John-John reports on The Biggest Loser:
I've got a bone to pick with The Biggest Loser! I'm seriously in favor of them never allowing contestants to have the opportunity to come back to the show once they've been eliminated--especially the annoying, rude, prickly ones like Melissa.
Melissa was much better behaved during her short return to The Biggest Loser ranch. But heck, she was only back on the show for two episodes, so what real trouble could she cause? (Miggy was gone after all.)
Back to my point. When Melissa was sent packing about a month ago, I thought I had seen the last of her. I was a little irked when she popped up in her husband's update video. (I guess she had to be included.) I groaned when I learned that she was vying for a spot to come back to the show a couple weeks ago. I was enraged when she got back on. Melissa has had entirely too much screen time on the show. I would much rather be forced to watch Daris' annoying half-hearted efforts week after week. (How the heck is he STILL on the show? Hopefully he's on just to get to makeover week so he can lose that horrible hairstyle. He looks like a mop.)
Anywho, Melissa showed us once again why she is easy to root against. In a conversation with sales rep Bob -- he's constantly pushing products on the public -- Melissa's totally talking strategy. Bob quickly reminds her that the show is ultimately about losing weight to save their lives. (Melissa has been using the show to get her 15 minutes of fame and enough money to buy her family more cowboy hats.)
There was this immunity challenge that almost worked as a game show. The contestants basically had to predict who would lose two percent of their body weight first. Sam won the challenge. Later, there was another challenge with the top prize of a two-week vacation at the Biggest Loser resort. The challenge required the contestants to retrieve 100 one-pound weights from the bottom of the pool. Sunshine, a swimmer, won. There was an interesting twist to the game. After a contestant finished he/she could opt to help out another contestant. (Did I forget to mention that the last place finisher received a one-pound penalty?) The contestants chose to help out O'Neal and Michael, which put Melissa into last place. (That put a smirk on my face.)
The penalty proved costly for Melissa, who wound up in the bottom two with Andrea. (Victoria posted the largest weight loss percentage of the week.) Melissa attempted to persuade the contestants to leave her in the game, but it didn't work. She was sent packing—again.
Back home in Texas—again, Melissa's update revealed that she ran a half-marathon with hubby, Lance, just six weeks after leaving the ranch for the second time. Good for her. Next …