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Sammi
Member
03-31-2008
| Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 4:40 pm
Wish they had this show with just the prize being"a fat person on the show". No winner just be a winner by loosing weight. The one that looses the least weight leaves every week, no voting..... The last one standing maybe gets a trophy. The prize would be just changing your life for the better. I am disgusted with the game play going on this time. Can't stand Freido and Brendon. Hated that Aaron and Jessie got the boot last night. They were my favorites. The one that wants to go home should have got the boot. Just my 10 cents worth.......
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 5:02 pm
I don't like the voting off and alliances either. I know it's a common reality show element, but it's ugly. I'd prefer that the bottom three compete and the loser goes home. Or they all compete and can win immunity, or one-pound advantages or something; but still the lowest percentage weight loss people get eliminated by competition, not voting.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 8:50 am
I like the idea of the bottom two or three competing.
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Kellsma
Member
08-27-2002
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 9:50 am
I wish no one went home as so many need to be at the ranch. Maybe just play for prizes each week. I am always see to see the first few people voted off the show come back to the finale and have lost weight but never anything significant like the others tha have been able to stay on the ranch much longer.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 10:23 am
Why can't the gals on this show wake up? Ada caught on too late. She's kept the 3 guys who are running the game on the show far too long. She and her partner are the only ones who voted fairly this week. I think the show keeps changing things up to prevent this type of play, but the contestants are just too slow on the uptake this year to get it! Geez. Finally, Jessie called them out! I'm happy he did it too, Roxip. What is it going to take to make these people see until they get rid of those three, it's not a fair game. I want Ada/Jessica to go far.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 12:51 pm
I fear it is too late, unless the producers take a step that helps move this process along. Part of the problem is that these guys fudged on their weight loss for so many weeks that they can now, past halfway through the competition, pull larger numbers. It just irritates me - they are playing a game, not concentrating on what factors contributed to their obesity. The difference between the gameplay on this season and last (yes, I know that there was some gameplay involved...especially in how Michael split up the teams) is really defeating to me as a fairly new Biggest Loser viewer. I loved last season...this season I haven't enjoyed it at all.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 1:03 pm
I loved last season a lot more than this one as well. They just seemed more into cheering each other on. Jesse was "my boy" and Ada is "My girl". I really really like these two. So I am in official pout mode this week. I hope Ada wins!
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 1:08 pm
they are playing a game, not concentrating on what factors contributed to their obesity. And that is why I think a number of the winners don't keep the weight off. It's driving Bob and Jillian nuts and I don't blame them for it.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 1:28 pm
I agree Kookliebird. As most of us have said earlier, weight control is probably more mental than physical (or consumption of food). I think the very fact that these guys are concentrating on playing the game instead of their issues as to why they are obese is very telling...it seems to me that they have all tried to "play the system" throughout their lives...and look how well it has worked for them! They may lose the weight, and one of them might well win a large amount of money...but if in the end they end up back sitting in a chair unable to get up and move they really end up being the "biggest loser."
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 3:41 pm
Bob and Jillian need to have a talk with the producers and tell them either they put a stop to these 'comps' that give one person too much power or they are gone. Also, anyone caught waterloading (is that what it's called?) as Fredo obviously did last week with his 4 lb. gain, should be asked to leave immediately. That might bring the show back to a weight loss show. I agree with many of you that this is the reason the 'gameplayers' don't keep their weight off. Bob/Jillian must feel like they are wasting their time and talent. The gameplayers are winning the game...err battle, but losing the war. So dumb.
