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Allen Smith Biggest Loser 8

Allen Smith
Age: 44
Height: 5’11”
Hometown: Columbus, IN
Occupation: Firefighter/EMT

Allen Smith Biggest Loser 8

NBC Bio
Allen grew up a middle child in a large family that found comfort in food. It was not until well into his adult life that he paid the ultimate price. Allen has gained well over a hundred pounds since his days as a young college student.

The pressure of his obesity has finally made an impact on Allen’s career as a firefighter. His brothers at the department ride him about his weight and are scared they may lose one of their own in the near future. Everyday Allen feels the pressure of putting his life and his fellow firefighter’s lives at risk. He is worried that he may not pass the physical this year and is ready to grab this addiction to food by the horns. Allen’s daughter is the apple of his eye and he does not want her to be teased about her overweight father anymore. Allen wants to make the lifestyle change that will help him become a better husband, father and community servant.

Alexandra White Biggest Loser 8

Alexandra White
Age: 20
Height: 5’8″
Hometown: Harrisburg, PA
Occupation: College Student

Alexandra White Biggest Loser 8

NBC Bio
Alexandra has a will to succeed. She is currently a full-time student getting an MBA in accounting. She participates in many leadership roles on campus such as the co-ed business fraternity and the dance team.

Growing up was not easy for Alexandra. Her father left when she was young and she turned to food for comfort. Since obesity runs in the family, Alexandra never had any knowledge of how to control her weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle. In her family food was a celebration; for good grades they went out to dinner, for good behavior she got a snack. Alexandra was not aware that food would be such a detriment to her future.

At 20 years of age, Alexandra finds herself saddened that she cannot enjoy her life as a college student due to her weight. She cannot fit into the seats at her school, nor can she slip on a dress and enjoy a night out with her friends. When her friends ask her to go to the beach or on a spring break trip she makes up an excuse to save her the embarrassment.

Alexandra’s motivation is the future that lies ahead of her. She still has three more college years to live, a job to succeed in and she really wants to help her mother get her weight on track. Her mother is a huge motivation for doing “The Biggest Loser,” and at 40 she believes that she cannot lose weight. Alexandra wants her mother to see with her own eyes that it is possible.

Abby Rike Biggest Loser 8

Abby Rike
Age: 35
Height: 5’4″
Hometown: Mabank, TX
Occupation: Teacher

Abby Rike Biggest Loser 8

NBC Bio
Abby is loyal to a fault, hardworking, a vivacious lover of life who avoids conflict and likes everyone to get along. She faced an enormous tragedy in October 2006. In light of losing her beloved husband, 5Â½ year-old daughter and 2Â½ week-old son in a fatal car crash, she chooses to forge ahead. She has been searching for a way to finally get back to a “normal” life and feels this will happen when she loses the weight.

Abby has been on various diets since the sixth grade when her mother, who has also always been overweight, recommended that she lose a few pounds. Her weight has gone up and down for years and since the accident she has gained even more rapidly, using food as her way of coping with her losses.

She is high school teacher and is a favorite amongst the students, often being requested by students that are not even required to take her classes. She enjoys inspiring students to achieve their personal bests, but often feels like a hypocrite since she is not doing the same. Abby recently went back to school and graduated with a Master’s of Education degree maintaining a 4.0 grade point average. Abby desperately wants to live a healthy lifestyle enabling her to make the most of the next step in her new “normal” life.

Big Brother 11 Episode 22

With plans to backdoor Russell, Jeff saved Kevin with the veto in Big Brother 11 Episode 21.

Michele’s losing her closest ally and upset about it. Maybe she should have chosen someone borderline reliable as a partner.

Russell agrees this was a smart move. He just doesn’t have to like it. Jeff finds Russell’s threats thoroughly amusing. He’s happy to be getting rid of this nutcase who blows up all the time at everybody.

Russell’s plan: Kevin should stab Natalie in the back and keep him in the house instead. Really?

Then there’s yelling and yelling and more yelling. Can this moron just be voted out already?

Lydia greets Jessie with a hug. Then she pretends to beat him up so she doesn’t lose face after having told Julie Chen what she would do. Yeah, that’ll last.

As a reward for making it to the final five, the ridiculous/stupid/pointless have/have not thing is over.

Jeff thinks the elimination of Russell will make his game.

Natalie would just like to thank her fellow houseguests in advance for keeping her in the house, since they’ve already told her that they will. With that said, it’s time to vote.

