by Gina Scarpa

 

Follow Cassandra's elimination on The Biggest Loser, Alison Sweeney wasn't quite ready to let the contestants head back their rooms quite yet. Before the leave, she lets them know that they're now playing as singles and for the first time this season, there's a yellow line at the weigh in.

 

There's barely time to strategize before it's time for the first competition of the night. Players are tethered together and must reach a buzzer but in order to get to it, they'll have to drag their whole team across the course. It's a little hilarious to watch all of them struggle to go absolutely nowhere. It doesn't take long for Conda to figure out that it makes sense to team up with Jeremy so she helps him get to his buzzer first. The rest of the players have to compete each round until each player hits a buzzer - except for Buddy, who hasn't been medically cleared to play and automatically comes in last. After it's all over, they'll play White Elephant to determine who will get what prize at the end.

 

The best prizes end up going to Megan (one pound advantage), Emiy (phone for a day), Mark (extra vote at elimination), and Conda (shopping with a celebrity). Some of the more comedic prizes were a Biggest Loser hat, a $1 bill, and a goldfish. That fish went to Jeremy, who won the competition but gave up the shopping trip so that his sister could have a nice day out - and she gets to bring a friend!

 

During the workouts, Emily gets a much needed confidence boost when Bob asks her to train him in Olympic weightlifting. Also gaining some confidence are Conda and Kim, who head out on a shopping spree with Jessica Simpson (who is also plugging her new show Fashion Star) and get to really see just how much their bodies have changed over the weeks in the competition. Kimmy opened up to Dolvett about her mother's mental illness, then faced her fear of heights by going indoor rock climbing.

 

At the weigh in, here are the numbers from the scale:

 

Kimmy: -4
Conda: -7
Jeremy: -9
Megan: -6
Buddy: -8
Kim: -6
Chris: -7

Mark: -9

Emily: -5

 

In order to stay above the line, Emily needed to lose more than 5 pounds and she missed it by 1 stinkin' pound!  Up against Kimmy, it seems like a done deal given that Emily is the stronger competitor and the bigger threat for the grand prize.  Kim and Conda vote to keep Emily, but the rest of the votes are to send her home, including Mark's two votes.  She's already lost 90 pounds to date, she looks amazing, and she's not even done yet!  

 

 

The Biggest Loser airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on NBC.

 

(Image courtesy of NBC)

 

 

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