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The Biggest Loser Season 10 Episode 4

Since she had pretty much given up, it was no surprise that Tina was sent home in The Biggest Loser Season 10 Episode 3.

They walk outside to find Alison… and 400 cupcakes. But wait. There’s more. At the end of this week, two of them will be going home. At this weigh in, there will be two lines: a yellow line right in the middle, plus a red line right at the bottom with no hope of escape.

The temptation today is for a 1 pound advantage. That’s it? No. For every week they keep it, it grows another pound. They will grab a cupcake. Under the cupcakes will either be the prize, or a clue to the prize. Rick, Adam, and Jesse are all playing. Elizabeth joins them. The first clue narrows their choices down to just two shelves, although there are still a lot of cupcakes. Clue number two cuts that by an additional 2/3. The third clue tells them it’s a pink cupcake, which narrows it down to 4 or 5. Clue number 4 brings us down to one with a raspberry, which is a choice of two. Rick may have the clue, but he thinks about it a bit too long, allowing Adam to grab the winning cupcake at random despite being a clue behind. In all, he’s eaten 1350 calories.

To help them learn some healthier options for their desserts, it’s Curtis Stone. They don’t have to avoid all sweets. For that matter, they don’t even have to avoid all cupcakes. Although some of these cupcakes have 700 calories, the one Curtis made only has 100 calories. They use egg whites instead of eggs, honey instead of sugar, wheat flour instead of white flour, and raspberry puree for the frosting.

Adam’s worried that he just put a target on his back, and the theory of the others is that, the longer he holds it, the bigger that target will get. The alliance of three guys is onboard with the plan of getting rid of him, and Ada tells them she is as well.

Strangely, Bob and Jillian don’t flip out and threaten to kill anybody after they find out the results of the temptation. Don’t hate the player; hate the game.

Jillian has this theory. Asthma isn’t really the thing holding Elizabeth back. She has a fear that she’ll end up dying like her father.

Before coming to the ranch, Frado was taking 7 injections a day and 6 or 7 pills twice a day. After being on this routine for just 4 weeks, he is now off all of his medications.

During the workout, Mark hurts his back on the rowing machine, leaving himself barely able to walk.

Adam has decided not to use his advantage this week.

Mark: 361 pounds (-8, 2.17%)
Elizabeth: 229 pounds (-6, 2.62%)
Patrick: 356 pounds (-10, 2.73%)
Lisa: 260 pounds (-7, 2.622%)
Aaron: 419 pounds (-12, 2.78%)
Rick: 297 pounds (-9, 2.94%)
Jesse: 321 pounds (-8, 2.43%)

From this point, every time somebody weighs in, one person is safe, and one person is not.

Burgandy: 213 pounds (-5, 2.29%) – putting Mark below the yellow line
Ada: 224 pounds (-10, 4.27%) – putting Burgandy below the yellow line
Jessica: 254 pounds (-7, 2.68%) – putting Jesse below the yellow line
Brendan: 315 pounds (-11, 3.37%) – putting Elizabeth below the yellow line
Frado: 317 pounds (-20, 5.93%) – putting Lisa below the yellow line
Adam: 346 pounds (-10, 2.81%) – putting Jessica below the yellow line
Sophia: 250 pounds (-2, 0.79%) – putting herself below the red line

With the lowest percentage of weight loss, Sophia has fallen below the red line, and is automatically eliminated from the show.

Of the 7 people who have fallen below the yellow line, 5 of them are women. This is getting old. Ada is again the only woman who is safe.

As the biggest loser for the week, Frado will have the opportunity to save one person.

Mark has received medical clearance following his back injury. He thinks he’ll be able to do the challenge.

Next we get a Subway commercial. I don’t know. I went there and tried to order breakfast the other day. They didn’t have any eggs or egg whites. So why bother being open at 10AM? I’ve lost interest in trying it.

Ada, who placed toward the top of the leaderboard this week, didn’t feel that her performance was good enough. Jillian’s not happy with that concept. Her fear stems from her brother drowning when she was 2 or 3 years old, and her parents blaming her for it. Time to move on and get some new parents.

Before the challenge, Bob invites those who are below the yellow line to his house. He keeps food with a low shelf life in his house, two weeks at most. They will be eating a vegan meal. Sounds wicked boring.

Burgandy is having trouble with her leg. Dr. H tells her no challenge. He doesn’t care about the yellow line, although that’s her very first question.