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Friday, November 12, 2010 - 6:43 pm
Bob and Jillian need to have a talk with the producers and tell them either they put a stop to these 'comps' that give one person too much power or they are gone Are you kidding me Bob and Jillian are also using this show and the contestants to make money and promote themselves. No way they would leave over something related to the contestants. It is all about promoting products and coming off as a tough as nails trainer for them which equals money and fame.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-16-2003
| Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 3:16 am
weight control is probably more mental than physical which is why i thought that the gum being called Dessert names was making sure people would never keep the weight off. there is no way that a person will stay on the straight and narrow when they crave more more MORE of the real choc chip OR strawberry shortcake.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 8:37 am
I'm pretty sure that Bob and Jillian are frustrated by the game playing - I don't think they are acting when they show their disapproval. However, Jillian did try a show that was simply about weight loss and becoming healthier and it didn't draw a lot of audience. It seems to me there must be something in the middle that would work.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 9:14 pm
Jillian was on The Talk (Julie Chen's talk show) this week and she said that her other show, which had her staying in people's homes and most had children..well she has started the process of adoption. She plans to adopt from Africa for her first and then the US for her second child. So that is what came from that show for her. I agree that they are frustrated with the incresing game play promoted by the producers but they are unlikely to walk away.
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Angelicfairies2
Member
07-18-2004
| Sunday, November 14, 2010 - 2:38 pm
Well I have given up on this show. I will say Aaron looked GREAT and I am so happy for him and his weight loss.
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Sarasmile
Member
02-09-2007
| Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 8:49 am
Since no one has commented yet on last night's show, I only have 2 things to say: 1. How could Ada's family not send a video? And not even return the phone call??? So sad - but the other contestants doing a vid for her was very sweet. 2. I do not like any of the other remaining contestants (I only like Ada) and I am not looking forward to the makeover episode (glad we got to see Jessica give herself a makeover )
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Knightpatti
Member
12-05-2001
| Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 8:52 am
Yes I was so happy to see that Jessica got her own make over. She was the one that I wanted to see the most and what they would do with her hair. Cannot stand that the guys are enablers to Elizabeth. She talks so big in the confessionals, but never comes thru. Example - she is going to win the balance challenge and she's off in a couple of seconds.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 9:12 am
Elizabeth should have been gone weeks ago. Sorry that they kept her instead of Jessica but we all knew that was coming because Jessica actually had put forth some effort!
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Vsmart
Member
02-10-2003
| Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 9:20 am
Like Survivor, the weakest is kept for later.
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Starr
Member
07-09-2005
| Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 10:31 am
How could Ada's family not send a video? And not even return the phone call??? I missed the first half hour last night. Was there an explanation (or excuse) given for why Ada's family didn't send a video? I saw later in the show that Bob commented on how hard that must have been for her, and then during the weigh-in Jillian made the comment about how 'even if Ada is not good enough for her mother...' How sad!
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Sarasmile
Member
02-09-2007
| Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 11:26 am
Starr - Bob told Ada she didn't receive a video from home and when they called her family, they never got a return call. Ada just said they're not very supportive of her at home. It was sad; you would think there would have at least been a group of friends they could have contacted... but she handled it way better than I would have!
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 12:23 pm
Ada's family blames her for her brother drowning when she was only 3! That poor girl. Having a family like hers, I don't know how she turned out so well. I hope her parents watched last nights show and somehow it broke through their tough barrier. However, with the way Ada describes them..."Go lose weight or don't come home" I'm thinking they most likely don't even watch the show. Re Jessica going home....no matter how much Bob/Jillian try to tell these peeps it should be a personal journey more than a game, they keep playing the game and keep the weakest players so they can win. Sigh.
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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 1:00 pm
Cultural difference or not, Ada's parents are abusive if they not only blame a three year old for their son's drowning, but continue to blame her all these years later. The only person responsible for that boy's death is the parent who wasn't watching the two children in the pool.
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Starr
Member
07-09-2005
| Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 11:13 pm
Oh, how tragic!! (twice - once for the brother that drown and secondly for her family and the way they blame her!) What a shame. Thanks for filling in the gap for me!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 7:56 am
I think (not excusing her horrible parents by the way) that there was another incident with another brother...I think they were in a car wreck (don't know for sure that Ada was driving) and that the brother was seriously injured and her parents blamed her for that one too. These people are seriously twisted...apparently it is all about the sons in their culture and the daughter gets nothing. Hopefully Ada will be able to leave her parents behind.
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