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The Biggest Loser 5 will premiere on NBC on January 1 and will be a couples edition. As always, stay tuned to dingoRUE for recaps.

Bette-Sue & Ali
Mother & Daughter
Bette-Sue: 53, Mesa AZ
Ali: 32, Mesa AZ

Brittany & Bernie
No Relationship
Brittany: 22, San Jacinto CA
Bernie: 27, Chicago IL

Curtis & Mallory
Married
Curtis: 35, Los Angeles CA
Mallory: 36, Los Angeles CA

Jackie & Dan
Mom & Son
Jackie: 49, Frankfort IL
Dan: 21, Frankfort IL

Jay & Mark
Brothers
Jay: 31, New Bedford MA
Mark: 35, Dartmouth MA

Lynn & Jenni
Father & Daughter
Lynn: 60, Elyria OH
Jenni: 31, North Ridgeville OH

Maggie & Jenn
Best Friends/Camp Counselors
Maggie: 23, Denville NJ
Jenn: 22, River Edge NJ

Neill & Amanda
Husband & Wife
Neill: 28, Oklahoma City OK
Amanda: 29, Oklahoma City OK

Paul & Kelly
Ex-Husband & Wife
Paul: 43, Rockledge FL
Kelly: 38, Titusville FL

Trent & Roger
Former Football Teammates
Trent: 39, Endicott NY
Roger: 40, Enterprise AL

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Despite losing 10 pounds last week, Neil was the last person to be eliminated in The Biggest Loser 4 Episode 14, completing what red and blue teams started several weeks ago: their own destruction. Even though they were obviously the weakest team, the black team played this game smarter than the other teams. That gameplay has left us with a final four of all black team members: Bill Germanakos, Julie Hadden, Isabeau Miller, and Hollie Self.

Amy’s still happy she stabbed Kim in the back.

Neil’s faced mixed reactions, largely negative, about what he did the week he gained 17 pounds and says it obviously wasn’t his proudest moment from the show.

The 14 eliminated contestants will weigh in one last time for a prize of $100,000.

Amber: 211 pounds (-84, 28.47%)
Lezlye: 200 pounds (-55, 21.57%)
Jerry: 187 pounds (-110, 37.04%)
Patty: 216 pounds (-64, 22.86%)
Jim: 175 pounds (-186, 51.52%)
Phil: 258 pounds (-145, 35.98%)
Jez: 195 pounds (-150, 43.48%)
David: 228 pounds (-140, 38.04%)
Ryan: 241 pounds (-133, 35.56%)
Amy: 171 pounds (-126, 42.42%)
Kae: 128 pounds (-97, 43.11%)
Bryan: 224 pounds (-122, 35.26%)
Nicole: 174 pounds (-105, 37.63%)
Neil: 210 pounds (-211, 50.12%)

Once we saw Jim’s numbers, it became pretty obvious what the results of this were going to be. Like his brother, he kicked ass. That said, the others put up some impressive numbers as well. Neil lost over half his body weight, too. Amber, who was ready to quit week one, put up decent numbers considering her short stay on campus. Jerry’s very inspirational for a 62 year old. Kae did quite well, but since she started out at such a relatively low weight to begin with, there was only so far she could push. Amy, despite being perhaps the whiniest contestant of the season, also put up strong numbers.

Next month, Julie will be speaking in front of Congress about what she’s learned on the show. Hollie’s moved to LA as part of a whole new healthy lifestyle. Isabeau is now a personal trainer.

Now it’s time for the final four to weigh in. All of them look impressive, but I think we all know what’s going to happen here. At least we can hope anyway. Any chance of getting through four whole weigh ins without commercial interruptions?

Isabeau: 185 pounds (-113, 37.92%)

So apparently no. We can only get through one weigh in before going to a commercial.

Hollie: 150 pounds (-105, 41.18%)
Julie: 121 pounds (-97, 44.50%)

And of course one more commercial still.

Bill: 170 pounds (-164, 49.10%)

As we could have expected, Bill is the winner of The Biggest Loser 4. Finally an episode with a good ending.

Black team continued to extend its dominance due to having largely non-threatening players in The Biggest Loser 4 Episode 13 by voting out Nicole, this season’s second most successful female. We’re now down to the final 5, so it’s just a question of whether Neil can stay above the yellow line for one more week.

