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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: What Do You Think of How Steffy, Thomas & Taylor Engineered Getting Ridge Away from Brooke?

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On Friday’s episode of The Bold and the Beautiful, Steffy(Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) and Thomas (Matthew Atkinson), with an assist from Taylor (Krista Allen), seemed to have been successful in getting their parents back together – as their plan to throw a wrecking ball through what was left of Brooke and Ridge’s marriage kicked into high gear.

Brooke, who is in hot water for her drunken night with Deacon (Sean Kanan), although she only shared a kiss with him, and others have embellished what happened between them after that, is desperately trying to get a hold of Ridge, who headed to the cliff house where Steffy, Thomas, and Taylor are all together.

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Thomas hijacks Ridge’s phone as Brooke is calling her husband, but he never gets the messages. Later, when Brooke shows up, Thomas goes outside to block Brooke from getting inside the house, so Taylor and Ridge can reconnect. Thomas has some very harsh words for Brooke, including the time she pushed him over the cliff.  Before she leaves, Brooke defiantly tells Thomas she will never give up on Ridge, “Never.”

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Inside, Steffy is all manipulation telling Ridge she needs to hear Taylor out and listen to the woman who truly cares and loves him unconditionally. Steffy says she is going to leave them alone so they can talk.  Meanwhile, Brooke heads home in anguish telling Hope (Annika Noelle) and Liam (Scott Clifton) that her marriage is falling completely apart and she can’t stop it from happening.

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Alone with Taylor, Ridge asks her honest opinion of his marriage to Brooke.  Does Ridge really think Taylor does not have a stake in the game to give an unbiased opinion to him?  Taylor goes on to say that Brooke isn’t worthy of him and has never been and there’s many reasons why that is – but – number one is her pattern of turning to other men. Taylor goes on to say that Brooke wants what she wants and when she wants, and then if caught cries a river of tears out of it.  She ends her ‘analysis’ of Brooke telling Ridge, “I think you deserve so much better.”  Of course, to Taylor, that so much ‘better’ is her!

Now that she has positioned herself in the right place and the right time (and remember she’s a shrink so she knows how to get reactions out of people), she shares a kiss with Ridge, which in the end prompts Ridge to says that it’s time for him to come home!

Watch the final moments of Friday’s B&B cliffhanger below.  Now weigh-in: What do you think about how Steffy, Thomas and Taylor have been behaving to get Ridge away from Brooke and back with their family? Are you rooting for them, or for Brooke and Ridge to work things out? Share your thoughts in the comment section.

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It’s been impossible to watch. The End.

Amen Magherita, couldn’t watch anymore. Tuned out since New Years, just hoping plot line over by summer.

Whatever needs to be done to make Brooke miserable, I’m all for. Steffy and Thomas hit the nail on the head when talking about how Brooke just has to cry and say I’m sorry and gullible Ridge falls for it every time.
On a side note, if this was Hunter Tylo getting Ridge back, I would be dancing on the ceiling. Nothing against new Taylor, but this has been a long time coming and as a viewer from day one, I would have been overjoyed to see Hunter finally win.

Totally agree about Brooke and I like the new Taylor.

Genna
I prefer Hunter and this new one wouldn’t be bad if she acted her age and stopped throwing herself around like a teenager, which she sure isn’t but seems as if she is in as much competition with Steffy as she is with Brooke. Grow up lady!

i feel like steffy and thomas are acting as if they are 2 middle school aged children. taylor nice job as a psychologist she must have won a degree on the price is right! pathetic and hypocritical as well

richard
Where was she when Thomas was really going off the deep end, making out with the Hope dummy. What an idiot!

That is a writers decision. I cannot question that because I don’t feel that Bell was ready to bring Taylor back until he recast the character.

There is definitely no love lost between Brooke and Thomas. And both Steffy and Thomas clearly believe that Brooke took Ridge away from their mother.

You can’t take someone away from someone if they don’t want to.

Anne
We’ve all said and believed that over the years but I’ve come to believe you can’t steal another woman’s husband unless he really wants to go.

