Luann and Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake: The ladies spice up the Benton Inn by putting in a hot tub while tensions brew at the talent show
Luann de Lesseps and Sonja Morgan had a hot tub delivered to their motel , filled it up with a garden hose and then jumped in it with their dresses on during Sunday's episode of Luann and Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake on Bravo.
Akash Patel, the owner of the Benton Motel, was not impressed. His wife Hiral thought it was great.
'The motel doesn't have a pool,' Sonja, 59, said. 'It doesn't have tennis. It doesn't have a gift shop. It doesn't have a spa but now we have this as an attraction.'
'It's an added bonus,' Luann, 58, said, and later in the episode, Luann and Sonja were at odds over the performances in an upcoming talent show.
Luann and Sonja, both from The Real Housewives of New York City, had agreed to go to Benton, Illinois, a town with a population of 7,000, and spend six weeks working with the Benton City Council to help the small town bounce back after the pandemic. The episode titled Creative Differences opened with Luann and Sonja deciding the motel they were staying in needed some sprucing up and deciding the hot tub would help.
![Hot tub: Luann de Lesseps and Sonja Morgan had a hot tub delivered to their motel , filled it up with a garden hose and then jumped in it with their dresses on during Sunday's episode of Luann and Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake on Bravo](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/08/14/17/74032483-12379887-Hot_tub_Luann_de_Lesseps_and_Sonja_Morgan_had_a_hot_tub_delivere-a-62_1692032083365.jpg)
Hot tub: Luann de Lesseps and Sonja Morgan had a hot tub delivered to their motel , filled it up with a garden hose and then jumped in it with their dresses on during Sunday's episode of Luann and Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake on Bravo
![Hiral and Akash: Akash Patel, the owner of the Benton Motel, was not impressed. His wife Hiral thought it was great](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/08/14/17/74033321-12379887-Hiral_and_Akash_Akash_Patel_the_owner_of_the_Benton_Motel_was_no-a-66_1692032088216.jpg)
Hiral and Akash: Akash Patel, the owner of the Benton Motel, was not impressed. His wife Hiral thought it was great
![Talent show: 'It's an added bonus,' Luann, 58, said, and later in the episode, Luann and Sonja were at odds over the performances in an upcoming talent show](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/08/14/17/74032481-12379887-Talent_show_It_s_an_added_bonus_Luann_58_said_and_later_in_the_e-a-72_1692032088223.jpg)
Talent show: 'It's an added bonus,' Luann, 58, said, and later in the episode, Luann and Sonja were at odds over the performances in an upcoming talent show
![Bounce back: Luann and Sonja, both from The Real Housewives of New York City, had agreed to go to Benton, Illinois, a town with a population of 7,000, and spend six weeks working with the Benton City Council to help the small town bounce back after the pandemic](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/08/14/17/74033357-12379887-Bounce_back_Luann_and_Sonja_both_from_The_Real_Housewives_of_New-a-71_1692032088222.jpg)
Bounce back: Luann and Sonja, both from The Real Housewives of New York City, had agreed to go to Benton, Illinois, a town with a population of 7,000, and spend six weeks working with the Benton City Council to help the small town bounce back after the pandemic
Luann and Sonja got into the hot tub and started spraying each other with the hose that they were using to fill it up. While they were playing around, Luann's brother Mike showed up to help them renovate their motel rooms.
'Look at you guys,' Mike said. 'Where's your bathing suit?'
'I had a dress and I had to take it off,' Luann said.
Mike said he hoped he got the nicest room at the motel. Luann and Sonya then drove to the animal shelter for the dog adoption event. They were excited to see that the outdoor fenced in play area that they created for the animals was already making the lives of the shelter animals better. A little boy told them he had just adopted a dog. The shelter thanked them for everything that they did.
'At the end of the day it's just a fence, a bunch of wires and poles,' Luann said. ' But this is going to change these dogs' lives.'
'These dogs need to get outside,' Sonja said. 'Some of these b****es are in heat. Same!'
Later they went to the civic center to prepare for their Benton variety show follies. They met with the pianist whose name happened to actually be Courtney Cox.
'Are you related to Courteney Cox?' Luann asked him.
![Sprayed: Luann and Sonja got into the hot tub and started spraying each other with the hose that they were using to fill it up. While they were playing around, Luann's brother Mike showed up to help them renovate their motel rooms](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/08/14/17/74032779-12379887-Sprayed_Luann_and_Sonja_got_into_the_hot_tub_and_started_sprayin-a-61_1692032083365.jpg)
Sprayed: Luann and Sonja got into the hot tub and started spraying each other with the hose that they were using to fill it up. While they were playing around, Luann's brother Mike showed up to help them renovate their motel rooms
![Mike: 'Look at you guys,' Mike said. 'Where's your bathing suit?'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/08/14/17/74032847-12379887-Mike_Look_at_you_guys_Mike_said_Where_s_your_bathing_suit_-a-69_1692032088220.jpg)
Mike: 'Look at you guys,' Mike said. 'Where's your bathing suit?'
