Gay — seriously. The final two came down to lesbian Dee from Miami, above left, and gay Charlie from Denver, center. And the crown goes to… DEE! We’re all happy about that who think Charlie represented the mean, bitchy gay stereotype typical to reality shows. So finally a nice guy (or girl) wins.

But while Dee may have won the title, the fan favorite turned out to be none other than Daniel Lewis of Denton, who took home $10,000 in the online poll.

All season long, Denton’s Daniel Lewis has been the most consistently entertaining and likeable contestant on Bravo’s reality series “Shear Genius.” We were all set to enjoy seeing him represent the Metroplex in the finale. Then tonight, in an “avant garde” competition, he finally hit the wall, getting booted before the big showdown (and let’s just say the decision was not a popular one — or deemed a correct one — here at the manse).

Still, with Daniel’s unlikeable doppelganger Charlie and butch Dee still in the thick, there’s a 2 out of 3 chance a queer cutter will win.

I got an e-mail this morning from our good friend, Texas native and Baylor alum Del Shores, who told me that the ratings so far for his “Sordid Lives” TV series are by far the best ever for a Logo series. Fingers crossed, that means a second season pick-up is in the offing. 

We certainly hope so — especially when Shores’ partner (and co-star on the series) Jason Dottley posts such nice stories. The Mississippi wrote a “top 10 list” for Logo online, naming the best gay places in the South to visit. Dallas … well, read it for yourself here. 

The next episode of “Sordid Lives” airs Wednesday at 9 p.m. on Logo. 

I’m glad some people watch more of the 24-hour feeds of “Big Brother” than I do — and then post it on YouTube — how else would we learn that Jessie, recent evictee and master of the departure of Dallas’ Steven Daigle, believes gays and Jews run Hollywood. Yep. After praising Texas as land of the rich big tippers (let’s start with a good stereotype and work our way to the bad ones),  the muscle-bound moron bemoans Californians as all self-centered and evil, and endorses the on-going existence of the casting couch.

How would he know? Apparently, Jessie himself has been the victim of a little prodding in the casting room, with men asking him to take off his clothes. Awful… but not so awful that he hasn’t accommodated them pretty far. 

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As you probably know by now, Lisa Garza of Dallas’ Suze restaurant was in the final three of the Food Network competition series. So did she win?

Nope.

Aaron won. Bad choice, but oh well! At least you read it here first… unless you logged onto the Food Network’s Web site last week and found out early. 

As expected, Steven Daigle got the boot tonight during the second week of “Big Brother.” Why do the cute ones always go first?

Well, Steven Daigle, the gay Dallas rodeo champ currently on “Big Brother,” might not be on the show much longer. Not that it has come as a surprise to his sister, Lisa Sturgeon. (Daigle is on the far left in a photo taken a  the Black Tie Dinner; Sturgeon is in the center.)

“They are ahead of the primetime shows [on the 24-hour feed] so we knew Steve was on the block a few days ago,” she says. “So I stopped watching.”

Which means that during tonight’s live eviction, it will come down to Steve or Dan, the surprisingly open-minded Catholic school teacher who admits he’s not as strong a player as his Texas competition.

So it’s looking likely that the stronger houseguests might be the ones with the targets on their backs. Not that Sturgeon understands why people are out to get him.

“If you watch the diary room episode with Libra, it just proved everything we were saying about how well she’s playing this game. She plays the innocent but behind the scenes she’s working everyone,” Sturgeon says.

There’s always hope Daigle might survive yet - loyalties change on a dime in this game, and evicted housemates have been known to make surprise returns. But Sturgeon is sanguine about it all.

“If I look at the entire game, I have to say I’m very proud of my brother. He’s one of the few who has kept his word.”

I blogged here a few months back that Marco Rodriguez, the wonderfully talented Dallas-based playwright and actor, had his award-winning show, “Heaven Fobid(s)!,” accepted in New York’s Fringe Festival of independent theater… only he needed the funds to attend. 

Word came this weekend that the community stepped up, and he’s taking the show to the Big Apple for five shows between Aug. 9 and Aug. 16.  Congrats, Marco!

Last night, Steven, the gay rodeo rider from Dallas, was put on the block for eviction. Let’s hope this isn’t over for him before it’s begun. We’ll find out if  he wins immunity on Tuesday.

Last week, Lisa Sturgeon, the sister of gay “Big Brother” contestant Steven Daigle, opined how he would play the game — including keeping his homosexuality close to the vest and befriending the most liberal houseguest, Libra, and other women.

Sturgeon, it turns out, isn’t the best predictor.

“All the girls except one don’t like Steven — they are talking constantly about him!” she told me after watching the late-night feeds that followed Sunday’s debut. But Libra’s not catty, is she?

“Especially Libra,” Sturgeon says. And Steven has already been outed — after barely a day in the house. 

“This is the craziest house ever. They are going to tear each other apart,” Sturgeon says.

The next episode airs tonight.