Girlicious: Public Image
Ahhh, at last, a Girlicious episode that didn't disappoint us in some way. 
With only five girls remaining and two cliques at odds with each other, the girls went into the public image challenge with more growing up to do than ever before. Natalie and Chrystina were excited to find out about this challenge, thinking that their good looks would put them above their competition -- and they voiced this out loud. Of course, their remarks only fanned the flames of tension and put a further gap between the so-called "more talented" girls and the "prettier" girls.
As part of their challenge, the girls had to make a few publicity stops to test out their ability to stay poised during interviews. The first stop -- a radio station, where the DJ asked the usual, "So do you girls hate each other?" questions. Tiffanie was the first to class it up, basically turning the question into a positive and shedding light on the fact that all of the girls are just there to make it into the group. Then the girls were each tested on their singing abilities and Chrystina ended up forgetting the words to her part of the song. Oopsie.
The next stop was the set of Extra, which is where Girlicious's host, Mark McGrath, spends most of his time as an on-air personality.
The girls were asked what being in Girlicious means to them, and Natalie, Nichole and Tiffanie were able to express that without hitting any speed bumps. Charlye's response was a little stuttered, but Chrystina went on and on about absolutely nothing, prompting Mark McGrath to stare at her blankly. In fact, we could almost hear the crickets in the background of his mind. Strike two!
The final part of the Extra challenge was to record a mini-commercial teaser for the program alongside Mark. Everyone pretty much nailed this part, but Natalie turned out to be the overall winner.
Back at the loft, Tiffanie gathered everyone together and finally tried to make amends. She pointed out the fact that like it or not, they all have a good chance of being in a group together, so they need to put their cattiness aside and take the high road. Natalie piggy-backed on this idea and it seemed as though everyone was finally going to stop taking their bitch pills. Alas, Charlye wasn't feeling this idea. She chose to keep the daggers attached to her retinas and flee to the bedroom.
Regardless of the pent-up anger, the girls had to figure out a way to work with each other since they performed as a group for the elimination challenge. All five girls sang two of the songs the Pussycat Dolls are known for, and for just putting their differences aside about a day before, the girls did an incredible job!
In the end, the judges kept us on the edges of our seats. The bottom two for this week was Charlye and Chrystina, they announced Chrystina staying, waited a beat or ten, and announced that no one was going home this week -- which was quite the relief since everyone did so well at the elimination challenge.
The thing is -- did the public image challenge not count for anything? Chrystina keeps under-delivering, but they keep letting her stay in the group. Chrystina and Natalie have had bad attitudes towards the other girls since the very beginning (and even towards the vocal coach), but Charlye somehow got called out for her behavior this episode. We found that a bit annoying. Also, what's up with Lil Kim? Has she ever said anything of importance as a judge? She just keeps saying she's proud of people or "this was really your night" -- even when it hasn't been.
The finale is next week and at this point we really have no clue who they're going to choose for this group. What do you think? Did you like this episode? Who do you think is going to end up in the group?