They made a staring contest entertaining, How much more can I add?
Well, quite a bit actually, the elimination was tragic, but it made sense. The recommended character vote was very one-sided in favor of the two character that had already been featured in the show but it was a really cool addition regardless.
The challenge... they made a STARING CONTEST entertaining for god's sake! The matches are very entertaining and funny (Plus I'm a fan of tournament brackets) the little side plot with the TLC characters was fun to watch as well and it was a good "B-plot" to watch during the staring contests' lowest points.
I'm not a fan of what they did to the scoreboard and it all kinda defeated the purpose of doing the challenge in the first place, it was a pretty frustrating thing to watch, especially knowing how things end up in the next episode. I believe this is what brings it down from 9 to 8.
Wrapping up... Very good episode, unfortunate it had to be muddied by the scoreboard problem.