The Biggest Loser Couples 2 Episode 8B

Last night on The Biggest Loser Couples 2 Episode 8, the teams were shuffled, and most people were sent to opposite teams. The new black team won the challenge, giving themselves a 3 pound advantage at the weigh-in. Then the President interrupted, so here we go with a special Wednesday Biggest Loser.

The contestants will participate in a pop quiz, which means it’s time for a special guest, Liz Vaccariello of Prevention Magazine, for no apparent reason. The winning team will win a fountain of youth vacation package to Florida.

True or false? Switching from regular cola to diet cola will help you live longer?
False. Regular and diet both carry similar health risks. So what about the extra calories?
Mandi and Helen are both correct.

Which change in your diet is believed to help you live longer? Cutting fat or cutting calories?
Cutting calories.
Sione is correct.

Which exercise is believed to help you live longer? Push ups or squats?
Squats. Lower body strength will improve flexibility, balance, and endurance, which will help prevent falls later in life.
Filipe is correct. Black team wins 3-1.

It’s time for the weigh-in.

Dane: 312 pounds (-13)
Aubrey: 211 pounds (-5)
Mandi: 203 pounds (-7)
Ron: 349 pounds (-5)
Kristin: 279 pounds (-10)
Cathy: 249 pounds (-14)
Blue Total: -54 pounds (3.26%)

Dane has now lost 100 pounds faster than anybody has before, in 8 weeks.

Helen: 198 pounds (-7)
Laura: 233 pounds (-8)
Tara: 211 pounds (-11)
Mike: 297 pounds (-10)
Filipe: 283 pounds (-8)
Sione: 286 pounds (-10)
Black Total: -57 pounds (3.65%)

With the highest percentage of weight loss on the blue team, Cathy is safe, but someone else will be going home. Blue team’s 50/50 for the old trainers. Ron suggests Dane. Dane responds that he’s a huge threat, so they should keep him for now. Mandi wants to get rid of Ron because he can’t put up the big numbers. They pretty much have no choice because if they vote for someone else, it would be either Mandi or Aubrey going home.

Aubrey: Kristin
Dane: Ron
Mandi: Ron
Ron: Dane
Cathy: Dane
Kristin: Dane

So has Aubrey not seen this show before? With three votes, Dane has been eliminated. With the encouragement of his wife, Dane ran a marathon when he got home.

Update: NBC has issued an apology and confirmed that Dane did not finish the marathon. Because he would not be able to finish in the 6 hours allotted, a producer gave him a ride for a few miles so that he could cross in just under 6 hours (not the 4 hours originally reported). He did end up running probably about 20 miles, which is impressive all things considered.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser 7 Episode 9, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.