Richard and Sarah fell below red lines in The Biggest Loser Season 17 Episode 3 and were eliminated.
They season is already half over. That was fast.
Bob greets them with a luxury auction. Jacky gets to train with Bob for a day for $70 out of their $500 allotment. Rob gets four bikes for $50. Roberto gets cooking equipment for $130. Stephen jumps right to the Bahamas with a $500 bid, which seems a little silly to jump that high that fast. Not to be outdone, Toy bids $500 for a growing pound, a 1 pound advantage that increases by 1 pound per week each week it is not used. Erin bids $500 for one night with her boyfriend away from the ranch. Colby bids $500 for a mystery box, which turns out to be immunity.
Perhaps there’s some parallel between the auction and their lives. They went all in without hardly thinking. In the end, it proved to be a worthwhile strategy, seeing as the auction is over after a series of maximum bids.
The last chance challenge will have them flip truck tires and do step ups on them. Roberto, Felicia, and Stephen go against Colby, Lauren, and Erin. Jen’s team ends up winning by 2 steps.
Toy has decided not to use her advantage this week, and her trainer agrees.
Colby’s weight still counts, so there really is no advantage to throwing this, whether he’s safe or not.
Colby: 278 pounds (-4, 1.42%, immune)
Luis: 250 pounds (-10, 3.85%)
Roberto: 283 pounds (-8, 2.75%)
Erin: 200 pounds (-5, 2.44%)
Jacky: 258 pounds (-7, 2.64%)
Lauren: 199 pounds (-3, 1.49%)
Felicia: 195 pounds (-7, 3.47%)
Vicki: 202 pounds (-3, 1.46%)
Rob: 268 pounds (-10, 3.60%)
Stephen: 259 pounds (-10, 3.72%)
Toy: 278 pounds (-4, 1.42%)
After losing 4 out of 5 times, Dolvett’s team easily wins the weigh in 3.22% to 2.09%.
Toy and Vicki have fallen below the yellow line. There’s a lot of questioning of Jen’s advice to Toy. A little tiny advantage that may not even matter can become far more powerful as the weeks go by. If she’s that desperate for an advantage, it’s eventually not going to matter anyway.
Votes
Lauren: Toy
Erin: Vicki
Luis: Vicki
Colby: Toy
With the votes tied, Toy has been eliminated since she is the smallest loser. Colby acknowledges voting for Toy because she’s going to be harder to beat. I’m not sure that’s necessarily the case, but she does have more to lose.
The winner of the next challenge will be able to spend a day on a yacht with letters from home. Whoever takes that prize will be locked out of the gym for the rest of the day. Their challenge will be to pull a boat along the water 300 feet, grabbing oars along the way, and then row that boat to the yacht. Dolvett’s team leads the entire time, and they decide to go for the letters rather than the gym.
For a change, there are no advantages when the weigh in comes around.
Vicki: 198 pounds (-4, 1.98%)
Felicia: 191 pounds (-4, 2.05%)
Rob: 262 pounds (-6, 2.24%)
Lauren: 194 pounds (-5, 2.51%)
Roberto: 276 pounds (-7, 2.47%)
Luis: 244 pounds (-6, 2.40%)
Stephen: 253 pounds (-6, 2.32%)
Colby: 271 pounds (-7, 2.52%)
Jacky: 251 pounds (-7, 2.71%)
Erin: 199 pounds (-1, 0.50%)
Dolvett’s team wins 2.38% to 2.04% as Vicki and Erin fall below the yellow line.
Votes
Lauren: Erin
Luis: Vicki
Colby: Vicki
With 2 votes, Vicki is not The Biggest Loser.
From her starting weight of 316 pounds, Toy is down to 259 pounds today; from her starting weight of 237 pounds, Vicki is down to 177 pounds today.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 17 Episode 5, which airs Monday at 9/8c on NBC.