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Previously on Finding Mr. Christmas. It's like Santa has a country home. Ten

leading men arrived, ready to compete for the ultimate role. The leading man

in a Hallmark holiday movie.

In the first festive face-off, the holiday hunks transformed into Santa

with a twist.

I'm Rockstar Santa.

Please, keep that jacket on. Nobody wants to see that.

Yo, how you doing?

My name's Santini.

Then came the star quality challenge, where the guys had to nail one of the

trickiest rom-com moves of all time.

The perfect meet-cute. I'm just blown away by your beauty. Some brought the

magic. Especially if you had a good teacher. While others... Um, it's that

guy's fault.

Oh my gosh.

Wiped out.

None were as charming as Rustin, you're good to go on the slopes, not without a

chaperone, who was the very first shining star.

Sadly, it was the end of the road for Jake.

Nine leading men remain as the hunt for Mr. Christmas continues.

I'm good, man. I'm good.

Did you guys sleep pretty good?

Not too bad. Not too bad.

Yesterday was intense.

I mean, it was crazy intense.

You need to bring your A game to every single challenge in this competition.

I'm going to do my best to make my family proud and take home that title of

becoming Mr. Christmas.

My family has been super supportive. I mean, they really were like me.

You can't pass this up. You have to go. I mean, my brother's just like, do it,

dude. Go make it happen. Better come back and win. I'm like, all right, man.

Definitely my girlfriend pushed me the hardest. My boyfriend, we've been

together for two years.

How does he feel about you being here?

He's so supportive, so supportive. He knows how badly I want to be an actor

and how important it is to me.

I just feel like I'm most nervous about letting people down.

I'm nervous about letting myself down.

And the champion has entered the building.

How did you sleep?

I slept all right, bud. How about you?

The winner.

Thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks.

How are you feeling after last night? I'm really proud of myself.

You know? Yeah, we're proud of you too, man.

Which is a... I'm sorry, guys.

That's a big thing for me.

Yeah, let it out.

I love the fact that you carry...

your emotions on your sleeve. Like, you're vulnerable.

You're so personable, and it, like, really comes through in your scenes, you

know? It's how you hold yourself in your interactions with everybody, and it's

how you handle yourself when you're on camera. It's pretty cool.

Thanks. Rustin brings kind of this artistic, eclectic vibe, and he's

separated himself among the top performers in this competition.

Well, we got another festive face-off.

I'm excited. We can kind of like get out there and be kids for a little bit, you

know? What a rollercoaster.

Just like, push, pull, push, pull.

Bestest face off.

Here we go.

What's next, guys? What's next?

Over here.

Yeah.

Hey guys!

Hey!

I hope you all got some rest because today we are going to be putting your

holiday hunkness to the test.

While nine of you still remain, only one of you will end up with a leading role

in a Hallmark holiday film and be crowned Mr. Christmas.

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas if Santa's sleigh didn't have gifts to

deliver around the world.

Today's festive face-off is all about agility, style,

And teamwork.

Because working well with your co-stars is a crucial part of being a leading

man. It'll be fun to work as a team. A little bit of collaboration and

camaraderie. First, let's get you into groups of three. The blue team is Craig,

Gabe, and Robbie.

All right. The red team is Drake, Marcus, and Rustin.

That means the green team is Logan, Angel,

and Davey. All right.

Let's go, fellas. Let's go. Let's go right now.

It's time for a special delivery.

Each team will have a pile of wrapped presents. With just 10 minutes on the

clock, you must heave as many gifts as possible into Santa's Yule Hall.

Very nice.

Very nice.

Oh, did I mention you're going to be using a giant slingshot to deliver the

packages?

This is a job that's going to take everyone.

There can be no weak link.

The team with the most packages in the sleigh at the end wins.

Win, and you will receive an advantage going into the star quality challenge,

which will be revealed later.

This advantage, I need it.

But before you start heave-ho-ing holiday parcels, I need my festive

bundle of joy out here.

My teammate, Melissa Peterman.

Hello, Melissa.

This is going to be fun.

I know. Have you ever slung presents into a sleigh, Melissa?

