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Tc99
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07-12-2009

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 2:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tc99 a private message Print Post    
The last twist with bob and jillian not having teams is kinda taking the wind out of my sails. I really liked the comradery of the team and the rivalry too.

I guess they are going to be throwing alot of curves at us this season so maybe we are in for a wild ride. All in all, a good start, I think Rebecca is gonna be my showcrush.

Alexandria was looking good in her new lifestyle reveal at the end, very nice to see that she involved her mom and family in it to make a more supportive system. I wonder who her crush was on that she will reveal in the finale?

Roteach
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06-01-2003

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So even though they are two person teams, only one team goes below the yellow line and only one person goes home? Now what happens to the remaining person of the two? He weighs in on his own? Hmm, I will have to get used to that new twist.

Gidget
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07-28-2002

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The first weigh in, Daniel and Shay were 3.68 and the two pinks were just under them. Shay and Daniel are also going to have to step it up to stay in the game.

I was so upset thinking that Daniel might again have a partner that wasn't willing to go the distance. But I was glad Shay got it together and I think Jillian was right. She was getting too much attention over it.

I love, love, love that Bob and Jill are coaching together. I wonder if that was one of Jillian's concessions to return. If it stays this way, the trainers are completely focused on the contestants and not which team is winning.

Also, only one person going home is good too. I didn't agree with them keeping Julio though. He didn't come through and Alexandra should have got to stay. I think her crush is on Daniel. I think Daniel looked pretty sad to see her go.

I didn't like seeing Tracey and Mo go down like that. One of these days they are really going to kill someone. If with the pre physicals there are things that can be hidden.

So far I like all the contestants. I haven't seen anyone come out as a villian but it is pretty early yet.

Alison looks wonderful post pregnancy. Yay for her.

I'm thrilled to see that a show can evolve in a well thought out way. Hope Alison Grodner tunes in. She looks to be a bit chubby.


Gidget
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 8:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gidget a private message Print Post    
Marysafan, I was happy Shay was picked first, too. Probably was a first for her.

Ntegrity
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06-28-2005

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I missed the first episode of Biggest Loser. Where can I watch it online?

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 9:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
ColorNameAgeHeightStarting
Weight
Previous
Weight
Current
Weight
New Loss%*Total*
Loss
This Wk
Finale
GRENAllen
firefighter
445'11"325325306-19-5.94T192nd in challenge
picks Abby
safe
GRENAbby
teacher
355'4"247247232-15-5.94T15safe
PRPLMo
coach
566'2"355355336-19-5.3519hospital
safe
PRPLTracey
homemaker
375'2"      hospital
safe
BLUERudy
engineer
316'4"442442414-28-5.18T284th to pick
picks Dina
safe
BLUEDina
custodian
285'5"253253245-8-5.18T8safe
REDAntoine
health insurance agent
236'0"367367349-18-4.93T185th to pick
picks Sean
safe
REDSean
youth pastor
296'2"444444424-22-4.93T22safe
BRWNLiz
grandmother
495'7"267267257-10-4.88T106th to pick
picks Danny
safe
BRWNDanny
musician
395'11"430430400-24-4.88T24safe
PINKAmanda
nursing student
America's Choice
205'6"250250244-6-4.54%T  63rd to pick
picks Rebecca
safe
PINKRebecca
nanny
255'6"279279269-18-4.54%T18safe
ORNGDaniel
student
205'8"454
312
312300-12-3.68T121st in challenge
won immunity
1st pick:Shay
ORNGShay
social worker
305'8"476476459-17-3.68T17immune
BLCKAlexandra
college student
205'8"309309296-13-3.63T137th to pick
picks Julio
voted out
4 - 3
BLCKJulio
mortgage loan officer
396'0"407407394-13-3.63T13 


Week 1:

The bus swings off the road to a beach, where Alli is waiting.

First Challenge: Walk the last mile of last season's marathon. Winner gets immunity for the weigh in and gets to choose their partner for the remainder of the season. Partner also gets immunity.

Just before they start the race on the sand.. one more surprise and that is the arrival of Daniel from last season. (They arrived in a bus; Daniel in a limo)

Tracey goes out to an early lead, Daniel second (he says he's been working out 4 hours a day) and then he passes her up. Many are struggling. Shay at the end of the line.

