Week 7 of the Biggest Loser: Second Chances Season Eight starts with the blue team not being very happy that Dina was voted off in week 6. The blue team were close with her and are hoping the black team will have to see the elimination room again this week.
Face Off Week
The teams are told they will be facing off head to head with a member of the opposite team. The winner of the challenge will be able to chose who will go head to head with who at the weigh in. The challenge consists of bobbing under a pole and jumping up to tap a marker. Each team must tap the marker 500 times.
The blue team wins the challenge with Rebecca closely beating out Daniel. They win ultimate power in deciding who will be paired up against each other at the weigh in.
Face Off Pairs
The blue team makes the final decision to pair off the teams.
- Rebecca versus Amanda
- Tracey versus Abby
- Allen versus Danny C.
- Rudy versus Shay
- Liz versus Daniel
The Challenge
Derek Jeter explains the challenge to the Biggest Loser contestants. He speaks to them from one of his 24 Hour Fitness Clubs in New York City. As a team the players will collect 2535 balls to place 316 in a contestants basket to knock them out of the competition. The team that wins the competition will win a lunch cooked by Curtis Stone as well as a 2 pound weight advantage at the weigh in.
The black team ends up winning the challenge and enjoying the lunch with Curtis Stone. It is the first challenge they have won as the black team. Curtis teaches them how to make turkey burgers that fit in with the Biggest Loser diet.
Last Chance Workouts
During Abby’s last chance workout she realizes that her devastating story is changing. She is learning how to love again and live again after losing everything. Her husband and two young children were killed in a car accident about 5 miles from their home by a reckless driver going over 100 miles an hour.
Black team member Shay deals with some of her own past issues, namely her mom’s heroin addiction and the effect it has had on her own life.
The Weigh In
The team members go head to head to see which team will go to the elimination room with Alison Sweeney.
- Rebecca - pounds lost: 9
- Amanda - pounds lost: 4
- Tracey - pounds lost: 5
- Abby - pounds lost: 3
- Allen - pounds lost: 8
- Danny C. - pounds lost: 12
- Liz - pounds lost: 7
- Daniel - pounds lost: 5
- Rudy - pounds lost: 14
- Shay - pounds lost: 9
The blue team wins the weigh in. Dhane from Season 6 shows up for Rudy’s weigh in to see if he’s about to beat Dhane’s record of losing 100 pounds in 8 weeks. Rudy beats his record by losing 101 pounds in 7 weeks. Dhane talks to the other contestants about what has been motivating him to workout recently. He is competing in a triathlon the following day with 12 other Biggest Loser contestants from past seasons.
The Vote
Abby convinces the other black team members to vote her off. She has learned how to live again and is ready to go home to continue her journey. In a very emotional vote, she is let go.
Abby lost 46 pounds while at the ranch. In her time away from the ranch she has been giving motivational speeches and working out hard. So far she has lost a total of 80 pounds.
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