(Original Air Date 10/27/2009)

After last week’s weigh-in/vote off, some members of the blue team were disappointed that Dina was sent home.

Alison Announces Face-off Week:

The contestants learn that they will go head-to-head against each other in pairs for this week’s weigh-in. The person with the highest percentage weight loss of each pair will win a point for their team. The team with the lowest score will have to vote for a team member to be sent home.

Pop Challenge:

Alison then announces a pop challenge that will determine which team will have the power to determine the blue/black pairs to go against each other.

Each team had a bar with discs hanging from each end. As a team they had to go back and forth touching them end-to-end until they scored 500 points. They were to go one at a time and each player could score as many points as they liked but each could only take one turn.

At one point the black team was way behind and Amanda did an amazing job almost catching the blue team up with the black.  In the end, the blue team won with Rebecca bringing them to final victory.

The blue team then has the power to choose the pairs that will compete against one another.
Here are the pairings:

Rebecca vs. Amanda
Tracey vs. Abby
Allen vs. Danny
Rudy vs. Shay
Liz vs. Daniel

Trainer Tip:

Jillian (trainer): Swimming is a great form of exercise to add to your workout.  You can do laps, push-ups at the side of the pool and tread water.

After the pop challenge, Bob has the blue team working out hard by the pool. Meanwhile, Jillian is in the gym with the black team watching Amanda have a melt-down while on the treadmill. They have words and Jillian pushes her emotionally as per her style on the show. (out of love, of course) Amanda ends up walking out of the gym and later when she has a conversation with Jillian, she reminds her that she was walking out on herself not her trainer.

Challenge:

The teams meet up with Alison at a baseball field to get their next challenge instructions. They are in baseball uniforms and there are baseballs all over the field as well as pictures of the contestants at their original weights.  Baseball great, Derek Jeter gave challenge instructions via video.  The contestants had to run out to collect the balls and then throw them in whichever contestant’s picture they wanted to eliminate from the game. They needed 316 balls to eliminate a player. The one contestant remaining at the end would win lunch with Curtis Stone for his whole team as well as a 2 lb advantage at the weigh-in. The 2 lbs could also be given to one or two different players on the team.

Danny won the challenge for the black team and they enjoyed a lunch of grilled turkey burgers (with portabella mushrooms instead of buns) and various toppings.

Cooking Tip: (Curtis Stone)
Make your own vegetable stock for cooking by chopping vegetables and putting them into boiling water. Strain out the vegetables after boiling and you have your stock.

Last Chance Workout:

Jillian worked her team out and has deep conversations with both Abby and Shay. Jillian asks Abby about how she is feeling regarding her goal of discovering her purpose in life. (given the sad circumstance of losing her husband and children in a horrible accident) Abby seems to be doing so well…brought me to tears once again!

Shay opens up to Jillian about her feelings regarding her childhood and growing up with a mom that was a heroin addict. Jillian presses her to really get to the heart of the matter and recognize that she played no fault in anything to do with her mother. Another sad but hopeful story.

Bob has his guys jumping up on 3 feet platforms! Go guys!

Weigh-In Results: (pounds lost this week, total lbs lost to date, current weight) – pairs below and *indicates winner of the face-off

*Rebecca: 9 lbs, 56 lbs total, 223 lbs
Amanda: 6 lbs, 36 lbs total, 214 lbs (lost 4 lbs, + 2 lb advantage)

*Tracey: 5 lbs, 41 lbs total, 197 lbs
Abby: 3 lbs, 46 lbs total, 201 lbs

Allen: 8 lbs, 63 lbs total, 262 lbs
*Danny: 12 lbs, 85 lbs total, 345 lbs

*Liz: 7 lbs, 46 lbs total, 221 lbs
Daniel: 5 lbs, 40 lbs total, 272 lbs

*Rudy: 14 lbs, 101 lbs total, 341 lbs
Shay: 9 lbs, 74 lbs total, 402 lbs

**Rudy broke a Biggest Loser record this week when he hit the 100 lb (101) mark in week 7! Previous record holder Dane shows up to watch him weigh in. (Dane’s record was 100 lbs in week 8 )

After the weigh-in, the score is Blue 5 points, Black 1 point so the blue team had won the face-off contest sending the black team to vote a player off.

Biggest Loser (Immune) From Losing Team:
Danny

The black team head back to discuss before the vote. Abby pretty much asks for everyone to vote her off. It is very hear warming as she pleads the case of why the other contestants need to be there. Go Abby…I love you girl!

Eliminated Contestant/Team:
Abby (with many tears on the part of the contestants)

Abby’s transformation since leaving the ranch:

Abby has lost 80 lbs since leaving the ranch.  She travels around speaking to schools about the power of making choices….very inspirational. She also says on her video that she feels that she is finally able to love again.

Next Week on the Show:

The teams travels to Washington DC! Stay tuned!