Biggest Loser season 8, episode 10: Sporting a New Look
With “The Biggest Loser” finale only a few weeks away, Alison let contestants know that once they left the ranch they’d be an inspiration to others. To prepare them, she said they would give a speech, and then she introduced them to Tim Gunn from “Project Runaway.”
First, Tim took the contestants shopping for new outfits, and then they moved on to hair and makeup. Soon after their makeovers, Tim surprised them with a visit from their loved ones, and then they each took the stage and gave inspiring and emotional speeches.
Swinging toward inspiration
Back at the ranch, the “Biggest Loser” contestants participated in a physical challenge that terrified Liz, because she is afraid of heights. Each player got into what looked like a swing that hung 200 feet above the ground! They used a pulley to drag themselves across a distance of 700 feet to huge posters of their old selves, and the contestant who crossed first won a two-week trip for themselves and their family to the new Biggest Loser Spa Resort.
Once again, Rudy took the lead from the beginning with Amanda close on his tail. No matter how hard Amanda tried to pass Rudy, he kept his lead and won the fabulous prize. Although Rudy came in first and won the prize, everyone continued until he or she reached their poster, and as soon as they all made it across, they released another huge poster of their new self, which fell over the previous poster.
Opening up and weighing in
Because the makeovers and speeches took a lot of the Biggest Losers’ time, Bob and Jillian really buckled down on the contestants during this last chance workout. In addition to working with the other contestants, Jillian decided to spend a little one-on-one time with Rudy. She was determined to get him to open up about his sister’s battle with cancer.
During Rudy’s speech, he revealed that he had a sister who was diagnosed with cancer, and he said it took her life two years prior to him coming on the show. However, Rudy didn’t really feel it was necessary to bring that personal tragedy into the game, but Jillian continued to try to get him to talk about it. Jillian assumed his sister’s battle with cancer played a role in his mental ability to lose weight.
After another grueling last chance workout, the “Biggest Loser” contestants made their way to the scale. With less gym time this week, many of them wondered if they did enough to stay above the yellow line.
Danny, who had lost double digits five weeks in a row, hoped to see another big number as he stepped onto the scale. Danny lost 12 pounds (3.8 percent), giving him double digits for six weeks in a row. “I will be below 300 next week . . . no matter what,” Danny vowed.
When Rudy lost a whopping 16 pounds (4.94 percent), he became the “Biggest Loser” contestant with the highest weight loss total.
Allen was a bit disappointed when he discovered that he’d lost 5 pounds (2.06 percent). He feared his 5-pound loss wouldn’t be enough to keep him in the game, but Jillian told him it was a good number for his weight of 238 pounds. While Allen worried about losing enough weight each week to stay above the yellow line so he could win “The Biggest Loser,” Bob was afraid he’d lose too much weight just to win, which Bob said would be an “unhealthy” weight loss.
Rebecca lost 3 pounds (1.44 percent).
Liz lost 3 pounds (1.46 percent).
Amanda lost 9 pounds (4.46 percent), which is the most she’s ever lost in a week since she came to “The Biggest Loser” ranch.
Making the choice
Unfortunately, Liz and Rebecca fell below the yellow line. Before talking to her competitors, Liz admitted she’s not good at fighting to stay, so, once again, she didn’t fight. Rebecca, on the other hand, asked Rudy and Allen if she could speak with them alone.
While Rebecca pleaded with Rudy and Allen to keep her, Danny encouraged Liz to talk to Rudy and Allen and fight to be there. Liz took Danny’s advice and used her age as a reason to keep her around over Rebecca, who, according to Liz, is still young and has several years ahead of her.
In the end, Amanda voted for Liz, and Danny and Rudy voted to send Rebecca home. Rebecca was upset with Rudy when he told her the reason he voted for her was because he felt he couldn’t trust her since he thought she was “playing on both sides of the fence.”
Throughout Rebecca’s journey on “The Biggest Loser” ranch and at home, she’s lost 73 pounds thus far and has run a half marathon.
(By Misti Sandefur for CalorieLab Calorie Counter News)
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