Month: April 2010

The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 12

Stephanie was sent packing in The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 11, but we ended the show with on extra person since both Victoria and Melissa returned.

Melissa doesn’t get why the rest of the house is not playing the game still. Here we are in week 12, and they’re talking about some steel sharpening steel nonsense.

With the simple push of a button, somebody could win immunity. Each person gets a card, which gets them access to the scale any time they want. Each card tells them how much weight they have to lose. The first person to lose more than 2% of their body weight this week wins immunity. They only get one shot, and nobody gets to try once somebody else gets immunity. Last week, 7 out of 12 people did not reach 2% by the weigh in, and 3 of the other 5 made it by a pound. When they hit that button, everybody will know because they’ll hear the sound of a siren that sounds like a tornado warning. Furthermore, if they hit the mark successfully, they will have those extra days added to the following week.

Melissa’s wheels are spinning as usual. Bob warns her that if she plays the game, it can bite her in the ass, so she needs to tread carefully.

Dr. H says it’s perfectly safe for them to lose 2% of their weight in terms of fat. However, if they lose muscle, water, etc., it may potentially be dangerous.

Sunshine has decided that she’d rather hit below 200 pounds than weighing in early.

The evening of day 2, somebody hits that button. Way too early. It’s Victoria. She has to lose 6 pounds, but she has not yet hit that mark.

To win the challenge, they will need to carry 100 1-pound weights from the bottom of the swimming pool. Reward is a two week trip for two to The Biggest Loser Resort at Fitness Ridge. The penalty for coming in last is a one pound disadvantage at the weigh in. When they’re done getting all their weights, they’re free to help a friend, or not. There are colored weights everywhere.

Sunshine takes the early lead, and Sam is right behind her. People start getting kicked in the head pretty quickly as everybody goes down for weights in the same spot at the same time. Sunshine hits 50 first. Sam is right behind her at 50 as well. Victoria is 48. The rest of the field is out of it with Michael and O’Neal competing for last at this point, although it’s pretty clear that once Sunshine finishes, she’ll boost her father to safety. Sunshine’s still got that lead at 90, as Sam retains his gap of a few steps. At 98, Sam finally passes her by a second, but she retakes the lead on the final leg to win the challenge. Her immediate goal is to save her father, who’s been running in last place throughout the challenge. Koli says he’s fine, and he sends Sam to help O’Neal as well. Victoria finishes third, an impressive showing for someone who just got to campus. Once O’Neal’s safe, they have another option to pursue: they can screw over Melissa, who’s been running third to last. That’s exactly what happens. She’s amused they’re helping one of the biggest players in the house. However, this shows that she may be playing the game, but she’s not necessarily playing it smart. All these people who have alliances are the ones who aren’t guaranteed to be dead in the water the first time they go under the line.

Sam and Koli wait until everybody goes to sleep to get in a good workout. They plan to hit that buzzer in the morning. There’s no question that Melissa will be pressing that button. She’s awake at 3:00 on the fourth day working out. That morning, Andrea wakes up to the sounds of a siren. It’s Sam. He has 6 pounds to lose. Not only has he made it, but he’s actually lost 10 pounds, or 3.82%.

Jillian wants Sunshine to be an independent woman, rather than living her life under her father. That encourages her to go to O’Neal and tell him she feels proud of herself for the first time and can do it on her own.

Koli: 276 pounds (-5, 1.78%)
Daris: 233 pounds (-4, 1.69%)
Michael: 372 pounds (-9, 2.36%) – over 150 pounds lost
Ashley: 264 pounds (-7, 2.58%)
Sunshine: 195 pounds (-7, 3.47%, immune)
O’Neal: 283 pounds (-8, 2.75%) – over 100 pounds lost
Victoria: 272 pounds (-11, 3.89%)
Andrea: 225 pounds (-2, 0.88%) – complaining it’s all for nothing
Melissa: 175 pounds (-3, +1, 1.12%)

That puts Melissa and Andrea below the yellow line. No point in even bothering with the formality of a vote. Neither can win, but this vote is personal. Andrea claims she realized this week that she deserves to be in the final four, although that begs the question what all that talk about the week being a waste of time was about. Melissa’s argument is that she’s the safer choice. In terms of potential weight loss, she’s certainly the lesser threat, even if her results of weight loss percentage throughout the season thus far are about the same as Andrea’s.

