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The Biggest Loser Season 14: Episode 9 Recap

Posted on 02/26/2013 by Gina in The Biggest Loser

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Gina of The Biggest Loser Season 14

 

by Gina Scarpa

 

It was Face Your Fears week this week on The Biggest Loser, and the first challenge put in front of the final six is that someone is leaving the ranch. Just for the week, but still... no trainers, no gym, no meals prepared for them. They're going to prove they can do it on their own, which should come in pretty handy since their time on The Biggest Loser is almost over. In order to determine who is leaving, players must stack bricks in front of pictures of other players. Once a player is covered, they are safe. Whoever is left uncovered will be leaving, and the player who stacks the most bricks will win a one pound advantage on the scale.

 

Gina immediately feels like it's going to be here and you can't really blame her. She has alienated herself from just about everybody, and she's the biggest loser overall thus far. That's reason enough right there! Jackson, however, decides that he needs to prove to himself that he can survive outside of the ranch, and feels confident he can do so. He begs the other players who mostly listen (minus Jeff, who clearly likes to do what he wants to do) and with just a one brick difference, he's headed home, while Joe picks up the advantage at the next weigh-in. Alison reveals that Jackson has to take someone with him and before he can say a name, Jeff volunteers to go.

 

While Jackson and Jeff go shopping for the house they'll be staying in and go hiking to get a workout in, the other contestants and the kids face their fears as well. Gina has to get in a coffin so that she realizes that this is where she's headed - not only an early death, but alone as well. She has to stop pushing people away, and embrace not only them, but herself as well. Another breakthrough came from Sunny, who finally confronted her mother about her fear of losing her early in life due to her obesity. This is the second heart to heart she's had with her mother this season, and those walls between them are certainly coming down.

 

For their next challenge, the contestants were harnessed on top of a building, seven stories up. They had to hold 40% of their body weight and when they let go, they would be dropped. Cue the fear of heights! Jeff fell first, followed by Jackson, Alex, Joe, and then finally Danni. Gina was able to hang in there, despite shaking like crazy, and won immunity - a rarity this late in the game.

 

After a last chance workout, here are how the numbers fell on the scale.

 

Gina: -7 (3.89%) immune

Jackson: -11 (4.21%)

Jeff: -13 (4.22%)

Joe: -12 + 1 lb advantage (4.76%)

Alex: -8 (4.01%)

Danni: -10 (5.15%)

 

It came down to Jackson and Alex, and Joe and Danni's votes to send Alex home were all she needed. She seems not only like she's made great progress at home, but that she's happier too!

 

 

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

 

(Image courtesy of NBC)

 

 

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