Votes
Jordan: Russell
Kevin: Russell
Michele: Russell

By a unanimous vote, Russell has been evicted from the Big Brother house. Despite all his earlier whining, Russell leaves with a smile on his face. He wonders if Michele sold him out. His plan was to uphold the final four plan, and then join forces with Michele. He tried to deny it, but they were a pair. Jeff’s goodbye message is one of the more insulting ever. Good luck getting that vote. Jordan tries to be mean but can’t pull it off.

Jeff is not eligible to compete, which leaves Jordan on her own. The challenge is to transfer enough hot chocolate into bowls to remove their marshmallows as they run across slippery graham crackers. Their mugs hold 8 ounces of liquid. Their bowls hold 16 gallons. Assuming they spill nothing, they’ll need to travel more than 4 miles. This will take a while. They’ll need some chocolate, too, as it starts to rain. Want to know who wins HOH before Sunday’s show? Check out the BB11 Spoilers.

Julie announces that we will find out a new twist to the HOH that could impact everybody. Oh. No. No. No. No. No. No. Just no. This will end badly.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 11 Episode 23, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 20

The remaining acts performed in America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 19, and tonight five more will round out the top 20.

The EriAm Sisters and Drew Stevyns are first. Anybody’s game, but I gotta go with Drew. He does advance to the next round. He’s not alone, though. The EriAm Sisters are through as well.

Pam Martin’s Top Dogs, African High Flyers, and Coney Island Chris are up next. Between the three, I’d go with Pam Martin, but America’s votes eliminate all of them. Tough night of competition. Pam Martin’s dog act certainly beats Rockin Rory.

Recycled Percussion, Matt and Anthony, and Ishaara are next. I’m assuming Matt and Anthony are gone, which they are. I could see either of the other two advancing, but it’s Recycled Percussion getting the votes.

The Lollipop Girls, Mia Boostrom, Barbara Padilla, and Erik and Rickie all step forward. If it’s not Barabara Padilla, I’ll eat my hat. The Lollipop Girls are the first act eliminated. Barbara Padilla moves to the next round.

That brings us down to fifth and sixth place Mia Boostrom and Erik and Rickie. Given the talent and sheer amount of other singers, I’d expect Erik & Rickie to advance over Mia. Hoff votes for Erik and Rickie. Sharon votes for Mia. Piers breaks the tie to send Erik and Rickie to the semifinals.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 21, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on NBC.

America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 19

Jeffrey Ou, Lawrence Beaman, Mario & Jenny, Hairo Torres, and FootworKINGz advanced to the semifinals in America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 18. Tonight the final 12 acts perform.

The contestants competing tonight are:

Ishaara
Coney Island Chris
Matt & Anthony
Pam Martin’s Top Dogs
African High Flyers
Erik & Rickie
The EriAm Sisters
Mia Boostrom
Recycled Percussion
Barbara Padilla

Additionally, the two wild cards are:

Drew Stevyns
Lollipop Girls

Bollywood dance group Ishaara is up first. Piers enjoys the act, but mostly can’t take his eyes off the blonde chick in the middle. Hoff calls them the best dance act on the show.

Opera singer Barbara Padilla hopes to be a good example for her adopted daughter. She brings down the house. Sharon’s breath has been taken away. Hoff tells her she is exactly where she is supposed to be because she’s a star. Piers says this is the reason Simon Cowell created this show, and the bar has been raised so high that nobody will beat her tonight.

Pam Martin has brought with her another one of her top dogs, Spy, Viva’s brother. Hoff tells her she’s may not win, but she does have a place in Vegas. Piers is surprised that Spy did not make any mistakes and he didn’t have to buzz. Sharon mostly just likes dogs that don’t pee everywhere.

The African High Flyers grew up hanging out on the beach in Kenya, performing their acrobatic dance routines for tips from tourists. Piers buzzes because they have not progressed far enough from the auditions. Although Sharon enjoyed the show, she agrees with him. Hoff, however, loved it.

Mia Boostrom returns to sing and play piano to Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen. A risky song. Sharon hopes she’s in the five. Hoff is proud to have been part of her transformation. Piers has a big but. Not a perfect performance, especially at the higher range. He can’t rate her above Kevin Skinner, Lawrence Beaman, or Barbara Padilla.

Erik & Rickie are ballroom dancers ages 8 and 9. They’ve been dancing since they were kids. Their performance for this evening is the paso doble. Quite talented for their ages, but I still say they’re no Cheeky Monkeys. Hoff could see them going all the way. Piers is impressed with Erik’s improvement. Sharon wants to see people vote.

