Biggest Loser (Page 15)

That was 3 weeks for sure. They skipped the 5 week and the 4 week weigh in, as the schedules for all the other eliminated players were already set in stone. We just got a really accelerated episode. Pretty funny they showed a tiny bit of the tough mudder/previous contestants and then told to watch it online. Must have been pretty boring with just the 3 of them.

I'd like to read Mark's take on what set them off - they all watched previous seasons of the show so there HAD to have been more to it?? 

Be funny if Jermey wins to get right back on again.

Buddy will regret this for the rest of his life. Almost a certain win of 250K and instead makes the 20+ weeks away from family for nothing.

Quite honestly, the best thing that could happen to Conda/Jeremy DID happen.  If they were BOTH in the finale or BOTH at home they are competing AGAINST each other.  In the end one of them SHOULD not be in the finals if they want the most chance at prizes.  BUT, they stayed on the ranch as long as possible, thus having the best advantage to lose weight (versus the contestants sent home week 2 that had to do it on their own and still compete for the same at home prize as the guy home 3+ months less).

Quit your whining!  This couldn't have gone better for you two!

Best. Line.  Ever.

Although I missed the first 20 minutes, this week was still very interesting how things panned out.  I really hope NBC gets their rear in gear and makes the next season better without so many self-entitled, whiny people.  Yeah, we don't see or know all that goes on but what is shown can't all be from creative editing.  Enough of Conda! Her spiel at the end when Jeremy didn't make the weigh-in was so juvenille.  Jeremy looked like he was going to throw a fit, then he appeared to compose himself and took the high road.  Reminded me a lot of the Chism/Mark reactions when he went under the line.

I'm so glad Kim won the car and not Jeremy or Conda.  Jeremy probably would have given it to his sister anyway.

To just walk away from a chance at $250,000 plus/or other prizes after sacrificing so much time and effort is just stupid.

I would not be at all surprised to find out that NBC paid off Mark and Buddy to create drama for the show by walking off.  The whole thing seemed absurd to me how a lawyer can bring in their signed contract...and then still say "it's not fair".  It certainly drew ratings...and if I were NBC, I would be estatic about what happened if it really was Mark and Buddy's decision.

I also like how someone brought up the fact that Mark was so emphatic that the producers "make it happen" that Chism should not get eliminated and he should go home in his place.  So Mark felt that it was okay for him to make his own rules on the fly despite how unfair it would be to other contestants...yet he's not okay with the rules that the show laid out beforehand...despite how unfair he felt it was to him.

Lastly...what are these contestants so scared of.  They had the benefit of being on the ranch and having world class trainers at their disposal longer than the eliminated contestants.  How is it possible that they could lose in the finale to an previously eliminated contestant unless that people actually out worked them while at home (without the benefits of the ranch).  And if thats the case, how is that not fair? 

Was Chism part of the contest to get back on the ranch?  Mark should have forbidden him to participate.

I think it would be hilarious to see Chism participate, win, then win the show.  And then we should see Mark's reaction.  Yeah...we don't want the $250k because it's not right.

yeah...I just looked up wikipedia and noticed

Without having access to the Contract, I am entirely specualting here, but my guess is that NBC has not and will not pursue any monies from Buddy or Mark.  Fairly certain the contestants have the right to leave the ranch at their choosing (as I think 1 or 2 others did earlier in the season).  However, if you choose to leave, there are likely very strict and clear provisions on what you can say, confidentiality clauses ... etc.  If you breach those, all bets are off and the Network could pursue damages which are likely completely spelled out in each individual's contract.  Remember, its not just the value of what they received on the ranch, they are also paid based on the income lost while participating on the show.  It is likely we will never hear anymore than what Buddy and Mark said last night as their silence to some degree has been purchased. 

I was thinking last night when they showed the commercial for the BL weight loss camp with Ramon - "Man he was so annoying at times last season, but geez, I would take his enthusiasm 100 times over all these depressing contestants this year."  Maybe it was done off camera but would have liked to have seen Bob and Dolvett lose their sh&t a bit more on the group.

When Bob and Dolvett were talking to them by the pool, you could really tell the just wanted to yell at them and tell them how selfish they were acting...but they knew that would only drive them away.  I was really hoping to see Bob or Dolvett just tell them "Eff you guys" and just walk off.

Oh oh...the part where Bob said something like, "like they do EVERY season" in regards to bringing back previous contestants like this shouldn't be a surprise!

I laughed out loud at that!

He was in the group when the eliminated contestants came back at the end of the show.

I'm super super cynical about this show, and also would not be a bit surprised if the whole thing was cooked up by the producers, NBC and TMZ.  Recall that there was very little independent reporting of this whole incident, just a lot of news outlets "reporting" on the TMZ report.

Either that or these are just the stupidest F-wads on the planet--which I'll allow is also plausible.

I finally watched the end of the episode on DVR, and freeze framed the shot of all the contestants standing together.  None of them look that great...or at least even in Kim's ballpark.  It still looks like Jeremy might be the only one who even has a chance to beat Kim overall...but if I was him, I would look at everyone else who's been eliminated, and figure I've got the at home prize in the bag...all I have to do is not win the challenge to get into the finale.  Because the person who wins the finale, will likely lose to Kim anyway. 

Kim's got that killer instinct.  And I have no doubt she will be relentless and dehydrate herself to a prune in order to win the finale.  When you're a former pro wrestler, you perform 6-7 times a week...you learn to grind.  I don't think any of the other contestants have it in them to win the contest.  I wouldn't doubt that Kim could gain a lot of weight back...and that other contestants may do a better job of keeping the weight off long term.  But Kim is focused on winning this show...almost to a fault.

LOL! 

I don't know, she really doesn't have that much left to lose...I just can't see her winning.  Even though other contestants have less of a percentage NOW, she has almost nothing left to go and the others have another 4-5 months to get to where she is and beyond...

THANK YOU!!! Yes, his love of neck scarves with every outfit, including t-shirts is maddening. 

I agree.  I think she can shave down to 135, and dehydrate herself to 128ish.  Definately not maintainable, as she looks like she would be healthy at 155.

I seriously doubt the have 4-5 months between what we saw on Tuesday to the live finale.  More like 1...maybe 2 months.  We've already gone through about 15 episodes, which is probably about 4 months of real time (not every episode is 1 real week).  I doubt the contest actually lasts 8-9 months...especially since they usually have 2 seasons of TBL each year.  Last season only had 12 episodes before the finale...so this season is already "long" as it is.

It's typically 4 months on the ranch and 4-5 months at home after the ranch.  Remember the season the one contestant came to the finale 5 months pregnant?  She did not make that baby on the ranch!

That was season 3...10 seasons ago.  I don't think they do it that way anymore.  It was also during a time when TBL would only have one season each year (from 2004-2007).  Ever since 2008, they have been having 2 seasons each calandar year.  Erik won that season, and lost 90 pounds from the last episode to the finale...so yes, 4-5 months is very likely as that would have put him at about 1.7% per week loss while at home.

Last season, John and Antione lost 42 and 48 pounds from the last episode to the finale.  I seriously doubt that it took each of them 4-5 months to lose that kind of weight when $250k is on the line.  4-5 months is roughly 19 weeks.  At 250+ pounds, 1% is 2.5 pounds.  So you're basically saying they lost about 1% per week?  Doubt it.  At 1-2 months, or 6 weeks, it would be more like 3% per week.  Just seems a little more likely. 

But maybe I'm wrong...just making observations...I really have no clue.