“I want to be the first ever female biggest loser!”

After she won it was always:

“It’s great that a woman has finally won it!”

The Australian and US shows are both as guilty of it but although it annoyed me it was pretty easy to brush off safe in the knowledge they probably meant “…in the USA/Australian version” but just didn’t feel it necessary to add that part every time.

So colour me shocked and super annoyed when during the Biggest Loser Where Are They Now special that I only just got around to watching, Ali Vincent says:

“I am the first female biggest loser in the world. Period”

*Splutter Cough Die*

What? does she actually think that? Like really? Why has no one told her that she was beaten to it by the UKs Jodie Pregner way back in 2006? Why would she just assume it to be true – surely if you are going to go around saying something like that you’d at least check it’s accurate first.

The mind boggles and I hope someone has at least now set her straight.

I liked the red line but I don’t like that it resulted in Dan going home, he’s one of the least objectionable of the bunch. But he has been there twice and had his chance, so I guess it was the fairest thing.

I am glad that Shay went home as her dummy spit during the challenge was pathetic, and she seemed to have the attitude that she deserved and needed to be there more than any one else. Don’t get me wrong, I wish her no ill and I hope she goes on to lose the weight she wants to – I just didn’t like her attitude!

Interestingly, I don’t know if it was just the copy I had or if they didn’t show it full stop – but they didn’t do an update on her at the end as they usually do with contestants, hmm.

Roll on the next episode

I was sad to see Tracey go and disapointed to see most of the contestants still holding a grudge aganst her because she didn’t do what they wanted her to do in the first few weeks.

She wasn’t that bad overall really, was she?

She looked amazing in the ‘at home’ section as well, she’s lost 86lbs in the space of a few months – pretty amazing

Erm, no.

Really, 101 pounds in seven weeks is not healthy, it’s not responsible, it’s not realistic and it’s not a good example to set. It only goes to highlight the thing about The Biggest Loser I really don’t like – honestly, congratulations to Rudy as it’s a pretty mind blowing thing to have done.

But where is this show going to be in another 5 years time? 800lb contestants? Losing 20lbs a week? Someone losing 100lbs in 3 weeks? If each season has to be bigger and better than the last, it is really a scary thought.

Unfortunately it wasn’t a very interesting episodes. Sending one team home for the week was a pretty neat idea I think – but there were no real stand out moments for me to wax lyrical about.

One thing that made me chuckle;

Team: Half dead digging about in the sand for a mystery prize.
Ali: Keep going guys, remember what you are playing for.
Rebecca: We don’t know, you didn’t tell us!
Ali: Oh yeah *laughs*, well, it’s a good one!

One thing that made me grrr – Dina being discusted by her family eating unhealthy food on a night out at her old favourite restaurant. Not 2 minutes earlier she was telling us this was exactly the sort of stuff she was eating 6 weeks ago – yet she expects her family to just quit it all overnight because she has? There’s nothing worse than a judgemental former fatty! I wasn’t sad to see her ultimately sent home.

Heck even Tracey let me down this week, she was being nice, working hard and getting on with everyone – not an evil plan or eye rolling out of her head moment in sight. Come on girl, you are the season villain – you can do better than that!

I think in general the show is great and sends a good message. But it’s just unrealistic, it’s not healthy to lose weight as fast as they do and I am sure ‘normal’ people come away at the end having ‘only’ lost 20lbs compared to their 200lbs feeling miserable about themselves