The girls have spent the last few weeks doing a lot of cool new things like portfolio shoots and screen tests for ads, without the fear of immediate elimination. Nevertheless, the finale is around the corner and I'm going over to the Good Earth store to catch up with them and see how they're coping.

As I mentioned a while back, the girls have no clue that for the finale, they're going to be walking ramp with the girls who got eliminated in Gokarna.

Call me evil but I can't wait to see how that reunion is going.

I enter and rehearsals are already underway. Channel [v] is hard at work, making sure that the venue looks perfect in time for the finale… and Lubna Adams is trying her best to do the same with the girls.

As I watch, I notice that a change has come over a few of them.

Despite the complicated choreography, Arika is performing better at the ramp walk than ever before. She's responding well to Lubna's encouragement unlike in Gokarna where having Alison brand her as a screw up from the get go, had her stumbling all over the place.

Rachel has gotten super focused on winning even though she's acting like she doesn't care too much about it.

Nidhi on the other hand looks a bit stressed but maybe that's because she's feeling a bit unwell. She's got a fever and just borrowed my t-shirt to keep her warm. No, I'm no Hindi film hero gallantly taking the shirt of my back for a damsel in distress… she borrowed the spare t-shirt I had in my bag.

Nikhil is back on the scene. That means that some of the girls are a little nervous. When I ask Mizpah if she's nervous about Nikhil being around, she claims that she never was afraid of Nikhil to begin with so, she has no reason to be scared now. I tell Nikhil about this to see what kind of reaction I'll get, but he just smirks and says, "Yeah right, that's why she's lost 5kgs in this one month!"

As the girls strut around in ridiculously high heels (6 or 7 inches high!), Mizpah seems a little preoccupied. I think she's feeling the pinch of not being in the running for the title. The fact that she has to be a part of the finale despite that is probably killing her.

Rehearsals have been going on for a few hours and back stage the girls are starting to have fun. They are relaxed, enjoying the music and dancing every now and again. There are a lot of compliments, hugs, laughter and love on display. Surprisingly, Arika is also being included in the fun instead of being picked on.

However, there is one person who has received a less than warm welcome from her fellow contestants — Kirtana.

Now I must admit that I expected her to get the cold shoulder from the girls and sure enough, that's exactly what happened. What I didn't expect though, was a catfight….

Sarika and Kirtana were asked to share a room in the apartment. According to Sarika, it was around 2 or 3am and the two of them were settling down to sleep when the argument began. She tells me that somewhere in the middle of this fight she lost her temper and told Kirtana to shut up unless she wanted to be slapped. To which Kirtana responded sarcastically saying, "slap me." Sarika claims she did just that…

As we speak, Sarika expects me to be sympathetic but I just find the incident terribly funny. She seems annoyed at my reaction and so I try to be supportive. I pull a straight face and in my most serious voice I say, "Well, you can't be blamed for what happened. You did what she told you to… you asked if she wanted to be slapped and she said slap me!"

A little later, Arika and I are talking and I ask her what she thought about the fight between Sarika and Kirtana. According to her, Sarika is exaggerating.

At this point, all the girls are hoping to look their best for the finale but as you might imagine there's still a lot that's stopping them from getting their much-needed beauty rest.

The drama continues even as the contest is wrapping up and it only gets better from here on. So come back for more next week and find out who's going to be flying away with this seasons butterfly wings!