The Biggest Loser Season 11 Episode 20

The girls continued to stick together in The Biggest Loser Season 11 Episode 19, leading to the elimination of Austin. That brings us down to on trainer per contestant.

It’s the final week heading into the final weigh in that two people will survive. The other two will have their fate in America’s hands.

The contestant who makes the best turkey burger will get $5,000 plus, for the guest of their choice, a two week stay at The Biggest Loser Resort at Fitness Ridge. They’re going to be cooking for kids. I didn’t even know kids like turkey burgers. Time to break out the green slime and volcano burgers. The concept of healthy eating pretty much is going out the window here. Irene and Olivia only score a few votes. Hannah gets 22 kids with her cheesy burger, but Jay wins with 31 votes for his volcano burger.

Now they have one last challenge. They get a visit from season 10 winner Patrick. Each person has a golf bag filled with weighted flags representing the amount of weight they lost each week, which they must drop off at each station along the way. The winner will get a $15,000 at home gym. Everybody starts 100 pounds or so heavier. After the first station, Olivia calls for a medic. Hannah grabs the lead. Around week 8, they’re able to jog a bit. Irene hopes to catch up to Hannah. Jay figures he’ll probably end up in last, but at least he’ll finish. Hannah keeps her lead throughout the challenge and wins. Although only Hannah gets the complete gym, they will all be receiving an arc trainer.

This season has not been significantly longer than some of the earlier seasons, but those extra few weeks are making the transformations we see throughout this challenge that much more impressive. Even Jay, who started out at 400 pounds, should be under 200 by the finale. Their finale weight is likely to be their bottom weight, from which they’ll go up to varying degrees, so the more time they have on the ranch or for that matter even in the at home competition, the better.

1 hour left, and it’s time for the weigh in. How are you gonna fill that? I’m half expecting a 90 minute The Voice, but know that’s not going to happen.

Irene: 144 pounds (-3, 2.04%)
Jay: 242 pounds (-4, 1.63%)
Olivia: 149 pounds (-4, 2.61%)
Hannah: 146 pounds (-4, 2.67%) – over 100 pounds lost (the third woman to lose more than 100 pounds, alongside the other two final four females)

That puts Olivia and Hannah in the final three, marking the first time two sisters have gotten that far together. Jay and Irene will now compete for America’s votes. Irene leaves the house as The Biggest Loser on campus.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 11 Episode 21, when we will find out who The Biggest Loser 11 winner is, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

The Celebrity Apprentice 4 Episode 11

In an eventful three hour The Celebrity Apprentice 4 Episode 10, NeNe Leakes quit (good riddance), La Toya Jackson got fired again, and then Star Jones got fired when Meat Loaf should have.

They will be interviewed by the three Celebrity Apprentice winners, one of whom, Piers Morgan, actually deserved to win. If the other two are anything to go by, it’s not about necessarily being the best. A sympathy vote apparently goes a long way for Trump, and being his friend doesn’t hurt either.

John Rich would get rid of Meat Loaf, who has been a little erratic. As for Marlee, she’s raised a lot of money, but that’s it. His strength has been writing, but Piers says he’s not impressed. He promises a completely new gear because this is an individual situation.

Bret thinks Lil Jon’s a sleeper who didn’t get here by accident. Strangely enough, he thinks that the final two will be John Rich against Marlee Matlin. This is a fair answer, but you wouldn’t expect it from one of their competitors. Meat Loaf, however, is too emotional.

Meat Loaf thinks that being the oldest was an asset. It worked for Joan Rivers. That was the only very lame excuse Trump had for giving her the win. He doesn’t believe his anger management and emotional issues are a detriment. He thinks Lil Jon is a little lazy, and he didn’t know who John Rich was before he came here.

Marlee calls this the hardest thing she’s ever done. People may think she can’t do some things because she’s deaf, but she’s done well regardless. That said, she had one amazing task, but without that, there’s not much else. Piers questions whether she’s got anything left, and she says she’s been pretty much tapped out.

