Category: biggest loser 17

After a disappointing performance by everybody in The Biggest Loser Season 12 Episode 6, the black team turned on one of their own, joining the rest of the house in voting out Jennifer.

Alison tells them to bring the shirts they had on day 1 so they can go on a trip down memory lane.

The black team talks about how they have stuck together throughout. Didn’t you just get done voting out Jennifer when you didn’t have to do so?

Once again, they line up according to age, and again they are split into three groups by age: the three youngest, three oldest, and three in the middle. Each group will be given three dishes they picked as their favorite dishes. The person who guesses closest the total number of calories of all three dishes gets to pick their trainer. The person who places second will choose from the remaining two trainers. When it’s over, the teams will be made up of one player from each group, a chopping that nobody is happy about.

The young team starts off with a salad (with plenty of bread and dressing, thereby negating any chance it may have to be healthy), a dozen tacos with a chaser of two burritos, and a country breakfast with some chocolate gravy. Jessica guesses 6200 calories, Vinny says 9000, and Ramon goes with 2570 (probably enough for one of those meals). Salad: 2249, tacos: 3100, country breakfast: 1747. Grand total: 7096 calories. Jessica chooses Dolvett, and Vinny picks Bob, leaving Ramon whining about how he doesn’t even want to speak to Anna.

The middle group goes next. Their dishes include a burger and fries, three double cheeseburgers, and some Mexican food. Antone guesses 7000, Sunny goes with 6500, and John says 5720. Burger and fries: 2165, double cheeseburgers: 2512, Mexican: 4162. Grand total: 8839 calories. With two big boys in the group, it turns out that Sunny’s meal is the one that blows everyone out of the water. Antone picks Bob, and Sunny switches to Anna.

The older group goes last. They chose a large pizza, veal cutlets and baked macaroni & cheese, and an Italian sampler. Joe guesses 8580, Becky says 6850, and Bonnie opts for 9114. Pizza: 2640 calories, veal and macaroni: 1793, Italian: 2975. Grand total: 7408 calories. Becky is the first to move on from her original trainer when given the choice, as she picks Bob. Joe chooses Anna, who Bonnie is happy to be rid of. Tired of her whining, too.

Black Team: Vinny, Antone, Becky
Blue Team: Ramon, Sunny, Joe
Red Team: Jessica, John, Bonnie

So of course the first thing out of Ramon’s mouth is that he doesn’t like Anna’s accurate comments about how his showmance with Jessica is a distraction. Likewise, Joe walks into this with a bit of a chip on his shoulder, and Anna isn’t helping matters any by telling him to be a man and get tough. The boys also hate tennis. At least Sunny seems to be onboard. After a workout and a chat about the obstacles Anna overcame growing up in the Soviet Union, they decide they will work as a team, which they would be silly not to do.

John doesn’t like change. But that’s what you’re on the ranch for, no?

Antone may have gotten what he wanted, but he’s distracted because his teammates are all gone.

Alison greets them with some slip and slides. They must unscramble the blocks they find at the end of the slide to spell out their prize. After grabbing their puzzle pieces, they’ll have to run back up and return it to their teams. The boys and Becky don’t have any trouble with the slides, but Jessica, Sunny, and Bonnie just creep along. Red team wants to go for whatever the dollar sign offers. Black team is going for the 3 pound advantage. Blue team is under the impression that they can win immunity, but that’s not how I’m interpreting it. Instead, they win immunity for one. After rock, paper, scissors, Joe wins immunity.

They aren’t voting off one of their own. Instead, the other two teams will be casting the deciding votes.

