by David McAlpine

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Last time on The Biggest Loser, the Black Team finally won a weigh-in, meaning Liz and Tracey were both sticking around another week (cue the angry eyes!). It came down to a tough decision, but, in the end, Dina was sent home from the Black Team.

 

Rudy is particularly upset when the Blue Team gets back from elimination because Dina was his previous partner and I think he felt a sense of obligation from her to stay in the game. Talk about anger issues. Liz is also really upset that Dina left, but she realizes that it’s only going to get harder from here on out, especially if they’re constantly voting people off.

 

Before the challenge, Ali congratulates Rudy for the weight loss track he’s on: he’s only 13 pounds away from losing 100 pounds total and, if he loses it this week, he could get the record for having lost that weight in the shortest amount of time. Now to the challenge, where the winner gets to the matchups in this week’s weigh-in, since everyone is going to have an individual competitor. Each match-up is worth one point; the team with the most points wins the weigh-in.

 

Each team has to run back and forth and do a challenge that’s kind of like limbo, where each player only gets one shot before they have to return and have someone else from their team go. It’s shockingly close, but Rebecca pulls it off for the Blue Team, giving them the right to pick the face-offs. They choose:

 

Rebecca vs. Amanda

Tracey vs. Abby

Allen vs. Danny

Rudy vs. Shay

Liz vs. Daniel

 

At this point, the Black Team seems done, but we’ll see. It seems as if there’s still a slight possibility that they can pull it off, but at this point I’m pretty sure they’ll be headed to the elimination room.

 

With the matchups picked, the workouts can commence. Bob takes the Blue Team to the pool and works them out there, while Jillian still has the Black Team sweating it out in the gym. Amanda is the one this time to have a breakdown, saying she’s so used to being the fat girl that she isn’t ready for any success—so she runs out of the gym crying.

 

Randomly, Derek Jeter shows up via satellite at a 24 Hour Fitness (where else?) and gives a little inspiration to the Black Team and some props to Daniel, then explains this week’s challenge. Each person has a life-size cardboard cutout of themselves. They have to go grab as many balls as they can and try and hit their opponent’s cutout; when their cutout is hit 316 times (a.k.a. his batting average), they’re out. Abby still can’t play because of medical reasons, so the Blue Team sits out Tracey.

 

Allen and Amanda are the first to reach their quota, making it a tight race between the two teams. Rebecca falls next, then Daniel, still making it a tie. But, Rudy and Liz are the next two eliminated, giving the Black Team the win and a 2 pound advantage at this week’s weigh-in.

 

Jillian shows her soft spot this week when she has a heart-to-heart with Abby and tells her that she hopes she finds love and happiness again (remember her husband and kids died in a car crash). Jillian also sits down and talks to Amanda, who says she’s giving up on herself. After the inspiration, everyone is pushed to the max at their last-chance workout, because it’s clear no one wants to lose their match-up this week.

 

After a tense and emotional week, the weigh-in results are as follows:

 

Rebecca (Blue): -9 (3.88%)

Amanda (Black): -4 [-6 with 2 lb advantage] (-1.88%) [-2.75%]

 

Tracey (Blue): -5 (-2.48%)

Abby (Black): -3 (-1.47%)

 

Allen (Blue): -8 (-2.96%)

Danny (Black): -12 (-3.36%)

 

Liz (Blue): -7 (-3.07%)

Daniel (Black): -5 (-1.81%)

 

Rudy (Blue): -14 (-3.94%)

Shay (Black): -9 (-2.19%)

 

By 4 points to 1, the Blue team came out victorious and Rudy broke the new record for losing 100 pounds the fastest on the show. Even last season’s record breaker, Dane, was on hand to help him celebrate the milestone.

 

Because he was the Biggest Loser amongst the Black Team this week, Danny has immunity. Everyone else, however, is fair game. No one knows who to vote off, so Abby being the ultimate mother figure, volunteers to go home, to tearful pleas that she stay. In the elimination room, the votes go:

 

Abby: Amanda

Shay: Abby

Amanda: Abby

Danny: Daniel

Daniel: Abby

 

By a vote of 3-1-1, Abby is the next contestant eliminated, but she’s completely fine with it. She says that being on the show gave her new dreams and new things to aspire to. Back at home, she’s lost another 80 pounds (and looks amazing, I might add), with plans to lose more by the season finale.

 

Tune in next week to The Biggest Loser to see the next shocking weigh-in and to find out who’s headed home—only at 8/7c, Tuesdays on NBC.

 

(Photo courtesy of NBC)

 

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