Oh, gosh. That was my first job. I knew it. I knew it. All right. It's time for

an epic sling along.

The festive fun starts now.

Go, go, go, go, go, go.

Run, run, run like reindeer.

I love it. We better get out of the way. Oh, I would love to be the one to pull

it back and shoot it in. I used to have a slingshot as a kid and I used to love

slingshotting stuff. So I feel like I might have a little advantage here.

I feel like I'm relatively good at maybe adjusting trajectories.

I'd be cool with being in the center, and you guys are both much stronger, I

think, up top.

You know what? I'm a team player, and I'm going to let him do it and give it a

shot. So how are we going to do this? I think because you're the tallest, I

think, and you said we're the same height, right?

Dave is tall, physical, Logan is smart, and Logan is

smart, and I also have plenty of skills.

I think we need to create some kind of consistency and stability in the

holders. I like creative or crafting competitions a little bit more.

I'm just going to say I'm happy to really hold down the holder.

But I'm so happy that I have a team and teammates who this is in their

wheelhouse, so I'm really going to defer to them.

Okay.

Not very good, blue team. Just a little more muscle.

I think the key to this is communication and working well as a team.

Go up.

Oh, a little bit better.

Oh, God, that was the worst.

So what are we learning? We've got to go further.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

All right.

Maybe I try a different size. Maybe I try a small one.

The smaller gifts are more aerodynamic, right? If it goes through the... Don't

act like you know what aerodynamic means.

Oh, my gosh. Who wants to try? Gabe, get back there.

I'm not going to... I'm kind of thinking that... Let's talk more slinging. Go,

go, go.

Oh, boy. Oh, my gosh. This is harder than I thought it was going to be.

I'm just asking for a friend, but who gets all the presents that are on the

ground? All right, let me try. Let me just give it my best.

Be the wings, Angel. Harder.

Oh!

Come on. So close.

The wind is the worst factor in all of this. We're at about 30 knots, you guys.

It was blowing this way, and now it's like coming this way. Yeah. It will take

your president anywhere.

You want to try? Sure, I'll try, I'll try. You know what? I came here to take

risks, learn, and make big choices.

His first shot!

His first shot!

What the heck is going on here?

And I said I didn't want to do it.

Robbie is definitely our gunslinger now.

Here we go.

Oh, red team!

Rustin's having zero success with the slingshot. Here, do it. You want to

switch real quick? Let's try it. Let's try it. Give it a try.

There it is. There it is. So close, Drake.

There we go.

It feels so good to get that first point on the board. Things are starting to

turn around. Whatever you just did, whatever you just did.

We're sticking with Drake. He's got the flow down. We don't want to mess that

up. It's now one-to-one. The red and blue teams are tied, and green has yet

to land a present.

Robbie the Lobby. Keep going. He's got this technique where he lobs it.

Get in there!

Get in there!

So we gave him the nickname Robbie the Lobby. You got this.

Now the blue team's got two points. They are in first place.

Dude, you are athletic. Where did this come from?

Yo, you're the guy.

All right, I got this one.

Angel, we got nothing in yet for the green team.

Angel, you got this.

Melissa, this is for you, honey.

This is for me. This is for you, Melissa.

Oh!

This is such a great feeling to do something right.

Do it again, baby. Do it again. There's one minute. Blue has two, green has one,

and red has one. Put some sting in your sling.

We have

two for blue, two for green, one for red.

It bounced out. Did it fall out? It bounced out?

It doesn't count.

It needs to stay in.

It's okay. It's okay. We got it. I need all the spiritual energy I could get.

Ten seconds left!

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four,

three, two, one!

Oh, my God. He did it! He did it!

Robbie the Lobby.

is the king wow at the buzzer he had no confidence going into this maybe i need

to take note a little bit i could be more like that i don't think i've ever

felt like this because in high school i never really fit in with the people that

were playing sports what an exciting festive face i know i will never forget

this moment for the rest of my life i feel accepted by these guys i feel like

a part of the team it means more to me than these guys will ever know.

Congratulations,

blue team!

Craig, Robbie, and Gabe, you have won an advantage going into the star quality

challenge, which will be revealed later.

