Previously on The Biggest Loser a shock departure from the show caused ripples, though not the ones you might expect. Rina from the Auvales was sent home at elimination but all the Pestells wanted to talk about was how hard done by they felt.

Boohoo.

The Game can also be Temptation, not just puzzles and strange building challenges. Tony ate the most calories in order to win and tonight we find out whether it was worth it and just how furious Michelle will be with her team.

Speaking of Michelle, do you think she has a baby Commando inside her yet? Probably too soon, huh? Tiny fit scary baby!

Tonight is also the night we find out if the Hailwoods are going to lose a family member to some kind of injury during a challenge. Or will they make us wait until Sunday to find out? Hmm.

But first, it’s still raining at Camp Biggest Loser but everyone’s working out. Some of them look to be working out a little harder than others *coughAlicough*.

Tony arrives and lets them know the power is actually pretty important. He’ll get to decide what the families are allowed to eat from now until weigh in. Oh dear.

The pantry has been emptied out and there’s now only four food groups in there. Four? Seafood, red meat, grains and fruits. And Tony gets to decide which food group each team will eat. Cliff thinks Tony has got the power now to decide who’ll be below the Yellow Line.

Nahhh. Work hard, you’ll be fine.

Tony takes his team into the pantry to discuss their options. The Red team loves red meat, used to eat it every day, but they know now it takes a long time to digest so it’s not a wise choice. Fruit has a lot of sugar in it and grains aren’t real good either, they say. Not sure about that…

Tony says the seafood group is the one they’ll pick. It’s “one for one”, Pablo says. One gram for one calorie and they can survive on just white fish for the rest of the week.

Grains are full of carbs, but there’s also lentils in there which aren’t so bad. There’s also some nuts and corn, but a lot of pasta and oats and stuff. Cliff reckons he’d like that but the rest of the Hailwoods are losing their shit at him. Fruit is full of sugar but Cliff says it’s a diuretic, some are, some aren’t apparently.

Interestingly it’s the Hailwoods and Pestells chatting together during all this while the Auvales have gone elsewhere. Have they finally patched things up?

Johnee’s hoping that the alliance with the Red team stands them in good stead and that the worst foods get dumped on Blue and White. The Jofres are currently discussing just that! Should the Auvales get the meat? They know how to portion control with meat, but it’ll sit there a while. Pablo thinks maybe Hailwoods should have the meat. But eating fruit at night, lots of sugar, maybe give that to the White team?

Pablo’s struggling to get the point across that there’s better fruit options like strawberries but it’s not getting much traction with the other boys.

Time to let the other teams know what they’re eating for the next few days!

Tony says they didn’t go for the meat, because they’re Argentinian and they love meat. No good! So they went for the seafood. Johnee’s not surprised by that, good source of protein and easy to burn off the calories.

Pestells get the fruit diet, Tony says they eat fruits anyway so they can make it work. Ali’s a little worried as she knows there’s more sugar to burn off, but they’re prepared to do extra training to stay above the line. Or so she says.

The Auvales get the grains, much to everyone’s surprise. The Commando Steve diet plan is basically no carbs of any kind, no breads or grains. It’s going to be hard for them.

The Hailwoods therefore get the red meat. They eat a lot of it at home, but they know it’s not a great choice for their health. Tenealle’s still in horror, she thought they had an alliance!

Later, the trainers arrive at Camp. It’s still pouring with rain so I guess Steve will have his team out in it again?

But first, relaying the results of Temptation. Tony says it went well, hardly anyone ate, much laughter. Commando Steve’s not laughing, he’s getting annoyed. What actually happened, and why?

The trainers, other than Steve, were initially having a laugh along but then they reveal it was ten of the fourteen who ate. Shannan’s disgusted. Hands up who ate. Everyone on Michelle’s team! Someone tells Johnee to put his hand up but he actually didn’t eat, nor did Tenealle.

Tony’s not happy he ate 1700 calories, but he won and he felt he should be rewarded after a tough week. It’s a game, after all. Steve’s still trying to comprehend.

Mish hates Temptation, even though they won “the power”.

Commando Steve is getting really pissed and he hasn’t even heard the worst bit yet! He wonders why they don’t fight it out in the gym instead of taking Temptation. “You just created more friction for yourself, you bunch of idiots!”

Tiffiny asks what the power was and she looks horrified when Tony reveals what it was. When they say the Auvales got the grains Shannan laughs because he knows Steve’s about to blow his stack. Commando says grains are what cattle eat to fatten them up, you retain more water, insulin spikes and all sorts of effects that are anti-weightloss.

So, time to train! Michelle says they’d organised a special session for them and after what’s happened, this is actually kind of perfect.

Time for some double trouble training! Two trainers for the price of one!

