weight loss heads to washington

The Biggest Loser gets political!

Alison surprised the contestants with a week-long trip to Washington, D.C. But, of course, they wouldn’t be on vacation! They would be trying to inspire others and help fight the obesity problem in America.

And she threw another surprise at the contestants – they are all playing for themselves from here on out!

For their first challenge this week, each of the contestants needed to gather people to join in on a public workout with Bob & Jillian at the Washington Monument. Whichever person had the most people to come out would win a special prize and take their group out to Subway for lunch. And Liz edged out Allen by one person!

After the challenge, the contestants met with some members of congress to talk about their stories.

Then they made their way to Constitution Gardens for the start of their main challenge. The challenge had four legs to it and whoever won them all would get immunity at the weigh-in. Since Liz won the pop challenge, she has the opportunity to skip one of the first three challenges if she wishes. Phase 1 had the contestants running a mile. The top 6 finishers in the mile would advance to the 2nd Phase. Rebecca came in first, followed by Daniel, Allen, Amanda, Rudy, and Liz. They would all compete in Phase 2 while Danny, Tracey, and Shay had the pleasure of knowing that they could finish a mile.

For Phase 2, the 6 players would race halfway down the Watergate steps to collect 17,000+ pennies in their collection tube. Those 17,000+ pennies represented all of the pounds lost on the show so far. Liz smartly sat this challenge out, which meant only three of the other competitors could advance to the next stage. Rudy finished first, with Daniel in second, and a very close call put Rebecca into the next Phase over Allen.

Phase 3 was set in front of the Washington Memorial. Four pedestals with very narrow ridges waited for the contestants and they need to balance on those 2 ½” ridges while holding a pilates ball over their heads. The two contestants that balanced the longest would move to the final competition. Daniel and Liz could handle the balancing act, leaving Rudy and Rebecca to duke it out for immunity.

The final Phase required Rudy and Rebecca to take 206 steps in front of the White House. Rebecca asked what the 206 steps signified and found out that The Biggest Loser has had 206 contestants so far. Rebecca easily won this challenge and won herself immunity for the weigh-in.

And of course, the show wouldn’t leave out the others in rewards. So, everyone received a special invite to the White House and met with the White House kitchen staff. They cooked a healthy lunch in the White House kitchen.

Ooh, this week they had their weigh-in at the Lincoln Memorial. Here is how the weigh-in broke down:

• Rebecca: -4 pounds, *immunity
• Shay: -9 pounds, 2.24% loss, under 400 pounds
• Tracey: -3 pounds; 1.52% loss
• Daniel: -11 pounds, 4.04% loss
• Allen: -9 pounds, 3.44% loss
• Danny: -12 pounds, 3.48% loss
• Rudy: -9 pounds, 2.64% loss
• Liz: -3 pounds, 1.36% loss
• Amanda: -7 pounds, 3.27% loss
  

This means that Tracey and Liz fell below the yellow line and risk elimination. No surprises here, Tracey was sent home. Finally, her stupid mistakes and choices in the beginning of the game caught up with her!