This just feels so good to get a win. I needed this so bad.

Guys, you did the elves' work today and deserve to put your feet up and rest.

We'll see you at the next star quality challenge.

Oh, dude.

Coming up. There's strategy here. You guys have a lot of power with this

advantage.

We're actually going to suspend them 15 feet in the air by a crane.

I don't know if I should believe you, man. You said you don't play sports.

You said you never skied. You never done this. And look at you, man.

Technically, we almost won.

We almost won. That one, that one, that one bounced out, man.

Robbie made his first shot. No, you didn't.

Robbie made his first shot and the game winner. Oh, man. Great job.

Robbie the Lobby for the win.

Yeah. You did it, man. Nothing without the team, though. Team works, you know,

it makes the dream work, so. The best part is we have an advantage going into

the Star Quality Challenge. Oh, yeah, true. I like advantages. Yeah. They're

nice. Hopefully with this advantage that we got, I can do something with it.

I'm ready.

We're going to kill it.

Let's go.

Star Challenge time.

Let's go, Jonathan.

Hey, boys, come on over here.

I was in the bottom for the last star quality challenge.

But I've always been a pretty big optimist. I believe that I am Hallmark's

leading man material.

I just really need to find a way to just channel that main character energy.

Earlier, we asked you to work in a team in a fast-paced gift grab.

And now, we want you to take your time and show us your individuality,

charisma, and heart in one single frame.

What?

As a Hallmark leading man, taking photos is an essential part of our job.

Luckily, I have a modeling background and experience.

I do this professionally, so I'm feeling good about that. In this star quality

challenge, we're taking a traditional photo shoot to the next level.

What?

Each of you will be photographed playing one of Santa's reindeer.

OMG, I have to be a reindeer.

That is wild.

This isn't just modeling. We want you to lose yourself in the character.

We're looking for you to translate your character in stills. Does your reindeer

persona come through in the photo? Can you adapt to surprise elements and still

maintain that leading man energy?

Don't panic, because we are setting you up for success.

We have celebrity photographers Wes and Alex here to capture you.

Having a good photographer is going to help so much because they know how to

get the right angles. They know how to get the lighting down, and that's going

to help us look so much better on camera.

You'll all be getting 10 frames to capture the winning photos.

Gabe, Robbie, and Craig, because you won the festive face-off, you three will get

first pick at which reindeer you want to play.

Go choose your reindeer. Okay.

This is a great advantage because I can pick any reindeer I want with any

personality. Gabe, which reindeer are you going to be?

I'm going to be Rudy. Okay.

Okay. Rudy is the beloved underdog turned hero.

All right, I like it.

It's perfect for how this competition has been going for me. I started off not

confident at all.

I was the underdog, and now I can come up on top.

Craig, who are you going to be?

Comet, the firecracker of the crew. That's the perfect choice for you. Thank

you. Robbie, who are you going to be?

Dancer. Dancer is the reindeer who turns flight into art.

Love that.

Now, guys, there's a twist.

We want you to read through the rest of the reindeer, and you're going to assign

them to the hunks.

They didn't even get the pick. That's unfair.

There's strategy here. You guys have a lot of power with this advantage.

We should not give Angel Cupid. We should not.

So we decide to give certain people the opposite of what we think they are. We

have decided to give Cupid to Drake.

Drake is single.

So maybe he doesn't know all that much about love.

The hype man. So who's not the hype man? Should we make Marcus the hype man?

Yeah, we'll make Marcus the hype man. We assigned Dasher to Marcus.

Ooh, Dasher.

Prancer doesn't just fly, he performs. He doesn't enter a scene, he arrives. We

should give that one to Logan to really challenge him. Okay, cool.

And Prancer goes to Logan.

Logan!

Prancer doesn't just fly, he performs.

I'm just excited to break out of my shell and be able to showcase to the

judges what makes me kind of stand out.

Donner is the silent strength holding the sleigh team. What do you think?

So we should give that one to Rustin, the silent one. Oh, yeah, yeah.

Rustin, Donner.

There's only two reindeer left, Blitzen and Vixen.