It’s the last challenge. Will Neil finally win one? It’s time to bury their lost weight forever. At each stop, they must load scales with the weight they lost for each week. They’ll go from station to station dragging the weight behind them. May prove easier for the people who haven’t done very well. Isabeau is the first one to the halfway mark, but Bill, despite his 121 pound weight loss, is on her heels. Julie’s right behind them. Not close enough, though, as Isabeau wins the challenge, with a reward of $10,000.

Jillian’s still hearing “I can’t” in the episode leading up to the finale, this time from Isabeau.

Neil: 278 pounds (-10, 3.47%)

Neil’s total weight loss is 143 pounds, with 11 of 14 of these weeks being double digit losses.

Hollie: 191 pounds (-5, 2.55%)
Bill: 204 pounds (-9, 4.23%)

With his total weight loss of 130 pounds, Bill continues to be particularly dominant. As I’ve said before, they dropped the wrong brother.

Julie: 160 pounds (-8, 4.76%)
Isabeau: 217 pounds (-7, 3.56%)

Isabeau, who has been the strongest of the black team women (whining notwithstanding), has lost a total of 81 pounds, which is a new record for female competitors.

Despite the fact that he lost 10 pounds, Neil’s still below the yellow line, along with Hollie. The odds of a Neil boot are about as good as the odds of a Nicole boot were last week.

Here are the final standings of those who remain:

Bill 334 204 -38.92%
Neil 421 278 -33.97%
Isabeau 298 217 -27.18%
Julie 218 160 -26.61%
Hollie 255 191 -25.10%

Votes
Bill: Neil
Isabeau: Neil

Isabeau’s still whining about Neil’s weight gain that one week? Oh please. She’s been playing this as a game just as hard as he has, if not harder. I guess tonight’s vote just shows that, at the end of the day, this is a game show.

So now that Neil’s out, here’s hoping Bill’s the winner. He’s certainly earned it. Not to take anything away from the other three in the final four, who have definitely come a long way, but they’ve taken the spots away from three others who are more deserving.

Neil now weighs 256 pounds, down 165 pounds from his starting weight of 421 pounds.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Biggest Loser 4 episode 15, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on NBC.

The red team was finally completely eliminated in The Biggest Loser 4 episode 12, giving the black team girls firm control over what happens next (as long as two of them don’t end up below the yellow line). They’ve played the game well, even if they haven’t performed particularly well or had the best attitudes.

Blue team’s concerned they’ll be ganged up on. They should have thought of that before wiping out red.

Jillian and Bob wake their teams up early in the morning and tell them they’re going to work today because they’ll need to find the time to squeeze that in their day when they’re back in the real world.

Kim never thought there was any chance for Bryan to survive the vote. When she walked into the room, she knew she was going to get a message from him. He leaves her an emotional message about how much he appreciates what she did for him.

Before going to work, Bob gives them a message of getting food prepared for yourself at home. This way, you’re not stuck relying on fast food, although some fast food’s pretty good as quality meals go. Jillian wants them to do a pre-work workout, but since they don’t have a lot of time, she wants to up the intensity. Bob makes sure it’s a good cardio session.

More than one of them are hoping for an office job, but what fun would that be for the producers? In actuality, they’ve got jobs at a pizza restaurant, not only a place for potentially some hard work but worse yet a way to seriously boost their cravings.

As soon as they get home from a long day at work, it’s time to workout some more.

The challenge involves speedbags and a trampoline. In each three minute round, they’ll have to jump and hit the bag as many times as possible. The player with the least amount of hits is eliminated, and the others will move on to the next round, where the bags will be raised. Hollie’s been having ankle problems, and Bill was complaining about his knee earlier. The prize is a one pound pass, which is potentially huge considering the numbers they’re currently putting up.

Round 1
Julie: 167
Isabeau: 141
Hollie: 132
Bill: 119
Neil: 117
Nicole: 115

Round 2
Isabeau: 161
Hollie: 148
Julie: 133
Bill: 114
Neil: 113

Round 3
Hollie: 116
Julie/Isabeau: somewhere in the middle
Bill: 25

Round 4
Hollie: 71
Julie: 44
Isabeau: 27

Hollie wins the one pound pass. She hopes this will help because she is the slowest weight loser in the house and was below the yellow line last week.