Frado has decided to take the easy way out, which I can’t say I blame him for. Jessica finished closest to the yellow line, so he will be saving her.

The challenge is to unroll 300 feet of carpet weighing over 900 pounds. The two guys who were in danger… aren’t any more. Mark jumps off to a lead. Jesse’s going for the runner up spot. The girls will have to battle it out for last. Mark finishes first, with Jesse right behind him. Lisa places third. That leaves Elizabeth in danger alongside Burgandy. Two women yet again. I grow wary of these chicks getting beat every week. Before this becomes a sausagefest, the producers may consider reconsidering this twist.

Votes
Frado: Burgandy
Ada: Elizabeth
Rick: Burgandy
Adam: Burgandy
Brendan: Burgandy

With 4 votes, Burgandy is not The Biggest Loser. That means one less player in the game. For now. The five people who were eliminated prior to the season are back.

Sophia is down to 225 pounds from her starting weight of 272 pounds. Now she has more of a reason to cheer. Burgandy is down from her starting weight of 231 pounds to 180 pounds today.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 10 Episode 5, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

The Amazing Race 17 Episode 3

Another obvious elimination followed the first, as Andie & Jenna were eliminated in The Amazing Race 17 Episode 2.

Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.

First: Brook & Claire – 7:34AM
Second: Katie & Rachel – 7:35AM
Third: Michael & Kevin – 7:45AM
Fourth: Chad & Stephanie – 7:52AM
Fifth: Jill & Thomas – 7:58AM
Sixth: Connor & Jonathan – 8:01AM
Seventh: Nat & Kat – 8:02AM
Eighth: Nick & Vicki – 8:04AM
Ninth: Gary & Mallory – 8:06AM

Teams will now drive to the neighborhood of Jamestown, where they must find the Akotoku Boxing Academy. So pretty much they’re stuck on land. All teams are bunched up enough that one little mistake could be game ending. The road block is to properly wrap their hands, suit up in training gear, work on a speedbag for 60 seconds, and jump rope for 60 seconds.

On the way there, Connor & Jonathan continue to sing their way through the race, which seems to be working. They may be a little too nice, but they’re playing the social game quite well, both with the contestants and the locals. Meanwhile, Nat & Kat get a clueless cab driver. They ask the teams behind them for directions. After they receive directions, their cab driver appears to be kidnapping them because he refuses to stop or turn around and go the right way, or at least that’s what the cliffhanger pre-commercial break would like us to believe.

Road block (in order of arrival): Brook, Chad, Katie, Connor, Kevin, Thomas, Gary, Vicki, Nat

Phil’s explanation of the task takes longer than the task itself. The teams are quickly blowing through the road block. The assumption that this task would be particularly difficult is a tactical error on the part of most of the teams, who send up their strongest members.

From there, they will travel by taxi to the Dodowa district to locate a market supply depot. There, they will load up on construction supplies for the Asedi D/A Primary School. This is easy enough if the teams are paying attention to their shopping list, which is not the case for Brook & Claire. Their flaw is simple, which Rachel insists makes them idiots. They only took one wheelbarrow, although the clue very clearly says a pair. Michael & Kevin do the same, and both pairs of female teams just keep their mouths quiet when they pass them. Katie & Rachel may have gotten the correct number of wheelbarrows, but they overlook something else. Nick & Vicki bring one too many bags of cement, and here we see Nick starting to become an ass. In spite of how much the other teams are struggling on this task, Nat & Kat’s taxi woes continue, and they’re still nowhere to be found.

Since they are in Africa, now would be a good time for a pop quiz on African geography, something that most Americans would fail miserably, possibly being able to identify South Africa and maybe Egypt. Hopefully at least they can identify Ghana, the country they’re in now. Perhaps not. Luckily, the kids will choose a country, then the teams will have a guess at where Ghana is, so through process of elimination, they’ll get there eventually. Even if they have to wait for the whole rest of the map to be filled in like Nick & Vicki.

The detour is a choice between bicycle parts or language arts. In bicycle parts, they must use a stick to roll a bicycle rim, which is apparently a children’s game. They will have to go all the way down the soccer field and back without letting their rims fall. In language arts, they choose a proverb containing eight highlighted phrases, each of which has a corresponding symbol in a native visual alphabet. They must then find all the symbols on a decorative cloth, like a word search.