Votes
Koli: Melissa
O’Neal: Melissa
Daris: Melissa
Michael: Melissa
Victoria: Melissa

With 5 votes, Melissa is not The Biggest Loser. She says that her marriage with Lance has now been saved. 6 weeks later, they run a half marathon for her 40th birthday, apparently without a ride from a producer.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 13, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina Episode 7

Timbila switched things up and turned on Sandi in Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina Episode 6. Meanwhile, Gys and Izak were caught in a tribal shuffle.

Gys continues to spread his efforts to break up Hanna and Sade. Now he’s trying to convince his new tribe that it would be a good move.

Nico is passing out parchments. Everybody must rate everybody else on a scale of 1-10. Afterward, they will get on stumps based on how they are ranked.

First: Okkert
Second: Louw and Izak
Third: Gys
Fourth: Hanna
Fifth: Kaseran
Sixth: Sade
Seventh: Ashley
Eighth: GiGi
Ninth: ProVerb

Okkert says he should be somewhere in the middle. Pro says he’s underrated.

It’s time to merge. The new tribe name is Kululama. As the lowest ranked member, ProVerb will leave immediately for his new beach. Everybody else gets a beach bar from Liqui-Fruit. While they get refreshment, Pro’s not completely screwed. No, he gets a clue to the hidden immunity idol, although his time alone is insufficient to allow him to find it. However, he believes he has found where it is, but he’ll need to find some time to dig.

GiGi wanted everybody else to be ranked higher than her so that they are targets. Granted, if you finish that far below everybody else, it’s hard to claim it’s intentional.

Sade believes that Chibudu has the numbers, seeing as Izak’s been with their tribe for a couple of days. On the contrary, Izak tells Kaseran that his plan is to get rid of Sade first, although he says he’s never going to vote for Okkert out of respect.

Ashley’s already planning for the future. Her request is that nobody on her side chooses alliance members to go on rewards.

At the immunity challenge, they are given 15 seconds to memorize symbols, which they must then replicate on their own structures. The lowest scores after the first round are Ashley (8 out of 10), Okkert (8 out of 10), Sade (9 out of 10), and Izak (8 out of 10). GiGi, Louw, Gys, Kaseran, Hanna, and ProVerb will all play round 2. The lowest scores are GiGi (5 out of 10), Louw (6 out of 10), Gys (6 out of 10), and Pro (6 out of 10). Hanna and Kas advance to the final round. Hanna got 1 wrong. Kaseran wins immunity.

Following a puzzle challenge, the logical move is to get rid of Okkert. They may not get a lot of opportunities. It does not seem likely that is the move the tribe will pursue, however.

Chibudu is targeting Louw, apparently because Izak suggested it when they were on a tribe together. Now Izak seems to be shying away from a Louw vote. They don’t care. They’re voting for Louw anyway.

Timbila now wants to get rid of Hanna, instead of Sade.

Votes
Hanna
Hanna
Louw
Louw
Louw
Hanna
Louw
Hanna
Louw
Hanna

We have a tie. Since this is a new tribe, no prior votes are considered. Therefore, we go to an elimination game known as the skull. Hanna and Louw both step forward. When the clock starts, they must count to 30 seconds in their head. The closest to 30 seconds survives. Louw touches first and Hanna immediately after. With a time of 47 seconds, Louw is safe. Hanna has been eliminated, shifting the power Timbila’s way.

Stay tuned to dingorue for another recap of Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina Episode 8.

