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Zach Anner makes it to Oprah’s ‘OWN Show’ finale
Terey Summers, a comedic motivational speaker whose dream was to host a traditional talk show, was eliminated from “Your OWN Show: Oprah’s Search for the Next TV Star” Friday night. That means Austin’s Zach Anner and fellow contestant Kristina Kuzmic-Crocco advance to the final episode where they will compete for their own show on the Oprah Winfrey Network.
Terey had difficulty articulating her show concept to the reporters, while Kristina had to defend her stance in her frequent battles with departed contestant Elizabeth Espinosa. Only Zach went through this segment of the episode unscathed, utterly charming the reporters and disarming them with his quick wit.
The contestants were each surprised by Oprah herself, who showed up to interview them about their proposed shows, philosophies and their motivations. Each of the three competitors — once they got over the shock of being interviewed by Oprah — performed well under pressure, getting high marks from their prospective boss for their answers to her questions.
But if they all skated through, Zach turned in a gold medal performance. At the end of his interview, instead of just thanking Winfrey, he turned the tables by saying he wished he could ask her some questions. And when Winfrey told him to go ahead, he had several good questions to toss at her — questions Winfrey aide (and the week’s mentor) Gayle King said her friend and boss had never before heard.
The contestants’ final task was to interview King. Again, Terey lagged behind Kristina and Zach.
In the judging phase, both Terey and Kristina were grilled by hosts Nancy O’Dell and Carson Kressley along with King. The trio pointed out that Zach was the only one of the remaining three contestants who had never landed in the bottom two and sent him back to green room safety.
In the end, it was Kristina’s on-camera comfortableness and Terey’s unclear vision for her show that led the judges to send Terey home, leaving Zach and Kristina to battle it out this Friday to decide a winner. The previews showed both of the remaining contestants seeming to have problems, so I’m sure there’s some drama left to be seen, enough to fill an extra 30 minutes — Friday’s finale will be 90 minutes long instead of the usual hour.
“Your OWN Show”
8 p.m. CT Fridays, OWN
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