Bonnie: 221 pounds (-7, 3.07%)
Jessica: 201 pounds (-8, 3.83%)
John: 329 pounds (-15, 4.36%)
Red Total: 751 pounds (-30, 3.84%)

Vinny: 355 pounds (-12, 3.27%)
Becky: 192 pounds (-11, 5.42%)
Antone: 353 pounds (-16, 4.34%)
Black Total: 900 pounds (-39, 4.15%)

Sunny: 218 pounds (-9, 3.96%)
Ramon: 286 pounds (-16, 5.30%)
Joe: 271 pounds (-15, 5.24%)
Blue Total: 775 pounds (-40, 4.91%)

In spite of the rocky start, the blue team wins the weigh in. For the first time this season, Bob’s team did not win, but they did place second, leaving the red team at the bottom. As the person with the highest percentage of weight loss on the losing team, John is safe. That means it’s between Jessica and Bonnie. The former black team should be able to control the vote, although I thought that last week, too. Ramon is hopeful that the current blue team will control the vote and keep his showmance alive.

Votes
Ramon: Bonnie
Becky: Jessica
Vinny: Bonnie
Antone: Jessica
Sunny: Jessica
Joe: Jessica

With 4 votes, Jessica is not The Biggest Loser. From her starting weight of 254 pounds, Jessica is down to 185 pounds today and has lost 12 dress sizes to size 10. She looks to be a big threat for that marathon prize of a place in the finals.

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After the red team fell below the yellow line in The Biggest Loser Season 12 Episode 5, Courtney was eliminated.

It’s Halloween at The Biggest Loser. Minus the begging strangers for candy.

Every year, the average American spends $44 on Halloween candy. There are 20 million pounds of candy year sold annually. Really? Who likes this stuff? Additionally, the average American eats 24 pounds of candy a year.

Speaking of candy, it’s time for temptation. Each pound of candy is a 1 pound advantage. Everybody will weigh in together. It’s all for one week. All they have to do is lose 100 pounds, or 10 pounds per person. If they do, everybody will be safe for one more week. To get a head start, they can eat up to 10 pounds of candy. 1 pound of candy each seems like a fair trade to me.

Because everybody’s working together this week, that allows the trainers to train whoever they want. Still, Bob has a concern: keep everybody safe so his dominant team doesn’t run the risk of being picked off.

Jen’s distracted by not being able to workout with Bob. I get a feeling you won’t be doing that when you get home either.

Showmance is brewing in the house between Ramon and Jessica. I don’t think I’ve seen this before on this show. Generally they just get together after the fact. Anna’s worried this will serve as a distraction.

Inside the maze filled with hundreds of apples, they will have to gather 150 pounds of apples within 10 minutes to receive a 5 pound advantage on the scale. For a 10 pound advantage, they will have to gather 200 pounds of apples. The trick: they must be out of the maze by the time the 10 minutes expires, or they will lose the advantage and receive a 5 pound disadvantage. So the question becomes: who is The Mole?

After 3 minutes, they’re at 30 pounds, nowhere near the pace they need to be. They hit 75. Then 100. Seems they’re figuring things out. But whatever happens, Antone’s not going in the graveyard. They hit 150 pounds with 2 minutes left. With 50 seconds left, they feel they can make it, so they head back in for another 12 pounds. With 1 second to spare and refusing to drop any apples, they make their narrow escape. The final total is well over 200 pounds of apples, giving them a 10 pound advantage, which knocks their goal down to 90 pounds.

This week, Bonnie has stopped whining because she decided she likes Bob.

In spite of playing a trick on Bob to the contrary, they didn’t eat any of the candy. Based on the trade off of 1 pound for 1 pound, I can’t say I agree. 1 candy bar a day won’t hurt you, particularly when you’re in the gym for 6 hours a day and quite likely struggling to eat enough calories each day anyway.

Bob has Jessica give Antone a piggyback ride. That was unexpected.

At the weigh in, their goal is 90 pounds of weight loss.