The Celebrity Apprentice 3 Episode 4

Darryl Strawberry quit in The Celebrity Apprentice 3 Episode 3, saving Michael Johnson from being fired in the process.

Michael nominates Rod Blagojevich for project manager. Selita Ebanks volunteers for the women. The project managers will be getting on a plane and be separated from their teams.

When they arrive at the airport, the project managers are given the task. They will be flying to the Universal Orlando Resort to check out The Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction. Then they will report their findings back to their teams, who will create and present a 3D interactive display to generate buzz. After their tour, they will fly back to NYC to rejoin their teams. Per FAA regulations, they must turn off their cell phones until they land.

Cyndi has brought in a dry erase board on which they can write down their ideas. A very good plan. Unless you ask Holly, who shoots it down. Sharon tells them that, without Cyndi, they’d be like watching ice melt.

Curtis Stone has a concern. Rod has no clue how to use a computer. If the task is to manage them remotely via the web, they’re pretty well screwed. Luckily, the project managers have two choices of communication: text or telephone. We know Rod can handle the latter choice.

Selita uses the flight to brainstorm. As for Rod, well, the flight is pretty much a waste of time.

The governor finally figures out how to use his new fangled phone to call his team. He tells them the task, hoping they know what a 3D display is because he doesn’t. Bret has been assigned to manage the design, Curtis is in charge of communication, Goldberg for graphics, and Michael will handle finances and timing.

As the girls go at each other, Maria sits back, not really supporting either side’s argument.

Selita’s able to text her team on the limo ride to meet with the executives. All Rod can do is sit and look around.

Upon arrival, she’s also able to take pictures with her phone, which he presumably does not have any idea how to do.

One good thing Rod did was to assign tasks. Bret’s already got an idea developing, whereas the women are mostly just sitting around unwilling to make a decision because their project manager is not there. Problem is he delegates task, then his responsiblity ends there.

On the plane back, Selita keeps watching the DVD over and over again. Rod? He’s sleeping.

Sharon’s still sickly, and the sawdust isn’t helping her any.

George, who was Trump’s right hand man on the show until the Trump children took over, is back for the week. He thinks the women have a great project… if they can pull it off.

His counterpart is Erin Burnett from CNBC. Bret keeps talking to her because he thinks she’s hot. Her concern is Rod’s lack of technical knowledge.

Rod is happy with what he sees when he arrives, although he’s not happy that Michael and Curtis are eating dinner. Really?

Selita likes what she sees as well, but she nitpicks over some things that she doesn’t like. She also finally assigns some roles to her team.

Rod has decided to do improv for the presentation because that’s what kids respond to better. So the plan for the presentation is simple: they don’t have one.

The guys are still missing a lot of stuff, so Curtis and Michael head to the prop store. Rod doesn’t have any ideas and tells them to use their judgment. This is becoming a common theme with him.

When all’s said and done, the women’s display is a wand room, while the men have recreated a castle.

The women think they may well all have come off as crazy ladies. The men have opted to go with a fog machine, so whatever they’re doing becomes irrelevant because nobody can see after a while anyway. Bret acknowledges that it was a disaster. He hopes to win them over with free candy and merchandise.

A key factor here is that the kids will play a role in the decision. Working with kids can be difficult and unpredictable.

Michael thinks that Rod didn’t give a lot of direction. What he did give he gave mostly to Bret.

Curtis would have liked to have some more communication, either by text or e-mail. Erin got the feeling the guys were trying to fill in the gaps as a result.

Maria denies that there was a weak link. Summer agrees, for a change not tearing into Cyndi.

Trump has a question: who will Selita take back if they lose? She doesn’t want to answer that question just yet.

The executives and the kids liked the overall display from the guys. They also liked putting the spell on the tree, although they were concerned the tree looked too Goldberglike and that there were some inaccuracies.

As for the women, the audience liked the costume and the wind. However, they didn’t think they gave enough attention to the theme park.