Daniel wins 14:17

As others come in, Stacey falls to her knees, is crawling.

Mo crosses line but had trouble, medics put him on oxygen and suggest going to the hospital. Tracey wanting to finish. Shay falls at finish line but she finished. Others (including medic) go out to help Tracey, who is still crawling, her legs are jello. She is 100 yards from finish. Danny says she will be devastated if she doesn't finish. She is helped to her feet; all help her to walk across the line and she collapses.. again, all helping her, medic talking to her. says she isn't responding. Helicopter on the way.

Tracey is airlifted to a hospital. Coach Mo also went for treatment with Dr Huizenga.

"That could have been any one of us".

The rest are taken by bus to the ranch. Alli welcomes them to the ranch (she must have taken faster transportation).

Alli tells them that Dr. H reports that Tracey and Coach Mo are both doing well. Both will stay in the hospital for observation but both remain in the game.

Now big decision to make: Time to choose your partners. This season you are all strangers. Spend the next hour getting to know each other.

Shay was scared to tell her story; sign of weakness.

Very touching stories emerge as they each take a turn.

Alli returns: time to pick team mates.

Daniel gets first pick. He will keep the orange color for his shirt. He says one person touched his heart and if it is okay with her, he picks SHAY. Very sweet! Daniel says he can tell she is biggest and he was biggest in BL history and last season and he lost 142 lb so if he can be there with Shay and show her she can get through it, it would mean the world to him.

Allen placed second; chooses next. He picks Abby, says to go through what she went through shows she is a fighter. He is a fighter and he wants a fighter. They have green shirts.

Amanda was third. Alli says pink looks good on her.. lucky color, too. She picks Rebecca.

Rudy is next and he chooses Dina. Blue shirts.

Fifth is Antoine and he chooses Sean. Red shirts.

Liz is sixth and picks Danny. Brown shirts.

Alexandra is seventh and it is down to Julio, but Alli reminds her that Coach Mo and Tracey are also available. She picks Julio and they get black shirts. He isn't sure why he was last but says they will be a force.

This leaves Coach Mo and Tracey to be the new purple team.

Alli announces time for the first weigh in. Rudy tells us most of them cannot just get on a scale at home, so don't know how much they weigh.

They see the gym and meet Bob and Jillian..

Pink team, Amanda and Rebecca, up first.. 529 lb (250 and 279)

Green team, Allen and Abby, 572 lb (325 and 247)

Black team, Alexandra and Julio, 716 lb (309 and 407)

Blue team, Rudy and Dina, 695 lb (442 and 253)

Brown team, Liz and Danny, 697 lb (267 and 430)

Red team, Antoine and Sean, 811 lb (367 and 444)

Orange team, Daniel and Shay, 788 (312 and 476)

Bob and Jill have been variously amazed.. Daniel hugs Shay and they all say ok she is the heaviest ever, but Daniel held that title and he's a perfect partner.

They will weigh in later AS A TEAM.. Good Luck!

They get Body Buggs and Bob does a little promo.

All on treadmills and ellipticals and are told they will train with both Bob AND Jillian.. Bob and Jill tell us there will be "blood on the walls".

Bob says season 8, bigger contestants than ever; this is what is going on in American now. Jill says turn tragedies into ? Bob says Amanda stood up on TV and was voted in. There are heroes in this room.

And they start working out.

All the same yelling.. Jill says they all have stories and she isn't cosigning the bull crap.

Shay and Daniel working on "ladder" machines.. sort of a revolving set of dowels that you climb as the tread moves down... Climb.

Shay wants to quit but they won't let her. Make a choice, Shay. She can't. Jill says alright, you just quite. Daniel.. "don't quit".

And yep, they still package two shows in one, or.. they think the viewers go brain dead during the one hour commercial break, so they recap the show, so far.

We find Shay outside, talking herself back into working out. It was excruciating but she couldn't let a ladder stop her. Jillian in her face, says quit again and no one is going to chase you. Tells her nothing to be ashamed of but if she works below her potential it will piss her off. She will NOT play the victim game.

Shay starts climbing again.