Vixen is the heartthrob of the herd. I think Davy is the heartthrob. You think

Davy is the heartthrob? So you'll give that one to Angel.

All right, we have Vixen Angel.

Vixen is the hard rub of the herd he entices.

And I think that that fits you perfectly, Angel, because you are...

You are the heartthrob. Blitzen is going to Davey. All right.

Blitzen lives for the thrill and zips through the sky like he's got lightning

in his veins. I like this for Davey. We like that. Before you prance off to get

into costume, our very special guest judge is a Hallmark leading lady staple,

an actor, director, and producer, the one and only Heather Hemmings.

Wow, she is just so beautiful. I can't wait for her to give me all the

constructive criticism.

She's hard on the eyes, I know. Yeah.

Hi, Heather.

Hi, they're rough on the eyes as well.

Do you have any advice for them?

So I want to see you guys really bring everything that you have today. It's not

just about modeling. You can't just have the blank face. You have to tell the

story through your eyes. That is acting.

I want to remind you that it's important that you leave it all on the reindeer

run. Because one of you will be ending the holiday early tonight and going

home.

Go and put on your reindeer fits.

Let's go.

Run like reindeer.

Let's go.

So what the guys don't know is that for this photo shoot, we're actually going

to suspend them 15 feet in the air by a crane.

I mean, that's perfect.

Have you always had these antlers on? Well, if I don't shave every 10 minutes,

they grow back.

Let's see what they got. Right.

Do you know what color you are?

Not yet.

Getting some blood flowing is never going to hurt before a shoot. Getting a

little pump going is going to make you feel more loose, more relaxed in the

shoot. But also, you're going to look a little bit better on the cameras. It can

never hurt.

Just trying to catch up to Davey, you know?

It's kind of funny to see all the guys doing their pushups and using the bands

for preparation for this photo shoot, but I'm just going to kind of stick to

my guns and hopefully not overdo it. It's a matter of time before that dad

bod sets in.

Being a little bit of a smaller figure compared to the other guys, I have put

some work in, and I like the idea of being able to show, you know, what the

wizard has underneath his robes.

You look ripped, dude. Yeah.

Robbie, you're up first.

Dancer, dancer, dancer.

Oh, boy. Here comes Dancer.

Come on in. Come on in. Are you scared?

You look shocked.

Coming up. He's in character. Okay, I like it. Oh, my gosh.

Oh, and he's upside down. He's upside down.

Yes, no no no Robbie back here Robbie you gotta come this way welcome Robbie

to your photo shoot Because you're a flying reindeer your photo shoot will be

done 15 feet in the air hanging from a harness There is a

giant crane

He's 100% serious.

And by the way, we forgot to tell you that these photos are going to be used

in a spotlight feature for Entertainment Weekly. Meet the editors, Kristen and

Allison. We're going to Photoshop all nine of you together so it'll look like

you're all pulling me in a sleigh. We only get 10 frames to get the picture 15

feet up in the air.

Dancer moves like silk on the wind. All right, let's take them up.

He's the reindeer who tunes flight into art. So this is our artsy indie film

version. Here he goes!

Oh, it's windy.

All of the ideas that I thought I was going to do on the ground, you know,

like normal photo shoots, I'm now going to have to do 15 feet up in the air.

Yes! Okay, ready? Yes!

I'm going to count you down. Ready? Okay, we'll start off with some ballet.

Ready? Three, two, one.

Face this way. You're flying that way. Remember, you're flying that way. Just

give me that little bit of up and over motion. Just a tad forward so I feel

like you're going that way while you're dancing.

Robbie, you're playing a character and you just need to have fun. So tighten

that core and listen to the feedback.

That's why I'm here.

Three, two, one.

Yes, yes, there it is. Don't cover your face.

Okay. That's our dancer.

Do something with the scarf.

There it is.

Three, two, one, yes. Don't block your light. Don't block your light. Do it on

the other side. That's good. Yep, yep.

There, there, there, there. Get it, get it, get it.

Great. You want me to throw it in a picture?

Yes. Yes.

Three, two, one.

