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We're Getting Nowhere: "America's Next Top Model" Episode 9.4

The long-awaited "makeover" episode (Episode 9.4) of ANTM aired this week, and Jill, Dara and I were pleased to witness it in all its tear-stained, weave-tangled glory! Well, Jill and I were pleased. Dara, however, is still watching ANTM under duress.

This week, we discuss:

  • How many of the contestants can really pronounce (and understand) the word "metamorphosis"
  • The role karma might have played in Bianca's hair debacle
  • Why many of the girls are suddenly starting to look like...Tyra?

Also, in another special We're Getting Nowhere bonus feature, we'll catch up with the three "lost" ANTM contestants, Loquacious, Lorelai, and Natalia, who were introduced in last week's vlog. Watch their dramatic confessionals in the clip below to find out how they fared in the makeovers, how they feel about foliage, and who already hates who!


(see full-sized photos from their "photo shoot" here)

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  • imthey's picture

    You ladies are dangerous to one's health.

    As always, you ladies made me burst out laughing to the detriment of my ailing and old dog, who jumped up so quick that she yelped in pain.  All is now ok with both my dog Xena and myself.

    I still refuse to watch this "reality show" but will never miss a minute of your recapping...

    P.S. Jill and Karman are right, Dara you need to get your butt out and go with them!  I'm the biggest homebody/wallflower and I know that if Jill and Karman wanted me to go somewhere with them I think I actually would, it just seems like way too much fun to miss!  

    I feel for you Dara, having to watch ANTM... I'd be doing it under duress too, thankfully I don't have to watch!


    "Think Sideways"
        I M THEY

    chefgirl's picture

    Dara, for the love...

    ....how could you turn down going out with jill and karman????

    *wagging finger, mother-like* now you go out there and have fun, young lady!!!

     i, for one, enjoy jill doing most of the recapping and dara and karman snarking asides...

    belenen's picture

    haha!

    That was possibly the best one yet! I LOVED the 'were you eating curds and whey?' comment -- Dara, that was genius! And Karman shooting down Jill's point with the reference to Charlotte's Web! And Jill attempting to talk less, heh. :D

    And Jill's hips are absolutely mesmerizing in that outfit, even when she isn't imitating Beyoncé!

    bluebl00d's picture

    The Terrible Three strike again

    If it wasn't clear before it sure is now, you three are insane :D

    Dara get your ass out there and go to these events.

    Jill in a Victoria Secret catalogue? *keels over* at the thought.

     Aww... how much do I want to give Karman a hug for making herself watch that poor excuse of a show that is A Shot at love *hugs*

    Seems like Lori and Sarah's New York rules rubbed off on Jill concerning them coasters huh? Oh and Jill you just answered my question about whose house you were doing the vlogs from ;) My very observant girlfriend had a good idea it was your place thus she spotted Jamie's guitar in the previous vlog ;)

    When Jill was imitating Beyonce I was hoping Dara and Karman would take their sweet ass time figuring it out, it was hot seeing Jill shaking her booty :p

    Didn't anyone else find that after her makeover Saleisha looked like that singer who sings that "Umbrella" song?

    Dara once again delievered her now trademark one liners ;) And you ahd to go there didn't you? Horse Porn lmao Loved both Karman and Jill's facial expression to that one lol

    Dara - "He even looks good when he dresses like an actual guy" WAIT?! Miss. J is a dude? ;)

    Jill you have really nice teeth as we clearly saw as Natalia was bawling her eyes out ;)

    Hilarious vlog yet again you guys. Loved it.

    belenen's picture

    the 3 lost contestants

    OMG, Natalia, I hate to be insensitive but you had me laughing til tears came to my eyes! hahaha!

    Loquacious, I hope you do make friends with Lorelei and maybe you could tease Natalia and make her cry more. >:-D

    Lorelei, your imitation of licking honeysuckle dew was positively obscene! I was laughing AND blushing. ;-)

    Chief Vitalstatistix's picture

    Dara!

    Get out there with Karman and Jill!
    1charlie's picture

    Great Vlog!!

    I cant watch Top model now, without thinking what you guys would say about it :)

    Jill, i love how you keep checking your watch but go off topic anyway, :P

    Karmen "is that the out loud voice" hehe!

    DARA YOU NEED TO GO TO THE EVENTS WITH JILL AND KARMEN!!!

    fee's picture

    Sarah/Victoria...

