Keeping the team as weak as possible, the black team voted out Abby in The Biggest Loser Season 8 Episode 7.
The contestants are preparing to make a trip to Washington, DC. Typically, trips off the ranch are not good news, no matter how good it may sound at first. Game aside, though, they will be going to Congress and the White House.
First thing’s first. They’re now all individuals.
In a few hours, Bob and Jillian will be giving a public workout at the Washington Monument. The pop challenge is for the contestants to get as many people as possible to participate. The reward is a huge advantage in the challenge, plus Subway for dinner. Amanda targets a group of people who recognize her from last year’s finale. Allen goes to the fire station. Liz lost cute 30 years ago, so her focus is guilt. Daniel utilizes his recognizability as well… turning Amanda’s supporters into his instead. In the end, it came down to 1 vote, with the battle between Liz and Allen. Liz wins reward.
Bob takes control of the group workout. Jillian, meanwhile, takes the opportunity to go pick on total strangers.
Their next stop is to go to Congress to share their stories. It’s not just a reality show. It’s a movement. Dan suggests better health education, as compared to his requirements of 1 semester of PE and 1 credit of health. Jillian says that people have no concept of what they’re putting in their mouths any more, which is spot on.
The city is filled with some of the most iconic landmarks. They will be visiting four of them because there are four stages to the challenge. Last person standing wins immunity. As her reward from the first challenge, Liz can skip one phase. A 1 mile run through Constitution Gardens is first. The top six finishers will continue. Rebecca, Allen, and Amanda are off to the lead. Battling Rudy for fourth, Daniel is noticing that things have changed since day 1 where he won in 12 minutes. Shay’s walking but knows she’ll finish. Liz is trying to keep ahead of Danny so that she doesn’t blow not having used that pass. Tracey, who is emotional remembering how she collapsed the first day, is keeping up a slow but steady jog. Rebecca finishes first, followed by Daniel edging out Allen. Amanda is fourth, then Rudy and lastly Liz to complete the top six.
The second stage of the competition takes place at Watergate. Each player has 17,954 pennies, the exact number of pounds lost to date on The Biggest Loser. Just as long as they don’t have to count them. The object is to fill the container to the line. Four people will advance. One of those will be Liz, who will use her advantage to avoid the exhaustion of this stairmaster challenge. Rudy’s strategy: big hands. You know what they say about people with big hands. They can pick up a lot of pennies. Allen and Daniel are behind him, while the girls bring up the rear. Rudy finishes first. Daniel places second. Amanda’s out of it. Allen and Rebecca battle down to the wire. Rebecca edges out Allen.
The US Capitol is the scene of a balancing act. They will be standing on their platforms on a narrow ledge while holding a pilates ball over their heads. Last two standing will advance. This time, it’s the men who are struggling early. Daniel is the first to fall. Liz follows.
Rudy and Rebecca will compete in the final part of this challenge, which takes place at the White House. The first person to take 206 steps wins (there have been 206 contestants on The Biggest Loser so far). Rebecca’s got a lead of about 3 when they hit 50. This lead keeps growing. She’s up by 11 when she hits 100. This lead eventually climbs to 30. When all’s said and done, Rebecca finishes first with a lead of 15 to win immunity.
The following day, they all head into the White House, where they will be cooking a meal with the chef, using vegetables planted in the President’s garden. Then they head into the White House kitchen. It’s like an episode of Cory in the House.
Jillian wants Tracey to stop playing games because this show isn’t a game (only it is). She’s gonna need more than gameplay to keep going, particulary when the show is over.
Amanda, who was whining much of last week, is Bob’s focus this week. She trusts Bob, and this time she doesn’t get off the treadmill crying.
Since they’re down to individuals, staying above the yellow line rests on each person’s own shoulders.
Rebecca: 219 pounds (-4, 1.79%, immune)
Shay: 393 pounds (-9, 2.24%)
Tracey: 194 pounds (-3, 1.52%)
Daniel: 261 pounds (-11, 4.04%)
Allen: 253 pounds (-9, 3.44%)
Danny: 333 pounds (-12, 3.48%)
Rudy: 332 pounds (-9, 2.64%)
Liz: 218 pounds (-3, 1.36%)
Amanda: 207 pounds (-7, 3.27%)
Liz and Tracey have fallen below the yellow line. The writing is on the wall here. Tracey’s the obvious target. Petty grudges aside, it’s the best game move. Not that some of these people will put their grudges aside. Such as the highly emotional pink team. Tracey really wants to be there. Liz probably does, too, but she doesn’t vocalize that.
Votes
Amanda: Tracey
Shay: Liz
Danny: Tracey
Daniel: Tracey
Rebecca: Tracey
With 4 votes, Tracey is not The Biggest Loser. She played the game too hard too fast and ultimately wasn’t able to back that up on the scale. From her starting weight of 238, Tracey is now down 85 pounds. She plans to run a marathon in December.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser 8 Episode 9, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.