We see the return of Mo!! He was dehydrated, had low blood pressure and low blood sugar. He is told he is purple and Tracey is his partner. And she is still at the hospital and they don't have a clue when she'll return. Mo says he'll work while she is gone.

California Health and Longevity Institute - they meet with Dr Huizenga for a wake up call.

This will be a second wave of medical assessments, top of the line. Tons of tests and they will be studied.

Sean finds out he has type II diabetes. He was in denial (he had just said he didn't have that.

Mo (what a sweet guy) Biological age is 69 (he is 55).

Shay is told her body is 57% fat, she has asthma. She is 29 but inner age is 45. Her mom died at 48, over 300 lb.

Back at the ranch, last chance workout.

Weigh IN

But first, a promo for healthy living.. Bob runs to the gym instead of driving, Alli cooks healthy meals for her family at home instead of eating out, Jillian stays hydrated. Brita filters...

% of weight loss as a team.. but only one person will go home from lowest team. Mo is alone tonight. Tracey's fate in his hand.

Orange Team has immunity, but time to weigh in.

They lose 29 pounds.. Daniel lost 12, is now 300. Shay lost 17, is now 459. 3.68% team loss.

Pink Team: 24 pounds.. Amanda down 6 to 244; Rebecca down 18 to 261. 4.54%.

Blue team.. as a team they need to have lost more than 31 pounds to stay above the line. They lose 36. Rudy down 28 to 414 and Dina down 8 to 245. 5.18% and into first place.

Red team next.. they need to have lost more than 36 pounds to be safe.

They lose.. we get shocked looks and commercial..

40 pounds total.. Antoine down 18 to 349, Sean down 22 to 422. They are safe and in second place for now.

Brown team next. Need to have lost more than 31 pounds. They lose a total of 34. Liz down 10 to 257 and Danny down 24 to 406. They are in third with 4.88%, which makes the pink team stay nervous.

Time for the Green Team.. they must have lost more than 25 pounds. They lose 34. Allen down 19 to 306 and Abby down 15 to 232. Allen says he finally realizes he IS doing this for himself, not just for family. Abby, who lost her husband, daughter and baby son to a reckless driver says she doesn't fear death as it would be easier than this but she wants to live the best she can. She said more and all are in tears. Jillian says she has always thought she just couldn't imagine losing loved ones and would want to die but working with this woman makes her know she can be stronger. Their team % is 5.94. They are in first place.

Black team next. Alexandra and Julio need to have lost more than 32 pounds to be safe.

oops.. they lose 13 pounds each (Alexandra down to 296, breaking the 300 mark, Julio down to 394, breaking below 400), only 26 and not enough, as they will be in last place with just Mo left to weigh in for purple team. Their % is 3.63 and pink team will live another week.

We get our first smack talk about a team member from Alexandra, who tells us Julio is a guy and weighs a hundred pounds more, didn't work hard enough.

And now we have Mo, representing Purple Team, Tracey still being in hospital. Coach Mo is afraid.. weight on his shoulders.

He needs to have lost more than 12 pounds. Shocked looks and we get a commercial. We do see that his starting weight was 355. Yess!! (OK, I admit it. I LIKE Coach Mo!!) Coach Mo loses 19 pounds and is now 336. All clap except Alexandra. Purple team moves into second place. Coach Mo is happy to have lost so much in much less than a week and looks forward to Tracey coming to the ranch to share this with him.

Black team is below the yellow line and they are up for elimination Alexandra weeps as Bob hugs her goodbye. Julio is shocked and pissed to only lose 13 pounds and be at risk.

Elimination

He says he felt blessed when Alexandra picked him, but doesn't feel any less deserving. He promised his two little girls. Alexandra says all her life she has been overweight and if she goes back it will be a continuous struggle. She raises her voice, crying, and says she worked her ass off this week every day in the gym, would love to have another week here. She tells us she did a good job. Her biggest fear was going home the first week.

Talk ranges from go by the numbers, to hoping not to be seen as just a number.

Voting

They all march in with their covered dishes.

Purple: Mo says who could benefit from being here the most, so difficult. Votes for Alexandra to leave

Pink: Both amazing people all deserve to be here.. Voted for this person because we couldn't send the other person home. Votes for Julio to leave.