Steffy and Thomas need to grow up! Steffy should focus on her own marriage and Sheila looming in the background and Thomas needs to get a life!

This B.S has been going on for years. Steffy and Thomas are grown up and should be living their own lives, not interfering in their parents. Dumb Thomas can’t even manage his own life, obsessed with his step-sister Hope whom he gives his son to. That’s stable right and he knows how to tell his father how to live his life and who to love. I think Ridge should have stood up to this bunch and told them that he loves his wife and they will figure out their marriage on their own. It also wasn’t that long ago when he made a fool out of himself, again, with that blonde bimbo from Vegas and Brooke stood by him.

Yes, yes, thank goodness some one with some good since and telling the truth about Taylor and her brats get rid of that ( B ) Taylor.

I am still trying to figure out how Ridge can be so self righteous. And why is no one looking in to how she went back to drinking on that night. Deacon already stated that it was not him. So who else in that town would want to see her go down? Tough story to follow but think Deacon and Brooke would be the hotter couple. So let Ridge go back to Taylor!

Clb
This is a mystery only a detective could figure out… or maybe a Psychologist?

I love the fact that Bold and Beautiful had a true fight! I hate it when Soaps allow one person to hit the other person without that person defending himself. That’s the reason that I never enjoyed the confrontations on General Hospital because Sonny and Jason were allowed to win all fights without allowing the opponents to land a blow! Plus , when Carly slapped Nina , she didn’t respond in any manner. That’s not a reality unless the other person is using Scripture by turning the other cheek.
Finally , speaking of Brooke , Taylor , Ridge , Steffy , and Thomas :all hypocrites! Taylor should remain low key because she shot Bill without anyone knowing the truth! I can’t recall who knows that she shot Bill. However , I do know that he didn’t broadcast the incident. What a bunch of characters!

Boop, here’s the scoop! You had me cracking up with your analysis here, particularly, “I hate it when Soaps allow one person to hit the other person without that person defending himself.” Of course, you’re absolutely right! Most of us would fight back. I totally agree with your assessment of fights on GH as well as these “hypocrites” on B&B. Brooke doesn’t deserve such treatment.

One other soap practice that drives me up a wall because it virtually never happens in real life: Two people in a room (typically containing a cart that is always stocked with glasses, liquor, and ice — but I digress) are having a conversation, not face to face, but with each person staring in the same direction, one person a couple of feet in front of the other person. Of course, soaps do it so that the audience can see both faces at the same time, but it just doesn’t happen among humans…

Another thing? Whenever someone is looking at a picture, a page, a book, you’ll notice that the object is often held off to the side, at an angle, so that the cameraperson can capture a shot of the item. In real life, you hold such items directly in front of you. This practice is more forgivable, but I always notice it.

Boop
I agree with most of your analysis but keep in mind that there are good guys and bad guys and we are supposed to think that Sonny’s guys are the good ones, so consequently no fair fight. As far as Carly slapping Nina, she feels guilty and probably felt she deserved the slap so if she slapped her back it would be like defending herself.

This is WAY OFF topic but here goes: is the hair dept. shorthanded because of COVID? Because Thomas’ hairline in the back looks like someone put a mask on their eyes when cutting it. Up, down, sideways…how can such a great-looking guy not give more attention to one of his best assets? One pass with a straight clipper could fix the problem, Heck, I’d volunteer for the job.

Soaphound
Hi, how are you doing? This hair thing is I think of interest to a lot of us. How could it not be, watching them hour on hour. My home care worker has a Beauty Salon and on the days she is here, she has a coffee break and watches with me. We discuss the hair styles all the time, men and women. Mostly, she agrees with me but sometimes she’ll explain that the hair styles have changed a lot, especially the young guys that will get these weird cuts and she says it takes everything in her not to say, oh, please don’t do this, also trying to tell an older man that he’d look so much younger if he’d get rid of most of that facial hair. I think one of the worst is Austin with that stupid little pony tail on top of his head. I know you favor the full head of hair like Chance has, but I just want to get the pruning shears after him. Well have a good week-end, stay well.