The women are the winners again. Selita will be receiving $20,000 for her charity, Shine on Sierra Leone.

In defending himself, Rod still doesn’t know any of the words he’s talking about.

Bret will not be coming back to the boardroom. Curtis and Michael will be. This provides Trump the opportunity to debate whether Bret should come back for 10 minutes. It’s very clear that no matter how much Trump pushes, Rod’s not going to change his mind. So Trump, stop asking him over and over again.

Based on this project, Rod says that Curtis should be fired.

Curtis thinks Rod was a poor project manager who didn’t know how to communicate.

Following an excessively and unnecessarily drawn out boardroom, Rod Blagojevich has been fired.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Celebrity Apprentice 3 Episode 5, which airs Sunday at 9/8c on NBC.

The Amazing Race 16 Episode 8

After they failed to bring their map to the pit stop in The Amazing Race 16 Episode 7, Jet & Cord finished last but were non-eliminated.

Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.

First: Steve & Allie – 7:22PM
Second: Dan & Jordan – 7:36PM
Third: Brent & Caite – 9:15PM
Fourth: Louie & Michael – 9:16PM
Fifth: Carol & Brandy – 10:19PM
Sixth: Jet & Cord – 10:22PM

Without their backpacks, Steve & Allie are left only with the clothes on their backs. The scrambling starts right away.

Teams will now fly 5700 miles to Penang, Malaysia, where their first destination is the Snake Temple. Everybody will board the 2AM charter boat to the airport, where everybody will also get the same 21 hour flight via Dubai.

The detour is a choice between Buddhist tradition or Chinese custom. In Buddhist tradition, teams will lug a set 12 giant incense sticks up a steep incline of 150 steps. In Chinese custom, teams will choose a pair of 32 foot poles that they must balance on their foreheads and walk 120 feet.

Dan & Jordan get a lead thanks to an aggressive taxi driver, but they tell him to go away. The bad news is that either detour will require cab travel. They’re not alone in making this mistake, though. Of course, Jet & Cord told their driver to wait, and he left anyway, putting them in last place. Not wanting to sit in traffic, at the suggestion of their cab driver, Steve & Allie and Dan & Jordan decide to make a run for it. To make matters worse, they go to the wrong location. Steve & Allie get their cab driver back, but Dan & Jordan are now left to wander aimlessly on foot. They end up finding another cab driver. Steve & Allie, however, have a driver without a clue. He follows “I don’t know” with “No problem.” The first one turns out to be right, so they decide to go to the other detour instead. That decision lasts all of about three seconds before Allie says she can’t do that detour. Adding insult to injury, their cab driver who they told to wait has taken off. Not that he would have been able to find the place anyway.

Buddhist tradition: Dan & Jordan, Brent & Caite, Carol & Brandy, Louie & Michael, Steve & Allie (switched from Buddhist tradition to Chinese custom to Buddhist tradition)
Chinese custom: Jet & Cord

The teams with the incense sticks realize quickly they’ll probably have to make half a dozen trips up and down. This will prove much easier for the all male teams (though Louie sounds like he’s dying as usual), while Carol & Brandy struggle. Cord figures out the flag carrying almost immediately. Jet figures it out shortly thereafter, putting them in first.

The seaside village of Teluk Bahang is the next stop. It’s there that Jet & Cord see their speed bump, in which they must determine which tea is made from a bowl of crushed spice. They are wrong on their first attempt of three possible attempts. Their second guess is correct.

Returning back to the temple, Jet & Cord are first to the road block. The road block is to take part in two hindu rituals. They must smash coconuts to find one with a bright color, then they must build a traditional miniature offering known as a float to be set off to sea. It’s all dumb luck, but it all seems moot considering how far behind Steve & Allie are.

Road block (in order of arrival): Jet, Carol, Louie, Caite, Jordan, Allie

The pit stop for this leg of the race is the Pinang Peranakan Mansion, built 100 years ago by one of the island’s wealthiest residents.

