Leading his team to a loss in The Biggest Loser Season 15 Episode 4, Ruben fell below the red line and was eliminated.
Their challenge is a half hour cooking challenge, and the prize is a year’s worth of groceries. They must cook healthy meals that taste good. Red team cooks tapas that have 380 calories. White team has cooked ranch quesadillas with 420 calories. The blue team has also cooked quesadillas, hiding the veggies so that Biingo is tricked into eating them. Because they are able to get Biingo to overeat a food he claims not to like, the blue team wins the challenge.
Jillian hops in the pool and helps Craig overcome his fear of water. The red team’s last chance workout is not so happy. Tanya, who has been dragging behind the rest of the house, is sick and will not be joining them, though she does eventually get out of bed and perform her workout on her own.
Before the weigh in, an absurd announcement is made. Jillian broke the rules last week and gave her team caffeine supplements, which she defends by saying that this is healthier than letting them drink a lot of coffee. Their punishment is that they are given a 4 pound penalty at this week’s weigh in, 1 pound per person.
It doesn’t end there, though. Last week’s weigh in has been invalidated. Therefore, the blue team has immunity again. Furthermore, the person who was eliminated last week because he consistently pulled low numbers, Ruben, will be returning to the game. Yeah, the most famous contestant of the season is coming back, coincidentally.
It has been two weeks since the last weigh in, which will inflate these numbers a lot higher than they normally are.
Bobby: 298 pounds (-19, 5.99%)
Holley: 296 pounds (-19, 6.03%)
Hap: 348 pounds (-15, 4.13%)
Chelsea: 202 pounds (-13, 6.05%)
Matt: 294 pounds (-21, 6.67%)
Blue Total: 1438 pounds (-87, 5.70%)
Craig: 336 pounds (-14, 4.00%)
Marie: 213 pounds (-12, 5.33%)
Jay: 231 pounds (-13, 5.33%)
Tumi: 267 pounds (-13, 4.64%)
White Total: 1047 pounds (-52, +4, 4.37%)
David: 334 pounds (-13, 3.75%)
Jennifer: 224 pounds (-12, 5.08%)
Tanya: 224 pounds (-15, 6.28%)
Rachel: 198 pounds (-18, 8.33%)
Red Total: 980 pounds (-58, 5.59%)
With or without the penalty, the white team has lost the weigh in. As the person with the lowest percentage of weight loss on the losing team, Craig has fallen below the red line for the second time, and this time he has been eliminated.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 15 Episode 6, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.