Hello dear VIOLET, I’m hanging in like most of us…Just waiting for life to resume some sort of normalcy. On the plus side, I’m finishing 3 – 4 books every month which is good for a fairly slow but dedicated reader like me. I’m only glad I don’t have to read the awful scripts that are turning up on GH and Y&R. What’s going on? You and I could produce better plots for a lot less money! The Sonny Show is unbearable; you’re so right about Austin’s hairdo…is that a dead sardine up there? The man is past 50 and should know what looks good on him. I liked when he was Todd (and Paul on ATWT) when he highlighted his locks a bit…very sexy. Now he looks like a geriatric hippie. Thank God for adorable Chase. And Chance does need a conditioner of some sort. Pretty soon they’ll be looking for Dom’s lost toys in that mess. And WHY are he, Abby, and Devon on EVERY SINGLE DAY? I want more Noah, Nick, a decent Phyllis story, Sharon without Rey, Traci and Ashley, Kevin, Gloria, Paul, even daffy Esther. I want my shows back!

Soaphound
So nice hearing from you. I’ve missed you lately. I’ve been an avid reader most of my life but the last few years, it’s been hard on the old eyes so I usually use my Tablet for anything I have to read.
Is it just me, I can’t be the only mother they would have to tear away from a sick baby, 24 hrs a day and not be hanging out on the sofa, “miles” away on a baby monitor? Oh,and something I have to disagree with you on, I’d rather have Rey without Sharon, although I do not like him getting closer to Chelsea. Iam wondering if this is their way of reuniting Sharon and Nick?

Violet, I agree they’re going for a Sharon & Nick go-around…AGAIN. I do like them together, but that’s just my sentimental side. I prefer Sharon with Adam now because she and Mark G. really work well together. I’d also hoped that Noah and Adam could become more like family but they dropped that just like they dropped Adam and Nick getting closer. Oh, and this awful Dumb, sorry, Dom story. Outpatient bone marrow treatment…really? Where? A hospital in the year 2100? And what if they misplace that omnipresent baby monitor…that thing works more than all the Fisher/Baldwin clan combined. It should have its own contract. As should Chance’s hair…its own zip code as well.

Soaphound

Sharon is just too “perfect” for me, from the way she speaks, acts, interacts with everyone. She dresses too well as if she’s working at Society and not a little coffee shop. She’s even nice to Nicki, who until recently hasn’t been able to stand her, thought she was marrying Nick for his money.Its just me I guess, most everyone thinks she’s a paragon of virtue.

There is no fun in watching this mess. Brooke should tell them all where to go and walk away. What hypocrites Ridge, Steffy, and Thomas are. Let them without sin cast the first stone. Always disliked how no one fights for their relationships on B&B. Ridge is weak of spirit. Kids are brats, acting like this in their mid-30s. No wonder RJ never comes home!

Awful. Same tired storyline but should’ve known the minute Taylor came back. Steffy & Thomas weren’t huge Brooke fans but it was like they all flipped a switch the minute Taylor arrived back in town and were out to get her. If I talked to my father the way Steffy talked to Ridge….he would tell me to shut it.

On a side note why is Sheila so bent on destroying Brooke when steffy smacked her twice I would think she would be going after steffy

Richard
Sheila has to mind her Ps and Qs around Steffy on the off chance of her getting close to Phin and the baby. Probably her best bet would just be to throw her off the cliff.

I’m over it. Every episode is everyone talking about storyline A. Why not have A, B, and C storylines? They should get rid of half the cast and come up with new interesting stories to cover. The Paris/Zende/Carter story is a snooze fest. Paris is so listless in her performance. Get actors who have energy already!

A kiss is no big deal. A few years ago, Thomas and Brooke were on an island with berries where they almost did more than that. Thomas also has no room to be righteous after what he pulled with hope.

I know the plan is to break Brooke down and Ridge to move on with Taylor only to find out Sheila is behind it all and have a change of heart. Dumb. We can see it coming a mile away.

