Recap #48 – Friday 30th March – Up the stairs, down the stairs, up the stairs… Part 2!

“Whenever you appear, something bad happens!” – Courtney to Ajay when she tells them not to look so scared.

Ajay tells them (again) that they’re to run back up the tower and Bob’s sitting there shaking his head and grinning.

Who beats their time by the largest margin? Read on to find out!


Only the contestant who beats their time by the biggest margin will get to spend the night with a loved one in the room they’re currently in – ie; a nice penthouse suite!
The show has flown in one person whom they care about the most.
Courtney says that Chris, Kimberlie and Marty don’t really need to see their families just yet because they’ve been at home or have been home at some point, so one of the others need it more than them.

The winner gets to dine on a special calorie controlled banquet prepared by their specially selected chef.
Munnalita tells us it’s been over two months since she’s seen her husband? Apparently she loves chocolate more than hubby since she talks about missing chocolate way more often!

Bob says that none of the contestants wanted to do it again, he wouldn’t’ve wanted to do it again… But he knows they have it in them to do it again.
Down on the ground floor Ajay asks Munnalita if she’s ever had to run to her husband before. Munnalita says no, she never has. And she tells Ajay she’s not sure she can make it any faster but she’s going to try as hard as she could.
Marty’s going as hard as he can cause his Mum would love to see him!
Courtney says it’s way harder than last time.

Damien is still as nervous about the climb this time, but he’s way more motivated this time.
Chris thinks that if he takes this away from everyone they’re going to be pissed, so he’s obviously taking it pretty easy.
Pati’s doing it very hard because she says she gave it her all the first time. Munnalita’s feeling sick and dehydrated but she figures if she just keeps going, she’ll do better than last time!
Damien’s still doing it hard, but he wants to see his girlfriend Anna, so he just keeps going.
Chris is treating it as more of a training exercise this time around, did it as a bit of a mindgame, seeing how far he could push himself.

Pati’s worried she might pass out so she’s hanging onto the rail a couple of times. Marty’s legs are burning!
Damien gets to the third last floor and says he knew he had to sprint from there up so he’d know he’d done everything he could.

Courtney reaches the top and all he could think was thank god it’s over!

Pati says her time felt faster, but her sister was good motivation!
Marty wants to show his Mum that he’s fit and proud.
Chris felt a lot worse after his second run.
Munnalita is feeling pain everywhere on her body? She feels like seeing her husband would be really helpful, keep her going for a bit longer?

Kimberlie: 1st. 18mins 27secs 2nd. 20mins 5secs. (7th overall)
Courtney: 1st. 10mins 16secs 2nd. 11mins 33secs. (6th)
Pati: 1st. 12mins 44secs 2nd. 12mins 24secs. (5th)
Marty: 1st. 11mins 11secs 2nd. 10mins 36secs. (4th)
Munnalita: 1st. 14mins 31secs 2nd. 13mins 52secs. (3rd)
It’s down to Chris and Damien! Damien has started crying at this point, because he’s either going to be really happy or totally crushed. Courtney can see how upset Damien is getting and he says he was thinking that if Chris won this and has taken it away from Damien…… you know. “I’m going to be so pissed off it would not be funny.”
Chris is hoping desperately that he hasn’t won.
Chris: 1st. 11mins 7secs 2nd. 10mins 15secs. (2nd)
Damien: 1st. 19mins 29secs 2nd. 17mins 35secs. (1st!)
Damien immediately breaks into full-on tears and gets a huge hug from Marty and the girls.

“It was cool that Damo took this out, it could not have gone to a better person.” – Pati. Everyone is smiling, though Chris’ seems a bit forced.

Ahhh, but Ajay has a twist! Everyone else gets to spend a short amount of time with their loved ones as well! Hooray!

Damien’s feeling a bit nervous because he hasn’t seen his girl in a couple of months. And his beard is missing which must be a surprise!
Damien and Anna are kissing and cuddling and then the door bursts open and his Mum runs in as well, which puts a huge grin on his face because they’re the two people who mean the most to him in the world. N’awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

Kim has no idea who her “loved one” would be, and it’s her Dad.

Marty, of course, has his Mum there. Yay! His Mum says he looks good, of course.

Munnalita’s husband is there, they’re both a bit nervous because they haven’t seen each other for a while. But awwww, big huge hug. With the camera on them. Hey, not awkward at all!
Her husband is very proud of her. And they show the shot they used for last night’s deceptive teaser. Sneaky bastards!

Courtney’s partner is there for him to chat to. Courtney was feeling pretty proud, got to show off his new muscles, teehee.

Chris’ sister is the loved one for him, gets a big hug and squeal from her. She says she can see the difference in his face.

Pati’s is, of course, her sister. “What are you doing in Sydney?!” – Pati
Pati says she got everything she needed from those 5 minutes. She would’ve liked more, of course, but she was feeling a lot stronger afterwards.

Damien and his girl get their romantic dinner. Candles and flowers on the table and so on, very swish.
Damien tells Anna that it was really upsetting him that she might’ve come all the way to Sydney and he wouldn’t get to see her.

Weigh-in night and Bob is getting right up Chris, even swearing at him if you believe the ad!

And then, at the weigh-in itself… Someone has gained weight! Who-do-you-think-it’ll-be-a-lita?