Liveblogging Make Me a Supermodel (Episode 1.06): Snakes on a Gay?

As noted earlier today, regular MMaSM liveblog ringleader Dan is frolicking about in the warm climes, leaving me the near-crushing responsibility of potentially marking the elimination of our dear Supergay, Ronnie Kroell. Now, seeing as how I do the As the World Turns liveblogs, I'm used to watching gay guys not consummate their relationships, so I hope I can do Ronnie's bromance with his straight roomie, Prison Ben, justice.

For starters, I'm just going to consider it a given that after the opening elimination Ronnie will return to Supermodel Supermanor with ... actually, I don't really care who goes with him. As long as his peaches-and-cream self is safe!

Anyway, this week's challenge will pit the contestants against one of the scariest things imaginable: sparkly vinyl clothing. Oh, and snakes. And having to be underwater, in sparkly vinyl clothing, with the snakes. One can only hope that one of the confused, waterlogged models will forget which reality competition they are on and eat the snake alive in front of the camera with their bare hands.

Think it'll happen? Click on through the jump and refresh often to find out!

Here we go...

10:59PM EST: Prison Ben is up for the vote. Holly's safe. Perry is also up for the vote, mostly because he's arrogant. My girl Shannon is safe, meaning that Jackie is up for the vote as well.

So who's gonna go? Do we want to keep Ben around to keep Ronnie company even though he's a dud? I'm thinking Perry's gotta stay... Guess we'll find out next week!

10:53PM EST: And Ronnie is the winner! Not bad for a guy who was up for the vote two weeks in a row. Nikki calls him "unstoppable" ... anyone else noticed that she really has a soft spot for him? It's really sweet.

10:50PM EST: They loved Ronnie's catwalk and pic. When they ask him who he thinks should go, Ronnie says that Ben did badly and the judges are floored that he would throw his bro under a bus. They're really harsh on Perry, and also on Shannon for her issues on the shoot. The judges lay into Ben, who is probably wishing that he'd put that turquoise amulet in Ronnie's oatmeal right about now. The judges loved Casey's pics. Guess all that meditation in the landfill helped.

The judges deliberate and say that Ben doesn't know what to do with his body. BITING TONGUE. Tyson says that Ronnie was great with that sheep. BITING OTHER TONGUE.

10:48 PM EST: Holly's peacock runway is alright - she carries it like an evening clutch, which is clever. She has a bit of a Linda Evangelista in her walk no? Casey's walk with the goat is eh. Jackie's with the poodle is underwhelming. Ben's catwalk is hilariously bad. Frankie has the Aflac duck, who won't stop going on about insurance. Perry's goat stops midway so he does this lame shuck-and-jive thing. Shannon rocks it with her duck and her huge-ass headpiece. Ronnie has a sheep and a huge satyr head thing. His runway is very calm and he does okay in comparison.

10:40PM EST: Oh for heaven's sake. These poor animals. Where's PETA when you need them?! Perry's pig, Elvis, poops on him so they cut him from the show and give Perry another animal. Oh come on, try and tell me that Janice Dickinson never browned out on the runway and still pulled it off.

10:29PM EST: The Modelsketeers sit around the house and talk about how there's only five weeks left and one of them will get the money and the spread. Ronnie says that he lives paycheck-to-paycheck and that if he doesn't win he has to move in with his parents.

Aww ... fellas, can we find somewhere else for Ronnie to live? I'm sure we can work out something for him.

10:36PM EST: At the catwalk, Nikki tells the models that they're going to have to step out of their comfort zones and work with giant ... headpieces! Nikki cautions the models not to be overpowered by their hat. She says "be sure you wear the hat, don't let it wear you." She's like the Model's Almanac.

She then tells them that they will have another accessory to master, and Tyson comes in with ... sheep, ducks, a poodle, a goat, a peacock, and a pig. He's just a tophat shy of Doctor Dolittle.

OMG, Ben's goat is FREAKING OUT.

