Top Chef! — Page 20

I'm all about Elia winning. From a production standpoint, Sam is too much like Harold - him winning would be boring.

From a merit standpoint - he has been consistently good, and deserves, if not to win, a shot at the final two at least.

But for me, Elia all the way!

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The thing that bothers me with Sam is that he could have easily stopped the Cliff/Marcel rumble. And he chose not to. Yes, I'm aware they were drinking at the atmosphere was goofy...but even the judges asked why he didn't do anything and he couldn't come up with a good answer. I actually used to quite fancy his work in the beginning, but now, I hope the Elia wins. She doesn't have an attitude problem, she works hard, and she is a pretty damn good chef.

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"But I still like Marcel. If our little Wolverine won, I'd be cool with that."

He does remind me of a Wolverine, but weirder.

Marcel is useless twat.

i read that article... i'm still rooting for Marcel to win...

I did. I loved how the judges cringed when they started to complain about Marcel. I loved when they said they didn't care what went on in the kitchen.

I like Marcel, but I have to admit-his appearance is kind of creepy.

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I lost a lot of respect for Elia when she started to slam Marcel.

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Elia, Ilan and Sam acted like such brats towards Marcel... though Sam does deserve to be in the finale over Ilan, i'm just happy that Marcel is there...

Updated On: 1/25/07 at 12:01 AM

A little part of me is sad that Sam is no longer in the game. The other part of me hopes that Marcel will find a way to win just so Ilan can go cry in a corner.

But you know something, if Marcel doesn't make it in Top Chef, he'll have a good career as a rapper. The kid's got some mad beat skills.

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Last night actually had some great suspense. I actually teared up with Padma let Sam go. Padma was upset. I am glad to see Sam go. I wish Ilan had gone too. The finale will be a real compettion with more heat than last years. WOO HOO! It doesn't look like there is a Reunion show. That stinks.

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I know I'm being melodramatic, but I've lost all faith in this show. First last week's episode, and then last night. It's not about the food anymore, and it never really was to begin with. None of the four from last night deserve to be a Top Chef. My love for Elia went out the window with that pathetic last-minute attempt to throw Marcel under the bus (forgive me for invoking the beaten-to-death phrase this show loves so much), and Ilan and Sam are just as bad for pretending like they had nothing to do with it.

I hope Marcel wins, but neither of them is a Top Chef, and the final four or even five contestants from last season would put them to shame.

I'm going to watch, obviously, but I'm really, really disappointed in the show for letting food take a back seat to this crap.

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If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

blue, last season's finale was amazing! It's almost an insult to have this one compare.

I think I need to go back and watch all of season 1 - I miss them all, even Tiffani!

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I have to say...GO MARCEL as well, because who in their right mind could root for a narcisstic, mean, and immature brat like Ilan who instigated the whole "let's tell on Marcel" bit at the end of the episode. Sam might be able to cook, but he has no balls and is not a top chef. I still think Elia is a great cook and deserves to be in the final 2, more so than Marcel.

During the judging, it had almost seemed the producers told the judges that you have to pick one between the pairs of Elia and Marcel and Sam and Ilan because Gail said, "now that we have Elia and Marcel done, let's move on to Ilan and Sam."

I think Elia is the best cook on the show and it was a shame to lose her to higher ratings.

Also, I don't think last years finale was so great suspense wise. Everyone knew it was Harold from the beginning. I just think the personalities made it a richer, more satisfying show.

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