Michelle was having a hard time coping with the fact that her mom was gone. She felt all alone being the only Black team member left on the ranch. Meanwhile, Ed, Heba, and Vicky were celebrating and cheering about Renee’s elimination.

The four players reflect on where they came from and make a pact to never get heavy again.  Jillian worked hard with Michelle to make her see how much she had accomplished while Bob tried to make Vicky see that it was more than just a game.

Jillian pushed Michelle since she was the only Black Team member left.  She was safe, though, having lost 9 lbs.  Ed gained 2 lbs, and he and Heba fell below the yellow line.  Instead of being voted off by the other players, however, Ali announced that America would decide who would stay to compete to be The Biggest Loser.

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Ali told the remaining five players to pack their bags because they were headed to New York City. They were even more surprised when she told them they would be getting makeovers and new wardrobes from Christian Siriano and showing off their new looks on the Tyra Banks show.

Tyra brought out one loved one for each contestant, and they got to spend the day with them in New York, working out with them.

At the weigh-in, Ed and Renee found themselves below the yellow line. After Heba and Vicky voted for Renee, she had to accept she wasn’t going to be The Biggest Loser. Renee was just thankful that the experience brought her and Michelle together again, and that alone made it all worth it.

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Amy voted Brady off the ranch last week, making it harder for herself since Vicky was now out for revenge.  Amy turned to the Black Team for support.  Vicky decided to work out while everyone was sleeping in order to seek vengeance on Amy.

Ali showed up in ’80s fashion and announced to the group that it was ’80s week.  The contestants all wore work-out uniforms from that decade, and Jillian had the Black Team do ’80s dance moves while Bob tried to reunite his team.

Coleen had a big moment when she realized that she could fit into her “goal shirt”, and the rest of the Black Team celebrated the accomplishment with her.

Jillian pushed the Black Team to the breaking point in order to save them from falling below the yellow line.  Vicky and Coleen were put up for elimination, and Coleen ended up being sent home.

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The Black Team announced Phil’s departure to the Blue Team. They were ridiculously disrespectful, though, especially Vicky. Even Bob was happy about Phil being gone, but he had great insight to Vicky’s manipulative nature. She was there to win! Jillian recognized that her girls on the Black Team were upset but pushed them to remain focused because now they are outnumbered.

Allison announced that they were going to single competition, but they all stayed in team-mentality. Allison then took them to the gym where she reintroduced all the eliminated contestants and weighed them in, announcing that one would be able to rejoin the competition at the challenge the next day.

Each returning contestant weighed in to show their progress, and Ali announced that one of them was going to get to come back.  Whoever took 1,000 steps first during the challenge would be able to come back to the ranch.  After awhile, it was a race between Ed and Stacey to the first 1,000 steps.  Ed eventually beat her by 13 steps.

With Ed back, it was five Blue Team members against three Black Team members.  Knowing that, Jillian pushed her team as hard as she could during the last-chance workout.  Both Brady and Michelle fell below the yellow line, and the Blue Team was confident in their win.  However, Amy shocked them all by voting to eliminate Brady, sending him home.

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Local reality star to appear on Oprah

Oct 30, 2008 (The Enterprise Ledger) – One local celebrity recently spent some time with the most powerful woman in America. Enterprise resident Roger Schultz, who lost 164 pounds as a contestant on the fifth season of NBC’s “The Biggest Loser”, joined several other cast members for a reunion show with Oprah Winfrey.

Filming the “Secrets to the Biggest Loser” episode, which airs Thursday Oct. 30 at 4 p.m., was a “first class” experience, according to Schultz. “Oprah and her staff took such good care of us,” said Schultz. “We were treated like we were Tom Cruise.”

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“Phil was having a hard time on the ranch after Amy gets eliminated. He had always looked at his wife as his sounding board for advice and he felt lost without her there. Meanwhile, Bob checked up on his Blue team and was heartbroken to see that Amy was gone (NBC’s The Biggest Loser Families recap).”