Commando Steve has another burly man, a burly man who can push even Steve in training. His specialty is power lifting. He lifts a ridiculous weight and says it’s easy. Johnee’s not sure where they even make such people.

In the gym, Johnee. I know you’re still new to this.

The Auvales need to be relentless in training to stay above the line this week. Moses is still distraught and still needs to get over it. Pretty sure that’s a replay of his comments from yesterday.

Moses is lifting a heavy bar over and over while Florian the burly man encourages him. He seems to be lifting with his back, not his legs or arms. Not sure that’s a great idea. Unless you’re a crazy powerlifting mofo!

Shannan takes his girls to training, making them think it’s just another session. But Shannan’s personal trainer, August, is there as well. In Shannan’s first professional boxing match Augie was in his corner. What his trainer says, goes, but Shannan’s a good listener and it helps him do much better in the ring.

Shannan’s hoping the trust he shows with August will be a guide for the girls, so they’ll start to trust him. But they’re all so angry and not focusing it into their training.

Jodie no longer works, eats what she wants, sleeps when she wants and stays at home all day. But she’s not facing up to it, she’s put a mask up and makes excuses to try and get out of training. She has to start trusting Shannan, she really is capable of more than she thinks.

Shannan says in the boxing world respect is earned, it’s not just given. You get judged on your actions, not your words. August’s the perfect trainer for getting Jodie to start communicating again. He’s relentless in training, Jodie says. She can barely breathe ten minutes in. Shannan says everyone experiences discomfort, it’s how you deal with it that determines how strong you are.

Shannan gets Jodie to think of all the times she’s been picked on, all the times she’s stood on the scales and put all that into doing even more training. And for once the “I can’t” hasn’t come out, the boxing training has really brought out the best in her.

She’s even encouraging her sisters to keep going and Shannan has a huge grin on his face, he tells August they’re not usually this good. They’re united for once.

August says they’ve got to trust Shannan, they’ve got more in them than they think. Don’t go back into their shells again.

And now it’s time for Michelle’s extra trainer, Joey. Mish has known him for 15 years apparently and when they work out together it’s always tough.

Tony ate 1700 calories in less than 5 minutes, which is more than his daily intake is supposed to be. Mish tells him to put his cross trainer resistance on 10 because it’s all about killing calories. He had three crepes, some chicken wings and an ice cream cone. Which is kinda like what they ate before coming on the show. And Mish knows that they’re going to face such temptations on the outside but they’ve got to remember the big picture, not just think of the immediate pleasure from the eating.

Mish says the Jofres are there to stay as long as they can, they’re not wasting a moment. Except at Temptation, Mish!

Now it’s time for the Hailwoods to meet their extra trainer. Their extra trainer is Tiffiny’s sister Bridget, who looks like a slightly taller, tanner, older Tiffiny. Bridget is a third dan black belt in Tae Kwon Do, but Tiff’s a fifth dan, she’s quick to point out. They’ve grown up in martial arts and they’ve trained together since they were little. They’re here to teach the Hailwoods that they don’t need all the fancy gym equipment, they have each other and they can support each other with good habits instead of bad ones.

First, fighting form. Hands up, YAHHHHHHHHH! Scary shouty ladies!

Tiffiny’s using Bridget as a leg press weight, feet on butt and pumping her up and down. Ed Kavalee’s a lucky man.

The point of this is to show that they can use their bodies for training, even if it’s raining outside or they don’t have access to anything else.

Family time for the girls has usually been getting together and eating food. That needs to change, they know now.

Tiff says her and her sister have had some tough times but instead of going negative, they support each other and keep active.

Time for a board break. Write down the things that’re holding them back, practice on a boxing mitt, then really break it.

They’re pretty thin boards though. I did one twice as thick as a skinny teenager. Step it up a bit, Tiff!

It’s all about smashing through barriers and so on. And of course Kayla goes straight through her board on the first attempt. Tiff tries to count Sam in but she just goes for it at 2 and smashes through it. Sam didn’t think she could do it at all but she went through it with ease. Sylvia snaps hers in twain, too, with a big meaty fist. She says if there’s a challenge today they’re going to smash through it just like that wood. Only one of them isn’t going to!

Cliff ate 593 calories at Temptation, which was quite a lot. So Tiff ups the ante and gets two boards for Cliff to break through, double the trouble is the theme of the week after all. Bridget braces the board with Tiffiny this time as well. Cliff breaks through both boards easily, though Tiff looks a bit surprised and maybe a bit of regret at holding the board herself? Ouch!

And now they’re off to an indoor sports stadium. The Hills Indoor Sport Centre, apparently. The challenge today is all about speed, agility and strategy, Fiona says. It’s a giant pursuit race. Sam used to love running, did a lot of fun runs and the like. She’s sitting with Cliff so I guess it’s Kayla or Sylvia who’s going to stack it?