    I KNEW Victoria reminded me of someone! OMG, you're so right. She does look like Sarah! =D
    Anyway...I liked her. It sucked that she had to go home, but oh well. At least Heather's still in the running.
    And oh my, Natalia with her hair cut and crying hysterically? Still hot! ;)
    Also, Dara...GO to the events with them! Ok? GO!




    "Bad juju? Is that a voodoo-thing?"
    "Close...but with a 'j'." 
    - Malinda Lo & Sarah Pecora, 'the Lo-down'
    Nea's picture

    Off-topic...

    I LOVE the Sarah and Malinda quote. Those two are just brilliant on a whole another level.
    fee's picture

    Re: off topic ;)

    Hahah, yeah I thought so too. I couldn't stop laughing when they said that =P









    "Bad juju? Is that a voodoo-thing?"
    "Close...but with a 'j'." 
    - Malinda Lo & Sarah Pecora, 'the Lo-down'
    Nea's picture

    I have an idea...

    Considering this place is stack full of writers and editors working for it, I think it's time for a little book of AfterEllen idioms, quotes and a special section for Jill Bennett's dating philosophy and euphemisms.


    I'd buy that.


    Sarah? :)
    A Muse's picture

    sounds

    like we should start a thread about this over at the UJBFC board :P

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    Nea's picture

    "Isn't road kill usually free?" ::dies laughing::

    Dara! Get your ass out to these events and spread the snark! :)


    You guys never fail to deliver. Love the banter, the snark and sarcasm, the one-liners, the giggles, the eyerolling, the comments, the laughter, and all the off-topic talk. You're just hilarious. I love how you two tease Jillie, it's priceless.

    Karman: I didn't get the memo.
    Jillie: Clearly.
    Dara: I didn't either.
    Karman: Only Jill got the memo. Maybe Jill wrote the memo.
    Dara: And then sent it to herself.
    Jill: Okay.

    ;) Thanks for all the smiles each week. It's such a joy to see three friends just hanging about, trying to do some actual work in the meantime.

    - She had two things she knew...
    - Music and porn.

    Well, Jamie ;) One of these days you'll gotta make an appearance on the vlog and stand up for yourself. These three are ruthless! Just sayin'...

    Yes, Jill, you two have really nice furniture. I love the paintings in the backround, too.

    Who drinks wine at 2 or 3 in the afternoon? I have no idea whatsoever... Some people are just weird ::giggles::


    And Natalia... I'm sorry I couldn't stop laughing at your tears and wailing. I'll stop.

    ::enter four hours later::

    Sorry. Cannot stop. Your pain amuses me, Natalia :)


    Thank you, guys. Keep up the amazing work. But really? There are rules now as to how short long these vlogs have to be? ;)

    Ellen Cooper's picture

    YOWZA

    Karman, you're quite the hottie as Lorelai! ....Not that you aren't a hottie already  ;)....
    aussiemandy's picture

    lorelai....laurel....

    is it just me but does the still shot of 'lorelai' look quite like laurel holloman? tina off the l-word...maybe its just me...
    silence91's picture

    First rate entertainment

    This was comedy gold. The whole lost candidates thing - what an hilarious idea! I actually laughed out loud which doesn't happen very often.

    But I have to nit-pick a tiny bit: The plural of metamorphosis is metamorphoses. It's Greek. That's the know-it-all in me talking.

    See: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/metamorphosis

     

    p.s. Did Natalia have anything to do with the fact that all of a sudden a Stolichnaya Vodka ad has popped up on the site? Really funny.

     

    Twstdtrinity's picture

    Heart hug!

    LOL! You three never fail to make me laugh.

    Karman youre gorgeous and in no way do you look like a caveman.

    Oh Jill you amazes me. You talking less is not necessary.

    Dara, youre freaking hilarious.

    I wonder which contestant Natalia has the hots for. Hmmm....I wonder.

    DARA! PLEASE GO OUT WITH JILL AND KARMAN!!!

    tootles's picture

    =))

    Dara's so cute as Loquacious :P Innocent eyes and all.

    And Jill's reenactment of Beyonce! =)) Hilarious.

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    "I'm so sorry for the things that they've done
    I'm so sorry about what we've all become."

    [Editors - Well worn hands]

    marshnood's picture

    the 3 lost contestants are a

    the 3 lost contestants are a riot.

    I saw one episode of a shot at love after that I wanted to use lysol to disinfect my tv.

    I don't know how much more of ANTM I can take. I know there are lots of nice looking women on the show (which should be a lesbian dream) but it doesn't hold my attention long enough to get who is who. The program is on but apparently I'm not watching.