Hollie: 196 pounds (-5, plus the pass, 2.99%)
Julie: 168 pounds (-3, 1.75%)
Bill: 213 pounds (-9, 4.05%)
Neil: 288 pounds (-10, 3.36%)
Isabeau: 225 pounds (-5, 2.17%)
Nicole: 211 pounds (-1, 0.47%)

Neil’s weight loss to date is 133 pounds, a new record, beating Erik’s 124 pound weight loss. As for his teammate Nicole, who is this season’s strongest female next to Kae, it’s pretty obvious how the vote’s going to go down from here.

Votes
Neil: Julie
Hollie: Nicole
Isabeau: Nicole

Today Nicole weighs 188 pounds, down 91 pounds from her starting weight of 279. She’s smaller now than she was at age 13.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Biggest Loser 4 episode 14, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

The inevitable boot choice in The Biggest Loser 4 Episode 11 was Kae once she dropped below the yellow line. Despite her elimination, Kae has been by far the most successful female in the show’s history, not to mention more successful than most of the men.

Alison greets everybody in the gym and says that this week, the fate of everybody in that room rests in the hands of America. Yeah, that’s never good. People had to go online and vote for their favorite challenge. 1) US Bank climb up 74 flights of stairs. 2) Never-ending jumprope. 3) Poles over water. 4) Endless escalator.

Bill really wants the escalator challenge. Bryan wants something that’s not a stair challenge. Nicole believes the pole challenge may give blue team an advantage because of their meditation with Bob.

Bryan’s still trying to figure out what’s going on with his nutrition. It’s been too long for him to still be at this stage. Kim has him go over exactly what he’s eating to try to figure it out. She’s okay with his breakfast. She’s okay with his lunch. Until he tells her he marinates things in soy sauce, a high sodium food, which creates an environment for retaining water.

The challenge that America picks is the poles over water challenge. Contestants will be suspended above water holding on to poles. Whoever doesn’t fall wins. Last time, this challenge lasted for an hour. Andre Agassi tells them the winner will get a vacation to Tamarack Resort Idaho. Isabeau struggles right away and is first out. Neil’s not far behind. Nicole falls next. Bryan falls next, and Hollie’s a couple seconds after that. That brings us down to Julie and Bill, both of whom are just relaxing. Julie’s worried because she knows what kind of competition she’s up against. There’s a lot of heckling from the sidelines, as people are rooting for Julie to win, or at least for Bill to lose. Eventually, though, Julie does slip and fall, and Bill wins. Nobody pretends to be happy for him. They’re tired of him winning everything. They’ll be really tired of him if he wins the whole thing, which he’s well on his way to doing. He’s happy because this is the vacation he promised his kids.

After the challenge, everybody decides to have some fun because they haven’t seen a pool in a while, except for Hollie who just sits on the side of the pool and pouts. Ignoring the no diving signs, Nicole chips her teeth on the bottom of the pool. She has to get temporary teeth but remains positive.

The doctors come to give the contestants some good news. Neil has lost an equivalent of 3.5 of the Poland Springs water jugs from his body. Despite having lost the least weight, Julie has lost 45% of her waist line, more than the other contestants. Isabeau, who was pre-diabetic, currently has the best insulin of the group. Bill has been taken off his blood pressure medication but has still lowered his blood pressure to 128/80, within range of normal blood pressure. Bryan’s cholesterol has dropped over 100 points. Nicole has gained 11 pounds of muscle and lost the most amount of fat proportionately. Despite her thyroid problem, Hollie has lost over 40% of the area of her hips.

During the last chance workout, Neil looks like he’s going to collapse half the time. Unlike the black team girls who whine long before they get to that stage, he just keeps going and going without any complaints. Bill and Bryan have similar attitudes. Speaking of black team girls whining, Hollie modified her workout because she has an injured ankle. She tells Jillian she can still box, though, so Jillian offers the opportunity to do so, and she refuses so she can pout instead.

Bryan: 266 pounds (-4, 1.48%)
Isabeau: 230 pounds (-4, 1.71%)
Bill: 222 pounds (-6, 2.63%)
Nicole: 212 pounds (-6, 2.75%)
Hollie: 201 pounds (-3, 1.47%)
Julie: 171 pounds (-5, 2.84%)
Neil: 298 pounds (-5, 1.65%)

That puts Bryan and Hollie below the yellow line. We know Hollie’s got two votes for her to stay. Now it’s just a matter of whether Bill tries to break up that trio. Unluckily for Bryan, Hollie’s not only got black team support, but she’s also the weakest threat of the group. Bryan assures Kim she’s taught him enough, as they both assume he’s gone.

