In a mansion, every guest wants to make his or her grand entrance, but what happens when the house doesn't have a grand entrance of its own? This week, the group is given the task of renovating the main foyer to create a grand entrance, including building and installing a working chandelier. Who will be foreman? How much time will they have? What will the budget be? It's week six, the eleventh hour, and the contestants anxiously await the answers to these questions knowing they are that much closer to winning--or losing--The Mansion.

"There's tension around who's gonna be foreman next," says Michele, as Host Mark L. Walberg faces the eight to give them their project, remind them of what they are working toward and finally, to assign the foreman. "[Andy and I are] pushing for Jeff to be foreman," Elvis says. Dan counters, "Jeff can't be foreman. He's not good at dealing with people and he makes bad decisions." The group votes and the results are four and four for Andy and Jeff. Andy concedes to Jeff, thinking, "I'm the puppet master on this show and people are doing what I want them to do. I wanna see Jeff do a bad job as foreman." If the contestants are nervous about Jeff being foreman, how will it make them feel to know he has not one but TWO projects to manage?

Before the eight are dismissed with three days and $10,000 to complete their grand entrance, Mark tells them they still have the upstairs bathroom to get in functioning order. Though they will not be judged on the finished project, the group will be responsible for getting it done...and with their own money. Mark L. Walberg asks each to contribute from previous winnings for the construction of the bathroom. Michele, Amanda and Sandi each offer $500, Elvis and Kim give up $1,000, Andy kicks in $1,076, Dan puts in $1,621 and Jeff gives...$100? "I didn't give much because no one wanted to listen to my ideas for the bathroom. It could have been completed by now," he says. Andy had a different take on it, saying, "Jeff didn't give a lot cause he didn't have it to give. The other foremen weren't paying him because he wasn't doing the work." Will Jeff be a better leader than worker?

"I knew the foyer was going to be time consuming, so I just decided to contract out the bathroom," says Jeff as he makes his first decision as foreman. He doesn't immediately make any others, as he goes upstairs and away from the group to get his thoughts--and a plan--together for his project. In the meantime, Andy leads the design selection process and delegates projects to each worker. Those not working on the foyer--including himself and Sandi--go cook dinner for the others. "I was trying to help the foreman complete this job by stepping up as co-foreman because, man, I'm already going to have a lot of work to do when I win this thing," Andy confidently admits. Will the other seven catch on to Andy's strategy?

The group observes that Jeff may not be sure of what he is doing. Dan observes, "Jeff comes to Michele and [me] asking what to do, how to go about it and what decisions should be made. If we took half the time that he spends stating the obvious, and applied it to the project, we'd be far ahead of anything we've done before." Michele and Dan continue to vent about being micromanaged, as they believe they are the two who need it the least. They soon drive off to run more of Jeff's errands as Michele laments, "There's always so much chaos at the beginning of a project and Dan and I bring order. Everyone comes to us for direction and we still don't get any respect. I'm over it." Dan and Michelle head off, and Sandi and Jeff go on an errand run for supplies, leaving Elvis in charge at the house. With the team going in many different directions, Andy's scheming and the group's lack of faith may spell disaster for Jeff.

Host Mark L. Walberg pulls up in a horse-drawn carriage to deliver concerns he has that Jeff is having a hard time managing the other contestants. He asks Jeff if he feels anyone is undermining his authority to which Jeff replies that he feels he has the support of all of the other seven. Mark asks Andy if he wants to take over the foremanship and when Andy says no, he turns to Michele who says she thinks it is a horrible idea to switch leadership given that Jeff is doing a good job. Michele really thinks, "No way I'd take over a project midway. No one thinks Jeff is doing a good job but no one is stupid enough to jump in THAT job, THAT behind and take over the reigns. If I'm gonna have a mess, I'd like to have created it myself." The host then asks Kim if she agrees with Michele. She does, so he goes to Sandi, Dan, Elvis and Amanda who all say Jeff should stay in his position.