Bicycle parts: Gary & Mallory, Katie & Rachel (switched from language arts), Chad & Stephanie (switched from language arts), Nick & Vicki, Katie & Rachel (switched from language arts), Nat & Kat (switched from language arts), Brook & Claire (switched from language arts), Jill & Thomas (switched from language arts), Michael & Kevin (switched from language arts)
Language arts: Connor & Jonathan

It’s here that Nick continues his temper tantrum. Not until Vicki’s asthma kicks in does he stop yelling at her. As much as I thought Nat & Kat were done for, they show up when the other teams are stumped on language arts, making things interesting for a change. The struggle on the word search task is simple. None of the teams are able to locate the decoder key, located on the other side of the building with the map. For all the time they’re wasting here, surely they could have walked around the corner. Even when she’s looking backward at her partner while they’re running away from the task, though, Jill still doesn’t notice the decoder key that’s right in front of her. Connor & Jonathan notwithstanding, every other team that tries this task gives up, but Kevin does not feel his father is able to do the other task. Eventually, though, they, too, opt to switch. Kevin’s concern proves to be warranted because his father is barely able to get across once, let alone twice, leading to the need for medical assistance. After that, he still has a point to prove. No matter how long it takes, he wants to finish the task.

The pit stop for this leg of the race is the home of Awusa Ntso, a local villager. During this pit stop rest, they will use the supplies they delivered to renovate the school.

First: Connor & Jonathan (win $5,000 each)
Second: Gary & Mallory
Third: Chad & Stephanie
Fourth: Katie & Rachel
Fifth: Nick & Vicki
Sixth: Brook & Claire
Seventh: Jill & Thomas
Eighth: Nat & Kat
Noneliminated: Michael & Kevin

In spite of the eldest member of the cast struggling with the African heat, Michael & Kevin have been noneliminated. As much as I can appreciate Michael’s fight to not quit something he’s started, at some point we get to where they should be put out of their misery. The next leg, they will have a speed bump to complete.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 17 Episode 4 We Should Have Brought Gloves and Butt Pads, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

The Apprentice Season 10 Episode 4

David became an even more incompetent ass in The Apprentice Season 10 Episode 3, but that was not enough for him to be fired. Instead, James, who does not make good TV, was fired.

During the boardroom, Steuart called David out for his tantrum in front of the client. David’s angry with him, too. He doesn’t plan to take this well. Shocking considering how well he seems to take everything else.

Clint already made up his mind to be the next project manager, regardless of Wade claiming he was going to step up. Wade quickly backs down.

In addition to meeting with Russell Simmons, Tyana is rewarded with a $10,000 gift card from Calvin Klein, which apparently makes more than just underpants.

Popcorn Indiana is one of the biggest and brightest popcorn companies, or so Trump tells us. The task is to create a guerrilla marketing stunt made into a video. The winner of the task will have the video with the best potential to go viral. Don’t these companies get that you can’t force a video to go viral? To assist them, they will meet Charlie Todd, who apparently creates viral videos.

For the women, Mahsa will be the project manager. She plans to be bossy. Shouldn’t be a big step.

Tyana is not onboard with any plans the women have, although she does not have anything but vague suggestions herself. Eventually, they settle on the concept of somebody eating popcorn while working out, to which she rolls her eyes.

Liza, Tyana, and Poppy are sent shopping by Mahsa because she doesn’t think they’re contributing much.

The men are considering a popcorn fight. Wade asks: what about the children? They shouldn’t be watching people get hit with bags of popcorn.

David says he thinks he’s going to lose a tooth on a bagel. So he keeps eating it. Eventually, half of his tooth comes out. Who does the catering for this show? He’ll be missing yet another task. Steuart doesn’t get why he has to go to the dentist right then and there rather than waiting until the task is done tomorrow. Can’t say I disagree. He could go to any drug store and grab some Dentemp. It’s a back tooth, so it’s not as if it interferes with any sort of presentation they may have to do.

When the shoppers return, Mahsa assigns them to take flip cameras and record. Tyana takes this as a way for Mahsa to have something to pin on them. Let me get this straight. Her assigning you to do a task… that’s all about her trying to set you up? What do you want to do, sit on the sidelines? We all know this chick is going back to the boardroom regardless. It’s not as if she’s contributing anything.

Ivanka doesn’t see how the men’s video will catch on, although it could possibly be funny. It looks like their concept is probably a ball for anybody participating in it, but as a watcher, I don’t see the appeal. At the end of the day, Wade still says this is too much for children to handle. Oy.

