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The Biggest Loser: The Big Surprise

The contestants are knocking off weight and the producers are knocking time off the episodes -- we were down to 90 minutes tonight.

The show kicked off with a trainer temptation. That's a new one -- also a boring one. The contestants thought that the trainers eating cupcakes would be awesome. Um... who cares about that? Are you telling me that Bob it would have killed Bob or his team's faith if he ate a cupcake? Who is he -- Mary Kate Olsen?

They wasted our time to teach that you don't reward yourself with food. Yeah, thanks. Meanwhile, in the very next scene, Bob was pimping Subway.

With a tummy full of Subway, the contestants were off to their challenge. Kim put it simply, by saying it was "a race." The long version: Each team had to bid how fast they could run over mountains to capture a huge flag. I would have bid 45 minutes, but I am very slow. The Black Team was shooting for 5:25.

Quick tip: Running while holding hands does not work. Everyone wanted Hollie to run, but hello -- she fell on her face. That would slow me down too. The Black Team didn't make their time. The Red Team had the magic number, doing it in less than 5:55. That's four wins in a row for them.

Amy made a touching speech -- maybe she is redeeming herself from two weeks back. Bob was disappointed that the Blue Team didn't participate in the challenge, so he kicked their asses in the workout.

In case you missed the second plug for this week, it was for 24-Hour Fitness.

The contestants also got their goal shirts and tried on old clothes. Lots of sappy moments ensued. Even Jillian almost shed a tear. However, as well all know -- robots don't cry!

At the weigh-in, we all found out what the Red Team's big prize was... immunity. The other teams looked pissed, but hey -- if it would have been anything less, it would have been a major disappointment. Here are the numbers...

Blue Team

Name	Starting Weight	Current Weight	This Week's Loss	Total Loss

Nicole	279	258	-4	-21

Patty	280	255	-5	-25

Ryan	374	341	-6	-33

Kae	225	191	-6	-31

Neil	421	375	-11	-46

Total: -32 pounds, ??%

Red Team

Name	Starting Weight	Current Weight	This Week's Loss	Total Loss

Bryan	346	319	-2	-27

Amy	297	278	-1	-19

David	368	337	-1	-31

Phil	403	358	-5	-45

Total: -9 pounds, 0.69%

Black Team

Name	Starting Weight	Current Weight	This Week's Loss	Total Loss

Hollie	255	236	-3	-19

Isabeau	298	272	-8	-26

Jez	345	308	-8	-37

Julie	218	203	-7	-15

Bill	334	285	-13	-49

Jim	361	314	-11	-47

Total: -50 pounds, 3.00%

Is anyone else sick of the Black Team's pouting and bitching? They won another weigh-in, so are they done proving themselves or what?

The Blue Team, however, got zapped for voted Jerry off last week. I am convinced. Remember what I said about karma? Apparently it bit Patty in the butt worse than the others; she was sent home.

That wasn't the big surprise though; it was that in the last few minutes, we found out... nothing. The campus is shutting down next week, which means no air conditioning. We got the "To Be Continued" sign. Of course it's to be continued... duh! See you next week. -- Rachel Cericola Photo: © 2007 NBC/Trae Patton