    Dara go out with them.

    mixy's picture

     OMG I just couldn't laugh

     OMG I just couldn't laugh harder

    I haven't actually watched an episode of cycle 9 but I think I have more than enough with the three of you, specially the three lost contestants (Natalia crying, lol!).

    And Dara you HAVE to go out with them, quouting Jill: "Dara, get your ass out to these events!"

    fiddy's picture

    Porn?

    with horses? I'm sorry, I laughed for a good 5 min. because of that comment. Dara, you ROCK. Please, please make it longer than 16 min, it's too short!

    RachelCMe's picture

    Karman's Lorelai's eye

    Karman's Lorelai's eye shadow scares me. :<

    stephcologne's picture

    OMG

     great vlog as allways

    Natalia I´m so sorry your feelings are hurt (but really  I couldn´t stop laughing, sorry :P)

    And Dara go out with Karman and Jill (so we can all stop bugging you)

    Keep it up best entertainment all week!!!

     

     

    JuSt-mOi's picture

    complot!

    Dara, get your ass out to the events!!!! having said that...

    Dara, I too laugh at your jokes and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one, loved ur Horse Porn comment, sounded like something I would say :P

    Jill, awesome impersonation of Beyoncé *wink* lol

    Karman, loved the whole honey sucking, licking, tongue, wait what was I saying?

    The lost contestants were hilarious once again, awesome blog girls! :)

    "i don't suffer from insanity...i enjoy every minute of it"

    MsWoo's picture

    TORCHWOOD!

    I SO look forward to hearing your thoughts on that show, Dara. I am still catching up on the episodes, but I am loving it so far.
    biancah's picture

    so funny

    that was one of the funniest yet lol. Karman is HI-larious. at first my favorite was Jill but i don't know now it's a toss up between her and Karman. Dara's cool too.   

    ~A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day.

    drawmebabe's picture

    Lorelai's licking the

    Lorelai's licking the honeysuckle dew gave me a nice happy tingly feeling !!!!      In my opinion if you must know 2 things porn and music are the 2 things to know.                              
    maureenepe's picture

    Dara!! "Get Your Ass............"

    out there to those events!!

    And I say that most affectionately.  :)

    Another Lez's picture

    Consumption of the apple juice.....

    First and foremost, Dara get your ass out of the house, to the "events" and help partake in the apple juice consumption! :wink:

    Second, I wont lie I'm not watching this cycle of ANTM as of yet. I've missed every episode so far. However, that will not keep me from watching this vblog.

    Last, but not least I felt a little sick to my stomach watching a shot at love last night. I agree with Karmen,  I am now afraid my TV may have contracted an STD. How repulsive is it to watch her kiss a guy and then go make out with a girl? :cringe:

    Friends don't let friends vote Republican.

    I believe what I believe, you believe what you want! Lo

    addict's picture

    Just too funny!

    I cant stop laughing! great vlog, and always love the makeover episode,

    mmm Karman ;)

    thats all

    funny buisness's picture

    Soooo funny, so good ...

    but at the same time soooo short! Please make it a big longer, I got nervous seeing Jill checking her watch and ended up looking at my watch as well, lol.

    I actually hoped Saleisha would go, since she was a bit too much "I will win and I will never be the bottom two". But I'm okay with Victoria leaving too.

    Anyway, I hope Natalia is doing better, you still look lovely with your new hair. Oh and don't listen to Lorelai, she is probably just jealous!

    Great vlog you guys!

     

     

    ~'Thanks for nothin'...~

    Tara21's picture

    poor natalia

    i feel sorry for her... :-(
    A Muse's picture

    okay

    okay, first of - what's up with that new 20 minute limit? I hate it. I want the longer vlogs back..... *pouts*

    I like how Jill spills things about Jamie, like the stuff with the porn movie location :P
    But why did a chunk get cut out when Jill was talking about Jamie? :x

    I gotta remember to shut girls up like Jill did "I mean that in a sweet way" :lol:

    Oh and Dara, if you really don't wana go out with these two absolutely awesome girls I wouldn't mind jumping in for ya ;)

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    hazydream's picture

    I have never laughed so hard

    I have never laughed so hard while watching someone else cry. I almost feel cruel. Almost. Well, I guess I am because I also laughed at Bianca. But then I was ALSO shocked that she looked better.