10:25PM EST: For someone who said he was deathly afraid of snakes, Casey seemed pretty comfortable petting it. Perry, on the other hand, is spooked like a newborn pony. Casey goes off to meditate on the beach in a nest of dirty needles and human remains, and Perry does his tank shoot. He looks even more like Jake Shears underwater and in shiny pants.

Jackie is up next. I'm betting the snake will be afraid of her. The photographer isn't loving her up front but se rallies.

Uh-oh, Holly has Supermodel Sickness, which afflicts at least one girl in every season of every modeling reality competition. Will she pull through? Frankie is up next and oddly they filled his newly-shorn hair with bobby pins. WTF?!

Ben goes under and he squints and looks Ben-ish. Which is not good, sorry. He's literally dead in the water. The photographer is not happy.

Ronnie is next, and notes that he was a water aerobics instructor and lifeguard. But he's not doing so hot right off the bat, but then he gets it and the photographer is "very impressed". Atta boy! The photog is actually really impressed by him, as he got it in the third frame.

Casey looks like he's going to pee himself. And I guess if that's going to happen, this is the challenge for it. On cue, the photographer notes that the tank is getting cloudy. HOT! Somebody drop a Baby Ruth in the pool, stat! He eventually gets a shot.

Holly comes next. She looks like an extra from a Madmax movie. She's really not doing well or looking well.

Next is Shannon, who is not afraid of snakes. She gets in and gets water in her eyes and can't hold her breath. To be honest, isn't this a tank full of pinkeye at this point? The photographer yells at her and she eventually gets a good shot.

10:13PM EST: The models know that their photo shoot will involve fear. They discuss their biggest fears, and Ronnie chimes in that his is George Bush. Ha. Holly notes that she's afraid of everything, including needles, tarantulas, feet, and buttcracks. I seriously did not make that up. And I have the feeling that they had to cut about 20 minutes of her list, which could have included mean people, intimacy, trolls, and Gargamel.

Casey says he's afraid of snakes. Foreshadow Sensors tingling!

The models are taken down by the river and told that they're working in the cold and with a snake, and they bring out ... George Bush! Oh, sorry -- a snake!

10:10PM EST: Ronnie comes back and is welcomed by Desi Ben, and Ronnie tells him that the amulet worked. When Holly sees Frankie come in she has a thought bubble over her head of a kitten being hit by a lawnmower. She cries.

One of the wicked steppeople from the runway sessions comes in and tells the models they're having ANOTHER makeover. AWESOME! Their first victim is Frankie, who gets word that they're taking off all his hair.

MORE AWESOME!

Okay, I hate to say it but he actually looks okay de-Fabioed. Holly points out that they gave him her haircut, which is hilarious. This is so Single White Female.

10:05PM EST: Recap of last week ... I totally forgot that Ronnie had his BIM Mark from The Apple on his forehead at the last runway. How dignified.

Prison Ben wakes up Ronnie by pressing on his chest. He's not RescusciAnnie! Ben gives Ronnie some hideous turquoise amulet to wear as a good luck charm. Don't do it, Ronnie! Remember the Brady Bunch Hawaii episode when Greg wore the Tiki charm?!?!?!

Casey and Perry want Frankie to stay. Ugh. Well, because he's not a threat, and they like Penelope Cruz.

Frankie's safe! No!

Alright, Stef is kicked off. Thank Xenu! Ronnie is safe!

For the first time, the two safe models don't console the loser by telling her how pretty she is. Damn! Cold, guys! Stef rides off wearing her Sue Lyon-issued Lolita glasses and we've forgotten about her by the time she crosses the 59th Street bridge.

9:55PM EST: Doo-de-doo-de-doo... hey, tuned in just in time for the "Fierce" montage on the Project Runway reunion. I like Christian's "this side's party, this side's business, and the moneymaker's in the middle" deal. It's like a couture mullet!

Alright, this ab trainer video commercial just used the term "lower pooch sag". Aside from sounding like you have Droopy Dog attached to your gut, aren't there better terms? How about "cookie pouch"?

Alright, Frankie (who I think has a promising career ahead of him as a Penelope Cruz impersonator), Stefanie, and Ronnie are on the block. Anyone wanna bet who's going home? I buy a shot for anyone who's right!