Coney Island Chris is just hoping not to kill himself. First he lights his tongue on fire, resulting in buzzers from Piers and Sharon. Then he drinks some lamp oil and spits fire, followed by lighting his butt on fire. As he gets extinguished, Hoff makes it three buzzers. Piers was horrified. By how bad it was. Sharon doesn’t know how he got this far. Hoff just wanted to see him set himself on fire.

Matt Lucas is a guitar player, while Anthony Morigerato is a tap dancer. How do they combine to form a cohesive act? Well, I guess that’s still the unanswered question. Piers buzzes. Sharon loves Anthony’s dancing, but the combination just doesn’t gel. Hoff thinks the combination works, even though it’s a little rusty. Piers appreciates Anthony’s dancing like Sharon, but he doesn’t like that the singing, while competent, isn’t up to par.

The Lollipop Girls are the first wild card act of the night. I don’t know that they’re necessarily hot enough to do this stripper routine, although they do get themselves plenty of whistling (apparently all from one guy) regardless. Hoff says that Vegas needs an act like this. Piers could watch that for a long time. He became more certain the more they took off.

The other wild card act of the night is singer Drew Stevyns. Piers doesn’t think he has the voice to carry him through. He sings and plays guitar to How to Save a Life by The Fray. Not sure it’s enough, but he’s definitely got something there. Piers doesn’t think he’s the best singer, but he sees desire and hunger. Respectable effort and probably the best performance he’s ever given. When he heard him earlier, Hoff thought he was the guest star of the week.

Recycled Percussion create music with just about anything they can get their hands on. Sharon applauds them for listening to the judges and making it more musical. Hoff just wants to go bang on and break things as soon as he calms down a little. Piers calls them 20 times better than before.

The EriAm Sisters are semi-professional singers ages 12-16. They sing Beyonce’s Crazy in Love. Hoff warns them they sing so great, but the dancing is just okay. Piers doesn’t know what Destiny’s Child were like at their age (they performed on Star Search in the 90s, and they thought they were rappers), but he thinks we’re looking at the next Destiny’s Child.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 20, which airs Wednesday at 9/8c on NBC.

Big Brother 11 Episode 21

After Jeff won HOH in Big Brother 11 Episode 20, he nominated his enemies Natalie and Kevin, supposedly both as pawns to get rid of Russell.

Russell is very surprised he hasn’t been nominated, although he realizes that he can be eliminated should he not win the veto competition.

Russell’s vote to save Natalie over Jessie, which did not work and at the time seemed quite odd, is an indication to Jeff that he can’t trust him.

Jeff wants Jordan to get focused and practice for the lame competitions in the house because he wants someone who will actually protect him.

Russell rings the doorbell of the HOH room. Jeff is asleep with headphones on and doesn’t answer. Let’s bump up the paranoia.

Kevin has been surprised to find that all the houseguests have been supportive and accepting of him being gay.

Like Russell, Michele is getting suspicious about their alliance with Jeff and Jordan. Speaking of Jeff and Jordan, she doesn’t like that Jeff is snapping at her lately. Trouble in paradise? He’s worried that everybody thinks she’s the sweetest person in there. Ideally, that’s not somebody you want to be up against in the final two.

Kevin’s got a plan. If Jeff and Jordan are dumb enough to take the bait, they’ll stab them in the back the first chance they get. Should they actually win something for a change. Granted, it’s not like they’re up against particularly tough competitors in these challenges any more.

The houseguests walk out in the backyard where they’re greeted by an ape, bananas, and, of course, Casey, who apparently thinks he’s a rapper. He will rap, and the houseguests must get the bananas that match the clues based on evicted houseguests. Then they have to get up that ramp. An easier task for the boys than for Natalie and Michele. Jordan is eliminated on the first question. Her concern is that Jeff will be so mad at her for not pulling her weight. Having done so poorly last time, Michele knows instantly where her next banana is. Natalie gets eliminated in the second round. Russell is eliminated in the third round. He prays that Michele can win, but based on how much difficulty she’s having getting up that ramp, it doesn’t seem very likely, although this whole searching task is largely dumb luck. Kevin gets eliminated in the fourth round. After screwing with Michele’s mind some, Jeff wins the power of veto.

Russell promises hell in the house if he goes up on the block. Oh. Again?

Jeff and Jordan are worried that Michele and Russell are a pair, and they are. The most unlikely pair ever, but a pair nonetheless. Beyond that, Jordan and Jeff have convinced themselves that these two people with no relationships with the jury are threats to them in the end.

