Having won the temptation, Laura was given the sole vote in The Biggest Loser Couples 2 Episode 14. With it, she voted out Sione.
Filipe’s sick of seeing finales and watching Jillian win. Mostly because he hates her.
When they get to the challenge, they know they’re in trouble. Each player will cross 700 feet suspended above a canyon up to 110 feet in the air. The winner will receive a $25,000 kitchen makeover and a restocked fridge (apparently, the restocked fridge was worth mentioning). Ron calls it quits within about two seconds. Tara’s the first one to fall off, allowing Filipe to take a large lead. Tara finally recovers and retakes second place from Mike. She’s slowly getting the hang of things and starts catching up to Filipe, still a blue shirt she’s chasing just a different person wearing that blue shirt than usual. As they approach the finish line, Tara takes the lead. Tara wins the challenge in 9:14. Filipe’s a quitter and doesn’t bother finishing despite only having about 20 feet left to go. The others want to reach the end, though.
Tara’s not the only one getting a makeover. Everybody will be since this is makeover week. They’re greeted by Tim Gunn when they arrive at Macy’s, and for some reason they’re surprised by this. They’ll be dressing for a Hollywood movie premiere.
Mike will be okay as long as he doesn’t have to wear pink. Tara is reluctantly okay with the suggestion of showing a little more skin. Helen doesn’t remember the last time she got dressed up to go out. They all receive a $1,000 gift card in their bags. Once they’re done shopping, they go to Warren-Tricomi Salon in LA to get their hair done. The stylists want to get them out of their old habits.
When they arrive at the movie premiere, the contestants are surprised to see their families waiting for them. Helen feels beautiful for the first time in a long time. Tara is happy to see that her mom has been inspired by her, as her mother has lost 40 pounds. Tara’s gone blonder, while Laura’s gone red. Ron’s freshly shaved for the first time since his wife has known him. Their other son Max will hopefully be inspired by their success, as he’s got a few hundred pounds to drop at age 17. Mike promises they’ll help him out when they get back home.
The movie they’re watching is The Biggest Loser Movie. Not exactly what you would call a Hollywood movie premiere, but it’s nice for them to see their journey so far.
As much fun as they’ve had this week, they haven’t had a lot of time to get in workouts.
Jillian has a weird feeling about Laura, so she sends her to the doctor to check out her hip. She has a very early stress fracture, the most severe sports related they’ve ever seen on this show. If it gets worse, she’ll have to go into surgery. The doctor rules out anything that causes pain. She won’t be able to run for three months, and any other significant calorie burning exercise is probably out.
The final 7 have lost 765 pounds so far.
Mike: 243 pounds (-5, 2.02%), a new record
Ron: 302 pounds (-6, 1.95%)
Tara: 182 pounds (-4, 2.15%)
Filipe: 247 pounds (-5, 1.98%)
Helen: 162 pounds (-7, 4.14%)
Kristin: 243 pounds (-2, 0.82%)
Laura: 208 pounds (+3, 1.46%)
Kristin and Laura, who’s not even allowed to walk up to the scale, are below the yellow line. While voting out Kristin would make the most strategic sense, I’d assume the contestants will make the humane decision and vote out Laura. This close to the finish line, though, that makes a lot less sense than going with strategy. Despite the injury, Laura asks the others to vote as if she were not injured. Kristin knows she’s a bigger threat and begs the others to not vote her out because of that.
Votes
Tara: Kristin
Ron: Laura
Mike: Laura
Helen: Kristin
Filipe: Laura
With three votes, Laura has been eliminated. Despite her very slow start as the weakest link, Laura was doing well until her injury. She will be going home with the care of The Biggest Loser doctors. She meets with the doctor again and sees that everything is going in the right direction. She’s also working with a physical therapist. Laura is down from her starting weight of 285 pounds to 208 pounds today.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser 7 Episode 16, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.