Find Out Which 'Stars on Mars' Celeb Went Home This Week
Stars on Mars is back for another hour of our intrepid celebrity astronauts facing off against the Martian elements, trying to get along in a very enclosed space, inhaling more red-space dust than is probably healthy, and continuing to insist on calling William Shatner "Shatty Daddy." A lot went down in this week's episode, so let's get right to it.
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What happened in Stars on Mars in Week 2?
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The first half of the episode is jam-packed with ominous shots of the celebrities wasting water: Filling up a Swiffer! Leaving the sink running while doing dishes! Dumping several gallons in the Martian dust for no discernible reason! And so it's no surprise when the episode's challenge centers around the celebs finding a source of water—their supply has run out. Before all that, there's a bit of drama around who'll be the next base commander. Marshawn Lynch and Ronda Rousey wrestle for it (no, seriously), but the celebrities ultimately decide to put it to a vote, and after an oddly long series of deliberations, Tallulah Willis gets the role.
With Tallulah at the helm and Natasha Leggero as her mission specialist, the remaining celebrities rappel into a cave, build a water-collecting structure out of pipes and a tarp, and pump H20 up to the surface. All is going (surprisingly!) well at first, but then then the pipe breaks and Tom Schwartz miscounts the number of water barrels left to be filled, so the cave squad doesn't hustle to repair the structure, and the mission is a failure. Miscounting the number of barrels might seem like an honest mistake, but there were only four barrels total. As Tinashe says, "How do you count to four wrong!?"
Who went home on Stars on Mars this week?
We're reminded several times throughout the episode that the base commander can be eliminated, too, so it's not a huge surprise when Tallulah is deemed non-mission critical by her fellow celebrities. But given that she's one of the newsier figures on the show, it was a bit of a shock to see her go so soon.
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Everyone really does seem to love her, but it's clear that they don't really need her when the best case she could make for not being eliminated was, "I just love hanging out with you guys!" It makes sense for her to be the one to go, especially when Marshawn and Tom filled out the bottom three. On Mars and at this stage of the game, the need for physical strength clearly outweighs the need for #posivibes.
Who's still competing in Stars on Mars?
Here's who remains in the game—and what they got up to this week.
Ariel Winter
Ariel is still probably the most gung-ho of all the celebrities on Mars, but her enthusiasm about being in the middle of everything (coupled with some intergalactic FOMO) ends up being detrimental to the team this time around. She asks for a last-minute switch to the rappelling team, replacing Tom, whose size would've been an undeniable asset gathering water in the cave.
Adam Rippon
Last week, Adam said he should be safe from elimination because he's the hottest star on Mars, but this week, his strength and athleticism were a massive asset in the elimination challenge—he's an Olympian, after all. He also continues to deliver the show's best one-liners, announcing while in his space suit, "I look like gay Buzz Lightyear!"
Tinashe
Tinashe is still waiting for her chance to shine on Mars, and so are we! She throws her hat in the ring to be this week's base commander and it's a little baffling that she's not chosen…although that decision starts to make more sense when some of the celebrities admit that a vote for keeping Tallulah on base is actually a vote for having Tinashe out and crushing challenges. She's eager, she's bright, she looks amazing, and she deserves way more screen-time than she's getting, along with maybe a spinoff where she and Marshawn solve space crimes.
Marshawn Lynch
Marshawn insists (nicely and hilariously) that he continue to be base commander; when that fails, he just insists on keeping his private room and bathroom. He also spends a significant portion of the water challenge playing a large barrel like a drum. Iconic.
Richard Sherman
Richard continues to be a clutch presence in challenges and a force for positivity when things go wrong. After the water mission is a failure, he reassures his fellow celebrities: "Hey, it happens like that sometimes! Chin up. Chest out."
Lance Armstrong
When Lance isn't trying to sneakily poop in the base commander's bathroom, he's declaring himself the MVP of the mission. Pretty on brand.
Porsha Williams Guobadia
Porsha is a DELIGHT. Positive, hard-working, funny, and still somehow in full glam 95% of the time. She freaks out a little bit at the rappelling stage of the challenge, but pulls it together nicely in the cave. One point of contention: If you're rappelling into a cave, can you still say you're freaked out because you're afraid of heights? You're going down! You're afraid of lows!
Ronda Rousey
Ronda is clearly champing at the bit to be the base commander, but she's doing well at biding her time, nailing her role in challenges, and familiarizing herself with the greenhouse. Just as she did in last week's episode, she maintains that she wanted to be a part of this simulation because she was a space nerd who wanted to be an astronaut as a kid, and that's all well and good, but this isn't The Bachelor—there's no need to try to prove that you're here for the right reasons!
Natasha Leggero
Natasha puts herself up to be mission specialist, largely so she can "translate" when Tallulah gets too "woo woo" in her instructions to the team. Mixed results on that, but she has a good attitude and healthy perspective, saying, "Hopefully, when my daughter watches it, she'll think I did a good job of sitting there doing nothing."
Tom Schwartz
At one point, Tom admits, "There's no chance I'm ever going to be base commander," and in that moment, he demonstrated more self-awareness than he has in ten full seasons of Vanderpump Rules. He promptly undoes this by musing about how the pandemic was "good for his marriage." (He is now divorced.)