MATTHEW McNUTT

Well, I’m disappointed to say the least.  I really enjoyed watching the Pink team week after week.  What’s really disappointing to me, though, is how they went out.  Not because of yellow team; honestly, I get the decision they made.  I probably would have choosen out of the teams that voted against me as well, and Pink was the bigger threat.  No … what bothered me was the whole immunity thing.

Seemed kind of like a blatant move by the producers to keep the Black team around.  Think about it; everyone knew they were going to kill like no other week to make up for any loading their teammates might try to pull.  Their percentages were guaranteed to be up … but never mind that.  The producers have openly said in interviews that the scale on the show is a prop; in other words, while the reactions of the contestants are real since they haven’t seen their weights … but the production staff has already seen the weights.  In other words, they already knew who the Biggest Loser of the week would be – then they told the teams that who ever had the best weigh in would win immunity for that night’s elimination?  Nice way to cause a lot of drama.  And perhaps keep a team around that would otherwise have been guaranteed to go home.

I don’t know, maybe that was their plan all along.  It was almost certain with that many teams lumped together someone was going to try to throw the weigh in in exchange for something, so having an immunity ready for the team that tried the hardest NOT to throw the weigh in might make sense … but it still seems fishy to me.

I think Betty gets the prize for the best exit speech, though!  “I’m a sore loser!”  She and her daughter are an inspiration to everyone who watches and they certainly didn’t deserve to go home so soon!  But their results in the follow up reveal were amazing!  They’re killing it!  And they still have a few months to go until the finale!