Oh. Okay.

There it is, there it is, there it is, there it is, there it is.

We got it. Good job.

Oh.

Oh, my gosh.

It smells handsome. It smells like Mr.

Christmas.

I'm feeling very excited about this photo shoot. I decided to not do a

shirt. I like the idea of the vest with it being open.

Yes, that's for you.

Come on, Prancer. What's up, Logan?

Let's start strapping him in. Prancer, he's a performer.

I feel like I am going to showcase more of that leading man energy.

Yeah, if you're going to have your vest open, then don't hide the money.

When he came in for the first festive face-off, he was a wizarding Santa.

Beard covered up. No idea.

what was living underneath the wizarding robes fly prancer fly fly oh he's

jumping he's doing a jumping entrance he doesn't even need the crane never go out

of character oh this is great all right come on he's prancer he doesn't show up

he arrives this is his moment look at that yes

with it with that sash logan you're killing it

I mean, Francer.

Mommy likes.

Yeah, that's great. That's great.

Oh, right there, right there. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, the angle.

The angle.

We got it. He's like a true fantasy hero.

He's so damn charming.

In a very warm way. You know, it doesn't feel like he's trying so much. He's kind

of just that charming. Here we go. Here we go. Marcus, Marcus, Marcus.

Oh, oh, I need this. I can't forget this.

Oh, oh, oh.

Oh. All right, it's time to bring the energy. Hop on, dude.

I got to be the hype man.

I'm here!

Oh, Dasher!

I've done some really big photo shoots for huge campaigns, for huge companies.

How we feeling?

How we feeling? No undershirt. Yeah, full out, full out. No one's mad about

it. Peek-a-boo!

God, I love my job.

Ready to fly, Dasher?

Let's get him.

I'm interested to see how he's going to translate the hype man in real life,

which is so much based on energy and words, to a photo shoot. Put it behind

you. I want to see your body. Yeah, that's it.

Three, two, one.

Nice. Open up that side.

Three, two, one.

Oh, my gosh.

Did you get that one?

Are you okay?

I'm good. I'm chilling. I'm good. I'm great.

There's a lot. You got to keep your core steady.

You have to keep your face engaged.

You have to be doing different things with your hands as well. You got to keep

your legs engaged.

You have to keep your energy up because I'm the hype man.

Oh, yeah. This feels good. This feels good. Yeah. Yeah. Let's go, bro.

Three, two, one.

Hey, the hype man.

There it is. There it is. Number one.

Yes.

Look at that smile.

That is a smile. That's money.

I mean, come on.

That's it. We got it. That was a workout.

I am so excited for this one. This is right in my wheelhouse.

I've been modeling for nine years now, so I'm not worried about this challenge.

Oh, what do we got going on here?

Drake's the baby. He's the youngest one.

Very sweet, very puppy dog.

I feel like you're not going to struggle with this Cupid concept. Cupid is the

heart of the sleigh team. He doesn't just pull the sleigh. He pulls

heartstrings. Would you say that's you? I think that's me. Do you find that

people fall in love with you?

Yeah, it happens sometimes. Sometimes, okay. It's hard because every time they

turn around, it's my first time seeing them in person, and then I just get lost

in their gorgeous faces.

I'm like, oh.

You ready to fly?

Let's do it. Let's go, buddy.

Take them up, boys.

I consider myself a charming, romantic, tender guy, so I'm probably going to

have to be a little sexy and stuff, you know, kind of get the girls' hearts

racing. I kind of feel like a superhero right now, you know what I mean?

But we really want to see that Cupid character come through, so keep that in

mind. Head to toe, too. Go for it.

Ready, three, two, one.

Just that nice, sweet.

Have a little smile in some of them, your cupid, your love.

Bend your front leg a little bit on that. Two, one. Bend that front knee.

That front knee. There we go.

For the camera, you've got to engage your legs, your core, and also have that

facial expression that says cupid.

Cupid, can we see your arrow?

Bullseye. Three, two, one. Move that hand back a little bit. Right here?

Yes! But don't block your face with your hands. Okay. Do it again.

Yes!

I don't want my face to show that struggle.