John: 344 pounds (-10, 2.82%) – over 100 pounds lost in 6 weeks, tying the record
Antone: 369 pounds (-8, 2.12%)
Joe: 286 pounds (-8, 2.72%)
Sunny: 232 pounds (+5, 2.20%)
Jennifer: 270 pounds (-4, 1.46%)
Bonnie: 228 pounds (-1, 0.44%)
Becky: 203 pounds (-1, 0.49%)
Vinny: 367 pounds (-5, 1.34%)
Jessica: 209 pounds (-4, 1.88%)
Ramon: 302 pounds (-2, 0.66%)

After a bloodbath, they fall short of their goal of 90 pounds by 68. Anna warns the lovebirds about getting distracted, but they are not alone. As The Biggest Loser of the week, John is the only person safe from elimination. Never having been to the elimination room, the black team holds half of the votes and should be able to make the end decision. The only way something could go wrong for them is if the red and blue teams unite to vote out Sunny.

Vinny uses this opportunity to pick a fight with Jennifer because he doesn’t like her. His excuse: she didn’t say something when Dolvett told them to (she did). Then he storms out of the room. Put a little more effort into your feuds if you wish to create them. This is just stupid. The potential problem for her is that her team doesn’t like her either, so are they dumb enough to vote her out or let her get voted out by not voting as a block?

Votes
Vinny: Jennifer
Jessica: Jennifer
Ramon: Jennifer
Jennifer: Ramon
John: Ramon
Joe: Jennifer
Antone: Jennifer
Sunny: Jennifer

With 6 votes, Jennifer is not The Biggest Loser. Their first time in the elimination room proves the black team’s not the brightest group. From her starting weight of 330 pounds, Jennifer has lost 102 pounds to 228 pounds today.

And I just realized The X Factor is on tonight. What the hell, Fox?

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

As the blue team fell below the line again in The Biggest Loser 12 Episode 4, Bonnie case the sole vote to eliminate Mike.

In other news, I see that X Factor is on again tonight. C’mon, Fox. How do you expect this show to gain any traction when you can’t pick a schedule? MLB’s on when X Factor is supposed to be on (and my Tivo tapes the wrong thing). X Factor’s on when MLB is supposed to be on (and my Tivo doesn’t tape anything). I don’t know. Maybe X Factor’s not really on right now, but I don’t care enough to check. Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, sometimes an hour, sometimes two, sometimes 90 minutes. I await your 38 minute Friday night special showing.

One person will get to go home this week. The trip home comes with immunity, making the prize actually worthwhile. But there’s a catch. That person’s weight will be the only weight to count for the whole team. In addition, the trainer will go with them, leaving the team to fend for themselves. Playing with fire there.

The challenge is dumb luck. By order of weight loss percentage, they will put their name on a board. Then a chip is released from the top of the Plinko board, and whoever’s name it hits is the winner, for lack of a better term. John hopes to avoid the prize, as he realizes the winner may end up losing. Joe doesn’t want to win it either. Sunny, however, hopes to win. Vinny and Bonnie do as well. Sunny wins. As the person with the lowest percentage of weight loss on her team so far, this is probably not good news for them, although the good thing is that she’s still among the top six with her four team members (only Ramon is up there with them). Bob warns her this is not a vacation.

With that in mind, he hopes to beat her down at the gym. She falls off the treadmill. Good. He wanted her on the ground anyway. Having four other people there with you at least gives you somewhere to hide. Nowhere to hide this week. During their time at the gym, she remembers thinking she was being laughed at by people in her exercise class.

Rather than going to the donut shop with her son when she’s driving him to school in the morning, she has a different idea. Time for a Subway commercial.

The challenge is to run through a string maze with glasses and put the remaining liquid in the cylinder on the other side. The blue team’s goal line is half as high since they have half the players. Every person on the winning team will be able to send one person to The Biggest Loser Resort at Fitness Ridge.

In addition to the challenge, we get a reminder of the dangers of soda. The glasses they carry are 20 ounces and are filled with orange soda containing the equivalent of 17 teaspoons of sugar. Joe says he drank 8-10 cans of soda a day. 1200-1500 calories right there, not too far shy of the total amount he actually needs. If he were to drink water or at least diet soda instead, he could cut out a large chunk of calories and not miss it.

We already know the blue team’s going to place last, as Bonnie provides some comic relief even to herself. After she collapses, the comedy turns to drama (and of course a commercial break), but she’s fine. Red team starts off with a bit of a lead and keeps it to finally win a challenge. Ramon will send his sister to the resort. Courtney will as well.

