The Biggest Loser Couples 2 Episode 14

Nicole returned to the ranch in The Biggest Loser Couples 2 Episode 13, the same episode in which she was also voted off again. The good news is that she’s kicking some serious butt and is doing better at home than almost everybody else is doing at the ranch. Filipe & Sione, meanwhile, clearly drew the battle lines with Ron & Mike, in their unsuccessful attempt to vote out Ron.

Ron thanks those who kept him there. For those who didn’t, may they get struck down and die.

Sione says he’s playing for himself, rather than for anyone else. Logical, but all you’re doing in that case is alienating yourself from the rest of the house. Filipe keeps quiet during this discussion because otherwise he would have gotten loud. Hard to imagine that happening.

However, Ron has not escaped this entirely unscathed. The rest of the house knows just how competitive Ron is. At some point, a player like that may well lose the trust of his allies.

Allison’s got something covered underneath trays. Trays of slow but delicious death. Under some trays are food that’s bad for them. Under some trays are advertisements for Extra Sugar Free gum, worth up to $5,000. Under one tray is a golden ticket with the ultimate reward. A visit to a chocolate factory perhaps? No, it will give them “total control over this game.” The one and only vote at this week’s elimination. That could be huge. Ron & Mike and Sione & Filipe hate each other so much that they’re probably going to keep eating until they vomit.

Laura: 100 calorie soda
Tara: 520 calorie cupcake
Kristin: 366 calorie pretzel
Filipe: 270 calorie donut
Helen: 520 calorie cupcake
Mike: 150 calories of chips
Ron: $500
Sione: 270 calorie donut
Ron: $1000
Tara: donut
Ron: soda
Kristin: cupcake
Sione: chips
Tara: another cupcake
Laura: $5000
Helen: pretzel
Mike: chips
Filipe: Peanutbutter and jelly
Laura: soda

They’re halfway done and already getting sick.

Tara: PB&J

Kristin’s hanging out, not bothering to eat. The person with the golden ticket votes out who’s below the yellow line. How do you not go below the yellow line? Don’t eat crap food.

Ron: donut
Tara: yet another cupcake

Is this golden ticket real?

Filipe: $500

Laura: golden ticket

After the group piles on close to 20,000 calories (Tara alone ate 4,600), Laura finally finds that golden ticket.

Laura wants Tara to fall below the yellow line. Tara’s concerned about playing the game, and she’s even more concerned that they both fall below the yellow line, putting both of them in danger. Only having one choice who to vote out is not that smart. It’ll make the decision easier and make sure you don’t make any enemies, but you’re stuck with that choice whether it’s good for your game or not.

After Bob and Jillian give their lecture, Bob’s figured things out when he hears how the votes went.

Kristin has made Laura breakfast in bed. She’s also adjusting her bed to make it softer.

Jillian takes her team to Subway. Jerry and Coleen from season 6 are there waiting for them.

The contestants head to the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, CA. They will play a game there. That game is not what you would call football. Rather, it’s seeing who can run up and down every step in the stadium, all 2156 of them, fastest. The first two people to finish the challenge get to do it all over again. The winner will get a two week trip for four at Fitness Ridge Resort & Spa in St. George, Utah. The first heat is boys competing against each other and girls competing against each other. Tara and Sione reach the half way point around the same time. Mike’s right behind Sione. Tara doesn’t have any competition. Sione and Tara are the first two to finish, so then they get to compete against each other. Sione starts off taking two steps at a time, but it’s not long before he’s in pain. Tara eventually catches up to him after he takes a wrong turn. In the end, Tara’s the first one to grab the flag, and she wins the challenge. Sione’s not happy. Not winning is not enough for him.

Sione asks Kristin a question: if Ron falls below the yellow line, would she vote for him? Why would she say anything before knowing the results of this week? She’s smart enough to know not to fall into that trap.

Helen warns Laura: having Tara fall below the yellow line is a stupid idea. Then she sticks her foot in the mouth. She asks whether she would consider voting off Tara. After all, they’re just friends.

Tara takes this last chance workout as an opportunity to just relax a bit.

Jillian can’t get any of her folks to stop focusing on the game. Bob’s not having any more luck with that.

Mike: 248 pounds (-5, 1.98%)

Ron: 308 pounds (-9, 2.84%)

Tara: 186 pounds (-3, 1.59%)

Kristin: 245 pounds (-6, 2.39%)

Helen: 169 pounds (-2, 1.17%)

Filipe: 252 pounds (-7, 2.27%)

Sione: 256 pounds (-4, 1.54%)

Laura: 205 pounds (-8, 3.76%)

That puts Sione and Helen below the yellow line, and Laura will be picking between the two of them. It would be fair to say that, if they had not eaten at the temptation, they probably would not be below the yellow line. This is a no brainer. Granted, I’ve thought that before and found there to be a lack of brains on campus.

Vote
Laura: Sione

With the only vote, Sione has been eliminated. Sione is down from his starting weight of 372 pounds to 235 now. He has decided to change careers and become a trainer.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser 7 Episode 15, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.