I need to keep it, you know, the Cupid who's pulling heartstrings and making

people fall in love. And that's definitely not a clenched face that's

concentrating too hard on what your body's doing. Now look at the camera. I

don't like his hand behind that.

It's weird. Put that arm in front of the cable. Yep. Now take your right arm and

do it that way more. There we go. Now you're open to camera.

Now look at him. Yes.

Now be real deliberate. Look right at the camera when you do it.

He does have the sweetest smile.

And hey, what if you grabbed your opening of the... Oh, yeah.

Right here. Oh, adorable.

That's good.

I'm feeling confident.

I know I didn't get the best shot, but I know for sure I didn't get the worst

shot either.

I think I'm going to go for like a kind of like a moody Nordic, like piratey

sort of like Viking kind of look. Donner being the strong, silent type. You have

to get into character.

I decided to go with antlers because we're reindeers, man.

Hello, Donner.

Oh, he's coming like Donner. Okay, come on.

Donner is silent.

Oh, the strong silent type. He's in character. Okay, I like it. I'm bringing

this brooding, confident, grounded.

character into the poses that I'm choosing and the faces that I'm making.

I need a little bit of smize in it. So you're the strong silent type, but

remember, Donner's always the hottest guy in the room and everyone wants him.

So give me that, okay?

Done.

Isn't it kind of like Greek god vibes I'm getting? Yes. I'm hoping that it's

really showcasing the Finding Mr. Christmas leading man energy.

There it is. Three, two, one. Yes!

There it is, Rustin! Yes!

Yes! There you go, gorgeous.

Come on!

That's just for you. I got two!

I get Vixen.

He's the heartthrob of the herd.

Hi, Angel!

He can handle the leather pant.

He's confident, flirtatious, charismatic,

romantic. You want to be going this way, but you're playing to the camera, but

you're going up versus...

Right? And the legs doesn't matter. It's full body, so head to toe.

Fly, Angel, fly!

Angel!

Yes!

Yes!

I'm vixen. Ready, three, two, one.

I want it to feel like you're flying that way.

Now smolder right down the barrel of the lens. Oh, that's it!

That's it!

Don't forget your legs. Your legs are just hanging. Strong legs, strong legs.

There it is.

Exactly. Use your space. Bend your other leg. Yeah, point those toes. Yeah,

three, two, one.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Put me anywhere, coach.

Nailed it. He has resting smolder face, we've decided.

He can't help but not smolder.

RSF, resting smolder face.

All right, let's go, Comet.

Let's go.

Coming in hot.

Coming in like a firecracker. Finally.

Woo.

That's my name. So you seem like you already got the vibe for Comet.

Yeah, yeah.

I have one thing. Can I get a water bottle, please? Okay.

You want water bottles? Yes.

We got them.

Oh, they have water bottles? Okay.

Everyone's seen the magazines, and the guy has the wet hair falling in front of

his face. This is a bold choice.

I'm here for it. Just go for it. All right. Here you are. Oh, my gosh. Yep.

More. More. All right.

That's the vibe I'm going for.

Suave and cool.

All right.

Oh my gosh.

He's shaking it up.

And he's upside down. He's upside down. He's upside down. All right, now come

back up.

Up, up, up.

Craig,

you okay?

I'm up there.

dangling like a carrot in front of a horse.

Hold on. You got this, Craig. You got this. It's hard to stay upright, and

it's really kind of embarrassing.

So I engage my core.

I get upright.

There you go. There you go, buddy.

There you go. Yeah!

We don't have many opportunities here. They're only taking a few photos.

There it is.

I love that.

I love that.

Yes! Oh, that's great.

This is all very entertaining, but I still don't know if I have seen the shot

yet. You're right. Give us leading man now. Leading man, leading man. You're

doing the crazy poses, but don't forget your face.

I'm working on it.

Let's see that face and that smile.

Smile? I want it. Okay. Oh, that's great. That's great. Get that with the

win. Get that with the win.

Yes!

There we go.

People like to laugh. This is Hallmark. I wanted to incorporate comedy.

What do you think, boys? I mean, that was unpredictable.