But Mark's questioning is only the beginning. He also comes armed with a challenge--a duel. If any guy or girl beats Jeff in combat, he or she gets any money remaining from the project. Andy volunteers, saying, "I'll step up and grab myself a lil' money. It is also a great opportunity to knock Jeff out." The two are given paint guns and have bullseyes strapped to them. They take a few paces and then turn and shoot. No one hits the target, but Andy¿s shot is closest so he will keep all of the underage from the project. Jeff remains as foreman, even though Andy asks, "Am I still in charge of budget?" Jeff says no, but to everyone's surprise, he lets Andy handle the budget anyway. Apparently, Jeff is also unsure of the path his team is taking. He admits, "It is the end of the second day. There's no way this is going to get done."

By the morning of day three, it seems like Jeff's worries may become the reality, as there are still major parts of the project that are not close to completion. Part of the group works on the concrete for the walkway while Dan and Michele head out to shop for pieces to weld together to create the chandelier. Amanda and Elvis work on stucco parts to get it done before the rain. With eighteen hours left, the storm comes in and the group is at a loss for what to do next. Jeff puts Sandi and Andy in charge of painting the bathroom while Dan and Michele have run out of time to shop for the pieces that will go in the grand entrance. They return to the house to see how much is still not done on the foyer. Meanwhile, Jeff notices that he's not only losing control of the project, he also doesn't have the support of his right-hand man, Andy.

Jeff observes that whenever he gives direction to Andy, the moment his back is turned, Andy returns to socializing with Sandi. "I was planning on not working as hard cause I want Jeff to fail," says Andy. Jeff, unaware, says, "I don't know what's going on with Andy. Half the time I turn around, Andy is talking to Sandi and it is starting to get under my skin." Meanwhile, the others observe that the paint in the bathroom is the wrong color. Andy responds that the bathroom only had to be working, not pretty to which Michele decides to go in and redo it, taking her away from work that needs to be done on the foyer. "This is a mess. This project is a royal mess," says Michele.

Dan and Michele try to complete the chandelier, while Kim is out shopping for installers. There are two hours left, and the group decides to make the foyer look the best it can, as they know it will not be finished. With minutes left, the contestants are shocked that Jeff is offering them beverages when the concern should be doing the work they can do before the buzzer sounds.

Once time is up, the group meets back with Mark. First, they discuss the budget, where they learn that they saved $1860.11--which Andy gets to keep. Mark then introduces the judges, who walk the renovation site with Jeff. The foreman says, "I'm a little nervous about seeing the judges, but I know what we did in there. They don't." The judges ask Jeff how he assigned the tasks, what he directed the group to do, and why. "I never felt Jeff was in control and that he knew what was going on. I don't think he knows what everyone did," Michele says. Dan agrees saying, "Jeff didn't really know what he needed to do. He was insecure about making a decision so he had to settle on something. All that did was lose hours." In the end, the judges tell him his was a poor design choice, that it was disappointing that they didn't finish when it wasn't that big of a project and that the grand entrance and foyer were DOA, Dead On Arrival. "My plan is working out perfect. Jeff is proving that he is not a leader," says Andy.

The judges email their scores and award the group $1500 out of $10,000. Michele defends Dan's and her choices saying that if they'd known there was more money, they could have done more. Andy counters, saying that they would have had maybe $600 more because $1000 was what he put in. Elvis disagrees, saying Andy couldn't put money in and then subtract out his contribution. Mark presents the checks: one for $375, another for $285, a third for $155, a fourth for $25, a fifth for $150, a sixth for $120 and a seventh for $90. (If you're great at math, you may have noticed that there isn't money left for an eighth check. You'd be right.) The last check is for $0.
With the prize of a new 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe at stake, Jeff is told he can keep all of the checks--ensuring he'd win the car--or pass them out as he sees fit. To the shock and dismay of the group, Jeff keeps all of the checks for himself. "I can't believe it. He was the worst foreman and he kept all of the money," laments Elvis. Amanda adds, "I'm pissed. Jeff didn't do the job, we did." Before the group returns to the house, Mark reminds them that they only have one more project with which to impress the voters.

With one more project and the pressure building, who will make the best case for winning the money? What will the last project be, and who will lead the group to victory--or to failure? Find out on next week's episode of The Mansion.