Jeff wants to know what his assurances are. Natalie and Kevin promise that he won’t go up. So Jordan will be one of the nominees. That seems to sit well with him.

At the veto meeting, all goes according to plan. Kevin has been removed from the block. In his place goes Russell. Jeff couldn’t get past the Jessie vote, and Michele and Russell were getting a little too close.

While I’m happy to see that clown Russell getting what he’s got, it’s hard to say whether this is a good move. This would eliminate a strong physical challenge threat who’s unpredictable, but it also leaves a loyal alliance on the opposite side with 50/50 odds of winning HOH. Granted, should they take those odds and come out on top, it could potentially be game suicide. There are only 6 votes in the jury, and losing both Jeff’s and Jordan’s at the same time is as likely as it is dangerous. On the other hand, both of them do have more friends in the jury than Russell, who’s spent all summer making a series of enemies.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 11 Episode 22, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.

Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 7

In the totally pointless nomination ceremony, Sabrina and Andy were chosen by their teams for elimination in Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 6. Not content with these choices, Ramsay chose to eliminate Jim instead.

There’s a craps table. Each person will roll the dice once and choose an ingredient with one letter. They need to make sure the ingredients compliment each other.

Women: Rabbit (Suzanne), haricot vert (Amanda), potatoes (Tennille), garlic (Sabrina), hamhock (Ariel)
Men: Haddock (Andy), figs (Dave), angel hair pasta (Van), apples (Kevin), tomatoes (Andy)

The women have done a good job. As for the men, well, good luck. Figs? Really? The women know what they’re doing, though you wouldn’t hear that from Suzanne, who wants to tell them all exactly what to do. The men have to figure out how to incorporate figs, and they’re pleased with the sauce they get from it. Tennille has never made garlic puree before. She repeatedly questions whether it’s okay. Ariel tells her to stop fussing because it’s good. The men end up winning the challenge, somehow putting together figs and fish. The women lost because the garlic overpowered everything else.

For their reward, the men will be departing for Vegas, where they are greeted with their names (or at least the show’s name) in lights. As for the women, they will be unloading the trucks because it’s delivery day, and they also will be prepping both kitchens. By the way, they have to wake up in the middle of the night to unload, too.

The men are still Robertless, and they’re pleased with how things are going. So is him coming back from the hospital good news or bad news? Bad apparently. Nobody seems happy he’s back, including himself.

Ramsay has invited chefs from his restaurants to sit at chef tables situated pretty much right on top of the action.

Dave is cooking appetizers for his chefs. Did they order risotto? No, but that’s what they’re getting. At least they’ve been greeted. Ariel keeps her table waiting for 17 minutes before she gets yelled at.

Dave starts off well, receiving compliments from both the chefs and Ramsay. Ariel delivers scallops and king crab capellini. Try more salt.

Van has sent out some plastic out for his customers to eat. Somebody could have eaten that, choked on it, and died. Oh, great, we’re back to the pregnant lady with the raw pork again where it’s the end of the world.

Sabrina is confused by what Suzanne’s doing. Whatever it is, it requires running around a lot.

Not having learned, Van delivers yet another plastic wrapped meal.

The blue team seems to have forgotten their VIP diners. Yeah, they don’t even have menus yet. Good luck getting the menus out of Van, who doesn’t seem to know how the food’s prepared.

Robert is hacking up pieces of lamb everywhere. None of them right.

The red team has serviced their executive chefs and are closing in on the finish line with two tables left.

Robert’s not doing any better. He has delivered raw meat. Ramsay calls the boys to him. Since Kevin responds but has not put down his pan, somehow he’s the one who gets yelled at.

The men are forced to shut down, as the women complete the service. Furthermore, both chefs sitting in the red kitchen would be happy to return, while both chefs in the blue kitchen would not.

The one-armed Dave will be able to appoint two people for nomination. Robert pushes for Andy based on past performance. Andy wants Robert to stop eating chicken pot pies all day long. So Robert starts saying something that’s bleeped out again and again and again, whatever it may be.

The first nominee is Robert due to his weak service and health problems. Also based on tonight’s performance, Van has been nominated. Before they go any further, Ramsay wants Andy to step forward, too. Van can get back in line. Then Robert screams a lot. Once that’s done, Andy can get in line. Robert has been dismissed due to that raw dish. Well, him coming back has proved to be quite pointless.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 8, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on Fox.