Watching Reality TV

Last week, the red team imploded and did the unthinkable: they let the blue team chose who to eliminate so of course they eliminated Phil, the toughest guy on the campus. This week, we anticipate Kim’s reaction as it is sure to please. I’m also interested to see if Hollie is back.

We start with poker chips. Actually, not so much poker chips as it is tiny wheels of cheese, pieces of candy and cookies. YUM. Alison tells them that after that day, no more teams. Everyone will be divided into trios. So, pretty much like having NEW teams. Whoever wins the temptation gets to pick the teams. They’re playing high/low, but instead of money, it’s calories. And whatever they bet, they have to eat. In order to get power, they have to eat. Jae begs out because she doesn’t want to eat the food. Good girl. Everyone else pretty much stuff their faces. Oh, and Hollie is back. It comes down to Jez and Amy and it’s pretty much disgusting. Who has the highest card? Jez had an ace. So he wasn’t bluffing or just being a glutton. Oh, he was being a glutton alright, but he had the card to back it up. So he gets to choose the teams.

First team: Kae, David and Hollie.

Second team: Amy, Julie and Bill.

Third team: Bryan, Nicole and Ryan.

Fourth Team: Jez, Isabeau and Neil.

The trainers come in and get a look at the new teams. Jillian looks horrified. She’s immediately suspicious and they all hear how the teams were chosen. Amy busts out at Kim about wanting her to be booted last week. Amy doesn’t want to work with her, obviously and approaches Jillian instead. Kim wants to talk to Amy and work it out. They go off to talk and Kim gives Amy the riot act. She feels hurt. And Amy doesn’t? So much for working things out.

Jillian picks up Amy’s pieces. It’s sort of wearing on the other people training with Jillian (namely the black team). Everyone just seems to be feeling kind of pissy. With that, we go to the challenge. It involves, again, some heavy lifting (or rather pushing). They have to push a giant arm with two teammates sitting on top around in a circle 75 times. Hmm. It’s really down to Bill’s team and Bryan’s team and Amy ends up winning it for Bill and Julie and they have each won a Bowflex to take home and work out with. It was pretty inspiring.

Bob coaches Nicole on what to eat for breakfast. Today’s product placement is Quaker’s Weight Control oatmeal. Yummy! The product placement is hysterical. But oatmeal is a good choice for breakfast.

Last chance workout! We see Jillian pushing the hell out of Amy and remarking that she doesn’t think that Kim pushed her hard enough. And Kim thinks that Amy will regret leaving her. This is SO high school. Stay tuned for the most dramatic weigh in yet!

So the trios go to the weigh in, sans trainers. The trios confuse me, frankly, since everyone is still wearing their old team colors. The team with the lowest weigh in percentage will fall below the yellow line. And when that happens, the other teams will get to choose which of the losing trio goes home.

Bill goes first and he has lost 7 pounds, fairly decent. Amy goes next and she has lost ZERO pounds. Ouchies! Guess switching to Jillian wasn’t that great a move, is it? Julie goes last for her trio and she lost 3 pounds. Not great. It’s not looking great for this trio. That’s a total percentage of 1.37% weight lost.

Bryan goes next and he lost 7 pounds. Ryan goes after him and he GAINED a pound. More ouchies! What IS it this week? Everyone just up and lost their minds, I think. Nicole goes last, needing to lose 5 pounds to beat the previous trio and she lost 4. Close but no cigar. The trios total percentage lost is 1.15%.

Kae goes next for her trio and lost 4 pounds. And she’s grateful for every pound this week. Hollie goes after her and lost 2 pounds. And she is visibly relieved. David goes last for his trio and he lost 8 pounds and his trio is easily safe from elimination. Their total percentage lost is 1.93%.

Jez goes first for the last trio and he lost 6 pounds. Isabeau steps up and she lost 4 pounds. So far, so good. Neil goes last. And you know what? HE GAINED. And not just one pound like Ryan. He gained 17 pounds. SEVENTEEN. Everyone is stunned off their rockers. Even Neil looked surprised. Jez looks pissed. There is a total weight gain of .77% so they’re obviously up for elimination. Holy dang.

Julie says her gut tells her something wasn’t right. Isabeau agrees. Is there a plan here? David confronts Neil about it, he wants him to explain himself to everyone. He adamantly denies having thrown the weigh in. To the camera, he confesses it shouldn’t have been that obvious. Apparently, he had promised the blue team that he’d keep them safe. And this is how he did it. Suspicion abounds. The blue team meets, and Bob comes to talk to them. And Bob? Is PISSED. Ryan gained a pound and then… Neil. Bob is flabbergasted. He tells Bob that it was a strategic move. Bob considers it a slap in the face.

Even Jillian is mad to hear of Neil’s weight gain. Everyone is pretty sure he just chugged two gallons of water before the weigh in. And basically, they want to vote out black team members, probably Isabeau in particular. It’s disgusting is what it is. She throws a barb at Neil and he chuckles at her in return. What an ASS. Jez feels completely thrown and depressed and lost.

The elimination comes up and everyone is very upset in that room. Well, everyone except Neil. Assmunch. Julie, Bill and Amy vote for Neil. Ryan, Bryan and Nicole predictably vote for Jez. David, Kae and Hollie voted for… Jez. Damn it. That’s about as unfair as it ever gets. But as he says, he leaves with his character and integrity intact.

How much has he lost since leaving the campus? He’s lost 103 pounds! He looks awesome. He says he’s happier and healthier. I sure hope so. Poor Jez. He didn’t deserve that.