There’s a big yellow track and you can only go around it in one direction. Each team will have coloured tags attached to them and if a team catches up to the team ahead they can remove a tag and they lose a family member from the challenge. Last man standing, I guess?

The winning team will get a 2kg penalty to load onto another family at the next weigh in. A pretty big deal when everyone’s got a changed diet and not everyone lost great numbers last week.

Jofres and Hailwoods have to select someone to sit out to even out the teams. Pablo’s going to sit out for the Jofres and Cliff will be for the Hailwoods, which is a little odd. Would have thought he’d have more stamina but I guess he is quite a lot bigger than the girls.

Fiona tells them all to watch their backs, and then it’s time to get harnessed up. Each team will have to be tied together as a group.

Jofres are chasing Pestells who are chasing Auvales who are chasing Hailwoods who are chasing Jofres. Everyone’s expecting the Jofres to sprint right from the start and tag a Pestell out, so the Hailwoods are planning on starting at a jog and staying ahead of the Auvales rather than burn all their energy trying to catch up to the Jofres. They figure that later on they can catch up over the long run to the finish after the boys have worn themselves out.

And now they’re off and racing!

The Pestells are having a bit of a giggle but they do manage a lap or two before the Jofres catch up to them, so well done to them!

Fiona blows the horn and shortly afterwards there’s a loud crash and scream as Sylvia falls down hard, pretty much landing on her face but she’s having trouble telling them what she fell on but eventually manages to say she hurt her knee and her ankle. It looks like she tripped over nothing but it’s hard to tell.

A replay after the ad break shows the tip of her shoe stubbing against the ground and then she takes a tumble. Looks quite painful. She has a bad ankle, apparently. Tore the ligaments when she was younger and so it’s always been a bit weak. If it’s just twisted or sprained she should be okay to come back. But if she’s broken something she miiiiight be fucked.

The medic arrives and gives her the green stick of painkilling joy. The green whistle, featured heavily on Bondi Rescue, which the medic asks her if she knows and Sylvia says it’s her favourite show.

Everyone’s quite shocked that someone’s crashed out of the challenge not 30 seconds in. Not exactly an encouraging sign for the rest of them, huh?

Oh well, time to lose a Pestell and get on with round two. Jodie thinks that without Mel they might be able to catch the Auvales. I think she’s vastly overstating her own running prowess, but Tenealle does seem to have a rough time rolling along with Moses and Johnee.

The Hailwoods are also down a member thanks to Sylvia’s injury, but they need the 2kg advantage more than ever so they’re getting their heads down and trying to get it done.

Yet again the Jofres have caught up to the Pestells and tagged them again. Jodie immediately volunteers to be left out because she doesn’t like running, so she’s quite happy to be out. You do know you’re there to get fit and lose weight, right?

Anyway, without the dead weight of Jodie dragging her back Ali has taken off like a shot. She’s still not fast enough to avoid the boys though and the last Pestell is out.

The Hailwoods are sticking to their slow jogging ahead of the Auvales, letting the Jofres do the hard work of catching up and tagging the Auvales.

But this time the Jofres change tactics and instead of tagging the Auvales as they go past they keep running and go past them to try and push the Hailwoods. Sam and Kayla now realise they’ll have to catch up to the Auvales and tag them themselves, which they do quite easily. Black team sits out Tenealle this time. But the Jofres seem like they’re going to keep up with the tactic.

So this time the Hailwoods do try and catch up to the Jofres but the Jofres stay ahead fairly easily, then go past the Auvales again, forcing the Hailwoods to tag out another Auvale. Sam jumps on Johnee’s back and then tags him. Johnee probably would have found it funny if he wasn’t so knackered.

Sam says she can do this for hours. She used to run marathons! She’s exaggerating, but they don’t know that!

Moses is now on his own, which is probably their best chance so far as he’s certainly the fittest on the team.

Moses is also pretty determined to not let the Hailwoods win since they knocked out Rina at elimination. To be fair, you fools put her up!

… but we won’t find out until Sunday, of course!

Sunday night the race continues, followed by an extra fun weigh in. What has a week of an unusual diet done to their figures?

Accusations of alliances fly, too. Shannan suggests maybe the Red/Black alliance is because Michelle and Steve are totally making kissy faces with each other.

He didn’t say it exactly like that but you get the idea.

Also this week, past contestant Sam is back! Sam is now a fireman, if you didn’t see the pictures you’ve really missed out. He’s a fiery beefcake these days. And he’ll be there to teach them firefighting stuff. But he probably can’t teach them to be beefcakes.