Sunny’s family brings her to dinner at a BBQ restaurant. Bob’s going to have to figure out how to order as healthy as possible. Sunny learns a lesson here. You can’t eat BBQ every night. Oh. Then they make Bob ride a bull and put on a cowboy hat.

Earlier in the season, Sunny was complaining that she didn’t fit in with the team. Now it’s Jennifer’s turn.

Then we go to Dolvett. He doesn’t want his team to laugh. Ever apparently.

Over on the blue team, Bonnie’s getting tired of Anna. Feel free to leave then.

Bob grew up on a farm in Tennessee, where Miley Cyrus and all the Montanas are from. Last chance workout will incorporate that farm life, complete with 110 degree weather (but it’s a dry heat).

At the weigh in, the only number that really matters is Sunny’s. Oh, and Bonnie hates Anna because being pushed makes her angry. Bob supports his fellow trainer because she’s right.

Vinny: 372 pounds (-10, 2.62%)
Jessica: 213 pounds (-6, 2.74%)
Ramon: 304 pounds (-7, 2.25%)
Courtney: 231 pounds (-6, 2.53%)
Red Total: 1120 pounds (-29, 2.52%)

Bonnie: 229 pounds (-4, 1.72%)
Becky: 204 pounds (-8, 3.77%)
Blue Total: 433 pounds (-12, 2.70%)

John: 354 pounds (-12, 3.28%)
Jennifer: 274 pounds (-8, 2.84%)
Joe: 294 pounds (-7, 2.33%)
Antone: 377 pounds (-4, 1.05%)
Sunny: 227 pounds (-14, 5.81%)
Black Total: 1526 pounds (-45, 2.86%)

Following Sunny’s massive weight loss (that puts her in second place for the season), both as a team and with the twist, the black team wins their fourth weigh in straight. That puts the red team in danger. They were all pretty even, but Jessica, who would have been the easiest to eliminate, is narrowly granted immunity from tonight’s vote. The logical move here is the elimination of Courtney. Vinny seems the most willing to go home, albeit the least ready physically.

Votes
Jessica: Courtney
Courtney: Vinny
Vinny (following an annoying rant that just keeps going): Courtney
Ramon: Courtney

With 3 votes, Courtney is not The Biggest Loser. From her starting weight of 270 pounds, she is down 65 pounds to 205 today. She wants to be able to pay it forward with her sister.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 12 Episode 6, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

Patrick asked to be sent home in The Biggest Loser Season 12 Episode 3 and got his wish.

Keeping with the age theme, the middle group gets to meet and workout with Hannah from last season, the youngest group meets Adam from season 10, and the oldest group meets Marci from last season.

Courtney grew up playing high school sports but eventually gave up due to her weight. Dolvett wants to remind her how much she loves sports. His philosophy is that, just like in life, something may get in the way, but you have to go around it.

The challenge is to pass a box through snow, wind, and rain. In 100 degree heat, I’d think snow, rain, and wind would be a welcome refreshment. The prize is letters from home. Jennifer will sit out for medical reasons. Red team’s in the lead, black team a bit behind, and blue team in last. As we’ve seen before, the black team eventually passes the red team, while the blue team just hopes to make their way to to the finish line eventually. In a close battle to the top of the hill, the black team ends up winning as usual. Since everybody finished, everybody gets to read their letters. As a bonus, the black team gets video chats.

Seeing as they have a tennis pro as one of their trainers, it makes sense that this season a tennis court has been added to the ranch, giving Anna’s team a unique opportunity to do their last chance workout with her doing tennis drills.

Bob’s team heads into the pool, where Joe’s fear of drowning takes center stage. At least he can say Bob Harper taught him how to swim.

