Well tonight, April 24, 2012 is the last episode with the contestants on the ranch. Next week is the live finale. Yes, it is here already! Who can believe it?
We left off last week with Alison calling in all the eliminated contestants (minus Mark and Buddy who walked off the ranch last week).
Alison Sweeny made it clear that if you walk off the ranch that you are NOT eligible for the prize money.
Gee, who could she have been talking about? Jlol
The eliminated players are back for a chance to fight for the last spot in the finale. Jeremy is determined that he will win and be back in the final 3.
The contestants find out that there will be a 4 part challenge and the one that wins will be the third contestant in the Biggest Loser finale next week.
The first part is a weigh-in to see who has lost the most weight since they first stepped on the ranch. The top 8 contestants go on to the next round and the bottom 7 leave the Biggest Loser Ranch for good.
Here are the results of the weigh-in:
Jeremy lost 150lbs. 38.56%
Chris 240- 74=166 30.83%
Megan 259- 70=189 27.03%
Kimmy 219-65=154 29.68%
Emily 264- 89+175 33.71%
Cassandra 239- 81=158 33.89%
Lauren 246-74 =172 (more than 63) 30.08%
Mike 358-114=244 (more than 95) 31.84%
Chism 361- 96=265 26.59% eliminated
Daphne 271- 67 lbs=204 24.72% eliminated
Roy 306-79 = 227 ( more than 75) 25.82% eliminated
Adrian 370-79=291(more than 95) 21.35% eliminated
Nancy 217-49=168(more than 56) 22.58% eliminated
Gail 322-73=249 (more than 83) 22.67% eliminated
Ben 396-99=297(more than 107) 25.00% eliminated
Those that go on to the next round of this competition are:
- Jeremy
- Cassandra
- Emily
- Chris
- Kimmy
- Lauren
- Mike
- Megan
Jeremy is worried about not being the 3rd finalist. Conda gives him a pep talk and then asks him if he wants to be alone. “Sure” Jeremy says. Conda says “Don’t be a Donny Downer all night” as she walks out the door. J
Dolvett gets the makings for sandwiches and says to Jeremy “You’re not even a cook and you can make sandwiches like these”
Jeremy smiles and says “If I can do it, anyone can”
Mike has made such great strides. He is so much happier and nicer to be around. He has lost a lot of weight but it goes so much deeper than that. We are proud of you Mike. You have come so far J
Chris was told that since she is not medically cleared to compete in this challenge that she will not be in the final 3.
Ok, so the next challenge is for everyone to run 100 yards- the same place that they all ran 40 yards on the first day. Only the first five to cross the finish line will be able to move on to part 3 of the challenge.
Who are the 5 to cross the finish line first?
- Cassandra
- Lauren
- Megan
- Mike
- Jeremy
The 3rd challenge has the contestants having to complete a puzzle like they did in their very first challenge. They each have a stack of puzzle pieces and they need to match the food with the correct amount of calories. Only three will be able to move on to the final round.
- Mike
- Jeremy
- Lauren
The 4th challenge is all about endurance. The contestants have to balance on top of a post while holding onto a ticket to the finale. They have to keep their hand on their ticket and be the last person still standing in order to win their spot in the final 3.
Jeremy spent the whole time talking and trying to psyche the other 2 contestants out. He concentrated on Lauren first.
Ali asked Conda if Jeremy is like this at home. Conda says “What? Relentless?”
Ali said yes and Conda said…
“YES!”
Ali told Jeremy that he had been talking for 50 minutes straight and Lauren asked for earplugs 
lol
They went to 1 foot at about 2 hours and 21 minutes.
Who do you think is going to win it?
Lauren started to get dizzy and then she fell after standing on 1 foot for over 10 minutes. She fell at 2 hours and 35 minutes.
Now it is down to being between Mike or Jeremy.
We are at 3 hours now.
Who will last?
3 hours and 10 minutes.
Both are figeting. Who will fall?