The three winners were in agreement with the two people they chose.

John Rich would pick himself and Marlee. Lil Jon would pick himself and John. Marlee would pick herself and John Rich. Meat Loaf would pick himself and John Rich. So all four people say John.

Because he said earlier Marlee and John should be in the finals, Lil Jon has been fired.

Meat should have been sent packing last week instead of Star so we weren’t merely delaying the inevitable. Having displayed too much emotion, Meat Loaf has been fired.

That leaves us with a rematch of the highest earning task in history, John Rich vs. Marlee Matlin.

The final task is to launch 7UP Retro, a product made with real sugar. They will design the packaging and in store display, write/create/produce a commercial, and launch the product at a star studded event. One of them will celebrate the 1970s and work with the Harlem Globetrotters, while the other will work with Def Leppard to bring the 1980s to life. They will be judged on creativity of design, commercial, launch event, and inclusion of decade/charity/personality. Both charities will receive $50,000 to get started.

Marlee’s just happy it’s not another fundraiser.

As the leading money winner, Marlee gets her choice of the two tasks. She selects the Globetrotters, which surprises musician John Rich, who thought there’s no way she would give him the rockers. John Rich gets to start team selection. Even though she realizes she may have given John an advantage, Marlee loves sports and would rather have something very visual.

John: Lil Jon, Mark McGrath, Star Jones
Marlee: Meat Loaf, Richard Hatch, La Toya Jackson

That pretty well gives John the musical dream team.

La Toya quickly finds out what the guys have had to deal with all this time as she sits there listening to Meat Loaf’s rambling. He’ll arrive at a good thought eventually, though.

John thinks he’s come up with a hook that’s going to work: 7UP, Still Keeping It Real. They will be going with zebra striped cans.

The other team arrives at a slogan of Feel the Love. They have a disco ball and a boombox for their cans and boxes.

Star’s happy to be on this team with all the guys. John Rich is just lucky he’s married.

Ivanka’s a little concerned that Marlee will be dominated by Meat Loaf again.

Once Meat Loaf leaves, Richard Hatch and Marlee decide to dump his boombox idea. When he finds out, he warns that they’re making a huge giant mistake, one that could cost her the entire game.

John wants to get Dee Snider from Twisted Sister, but there’s a problem. He’s got facial hair that he can’t shave because of his Rock of Ages contract. He calls to get the okay to shave. Their concept is that they’re auditioning really bad 80s talents, and Dee is bad as well, until he gets some 7UP Retro and turns into Twisted Sister.

Marlee wants to bring back the guy who did the original 70s 7UP commercials, Geoffrey Holder. They dial 411 to find him. How quaint. He’s available. The team members will also be starring in the commercial. Hatch has a fro, La Toya’s a superhero, and Meat Loaf is Meat Loaf.

Since we’re approaching the end of part one of the finale, it’s time to throw up some curve balls that at the end of the day won’t make any difference. John Rich gets into a bit of an argument with Def Leppard’s road manager. Marlee gets a call from Geoffrey Holder, whose lawyer refuses to sign the release.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Celebrity Apprentice 4 Episode 12, where we will find out who The Celebrity Apprentice 4 winner is, which airs Sunday at 9/8c on NBC.

Survivor: Redemption Island Winner

Grant’s elimination in Survivor: Redemption Island Episode 13 brought us down to the final four: odds on favorite Boston Rob Mariano, young girl pairing Natalie Tenerelli and Ashley Underwood, and no prayer of getting a vote crazy person Phillip Sheppard. Those girls are the main obstacle to Rob finally winning a million dollars on his sixth attempt, and we have seen him robbed right at the finish line before (The Amazing Race 7 comes to mind). The other twist is that it’s still anybody’s game because Grant Mattos, Matt Elrod (and God), Mike Chiesl, and Andrea Boehlke all have the opportunity to return back to the game. If it’s somebody from the Zapatera tribe (now down to just Mike), many of them have made it clear they intend to make personal decisions and are bitter that they got themselves eliminated.

