We saw two boots in The Biggest Loser Couples: Episode 12. At the top of the show, Maggie was eliminated, then at the end, it was Brittany, a swift and fitting end to the two people who threw in the towel the week before.
Black team’s almost extinct, but the two top females remain. Blue team is still four strong.
Bob’s getting frustrated with Jay, who continues to cut out carbs and doesn’t understand that carbs are necessary in a diet. Even the average person has slowly started to figure out that low carb diets aren’t a way of life, which is why Atkins went bankrupt. Mark’s meanwhile getting grief because he’s down to 185 pounds and really doesn’t have a great deal more of weight to lose, so every single thing he eats counts.
Allison comes to see them in the morning and wants to see them all in the elimination room. Ali remembers the last time this happened. She went home. They’re playing for what is under the tray, whatever that is. This is a pop quiz to see what they’ve learned. If they get a question wrong, they’re out. Everybody answers 3500 calories need to be burned for one pound, a question I’d certainly hope they all know by now. The second question is a little more difficult, and it’s how much weight Curtis lost. Since he lost 100 pounds even, it shouldn’t be that tough, though. Kelly answers 104 and is out. Ali answers 88 and is out. Mark answers 101 and is out. The third question is sudden death. Whoever gets closest without going over wins. How many calories are in one cup of fat-free strawberry yogurt? Dan answers 100, Jay answers 60, and Roger answers 60. The correct answer is 200 calories. Dan wins. So what’s under the tray? Dan has won a piece of cake. She suggests he bring it with him to the challenge in one piece.
He doesn’t trust them. He’s going to carry his cake around with him wherever he goes, including the gym, where he puts it on its own treadmill.
Mark’s having difficulty at the workout and breaks down following that, but he reluctantly continues.
Dan goes out for a run, and Roger comes out to tell him his cake is gone. When Dan goes up to his room, he’s got a ransom note from Kelly. He don’t care that she’s in the shower and walks in her room looking for it. She doesn’t know what he’s talking about. So now he wants to talk to Ali. He tries searching in all the places where he normally doesn’t look, like the dishwasher and laundry room. When he finds it, Roger reveals it was him. He wanted to teach him a lesson to protect the cake.
The challenge is in a stadium. They’ll have 20 minutes in which they will grab one item of food per trip and put it on anyone’s table but their own. Whoever has the fewest calories will win $10,000. Dan’s cake is still intact, so he can put his 600 calorie chocolate cake wherever he wants. He gives it to Kelly, a rather hefty start. Kelly’s going after Dan and Roger. Ali’s strategy is to go even with everybody. The guys want to load up the girls. Mark and Jay certainly remember the last challenge like this, the ball challenge. Roger’s the first one to take a bite, and Dan follows suit, as does Jay. Once she notices that the boys are already ganging up on her and Kelly, Ali decides to just go after the guys. None of the guys put anything on any other guy’s table. It’s pretty obvious that neither girl won, as their tables are overflowing with food. Dan says they didn’t want to target each other and were more than happy to leave the decision up to the girls.
Kelly-15,061 calories
Ali-14,327 calories
Dan-5,736 calories
Mark-5,612 calories
Roger-4,895 calories
Jay-4,480 calories
Jay wins the $10,000. Allison asks him how he plans to spend the money, and he says he owes his wife a vacation. But wait. Allison has an alternative offer. She wants him to buy the envelope she’s holding. At final 6, I’d say go for it. Of course, since he only lost 3 pounds last week, he’s unlikely to have a bad week this week, so maybe the $10k is the better option. It’s a 1 pound pass. She gives him until the weigh-in to make the decision. Dan wants him to take the money because if he dosn’t, Dan’s risk is higher.
Following the challenge, Ali decides to forge an alliance with Kelly because she doesn’t want to see the guys just hand the final prize to Roger.
Jillian’s getting tired of the boys and wants to see the sharks turn on each other.
Bob takes the opportunity at the last chance workout to make sure everybody’s doing the same thing, so that they’re all one unit and stick together.
It’s time for the weigh-in, so Jay’s got a choice to make. He takes the pound.
Jay: 201 pounds (-5, plus another pound, 2.91%)
Roger: 236 pounds (-6, 2.48%)
Dan: 198 pounds (-1, 0.50%)
Mark: 181 pounds (-4, 2.16%)
Ali: 149 pounds (-6, 3.87%)
Kelly: 192 pounds (-7, 3.52%)
With her 85 pound weight loss, Ali has set a new record for weight lost by a female, and she hasn’t even been there the whole time. Now the boys have to pick off one of their own, although they do still retain a numbers advantage. Mark and Dan are below the yellow line. For Dan, this is the first time he’s been below the yellow line. Factoring in starting weights and who has more to lose, I’d suggest Dan is the bigger threat. Jay refuses to put his brother’s name down again, which he lets the house know, so with that in mind, perhaps Mark would be seen as a bigger threat.
Votes
Ali-Dan
Kelly-Dan
Roger-Dan
With three votes, Dan is not the biggest loser, but he’s definitely a threat to win the $100,000. He’s already moving on with his music career and has moved out to LA. Dan’s down 125 pounds from his original weight of 310 pounds to 185 pounds today.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Biggest Loser: Couples episode 14, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.