adam's weak attempt to discredit Nigel's speech about how bad dancers' lives are. "Dancing is fun!" I'm certainly not going to pick up my dancing shoes.
Top Chef
Wednesdays, 8 p.m., Bravo
The Lowdown
In one of the more boring episodes ever, Casey won the Quickfire Challenge "cooking bee" by identifying the most foods by taste and sight, then the surviving chefs teamed in pairs to create frozen Italian/Mediterranean dishes that had to be ready to eat in 10 minutes. Tre and CJ won by adding truffles to their dish, while Joey cried, literally, all the way home.
Best Whine and Cheese Moment
Howie and Sara M. clearly didn't work well together, and he unleashed a great line to the camera: "What people like Sara don't realize is putting a bunch of bull - on a plate doesn't make you a chef."
Contributing: Alicia Greenleigh, Dan Nailen