Since Probst only read three Grant votes, that leaves open the possibility in Grant’s mind that perhaps Rob did not betray him.

When Grant arrives on Redemption Island, Andrea is not happy to see him. Now she’s got three formidable challenge opponents to get past if she wants to earn her way back into the game.

Rob’s gut is telling him Ashley has to go. Still.

Matt has, apparently, decided that God is no longer punishing him, letting him live in a special place for the past month. Don’t tell him God has bigger problems than who wins or does not win Survivor.

It’s time for the final duel, in which one person will remain and reenter the game. They will place their foot on one end of a balancing board. On the other end is a ceramic vase. When the vase falls, they’re out of the game. They’re all still in it at 20 minutes. Then still at 40 minutes, in yet more pain. Shortly after 40 minutes, Grant is the first person eliminated, good news for those watching, if perhaps not the best news. Matt is the next person to fall, finally being eliminated from the game in his eleventh duel. If there’s anything Andrea can win, an endurance competition is probably her best hope. Mike is out, and Zapatera is dead. Andrea returns to the game.

Andrea’s strategy to get back in is to form an alliance with the girls. First, she says the others on the island called the girls Rob’s puppets, then she says multiple people are thinking about voting for Phillip. She admits this is all random stuff she’s making up that may or may not be necessarily a lie. This is just what Ashley was hoping for. Now it’s a question of which way Natalie swings.

For today’s challenge, they’ll race across a balance beam collecting a series of bags containing numbers, which they must place in order from 1-100. Typically I’d look at this as a girl’s challenge to win because if you don’t have balance you may as well not bother, but we know Rob’s got good balance, too. Rob is the first one to complete the first 10. Andrea and Ashley are behind him. Natalie’s in fourth not far behind, while Phillip’s out of it. Ashley and Rob finish their second bag containing 20 pieces at the same time. Rob falls behind on the third bag of 30 pieces, and Ashley is the first back with the fourth and final bag. Rob loses a lot of time on the third bag, and while he and Andrea are about tied for second, the outcome here is obvious. Ashley wins immunity.

Not what he would have wanted for sure, but now Rob’s target shifts to Andrea. Since she proved herself in the recent endurance competition and has spent some time with the Zapatera tribe, she may not be the worst person to get rid of.

Rob’s not at all worried, but he should be. Andrea and Ashley both want him gone. Natalie promises Ashley that her vote is going toward Phillip next time.

When Rob returns from fishing, Phillip gives Rob his full report of how the girls were talking in the woods. Phil has this conversation with Rob openly, while Andrea’s sitting right there. Rob thanks him for his info, and welcomes him to day 37.

Andrea reiterates what she said earlier at tribal council. The other two girls haven’t done anything yet. In turn, Rob points out why they don’t want to be sitting next to her at the end either.

In spite of his earlier joke that he would take the hidden immunity idol home as a souvenir, that’s just not a smart move. With this being the final tribal council in which the idol can be played, Rob does indeed play the idol he’s been sitting on for quite some time. Better safe than sorry.

Votes
Rob (does not count)
Andrea
Andrea
Andrea

Andrea had a logical argument that was ultimately moot whether it worked or not because Rob had an idol in his back pocket. She has been voted out again, talking about how the girls should have done something to prove they were playing the game. Which would have accomplished what? Same result regardless, only at least now they can say they had Rob’s back so he doesn’t try to get even.

When they get back to camp, Rob promises the girls he’s taking them to the end.