Do you think we have it? Yeah.

Blitzen!

I've been modeling 10 years now, so I'm hoping to really apply some of that set

experience in photography with this challenge in particular.

Ready to get harnessed up?

Yeah, absolutely. Let's go. Right here, buddy. Cool.

Blitzen is electricity with antlers. He lives for the thrill, feeds off

applause, and zips through the sky like he's got lightning in his veins.

Look at that.

Look at that.

You can...

Great, a wheel of Parmesan on that.

Well, I'm in there.

That thing is tight.

That's not going anywhere. When I first saw his abs, I was like, ah, like, my

husband has a T-shirt like that.

Here we go!

Let's go, Blitzen!

Three, two, and one.

Oh, I love it.

I have a couple of cool ideas.

Some athletic moves that are airborne.

I want to channel kind of like a running or sprinting through the air type of

positioning here with my character.

There's so much instability.

As much as I'm struggling with this harness,

I don't want it to show in my photos or show in my face.

He literally just goes straight into pose, like, reset, pose.

He's a pro.

The key with this one, because it's a full-body shot, is making the arms and

legs look cohesive in an environment that's very unpredictable.

Oh! That's a good chest. And then everybody fainted.

Rudy reporting for duty.

Rudy reporting for duty. I love it. Boys, let's strap him in.

Rudy went from being...

The underdog to the hero.

The underdog or the under reindeer?

Hey. So Rudy resonates with me. I feel like I can embody this character more

than anyone else.

We also have a lantern here.

Your choice if you would like a prop up there or if you want to just ride solo.

I do want to lead the way.

Fly, Rudy, fly.

Oh, Handler's down. Are you sure you want that lantern?

Yep. All right, he wants it. He wants it.

In my modeling experience, it actually helps to have a prop to kind of create a

story. Three, two, one.

Got to get a couple of smiling ones. There it is.

That's it.

That's it.

Okay. First shot out the gate. I say we got it. Three, two, one.

That's right.

That's powerful.

Powerful. Very good. You're confident. You're Rudy.

Give me another pose. Give me another pose. You're a hero. Yeah.

He's got that Rudy Riz, you know. He definitely has it.

Okay, yeah, open it up. There it is. There it is.

Yes! Yes! Very good.

That's it! The confidence level that he has shown today, it's light and day

difference from, like, day one. So I love seeing it. It's giving Rudy.

It's giving Rudy energy.

Three, two, one.

Yes! How did it feel?

It felt amazing.

You looked incredible up there. You looked very confident.

I'm glad you noticed that. I feel really good about this challenge. And I was

confident and...

That's all I can ask of myself.

Maybe that's kind of the it factor that we're looking for. That we're looking

for, yeah. Could be. Could be. That's a nice quality to have. Yeah. It is, it's

really disheartening to think about the fact that in a couple hours someone else

is going home.

Yeah. All right, ladies, we have to make some tough decisions here today.

Let's talk about Robbie first.

Our dancer.

Robbie had the advantage. He chose wisely. I agree.

And his photos looked amazing.

From my experience in modeling, sometimes you feel like you did great

and it ends up turning out bad, and sometimes you think you did bad and it

turns out great, so I think that really we're just going to have to see what the

judges say.

Drake got Cupid, which to me almost seems like the one reindeer that you

know exactly who that is.

Drake needed a lot of direction from me, and although he took the direction, I

think he's got a lot to learn.

I think he's got a lot to learn. Let's remember, he is the youngest one in this

group. He's the baby. And that energy kind of is there. He is a sweetheart.

And he comes across very authentic and so genuine.

But what else is there?

Right. Let's talk about Logan. He frankly kind of surprised me with the

kind of charisma he brought in. And when Logan walked onto the set, he arrived.

I was impressed with the physicality he was able to bring to Prancer. And I felt

like he did it effortlessly.

Yeah. I don't think it was that hard of a challenge.

That was a cakewalk. I think it was pretty fun.

Let's talk about Angel.

He came in as vixen with the smolder. He did give good face, but he didn't

necessarily serve good body. Yeah, the energy was all in his face. It wasn't

really, like, flowing.