Votes
Isabeau: Bryan
Neil: Hollie
Bill: Bryan
Julie: Bryan

With Bryan’s elimination, the red team is now gone. Today, he weighs 228 pounds, down 118 pounds from his starting weight of 346. He hopes to become a successful recording artist now that he’s comfortable performing.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Biggest Loser 4 episode 13, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

Well, it finally happened. In The Biggest Loser 4 episode 10, after whining for 10 weeks, Amy got sent home. Despite the rest of the black team voting to keep their newest member, Isabeau wasn’t having it and went with the rest of the house, keeping the person who actually wanted to be there.

Alison tells them that, having survived for three months, they deserve a reward. She has a surprise for them, which she’ll reveal the next day. To start off, though, she gives them their before pictures. Bill says that’s a person he really didn’t like that much. Nicole says it’s scary because she never thought she was that big. Isabeau says she just saw a sad girl. Alison’s last bit of advice is to rest up.

Jillian tells Isabeau that she made a massive mistake because it’s now 4 againt 4, and her team’s not as strong. Now there’s a vote of confidence. She then adds that Bryan, who in terms of percentage of weight loss is actually 5th of all the current people who remain (the bottom three are the black team girls, a point which makes them vulnerable regardless), is the #1 threat in the game behind Kae. Not sure what logic is being used to arrive at that conclusion, though it is a valid point to suggest he’s more of a threat than Amy was. For anyone interested in the number crunching (notice Bill’s managed to edge out Kae… I think they let the wrong brother go):

Bill 334 234 -29.94%
Kae 225 159 -29.33%
Neil 421 311 -26.13%
Nicole 279 222 -20.43%
Bryan 346 276 -20.23%
Isabeau 298 241 -19.13%
Julie 218 180 -17.43%
Hollie 255 212 -16.86%

Bryan leaves his envelope with his before picture on the bed for Kim. She opens it up and assumes the worst, then he comes running out and jumps on her, and he thanks her for how much she’s helped him.

Isabeau’s pissed off at how Jillian’s acting, and Julie suggests standing up for herself. Now Isabeau starts to consider Amy’s plan: go to the enemy and train there.

They go to the NBC studios, Days of Our Lives, where Alison stars as Sami Brady. There they will be receiving star treatment in the form of a makeover and professional photo shoot, with a chance to appear on the cover of Prevention magazine. Everybody is happy to, for one day at least, be pampered and get all dressed up, as opposed to being run ragged in sweaty gym clothes. They start off in hair and makeup, then move on to wardrobe, which they’re pleased with because they can wear normal clothes instead of having to settle for whatever’s available in their sizes.

From there, they move to a mirror, but looking at themselves post-makeover isn’t the only thing they’re there for, as behind the mirror are their loved ones. I’m not real clear how they got these people, who are mostly self conscious as it is, to look at themselves in a three way mirror for the length of time they did (granted, anyone who would do something like this on national TV may not be as shy as they may claim). Bryan’s wife Kenisha, Julie’s husband Mike, Bill’s twin brother Jim (who himself has lost 93 pounds), Isabeau’s boyfriend, Hollie’s friend Antoinetta, Neil’s girlfriend Stephanie, Nicole’s mom Diane, and Kae’s husband Eric were on hand for an emotional reunion. Everybody is particularly excited by the looks on the faces when they see them. Afterwards, they eat dinner with their guests at Brady’s Pub, on the set of Days of Our Lives.

After the photo shoot, Liz from Prevention magazine must select one person to appear on the cover. And the cover winner is… Kae. Not only does she look great, but her drive and determination has been one of the greatest success stories of the show’s history.

At the challenge, the contestants must stay above the yellow line. It’s a climbing challenge. There’s a yellow line that they start off above and must stay above. They continue to climb. As they climb, the rope moves down. Anyone who goes below the yellow line gets eliminated. Hollie, Isabeau, and Julie fall out in an order that could be expected. Kae makes it almost to the top, with Bill nipping at her heels. Neil’s next out, followed by Nicole. Bryan fights but ultimately is eliminated sixth. Kae continues to be strong and wins the challenge, which comes along with a reward of a $5,000 shopping spree that she can spend when she gets home.

Black team’s still talking about a red/blue alliance. I thought we already established that was BS weeks ago. With their horrible losses (or lack thereof) last week, I’d expect quite a bit from Hollie and Julie, as well as Bryan.

