Bye bye yellow, so long Sam.

So it's been 2 weeks since my last biggest loser update...eek!  I'll just hit the high points, and not try to make this too painful.

Last week, if I remember correctly, the contestants went to Texas, had a 5K with a bunch of locals...I though one lady was going to mount O'neil...it was a little uncomfortable.  Most of their contestants ran with their groups - those who had their shirts...but not Darius.  In what I thought was a slight d-bag move, he raced ahead, to try to get his best time and left the rest of his group in his dust.  The only redeeming factor was that as soon as he crossed his finish line, he turned back around and ran back for his group...so I guess it made up for it.

The weigh in was a bit of a nail biter - but ended up with both yellows under the yellow line...and I was hoping that they'd send Sunshine home, but they of course respected O'neil's wishes, and sent O'neil packing.

This week was MAKEOVER WEEEKKKK!!  I've been waiting FOREVER for makeover week!  It seemed like it took even LONGER to come this season than it has in the past.  The contestants each got 1000 bones to shop with - awesome! I felt a little bad for Ashley and Michael...they both feel like they have a lot of weight still to lose, so shopping for them wasn't very fun...and Michael was still having to shop in a big and tall store.  The makeover part was fun - they all got haircuts, and were looking awesome.  They did a 360 mirror thing to look at themselves and then were surprised with a family visit...I thought Sunshine's reaction was the most genuine.  Like she really wasn't expecting her brothers back behind the mirrors...the rest of them had fake reactions, like they knew it was happening.

So what else...oh they had a challenge - the loser got a 1 lb disadvantage, and the winner got a 1 pound advantage...and of COURSE Ashley lost - after 3.5 minutes on a Jacob's Ladder exercise machine...and Michael wasn't far behind.  Darius and Koli were the final 2, and the went for 2.5 HOURS.  Incredible.  Eventually Darius fell off - although he said he chose to lose...which I think is lame.  In fact, Darius' whole M-O this week sucked, he was being sort of wimpy and whiny, which I thought was pretty annoying the whole time.

Anyways, the weigh in for Koli was awesome - he lost 15 pounds!!  So he was safe even BEFORE he got his 1 pound advantage.  Ashley had an awesome weigh in too - 10 pounds.  Michael's was ok...just 9, but that put him under the yellow, with Sam. The vote ended up being 2-2...and I guess I don't really understand the rules, but for some reason that meant Sam going home...which was fine...at least it kept Michael around 1 more week.  On Sam's return home, the producers admitted FINALLY to the relationship between purple girl and Sam, and that they were in love and now shacking up.

Top 4:  Michael (go white!), Koli, Ashley, Darius (sorry you've dropped D - but you sucked this week)