Toy and Vicki were eliminated in The Biggest Loser Season 17 Episode 4.
Two people will be heading home for the week, and if they go home, their weight will be the only one that counts for their team. The winning team will make the decision for both teams. Their challenge is to shoot baskets with medicine balls until the other team can’t hold the weight any more. Dolvett’s team falls way behind, dropping their basket when it weighs almost 100 pounds more than the others.
Jen’s team will be sending Luis home for themselves. For some reason, they decide to send his brother Roberto home with him. Dolvett says thank you for the stupid decision. Their rationale is that to be the best you have to beat the best, but even then you have to get to the end first.
It may seem that the rest of the team’s weight is irrelevant, but there is a red line. It may not determine whether they win or lose, but it will determine whether they stay.
Rob: 259 pounds (-3, 1.15%)
Felicia: 187 pounds (-4, 2.09%)
Erin: 196 pounds (-3, 1.51%)
Stephen: 245 pounds (-8, 3.16%)
Colby: 265 pounds (-6 , 2.21%)
Jacky: 244 pounds (-7, 2.79%)
Lauren: 187 pounds (-7, 3.61%)
Roberto: 265 pounds (-11, 3.99%)
Luis: 233 pounds (-11, 4.51%)
Luis beats his brother, winning the weigh in for Jen’s team, leading to Rob falling below the red line.
And now they go to singles. To start this change, the gym is closed, the kitchen is closed, and they’ll have to lose weight in the real world, sort of. It starts off simple enough. Wine tasting and safari or a workout? Colby and Jacky go on safari.
The first individual challenge the next day is an obstacle course. Aside from a brief struggle with the balance beam, Luis is in the lead almost the whole time. Then Felicia, whose strength is the balance beam, spells immunity first to win. And somehow, this leads to an argument about respecting women because the brothers, who are sore losers, call Felicia the weakest, which is not necessarily an inaccurate (or sexist) statement, even if it is unnecessary.
Later they head out for a night on the town, boys and girls going their own way, and the events of the day naturally lend themselves to talk of males vs. females, with a couple in the middle. In Felicia’s case, since she has immunity, she seizes the opportunity to go wild with drinks before talking the others into getting piercings.
The next day, they have a choice between parasailing and a workout. The boys plus Erin pick the workout, while Jacky (again), Felicia, and Lauren choose the parasailing.
Felicia: 185 pounds (-2, 1.07%)
Colby: 258 pounds (-7, 2.64%)
Roberto: 259 pounds (-6, 2.26%)
Luis: 232 pounds (-1, 0.43%)
Jacky: 238 pounds (-6, 2.46%)
Stephen: 238 pounds (-7, 2.86%)
Lauren: 184 pounds (-3, 1.60%)
Erin: 188 pounds (-8, 4.08%)
When all is said and done, the choices earlier in the week don’t seem to matter much. Luis made all the “right choices” but ends up at the bottom of the ladder, alongside Lauren since Felicia is immune.
Breaking up the twins and getting rid of one of the biggest threats are both very compelling reasons to vote for Luis, perhaps enough that Stephen won’t mind that such a vote would hand control over to the women.
Votes
Roberto: Lauren
Erin: Luis
Colby: Lauren
Felicia: Luis
Stephen: Luis
With 3 votes, Luis is not The Biggest Loser.
From his starting weight of 326 pounds, Rob is down 100 pounds to 226 today; from his starting weight of 308 pounds, Luis is down 105 pounds to 203 today.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 17 Episode 6, which airs Monday at 9/8c on NBC.