Red: Sean says we based it that one could go home and finish what they started here. Votes for Julio to leave.

Orange: Daniel says one of these persons is very young (we can see where this is going). Votes for Julio to leave.

One more vote, Julio.

Brown: We identify with one more than the other, with the plight, how hard to keep focused with other responsibilities. Votes for Alexandra to leave.

Blue: Not an easy decision process. We believe the person we chose has so much desire and determination, they can do this at home. Votes for Alexandra to leave.

Now it comes down to the Green team.

Green: Each have left a great impression. One individual had a spark, a fire and could go on at home. Votes for (commercial) Alexandra.

First out: Alexandra

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 9:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I was happy for Shay being picked.. but whoa.. those two were lucky they were immune! However Shay may power through next week and she may need to since Daniel is way beyong that first big loss, since he has lost so much already and has been exercising regularly, but it was a huge boost and a very sweet reason for picking her.

ETA: well I had to correct the numbers so at least Orange wasn't the lowest team and a member of the actual lowest team did go home, so all's a little bit more right in the world. Thanks for the correction!

Mary you are correct, Shay worked out all week. Tracey was in the hospital.

I didn't read Julio as arrogant, was just smack talking in the confessional and probably hurting from being picked last. I'm sure Shay is FAR from the only one in this group to have experienced this so whoever was picked last would have felt that sting, again.

I think he had to say what ever he could to stay. I wasn't happy with Alexandra's smack talk either, but certainly it had to be a difficult decision.

I suspect that those who are already playing the game looked at Alexandra as a bigger threat down the line in that she might be young/fit enough to do well in competitions. Hard to say. I'm sure there is so much more said than we see.

I was sad for both black team members who could have been celebrating breaking the 300 mark and the 400 mark together.

I hope we aren't going to see lines drawn by age.

Nice to see Alexandra has already lost 60 pounds!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 9:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I also love that Bob and Jillian are not competing.. with Bob never beating her, he was just too invested in that competition, to the detriment of some of his team, I thought.

This way they can get the best of both of them and that's quite a lot.

Tc99
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07-12-2009

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 11:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tc99 a private message Print Post    
Seamonkey, that chart and summary is mightily awesome!!!! It's tough assembling alot of information and for it to be easily readable and intuitively make sense is an artform.

Man, I thought the BB elimination chart was cool, but you must be like some kind of misunderstood statistician/sportskeeper/play by play person in a former life... I bow to yr skillz and also succinct summary!


Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 8:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I agree. Awesome work on the chart, Sea!

Peeper
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06-14-2004

Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 8:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Peeper a private message Print Post    
Thank you for the recap.

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 9:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
HUGE props to the folks responsible for another awessome banner! And Sea...you are simply the best for the job you do with you charts and recaps. Love them! And you! You make it so easy for my brain to absorb and understand the whole picture.

I especially love when your logic contradicts my emotion! You make me see things differently...and that's only one of the many things I like best about you.

Gidget
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07-28-2002

Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 10:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gidget a private message Print Post    
Okay that banner is over the top! Awesome.

Does anyone see a spark between Rudy and Dina? Are they single? I just knew he was going to pick her.

Tc99 - Sea spoils us with her charts and recaps. She's a lifesaver if you happen to miss the show and if you want to check back on a fact.

Okay I looked up Rudy and Dina. They both already have families. That must be their tie.


Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 11:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I think I was just born liking data and charts.. I worked with system design and programming in my past life.

Dad was a SPA and contract administrator, mom hand created sheet music when I took piano and for years kept all the records for handicaps for the golf groups she was in and had a complete file of every house sale in their area.. all by hand. They also had spreadsheets for expenses that they updated weekly. My brother runs football pools and even wrote a program for predictions.. and I think he had a golf program he wrote too and when he was young he and a friend had fantasy baseball teams and stats.

I have to say I learned a bunch about the tables for this software from dissecting tables done by Draheid in the past.

and I'm always in awe of Jimmer's banners!!

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Friday, September 18, 2009 - 7:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Thanks everyone for the nice comments about the banner! :-)

The funny thing is that I haven't seen the first episode yet. But I have it recorded and we'll be watching it tonight!

