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The World Wide Intertubes are abuzz tonight with discussion about the results of The Walk from the latest episode – the Team Swap Twist.

Many are saying that this latest twist is turning the show into a fatties version of Big Brother, with not many people saying this is a good thing for the show.

What do you think?

Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.

Personally, I’m a bit on the fence on this one. On the one hand, I hate that they set the teams up to try and work together towards the common good and send them off on exercises to emphasise that team based approach and then turn around and force people to swap teams once they’ve got a good rapport going.

On the other hand, I can’t help feeling that this is the best thing that could happen for Laura, who is most in need of this opportunity, with the worst chance of getting to stick around long enough to take advantage of it. Now that she’s with the much more nurturing Blue team, along with her mate P’eta, I’m hoping she’ll get a chance to come out of her shell and kick some arse.

I realise it’s a TV show and that they therefore need it to be Must See TV, but I just wonder if maybe this sort of thing is better left to shows that’re more manipulative in nature by design. All this backstabbing and conniving is really detracting from the otherwise very positive message the show has.

Do you think this is an instance where the demands of TV should take precedence? Vote now!

Yes, it’s another Vile and Jackie Ho show audio clip, but this time it’s with Ajay Rochester, discussing Sarah’s departure from the show.

Be warned though, there are spoilers for the show. Nothing you couldn’t guess, but if you’re vehemently opposed to spoilers of any kind, you have been warned! The spoiler deals with the fate of Sarah, so if you don’t want to know… Don’t listen. If you do?

Click here to listen to Ajay on the Kyle and Jackie O show

My comments?

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WHO Magazine has an indepth interview with Jillian Michaels in the issue hitting newstands on the 12th of February. In it she explains why she made the decision not to appear in the third season of the US version of the show, yet agreed to be on the second season of the Australian Biggest Loser.

And it wasn’t because of the money!

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The Biggest Loser has come under fire from the usual ill-informed media pundits arguing that the contestants are “too large” and the training “too intense” for them to handle.

Quite how people who are barely competent at their own profession – journalism – can consider themselves to be experts in a wholly seperate field is a mystery.

For more on what sparked this latest media blitz you’ll have to read the rest of this article – it does contain a fairly big spoiler for the show, so you have been warned!

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