EPISODE DESCRIPTIONS
GROOMER HAS IT: Tying the Knot
World Premiere Saturday, May 9, at 9 PM
The groomers team up and race against each other to complete a series of stylish top knots on a variety of breeds, but their every move is being judged by last year’s Groomer of the Year, Artist Knox. The competition gets amped up when the teams have to design matching cuts for the bridal parties in the first-ever GROOMER HAS IT wedding. The groomers get thrown for a loop when they discover that one of them has the power to shake up the teams for the wedding, and feelings are crushed when some of the contestants find out why they were traded off their teams.
GROOMER HAS IT: Old Dog, New Tricks
World Premiere Saturday, May 16, at 9 PM
Jai takes the groomers back to school, where they learn that they have to teach a group of fifth graders the basics of grooming using a trusted teaching tool – the yarn dog. Some of the contestants find that their skill with animals doesn’t necessarily translate to patience with 10 year olds. In the salon, the groomers must take a set of senior dogs and trim years off their appearance. However, their biggest challenge is in the judging room, where guest judge Janice Dickinson’s catty remarks throw everyone off their game.
GROOMER HAS IT: Piggies
World Premiere Saturday, May 23, at 9 PM
It’s time to head down to the farm, as the groomers take their carefully culled canine clipping skills and use them to make over some filthy pot-bellied pigs. The mud flies once the groomers discover that pigs don’t like to stay still. Back at the salon, the contestants deal with another heavyweight challenge – slimming down some overweight dogs using the techniques of anatomy grooming. The pressure of the competition becomes too heavy for one contestant, and the judges trim down the pack by removing that groomer from the competition.
GROOMER HAS IT: Rescue Me
World Premiere Saturday, May 30, at 9 PM
The groomers travel to a local rescue shelter, where they lovingly transform a group of homeless dogs and present them in a special adoption fair. They receive a shock when they discover that comedienne Margaret Cho is one of their potential adopters. The winner of the challenge receives a touching reunion with some very special family members. In the salon, the groomers race to groom search-and-rescue dogs under the toughest conditions yet – no soap, no water, and only forty-five minutes. After all that, they still have to face the judges for elimination.
GROOMER HAS IT: Look-alikes
World Premiere Saturday, June 6, at 9 PM
After animal behaviorist Victoria Stillwell helps the groomers take some basset hounds under their wing in an obedience training course, the groomers receive the shock of their lives – their real challenge is to find those same hounds out of a group of dozens! In the salon, the groomers struggle with more doppelgangers as they style dogs and their owners to look like each other. One groomer earns the power to rescue any contestant from the bottom two, and that groomer's decision changes the game forever.
GROOMER HAS IT: Green on the Go
World Premiere Saturday, June 13, at 9 PM
Grooming goes green as the contestants use electric clippers to shave down dogs – but only with the power they create by pedaling electricity-generating bikes. While they might be world-class groomers, they all learn that they are no Lance Armstrong. The next day, the groomers take the show on the road, traveling to clients in state-of-the-art hybrid mobile grooming vans. The clients' demands overwhelm one team, and the judges eject one member of that team from the competition.
GROOMER HAS IT: Cut!*
World Premiere Saturday, June 20, at 9 PM
The groomers get their biggest taste of fame yet as they create grooming instruction videos under the guidance of television personality Samantha Harris, with the winner getting their video displayed to the world on the Animal Planet website. That evening, last year's Groomer of the Year, Artist Knox, takes the final group of contestants to dinner and shares with them what he thinks it takes to become Groomer of the Year. Then the groomers face the toughest challenge yet – scissoring a set of show-quality bichon frises to AKC breed standards. One groomer fails at the task, leaving two to battle it out for the championship.
GROOMER HAS IT: The Recap Show
World Premiere Saturday, June 27, at 8 PM
Join Jai and Nemo as they relive the most grueling challenges, most surprising twists and most emotional moments from this season. See the journey the groomers have taken from their first step into the Dog House to the brink of becoming Groomer of the Year. Keep an eye out for some special never-before-seen moments and hilarious outtakes where the groomers, the judges, Jai, and Nemo all let loose, even in the most heated moments of competition!
GROOMER HAS IT: Finale
World Premiere Saturday, June 27, from at 9 PM
The final two groomers square off in the most stressful competition of their lives. First, Xavier puts the groomers through their paces in a no-holds-barred show handling boot camp. Then the groomers brace for another shock as they discover their final task – preparing a series of rare, exotic breeds that few groomers have ever worked with before. After hours of hard work and a nerve-wracking final presentation where professional handlers show the dogs and the groomers are forced to watch from backstage, one contestant is finally crowned 2009 Groomer of the Year.