Mike: 268 pounds (-5, , 1.83%)
Becky: 212 pounds (-2, 0.93%)
Bonnie: 233 pounds (-7, 2.92%)
Blue Total: 713 pounds (-14, 1.93%)

Joe: 301 pounds (-6, 1.95%)
Sunny: 241 pounds (-4, 1.63%)
Antone: 381 pounds (-8, 2.06%)
John: 366 pounds (-9, 2.40%)
Jennifer: 282 pounds (-7, 2.42%)
Black Total: 1571 pounds (-34, 2.12%)

Courtney: 237 pounds (-3, 1.25%)
Jessica: 219 pounds (-2, 0.90%)
Vinny: 382 pounds (-8, 2.05%)
Ramon: 311 pounds (-11, 3.42%)
Red Total: 1149 pounds (-24, 2.05%)

In a very tight race, the blue team will be heading back to the elimination room, where they will have to choose between Mike and Becky. That gives Bonnie the deciding vote.

Votes
Bonnie: Mike

With 1 vote, Mike is not The Biggest Loser. From his starting weight of 309, he’s down 70 pounds to 239 today.

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After the older group lost again in The Biggest Loser Season 12 Episode 2, they voted out Johnny following his weight gain.

Those who remain in the blue team say that Johnny was taking too much of Anna’s time.

This is NFL week. At the end of the week, the player with the highest percentage of weight loss wins a trip to the Super Bowl. They start off on a football field, where they are joined by Clay Matthews, Tony Gonzalez, and Drew Brees. Jennifer will sit out of the challenge due to medical reasons. Their task will be to toss balls through their opponents’ cardboard stomachs to knock them over. It’s a pretty simple task because they can walk right up to make the throw, except for the NFL players who receive handicaps. John is the first one out. Then Drew Brees. Tony Gonzalez follows him. Becky is next. Clay Matthews is the last of the NFL players to go. Sunny is next. Antone used to be an NFL player, and he, too, falls without hitting a target. Mike is done. Then Joe. And Bonnie. Nothing but red team left. Ramon is out. Jessica is next. Patrick is the next one down. Vinny misses, giving Courtney the opportunity to knock him out and win the challenge and $5,000.

Jennifer’s MRI shows that her stress fracture is 100% healable, but it will take a few weeks before she can start a more intense exercise program.

Their next challenge will consist of 4 quarters of 15 minutes each with 10 minutes of rest in between. The team with the highest average of calories burned wins. Reward is a spa day. Bob wants to focus on Jennifer. His goal is to prove that she can still burn calories even with the bum leg. After one quarter, the black team has the lead with 283 calories, followed by red team with 238 and then blue team with 183. The second quarter is more of the same, as is the third quarter. After the challenge is done, the blue team has burned an average of 764 calories (191 per quarter), red team has burned an average of 952 calories (238 per quarter), and the black team wins with 1171 calories (293 per quarter). They decline the prize, a smart thing to do because a spa day has the potential to be counterproductive.

Their last surprise of the week is a last chance workout with NFL players in their age groups: Shawne “Lights Out” Merriman, Eric Dickerson, and Tim Tebow.

Vinny realized at a young age that his home was different than others. Whoopins aren’t supposed to leave bruises and welts. The image of him getting his nose broken and his mom asking what he did to cause it will always stick with him. I’d say the hate he’s feeling toward her is a very fair emotion.

Courtney: 240 pounds (-7, 2.83%)
Vinny: 390 pounds (-10, 2.50%)
Ramon: 322 pounds (-7, 2.13%)
Patrick: 350 pounds (-11, 3.05%)
Jessica: 221 pounds (-11, 4.74%)
Red Total: 1523 pounds (-46, 2.93%)

Antone: 389 pounds (-16, 3.95%)
Sunny: 245 pounds (-10, 3.92%)
Joe: 307 pounds (-17, 5.247%)
Jennifer: 289 pounds (-16, 5.246%)
John: 375 pounds (-18, 4.58%)
Black Total: 1605 pounds (-77, 4.58%)

Bonnie: 240 pounds (-7, 2.83%)
Becky: 214 pounds (-9, 4.04%)
Mike: 273 pounds (-17, 5.86%)
Blue Total: 727 pounds (-33, 4.34%)

In a reversal of fortune, the blue team survives this week unscathed, although the black team wins again. As The Biggest Loser for this week, Mike from Indiana will be going to Indianapolis to see whatever Roman numeral Super Bowl number 46 is. With the highest percentage of weight loss on the losing team, Jessica is safe.

