This is NOT a Personal Essay!

Only one week of "Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods" left? Now what am I going to do? America's Next Top Model doesn't start for another two months...

Anyway, Autumn and Lauren are waiting for the girls to come back from the casting office. Both predict Natalie will return (and I kept hoping she'd walk through the door and reveal last week's ending was just a bad dream) and Lauren believes Rhiannon will be the one sent home. The door opens and the girls are shocked to see Bailey and Rhiannon come in. Lauren's reaction to Natalie's elimination is pretty similar to my own, sans the following rant at the TV. Bailey goes on about how unbelievable it was that she ended up in the casting office which doesn't go over well with Autumn and Lauren, both who have survived the office themselves. It appears that Bailey is now taking over for Cassie S as the house bitch.

The girls get a call sheet and meet Haylie Duff at a maze of mats and equipment. With her are two Legally Blonde cast members who also trained her for her debut in Hairspray. They put the girls through the paces. Each girl has to give a monologue (It sounds like they mostly did the scene during Harvard Variations where Elle introduces herself, yet Rhiannon says "Why would you lie about being in the shower?" which is from later in the show, during the trial). The girls deliver it while the guy twirls them and lifts them up. Autumn nails it. Next the girls sing and then are given pink tap shoes. The woman says the movements are easy and then proceeds to do one very complicated dance. Autumn looks ready to kill herself, but she holds her own. While getting tips, she realizes she can just fake it so it looks like she's doing it, which pisses off Bailey after she overhears it. Of course, now that Natalie is gone, Bailey is the best dancer there so she might see it as a slight on her talent.

Haylie tells the girls that there is no challenge winner and it cuts to a not-so-intense commercial break because you just know she's going to say "You are all winners!" And lo and behold, she does. The girls go back to the loft where they see a table set up, complete with flowers. A delicious dinner is served and the girls chat about when they knew they wanted to be on Broadway. Autumn listens and remembers when she was naive enough to think she'd make it big on Broadway in no time. Like others, she hasn't had her big break yet (umm, not counting this show). She warns the girls not to get their hopes up too high and Bailey snaps back that they are staying positive. Autumn has a point and doesn't come off like those experienced models on Top Model (coughLisacough) who insert unsolicited advice. The tense moment is broken when the waiter brings them four Tiffany boxes. Inside are the special heart necklaces Elle wears in the show. The girls go nuts.

Before sending them to their dinner, Haylie informs the girls that they will be performing "What You Want!" as their audition piece. So, the girls meet up with Denis, Seth and the cast members from the previous day to work on it. Rhiannon doesn't make it through the final part without sounding like she needs an oxygen tank from the dance section. Autumn realizes she can fake the tap section pretty well and blows them away with her vocal. Bailey has to work a bit harder. They bring in actual Legally Blonde cast members (including the girl who plays Pilar) to work with as well. And to top it off, the girls will have to do a quick change during their audition. The girls keep working hard, including Autumn and Lauren. Rhiannon and Bailey feel they are prepared enough and Bailey is actually pissed that Autumn and Lauren keep working, saying it is making her nervous.

The girls make it to their audition and perform. Like the day before, Rhiannon gets winded due to the dance section. Lauren does pretty good but the judges do say it can be easy to see she is thinking it through. Bailey goes to do her quick change and realizes someone has given her Lauren's hat by mistake. She oversteps the quick change and has to perform with the large hat. If there was a crew member hoping to sink her, his or her plan backfired big time as the show of imperfection made the judges LURVE her. Autumn does remarkably well, holding her own in the dance section. The judges though, give her mixed reviews. My favorite part? Seth constantly yelling out "This is NOT a personal essay!" from the piano bench.

The judges deliberate and Heather Hach says she wishes they could take the best parts of the four contestants to create the perfect Elle Woods. Haylie reveals that all the girls have to go to the casting office. There, Lauren gets the cut for being too young. Honestly, Bailey looks and acts just as young. She's just safe because of the hat incident. After Lauren leaves, Bernie reveals that Jerry Mitchell only wants two girls in the final audition so one other girl will be eliminated that night...and will be revealed in the next episode. I know Bailey is safe so I hope Autumn is too. But if Bailey takes the whole thing, I will be more upset than when Saleisha "Tootie, Tyra's Poster Child" Towers won America's Next Top Model Cycle 9.

And Playbill.com reported that the winning Elle will get her own single of "So Much Better" released after she wins the show. She will also take over as Elle two days after the airing. Here's the article: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119446.html.

If anyone is reading this, please share who you want to win!