The Biggest Loser

I have been watching The Biggest Loser since season 1 and I have ALWAYS loved it and also have always been inspired by the adversity that so many of the contestants had to overcome (like Abby, her story still breaks my heart ). For the most part the contestants always seemed to care about each other and anyone that was vicious in game play was sent home. But this seaon (mainly on red team) the contestants are so childish, vindictive, petty, and just plain mean. I don't think Jillian would have put up with that kind of behavior from her contestants. I really hope someone from the black team, like Emily wins.

I don't watch but I heard on the radio this morning that all of the remaining contestants have banded together and walked off the set in a protest to a "twist" in the show. Apparently, they were going to allow previous contestants(from other seasons) come back for another chance to win.

Here's the article... It's from TMZ so I'm not sure how accurate it is :laugh:
http://www.tmz.com/2012/02/21/biggest-loser-quit-mutiny-contestants-twist/

whoaa. if that's true, that'd be NUTS.

I agree- I hope they are not doing this for ratings, because it will just make the show trashy and I won't want to watch it anymore! :0( But, I LOVE LOVE the show- and I'm so glad that NOW I can watch and know that I'm changing right along with them!! )) Conda just has ALOT of growing up to do- she actually reminds me of a friend I once had....( note: she isn't my friend any longer!) lol.

This is the worst season of the show I have ever seen.

I don't really care if any of them make it to the end. I cannot believe that people threw away a week of losing weight to get back at someone else....That said, I cannot believe Dafny ate all those peanut butter cups and then only made one change! That was stupid! Her team had welcomed her with open arms! Revenge should have been her beating Conda in the end.

Just stupid! I hope they do let others come back and one of them wins! Most of this group is very ungratful for the chance they have! Not all of them but the majority. There are only a few that I even tolerate. I really liked Santa!

I hope it is contestants from this season- I feel that the ones kicked off were not because of their lack of weight loss- it was ALL personal and backstabbing. If it is from past seasons I would have walked off too. Me thinks that Conda was voted off.

I couldn't agree more! I actually fast forwarded my DVR last night to see who got sent home, then deleted the whole episode because I can not stand the drama! Didn't they go there to change their lives?

Wow I so agree!! I hope someone wakes up and votes her out. One thing these people need to realize is that it is about getting healthy but it is also a game show with a prize at the end. Any player can do whatever they feel they need to in order to stay in the game or stay with their trainer. Daphne took a risk and it didn't work out for her but that was her decision and for everyone to be mad at her is ridiculous!!

OMG! I CANNOT STAND CONDA! I too almost chocked when she said that! On Bob's behalf I think he is just disgusted by how the entire black team acted. I think he knew that honestly getting upset and yelling and them wasn't going to do any amount of good, like he said "yes this is childish behavior but the emotions were real" Anyway on that note I wish the other players would see how manipulative Conda is and how she plays them all! Glad to have others to rant too!!! LOL

I was so disappointed an upset last night after watching the show. I think it was the worst show ever. This season has been the worst ever. I agree with so many of you on so many points. Glad I wasnt having these feelings all by myself. I hope they can all get back to the most important matter now and that is losing weight. I agree that the trainers and the teams all gave Conda too much power from the start........................

Agree... she is soooo annoying, but it's TV. I watch it for entertainment, what they do is totally unrealistic for the rest of us. I've joked around with my husband saying I should try out for the show (a guy I went to school with actually WAS on the show!) and I just could not see leaving my kids and family just to loose weight. If I was that unhealthy there are plenty of other resources besides going on a TV show to do it. True there is the money....

I am sooooooooooo ready for Conda to go the hell home!!! I really don't like this season at all. I sure hope the producers go back to the way previous seasons were aired. Where is the inspiration this season? The only two players who aren't all "dramatized" are Buddy & Mark, in my view....everyone else is just full of it. I can't wait until it's over. I do like Emily and hope she doesn't fall into the "Conda-Trap" again. :grumble:

I also don't like this season so far! Conda is manipulative!! Does anyone else find it interesting that the past 2 weeks the red team was without Conda and they all lost good numbers??? We'll see next week when the black team isn't dropping as much weight on the scale because of all the drama and negative energy that Conda brings to the team. I do think that Daphne shouldn't have bothered to get revenge...her revenge should have been by beating Conda on the scales each week! One thing that did disgust me was how the red team welcomed Jeremy with open arms but didnt' extend the same courtesy to Adrian when he earned his way back onto the ranch???

Thank goodness I am not the only one feeling this way! Don't even get me started with Conda..... :mad: On a brighter note- we can all be proud we are using MFP to make ourselves healthier! :flowerforyou:

I watched TBL for a couple seasons when it first started. Then after a while I just found it unbearable. Now I KNOW entertainment is the show's first and foremost goal. But as someone who is trying to lose weight (like most of us) the drama and bull just started outweighing the value. It began to seem like all the fluff was the most important thing to the producers.

What really turned me off was the 2 hour shows where it would be 30 min of personal stories (fair enough, gotta get the audience invested/inspired), 15 min of health and nutrition info (awesome), and then 45-60 minutes of "weigh-in" drama and teasers (awful).

About 3 months ago I tuned in again just to see what the show was like now and the first thing I saw was some temptation challenge where I was subjected to morbidly obese people (like me) stuffing their faces full of thousand upon thousands of calories from the worst junk food imaginable. I realize it's all part of the game, but it was just too much.

I've also read that many of the contestants have gained back most if not all of the weight they lost for the show, and that there are many instances of contestants dehydrating themselves before weigh-ins to put up smaller numbers on the scale.

Obviously many people find the show entertaining and the stories captivating, but can anyone honestly say that the show is helping anyone?

And if not, how can so many support a show that bills itself as helping people get healthy when the results seem to prove the exact opposite?

I MISS JILLIAN!!!! I LOVE this show, also. i lift and do crunches during the commercials to get an extra workout in this season sucks. i don't like conda AT ALL. the aqua team didn't stand a chance. i'm so disappointed that the guys haven't honed in on conda and her excuses and manipulations. i sure hope next season is better.