The Biggest Loser Season 8 Episode 9 brought us a double elimination. First, Daniel fell below the red line and was automatically eliminated, then his partner Shay was voted out, dealing a crushing blow to the young people’s alliance.
Each person will be giving a speech. To help them get ready, Tim Gunn is there. It’s makeover week. Rudy normally wears jeans and T-shirts. He considers a flannel shirt to be dressed up. He wants to retain his beard in order to hide his face, but that’s not happening. Rebecca also wants to hide her face behind long hair (except it’s really not long). Before they give their speeches, they’re surprised by their families. Well, they act surprised anyway, even though this is how it goes every season. Now that they’ve done that, they’re ready to give their speeches in attempt to inspire people, promising that they’re going to finish their journey.
With that bit of glamour out of the way, it’s back to the ranch for some cables going across a canyon 200 feet in the air. They will use pulleys to go from one side to the other side, a distance of 700 feet. The winner will get a two week trip to The Biggest Loser Resort in St. George, Utah. Liz is excessively afraid for her life, while Rebecca flirts with the guy strapping her in. Rudy gets off to a clear lead, with Amanda trying to catch him. Rudy keeps his lead throughout and wins the challenge. Liz keeps her eyes closed the whole way. She just wants to finish, one way or another.
Bob wants to talk to Allen, who he thinks should be winning every challenge. Allen responds that he’s been playing the game.
Rudy revealed during his speech that his sister died of cancer when she was 14. Funny. Jillian didn’t know about that. How’s he been keeping that inside for three months? She pushes him to try to realize his problem, which she is not surprised to find out that he’s an emotional eater.
They haven’t had much time to workout this week, but that’s not going to prevent them from having to head to the scale.
Danny: 304 pounds (-12, 3.80%)
Rudy: 308 pounds (-16, 4.94%)
Allen: 238 pounds (-5, 2.06%)
Allen is disappointed with his weight loss for the week, which has the trainers concerned. They don’t want him doing anything crazy to try to win at all costs.
Rebecca: 206 pounds (-3, 1.44%)
Liz: 203 pounds (-3, 1.46%)
Amanda: 193 pounds (-9, 4.46%)
Liz and Rebecca have fallen below the yellow line. The choice is obvious here. Rebecca’s the bigger threat, and the silly young person alliance is not going to be able to save her. They both hope to swing Rudy and Allen. Rebecca’s pitch is that she’s never been below the yellow line, whereas Liz has been there three times now. If I’m hearing that plea, I’m thinking keep Liz around because she’ll probably fall again. Liz’s pitch is that she’s older and doesn’t have much time to get her act together.
In the event of a tie, the person with the lowest weight loss will be eliminated. By a margin of .02%, that would be Rebecca, meaning she needs the support of both Rudy and Allen.
Votes
Amanda: Liz
Danny: Rebecca
Rudy: Rebecca
With two votes, Rebecca is not the biggest loser. Rudy says he doesn’t like how she tried to play both sides of the fence. She acknowledges that she played the game, even though she was one of the most vocal people against people playing the game. Down 107 pounds from her starting weight of 279, she runs a half marathon.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser 8 Episode 11, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on NBC.