First: Jet & Cord (win a trip to Maui)
Second: Carol & Brandy
Third: Louie & Michael
Fourth: Brent & Caite
Fifth: Dan & Jordan
Eliminated: Steve & Allie

The anticlimactic conclusion is that Steve & Allie have been eliminated.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 16 Episode 9 Dumb Did Us in (Singapore), which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina Episode 6

They’ve been waiting for a while to get rid of Darren, and they found their chance in Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina Episode 5.

ProVerb’s been on the outside with his tribe, so he’s likely to be the next target.

Everybody will be pirates for the reward challenge. They must do a hostile takeover of the other tribe’s boat, but without too much violence. They must walk over the gang plank and be the one who remains standing. Reward is pillows, mosquito nets, and a hammock. ProVerb sits out for Timbila, which still leads by one thanks to the two quitters from the other end. ProVerb drops Gys first. Once that happens, all of Timbila rushes to the other side and starts tossing Chibudu overboard. They quickly get rid of most of the tribe, but Hanna and Okkert aren’t going down without a fight. The girls are struggling with Hanna. Realizing that Okkert’s not going anywhere, one of the guys comes over to help Sandi and Ashley to throw Hanna overboard. That will leave everybody to fight against Okkert. Kaseran is out. Then Ashley falls in, bringing Izak with her. Despite their odds, it appears Timbila has thrown this challenge away. Sandi’s the last person left standing against Okkert. Chibudu wins reward. Louw is angry, saying that Okkert did not play fair.

Each tribe must select an ambassador to capture an opposing tribemate, who will be part of their tribe from that point forward. That person will be granted immunity for the next tribal council. They will also be able to obtain an item of value from the other team.

Okkert will be the ambassador for his tribe, so that they don’t take him. Before he departs, the tribe hides everything.

Louw is the ambassador for his tribe. The one thing they wanted right away, which is the first thing Chibudu thought of hiding, was the tool that Hein gave them. They pretend Okkert carries it with him. He doesn’t want something else. Louw has noticed that they seem to have run out of everything. No tools, no pots, no chickens. Gys offers up the chicken. Realizing they’re playing games, he takes Gys and walks away. Sade believes they’ve given the other tribe reason to hate them and come for them. A fair statement. There’s playing smart, and then there’s just cheating. I hope it backfires.

Okkert grabs Izak, as if his tribe’s not physically dominant enough.

Louw blames Gys, the patriarch of his tribe. Gys lies without shame.

Two giant balls will be released into the pit at the same time. Three members of each tribe will have to push their ball into their opponent’s score zone. Gys, Ashley, and Sandi go against Sade, Hanna, and Izak. The girls defend against the girls, while Gys defends against Izak. The guys are standing still in a corner. Sandi and Ashley score for Timbila. Okkert, Izak, and GiGi go against ProVerb, Ashley, and Louw. It comes down to Okkert against Louw. Louw just keeps getting shoved around. Okkert eventually gets a warning to be less rough, but it’s irrelevant. Chibudu ties it 1-1. Izak, Okkert, and Hanna go against Kaseran, Gys, and Sandi. This time Okkert goes against Gys. Another predictable conclusion. Chibudu wins immunity.

It’s too bad they can’t get rid of Gys for that stunt his tribe pulled.

Pro seemed to be the next one on the chopping block. The other option is Sandi, whose post-merge loyalty is being questioned.

ProVerb approaches Gys about getting rid of Louw. When he goes to the rest of the tribe with this, he doesn’t get the positive response he’d hoped for. Instead, they say they’re not sure.

Votes
ProVerb
Sandi
Sandi
Sandi
Sandi

With 4 votes, Sandi has been voted off the island.

Stay tuned to dingorue for another recap of Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina Episode 7.