Davey was blitzing. I think we had his photo on his second frame. He's just a

very experienced model, obviously. He was nailing it.

Craig came out as Comet. I was a little skeptical at first of all the bold

choices he was making. It was chaotic. You felt like he was throwing a lot of

things up against the wall to see what would stick. Yes. Gabriel came out as

Rudy. The first photo he took was amazing.

He seemed very confident and strong, and he seemed to connect with the leadership

character a little more than I thought he would.

Rustin had Donner. With Rustin, less is more. He doesn't.

project, he just is. You can tell when he walked in, he already had the

character. He was very focused.

He was giving Greek God.

We were loving it. It was a great character for him, and he really

embodied that.

As hungry as I am and as excited as I am to learn, I feel like I often take a lot

of really safe choices.

Marcus was Dasher, and he is the hype man life of the party. It showed from

the second he showed up on set. He wasn't just pretending to be the hype

man. He was thinking, I'm the hype man. And that really translated to camera.

Ladies, unfortunately, one of our hunks has to go home.

I hate this part. I know. This is going to be one of the toughest decisions

we've ever had to make.

Walking into elimination tonight, I hope I did well enough to where I'm not going

to be put in the bottom, but, you know, you never know.

I am not ready to go home. If I get the chance to stay, I'm done playing it

safe. Hello, gentlemen.

Welcome back to your second elimination, where your destiny as Mr. Christmas is

all on the line.

One of you will be named this week's Shining Star, and one of you will be

headed home for the holidays.

In the Star Quality Challenge, we asked you to fly into the spotlight on a

crane, work the camera, and embody one of Santa's reindeer.

Heather, how do you think they did today?

I was absolutely floored by the intensity of competitiveness that you

all brought today.

But there can only be one shining star. The winner of the Star Quality Challenge

and tonight's shining star is...

Davey, congratulations, buddy.

It feels awesome to get this win, and hopefully the rest of the guys see me as

a top competitor in this competition.

You came out with Greek god-dear energy, communicated with your photographers,

and you delivered great photos.

Awesome. I did not necessarily expect that, to be honest. By the time we

finished, I was just thinking to myself, I hope we got something.

Oh, we got something. We got something. Yeah, we got something.

Now, the not-so-merry part.

Angel, Drake, and Craig.

You three are at risk of leaving the competition.

Craig, your photos were all over the place.

It just felt a little chaotic during your session.

But you committed to being the firecracker.

And for that reason, Craig, you will stay to shine another day.

You came out with so many ideas.

Just make sure there are things that they can also use.

Angel, Drake, will you please step forward?

I am actually a little shocked that they put me in the bottom. I thought I did

enough to be saved.

Drake, you started off the photo shoot with confidence, but you just couldn't

commit to your character.

We saw more Drake than Cupid.

Angel, you came with a face.

But the body wasn't in sync.

Angel and Drake, one of you will be going home tonight.

Is this it?

I'm just really hoping that they saw something in me enough to keep me in the

house.

There's a pit in my stomach that I can't get rid of right now. Just give me one

more chance.

Unfortunately, Drake, that's a wrap.

it's time to take your stocking down you're going home for the holidays

you remind me so much

of myself when i was your age like so much i had all this kinetic energy and i

had so much love to give the world and all i had to do was learn how to take

that and harness it and make that my superpower and i think you're going to

find that thank you that means a lot we wish you nothing but the best

And we can't wait to see what you do next.

I've been modeling for so long. It's something I thought I would have just

knocked right out of the park. I also always see the silver lining of

everything. I'm just so proud of myself in so many ways.

That ski scene was the first time I've ever actually read lines on camera. I

won't let this be the end of my acting journey.

I'm going to get back to the grind. I'm going to take a lot more classes. And

I'm really going to give this thing a full shot.

Guys. As your bonds get stronger, this process will get harder for you.

But I promise it'll all be worth it in the end.

We'll see you next time as we continue the search to find Mr. Christmas.

I am so relieved.

And now I'm going to prove to you guys that I still have what it takes to be in

this house. And I'm going to be Mr. Christmas.