Neil: 303 pounds (-8, 2.57%)
Isabeau: 234 pounds (-7, 2.90%)
Bill: 228 pounds (-6, 2.56%)
Hollie: 204 pounds (-8, 3.77%)
Nicole: 218 pounds (-4, 1.80%)
Julie: 176 pounds (-4, 2.22%)
Kae: 156 pounds (-3, 1.89%)
Bryan: 270 pounds (-6, 2.17%)

This leaves Nicole and Kae below the yellow line. As strong as she’s been, we’re getting to a point where Kae’s going to have trouble hanging on just because she has so little weight left to lose. She’s still a bigger threat than Nicole, but regardless, it’s obvious how much fear there is surrounding Kae.

Neil’s upset because he’s tired of the weaker people aiming to take out the stronger people. I’d like to see him win it and take out black team by himself, although of the black team, I would be comfortable with Bill winning, as he’s been a strong performer. Neil tells everybody to bring it on.

Votes
Bill: Kae
Bryan: Kae
Neil: Nicole
Isabeau: Kae
Julie: Kae

Why even bother wasting 10 minutes on this? This was the most obvious vote ever. She leaves continuing to inspire them and having lost over 30% of her original weight, easily the highest for any female in the show’s history, not to mention ahead of most men as well, including season 3 winner Erik. In a special live appearance, Kae returns for a weigh in, where she’s first greeted by Bob. Her starting weight was 225 pounds. Her current weight is 137 pounds, down 88 pounds, close to 40%.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Biggest Loser 4 Episode 12, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

The Biggest Loser 4 Episode 9 saw yet another reshuffling, this time into duos. Despite her initial fear of being partnered with Amy, Kae narrowly escaped the chopping block. It came down to a vote between Isabeau and Ryan, and Ryan was sent packing.

The whole duo thing didn’t last very long. We’re now down to every player for themselves.

Bob gets upset at Neil’s vote against Ryan, despite the fact that he says he discussed the plan with Ryan.

Amy completes throwing Kim away, trading in her red shirt for a black one. Kim expresses her disappointment and asks Amy to keep the shirt, but she’s not interested.

Donuts, donuts, and more donuts. It’s a temptation. Inside one of the donuts is a token worth $5,000. I was initially thinking this wouldn’t be worth it, but they only have to eat one donut per round, with each round lasting a minute and allowing them to search through as many as they can. As with the Reese’s, Amy’s a little too happy to see this food. Also as with last time, Kae passes up the opportunity. I think she’s a little too hardcore at this dieting thing, but the rest of these people should take notes, as this is why she keeps blowing them out of the water. Nicole sits out of the second round. Round three has no time limit. Julie drops out regardless because she’s met her calories. Isabeau came within inches of finding the token but missed it, leaving a door open for Bill to win the money, to go along with the SUV he won last week.

The challenge is a 24k (15 miles) triathlon. The first 6 to bike 20k on the stationary bikes will move onto treadmills, where the first three to run 3k will move to the pool, where the first person to swim 1k wins. The prize is a 24 hour trip home. In addition, because they will be home for a full day, the winner will receive immunity, a particularly big deal for targets like the guys and Kae. Lastly, the winner will make a big decision, which won’t be revealed until after the challenge.

Kae’s first to both 5k and 10k. Isabeau’s pretty well out of it, while Amy, Neil, Julie and Bryan fight for the last two spots behind Hollie, Nicole, and Bill. With 3k left, Nicole starts to give Kae a run for her money. Bill and Hollie are still close behind. Isabeau, Julie, and Amy are now out of it, leaving Neil and Bryan looking in good shape to take the final two slots. Kae finishes first. Nicole is second. Bill is third. Hollie is fourth. Bryan is fifth. Neil takes sixth. Julie at 18k and Amy and Isabeau at 17k are eliminated.

Kae is first to hit .5k on the treadmill. She retains the lead throughout, hitting 2.5k first as well. Bill and Hollie are the second and third to hit 2.5k, but Bryan is close behind them. Kae finishes first. Bill finishes second. Hollie finishes third, inching out Bryan, and she’s confident in her swimming ability because she’s a swim coach. Nicole, Bryan, and Neil are eliminated at the 2.5k mark.

