Van and Jake were great and very professional as judges. I completely agreed with them and the other judge about all the performances.

It was great, albeit slightly ironic, to see a tribute to Luke and Noah's first kiss. I was disappointed that more of the couples didn't do better. The two women were great together, though.

Wasn't crazy about the one guy's comment on even guys "secure in their masculinity" possibly having issues w/ same-sex kissing scenes.

 He should have just said secure in their sexuality, if he had to say either. Not feeling him.

Well, it turns out that Peyton, the guy who made that comment, is the one who got eliminated: http://www.cbs.com/originals/inturn3/video/video.php?cid=712235899&pid=bZtOD7ygAw6sbRQo2rk2Z6f_UuT11HTL&play=true&cc=0

I guess whatever beliefs/emotiosn made him utter that sentence also caused him to be stiff during the scene, and that's what got him cut. Actually, he did mention the guy/guy kissing as an obstacle to acting well, and Christopher Goutman shot that down, which was nice.

Just watched the kiss audition, featuring guest judges Van Hansis and Jake Silbermann. I thought the episode was pretty interesting and all the judges gave very insightful critiques. Neither Van nor Jake held back from pointing out what they felt were flaws.

I also had a bit of a WTF-type reaction when Peyton went in for the kiss with Michael like he was bobbing for apples. Jake's expression when he looked over at Van was priceless.

It seemed like Chris Goutman didn't really have a preference which one of these two to boot after their scene but gave them each the opportunity to eliminate himself with his own words. Ultimately, it probably came down to which one seemed to display the more arrogant attitude that "he did great" despite all the problems pointed out to them. I think Peyton could have saved himself if he had admitted he had no clue how to approach doing this kiss but was willing to learn from his mistakes and promised to work hard to improve.