Land o'Lessa

That’s right – the next Broadway Star in the form of Elle Woods of Legally Blonde The Musical, has been found! The final was Monday, and we jump right back into the cut short elimination of last week. The judges decide that the only two that will move forward in the competition are Autumn and Bailey.

There’s quite a bit of tension in the air as they prepare for the final audition, but it’s trumped by excitement when they discover their next audition will be at The Palace Theater, where Legally blonde: The Musical is actually performed! They’re excitement is catching as they giggle and hold stands and take it al in.

For the audition, they’ll be performing “Omigod you guys” “positive” and “so much better” on the actual sets with the cast members and a full orchestra…. the next day. It’s time to prove who the real triple threat is – by singing, dancing and acting around the sets, moving parts and trap doors – in heels!

After a really long, and overwhelming audition, the girls are glad to relax, but take different tactics back at the loft. Bailey is confident and rests, while Autumn practices every moment she can.

The next morning, at the audition, the girls are surprised backstage by their parents, who have been invited to the final audition. Bailey kicks it off with omigod you guys, and the judges are amazed with how much she looks the part. Autumn is impressive as well, with her powerful voice. During the moves needed for Positive, Autumn flubs a line, and isn’t hitting the steps, while Bailey’s dancing is amazing, but her singing is off. In the final number, Autumn rocks the vocals, and bailey steps it up and proves she’s almost as strong vocally.

The judges hold nothing back, and point out they were impressed with boy, but Autumn started off on the wrong foot, while Bailey has a bad habit of “shmacting” and looking at the audience instead of her scene partners. Autumn has the best voice, but doens’t come across as a Sorority girl. Both girls have different strengths, and if they could just meld them together, it’d be perfect.

In the end, though, there can only be one! And that one is Bailey! She falls to the ground and cries, before dancing under the streamers and giving her encore – she’s Broadway bound!

This week on the ultimate Pink Challenge, Legally Blonde The Musical, The Search for Elle Woods, it’s the three t’s – the Triple Threat Test. We’re down to Lauren, Autumn, Bailey and Rhiannon and it’s every girl for herself. They head to the gym for a workout that puts all their skills to the test. They need to do all three – act, dance, sing, and seamlessly. They jump around and are hoisted and thrown around, and singing while cheering AND learn some simple tap dance.

There is no stand out performer, as Haylie says they’re all too good to choose one, so they all have a surprise waiting for them at the loft, where they discover a banquet table a delicious meal and Tiffany necklaces just like Elle’s.

The next audition will have them performing a complicated section of the number – “what you want” and they rehearse with Seth, Denis, Rusty and Michelle. It’s a complex number and they only have 48 hours to learn it. Included in the audition is an onstage costume change – a 30 second quickchange!

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This Monday on Legally Blonde the Musical, everyone went, well, BLOND. Can’t play Elle Woods without looking the part, after all! They’re all focusing on “becoming Elle Woods, inside and out” Nice. It’s odd though, Bailey freaks out about the ‘makeover’ which for her involved barely a trim and a slightly warmer color – that’s all. She even bursts into tears when they get out the scissors! Someone call Tyra, STAT!

After the requisite ooohs and aaaaahs at the transformations, they finally get o meet Laura Bell Bundy, the current Elle Woods on Broadway. She talks about their inner Elle Woods, and how she’s grown into a more positive person who’s true to herself through her experience in playing Elle Woods.

…I know, right? All that pink is killing their brain cells, seriously.

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These boots are made for walking, and that’s just what they do – so which hopeful Elle Woods ends at the bottom of the shoe? I know, I’m so PUNNY! Autumn returns to the house after escaping the dreaded cut, and the girls are shocked and not exactly thrilled to see she’s the only girl who returns. Autumn, however, is determined to prove herself worthy of the Ultimate Blonde Bombshell Role.

They head to the dance studio where they’re told of their next challenge, which is to be dance the “Shake your Junk” part of the song “Positive.” Autumn is worried because dance is the weak spot of her ‘triple threatedness’. They’re taught the routine, which they’ll have to learn both Elle’s part and multiple versions of the chorus, and then taken outside to work it out on cobblestone streets in 4 inch high pepto-colored go-go boots. Sounds like a broken ankle waiting to happen, huh? They all manage to bust a move, though, even with poor Emma spitting and sniffing and still trying to battle her bronchitis. Lauren is yelled at for her lack of effort, but Natalie shines and is the Stand Out Performer. As reward, she takes Rhiannon and go do yoga and tea with Kate Shindle, who plays Vivienne on Broadway.

That night, after their rehearsal time being cut short, they practice the routines over and over, until they discover a call sheet under the door. It has a difficult and very negative questionaire, and they’re instructed to answer things like ‘who’s the weakest dancer’ and ‘who should already have been sent home.’ and it sets off a round of girly dramatics that made me cringe and avert my eyes and count the minutes until I could watch Hell’s Kitchen. Autumn steps up, and decides they’re going to do it the “Elle way” if they were going to play that game and they all change the questions to have a positive spin and complement each other with tears and sniffles and snaps for everyone and I threw up in my mouth a little.

At the audition, Emma is really winded and it doesn’t look good, while Bailey shines then Autumn runs off to puke during her critique. Heh. Natalie is told she’s for sure going to be on the list and is safe for the week. Unsurprisingly, Autumn and Emma end up on the chopping block and have to head to the casting office. Emma is upset because she thinks she and Autumn are the two most talented girls there and others should go before them. They are applauded by the judges for performing while sick, but in the end, their concerns with Emma’s stamina is what sends her out the door as they give Autumn yet another chance. Emma is upset, but swears it won’t stop her from realizing her Broadway Dreams.

Huh. Looking the cast picture – at the rate we’re going, the winner might be pretty obvious, hm?

Right off the bat, this week, the girls dump on Cassie for what she said to the judges last week about the girls letting her down. Cassie is unable to really defend herself, and is shocked at how they are lecturing her about taking things too personally and isolating herself from the group. They decide it’s best to let go and calm down, while they’ve left Cassie in tears. Girls are mean.

They head to the next workshop, where they get to bond with the dogs that play Elle’s Bruiser in the show, Boo-Boo and Teddy. They get a sleep over so that they have the chance to bond, and the next day they’ll be put through their paces in front of the trainers to see who managed to get the most out of their time together. They teach the girls the commands, and are told they have to make it believable – if Elle drags the dog around stage, the audience won’t believe they like dogs. The dogs take to Autumn and Lauren naturally, and Cassie S. has problems and is frustrated as she blames her trust issues.

In the end, Autumn wins the challenge, and takes Celina with her on her reward: a date with BoBoo and Teddy, and Richard Blake, who plays Waner in LB: The Musical. It’s a good reward, because the audition will have the girls singing “Serious” with Richard – it’s the breakup scene, and has both comedic and tragic moments, so will really test the girls in all areas.

Meanwhile, Emma heads to the doctor and discovers she does have an infection due to quiting smoking, and she worries that her performance is going to suffer. No one really does outstandingly well – except Emma! So her worries were unfounded as she gets glowing remarks from the judges. The judges find the challenge telling, and it’s easier to make their decision as they have Autumn, Cassie S. and Celina go to face them for elimination.

Paul says Cassie would be a better understudy, and she says she won’t do it, she’ll be a star. They also can’t see Celina as Elle, and Autumn blames her performance on a bad day, getting her a lecture about consistency. Bernie cuts Celina, then tells the other two that another is going home as well, and then cuts Cassie, giving Autumn another chance to be consistent.