Now we head right for the final challenge. They will race through a giant maze, collecting four bags of puzzle pieces. They will use those pieces to solve a word phrase. A maze is anybody’s game, though I think we can count Phillip out as usual. Rob gets the first puzzle bag, and Ashley follows him to get hers. Phillip also has his first bag. Natalie’s a bit lost and in last place. Ashley and Rob continue to follow each other to their next set of pieces, and Phillip continues to run neck and neck with them. Ashley continues to follow Rob around, keeping both of them in first place. Know what would have been smart here, challenge designers? Higher maze walls that you can’t see over. Rob’s got his final bag with Ashley still behind him. Phillip’s got his third bag. Natalie remains lost. As we head into the puzzle, Rob has about a 10 second lead on Ashley. Ashley has two of the four words when Rob suggests working together. They both pretend to not have anything yet, but both are getting close. Rob wins immunity.

The question now remains what it’s been all season: who does Rob want to get rid of?

Getting rid of Phillip would be very simple and require no work at all, but nobody’s going to vote for him, so keeping him around basically brings us down to a final two rather than a final three. Ashley, however, might actually get some votes. Can’t imagine why, but let’s just say she at least has better odds than Phillip.

At the last minute, Rob goes to Natalie to tell her of the plan to get rid of Ashley, who keeps asking Natalie whether Rob has mentioned her being in danger, but she does not reveal that anything is happening.

Votes
Ashley
Phillip
Ashley
Ashley

With 3 votes, Ashley has been voted off the island.

Natalie says she played a great social game and was loyal to her alliance. Phillip thanks Boston Rob (aka the mastermind) for getting him this far.

Andrea tells Phillip he’s weird and wants to know who he really is. His answer is that she’s right. She doesn’t know who he is, but she’s had 39 days. She calls Natalie’s relationship with Rob borderline creepy, and asks why she turned on her best friend. Really? Andrea eventually gives up her fight, not getting an answer she wants from either of them.

Ashley is sick of Phillip, so she’s going to speak, and he’s not going to comment. Of course he will, and she can call him pathetic all she wants, but her telling him he can’t talk is equally pathetic. She’s also not happy with Natalie because she betrayed her friendship. You’ll get over it. Don’t play Survivor if you can’t. Speaking of which, she doesn’t like that Rob deceived a lot of people. Okay, are you done whining yet?

Grant asks Natalie and Rob about their alliance. Rob explains that he agreed to take Natalie to the end if she listened to what he told her, and he got rid of Grant because he thought he was going to kick his ass.

Ralph and Natalie never talked. Can’t blame her. Phillip likes Ralph’s work ethic and thinks he’s funny and a decent man. Well, that was unexpected.

Matt asks Rob where the line’s drawn. Granted, this is the same guy who thinks God cares about Survivor (he doesn’t), so maybe it’s not just a game to him.

Julie doesn’t think any of the three played a respectable game. Oh, and it was respectable to throw a challenge for the sake of getting rid of one of your own for no good reason? She doesn’t want to hear any answers from any of them, merely wanting to lecture them. Phillip tells her he didn’t come out here to get her respect. Just to kick her ass. Well said.

Mike asks whether they learned anything about themselves. Natalie learned that she’s stronger and more capable than she thought she could be. Rob says he needs to stop playing games, and this is the last day he will ever play. Phil learned he could stand on his own.

For a change, Steve congratulates Natalie for making it to the end, rather than ripping into her for being Rob’s carpet. He also congratulates Rob for being a warrior and having lasted 117 days in this game. As for Phil, however, he’s a shameful, sorry man. Hard to say I blame him after that stunt midseason where he brought race into a place it didn’t need to be.

David merely wants to talk to the jury. Rob controlled everything and everyone. A little ruthless but brilliant. Having played the best strategic game ever, Rob should get their vote.

I think we all know who should win this game, though a bitter jury casting a thoroughly questionable vote is never out of the question. The question is whether it will be a clean sweep, which we find out it will not be, as at least one person (Ralph) has sent a vote Phillip’s way.

Votes
Rob
Phillip
Rob
Rob
Rob
Rob

The Survivor: Redemption Island winner is Rob Mariano. Fourth time’s a charm. Well deserved. Jeff says that was as close to a perfect game as he’s seen.

