ANTM: Cycle 13 - "Episode #10" Review/Recap

This week on ANTM we were down to four girls. My how time flies! Despite the fact that Erin is no longer one of my favorites [and hasn't been basically since I put the list up in the sidebar box], I still have three picks left out of the four remaining models. I'm fairing far better with my picks for ANTM than The Ruins.

This week the models participate in a teach/challenge involving Hip Hop Hula dancing...

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I really don't enjoy the dance-related challenges because though I'm not a model, or a professional in the industry, I don't agree that dancing has anything to do with modeling. It seems to me that these ANTM folks are sort of contradicting themselves throughout the seasons and episodes. Everytime they've had a model contestant with a dance background they criticize her for being too much of a dancer and incorporating it too much into their modeling, but when they have these stupid dance-related challenges, they persecute a girl who doesn't do so well at dancing. It just doesn't make any sense to me. And to use an example, Nicole is not a good dancer and is awkward when it comes to those dance challenges BUT she consistently does well in her photoshoots and ahs no problem flowing and moving from pose to pose. So those challenges are pointless in my opinion. Laura ended up winning the dance challenge, and while Erin is annoying, she did help the other girls a lot during their practicing for the challenge, so I did see where she was coming from when she was upset that Laura didn't pick her to also recieve the prize.

For the photoshoot this week, the girls found out that 2 of them would be going home instead of one, meaning the finale will be next week and they had to give it their all to make it to the top two. The photoshoot was representing Hawaiian goddess Pele, and the models posed atop volcanic rock with the waves crashing up behind them as a backdrop. The concept of the photoshoot was timing and to be able to strike a great pose representing the theme, as the waves crashed behind them. Feeling the pressure, Jennifer and Laura gave rocky performances while the in-jeopardy Erin, and always-consistent Nicole did a great job.

When it came time for the panel, Ann Shoket from Seventeen Magazine was a guest judge once again. The girls were critiqued and sometimes I have to wonder where Tyra's head is. The picture she chose for Nicole was obviously not her best one, but despite that fact, she was still called first, making it to the final 2. Jennifer, who I started out not liking and have grown to tolerate if not like a little the past couple of episodes, had a nice picture but did not pay attention to her face so much when posing. Laura pulled off a stunning photo and was compared to legendary model, Rachel Hunter. Erin redeemed herself with a good picture but not enough and she and Jennifer were eliminated sending Laura into the final two with Nicole. YAY ME.

Next week Nicole and Laura will work it on the runway and a Covergirl ad to determine who will be America's Next Top Model. Can't wait!