When will this soap try something new? There are so many ways they could go and they just want to retread (and rewrite) history.

That was the hottest kissing session I have seen on this show in years. I wasn’t prepared for how passionate and tender this moment was between Ridge and Taylor. It was romantic, it was longing, it was passion, compassion, tenderness, and caressing. It was loving and kind and understanding and human. This was not obsession and throw-down sex. This was full of really deep feelings and it was intimate, so intimate. I really have to compliment the actors in this scene, they really knocked it out of the park. I felt them. I felt the kind of love they share. It is not about the SMACK for them. They connect on a totally different level than Ridge and Brooke ever could and it came out in that kissing session very clearly. I felt that Ridge could finally exhale. He was truly home and I think since Taylor has returned Ridge has been wanting this. I believe that after he found out about Bill the last time, Ridge wanted to leave then and yet he gave her one more chance. This time was just enough. With Taylor back, I think it gave Ridge the courage he needed to finally leave Brooke for good. He never was her destiny or she wasn’t the love of his life either. Brooke has an obsession with Ridge and she wants to possess him body and soul. She was never HIS soul mate. The truth is, Brooke wanted Ridge and believed he was HER soulmate but she wasn’t his and she believed he was HER destiny but he never believed she was HIS destiny. Brooke is a toxic co-dependent and all Ridge was, was her enabler. After watching him with Taylor I see now clearly that he never belonged with Brooke and I think we all knew that. Brad Bell tried to whitewash this story and Brooke but for those of us who know the history, Ridge was never meant to be with Brooke Logan.

Genna,
There will be opposing takes on this but I see a man who has been hurt by his wife and thinks “she’s done him wrong” you are forgetting Sheila manipulated this whole scenario to hurt Brooke. Ridge’s ego has been hurt and it takes longer to fix one as big as he’s got. His kids constantly throwing their own mother at him, doesn’t hurt either. Ridge had many turns with Taylor years ago and it never worked out. He may love her as the mother of his kids but Brooke is in his blood. When the truth comes out, and it will, he will not be able to get back Quick enough. Do I care? No. I can’t stand any of them!

Sheila is not to blame for Brooke lying to Ridge. That is what is going on with Ridge. He just can’t trust her. It is that simple. However Bell plays this, Ridge and Brooke should be over for good. I realize that Bell thinks that his lead female character is the be-all and end-all of his soap but honestly, people are just tired of her. Bell should have diversified this show a long time ago. I really think that her co-dependence and his constantly enabling her should be over. Everybody is tired of it. Hopefully, Bell will see the light before his show ends from sheer fans’ lack of interest.

I’m over it!! The writers did a terrible job. Who allows they’re kids to manipulate them like that and Taylor isn’t perfect either acting like she’s just so good. Remember she slept with the doctor back in the day that never came out. And planning out the scene sooooo long omg. I’m so over it. Why couldn’t Ridge and Brooke win!! Not allow them to brake up!! Gosh

Sheila Carter
OMG Remember when Brooke’s son Ric and Taylor were involved and also when she and Nick had a thing and Jack was born who turned into Brooke’s child/egg that was Brooke’s and wrongly implanted in Taylor?

I think Thomas is a fool for wanting to tell ridge what sheila did if brook k8ssed deacon cause she was drinking then why did she kiss bill brooke is a terrible person on the show but for some reason the writers always let her win. Please let brooke lose in the end just this time & in a year or so make her a hero again but I am sick 9f brooke or maybe I should just tune off of b&b for a year & hope wen I come back it’s time for br9oke to b on r he short end of the stick

I’ve only been watching this soap for about 3 months but Ridge and Taylor seem to be friends more than lovers. They respect each other and share a child. You can see the love with Brooke not Taylor.

I think Steffy Thomas Taylor should stop and let Ridge llive his life with Brooke the way they want stop bad mouthing Brooke I know it hurts Ridge they can’t stop!

Ridge is so 2 faced !!!! Taylor is not nice !!! Steffy got her husband back! Pushing her parents getting back together! Thomas? All bathetic! Also thy are notForsters! Look back ? Taylor been gone for how long ? I hate it !