Don Jr. believes Mahsa looks like a director, but perhaps she’s taking perhaps too much control, leaving people like Tyana and Liza without much to do. After they’re done shooting, Tyana says they should do something different. She’s still not onboard and doesn’t plan on getting onboard or even pretending to be part of the team.

Charlie thinks that the women’s video is funny, but maybe they didn’t go far enough with it. As for the men, that made him laugh. Something exciting was happening, although it was a little violent. Whoever ends up winning this task, their video’s not going viral.

Anand calls Clint a breath of fresh air.

Wade will be stepping up to be project manager next week. Oh, this story again.

Steuart thinks they had an excellent team. Trump pushes the issue. He means without David? Well, David wasn’t there, if that answers the question.

It’s not going to take pulling teeth to get Tyana to say before the results are revealed that she doesn’t like the video. Mahsa quickly speaks up to say that, if they lose, Tyana should be fired for her weakness. Win or lose, Mahsa does not plan on taking these comments back. Tyana thinks they lost. There’s the confidence I’ve been looking for. She quite enjoys the men’s video, though, and Mahsa’s response to that is that Tyana’s evil. Wow.

The executive loved that the men’s video made him laugh out loud and that it was really an event. However, the brand’s tagline was hard to hear, and it was a bit violent.

On the other side, he thought the women’s idea was clever. The cons: it was kind of contrived, not necessarily guerrilla, and didn’t really go far enough.

In the end, the men win the challenge. Tyana agrees with this decision, but Wade still won’t be showing it to his children. As Clint’s reward, he will meet with Steve Forbes.

Mahsa’s defense is that she did everything by herself. They lost. Shouldn’t she be fired then?

Stephanie would fire Tyana. She may not have agreed with the concept, but she also wasn’t useful in changing it. Brandy agrees. Don’t come to her with problems unless you have a solution.

Liza would fire Tyana. Hmm, didn’t see that coming. Kelly agrees. Tyana checked out rather than at least trying to help. Poppy falls in line with everybody else.

But Don Jr. has a question. Is Tyana the reason they lost the task? No. But she didn’t do anything that would have contributed to a win either.

Tyana and Liza will be returning to the boardroom.

For all of Tyana’s talk, she didn’t have any ideas to fix the situation either. Tyana has been fired. Since leaving the show, Tyana has decided she wants to stay in the real estate business.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Apprentice Season 10 Episode 5, which airs Thursday at 10/9c on NBC.

Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 6

Unable to deliver on the fish station, Emily was sent home in Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 5.

Sabrina is not happy that Melissa was not sent home. She should have put her up against stronger competition then.

Melissa is called forward, but not to go home. She will be joining the blue team. In her place, the red team needs a leader. They get… Trev.

The challenge is to come up with an entree salad. Each team will create five salads, and the best one will be featured in Bon Appetit magazine. Trev has decided already that Jillian is clueless, and he isn’t interested in being her leader.

The senior food editor of Bon Appetit will be doing the judging.

Boris and Gail go first. Boris is sweating before the results are revealed. His salad is soggy to match. Gail’s salad looks and tastes beautiful, and she scores a point.

Nona and Rob are the next pair. Rob is concerned because he didn’t have enough time to cook his scallops, but those are perfectly cooked. The problem is the dressing is overwhelming. Nona’s food appears to have been run over by a truck. The blue team is tied 1-1.

Vinny’s salad is flat, while Jillian’s lacks a main ingredient that would qualify it as being an entree salad. No point for either of them.

Russell’s salad is lovely, but Sabrina’s reminds her of a hot dog. That gives the blue team the 2-1 lead.

Trev and Melissa, the two who switched teams, are up last. Trev’s dressing is assertive but works to bring together a lovely salad. Melissa’s duck breast is fatty and underseasoned, and the cheese is overwhelming. They are tied 2-2.

The best salad will break the tie. Rob wins the magazine spread and the challenge for his team. For their reward, the blue team will be dining in Malibu and going to a museum. The red team will be cleaning and doing the prep, and they’re eating flowers and bugs for lunch.

Trev’s angry. As usual. Thanks for nothing, bitches. He doesn’t really want to be a leader, until they get back into the kitchen and the opportunity to start bossing Sabrina around presents itself. After the blue team returns, he complains to them that he’s upset.

Ramsay poses a question: is the blue team stronger without Trev? Rob thinks so. So now Trev is mad at him, too.

