In an emotional elimination, Julio was voted out in The Biggest Loser Season 8 Episode 4.
Allison greets the contestants with a bunch of silver platters first thing. It’s blue vs. black. One person will get to pick the teams. The power lies in a simple spin of the wheel. There are 36 spaces on the wheel, one of which contains the power. If you land on the other 35 spaces, you could get any number of things from cash to a 1000 calorie piece of cake. We’ve heard for weeks how this is not about gameplay. Let’s see how true that statement holds. Only Abby declines. For everybody else, it appears that playing the game is now acceptable.
Rudy spins first and gets a piece of cake. Rebecca gets a 280 calorie chocolate donut. Allen lands on a 100 calorie cupcake. Danny gets a much bigger 780 calorie cupcake. Tracey gets the golden ticket? How the…? Okay, now I know somebody’s going to blame her for something here, but they all had their chance as well. Granted, this is spooky. Most people are preparing to dodge out of the way of the lightning.
Back in the house, everybody is preparing for the worst, and here come the waterworks.
Blue Team (Bob): Tracey, Mo, Allen, Liz, Rudy, Rebecca
Black Team (Jillian): Daniel, Shay, Abby, Danny, Amanda, Dina
That leaves only two teams still intact, purple and orange. The others have all been split up, although it looks like it will be a reasonably fair fight, unless an issue of physical strength comes up.
Once that’s over, there’s plenty of time for more whining, but at the end of the day, these people wouldn’t have been happy no matter how the teams were chosen. Jillian intends to just beat her people so that they get over the drama.
Upset over losing Danny, Liz has one focus: get rid of Tracey before she herself is sent home. She’s going to kill herself if she has to. Then she collapses. As she’s recovering, she says that her head’s on straight, which means following her agenda.
Dina’s afraid of jumping on that stool. She doesn’t want Jillian to get mad that she’s wasting time. So… she walks out of the gym. With Rudy’s encouragement, she returns to the gym, where she reluctantly keeps trying.
Sometimes you have to carry your teammates; sometimes they have to carry you. Each team will race up the hill and through some mud to the finish line. The catch: they will be carrying one teammate on a platform. They are allowed to switch out throughout the race. Videos from home are the reward. Tracey and Abby will sit out. Dina agrees to be on the platform for the black team, while Rebecca is on it for the blue team. The blue team’s strategy is to take the early lead because the path can only fit one team. This strategy works. Going through the mud on the second mud pit, Amanda loses her shoe, so she hops on the platform for the black team. Regardless of what else may have happened in the challenge, the end result is unsurprising. The blue team, which had the lead the whole time, retains it to easily win the challenge. Rebecca has opted to give her video to Dina, but she declines, wanting to get on the step on her own.
Liz gets her buddy Danny to see his own video, pretending she wants him to come watch hers with her. He finds out that he’s already an inspiration, and his family is following in his footsteps and also losing weight.
Jillian’s goal at the last chance workout is to get her black team to realize they’re teamed with each other now, not with their prior teammates. Her other goal: get Dina on the platform. Not today.
Bob’s team goes off to 24 Hour Fitness for a change of pace, as he’s hoping to get his team to forget blue vs. black.
It’s time for the weigh-in.
Tracey: 206 pounds (-7, 3.29%)
Mo: 312 pounds (-6, 1.89%)
Allen: 278 pounds (-7, 2.46%)
Rudy: 369 pounds (-8, 2.12%)
Rebecca: 237 pounds (-7, 2.87%)
Liz: 232 pounds (-8, 3.33%)
Blue Total: -43 pounds, 2.56%
Abby: 208 pounds (-5, 2.35%)
Dina: 223 pounds (-6, 2.62%)
Amanda: 224 pounds (-6, 2.61%)
Danny: 372 pounds (-10, 2.62%)
Daniel: 276 pounds (-11, 3.83%)
Shay: 416 pounds (-16, 3.70%)
Black Total: -54 pounds, 3.05%
The blue team has fallen below the yellow line. Liz has the highest percentage of weight loss on her team, which makes her immune. It seems a foregone conclusion what’s going to happen from here. However, getting rid of Tracey would not be a smart move because she’s putting up good numbers, but logic doesn’t seem to be the method being used by some of them. Realizing he’s playing a game he never intended to play, Mo is the voice of reason. He’s putting up the lowest numbers, so the logical move here is to get rid of him. The excessively bitter Rebecca isn’t happy with this theory. Liz is thinking about going along with the vote, though, since she thinks Tracey trusts her.
Votes
Liz: Mo
Rudy: Mo
Tracey: Mo
Rebecca: Mo
With 4 votes, Coach Mo is not The Biggest Loser. So pretty much I’m going to have to listen to more of this for another week. Mo is down to 76 pounds from a starting weight of 355. He hopes to put some other people on the right path and their own journey.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser 8 Episode 6, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.