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Biggest Loser, in which another twist yadda yadda yadda I’m bored

This week’s twist on TBL: Two people are going home! Instead of just a yellow line — how boring is that? — there also is a red line, and the Loser who loses the least will fall below it. He or she will...

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The Biggest Loser, in which a Houston Loser may get the chance to join the game

Game play kicks into fifth gear this week as what was once this blogger’s favorite show spirals downward into an uncomfortable mess. The twist: Remember how during the first week of the season a third...

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The Biggest Loser, in which the Losers complain

The twist this week on TBL: The weigh-in will be decided mano a mano. Each team will pick one Loser from the other team, and that Loser’s weight is the only one that will count. Two “celebrities,” two...

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The Biggest Loser, in which the Losers go live with a bunch of Marines

The twist outright gimmick this week on TBL: The Losers ship off to Camp Pendleton to train with Marines. For serious. Right down to black and blue shaded camo “uniforms” to represent the team colors....

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The Biggest Loser, in which we may finally have a villain

The problem with this season of TBL? No great hero, and no great villain. Season 7′s Tara was awesome, with her hard-edged competitiveness, and last season gave us the awful Melissa to rally against....

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The Biggest Loser, in which we finally get a few sweet moments

For the first time I can recall during this entire season, this episode of TBL contains a couple of genuinely sweet moments, which is nice after weeks and weeks of meanness. First, the Losers are told...

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The Biggest Loser, in which the final four are revealed

I’ve spent this season of TBL not naming a favorite, but I’m changing that now. My favorite Loser is Ada, and here’s why. She’s a kick-ass competitor without being a backstabber. She deliberately threw...

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The Biggest Loser, in which “America” gets to pick who goes to the final three

TBL is one marathon, one weigh-in and one unnecessarily long two-hour episode from the finale. The show drags through interminable montages and before-and-after shots, then a marathon seemingly...

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The Biggest Loser: In which we crown a winner

The Biggest Loser December 14, 2010 NBC VICTORY! Patrick, a formerly unemployed dad who began the season weighing 400 pounds, is the latest Biggest Loser. His alliances kept him in the game, but it was...

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Guest blog: A four-year-old reviews The Biggest Loser

Tubular used to blog The Biggest Loser, until we got so sick of the crying and product placements and contrivances and crying that we gave it up. Plus, the episodes (and the blog entries) were so...

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