Lost Season 6 Epsiode 10

Lost Season 6 Episode 9 was the tale of Richard, bringing us back over 100 years to when he first arrived on the island. Upon arrival, he sided with Jacob over the black smoke, but now he’s changed his mind. Until Hurley told him that his wife said he has to stop the man in black, or otherwise they’re all going to hell.

Locke says that the only way they can leave the island is if all the uncrossed off names go together.

At the airport, Jin is told that they’re going to be “confiscating” his $25,000. He doesn’t ask any questions. He just does what Sun’s father tells him to do.

When they arrive at the hotel, Jin wants a second room. He knows enough English to say they’re not married.

Before Locke goes off on an errand, Sayid says he doesn’t feel anything. Anger, happiness, pain, all gone.

Jin takes Locke’s departure as his cue to bail. He’s going to get away from Locke and go find his wife. Well, he would, if he weren’t just tasered, along with everybody else. Lucky him, he’s the one they want.

Ilana’s plan is to wait until Richard comes back. Ben is skeptical about this plan, seeing as Richard went storming off into the jungle after he told them they were all in hell and he didn’t know what to do.

Deciding that Jin’s not just there on business and Sun’s not there just for shopping, they decide to get busy in her hotel room.

Locke has managed to find Sun with a message that he’s found her husband, but she doesn’t believe him, so she runs away. A chase through the jungle ensues. Sun loses, crashing into a tree.

Back on the mainland, Sun’s got an idea. They should run away together.

Later, Sun is awakened by Ben. As for Locke, he returns to find a bunch of people lying on the ground. Where is Jin? He’s locked up in a creepy looking room. Room 23. It’s where the Dharma Initiative was doing experiments on subliminal messages. There are some maps. Whoever signed them should be able to help. Looks like that would be Jin.

Claire’s name is not on the wall. Neither is Kate’s. Regardless, Locke wants both of them. Kate could be of assistance rounding up the others. Once she does, whatever happens happens.

Sun and Jin are busted partially clothed by her father’s contact, but he doesn’t really care about that. He just wants his money.

Having hit her head, Sun has forgotten how to speak an entire language, making her capable of only communicating in Korean now.

Richard returns with Hurley, instructing the others to pack their bags and get ready to leave. They’re going to destroy the plane so that Locke can’t get on it. Of course, if they destroy that plane, that means the rest of them won’t be able to get off the island, which does not sit well with the woman screaming in Korean.

Walking on the beach, Locke is shot at. I don’t think that’s going to work. He goes peacefully to meet Widmore, who denies having kidnapped Jin. A wise man once said that war is coming to the island. It just got there.

Sun had intended to get the money out of her bank account so that she could pay off her father’s associate. But when she arrives at the bank, her account is closed and empty. Her father had the funds transferred to one of his accounts. As for Jin, this would explain why he was tied up and in a refrigerator. It seems that $25k was this guy’s fee for killing him for not keeping his hands off the boss’s daughter.

Jin is handed a camera. It’s a picture of his daughter, who he’s never seen before. Widmore’s warning is that everything and everyone would cease to exist if that John Locke thing gets off the island. It’s time for him to see the package. It’s not a what. It’s a who.

The shooting outside the door catches us up to where we were before. Sayid opens up the door to discover Jin. He hands him a razor to free himself and wishes him luck. When Sun returns, we see a bunch of people on the ground, mostly dead. The guy with her might consider looking behind him and seeing Jin with a gun. In the shootout, Sun gets hit as well. And that news she wanted to tell him before they were interrupted in the room: she’s pregnant.

Jack has a theory. Just because Sun can’t speak English doesn’t mean she can’t write it. This theory is correct, but she’s gonna run out of paper pretty fast.

If Widmore didn’t blow Locke right out of the water, Saywer thinks they’re screwed. That makes him walking back to join them bad news then.

Who’s the package? That would apparently be Desmond.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Lost Season 6 Episode 11 Happily Ever After, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on ABC.

Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina Episode 5

They wanted to vote out Darren in Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina Episode 4 but had to settle for Lady Lea instead after he used the hidden immunity idol.