Russell tells Jeff to keep his number. He’s not entirely opposed to coming back, no matter how much he dances around the issue.

Phillip apologizes to Steve for playing the race card. And he really did train to be a federal agent. Whether he made it or not is still anybody’s guess.

The Sprint player of the season with a $100,000 prize came down to two people who dominated the voting with 76% of the vote between them. Boston Rob against Matt. With 40% of the vote, Boston Rob’s total for the season is up to $1.1 million. How the hell did somebody else manage 36%? Kudos for lasting so long in exile, but it’s not like Matt actually did anything in the game, having been voted out twice in the span of three votes.

David hooked up with Carolina Eastwood from Survivor: Tocantins. Now would be as good as time as any to propose to her then, whether they’ve only known each other for a few months or not.

Still a top 20 show even with the move to Wednesdays and up against American Idol (a show that has not aged nearly as well 10 years later), Survivor will be back again in the fall. Redemption Island will return in Survivor: South Pacific, and 16 new contestants will be joined again by 2 returning players.

American Idol Season 10 Episode 35

The top 4 performed in American Idol Season 10 Episode 34. Tonight one more will be sent packing.

Can Haley be sent home already? Please? If you can’t take mild constructive criticism, don’t be in the music industry and/or on a show where there are judges whose job it is to help you improve (Steven Tyler notwithstanding), which they’re supposed to do in ways other than gushing about your performances and saying everything is beautiful. Refusing to listen to the judges and instead arguing with them is just going to irritate people, without winning you the new votes needed to replace them. Just be happy you made it this far and Simon isn’t there to be his usual blunt (but honest and accurate) self.

Lauren Alaina is the first person to make it to the top three.

Haley Reinhart is the second person to make it to the top three. Before her temper tantrum, that wouldn’t have entirely surprised me, on the basis that we’ve seen people slip through the cracks and by some accident make their way to #3 in the past.

Scotty McCreery is the final person in the top three. James Durbin has been eliminated. At no point this season would I have predicted that.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of American Idol Season 10 Episode 36, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.

American Idol Season 10 Episode 34

Jacob Lusk was eliminated in American Idol Season 10 Episode 33. Tonight the top 4 will perform songs from Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who I am going to assume are actual people based on my Googling (let me guess, Scotty’s going to do Elvis?).

James Durbin
Song: Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey
Jennifer: Great song, great job, great performance.
Randy: Highest degree of difficulty, and you did it.
Number: 1-866-IDOLS-01 or 1-866-IDOLS-05

Haley Reinhart
Song: Earth Song by Michael Jackson
Jennifer: Felt your feeling in the song. But James set the bar.
Randy: Didn’t suit you. Felt like you were just screaming at the end.
Steven: Not a hit song, but you nailed it.
Number: 1-866-IDOLS-02 or 1-866-IDOLS-06

Haley’s on stage arguing with Randy and doesn’t want to hear what he has to say. This has been a futile and frankly stupid tactic ever since Justin Guarini did it to Simon in season 1.

Scotty McCreery
Song: Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) by Alan Jackson
Randy: Perfect song choice for where we are now as a country. You’re ready for superstardom.
Steven: That passion is real important. Keep that up.
Jennifer: I’m in love with you.
Number: 1-866-IDOLS-03 or 1-866-IDOLS-07

Lauren Alaina
Song: Do It Anyway by Martina McBride
Steven: Your voice is so pure and perfect.
Jennifer: Exactly what you have to do. Great vocal performance.
Randy: Lauren is back in it to win it.
Number: 1-866-IDOLS-04 or 1-866-IDOLS-08

Jennifer is unwilling to say who won that round. What, you expected her to have an opinion? Randy thinks it’s a tie between Scotty, James, and Lauren.

Haley Reinhart
Song: I Who Have Nothing by Ben E. King
Jennifer: Look what you’re capable of. One of the best performances of the year.
Randy: Just had a moment which put you in it to win it.
Steven: Classic moment with classic Haley.

