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February 14, 2007

'Beauty and the Geek' finale: Poetic justice

A friend and I had discussed today that the big twist on the finale of Beauty and the Geek 3 was going to be that the voted-out teams would decide which of the final two teams would win. When I saw that prediction had come true, I knew Megan and Scooter were going to win over Nate and CeCe/Cecille. I couldn't have imagined the drama that would come along with it, though. I hoped that somewhere along the line, CeCe would realize that she had learned something from her experience on the show, about being confident in her intelligence level or about meeting friends and having meaningful relationships with people outside your usual circle of people. But I didn't expect that she would turn so hateful toward the experience. At different times through tonight's finale, she said she didn't like any of "those people," that her real friends in L.A. would probably laugh at everyone in the whole house, that if anyone in the house changed "because of some nerdy guys" then they were just ridiculous.

So, right. Not a single thing learned.

But I was still shocked when Nate realized that she had learned nothing in the experience and that if his team won, she would think it was OK to not try to be a better person. (His point being that everyone should always be trying to better themselves.) When he started telling the "jury" that they shouldn't vote for his team because then CeCe would think it was all right to continue on the same path, I was flabbergasted. So those shocks kind of overcame the lack of shock at the eventual revelation that Scooter and Megan were indeed the winners.

Expect more drama next Wednesday when there is a reunion show including behind-the-scenes footage. Will CeCe have had an epiphany since the end of filming, or will she just be furious that Nate actually campaigned against them? I, for one, can't wait to see.

Posted by Sarah Kickler Kelber at 9:10 PM | | Comments (1)
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I missed the show. I hope to catch a re-run. It sounded awesome. Nate is such a great guy. I think his integrity is off the chart. He sure nailed CeCe. She is such a [witch] and has no concept of human decency. She is mean spirited and deserved it. I wish Nate could have won it though because he learned so much and deserved it too. He will get his just reward in life though. The ultimate revenge in life is sweet success and he will get it because what comes around goes around. Good job Nate.

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About Sarah Kelber
Sarah Kickler Kelber, an editor in the features department since 1999, got sucked into reality TV with the first episode of MTV's The Real World in 1992. Then came Survivor and American Idol, and suddenly, the genre was everywhere. She started blogging about it for The Baltimore Sun in January 2006 and has logged more hours watching and writing about such shows as Dancing With the Stars, Big Brother and, of course, Idol, than she'd like to admit.
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