Okkert’s starting to become the provider for his tribe following Hein’s visit. This may well prove a threat to Gys.

Timbila finds it awkward to have gotten rid of someone else other than Darren. They all say they’re mad at him because of what he said at tribal council. As if they liked him before.

Gys and Okkert are looking to get rid of either Sade or Hanna to break up their alliance. As the only non-Afrikaans speaker, Sade’s starting to feel like an outcast. She also realizes she’s useless at challenges.

The challenge is for reward and immunity. One tribe member will be a swimmer and make their way out to the raft. Then the remaining tribe members will pull that person and raft back to shore. The puzzle pieces will be used to build a ladder to get to the top of the tower. Reward will be chickens. Louw and Okkert are the swimmers. Both of the tribes are struggling to untie the knot to give their swimmers enough slack. Timbila is struggling a lot more, though, which is further complicated by Louw not being as strong a swimmer as Okkert, who at one point was one of the top athletes in the world. Okkert is the first to reach the platform and the raft, and he’s the first to get the raft undone. Their rope comes untied from the raft, but the wasted time is not enough to cost them the lead. Louw finally unlatches the raft, so his tribe can start pulling it in now that the other tribe is already on the beach. Chibudu’s established a lead that once again doesn’t look like it can be overcome, leading by about five steps. Chibudu wins immunity and reward.

Darren assumes he’s a goner again. Louw says that perhaps it might be good to keep him around since he’s the most skilled at the game, but that doesn’t seem to be a truthful statement. Just in case, he has a backup plan: Kaseran.

Ashley warns Kas that Louw’s trying to rally support against him. They’d like to keep ProVerb around as a swing vote, but they find him of no other use.

Darren has a last dying request for the tribe: just hold back for one more time.

At tribal council, Izak says there’s a group of 4 or 5 people. So who else is the odd man out? Darren says he’ll see Kas soon. Pro doesn’t have an understanding what’s going on within the tribe.

Playing with their minds one last time, Darren pretends he’s going for a hidden idol, only to open an empty pocket.

Votes
Louw
Darren
Darren
Darren
Darren

Although they pretended as if there were some shot it wouldn’t happen, Darren has been voted off the island. Nico’s question: what happens when everybody stops agreeing? Darren is looking forward to some serious backbiting and throat ripping.

Stay tuned to dingorue for another recap of Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina Episode 6.

The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 11

Lance was voted off in The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 10, apparently because the team considered him a threat.

So far, 4 people have lost over 100 pounds. Now the teams are being split up, and they are going to singles.

Allison guarantees that the next Biggest Loser is in the gym. She just can’t guarantee that it’ll be one of them. They’re back. All of the eliminated contestants have returned, and someone will get a second shot. Their weight loss is not the determining factor, although they will be weighing in. Nor will it be a competition. Instead, it will be a simple vote. Who are the remaining contestants willing to allow to come back? They can vote for anyone other than their former teammate.

John is comfortable that he’s got some friends remaining in the house. Vicky, who was eliminated week 1, assumes she’s dead in the water. Melissa assumes she also has no chance in hell, so her pitch will be that she’s not a threat. Cherita wants her daughter Victoria to be granted a third chance to come into the house, since she has been booted both prior times after losing a competition. Migdalia is the only one who has not returned since she is at home taking care of her kids.

Darrell: 309 pounds (-104, 25.18%)
Sherry: 156 pounds (-62, 28.44%)
Miggy: 191 pounds (-49, 20.42%)
Victoria: 285 pounds (-73, 20.39%)
Melissa: 182 pounds (-51, 21.89%)
Lance: 274 pounds (-91, 24.93%)
Cheryl: 176 pounds (-51, 22.47%)
John: 399 pounds (-85, 17.56%)
Patti: 197 pounds (-46, 18.93%)
Maria: 224 pounds (-57, 20.28%)
James: 413 pounds (-72, 14.85%)
Cherita: 230 pounds (-47, 16.97%)

Now that they have all weighed in and are stacked up on the scoreboard, it’s time to vote.