Kae, Bill, and Hollie move to the pool, where they will swim 40 lengths. It’s pretty obvious what’s going to happen here. Kae’s dominance in the first two events will be completely meaningless, as Hollie who barely made it through will win due to her swimming experience. Poorly designed competition, particularly bad considering how high the stakes are. Hollie wins, Bill comes in second with 30 laps, Kae finishes third with 26 laps.

In addition to the rewards, Hollie must now pick another person to give the reward to as well. Again pretty obvious what will happen. Perhaps not exactly who, but it’ll be a black team member, one of the girls, meaning Isabeau or Julie. She chooses Julie. Considering Bill did so well in the challenge, whereas Julie dropped out right away, I’d think it would have made more sense to choose him, not only picking a teammate but also reducing the ability for people to be upset that she’s playing favorites. They’re left with a warning: if they’ve gained weight at the next weigh-in, they will no longer have immunity.

Hollie goes home to see her best friend, who says she’s inspired her to start losing weight as well. Julie goes home to see her son and husband, who himself has started to lose weight, now down 28 pounds. Both women have to cope with food choices in the real world. Julie chooses to do the Subway commercial, which actually if you have to eat fast food is the best alternative, though they do have plenty of menu items that aren’t so healthy. Hollie has a salad with dressing on the side but also gets pizza, which is a bad choice even without cheese, though as she said it’s not bad once in a while. Then it’s time to exercise. Julie wears her husband out on the beach. Hollie takes her friend to the gym.

When Jillian walks in the room, Amy’s crying. Still.

Julie: 180 pounds (no change)
Hollie: 212 pounds (no change)

Julie takes the lack of change as an indication she has a lot to learn. Her worst week previously was a 2 pound loss in week 2. Hollie’s previous worst performance was also a 2 pound loss. I don’t think either of them should have immunity still. With no change, the cards should fall where they may, particularly since both should lose a lot of weight next week.

Bill: 234 pounds (-8, 3.31%)

Bill becomes the second person this season to lose 100 pounds.

Nicole: 222 pounds (-7, 3.06%)
Neil: 311 pounds (-10, 3.12%)
Amy: 242 pounds (-3, 1.22%)
Isabeau: 241 pounds (-5, 2.03%)
Bryan: 276 pounds (-2, 0.72%)
Kae: 159 pounds (-4, 2.45%)

So it comes down to Amy and Bryan. Isabeau raises a concern that Amy’s complaining too much about wanting to go home as she has from day one. Isabeau says she thinks Amy’s a threat, to which Jillian responds, “Are you kidding?” Bill weighs in as well. Comparing the weight losses, he says Amy is beating Bryan (not exactly true, but Bryan is indeed down there close to Amy toward the bottom of the weight loss percentages). He says his vote doesn’t matter anyway because Isabeau’s already voting for Amy. Neil, without having the issue of whether he’s black team or not, says Amy deserves to go home.

Votes
Nicole: Amy
Kae: Amy
Neil: Amy
Julie: Bryan
Hollie: Bryan
Bill: Bryan
Isabeau: Amy

I’m quite surprised by this move, but I’m all for it. As big a fan as I am of gameplay on shows like this, Amy got to an enough is enough stage of this competition quite some time ago. Unlike the classy exit speeches we’ve come to expect, Amy says karma’s a bitch and that the black team can’t trust Isabeau. Get off my screen already. This was at least a chance to redeem herself for all the complaining she’s done under both Kim and Jillian, but she couldn’t even get this part right. Today, Amy is down 100 pounds to 197 from her original weight of 297.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Biggest Loser 4 episode 11, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

In The Biggest Loser 4 Episode 8, we found out that, in addition to Neil’s weight gain, there were a couple other people who claimed to also be involved, but they just didn’t make it blatantly obvious. Isabeau whined nonstop about Neil’s actions, then she herself didn’t lose any weight on purpose. In the end, David was sent home.

This week is green week on The Biggest Loser. They’re all going to be doing some recycling, starting with their teams. They will be dropping down to duos. The challenge here isn’t a temptation, just a guessing game of how many calories are in a large meat pizza and a 32 ounce soda. Pizza’s deceptively high in calories (in addition to the 9 hour insulin spike it causes), so this can be an easy thing to underestimate. The person closest to the correct answer picks the first duo, then they both pick the second duo, then the next duo picks the third duo, then they pick the fourth duo, then there’s a last duo that’s stuck with each other.