Ditto!!!

I’m sooo sick of Stephanie and Thomas trying to break a bridge and Brooke

I quit watching the bold and the beautiful because the storyline is getting to be ridiculous the same thing over and over and over again do something new please

I cannot stand what stuffy and Taylor are doing it that is so rude to go after another man’s husband and shame on ridge, he’s the biggest hypocrite of all Brooke can’t talk to any of her exes but he can go kiss I’m playing around with his. Steffy needs to butt out!!!!

get new writers – get rid of Sheila for good – who cares who Ridge picks – been going on for 20 years. Just stop watching this soap

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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Hope’s World is Shattered as She Learns Thomas and Douglas are Leaving for Paris

Henry Joseph Samiri (Douglas) is one of the best child actors on the soaps and he proved it again on Thursday’s March 28th episode of The Bold and the Beautiful.

In story, Thomas (Matthew Atkinson) has informed the Forrester family that he and Douglas are leaving and heading to Paris for awhile. This is wonderful news to Steffy’s (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) ear, who implored her brother to forget about Hope (Annika Noelle) after she turned down two proposals for him.

Meanwhile, Douglas goes to see Hope in the dressing room area of Forrester. It is then, that the young boy shares his disappointment that Hope turned down Thomas.

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Hope tells Douglas she’s going to reach out to his dad, but the young boy says he already knows she turned down his proposal, again. “He’s not the only one who got his hopes up,” a broken-hearted Douglas shares. Next, he asks Hope why she made it seem like they could be a family together? Although she shares they are a family, she also says she is not ready for marriage, for a big commitment, just yet, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t want to be with his father.

Next, Douglas says that Hope doesn’t love his dad enough to make them a real family. He then tells Hope, “Why aren’t we good enough? You don’t love us enough?”

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Assuring Douglas, Hope says she loves him… so much. Hope tells Douglas she’ll always be his mother. However, Douglas says his mother died, adding “Caroline Spencer. Dad was enough for her.” Hope recoils. Douglas says he wants to go with his dad and that if  his father is leaving, he wants to go with him.

In yet another touching moment, Douglas, expresses, “I love him so much. He’s my hero. Please don’t stop me from going. Don’t make me go through court stuff again. He needs me, and I need him.” Then, Douglas turns and walks to the door.  Just then, Hope cries out, “I love you!” Douglas runs back into her arms and the two share a tender moment where Douglas says, “I love you, Mom.”

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In Ridge’s (Thorsten Kaye) office, Douglas enters. He tells everyone he saw Hope and told her he was going away with his dad. Brooke is (Katherine Kelly Lang) shocked, Tomas says “Douglas is coming with me.” Brooke says that Hope, as his mother, and has a say in this. Douglas tells Brooke, “I told her I needed to go with my dad.”

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As he exits with Thomas, he turns and says, “Bye, Brooke.” Meanwhile, Brooke  cries. “I can only imagine what Hope is feeling about all of this.” Fade to black.

So, what did you think of the performances of Henry Joseph Samiri, Annika Noelle and Matthew Atkinson in these key scenes? Comment below.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Jason Learns Britt Died and Tells Anna He Has Been Working For Cates Since November 2021

On the Tuesday, March 26th of General Hospital, Anna (Finola Hughes) and the viewers learn about where Jason (Steve Burton) has been for over two and half years. However, Jason gets some news of his own.

Anna is visiting Jason at the PCPD interrogation room. She asks him if he shot Dante (Dominic Zamprogna), which he flatly denies. Anna believes him, but she tells Jason it doesn’t matter, because video footage shows him on the roof at the time of the shooting

When talk turns to Jason not willing to speak without his lawyer present, Anna can’t grasp why Jason would instead spend an hour alone talking with John Cates (Adam J. Harrington).

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It is then that Anna brings up that John went by “Jagger” and that the two of them knew each other in high school. Jason doesn’t recall much of his time in high school following his brain injury, but then he gets furious realizing John knew about “Jason’s” past. That is when Jason slams the table and tells Anna, “I’ve been working for John Cates since November 2021.”

