The Biggest Loser: Pride In Vegas
Does what happens in Vegas really stay in Vegas? With the blue team, I highly doubt it. Jay was the Biggest Loser last week and got the chance to pull an envelope. The prize he won was not only for himself but for the rest of his team as well: A trip to Vegas! The guys shacked up in a gorgeous suite at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. The showers even had stripper poles! Now that's high class.
Bob wasn't very happy when he found out about his blue team traveling to Sin City. He was worried the lure of the buffets and cheap booze would take hold over them so he told them they had to work out while they were there. Mark and Jay did a great job working out but Roger and Dan slacked off a little. Actually, Dan slacked off a lot. After staying out until 6:00 AM, Roger and Dan were in no shape to make it to the 7:00 workout and overslept. Mark and Jay finally went and woke them up right before 10:00 AM so that they could get their workout for the day in. Roger was ticked off though! He'd asked Mark and Jay to wake him up in the first place and they hadn't. Roger did get up and go workout but Dan? He stayed in the comfy bed until it was time to go get his tattoo.
That's right! I said "tattoo". The guys had come to the decision the previous day to get tattoos of "pride" which was their team motto. Stupid, I know. I couldn't believe Dan actually went through with it. The show's editing made you think he would wuss out at the last moment leaving the other three holding the bag but he didn't. And to prove how much of a man he was, he got his very first tattoo on his forearm. It was huge. I have a feeling Momma Jackie ain't going to be happy. What can you do though? The guy's 21.
The challenge this week was a lame one. It was an obstacle course that consisted of flipping tires, hauling sandbags, rolling medicine balls, and running a half male. Only a half mile! Guess who lost. The amazing black team. I hope you read that in a sarcastic tone by the way. As if Dan's cockiness couldn't get any worse in this episode already, he explained that the reason the black team lost is because they're "obviously a much weaker team." Well thank you Captain Obvious! The best thing about the challenge though was that it had no consequence in the upcoming weigh-in. The blue team did win all-expenses paid trips for two to Puerto Rico though.
The weigh-in was stunning this week. The black team pounded the blue team. Black lost a total of 30 pounds for 3.69% of their weight while the blue team only lost 23 pounds and 2.47% of their weight. Somebody in blue would be going down. Unfortunately for me, there would be no backstabbing and fighting to watch. Mark threw himself on the sword so that he could pay back Roger for sending Trent home. And to see the amount of crying in this episode, you'd think these guys were a bunch of ninnies. Jeez! What am I watching? Oprah?
Next week, we're supposed to see the biggest challenge in the game's history. There's also supposed to be a bigger twist than we've ever seen as well. Oh, and no more teams! What did you think about this episode?
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Not enough backstabbing or fighting for you? That may be true, but there was plenty of drama. . . Seemed to me that Mark was really trying to put up a fight to avoid going home. And if Kelly's crying has bugged you in the past, you must have been crazed last night-- I know, I was! You would have thought Mark was flippin' dying, not just going home after successfully losing almost 100 pounds, winning trips to Vegas and Puerto Rico and his share of $5,000 from a temptation challenge in Episode 2. Those are rich men's problems. . . He always came across as Mr. Tough Guy, until last night, when he looked like a weenie.
I think he was also ticking off Jay when he kept saying he needed to be there for his brother. Like Jay couldn't handle it on his own.
I must say, though, his transformation has been a very good one. He looked great.
Thanks for the recap, HD!
Woohoo -- Teflon Man is gone! I know, I know, it's all in the editing, but he did all but promise to go home the week Trent was voted off so he shouldn't have boohooed about it when they tried to take him up on it this week. All that being said, he did a wonderful job overall and looked great.
I liked the trip to Vegas, but I didn't notice the stripper pole in the shower. I guess I just didn't think to look for one there -- go figure. The guys looked great in their "Oceans 11" gear.
I didn't hear about the "no more teams" next week, so that will be interesting.
Every week on TBL they promise the biggest, best, most shocking, etc. something for the following week. And every week, it's a non-event. So I'm not getting my hopes up!
I was shocked about Dan's tattoo. That sucker is enormous! Does he understand that isn't something you can just wash off later? Dork. (And he needs a haircut something AWFUL!)I still like him, though, despite the ego that is starting to rage uncontrollably.
I wanted to slap Mark when he started backpedaling on his commitment to go. Glad Roger stuck to his guns and wouldn't let him be a total tool.
Can't say as I'm loving this season as much as others. Don't know really why, except that none of them are terribly likeable. Except maybe Bernie. Ah well.
Am I the only one who thinks Dan is the spitting image of comedian Bruce Vilanch? (albeit a much younger version). And he really does need a haircut!
From what the editing team gave us regarding Vegas, in terms of food it seems like the boys were saints. For real? These are supposedly real people, and yet amazingly they never backslide to let even the teensiest morsel of forbidden food cross their lips? Hmmmmm, I guess these super human droids all have more willpower than ordinary folks. I also thought the practical joke of sending all that food up to their rooms was incredibly wasteful. It appears that it all just got tossed in the trash can.
I agree with Briget, the blubbering that goes in during elimination gets on my last nerve, and no more so than last night. Maybe all that calorie deprivation makes them uber emotional.
Julia:
I can see Dan's resemblance to Bruce Vilanch, but from the very beginning I thought Dan looked exactly like Chris Griffin, the elder son in the animated show "Family Guy."
Hopefully, they'll give them all makeovers soon and cut Dan's hair.
Dan's attitude has changed since he's been doing so well on the show. He may be getting too small for his jeans, but seems like he's getting too big for his britches. . .
Briget, makeovers would be nice! Dan has become more arrogant but I remember he was somewhat that way in the beginning; the way he and Jackie would talk about the others wasn't very nice.
I didn't hear the Black team complaining about the bogus obstacle course challenge but I would have. How did three girls and one guy against four big burly guys even stand a chance to win something which required pure physical strenth? Talk about unfair advantage. The least the producers could have done was some sort of handicap--cripes, they even do that in bowling! LOL