It would be tough to pinpoint any of the red team as a weak link. So then it comes down to a question of need. By process of elimination, that would bring us to Courtney. However, Patrick puts his hands up to go home.

Votes
Courtney: Patrick
Patrick: Courtney
Jessica: Patrick
Vinny: Courtney
Ramon: Patrick

As he requested, with 3 votes, Patrick is not The Biggest Loser. From his starting weight of 387 pounds, he is now down to 296 pounds for a total of 91 pounds lost.

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Starting off a battle of age, the oldest team lost in The Biggest Loser Season 12 Episode 1, and Debbie all but asked to go home.

This week they will be facing some stereotypes. Any volunteers? Vinny for the red team, Mike for the blue team, and Antone for the black team.

They walk into a room. Mmm… donuts. Alison tells them that the gym will only be open three times each day this week: 5-7AM, 12-2PM, and 9-11PM. Each team can only workout during one of those times. Each mini donut is 35 calories, and they have 3 minutes to eat them. Mike’s the only one with any interest, stereotypically hoping to prevent his blue team from having to stay up late. Each of the remaining contestants will be heading in one team member at a time to see if they can be tempted. Joe very badly pretends to be eating. Since donuts don’t make any noise, his plan is to bump things with his elbows. Meanwhile, Johnny decides to make noises like he’s dying, and Alison has to beg him to stop. Nobody from the second, third, or fourth groups eats. In the final round, John immediately begins chowing down, so it’s going to end up as a two person battle, though he’s not playing games.

Mike’s 11 donuts (385 calories) are no match for John’s 37 donuts (1295 calories). Black team wins temptation. They take the morning slot and give the afternoon time to the blue team, saying they respect them, which red team views as an insult.

So at 4:00 the next morning, Bob walks in with a megaphone and a tune to sing. They don’t know why they picked this time. Tiredness aside, since they have kids, this is the most sensible time in which they would workout when they go home. Bob agrees this is the good time because you wake up, get it over with, and don’t have any excuses after saving it until later in the day.

During the workout, Antone begins pounding the spin bike and then falls to the ground crying. Never seen anything quite like this before.

As the only female, Sunny feels excluded from the rest of her team. Bob has her call a meeting, which she does right away. This quickly turns on John, who’s accused of being a problem and making deals with the red team. He apologizes for calling Sunny dumb, which may not be a smart move, but let’s not get all emotional over it please.

Johnny’s excuses and search for somewhere to take a break are starting to wear on his teammates and his trainer.

The new trainer who’s not a pinup and whose name I’ll probably have to keep looking up (got it, it’s Dolvett) views the late workouts as a good opportunity. He can review their food journal for the day to find out what they need to burn. Plus it’s a good chance for a Yoplait commercial.

Jessica blames her ex for her weight gain. As much as he may have wanted her to eat, he wasn’t hooking her up to an IV and forcing her to do so.

Time for the first visit with Dr. H. This will not end well. Jennifer seems to be successful and well adjusted, but she’s got 155 pounds of excess fat and has a 32% chance of being diabetic in the next 5 years. Bonnie got her stomach stapled 20 years ago, but it didn’t help for long, ultimately causing more harm than help. Her knees are also bone on bone, and the weight is making it worse. Ramon finds out he has diabetes, which the doc can’t sugarcoat (nice pun). His biological age is 27; his inner age is 50. Through 28 pages of questions, he claimed to have no problems, but this 23 year jump is the worst on the ranch.

