Reality shows

I've been watching The Amazing Race and Any Dream Will Do. So far, I haven't been disappointed by the behavior of anyone who's in the final teams, except for this week. Even last week when the brothers hid the pumps (although I did boggle at that) and used their own belongings to get where they needed (I just thought they were being creative, apparently it's just not allowed!) But this week, now that it's getting down to the wire, 2 teams are behaving very badly; shoving and name calling, for instance. There's stuff that's allowed, like telling taxi drivers not to give another team's taxi driver directions. But when it gets physical, they've gone too far. Both teams were at fault. I know it's a competition, but they're looking like ugly Americans and so far, except for the cheerleaders (one in particular) everyone has been not too terribly embarassing. I love Margie and Luke and Kisha and Jen, but this week my affection for both teams has been tested. I feel for Luke, since I'm half deaf, but sometimes his immaturity gets the best of him. I'm still rooting for him, because I think this whole race has firmly taken him out of his comfort zone. So I applaud that, even as I want to sit him down and remind him that shoving isn't allowed.

And then there's Any Dream Will Do. For some time I've rooted for Seamus (but my favorite is Rob the Builder.) However, when he was being given the ax and making conspiracy theory comments, he came off as a spoiled brat. And since he's the eldest, that's rather pathetic. He jerked away from the other singers during the final song, threw his coat on the ground, stopped singing, ran up the steps and changed the lyrics. Wow, does he think he'll get a West End role after that? On TV, in front of the whole world. Shame on you, Seamus.

And American Idol bores me this year, so I don't have any opinion there, LOL. I watch too much TV.