    Hmm, this my first comment ever on a vlog (which are awesome btw, I ONLY watch We're Getting Nowhere) and I'm using it to tell Dara, yes, you Dara, to get out there with Karman and Jill! And mingle with the people!

    I'm strangely relieved that I wasn't the only one who thought that the metamorphosis test screens looked horrifying. I'm so glad they kept heather's hair almost the same. I would've been sad if they cut it short.

    brazgirl's picture

    Please Dara...

    Come out and play. We want to meet you and tell you how much we love your work. We also want your perspective on things besides jill's and karmen's.

    Once again great job ladies. Don't listen to the folks telling Jill to speak less. It is perfect just the way it is. NO RULES!

    gali's picture

    Once again,

    Thanks for a hilarious vlog.

    Still can't figure exactly why and how but "Lorelai" is definitely disturbing!

     

    "call me old fashioned but I prefer feminism that leaves a little something to the imagination!"

    A Muse's picture

    Jill

    was absolutely brilliant as Natalia.

    I cried from laughter. My abs improved tremendously. Thanks Jill :D you should definitely do comedy!!!

    love you with short hair. let's your sexy neck come out of hiding! ;)

    who is editing your vlogs and coming up with these lil taglines in between? they're awesome.

     

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    saiyit's picture

    just when i thought you

    just when i thought you ladies couldnt get funnier... haha i love you.

    seriously, Dara, hang out with Karman and Jill! i'd give anything to hang out with them...and i rarely leave my house! hahah...you're oh-so lucky.

    this season of ANTM is kinda boring (as have the past few seasons. maybe its getting too much)...but i pretty much just watch it so i have your vlog to look forward to. k, i just got hella deja vu...i think i might have written this in your last vlog hahaha
    MsWoo's picture

    Sorry, those looks are so ...

    Maxfield Parrish-like:

     

     

    sorta?

    spotticus's picture

    effin brilliant

    I wholeheartedly agree!  Too funny!
    tootles's picture

    Great photo effect

    If only the photos of Lorelai and Loquacious were added with a bit more grey...

    =))

    ***

    "I'm so sorry for the things that they've done
    I'm so sorry about what we've all become."

    [Editors - Well worn hands]

    MsWoo's picture

    Yeah...

    I did try to even up the tones a bit. Jill was easier because she is already very pale.

     

    (I can relate, I am pale too).

    maureenepe's picture

    Jill's short hair

    Okay, who here thinks that Jill, aka Natalia, looks really hot with short hair?
    MsWoo's picture

    Of course! But Dara's pic...

    is by far my fave.
    A Muse's picture

    totally

    there right with you.

    that was my first thought. absolute and utter uber-hotness!!!!

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    Kaytiana's picture

    Starbuck

    As soon as Sarah got her hair cut I shouted at the TV 'she looks like Katee Sackhoff!!' (which is kinda sad since I was alone in my room)  So hawt!! She looked really good!

     Love you guys!!  You keep me so entertained!!  And yor photos are remarkably good!!  xxx

    curlyhair343's picture

    Okay Dara get our ass out

    Okay Dara get our ass out there, but I should warn Jill and Karmen, you may regret it. I mean anyone who says horse porn would embarrass you.
    knalani's picture

    That's what she said!!

    hahaha. excellent photoshopping above.

    i just wanted to say that everyone sort of smoothed over dara's "that's what she said" comment about a certain.... uh, photography direction jill gave

    but i heard that shit and i loved it!!! i've been so lucky with the perfect "that's what he/she said" set ups recently and i was thrilled to see fellow asians making good on bad jokes.

    oh ps... who drinks apple juice from BOXES!??!?!?!? you guys!! aren't you making enough from doing this vlog for some decent shit!?

    spotticus's picture

    Must...obey...

    Dara, Git out the house and go to some events! 

    Another fine vlog, and the lost contestants are way fun.  I wonder if we might see a smackdown between Lorelai and Natalia in the near future??? They don't seem to be gettin' along. ; )

    And it is always educational to learn new things about places in LA. I guess its ok as long as it doesn't frighten the horses.

    stuck in podunk's picture

    Boxed Apple Juice

    I, for one, am very fond of boxed 'apple juice.' The right amount of sweet at the right kinda price.

    That being said, I must thank you three for being so flipping funny! I so needed a good long laugh after this week, and just looking at the head shots for the 'lost contestants' had me rolling on the ground!

    Keep it up! Oh, and Dara, if you don't want to go out with Jill and Karman, I would be willing to take your ticket! No, seriously, I would......:)


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