There will be a chef table in each kitchen tonight with VIP guests at each. Blue team gets Kelli Williams, who apparently is an actress. Red team gets Mo Gaffney and Nancy Grahn. I take it they’re also in show biz. Jillian and Rob will be their servers.

Russell’s risotto is excellent. He just needs the shrimp from Boris. When Boris finally delivers, it’s rubber. Russell is going to watch over Boris’ every move.

Gail’s lobster spaghetti is delicious.

Rob’s salad may have won the challenge, but he’s struggling to finish it now because of the scallops. He blames Melissa; Russell blames him. Nona, too, is struggling on the scallops, and in spite of the delay, they’re raw. Then raw again. Maybe Trev can do it better. Meanwhile, Rob refuses to accept any of Melissa’s scallops. Eventually, they run out. They’ll have to substitute rock shrimp.

Ramsay asks for gnocchi. Sabrina claims meat has been doing it, which Trev denies. She’d better get to cooking it, end of story.

Vinny is waiting on Boris’ garnish. He and Russell rush him through it, so he just delivers what he has, which is unseasoned. Russell demonstrates his great leadership skills, resorting to calling Boris a dumbass, although that’s not worse than anything Ramsay has called him.

Trev is getting on Sabrina’s nerves with his constant yelling. She tries ignoring him, but that doesn’t work. If she doesn’t respond, he’s just going to keep yelling and getting louder. So then she starts responding. He doesn’t hear her. After hearing Trev screaming and forcing her to yell, Ramsay steps in and tells her to shut it. Really? It’s her fault that she’s screaming because her new “leader” is making her?

With one entree left to go, Boris is thrown out of the kitchen. Okay, now you have an excuse to get rid of him, unlike that dishwashing stupidity.

The winning team is… nobody again. Both teams will nominate one person.

The blue team will have to choose between Melissa and Boris.

Nona wants to blame Sabrina. Why even ask her opinion any more? The response is always the same no matter how Sabrina does. Nona is the other consideration.

The red team has nominated Sabrina. The blue team nominated Boris. While they were thinking about their nominations, Ramsay was thinking about who else needs to be up there. Nona and Melissa can also step forward.

The person leaving Hell’s Kitchen is Melissa. I’m not even convinced she screwed up tonight so much as that Rob sabotaged her, but she was on her way out one way or another. I’m not sure how Boris survived.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 7, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.

Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 5

After he was thrown out of the kitchen during service in Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 4, Louis ended up being the one to be sent packing.

Boris will be given another chance, as if that whole dishwashing thing really made any difference in the first place. However, everybody on the red team (aside from her girl Jillian) still hates Sabrina.

They will be hosting the prom for Beverly Hills High School, complete with Dylan and Brenda presumably. These kids have no interest in burgers and hot dogs.

For the challenge, after speaking to three kids from the school, they will have to prepare a menu. As much as they claimed to be over Boris washing dishes, the men refuse to listen to each other, or more spefically to him. The women, however, do decide to listen to each other. Sabrina would rather not stand her team as winners than losers. After they’re finished cooking, the men use this time as an excuse to gang up on Boris.

The judges for this challenge will be the kids they video chatted with earlier. The women get rave reviews for their appetizer. Not so lucky, the men get shot down by two of the three. With 2 of the 3 votes, red team wins the first point with Sabrina’s crabcake dish.

For their entree, the women have combined tuna with steak, which only one of the judges appreciates. The men should be able to run away with this, but their very dry dish isn’t winning any fans either. The ladies get 2 out of 3 here as well to win the challenge with Nona’s dish.

Although the victory has already been decided, Ramsay would like to continue with the second entree and see if there’s anything worth more than just 2 of the 3 votes. Emily’s dish delivers.

For their reward, the women will be going to an amusement park. As for the men, their punishment is to decorate for the prom, to the specifications of the same three picky kids. Eventually, Russell wants them to get the hint that he’s not there to serve the whims some kids with attitudes. Vinny hopes they have a lousy prom and spill something on themselves.

Vinny and Nona will assist in plating the food for service.

Emily’s crabcakes are rejected for being soggy, but Gail helps her get them right the second time. Boris, meanwhile, has decided to cook 10 crabcakes, although they only have orders for two.

Melissa has moved on to entrees, and lots of them. Uh. Only three tables of appetizers have been served so far.

Boris’ crabcakes are now cold. So how about the halibut? They’re going to have to wait one whole minute for it, which is the end of the world it seems.

Sabrina’s appetizers are nicely cooked.

