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EP: Mark Cronin, Cris Abrego, Ben Samek, Matt Odgers, Jill Holmes, Kristen Kelly, Stella Stolper, Alex Demyanenko, Michael Hirschorn, Jeff Olde
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Origin: Los Angeles, CA
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Race For You Life, Aussie Rachael!
December 2

Last time, six became five as rivals VJ and Andre ran for little over and hour, all to compete for an edge that would have Andre running a little bit more. His team didn't fare so well in the Callback Challenge, sending one of the alliance of four, Pickel, home. Now only five remain.

Andre sets up a makeshift pall box in the kitchen, and on it... a pickle. Rachael says she's struggling. Brett too is struggling. He's on his own. "Our alliance will still live on," Andre says.

NOTE! "Today will determine who has the stronger drive to succeed. Divide yourself up into teams of two. I know there's an odd number remaining, But I'm leaving it up to you to determine who will be the odd model out."

Brett volunteers. That was easy. Pickel will be his partner in spirit. Rachael plays with Andre, leaving VJ & Angela.

Van leaves in an hour. Fast forward one hour.

Edge Challenge: Super Model Kart

The models go to the Stratus Carts garage. Helping out is Mr. Fix-It, Carter Oosterhouse (from "Trading Spaces" and HGTV's "Carter Can"). Today, the models will have to build their own go-carts. The first two teams to build a cart that can be raced will race it later this afternoon. The winner of the race will win the Edge.

Oh, and you will be inspected.

Brett... wants to be the one-man show.

Andre & Rachael - RED
VJ & Angela - BLUE
Brett - ORANGE

Step one, the engine. Andre has... no car knowledge ... or any knowledge of how to build something. Angela worked on a car (with her dad). Brett... only put two Legos together. But Pickel appears to him via the magic of editing in a matter like Obi-Wan.

Suggestive line of the night comes from Rachael: "You have to get that nut off of the screw."

"We're done." That's from Angela. Richard gives them the green light. They're ready to race. Brett's starting to get the hang of making his own car... and there's Obi-Wan Pickel again.

Andre & Rachael think they're done... they're missing clips. No Bingo. Play still on. Andre finally learns how to speak in diagrams, and is race-ready.

So it's Red vs. Blue for the Edge, or as VJ puts it, "Import models vs. American Made." Pickel? "Not a proud moment, my friend. Not a proud moment."

So here's the deal. Ten laps. First one to finish wins. Blue team won the build, so they get the coveted pole position. Prepare to qualify! Angela & Rachael have been chosen to race. And.... we're off!

Rachael slips through on the first track, and she cuts into Angela's lead in lap one. Halfway mark, Rachael's first into the pit to switch with Andre. "PEACE! I'M OUT!" And there goes the Russian rocket. VJ gains on him, but the winner.... "SOVIET!!!!" Andre & Rachael get the edge going into the Callback Challenge. And all Angela can do is cry. "There's no crying in go-cart racing!"

Tomorrow's edge... a 2007 Jaguar XKR. The two will get the drive it back to the mansion. In the glove box is a handy brochure, which will come in handy, because they will get to be spokesmodels at an auto show.

And no, they don't get to keep the car. Darn.

And this is an important challenge, because whoever wins will get an automatic callback... to the finale.

For the other three, it's back in the van.

Hey, are you smart? Are you a model? Can you read this? Go to smartestmodel.vh1.com to apply to be on AMSM2.

At the mansion, we have another note. They are to choose one person who the majority thinks is neither smart enough nor model enough to continue in the competition. The person you name will be automatically called down at the elimination. The only way this person will avoid being eliminated is if they win the Callback Challenge.

Oh, and you have until bedtime tonight to choose.

VJ already knew that this was going to be a decision to take him out. Sure enough, the vote comes back 3-2, VJ. If he doesn't win tomorrow, it'll be him on the block. VJ knows who wrote his name... and he's not happy about it. So he pulls a trump card, his friend Jared, who goes to the Jaguar website and digs up info on the XKR for him.

Next day, and we're going to the Jaguar headquarters to present...

Callback Challenge: Jaguar Show

Bob Witter & Marti Uelberg, execs for North American Jaguar, will determine who sells the car the best. Marti gives up specs. It's a lot of information to download.

Andre says that he did enough research last night. His Edge-mate Rachael is up first. And already she's thrown for a loop, not only are Ben, Mary Alice, Bob, and Marti there, we have a studio audience.

Oh, and the turntable moves. If there was a time where you had better remember modeling 101 from The Price Is Right (C-Note: I have the masterclass on DVD, baby), it had better be now.

Rachael had a time of it, not only delivering a speech off the top of her head, but doing so while walking on a moving turntable in a dress that she wouldn't wish on her worst enemy. "I was really disappointed in myself." Andre? "This doesn't look good at all."

Andre doesn't speak too well either. According to him, the stats... 4.2 liter engine, 413 torque, 6000 RPM... and something called "I'm Russian". It just goes downhill from there. "I wanted to die 1000 times."

Brett wants to keep it smooth. "I got this... so I thought." Then comes the turn. Of the car. And Brett's head. Ben's saying "You're doing fine" as Brett complains that the "Circle of Death" was not in the presentation. And I'm not sure the bleep was in the presentation either.

VJ is next. He decides to screw the circle of death and step off of it. His strategy, story time with Uncle VJ. Come with him. Judges give him a standing O.

And finally, Angela decides to use the turntable to her advantage. Another standing O. I don't think Angela's going home today.

Judgment time! Rachael needs work practicing in her dresses. Andre was nervous, and he stopped in the middle. Brett completely lost it. VJ tapped into the consumer's heart. Ben: "You burned this mother down." Angela... hit a grand slam. VJ had this thing won before Angela came on the scene. Marti would take either one of them.

But in the end, the winner... s... Tie with VJ & Angela! Both get a callback to the final show!

Mary Alice reveals that VJ was the decision of the house to go down the runway. Brett starts calling out VJ's misdeeds. "I played the game... Beeyotch." Ben quotes Winston Churchill. "Britain always wins one battle in every war... the last one."

In the mansion, VJ & Angela get a note from Mary Alice... and some champagne, congratulating them for being in the finale. "To the best kind of revenge. Success." As for Andre, he just has a feeling that he should start packing.

Elimination

Andre, Rachael, and Brett are called. All three were expected to be in the finale... but Rachael psyched herself out. Andre was left speechless. Could've just said that in her presentation, and he'd be game. Clearly not a spokesmodel. Brett spiraled downhill since Pickel left. Such a difficult decision.

"Like the long-extinct Australopithecus afarensis, Rachael must vanish into oblivion." She's grown so much, and she's learned a lot about herself. She feels like a model, and that's to be proud of.

Then Mary Alice drops a bomb... ANOTHER person is about to be purged.

"Like discoloration of the tooth enamel after the application of a whitening dentifrice, you, Brett, must now disappear into history. We're sorry." Brett too has no regrets.

And then, there were three. Two stellar car presenters and a now-alliance-of-one. One of them is going to get the title... the presidents... the modeling gig... and the bragging rights. One more edge... and one more callback next week.