What to say of this week's Logies? Overall I have to say the level has improved. Bryn Edelstein was nowhere to be seen which instantly raised the average tenfold.

But despite the lifting of the average I can't help but feel a tad underwhelmed. Don't get me wrong, there were some highlights but no real showstoppers.

So here's what i thought. On the tele Sonya Kruger’s gown looked pretty great. Fitted superbly, very right for her figure and with a peplum giving her shape and flair all in one kick. Good colour too.

Sonya Kruger in Manning Cartell and Jules Lund

Still on white, Asher Keddie looked fab in J’Aton. I’m not a big fan of J’aton, it’s a bit girly for me. Too lacy pretty but they do cut her dresses immaculately for her body. She looked fab and she wins “Most Articulate on the Red Carpet” too.

Asher Keddie in J'Aton

Chrissie Swan wore navy which worked beautifully for her skin tone and face, she really is rather beautiful isn’t she. And really, really funny I think too. Unaffected and down to earth. Loveable lady that one.

Chrissie Swan

 Rebecca Judd always looked like she turned up to the wrong event to me. She’s always in a gown worth of the Oscars (this year complete with fish tail and organza ruffles) which is fabulous don’t get me wrong, but somehow it kind of seems a bit serious. A bit much. Which is a bit weird. They’re the Logies after all. But she did look great. Just not quite... right.

Rebecca Judd - vintage Toni Matiscevski

Jennifer Hawkins. You see i didn’t love her this year. I’m still recovering after last year’s magnificent white high-necked, long-sleeved number. It was so good in my opinion that it was going to be tough to beat this year but that doesn’t mean she couldn’t have done it. The dress she wore was a pretty colour (jade/aquamarine) but it just looked cheap. The fabric looked cheap and the cut was just plain old unimaginative. Like she picked it up from the Myer formal department for $160 which is a samn shame becase it was made by the very talenteed Toni Matisceski. She was one of the few women there who could have worn ANYTHING in store (’m assuming she has to get her gown from Myer) and she would have had access to any gown but she went with the year ten formal gown from 1991? Silly choice Hawko.

Jennifer Hawkins in Toni Maticevski

I thought Zoe Foster looked great but then I would wouldnt I because I just hink she's terribly fabulous. She was in Rachel Gilbert. Beautiful, and of course her skin was glowing and stunning.

Hamish Blake and Zoe Foster in Rachel Gilbert

And Paula Joye wore something vastly different from the kind of boring stuff being paraded by the various TV starlets. Like Sonya Kruger she worked a strong peplum and the striking shape of the dress complete with her stark, modern sleek ponytail delivered a dose of sophistication to the Logies that I found most welcome.

Paula Joye

Best hair went to gorgeous young Samara Weaving. A loose, wavy low messy bun with front wispy curls. Love that style. Here's a pic. Isn't it a great style?

Patrick or Dr Chris? What's an obstetrician to do?

Patrick

So. Hands up if you watch Offspring. ME TOO! It lost me last year when Dr Chris took off with his ex but now, with saucy Patrick on the scene and Dr Chris returning to spice things up, I've been right back into it.

Dr Chris Havel

So when Nina and Dr Chris fell in love, last year, I was totally supportive of her going down that path but when he packed up and left, I lost interest and checked out. Offspring was no longer on my IQ list and no longer in my life. Now however, very different kettle of fish.

Patrick seems to me to be a very real character. He's had his troubles (drug addiction, broken marriage and very sadly he lost a baby). He's got stuff to share with Nina and Nina needs that. He also managed to forgive and understand Nina when she had to get her head straight about Dr Chris. Would she or wouldn't she go back to him? A sly pash, some longing glances and some pretty serious commitment talk from Dr Chris thankfully weren't enough to lure her back.

Bille and Nina Proudman

Don't get me wrong, I've got nothing against Dr Chris, I think he's a nice guy. But he had his chance people... and as they say, he blew it. Now it's Patrick's turn.

Incidentally, how great a couple are Billie and Mick? Love them. 

Reality TV - Do we really hate these people?

Hayden from MasterChef. Life saver from Cronulla, great cook, articulate and thoughtful. But sadly for many, no longer on the show!

As I write this blog Hayden is at home slicing and pickling his daikon lamenting what could have been. If he hadn't stuffed that up last night, he would be TOP 5 in Master Chef. But instead, because he didn't rinse the salt off his finely mandolined Japanese vegies, he sits at home, in Cronulla, on a rainy day.

Dannii from MasterChef. A Top 5 contender, seems nice enough, but cries at the drop of a hat and doesn't appear to have as much culinary talent as some of the other contestants who have already left the show.

But possibly more interesting than imagining Hayden with his Daikon, is to think about why we care so much about Hayden. And Kate and Dannii. You see it's struck me over the last few weeks, that we viewers of reality TV tend to find ourselves inextricably linked and a part of the lives of the contestants. I think it's kind of weird.

Billy from Master Chef. Great guy, really funny, creative chef with a cool attitude. Lost a challenge and no longer on the show.

It began with nasty hate pages being set up on Facebook in seasons and other shows past and this year, it manifests itself in people everywhere commenting on Facebook, in the office, on busses and in the press about the level of annoyingness of the contestants. It seems that without even meeting these people, after watching them in their heavily edited TV show sound bites, we decide that we know them and sometimes, they annoy us so much, we hate them!

Now I'm not up on a high horse here. I am one of the people with very strong opinions about contestants on The Block (love Waz and Polly and Katrina and Amie) and Master Chef (really liked Peter and Billy, not mad on Dannii and Ellie, don't mind Alana, couldn't STAND Sun and think Michael's really sweet). You have to wonder how these people deal with all these opinions in the community.

So let's take the less likeable (in my opinion) people on these shows. Like Josh. As in Josh and Jenna on the Block. Did anyone else see his altercation with the site foreman was UNBELIEVABLE?? I mean seriously, this guy was super rude and disrespectful. Now I don't know much about building sites I gather the site foreman is the dude who makes sure they all do the right thing on site. They have to adhere to building and safety regulations and he ensures they stay within the rules. And last night Josh went nuts because the foreman quite reasonably asked him to move some plasterboard (am I in too deep here?). Anyway, you get my point. After one episode and one appalling performance, I now have strong opinions about Josh. And they aint nice!

Waz and Polly from The Block. Nice couple, never annoying, good fun but not all that successful in the show so far.

So is that fair do you think? Do you have to be super thick-skinned to be on reality TV shows to cope with the feedback and fallout once you leave, find yourself voted off or after you stuff up pickling a Daikon?

Probably. I'm trying not to write them off so easily now. I'm trying to see that maybe they are the victims of ruthless editing aimed squarely at showing the contestants at their best, worst and most emotional purely to get good ratings. I mean surely all this negativity about people we don't even know can't be good for our own health nor the zen levels of the community. And who knows, maybe under that kind of pressure with just fifteen minutes left on the clock and a whole duck to de-bone, stuff and truss that maybe I too would start crying as my soufflé flops and my caramel sauce burns.