![Take it off: 'I had a dress and I had to take it off,' Luann said](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/08/14/17/74033281-12379887-Take_it_off_I_had_a_dress_and_I_had_to_take_it_off_Luann_said-a-70_1692032088221.jpg)
Take it off: 'I had a dress and I had to take it off,' Luann said
![Nicest room: Mike said he hoped he got the nicest room at the motel. Luann and Sonya then drove to the animal shelter for the dog adoption event. They were excited to see that the outdoor fenced in play area that they created for the animals was already making the lives of the shelter animals better. A little boy told them he had just adopted a dog. The shelter thanked them for everything that they did](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/08/14/17/74032853-12379887-Nicest_room_Mike_said_he_hoped_he_got_the_nicest_room_at_the_mot-a-73_1692032091403.jpg)
Nicest room: Mike said he hoped he got the nicest room at the motel. Luann and Sonya then drove to the animal shelter for the dog adoption event. They were excited to see that the outdoor fenced in play area that they created for the animals was already making the lives of the shelter animals better. A little boy told them he had just adopted a dog. The shelter thanked them for everything that they did
![Change: 'At the end of the day it's just a fence, a bunch of wires and poles,' Luann said. ' But this is going to change these dogs' lives'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/08/14/17/74032859-12379887-Change_At_the_end_of_the_day_it_s_just_a_fence_a_bunch_of_wires_-a-64_1692032087918.jpg)
Change: 'At the end of the day it's just a fence, a bunch of wires and poles,' Luann said. ' But this is going to change these dogs' lives'
'No but she owes me money,' Courtney said.
'She does?' Luann said.
'Well for using my name,' Courtney said.
Bill the stage director told Courtney that in Luann's previous life she was a countess. Luann said she still was.
'Once a Countess always a Countess,' Luann said.
They told him that they wrote their own Benton song but clashed on how it should be performed.
'Luann takes things very seriously,' Sonja said. 'She wants to do a good job for the town.'
'Sonja as a producer is challenging to say the least,' Luann said.
![Countess: Bill the stage director told Courtney that in Luann's previous life she was a countess. Luann said she still was](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/08/14/17/74033301-12379887-Countess_Bill_the_stage_director_told_Courtney_that_in_Luann_s_p-a-63_1692032087917.jpg)
Countess: Bill the stage director told Courtney that in Luann's previous life she was a countess. Luann said she still was
![Own song: They told him that they wrote their own Benton song but clashed on how it should be performed](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/08/14/17/74033309-12379887-Own_song_They_told_him_that_they_wrote_their_own_Benton_song_but-a-74_1692032092377.jpg)
Own song: They told him that they wrote their own Benton song but clashed on how it should be performed
![Seriously: 'Luann takes things very seriously,' Sonja said. 'She wants to do a good job for the town'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/08/14/17/74033313-12379887-Seriously_Luann_takes_things_very_seriously_Sonja_said_She_wants-a-65_1692032088206.jpg)
Seriously: 'Luann takes things very seriously,' Sonja said. 'She wants to do a good job for the town'
Mike showed up to help create Luann and Sonja suites at the hotel. Luann said her room can be called the Chic Suite.
Mike said in a confessional that he was on vacation in Canada when Luann called him and begged him to come down and help them.
Luann went to a carpet store to pick out new carpets for the room. She said the carpets at the hotel were older than her kids.
'I cannot wait to get fresh carpeting under my feet,' Luann said.
Mike began to demo the rooms. Luann helped with the power tools while Sonja took a bath. Mike pulled out the sinks in both rooms and cut out the closet doors.
Luann and Sonja then rushed over to their talent show rehearsals. Luann wore a blonde wig and cap.
'You know how much I rehearse?' Sonja said. 'I do like 30 minutes before each show. If you don't like it, lump it.'
'We have very little time until the performance and it's not going exactly how I thought it would go,' Luann said.
![Help: Mike showed up to help create Luann and Sonja suites at the hotel. Luann said her room can be called the Chic Suite](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/08/14/17/74033325-12379887-Help_Mike_showed_up_to_help_create_Luann_and_Sonja_suites_at_the-a-76_1692032100811.jpg)
Help: Mike showed up to help create Luann and Sonja suites at the hotel. Luann said her room can be called the Chic Suite
![Help: Luann went to a carpet store to pick out new carpets for the room. She said the carpets at the hotel were older than her kids](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/08/14/17/74033329-12379887-Help_Luann_went_to_a_carpet_store_to_pick_out_new_carpets_for_th-a-67_1692032088218.jpg)
Help: Luann went to a carpet store to pick out new carpets for the room. She said the carpets at the hotel were older than her kids
![Very little: 'We have very little time until the performance and it's not going exactly how I thought it would go,' Luann said](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/08/14/17/74033393-12379887-Very_little_We_have_very_little_time_until_the_performance_and_i-a-75_1692032100798.jpg)
Very little: 'We have very little time until the performance and it's not going exactly how I thought it would go,' Luann said
![Upset: Sonja got upset when Luann tried to voice her same suggestion for the show. Luann told her not to tell her when to talk](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/08/14/17/74033319-12379887-Upset_Sonja_got_upset_when_Luann_tried_to_voice_her_same_suggest-a-68_1692032088219.jpg)
Upset: Sonja got upset when Luann tried to voice her same suggestion for the show. Luann told her not to tell her when to talk
Luann kept giving critiques to the acts.
'Luann thinks she's Simon Cowell,' Sonja said. 'She's acting like we are producing a Broadway play.'
Sonja got upset when Luann tried to voice her same suggestion for the show. Luann told her not to tell her when to talk.
Luann and Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake will return next week on Bravo.
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