Gail delivers food that Ramsay cannot recognize what it’s supposed to be. Then Emily has some raw fish for him.

Russell’s plan: start screaming at his team. Strangely, this seems to be working.

Melissa decides to slice into undercooked steak. This leads to Ramsay screaming. Rather than waiting for him to finish his tantrum, Nona decides to start talking. Now his attention is on her.

Sabrina and Jillian, the red team’s two outcasts, are leading the charge to finish service.

The winning team tonight is the men, and Russell gets congratulated for his leadership. Adding insult to injury, Sabrina is the best of the worst. Nona would like to disagree with that statement (Melissa would, too, but she’s less animated about it).

Sabrina gets to nominate two people, who this time won’t be able to nominate her just because they hate her. Who do they think should put up, besides her? They just want her to say her decision and don’t have any input. Emily and Melissa are her choices. That said, the men would rather see a different nominee, such as Gail, instead of someone like Emily who will self destruct on her own.

The first nominee is Melissa; the second nominee is Emily. Ramsay is not there to teach Melissa common sense, but Emily lacks effort. Emily will be leaving Hell’s Kitchen.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 6, which airs next on Fox.

Survivor: Nicaragua Episode 4

The old tribe voted out their leader in Survivor: Nicaragua Episode 3, sending Jimmy Johnson packing.

Jimmy T considers this time to celebrate, and hence annoy his fellow castaways with his loudness.

They find the water and mud washing up on them, as the beach proceeds to disappear following the rains.

NaOnka and Brenda still haven’t figured out that hidden immunity idol clue. After thinking about it overnight, Brenda has decided that it’s probably near treemail. Their combined lack of having a clue does not help, but they ultimately do find the idol. NaOnka wants to make one thing clear. Although Brenda is the reason they have the idol, NaOnka considers it hers and nobody else’s.

Alina and Kelly B hope to find the idol as well. Too late for that. NaOnka uses this as an opportunity to tell Kelly B she doesn’t like her. Yeah, this is news. This chick doesn’t like anybody. For sure, Kelly B won’t vote for her if she makes it on the jury, and by the way, she should keep her leg away from the fire.

Jimmy T has been nominated as Espada’s leader, but for all his talk, he does not want the leadership role. Now Jimmy T doesn’t like Marty either. Seems the only thing they had going was their dislike/jealousy for Jimmy J. Marty has decided that Jimmy T is delusional and paranoid.

For today’s challenge, one person will be the caller. The rest of the tribe will be blindfolded and paired up, and they will be directed to gather up 10 paired items, then one pair will be guided to get a set of keys to unlock a chest. The winning tribe will get immunity and a choice between a bunch of items, such as a tool kit, tarp, rope, knives, or a complete fishing kit. La Flor uses the medallion of power. Daniel sits out for Espada. The Kellys sit out for La Flor. Brenda and Tyrone are the callers. La Flor starts with 2 of the 10 items already collected, or about 18% of the way done. Not the most advantageous of times to use the power. The younger tribe quickly jumps up 5-0. I don’t think we even need to wait for this to finish. With a huge advantage that doesn’t fade throuhgout, La Flor wins immunity and reward. They choose their three reward items: the fishing gear, tarp, and cooking supplies.

When they get back to camp, Jimmy T asks for an opportunity to contribute more. So is there something he could have done to change the outcome? Probably not. Somebody stop this guy from running his mouth already.

Chase spots the clue, hides it, and stashes it. He, too, shares it with Brenda. Unlike the two chicks who took overnight to figure it out, he immediately knows where it is. But wait. No need to bother looking… NaOnka already has the idol. At least Brenda doesn’t send him on a wild goose chase, hoping to prove their trust to each other.

Marty chooses to eat a couple of sea urchins, rather than contributing to the community pot. Jimmy T calls him out for doing this. Marty considers this the way to be sent home. Ironically, eating food that should be shared has historically been far more fatal. It’s personal for Marty. He doesn’t want to get rid of the weak link. Rather, he wants to get rid of this guy who he just doesn’t like.

On the other side of the argument, Dan’s still limping, which again makes him a target, particularly of Jimmy J’s allies. How much more can they take of him sitting out every challenge?

Jimmy T is starting to realize that him continuing to open his mouth is probably not making him any friends. Nonetheless, he will keep doing so. After they focus on this at tribal council, he says he’s going to be a worker bee. So no more whining about how he wants to be the leader then?

