We never did find out who the two new trainers are in The Biggest Loser Season 11 Episode 1, but 10 people gained immunity by picking them, while Ana became the first casualty of the voting room.
Alison walks in, and already they know something bad’s about to happen. She tells them that the other 5 teams lost more than these 6 did. Let the vagueness continue. With that, they are given a challenge: if they lose a higher percentage of weight loss, they will all have immunity. Additionally, the group that wins the weigh-in wins $10,000. Not to be left out, the unknown teams also get to participate in that challenge.
Bob sees Marci as someone who’s carrying around a lot of guilt, for letting her daughter get up to over 400 pounds. While Courtney tries to deflect the bullets from her mom, it’s fair to place at least part of the blame on the parents if a 22 year old has abused herself that much.
Arthur, who it would be fair to call a Twinkie away from a heart attack, is having a great workout, managing to run at 5 miles an hour on the treadmill.
Denise was teased by her father growing up, having been called Dumb Deni because her siblings got better grades. She’ll use that as her motivation.
Jillian blames Jay for making his daughter feel guilty and, therefore, unable to lose weight. She needs him to tell her he’s going to do it, with or without her help. I don’t get it. Just do it. Using your father as an excuse isn’t going to help you any.
The ranch contestants receive a gift from their opponents: two dozen donuts. They take them outside and crush them. Cops Dan & Don would like to see a little more originality. Although grabbing the donuts off the ground is tempting to Arthur, he is able to resist, even though the three second rule dictates he is allowed to partake.
Doc H’s first visit of the season is never good. Courtney’s inner age is 40, 18 years older than her chronological age. Want to know when Dan is going to die? March 29, 2020. The murder weapon: cigarettes, sugar, chocolate, and corn chips. This is a crime the brothers may want to consider solving. Arthur has 370 pounds of excess hydrated fat, even after losing 150 pounds. His inner age is 60, compared to his actual age of 34.
The unknowns send another package, which says “Play me.” It’s all about taunting them.
At the challenge, the ranch contestants have to beat the time set by the unknowns. They will have to get everyone from the beach across the canal using rafts to build a bridge. The unknowns completed the challenge in 38:23 a few hours before. The winning team will receive a 3 pound advantage. Alison allows them some time to strategize. Well, the good thing is they have plenty of strategies. The bad thing is they haven’t picked one. Nobody is emerging as a leader, and they can’t communicate with each other. A few people are standing on shore with their hands on their hips, apparently just waiting for the clock to finish ticking. They’re not even going to be able to make this remotely interesting. They don’t all get halfway across before time expires.
With Jillian sick, Bob’s left to deal with the contestants on his own. He thinks 3 pounds is a lot, although it can be overcome.
I was thinking we were gonna see the unknown trainers this week. Just shadowed out people who we can only see from the back and side. Maybe next week then.
Bob doesn’t like Alison’s use of the phrase that the unknowns destroyed them at the challenge. The problem with his objection is that her term is accurate. They fell apart fairly humiliatingly, not so much because they are the underdogs but more because they could not get their act together and work, well, together.
Rulon continued his losses, with 17 pounds lost this week. Moses lost 12 pounds, for a 2 week total of 53. In total, the 10 of them lost 79 pounds. The 3 pound advantage brings them to 82 pounds, for a total percentage of weight loss of 2.46%, a decent number for week 2, but not insurmountable. In order to beat that, the ranch team needs to lose more than 78 pounds, a little more than 7 pounds each. Arthur’s excited, saying that their goal was 140 pounds.
Irene: 232 pounds (-10, 4.13%)
Don: 280 pounds (-8, 2.78%)
Dan: 263 pounds (-5, 1.87%)
Black Total: 543 pounds (-13, 2.34%)
Olivia: 239 pounds (-6, 2.45%)
Hannah: 226 pounds (-6, 2.59%)
Purple Total: 465 pounds (-12, 2.52%)
Jennifer: 250 pounds (-8, 3.10%)
Jay: 364 pound (-10, 2.67%)
Green Total: 614 pounds (-18, 2.85%)
Courtney: 298 pounds (-10, 3.25%)
Marci: 218 pounds (-6, 2.68%)
Aqua Total: 516 pounds (-16, 3.01%)
Arthur: 463 pounds (-13, 2.73%)
Jesse: 278 pounds (-8, 2.80%)
Blue Total: 741 pounds (-21, 2.76%)
With 90 pounds lost, the on campus players have lost 2.81%, easily enough to beat the unknowns. They beat them by 11 pounds, which is the amount they lost by last week. Everybody is immune, and they’ve got $10k to split between themselves.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 11 Episode 3, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.