Comments on: Biggest Loser Australia 3×66: Eliminee Super Challenge

By: Nat

Nat — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:18:10 +0000

Yeah, maybe, that was entirely Bob’s own choice and maybe, it wasn’t. Perhaps for that season the people who pay their wages decided it would be cool to have a ladies vs men competition. Who’s to say that if Jillian did win that the outcome would have been any different…..

By: Mythor

Mythor — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:23:51 +0000

Except that they can’t just run back to get it if it’s halfway down the dune because they’re all tied together, heh.
It looked to be in the middle to me, too. We’ll see!

By: Wehmer

Wehmer — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:21:26 +0000

Cosi is the most interesting/controversial to talk with. When Garry came back with his “secret rock”, what did Allison say? “He’s got something to hide!” Very good Allison >_>

Cosi gets people on his side by talking smooth, you can’t deny it. But what he says is almost always right on the button. He’s an incredibly intelligent and forthrite person who tells it as he sees it, so he gets up people’s noses. Honesty is the worst policy if you wanna be liked.

I’m thinking Bryce and Michelle win the challenge (which is a huge shame. Bryce is an athlete and I don’t mind him, but Michelle…dear God no), which disappoints me. Cosi and Nicola are the fittest team but it seems as if it’s not to be. I’m confident Sean or Cosi will pick up the $50,000.

Also, the last hay bale. I thought it was in the centre. I don’t think it was Cosi and Nicola’s bale, because Cosi comments on looking back and seeing it. You’d think if it was one of his teams he would of run back to get it instead of saying bad luck to whoever dropped it.

By: Mythor

Mythor — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:48:22 +0000

We haven’t had the most recent US season air here yet. It’ll probably air late in the year in preparation for the new Australian season. Sounds intriguing though!

By: TPOO

TPOO — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:51:14 +0000

Cosi is just a pain in the arse and thinks he knows everything about everybody! He should be the running commenator on the show 9as they always seem to go for his opinion). He is also a big manipulator, he managed to get Michael to add weight on Shawn’s bar in the challange. God I hope and pray that he does not get back in. I rewatched the show this avo and I really think it is Bryce who pulls the flag up first. The video on the BL site shows two different hands pulling the rope, one hand has only a watch on & the other hand has a glove on. The one without the glove is Sheridan (see video, she is the only one without gloves at the end) and the other one is Bryce as if you pause just after the gloved hand puls the rope, you see the Commando and Michelle below and Bryce seems to have his hand in the air in victory. Michelle the trainer was the one to climb up on the bales to pull the rope for the Red Team and she also had gloves on in the end.

When you look at the bale left behind, its on the closest lane to the picture, and you can see there are two lanes beside it. If that is any indication, then it was Cosi, Nicola & Michelle Bridges in that lane? God I hope so.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:13:57 +0000

Well, that’s true. I like Cosi personally, but every other player should have put 10kg on him until he collapsed, while every other player would stand there with an empty bar, waiting. Cosi can hold up under 90kg? Well, let’s see if he can hold 120kg, or 150kg, etc. Then when he collapses, you move on to Bryce, etc.
You are correct when you say that the women could do a better job of eliminating the men. But the point is, if it were an even competition they wouldn’t have to think that way. I’ll give you an example.
I imagine that you are familiar with the American BL show. Well, this year there was an episode where the trainers, Bob and Jillian, had a challenge heads-up against each other. They each had to run up an escalator which was moving downwards, and whoever stayed on the longest won. Of course Bob won, because he’s a male and had a greater heart-lung capacity. Because he won, he got to choose his own team for the remainder of the competition. Now, do you think he chose 1)all women, 2)a mixture of men and women, or 3)all men? That’s right, he chose an entirely male team. Why, you ask? Because men are better at challenges and better at losing weight. If women had an equal opportunity to win, he’d have picked some women for his team. Q.E.D.
The women aren’t showing a lot of brains so far in this competition. Hopefully, next year they’ll get wise and play the game a little better. We just had a girl winner in our BL, and the UK had a girl winner, so it’s possible. But the odds are stacked heavily against the women.

By: Nat

Nat — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:07:07 +0000

I’m the first to say “it isn’t fair” and am very senstive to gender issues.

But, yeah, I have to totatally agree with Mythor on this one. If there had been a bit more tactical play and team coordination, the ladies could have easily eliminated all the men. All that was required was constant targetting of a single player until they dropped. But Cosi seemed to be the only contestant with his thinking cap on and did a great job manipulating/convincing those around him to target a certain player.

By: Mythor

Mythor — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:21:11 +0000

Sadly I’m coming to the same conclusion.
Fortunately Michelle will likely end up back under the Line in short order and can get punted yet again. Then hopefully Garry and Bryce. Then I’ll be a happy little recapper. :)

By: Mythor

Mythor — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:18:24 +0000

You don’t suppose the fact that five women and only one man were eliminated, yet there was 3 men and 3 women remaining, tells you anything about the fairness of the challenge?
In total there was 8 women (Carrianne, Nicole, Nicola, Debbie, Rachel, Monica, Michelle and Sheridan) versus 4 men (Cosi, Bryce, Michael and Sean).

The only reason more men weren’t knocked out is because the women were stupid. ;-)

By: Mythor

Mythor — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:11:24 +0000

Or it could just be that Michelle likes red ribbons. No way to know, heh.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:11:06 +0000

I’m surprised there isn’t more of an outcry, especially from women, about the unfairness of the challenges.
First of all, in order to get to this point, each of the contestants had to hold a weighted bar on their shoulders. But both the men and women had to have the same 10kg added each time! Men and women don’t have the same strength. Imagine if during the next Olympics, men and women had to compete directly against each other in weightlifting and track and field. Do you think there’s be any complaints? I can see the headlines now. “NOT FAIR” in big block letters, on newspaper headlines all over the world.
So how do we fix this? It’s been done once before on the Aussie BL. Use a handicapper! These guys are paid to even out the competition and make it fair. On this challenge, the women should have had smaller hay bales to carry, maybe 10kg each instead of 15kg each. And on the weight holding challenge, they would have only 5kg added each time instead of 10kg. Note that of the six players eliminated previously, five were women and one was the guy with the heel spur. Tough for a woman to win this if she has a lower chance of getting through the challenges.

By: Casper

Casper — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:45:38 +0000

I thought I saw a certain color bent around the suitcases in the preview … but of course it might as well be the suitcases of the contestants saying “Good bye”. I kinda hope not though. ;)

By: Art

Art — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:49:56 +0000

I think that was the black team who made it into the house. Look at the walk of the winning team into the house and the length of pants of a girl. That short length has only one girl. Pictures included:

The entry:
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/2438/68065834kf3.jpg

Look who has the shortest length among the girls:
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/3821/14936725ln5.jpg

By: Pup

Pup — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:20:46 +0000

tah I didn’t think to go look there :)

By: Mythor

Mythor — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:11:07 +0000

I had another look and I couldn’t see whatever you saw Pup.
The legs of whoever returns didn’t look fat enough to be Michelle’s though, so there’s that?