OK, it's becoming a real pain to find the time to update this blog as of late, but I have made a commitment. So, here's my thoughts on the first two weeks of the new season of The Biggest Loser.
Last year they made a huge deal about last year being “the biggest season ever” but Boy Howdy, have they gathered a huge group of contestants this time out. I mean, wow, we've got a contestant weighing in at 467 pounds, and it's a lady to boot.
There's not I joke I can make here and be even in the neighborhood of what might be deemed tasteful. These folks are in trouble. They are, quite literally, in very bad shape.
I mean, you have Tracey, who collapsed when trying to run a mile for the first challenge and was hospitalized for a week. Her partner, Coach Mo, was also sent to the hospital, but was released in fairly short order. On the following day. Then you have Shay, a 30 year old who weighed just shy of 480 pounds, and surpassed Daniel as the biggest player ever.
Remember Daniel? 454 pounds last year, and eliminated sadly on the first week. Well, he's back and is as charming as a footlocker full of kittens. He teamed up with Shay, ostensibly to help her out, but he's no dummy. She's got a ton of weight to lose and that can only help the team, providing she does the work.
She faltered once, and been a driven like mad ever since.
Abby is another favorite of mine. In 2006 she lost her entire family (Husband, 5 year old daughter and 2 ½ week old son in a car accident. How she even functions as a human being is beyond my comprehension, but she's trying to live a normal life again.
Let's see who else do we like? I mean, it's early, you kind of like everyone at this point.
There's Rebecca. My wife can't stand her, I think that she's spunky! Then there's Coach Mo, and you can't not like the man. He's a former athlete and now a girl's athletic coach. He's a youth mentor and just seems like the most likeable dude.
There's seriously, nobody here I dislike. Who you gonna root against? Sean, the youth minister with the somewhat bad hair? Who? Even Julio, who looked like he might end up being a real jerk, posted respectable second week numbers.
Now, I worry about America's Choice, Amanda, as she's only pinged 12 pounds so far. However, girls like that can, and frequently do, blow you goddamn doors off if given enough of a chance.
Speaking of Week 2, the dreaded Week 2, this was a twist.
Provided the group lost a collective 150 pounds, everyone got to stay! Fail to do so, and two have to leave.
The challenge would land the team with 20 pounds off the final total and a phone call home!
the quiz with celebrity guest chef earned them another 15.
They managed to do it. The phone calls were hard. Anyone where a dad starts crying because he hears his kids just slays me. Abby telling her mom that she climbed a mountain and “two butterflies followed me the whole way!” was just too much. If that didn't nearly kill you, your heart is black and dead inside.
Highlights:
The fact that they all teamed up and beat the week 2 challenge made me really happy
Daniel seems really good at motivating Shay. They make a great team.
Sean and Antoine's Happy Dances. Hysterical.
No one went home. Refreshing!
Bob and Jillian teaming up and just demolishing the contestants.
The two-hour format worked better for week two. Week one was edited very shoddily, and gave away every single suspenseful moment and wrecking every “what's going to happen next? Moment. We know what's gonna happen, because you gave it all away in the pre-show montage, you dopes!
The blatant commercials in the show are still very awkward, but are better than last year. I like where this season is going.
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