Tonight, I'm picking up from my last entry. When the director stopped rolling to change tapes, right before the second elimination could be announced, I stopped my last blog too. You see, I didn't want to give away too much, too soon and spoil the fun for you guys. So if you watched tonight's episode, you know what happened on camera… But read on, because I was there long after the cameras stopped rolling!

The cameras start rolling once again and the verdict is announced: Nobody else is going home tonight. There are going to be five finalists instead of four.

As they step down from the stage Arlette, Rebecca and Rachel hug and congratulate Nidhi… a few feet away, Kirtana congratulates Arika. Once more the divide is blatantly obvious. Arika is now alone in this race.

The clique retires to their rooms to celebrate and relax, and Kirtana is on her way to her room to change. The judges' work is done and they're having a small party in VJ Pia's room tonight to unwind. On their way, they all stop by to say goodbye to Kirtana and wish her luck. Arika and I join her in the room. She changes out of her designer clothes, crawls in to bed with a book and the three of us sit and talk for a bit. We start talking about the other finalists when Kirtana turns to me and says, "Tell me something, what the f**k is Rachel still doing here?! Seriously?!" A little while later Arika echoes that sentiment by saying, "I don't know what the f**k Rachel is still doing here!!"

Kirtana wants the both of us to stay the night in her room because her roommate, Nidhi is spending the night with the other girls in their room. Arika agrees and borrows one of Kirtana's sleeping shirts to change into. Kirtana's starts insisting I stay the night in her room but I decline despite her irritation at my doing so. I'm just not comfortable sleeping there and I need my time off. After she changes into the nightclothes, Arika and I sit outside the room and talk. After chatting for a while she and I go to the deserted ramp and she proceeds to show me how to ramp-walk. The two of us laugh as I mention how this is a lot like the "blind leading the blind" (we all know how much flack she's been getting for her ramp-walking "abilities"). She's tired and so am I, so we say goodnight and retire for the night. Despite all the whining, she is a sweet kid and I must admit I'm rather fond of her. She knows she's going to have to watch her back. The whole clique seems to have this intense dislike for her and I don't think they've tried very hard to conceal it. They think she’s overplayed her "I'm-a-17-year-old-baby" card a few too many times.

As I lie in bed ready to doze off, I'm thinking about all the nastiness going on. Arika's not the only one the clique has just been advertising their dislike for. They have been openly bitching about Kirtana too. Now, I know Kirtana's been acting like a bit of a hypochondriac but I don't think that's the real reason they are bitching about her. I think the fact that she was starting to do much better in the competition was bugging them more than her attention-seeking behaviour. And then there's the nasty things Kirtana and Arika have been saying about the other finalists not deserving to make it.

Personally, I'm just getting sick of all the bitching. All the girls seemed to have changed for the worse, or maybe this is just their way of dealing with all this pressure. Either ways, it's definitely not a pretty sight to witness.