As promised...

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Kayne & Robert: Can I just say how much I love these two? They not only work well together, they are also hilarious! Anywho, I thought Kayne definitely deserved to win. As soon as I heard the challenge, I thought of him. I wouldn't say I'd wear the dress or that it was the prettiest one up there, but it was the best for the customer. There were some other pretty ones, but they didn't look like pagent dresses.

Keith & Bradley: I actually thought this one was gorgeous, but not at all right for the pagent. Plus, I don't think the empire waist helps elongate the body (which Tara said she wanted). I'm partially glad it didn't win, though, because Keith is an arrogant bastard.

Laura & Michael: I was very surprised that Laura picked Micheal as a partner (I expected her to pick Robert) but I definitely saw her logic. They are both good designers, but they each have very different styles, so Micheal could keep Laura from going too far. Iliked that she specifically said "He'll tell me straight out if he doesn't like something" because it showed that she was willing to and consider his input. The dress was nice, but too generic. Laura! I like you a lot, but try new things, please!

Uli & Bonnie: Again, I thought it was nice, but not very pagent-esque. That's pertty much all I have to say.

Jeffery & Alison: Jefferey is an ass. I find it funny that he attacked Kayne's color choices, and then Kayne won. I didn't find this dress appealing at all. The colors were nice, but it was not well constructed and it looked messy. Even Alison thought so.

Vincent and Angela: Ok, so Angela definitely annoyed me when she started pestering Kayne and when she went in to the meeting with Tara totally unprepared. However, I don't think she was completely at fault when it came to the riff with her and Vincent. Vincent made it clear he wanted to do the entire thign by himself. He didn't give her anything to do, told her to stay three feet away from him, and didn't consider her input. Now to be fair, Angela was very whiny and could have rpesented her opinion in a different fashion (i.e. "Maybe you should try it without sleeve things to see how it looks, then put them on") However, I thought Vincent was the one who should have been attacked for not working like a team. Angela tried to help, but he didn't want her to. The dress wasn't horrible, but it wasn't great.

Malan & Katherine: Ok, so I started liking Malan a bit. He didn't seem so snotty (though his laugh still terrifies me). And I admit, I was sad to see him go. The dress was hideous (no doubt about it ). As soon as I saw it, I thought "It looks wooden..." so when Tim made is comment about it looked like it was carved out of a tree stump, I nodded vigorously. however, I thought it was noble of Malan to take credit for the design and execution. I will miss him...

*POSSIBLE SPOILER*

...but I heard he comes back. Apparently Keith gets kicked off the show (i.e. the whole "I'm going to have to ask you to leave) and with a spot open, they bring Malan back. not sure how accurate this is, so don't quote me on it.