The challenge is a giant floating maze they must move a ball through. First place is worth a 2 pound advantage at the weigh in; second place is worth a 1 pound advantage. Vinny and Jennifer sit out. Red team finishes in 7:45. Blue team finishes in 14:45, sure to be last place. Black team wins the challenge with a time of 7:42. This should cause some more whining from the red team about how they keep losing to the black team.

The hope this week is to show people the lame excuses about not having time don’t cut it. The notorious week 2 probably was not the time to prove that, but let’s see how the numbers stack up.

Vinny: 400 pounds (-5, 1.23%)
Jessica: 232 pounds (-7, 2.93%)
Courtney: 247 pounds (-7, 2.76%)
Patrick: 361 pounds (-6, 1.63%)
Ramon: 329 pounds (-9, 2.66%)
Red Total: 1569 pounds (-34, -1, 2.18%)

Joe: 324 pounds (-2, 0.61%)
Jennifer: 306 pounds (-6, 1.93%)
Sunny: 255 pounds (-6, 2.30%)
Antone: 405 pounds (-10, 2.41%)
John: 393 pounds (-15, 3.68%)
Black Total: 1682 pounds (-39, -2, 2.38%)

Becky: 223 pounds (-5, 2.19%)
Mike: 290 pounds (-7, 2.36%)
Bonnie: 247 pounds (-3, 1.20%)
Johnny: 313 pounds (+2, 0.64%)
Blue Total: 1073 pounds (-13, 1.20%)

The blue team will be heading to the elimination room again by a large margin. Johnny seemed to turn things around by the end of the week, but his lack of effort showed on the scale. However, having lost so much last week demonstrates his potential, whereas Bonnie has struggled the whole time. As The Biggest Loser on the blue team this week, Mike is safe.

Votes
Becky: Johnny
Johnny: Bonnie
Bonnie: Johnny

In the event of a tie, the person with the lowest percentage of weight loss is eliminated. With 2 votes, Johnny is not The Biggest Loser. From his starting weight of 328 pounds, Johnny is now down to 269 pounds. An 18% drop already shows he could be a contender.

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The Biggest Loser Season 12 is set to be a battle of the ages, as the teams will be decided by age. The Biggest Loser 12 cast of 15 contestants includes:

Antone Davis, 44, Knoxville TN, 447 pounds
Bonnie Griffin, 63, Picayune MS, 254 pounds
Courtney Rainville, 24, Scottsdale AZ, 270 pounds
Deborah “Debbie” Lounds, 60, Ann Arbor MI, 239 pounds
Jennifer Rumple, 39, Alameda CA, 330 pounds
Jessica Limpert, 26, San Francisco CA, 254 pounds
Joe Mitchell, 46, Knoxville TN, 348 pounds
John “Johnny” Forger, 65, Canton MA, 328 pounds
John Rhode, 40, Mesa AZ, 445 pounds
Mike Danley, 62, Spencerville IN, 309 pounds
Patrick Ferrari, 25, Albany OR, 387 pounds
Ramon Medeiros, 27, Florence CO, 355 pounds
Rebecca “Becky” Comet, 51, Benton AR, 238 pounds
Sunny Sinclair, 41, Frisco TX, 277 pounds
Vincent “Vinny” Hickerson, 27, Nashville TN, 426 pounds

After 10 seasons, Jillian Michaels decided to leave in favor of Dr. Phil. Hoping to find a replacement, they brought in two new trainers, Brett Hoebel and Cara Castronuova. Neither made the cut. So this year we are greeted by two new new trainers. Tennis star and swimsuit model Anna Kournikova may have the star power to stick around for a while. She is joined by complete unknown Dolvett Quince. Bob Harper is back just as he has been each of the last 11 seasons (plus three Australian seasons), while Alison Sweeney returns as host.

The contestants are dropped off in the desert in the middle of nowhere. I say let them walk back to town, but I don’t think that’s the plan. Alison drives up and tells them to line up in order of the numbers on their shirts, which happen to be their ages. Everyone under 30 forms one team, everyone over 50 is the second team, and everyone in between makes up the third team. They might not have to walk home, but they will have to walk a mile to be able to choose their trainer. The goal seems to be to get there first to get Bob. No lame 4 weeks of safety if you take a chance on the newbies.

