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Michael gets asked what he felt was his most successful dish of the day and Michael says his rice was his best. Now, I'm Asian and I like rice just like anyone else but I hardly think that RICE can be someone's best dish. Jay criticizes the "curious" flavor of the swordfish, with Gael calling it "furry." Kelly, who's rarely critical of a chef, didn't like the overly oily, soggy quality of his olive oil cake.

I have my fingers, toes and eyes crossed that Michael will go home.

As expected, Rick and Hubert are announced as the top Masters in this challenge. Rick, who started with four stars, gets four and a half from the diners, four and a half from Jay, four from Gael and four and a half from Jay. He has a huge total of 21 and a half stars.

Hubert was in last after the Quickfire, with only three and a half stars. The diners gave him three and a half stars, but James, Gael and Jay give him five stars. That's just enough to edge Rick and he wins the $10,000 for his charity.

That leaves Anita and Michael in the bottom two – one will go to the finale next week and the other will go home. Anita starts with four stars but only gets three from the diners. Gael gives her three and a half stars, James gives her three and Jay gives her three and a half. Her total is 17, which is extremely low. I do not feel optimistic about her dodging a bullet for the second week in a row.

Michael, my most hated person left in this challenge, won the Quickfire and so he starts with five stars. He only needs 12 and a half, or just over three stars from each judge. He gets three and a half from the diners, three from James, four from Gael and four from Jay.

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Michael gets a total of 19 and a half stars, more than enough to beat Anita. And with that, the only chef to have scored above 22 stars in a single episode (she scored 24 on episode 7) is going home. She will not make it to the finale and Top Chef, once again, will be an all boys club.

It's going to be a hard-fought battle next week as Michael, Rick and Hubert fight it out for the title. I'm looking forward to it.

And Michael better lose. That's all I'm saying.

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