Votes
Ashley: John
O’Neal: Victoria
Daris: Darrell
Stephanie: James
Sam: John
Koli: John
Sunshine: Victoria
Andrea: Victoria
Michael: Victoria

With 4 votes, Victoria will be returning to the show. The contestants voting for her hope to give her the shot they feel she didn’t have before. She could prove to be a wild card since she has no alliances. She’s done a pretty good job on her own, and she’ll end up being a bigger threat than some of the others.

It’s not over yet, though. There’s another way back in the game. They will get one more chance to compete in a challenge to earn a spot on campus. They grab their sweatshirts and head outside. This is an up down challenge. The first player to 1000 steps earns a spot. Miggy takes the lead with Melissa right behind her. James is in pain the whole way. Melissa is the first to 100. She’s also the first to 250. Both of them are recalling week 4 when Miggy and her daughter were being bitches. Sherry is in third place about 10 behind Melissa. Around 300 steps, her shoe comes untied, so she kicks it off. Lance is in fourth but far enough out of it that he’s probably not a threat. Around the 3/4 mark, Melissa leads 780-774-763-755 with the remaining order unchanged. Around the 24 minute mark, Miggy runs out of breath. When she hits 900, Melissa has somehow manged to get a massive lead. Sherry’s dropped more than 100 behind, and Lance is also quite a ways behind. Melissa wins the challenge, beating her husband by 76 steps.

Melissa’s not a particularly big threat, but that said, none of the other contestants want her there either.

To protect them and give them some time to get settled, both Melissa and Victoria have immunity this week.

Ashley is starting to grow skeptical of her ally Stephanie. Koli, too, is suspicious. Perhaps Stephanie threw that weigh in when she lost 2 pounds. That was the week in which Ashley’s mom was sent home.

Bob wants O’Neal to conquer the stairs, which have been a thorn in his side for 15 or 20 years.

During the last chance workout, a crying Stephanie walks out of the gym. She says she’s afraid she will go home but not on her own terms. I’m not sure what that means. Jillian warns her that she’s alienating herself from the rest of the house.

Ashley decides to confront Stephanie. She can’t trust her. The accusation that she threw that weigh in is far fetched, and she denies it. After they talk, it seems that Andrea and Ashley are back on Stephanie’s side.

Victoria: 283 pounds (-2, 0.70%, immune)
Melissa: 178 pounds (-4, 2.20%, immune)

O’Neal: 291 pounds (-4, 1.36%) – and he conquers the stairs
Ashley: 271 pounds (-5, 1.81%) – over 100 pounds lost
Michael: 381 pounds (-8, 2.06%)
Koli: 281 pounds (-6, 2.09%)
Andrea: 227 pounds (-5, 2.16%)
Daris: 237 pounds (-7, 2.87%)
Sam: 262 pounds (-2, 0.76%)
Sunshine: 202 pounds (-6, 2.88%)
Stephanie: 198 pounds (-1, 0.50%)

Stephanie and Sam have fallen below the yellow line. Neither a particularly big threat, but both have good relationships within the house, so it seems. Sam promises to keep people working if he sticks around. Stephanie says her problem was stress.

Votes
Koli: Stephanie
Melissa: Sam
Sunshine: Stephanie
Andrea: Stephanie
Daris: Stephanie
Ashley: Stephanie

So much for Stephanie’s friends having patched things up with her. With 5 votes, Stephanie is not The Biggest Loser. In time for her 30th birthday, she is now down from a size 20 to a size 12 and has lost 96 pounds.

Closing out the show, Wayne will be weighing in. He’s a fan of the show who has dropped the weight on his own. A little more than two years ago, he weighed 674 pounds. Today, he weighs in 256 pounds, a decrease of 418 pounds.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 12, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.