The young team takes off quickly. The middle team is hoping to keep them in their sights and maybe catch up later. The seniors just hope to cross the finish line. I sense this is going to be the pattern of physical challenges throughout the season, but luckily for the older team, that’s only one aspect of the game. It’ll help to be young and relatively fit, but it ultimately comes down to weight loss. The middle team picks up speed to take the lead, which they retain to take the win. They opt to join Bob on the black team. Placing second, the young team selects Dolvett’s red team. Anna runs out to join her blue team to finish out their walk, and the other contestants join them. Alison leaves them with a challenge: they’ll return there at the end of the season to run a marathon, with the winning prize being a guaranteed spot in the finals.

Bonnie lost her husband 4 years ago and doesn’t want her grandkids to lose another grandparent. Antone used to be in the NFL and is watching offensive linemen younger than him die.

Debbie repeatedly asks for a break during the first workout. The only time you get a break is when you fall or vomit. Or you can walk out like Johnny threatens to do, though that never lasts more than a few minutes. Antone comments in his confessional how at least they give you breaks in the NFL. He keeps going in spite of the whimpering, but he realizes he’s not as big and bad as he thought.

Becky receives a phone call at 3:15AM informing her that her father has died. Needing something to do to take her mind off this, she heads to the gym.

They will weigh in from oldest to youngest.

Johnny: 311 pounds (-17, 5.18%)
Bonnie: 250 pounds (-4, 1.57%)
Mike: 297 pounds (-12, 3.88%)
Debbie: 233 pounds (-6, 2.51%)
Becky: 228 pounds (-10, 4.20%)
Blue Total: 1319 pounds (-49, 3.58%)

Joe: 326 pounds (-22, 6.32%)
Antone: 447 pounds (-32, 7.16%)
Sunny: 261 pounds (-16, 5.78%)
John: 408 pounds (-37, 8.31%)
Jennifer: 311 pounds (-19, 5.76%)
Black Total: 1721 pounds (-126, 6.82%)

Vinny: 405 pounds (-21, 4.93%)
Ramon: 338 pounds (-17, 4.79%)
Jessica: 239 pounds (-15, 5.91%)
Patrick: 367 pounds (-20, 5.17%)
Courtney: 254 pounds (-16, 5.93%)
Red Total: 1603 pounds (-89, 5.26%)

Blue team falls below the yellow line by a large margin. As the person with the highest percentage of weight loss on the losing team, Johnny is safe from elimination. Debbie says that she’s got a support system at home, and she finds Bonnie’s crying to be annoying. If you’re looking for an argument to get rid of someone, Debbie sure just made her case for going home. Her saving grace, though she apparently doesn’t want it, is that Debbie lost so little.

Votes
Becky: Debbie
Debbie: Bonnie
Johnny: Bonnie
Bonnie: Debbie
Mike: Debbie

With 3 votes, Debbie is not The Biggest Loser. She didn’t seem to want to be there anyway. From her starting weight of 239 pounds, she is now down to 215 pounds.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 12 Episode 2, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

In with the new, out with the… new.

So Jillian Michaels is gone because she needs some time to hang out with Dr. Phil. That much we knew. We were left to speculate about new trainers Brett Hoebel and Cara Castranuova. Now it seems as if one season will be the extent of their involvement with The Biggest Loser.

Bob Harper will probably stick around for another 11 seasons, and we learned on finale night that he will be joined by tennis player Anna Kournikova. Two seems sufficient to me, but we have now learned of a third person joining the pair.

Dolvett Quince, trainer to the stars (Justin Bieber… yeah, Justin Bieber) and founder of Body Sculptor Inc., will be joining them.

“I couldn’t be more excited about joining ‘The Biggest Loser’ as their newest trainer,” said Quince. “This amazing opportunity allows me to use my expertise to change lives one rep at a time, and encourage contestants — and viewers — to find strength beyond muscle.”