Mike fell.
And Jeremy is the winner!
Conda starts crying happy tears for her brother and gives him a hug.
Who is happy that Jeremy made it back to be the third person in the final 3?
I am sure that some people will be happy and others of you will be really upset.
I find it ironic that the final 3 are all people that everyone was disgusted with earlier in the season. I do think that these 3 have grown during their time at he Biggest Loser Ranch.
Sure Conda still has a bit more growing to do as noticed when she said that Jeremy deserved to be there at the ranch more than Kim when Jeremy only lost the 10 pounds last week.
I understand that she was upset and disappointed but Kim worked hard too and when all is said and done many think that Conda is only in the final 3 because Jeremy helped her through so many challenges.
But, I think that Conda has improved and I will give her credit for that. She realized how awful she acted and sounded and she was embarrassed and ashamed at her behavior.
I am not saying that she is an Angel but I do give her credit for the changes she has made in how she is both inside and out.
I did notice back a while ago that Kim and Conda weren’t so buddy buddy anymore and have noticed great improvements in Kim’s behavior for some time now.
I think that so much of people being upset with Jeremy was because he is Conda’s brother and because he kept helping her. So many people wanted to see Conda go home.
In seeing this and not being one to like people being rewarded for bad behavior I went ahead and started a petition to get the producers to either re-edit the show (if Conda wasn’t as bad as we were being led to believe that she was) or to not allow Conda to win at the finale. If they even would allow her to attend due to her conduct while on the Biggest Loser Ranch.
It wasn’t that I was out to get Conda. I simply was upset and saw that many of you all were too and wanted to go about changing something that I felt was wrong in the right way (unlike a couple of people I could mention).
Well, we got quite a few signatures (thank you -smile) and we got the Biggest Loser producers to make changes in how the show was edited. This made for a much nicer show to watch.
While watching up until this time I found myself screaming at the tv and getting so angry. Where as before I would yell at the tv but I also laughed and cried tears of joy for the contestants.
I know some of you have still been upset at how Season 13 of Biggest Loser has been but I saw enough of an improvement that I was able to once again enjoy my favorite show.
Sure, I still found myself wanting Conda to go home. Partly because I was still upset over her past behavior and partly because of things that she would do or say that week.
But, even though I am still disgusted with her initial behavior, I am one to give a person a second chance if they are attempting to change what they did wrong and I do feel that Conda has been doing so.
That doesn’t necessarily mean that she would be my first pick for the Biggest Loser Season 13 finale but I won’t feel so badly if she were to win as what I would have a couple of months or so ago.
Now who do I really want to win?
I don’t know. My absolute first choices are in the running for the at home prize. I do feel like I would choose between Jeremy and Kim simply because a part of me does feel that maybe Conda would not have made it this far if Jeemy hadn’t helped her so many times.
Kim was pretty awful at first too. Maybe not as bad as Conda but she got sucked into the whole drama thing and had her moments too.
Hmm…Jeremy? Was he really that bad or was he just guilty by association? Being Conda’s brother probably got him a lot of flack but was it warranted?
I am not sure.
But with the changes and the growth that I have seen in these three I don’t think that I will find myself screaming at the tv next Tuesday night (May 1st?). It will nice to be able to actually enjoy it.
It seems like Biggest Loser Season 13 has been so long and yet in some ways it has gone by so fast. I look forward to seeing the finale and finding out who wins it but I am sad to see it go. I hate going a whole Summer without a new Biggest Loser to look forward to untill Fall.
Yet it looks like this Summer will be a busy one for Josh and I. So while we will miss Biggest Loser and all of you we will look forward to seeing you all again this Fall. We will post anytime w have something new to tell you about the Biggest Loser and/or it’s contestants.
BTW, we do have some things to tell you about some current and former contestants and we are sure that as Summer progresses there will be more. We will post these items asap so please continue to check back here often.
I plan on posting some on Saturday and of course we will see you next week
Take care
