Biggest Loser Week 9 News

The eight remaining Biggest Loser contestants are freaking now that it’s week 9. So everyone got in our face with their intention to win.Back from Washington, Ali greeted them with the news that two people would be eliminated. She also told them about the addition of a drop-dead “red line.” In addition to the yellow line, the person who goes below the red line immediately gets the boot.

Pop challenge: The contestants had to leap up and grab tennis balls off a board and dump ‘em in a bucket. The winner gets a 1-pound advantage at the weigh-in. Allen powered through and won the pound.

Bob and Jillian greeted the crew in the kitchen and Jill noticed that Tracey was gone. The contestants all nodded and smiled. They then told the trainers about the red line and they flipped out. Jillian immediately pulled Bob aside to come up with a gameplan to save Shay. For as much as Bob and Jillian want everyone to do well, Jillian feels that Shay still needs the time on the ranch.Because of the red line, contestants went bonkers in the gym. Jillian sent Danny out when it became obvious that he overtrained. But she wasn’t having any lollygagging with Shay.
After the gym, the “old people” (sheesh!) got together to strategize about how to keep themselves safe this week so one of them doesn’t get voted off by the youngsters.Quote of the week, from Liz: “This ol’ girl right here? I’m not goin’ down without a fight.”
Rebecca is this week’s winner of “Who walks out on Jillian in the gym.” Rebecca then talked over her frustrations with Amanda. “I need this to be the week I figure it out,” Rebecca said. Danny had an equally enlightening talk with Bob about how he lost his way. “We need to give your wife this man back,” said Bob, looking at older thinner pictures of Danny.

The challenge: The circus came to town. The contestants had to jump through other people’s hoops and whoever gets 100 points is out. Shay put it best: “Trampolines, hoops, mats. It’s coming together in my brain and it’s a little scary.” Basically everyone jumped through Liz’s hoop and the “old folks” jumped through the young folks’ hoops. Then things got nasty. At the start of the challenge Rudy and Shay had made an informal alliance to keep each other in the challenge but then Rudy turned on her and charged through her hoops to knock her out. Words flew between Rudy and Shay about integrity and deception, and Rudy ended up winning the challenge – and immunity at the weigh-in.

The youngsters dragged gym equipment into Shay’s room to work out while the old folks slept or played Parcheesi or something.

Last-chance workout: Bob didn’t think the crew had enough circus fun so he took the gang to a trapeze gym. But first he gave them CHERRY PIE LARABARS (emphasis because they’re my favorite Larabars ever-ever-ever of all time). Dang, that trapeze stuff looks hard and effective. When they got back to the ranch, Jillian gave them part 2 of the workout. Poor Rudy crumpled at the treadmill.