The old people believe they could have won without the disadvantage from the power. Probst tells them to get real.

Votes
Dan
Dan
Dan
Jimmy
Jimmy
Jimmy
Jimmy
Jimmy

With Marty firmly in control of the tribe and making it personal, Jimmy T has been voted off the island. Can’t say I’ll miss him, but I’m not real impressed with Marty either.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Nicaragua Episode 5, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

The Biggest Loser Season 10 Episode 3

It came down to a battle between the oldest and the youngest in The Biggest Loser Season 10 Episode 2, and the youngest contestant Allie ended up being sent home.

Having been saved by the other contestants, Tina has an announcement. Now she wants to go home. So get lost then. If you don’t want to be there and instead would rather go on vacation with your family, then do it.

Chiming in, Lisa says she plans to learn a few more things, then she, too, wants to leave so that she can go take care of Allie, who can’t do it alone. Anybody else who doesn’t want to be there, feel free to leave. Plenty of other people would kill for the opportunity.

Patrick has made his mind up to get this done now for his sons rather than waiting until it’s too late. Elizabeth wants to be able to live an active lifestyle and do things like go dancing.

Brendan’s getting on Bob’s nerves by taking it easy and hoping nobody will notice. Not as much as Jesse, though, who tosses weights on the ground and sees Bob’s bad side.

Bob’s message for Tina is that, in order for her to pay it forward to her overweight daughter, she has to stay on the ranch and learn whatever lessons she can.

Jillian hopes that the women don’t get slaughtered again this week, with 8 of the 9 bottom spaces having been occupied by them last week.

Today they will be playing tennis, with the help of Anna Kournikova, who’s not just a swimsuit model. That leads into the pop challenge, which has the prize of immunity. Each player has a cylinder, which can be filled with 25 tennis balls. Once someone’s cylinder is full, they are out. Brendan intends to keep Frado and Patrick safe. The easy first target is Tina because nobody will feel bad about her not having immunity. She is the first one out. Burgandy wanted to target all the guys, so they in turn have decided to target her, and they eliminate her next. The next target is Sophia, then Ada and Lisa. Aaron is the first guy to be eliminated, followed by Adam. Back to the girls with the elimination of Elizabeth. Rick is out next, and then Mark and Jessica. Jesse is the next person eliminated, leaving the trio standing. Adam believes Frado, Brendan, and Patrick have some kind of agreement, but there are 12 other people who could have easily targeted them but chose not to. Patrick is the first of the three to fall. Having a slight edge, Frado manages to win immunity.

Alison hopes they got in a good workout because tomorrow… is the weigh-in.

Following the challenge, Brendan, Frado, and Patrick decide to make it official and form an alliance. It’s a bit early for an alliance, particularly the way the rules are working this season so far.

Just like last week, half of them will below the yellow line, with one person having immunity.

Frado: 337 pounds (-3, 0.88%, immune)

Burgandy: 218 pounds (-1, 0.46%) – asking the question “Why bother?”
Tina: 243 pounds (-4, 1.62%)
Sophia: 252 pounds (-6, 2.33%)
Ada: 234 pounds (-6, 2.50%)
Lisa: 267 pounds (-5, 1.84%)
Aaron: 431 pounds (-7, 1.60%)
Adam: 356 pounds (-12, 3.26%)

From this point forward, each time somebody weighs in, one person will be knocked below the yellow line.

Elizabeth: 229 pounds (-3, 1.29%) – putting Burgandy below the yellow line
Rick: 306 pounds (-8, 2.55%) – putting Elizabeth below the yellow line
Mark: 369 pounds (-11, 2.89%) – putting Aaron below the yellow line
Jessica: 261 pounds (-7, 2.61%) – putting Tina below the yellow line
Jesse: 339 pounds (-10, 2.95%) – putting Lisa below the yellow line
Patrick: 366 pounds (-12, 3.17%) – putting Sophia below the yellow line
Brendan: 326 pounds (-5, 1.51%) – putting himself below the yellow line

The women put up a slightly better fight than they did last week, but 5 of the 7 spots below the yellow line are women, with only Ada and Jessica being safe.

As the player with the highest percentage of weight loss for the week, Adam will have the opportunity to save one player. The remaining six will compete in the challenge.

Burgandy immediately runs to Adam with a sob story, hoping he will save her. Eventually, Aaron also decides to make a pitch, about his relationship with his son.

Tina has now decided she wants to be there. I’m not holding my breath on this one.