Heba maintains her drama queen status and goes from 253 to 247 at weigh-in.  Ami weighs in for a slightly heavier six pound loss, which Sami remarks is the biggest loss on campus to date.

Brady only lost three pounds at the last weigh-in, making Bob wonder what he and Vicky are up to.  Bob didn’t trust Vicky and thought she was the most manipulative, scheming member to ever enter the house.  They said that they hadn’t been doing anything wrong but finally revealed that Brady hadn’t been keeping to his eating regimen.

The Blue Team won the weigh-in, and the Black Team decided to send Phil home.  Michelle, Renee, and Coleen told him they thought he would do better back at home with his wife.  He lost 106lbs while on the show.  Leaving now he’d be home to celebrate a 20th wedding anniversary.

Sami welcomes special guest Dave Zinczenko, contributor to the Today Show, editor-in-chief of Men’s Health magazine, and author of a book entitled Eat This, Not That. The challenge is to pick which foods are lower in calories.

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It’s time for the sixth week progress report… Contestants tried new and unusual workouts with the Black Team dominating over the Blue Team in the challenge, which was a serious balancing act. It was a bad scene for one of the Amy’s. And in a seemingly impossible turn, Vicky gets even worse.

“As soon as Amy saw the Black Team walk through the doors, she could tell they had just voted her mom off. She started to cry because now she felt like a little piece of her had left, too. Amy really didn’t want to face the Black team because of how they’d voted (NBC’s The Biggest Loser Families recap).”                                      

A temptation challenge yielded great rewards for Heba who gets to compose the Black and Blue Teams going forward.

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Contestants faced the longest challenge of the show working from dawn till dusk, and Jillian’s new Black Team climbed their way up the mountain and into the winner’s circle. Sadly, their efforts don’t lose them enough at weigh-in to stay in.

“The remaining contestants have the opportunity to meet Ali, who’s accompanied by tables of abundant, tempting baked goods; glazed donuts, frosted cupcakes, to bagels and brownies. Ali told them the temptation was about control and one of the players was going to get the power to change the game permanently. The winner of the temptation would decide who would get put on Bob’s Blue team and who would be on Jillian’s Black team (NBC’s The Biggest Loser Families recap).”

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Care Package of Pain – Family teams faced the toughest challenge yet, hanging over a tank of ever decreasing water to win care packages from home. Jillian felt her team was performing without motivation and stepped up the demand forcing her team members to work harder.

“Jillian walked into the room and noticed she was now down to a team of all girls. She had asked the mothers and daughters to leave so she could get some one-on-one time with Coleen. Jillian wanted to make sure Coleen was ready to focus, and stop feeling guilty about Jerry being eliminated (watch The Biggest Loser Families recap here).”

Orange You Glad You Lost More Than Zero Pounds – A Surprising weigh-in forces one team member to go home when the Orange Team drops below the yellow line, which leaves one Orange Team member, one Yellow Team member, and Pink, Brown, Red and purple pairs.  Jillian’s team comes to the conclusion that she’s probably right even when she’s screaming at them.

“Bob came back to the gym and couldn’t believe the anger in Jillian’s face. Jillian gave Bob a recap of how she lost her temper and threw Amy out of the gym. Bob agreed that the contestants were going to have to realize they aren’t at the ranch to just have fun (NBC’s The Biggest Loser recaps).”

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Family teams faced the toughest challenge yet, hanging over a tank of ever decreasing water to win care packages from home. 

“Jillian walked into the room and noticed she was now down to a team of all girls. She had asked the mothers and daughters to leave so she could get some one-on-one time with Coleen. Jillian wanted to make sure Coleen was ready to focus, and stop feeling guilty about Jerry being eliminated (watch The Biggest Loser Families recap here).”

Jillian felt her team was performing without motivation and gives them a care package of pain, forcing them to step up the effort.

“Bob came back to the gym and couldn’t believe the anger in Jillian’s face. Jillian gave Bob a recap of how she lost her temper and threw Amy out of the gym. Bob agreed that the contestants were going to have to realize they aren’t at the ranch to just have fun.”

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