Eliminations on The Biggest Loser are always heart-wrenching. Much as the contestants hate being away from their families, they've made the decision to try out for the show, and once they're there, the last thing they want to do is go home and back to their unhealthy habits. Many of them truly are fighting for their life, and you just know that without the motivation of laying it all out there on TV -- not to mention the grueling paces that Bob and Jillian put them through -- some of them might never gain control over their weight.
In last night's episode, I can understand why Coach Mo decided to put himself on the chopping block. With him there, and with someone else going home, the numbers didn't add up right. As Jason mentioned, it was a completely selfless thing Coach Mo did for the good of the team. There's a lot of that going on this season -- people stepping up to do the right thing and help a fellow contestant.
Unfortunately, none of that goodwill has originated from Tracey. She's done nothing but cause emotional havoc with the other contestants, and the fact that she had control over who was assigned to the teams last night made me absolutely crazy. But even more crazy-making is the fact that the Blue Team had the chance to send her packing and didn't.
No matter how the numbers look, I still think that Tracey being there and creating emotional turmoil and divisiveness within the team will do more harm than Mo staying and helping to create a supportive, caring environment. Do you agree with me -- what do you think?
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10-14-2009 @ 10:22AM
Matt said...
Couldn't agree more. When they voted Mo off I yelled at the TV. I hope the entire Blue team, especially Tracey, gains weight this week and has to lose another member. Mo has such a good heart, but his wishes should have been ignored.
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10-14-2009 @ 10:21AM
TheReader23 said...
They should have gotten rid of Tracy when they had the opportunity. If they lost again next week, Coach Mo could have offered to go at that time. I don't think I've ever disliked anyone on this show more than Tracy.
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10-14-2009 @ 10:23AM
Matty said...
I want to know how much the producers offered Coach Mo to fall on the sword. You know they love the added drama Tracey brings to the show. Reality show producers always love having scumbags on their shows.
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10-14-2009 @ 10:47AM
Tim said...
You would think that Tracey would have placed herself on a team with the most effective trainer and the people who were most likely to lose big numbers. Instead she distanced herself from Daniel and Shay, who she stabbed in the back two weeks ago, even though either one of them had more weight-loss potential than Coach Mo. She opted for Bob, who doesn't train winning contestants, instead of Jillian, who wants to beat her like a redheaded stepchild.
I keep waiting for Tracey's comeuppance, but her uppance never comes.
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10-14-2009 @ 11:08PM
Sapphyer said...
I'd LOVE to see Jillian beat her like a redheaded stepchild. Matter of fact I'd PAY to see it.
10-14-2009 @ 10:48AM
BLuving said...
It's just waaaaay too convenient for the drama factor on the show to have Tracey win the challenge last night. The show has to be rigged to manufacture as much controversy as possible to stir up viewers emotions. That said I think the producers are doing a great job with the "Tracey vs. the World" storyline. If it wasn't for that, why else would you be compelled to watch?
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10-14-2009 @ 12:47PM
Melody said...
I couldn't agree with you more! I have watched every season of this show and NBC is desperate for ratings and they are maneuvering every last bit of this to keep the ratings high. It was ALL too convenient that Tracy won the power to chose teams. The point of the show used to be motivating people and it was uplifting...now it's just gameplay and annoying childish people that don't even deserve to be on the ranch.
10-14-2009 @ 11:50AM
Babs said...
AGH! I am done watching! You know this was rigged from start to finish, and I for one! am sick to death! Of watching Nasty, Back Stabbing B#@%#'s have good things come their way! I'm done with Biggest Loser. I quit watching "America's Got Talent" after I had to watch a no talent Sanjia (or however you spell his name) week after week.
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10-14-2009 @ 12:27PM
Jason said...
For that same reason I stopped watching BSG when House went to the psyche ward.
10-14-2009 @ 11:57AM
Babs said...
Oops It was "American Idol" Tracey! makes me so angry with her smugness I can't even think!
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10-14-2009 @ 12:08PM
MS said...
I am done watching...rigged or not I do not know why anyone would want to watch such a vicious and evil person win anything. I love Liz and her big heart and I am really inspired by the people who are not playing a part in a made for tv drama...but to watch evil for the sake of evil isn't my idea of good tv. I'm done...so if the producers think this is good tv they're wrong. Pschyco Tracey is ruining a good show.
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10-14-2009 @ 12:29PM
Nancy said...
I have stopped watching the show because I can't stand watching that Tracey, she's just ignorant. Coach Mo should have stayed.
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10-14-2009 @ 2:35PM
zippersgirl said...
If keeping Tracey is a ratings ploy, it's not working. I switch the channel every time she is on screen. Mo should have been saved.
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10-14-2009 @ 3:05PM
Joe Brooks said...
Going against the grain here - but I actually enjoy watching Tracy. Why do people go on this show and forget it's a game for money? The losing the weight is thing you need to do win the money.
This season was looking to be stale until Week 3 when Tracy returned to the ranch. And I'm glad she's there!
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10-15-2009 @ 8:38AM
grumpiestoldman said...
This season would be nothing without our beloved Trazey! The rest of them are such babies....crying over nothing.
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10-15-2009 @ 2:47AM
maggie said...
It struck me that Coach Mo must have such a deep self loathing.......that he must not think he deserved to win or to be on the ranch. He's been completely selfless since the show started -- generous to a fault, to his detriment. I bothered me to see him do that, and infuriated me to see the rest of the team buy into keeping Tracey. She's a manipulative b_tch and for the life of me, I can't understand how she's losing weight. I can't quite stop watching yet, but it won't be long before I change the channel. Seems like the past two seasons were more collegial than this one.
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10-15-2009 @ 3:02PM
Jon B. Knutson said...
What pissed me off so much about Blue Team's decision was that up to that point, they were all saying how they were going to get rid of Tracey... and then, all of a sudden, because Coach Mo offers himself up, they ALL change their mind?
I'll enjoy watching Blue Team getting picked off one by one in the coming weeks... wouldn't surprise me if by the end of the show, Bob has no people to train left (as has happened in a previous season)!
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