Next, Jason explains further that he has been working as an informant for the FBI. Anna wants to know how this came about and he tells her that after the tunnel collapsed, and he couldn’t make it to Britt (Kelly Thiebaud)… all of a sudden he sees Anna’s face drop.  Anna is the first person to tell him that Britt died and was murdered. She tells Jason the killer is in custody, but he continues to be shocked, overwhelmed with tears welling up in his eyes. Realizing he has to pivot to save his life, Jason continues telling Anna how he wound up working with John.

Jason explains that after the tunnel collapse in Greece, FBI agents grabbed him and placed him under arrest and took him to Quantico where he met John. At Quantico, John played a recording of RICO violations and offered Jason a deal if he agreed to be an informant against Pikeman, the illegal arms dealer.

Anna hears from Jason that he thinks Pikeman is selling illegal arms to anyone flagged by the NSA but has ties to the WSB which they needed a civilian to infiltrate their organization as a military soldier, a mercenary.

Jason tells Anna he was a part of the team brought into eliminate Sonny (Maurice Benard). Every time an attempt was made on Sonny’s life over the last two years, a different team was sent to do the job. Anna gets furious when she learns that John told Jason his job was to kill Sonny and she was with John at the warehouse that night. Jason ensured the sniper missed Sonny and left the rifle behind. However, they were supposed to meet an extraction team. Before he was shot, Dante saw it was Jason on the roof and when he turned around with his hands over his head, Dante was shot by the other guy. Jason says if Dante dies, he’ll be charged with capital murder and then will be useless to the FBI.

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Meanwhile, John visits Bobbie’s and runs into Carly (Laura Wright). She learns Jason is in custody and is going to head to the PCPD. Before she does, Carly has some words with Cates when she learns not only does John have a vendetta against Sonny, but Jason too.  Carly tells John he should recuse himself from the case.

So, what did you think about the moment when Jason learned Britt died? What do you think of Jason’s return storyline thus far and what we learned about Jagger/Jason and more? Comment below. But first, check out a moment from today’s GH with Jason and Anna.

 

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AMERICAN IDOL: Should Former ‘Bachelor’ Juan Pablo Gervais’ Daughter Camila, Been Voted Through to Hollywood Week?

On the final round of audition to make it into Hollywood Week, Sunday night’s March 24th episode of American Idol brought with it some top-notch musical performances by contestants around the country.

An interesting moment occurred when the former ‘Bachelor’ Juan Pablo Gervais revealed himself. Gervais’ daughter, Camila, who we watched grow-up before our eyes, before and after Juan Pablo’s season on the reality dating series is now 14-years-old and entering the competition.

When Camila explained who her dad was to the judges: Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Perry, he was brought into the audition room.

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Katy asked Juan Pablo, “You know what it’s like to be on television, and you’re trying to throw her in this lion’s den?” Juan Pablo admitted he has been actually trying to temper Camila’s musical aspirations until he felt she was ready to audition and be a part of ‘Idol’.

When it was time to perform, Camila choose to performance Joaquina’s “Rabia.” Her audition drew mixed reactions from the judges. It was a “no” from Lionel Richie. It was a “yes” from Katy Perry although she expressed her concern about Camila’s vocal limitations as measured against the other singers who made it through.

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The deciding vote was from Luke Bryan who gave Camila another “yes”. However, Luke was originally a “no.”  He said with the right producer she could make it. Katy mentioned that Spanish music is the industry’s fastest growing genre, and Camila is “authentically that.”

Many on social media and viewer reaction felt if her father, former ABC star Juan Pablo, was not standing in the room awaiting the judges decision, they would have given her a hard pass, since they continually brought up she needed more time to develop her potential and to come back and audition in a few years.

This was yet another controversial pick by the judges.  You can watch Camila’s performance below.  Then let us know, do you feel Camila should have been voted through to Hollywood Week? Share your thoughts in the comment section.

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