Vsmart
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02-10-2003

Friday, September 18, 2009 - 9:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vsmart a private message Print Post    
Team with immunity loses the least weight. Duh, they must have drank water before the weigh-in for better numbers next week.

Boberg
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10-04-2002

Friday, September 18, 2009 - 9:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Boberg a private message Print Post    
Daniel has been exercising and eating properly for months now....it should not be expected that he would lose huge numbers at the first weigh in like the others who have not been eating properly and working out till that very week.

Anyone who diets knows that the greatest weight loss is the first week, well usually...lol

Besides...the team with immunity did not lose the least % of weight.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, September 18, 2009 - 11:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Sorry for my bad math.. and I even had a calculator but failed to use it. Oddly, I thought I caught a glimpse of the same number I came up with. Anyway glad Orange team wasn't rock bottom with their immunity.

Daniel is the same height as Alexandra and was very close to her in his starting weight and they lost a similar amount. It will be interesting to see him coming in as the male with the lowest weight (but he is also shorter than some who are taller), but clearly should be the fittest one there at the beginning and he should have come in with better habits for diet and exercise already established.

Mamabatsy
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08-05-2005

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Losing weight is funny. I needed to lose 60 pounds. The first 20 pounds just melted off as I changed my diet and started walking every day. I thought wow, this is so easy, why did I wait so long... BUT, the next 30 took a full year and this last 10 JUST WILL NOT GO AWAY!!!

I don't go to the extreme methods that they do on the show, but I have introduced myself to vegetables, chicken and fish and don't even remember what chocolate and potato chips taste like.... well, I do but I try not to think about it. I walk 30-45 minutes every day and don't do any other exercise other than housework. I might have to change my plan if this last 10 pounds doesn't LEAVE!!!!

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 6:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
Isnt it week 2 that has all the "bad" numbers? (low losses or 0 loss?) and if its a game, then the immunity team should've used water weight for strategic purposes - not to an extreme... but that's the game they play...

mamab CONGRATULATIONS - I lose 5 - 10 pounds with WORK - then bam, gain 5 back overnight... its so depressing... I hate being "hungry" (as in hmm I think I might be hungry - because if my stomach growls, i'll eat something healthy - an apple, or a salad with some almonds) I'm back in training for a Half marathon in Jan - and I was so excited that I lost 10# - 3 days later, I'm UP 5#...

Cricket
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08-05-2002

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Wow! What a tearjerker the first episode was. I was crying so much when Abby told her story. Those beautiful children and husband...gone..so quickly. How does she do it?

I love that Allen picked her. I like the people this year. They seem genuine.

I hope Tracey is back this week. She's got a great partner. When I first saw Tracy, I was thinking how beautiful she would look when the weight came off, as even though she's overweight, she has a nice shape and is very pretty. I can't wait until her makeover, lol.

I didn't even know America was voting for a contestant. I'm thinking Amanda will lost more weight this week. She might just have one of those bodies that it takes a while to get losing.

Is Dina the one who can't have more children because of her weight? I was getting her confused with Shay. I wish they'd give Shay mental health counseling along with her weight loss, as it seems her whole life has been consumed with 'fixing' her Mom who has passed away. She could really benefit from counseling to help herself keep the weight off once she loses it.

Delurker
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08-19-2005

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Wow! What a tearjerker the first episode was. I was crying so much when Abby told her story.

OMG Cricket I was too, I think of them all she's the one I'm rooting for the most.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 4:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I know!! and of course the lost of any child ever is worth sobbing over but that picture of that little girl with her red curly mane of hair and knowing the other child was an infant. OMG.

Flamingo
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08-19-2003

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Biggest Loser needs to stop making me cry! Abby's story is just heart wrenching, and I can't imagine how she carries on.

I have to say I love that Jillian and Bob are a team this year, and we don't have to watch the Black vs Blue team nonsense dictating who stays and who goes. The cast this seson all really seem to be a very likeabke group. Such a refreshing change. This should be a very enjoyable season to watch. If only I can stop with the crying.

Delurker
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08-19-2005

Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 2:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Delurker a private message Print Post    
WOW! WTG to all of them for breaking the week 2 curse!!!!
Just goes to show it can be done. Hopefully next week will go just as well, but if not they should be so proud of themselves.