Join us now for the "Make Me a Supermodel" liveblog!

You may recall that last year we liveblogged the freshman season of Bravo's Make Me a Supermodel, and rallied the troops in support of house gay Ronnie Kroell. As the show uses a live voting feature similar to American Idol, we would like to think that our Save Ronnie! campaigns had at least something to do with Kroell staying in the house until the very end.

So this season we're be to carry the torch for the season's two gay contestants, Shawn and Chris. We'll be implementing the insanely interactive liveblogging technology that we used for the Oscars last week, so you as readers and commenters will be an integral part of the fun.

So follow the action below, and join in the instant-commenting and real-time polling fun in the box below the liveblog (and refresh often for updates!)

10:00PM EST - And away we go ...

10:05PM EST - Love the opening, which features the models as fifty-foot tall giants among the streets in NYC, but The Rolling Stones and Belinda Carlisle did it better. We barely have time to meet the models before they're introduced to Tyson and new "mentor" Nicole, who is introduced in a giant transparent cube like a David Blaine trophy.

10:10PM EST - The show just started and we already have our first gay panic attack, from "definitely straight" Brenden, who doesn't want to be teamed up with "definitely gay" Chris. Get over yourself, kid. You ain't all that. What's worse for Brenden is that he and Chris are going to be in close quarters wearing sexy clothes. Bwa-ha-ha!

10:20PM EST - Amazingly, Brenden is able to make it through the shoot, even though he was close to "teh gey". Shawn has an easier time with his partner Karin.

10:25PM EST - Nicole, who acts like she hardly gives two sh**s about this whole thing, announces that one winner will be chosen for this first challenge, and that person will win a "go-see", and will get a chance to audition for a very important client.

10:30PM EST - And the winner of the challenge is Salome, who everyone instantly hates. She goes to meet her client, but flops on the runway, so she shall now be known as Salome's Last Dance.

10:35PM EST - Only halfway through the first show, and we already get Underwear! My new favorite is the husky hunk Ken, who was rocking tiny briefs.

10:40PM EST - I also like nerdilicious Colin, who I think can be counted on to give us lots of awkwardly adorable moments.

10:50PM EST - It's catwalk time, which will decide who gets eliminated. Everyone does their sashay, and then face the judges, who include Marlon and Perou, and someone without a laughable name, Jenny Shimizu. The judges also include Catherine Malandrino, "fashion icon" and dead ringer for 70's b-movie star Barbara Steele.

Half of the models are told that they're safe, including Shawn, but Chris is among the half that are either among the best or worst of the week.

It's quickly made clear that the judges hate Chris, especially the hateful "Perou", who calls him "Christine", and says he "needed a handbag on his catwalk". Harsh words from a man dressed like a reject from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

10:55PM EST - It figures that the bottom three are my faves Colin, Chris, and Ken. The judges decide, and Ken is kicked to the curb, which means we'll never witness those awesome thunder-thighs again. Damn!

Well, at least our gays Chris and Shawn are through to the second round, but Chris is barely hanging on.

That's it for week one. What did you think? Will Brenden learn a life lesson, and give us a bromance with Shawn or Chris? Probably not. Will Salome's Last Dance continue to irritate everyone? And can season two possibly live up to season one?