(Original Air Date 2/9/2010)
The show begins with an announcement from Alison that they will be traveling to the US Olympics Training Center in Colorado for the week. Exciting! They will be training with athletes.
They also get the news that beginning this week, they will no longer be competing as teams but as individuals. At the weigh-in one person will fall below the red line and immediately leave the ranch. Also two people will fall below the yellow line and one of them will also be eliminated.
The yellow team remembers their elimination and vow that it will not be them to go.
The contestants are very excited to be at the training center. They receive very cool autographed Olympic flags and get to workout and hear from great athletes like ski greats, Julia Mancuso and Jeret “Speedy” Peterson.
They meet with the nutritionists to learn about how the athletes eat and use food for the fuel that their body needs to compete at these levels of intensity.
Koli is really struggling with his feelings about John leaving the week before. For some reason he is feeling that John was more deserving to be there than himself. Both Sam and Bob talk to him about this, convincing him that he does deserve to be there.
Trainer Tip:
Jared “Speedy” Peterson encourages viewer to do lunges as we go into commercial break. How fun!
Pop Challenge:
JR Celski, Olympic hopeful speed skater introduces the pop challenge for the week.
The contestants each have a slide board and they get one point each time they touch a side. They must go to 500 points. The first, second and third players to finish will receive special advantages later in the week.
Sam finishes 1st for the gold, Melissa takes 2nd place for the silver and Sunshine gets the bronze for third place.
Immunity Challenge:
The teams meat at the beautiful Garden of the Gods for the Olympic Immunity Challenge. They are going to compete in an biathlon which means they will be running around a field and each time they complete one round they get an opportunity to aim at a target with a laser gun. The first person to get 5 hits on their target will be eliminated.The person left at the end will win immunity at the weekly weigh-in.
Now the previous pop challenge advantages come into play as they get to automatically choose 1,2 and 3 targets to hit. It turns out to be pretty much a wash because the 2 ladies both choose Sam’s target and he gives it right back to them duh!
The challenge comes down to the 2 fathers of the bunch, O’Neil and Darrel and O’Neil wins the immunity! WooHoo!
Last Chance Workout:
The teams head back to LA but instead of going to the Ranch for the last chance workout they go to 24 Hour Fitness to work out with U.S. Pairs Figure Skating Champion Rockne “Rock” Brubaker. They do a killer bootcamp class and then hit the treadmills.
Bob gets O’Neil balancing on one of the balance balls and its great to see how proud he is of himself.
Weigh-In Results: (pounds lost this week, total lbs lost to date, current weight)
*the contestants are no longer in teams – weighing in as individuals
Sunshine – 6 lbs, 36 lbs total, 239 lbs
O’Neil – 8 lbs, 64 lbs total, 325 lbs *immunity
Miggy – 7 lbs, 41 lbs total, 199 lbs
Koli – 9 lbs, 77 lbs total, 326 lbs
Sam – 12 lbs, 74 lbs total, 298 lbs
Daris – 9 lbs, 72 lbs total, 274 lbs
Cheryl – 3 lbs, 36 lbs total, 191 lbs
Andrea – 7 lbs, 43 lbs total, 255 lbs
Darell – 5 lbs, 75 lbs total, 338 lbs
Stephanie – 4 lbs, 43 lbs total, 221 lbs
Lance – 9 lbs, 60 lbs total, 305 lbs
Melisa -Â +1 lb, 34 lbs total, 199 lbs
Ashley – 6 lbs, 63 lbs total, 311 lbs
Sherry- 3 lbs, 41 lbs total, 177 lbs
Michael – 11 lbs, 94 lbs total, 432 lbs
Below the Red Line and Automatically Eliminated:
Melissa (wow! with her 1 lb GAIN – crazy!)
Melissa’s transformation since leaving the ranch:
Melissa has lost a total of 58 lbs and working hard since arriving home from the ranch. She has discovered a love for boxing and is working hard to introduce her children to a healthier lifestyle.
Below the yellow line:
Cheryl and Darell…
BUT WAIT – TWIST!
There is no elimination vote this week. Instead Cheryl and Darell will take part in a competition to see which one of them will be going home.
The show ends with the two competing to see who can balance a lit torch on their heads the longest…and we are left with a BIG FAT cliffhanger! Argh! Stay tuned for 2 weeks after the Olympics!
Next Time on the Show…in two weeks due to the Olympics coverage:
We will find out who wins the elimination challenge and it looks like we’re back to teams – Blue vs Black! WooHoo! It’s on Jillian vs Bob!
Stay tuned!