Adam saves Aaron, leaving only 1 guy in danger of elimination.

There are four brass rings and four piles of sand, 175 tons worth. All six will start digging in the first pile of sand until the ring is found. That person will be safe. Great, so we’re basing safety on dumb luck. Elizabeth finds the first ring. Brendan uncovers the second ring, and Sophia grabs it from him. Brendan gets the third ring. The final ring goes to Burgandy.

That puts Tina and Lisa in danger of elimination. Ironically enough, both of them have said they want to go home, although they are now saying otherwise. I’m not sure it matters one way or the other.

Votes
Jesse: Tina
Alfredo: Tina
Patrick: Tina
Jessica: Tina
Mark: Tina

With 5 votes, Tina is not The Biggest Loser, a foregone conclusion. From her starting weight of 263 pounds, Tina now weighs 205 pounds. She’s perfectly happy with her elimination, and now she wants to help her daughter, who has lost 85 pounds from presumably about the 350 pound range.

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

The Amazing Race 17 Episode 2

In an obvious conclusion to The Amazing Race 17 Episode 1, Ron & Tony were eliminated. Tonight 60 Minutes is actually concluding on time, for a change.

First: Jill & Thomas – 11:55AM
Second: Nat & Kat – 12:00PM
Third: Connor & Jonathan – 12:20PM
Fourth: Brook & Claire – 12:21PM
Fifth: Katie & Rachel – 12:22PM
Sixth: Gary & Mallory – 12:40PM
Seventh: Michael & Kevin – 12:41PM
Eighth: Chad & Stephanie – 12:50PM
Ninth: Andie & Jenna – 1:35PM
Tenth: Nick & Vicki – 1:45PM

Jill says that Thomas was in charge in the last leg. Well, then, that seemed to work well. Nonetheless, she wants more of a say. Departing a minute apart, Connor & Jonathan decide to wait for Brook & Claire and work together. They, in turn, decide to wait for Katie & Rachel. Michael’s leg already hurts.

Teams must now fly more than 3100 miles to Accra, Ghana. The first stop is Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park. All teams will be bunching up on the same flight, obviously. What, they expected multiple flights to Ghana?

This presents a sharp contrast to jolly old England. They’re promptly greeted by mounds of garbage and beggars sticking their hands in the taxis and spitting on them when they say no.

From the park, they will be heading to Makola Market. This market is a good place to get lost. There are people everywhere. The road block for this leg of the race is to sell enough sunglass to earn 15 cedis, about $10, with none going for less than 3 cedis, so basically each contestant will have to sell 5.

Road block (in order of arrival): Nick, Brook, Jill, Chad, Rachel, Michael, Kat, Connor, Jenna, Mallory

Saleswoman Brook finishes the task first. Connor’s the only person I see making a sale above the 3 cedi minimum, earning 10 for two pairs. The teams learn that “I’ll come back” is a polite way of saying “no.” Jill doesn’t want to sell somebody a pair of bad sunglasses, to which Thomas asks why she would care about people’s feelings.

The next destination is Peace Motor Spare Parts for the detour. The detour is a choice between tune in or check out. In tune in, teams will go to an electrical supply for a television antenna system, which they must then install. In check out, teams will go to a woodworking shop to choose a coffin and transport it to a showroom. The coffins are things like cameras and fish, for those who really want to sleep with the fishes. At this point, multiple teams get stuck with cab drivers who don’t know where they’re going.

Tune in: Brook & Claire, Chad & Stephanie, Michael & Kevin, Nick & Vicki, Gary & Mallory
Check out: Katie & Rachel, Jill & Thomas, Connor & JOnathan (switched from tune in), Nat & Kat, Andie & Jenna

The pit stop for this leg of the race, Kaneshi Market, is one of the largest markets in Africa. They’ll be staying on a bridge apparently.

First: Brook & Claire (win a trip to Hawaii)
Second: Katie & Rachel
Third: Michael & Kevin
Fourth: Chad & Stephanie
Fifth: Jill & Thomas
Sixth: Connor & Jonathan
Seventh: Nat & Kat
Eighth: Nick & Vicki
Ninth: Gary & Mallory
Eliminated: Andie & Jenna

Once again they try to create drama with a traffic jam, but it’s obvious what the end result here is going to be. Andie & Jenna have been eliminated. Likeable team with a good story, but their travels at the back of the pack for both of the first two legs meant their time was limited.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 17 Episode 3 In Phil We Trust, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.