Bill: 2145
Nicole: 3240
Kae: 2306
Julie: 2790
Hollie: 4079
Bryan: 3800
Amy: 4024
Isabeau: 3475
Ryan: 3460
Neil: 3496

Actual: 3253 calories

A high number, albeit lower than I would have expected. Nicole, who went with 3240, is the person who is closest. The teams are:

Nicole & Neil
Ryan & Isabeau
Julie & Bill
Hollie & Bryan
Kae & Amy

Neil wanted to protect Ryan but not too much. Isabeau wanted to pick a team that was an all black team. Julie and Bill wanted to protect Hollie. Kae got stuck with Amy, who was most vocal about sending her home, and wasn’t happy.

In keeping with the green week theme, they will not use machines that run on electricity this week.

While Kae’s out running, Amy’s on the couch sleeping. Bob immediately gets concerned about this pairing as well.

Kim’s upset because David’s gone, and she knows Bryan’s in serious danger. And to think just last week Jillian was going on and on about how the black team was being ganged up on. Kim’s very pleased with Bryan’s training but is frustrated with his nutrition. He’s only eating 1200 calories a day and three meals.

Kae’s concerns over her new partner continue to weigh on her. Bob decides to try to lighten the mood a bit, and he puts an X on her back.

Bob takes his team out of the gym and has them climb a huge hill instead. Jillian and Kim stay in the gym but just do things that don’t require electricity.

They show up at a challenge and are greeted by containers of food they used to eat a lot of, like 180 pizza boxes for Bill and Julie. Next to them are two trucks. What’s in the trucks is a much more shocking reality check. They are filled with the soda cans they used to go through. Not surprisingly, they all used to consume soda in excess, which is nothing but a bunch of empty calories. It’s 148,000 cans, which amounts to 2.6 tons and is a lifetime worth of cans for them. Of course, this can’t be done without being heavy on the lesson side, as it’s a reminder to them that next time they have a can they should find the nearest recycling bin. They are given half an hour to recycle their cans. Whoever recycles the most will win. The prize? Brand new hybrid SUV’s. Julie tells the story about how in order to become a stay-at-home mom, she had to get rid of a car. At the halfway mark, Bill & Julie are in first with 41 pounds. Kae & Amy, who are working as a team rather than each one individually, are in second at 40 pounds. Hollie & Bryan are at 35 pounds. Nicole & Neil are out of it at 22 pounds, with Isabeau and Ryan bringing up the rear at 20 pounds.

Isabeau & Ryan: 43.2 pounds
Neil & Nicole: 47.6 pounds
Hollie & Bryan: 75.4 pounds
Kae & Amy: 75.8 pounds
Bill & Julie: 98.4 pounds

Bill & Julie easily win the new vehicles. Black team has to drag Jillian down the hallway to see the prizes because she doesn’t want to know anything that doesn’t have to do with the weigh in. She’s impressed but still wants immunity.

Bryan expresses concern to Kim that he can’t eat when he’s full because that’s how he got fat to begin with. She tells him to just trust her.

Kae: 163 pounds (-5)
Amy: 245 pounds (-9)
Total: -14 pounds (3.32%)

Hollie: 212 pounds (-6)
Bryan: 278 pounds (-11)
Total: -17 pounds (3.35%)

Nicole: 229 pounds (-6)
Neil: 321 pounds (-18)
Total: -24 pounds (4.18%)

Last week, Neil’s 33 pound weight loss wasn’t particularly impressive since it was to be expected with the 17 pound weight gain the week before, but this week’s loss following that is very strong and puts him at the 100 pound mark, making him the 5th person in the show’s history to lose that much weight before going home.

Isabeau: 246 pounds (-9)
Ryan: 302 pounds (-6)
Total: -15 pounds (2.66%)

Bill: 242 pounds (-9)
Julie: 180 pounds (-6)
Total: -15 pounds (3.43%)

Despite Isabeau slacking last week, Isabeau and Ryan are below the yellow line, with Ryan putting up the lowest percentage of weight loss of anyone this week. Isabeau tells black team she trusts nobody, a slap in the face to the people who have been loyal to her all along.

Votes:
Kae & Amy: Ryan
Bryan & Hollie: Ryan
Neil & Nicole: Ryan

The fourth vote was probably for Ryan as well. Ryan returns home to his newborn baby. Today, Ryan weighs 265 pounds, down 109 pounds from his starting weight of 374.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Biggest Loser 4 episode 10, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.