Scotty McCreery
Song: Young Blood from Smokey Joe’s Cafe
Randy: You were having such a good time. We just saw both sides of a Scotty concert.
Steven: Loved the humor.
Jennifer: Really hit your stride.

Lauren Alaina
Song: Trouble by Elvis Presley
Jennifer: Some maturity from you we haven’t seen before. Serious good performance.
Randy: Out of your typical pop country kind of thing. Big ups to you.

James Durbin
Song: Love Potion Number 9 by The Clovers
Jennifer: You can sing anything.
Randy: Peaking at the right time.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of American Idol Season 10 Episode 35, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on Fox.

Survivor: Redemption Island Episode 13

With the idiot Zapatera tribe dead and hopefully not coming back, it was time for them to start picking off their own in Survivor: Redemption Island Episode 12, so the perfect choice was Matt’s girlfriend for a couple days Andrea.

Ashley says she loves blindsides. Perhaps she’ll like it when she’s the next to go. After we hear her say that, she goes to Natalie and talks about them being the final two, which Natalie then reveals to Rob.

Matt says he’s most hurt by Andrea, who arrives on the island and wants to know why he hates her.

While on Redemption Island, Ralph continues to be an asshat. He treats Andrea the same way he treated the rest of Ometepe, and she can sleep on the ground for all he cares.

Matt, Mike, Ralph, and Andrea are the four competing in the duel. So after Andrea stops crying about being betrayed, the challenge is to move a handle through a table maze and then solve a puzzle. Three people will stick around. Ralph is first to advance to the puzzle. Didn’t see that coming, but I’m not expecting him to solve the puzzle any time soon. Mike is behind him. Matt is in third, and Andrea is next. Mike is first to complete the puzzle. God is not yet done punishing Matt by forcing him to stay in the game. Coming in right behind him is Andrea. Ralph is off to join the jury.

Zapatera ate too much (on purpose) during their last days on the island, leaving those who remain wondering how they’re going to make it through the rest of their stay. Somehow, this turns into a Phillip rant against the girls. Again. Rob calls him pathetic and crazy. But not the “n” word crazy, just regular crazy. He’s worried that Phil’s just driving them closer together, rather than putting a wedge between them like Rob wants.

Ashley would like to get rid of Grant. That’s fine because he already decided he wants to get rid of her.

For today’s challenge, they will have to put one hand behind their back and use the other to grab puzzle bags with a series of hooks, then solve the fish puzzle (still using one hand). Ashley gets the lead. Grant is behind her, and Phillip and Rob are behind them. Ashley is the first person to complete the second section of the puzzle. At this point, Probst tells Natalie she may as well just sit down and watch. Ashley wins immunity, edging out Boston Rob. In addition to immunity, she will get room service. She picks Natalie to get this with her.

That shoots everybody’s plans all to hell. What now? Grant’s the target. Rob apologizes, at least to the camera. He’d better hope these girls don’t get smart and get rid of him. Two girls teaming up is a bigger threat to him than Grant being a physical person.

Votes
Natalie
Grant
Grant
Grant

With 3 votes, Grant has been voted off the island.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Redemption Island Episode 14, where we will find out who the Survivor: Redemption Island winner is, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

The Biggest Loser Season 11 Episode 19

With quitters causing the need to buy more time, nobody was sent home in The Biggest Loser Season 11 Episode 18.

They will be getting a health test from their trainers. The best grade gets $10,000.

First up is the spin test with Bob. Irene knows how to spin, but she doesn’t know how to explain it. Bob gives her a 72, which is better than she expected. Olivia scores a perfect 100. Jay has him remove the seat. The lack of safety nets him a 58. Austin does a really good job and gets a 95. Like her sister, Hannah gets a 100.

Professor Brett has a science test for them. Hannah scores a 77, getting the general idea but missing basic questions like the difference between simple and complex carbs. Irene gets an 80. Olivia comes in above her with an 83. Austin scores an 82. Jay comes out on top with an 88.

Cara’s presumbly going to box the contestants. Well, that was boringly predictable. She scores them based on whether they are fighters. Irene gets a 70. Olivia gets another 100. Jay gets a 95, and so does Austin. In spite of the joking and laughing that she was warned not to do, Hannah gets a 92.

Jillian has a role playing exam. She will be the contestant, and they will be the motivators. She’ll say what they say to her, and their job is to be her. Irene doesn’t emotionally connect, and she wasn’t able to get Jillian to do so either, so she gets an 85. Jay gets a 90. Austin didn’t give a how to but had a good attitude, so he got an 85. Olivia’s positivity is good enough for an 89. Hannah scores a 90.

The final final exam is to play The Biggest Loser Ultimate Workout on Xbox 360, which actually looks to be a somewhat viable workout routine. Their task is to match the movements on each exercise. First place gets 100 points, second gets 90, and so on down to 60. This could be a make or break test. Based on the current standings, Irene and Jay have no hope of winning the competition, as they are more than 40 points behind the current leader, Olivia. First they must do sumo jump squats for 5 minutes. This is followed by high knee jump rope, skating, and standing mountain climbers. Jay gives up in the first round, and Austin’s not far behind him. It comes down to the sisters. With that said, because she led by more than 10 points, Olivia’s got this in the bag regardless of the fact that Hannah wins this final round. By 3 points, Olivia wins $10,000.

The challenge is to use 100 sandbags to make their way to the top of the steps. The winner gets a 1 pound advantage. Every 25 bags, they can make their way up to the next level. Olivia’s in first place, followed by Austin and Irene. Austin gets a bit of a lead as they head into the third step. The girls hope one of them will win, as 1 pound for them is a huge deal, but this seems to be a guy’s challenge to lose. Olivia’s keeping things competitive, though, but ultimately Austin wins the challenge.

Even the Subway commercial is a challenge. Whoever gets closest to the number of calories in a sweet onion chicken teriyaki sub wins a $500 Subway gift card. With her precise guess of 380 calories, Hannah is the winner.

Alison has one final test. Would Olivia like to exchange her $10,000 for a 1 pound advantage? Would Austin like to exchange his 1 pound advantage for $10,000? The pound is a lot bigger deal for Olivia than it is for Austin, but it could mean the difference between staying and going for either of them. Austin will keep the pound. Olivia will keep the $10,000, although she’s less convinced than Austin that her decision is the right one.

Hannah: 150 pounds (-4, 2.60%)
Irene: 147 pounds (-5, 3.29%)
Jay: 246 pounds (-9, 3.53%)
Olivia: 153 pounds (-5, 3.16%)
Austin: 235 pounds (-1, -1, 0.85%)

Olivia’s decision to not take the 1 pound, a decision Jillian did not hide being angry about, nearly knocked her under the yellow line with her sister, but she was saved by Austin’s low number. Obviously, Austin will be eliminated rather than Hannah.

Votes
Olivia: Austin
Jay: Austin

With 2 votes, Austin is not The Biggest Loser, thereby eliminating all contestants who started off campus with the secret trainers. From his starting weight of 396 pounds, Austin is now down 166 pounds to 230.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 11 Episode 20, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

Paula Abdul Joins The X Factor

For those people who hoped we got rid of Paula Abdul when she demanded way too much money to renew her American Idol contract and then had her own dance show that failed miserably, you will not be getting your wish. Paula will be reuniting with her former co-judge Simon Cowell on his new show, The X Factor.

Simon and Paula will be joined by singer/songwriter/producer L.A. Reid and singer/X Factor UK judge Cheryl Cole.

Rounding out the show’s cast are hosts Steve Jones, a UK TV presenter, and Nicole Scherzinger, a solo singer who was previously a member of the short-lived girl group Eden’s Crush and more notably the Pussycat Dolls.