Posts Tagged ‘controversy’

Those who were around two years ago might remember the announcement before the show aired that one contestant would be effectively erased from existence due to criminal charges being laid in relation to child pornography offences.

Nothing quite so salacious this year, but in the news today is a story regarding one contestant’s eviction from the show due to an overindulgence in alcohol.

News.com.au aren’t saying who, but do reveal it will be one of the male contestants, presumably meaning it will be one of Shannan or The Commando’s charges, barring any team swapping shenanigans.

So, get your bets in now – will it be one of Shannan’s young guns or one of Commando’s old bull brigade? My money’s on one of Shannan’s team!

(Thanks to @wittle_puppy on the Twitters. Send me tips on Twitter – @mythor )

If you’re the sort who tends to avoid any pre-show articles on The Biggest Loser you probably missed the reports that a contestant in this year’s show has been charged with possessing child pornography.

The producers of the show have made the decision to edit both him and his partner out of the show entirely, removing any references to them ever having been there. Hopefully they won’t just replace planned clips of that couple with even more repeats of earlier footage of other contestants…

What follows is somewhat more of a spoiler so I will put it after the break…

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So once again tonight we were treated to an “Instant Elimination” of a contestant through what amounted to a roll of the dice. Kirsten was selected to make this decision through luck of the draw, then she had to select which three would be able to be eliminated and finally had to choose among them which made the most sense to send home.

This, to me, is not what The Biggest Loser is supposed to be about. This sort of thing belongs on shows like Big Brother, where the whole thing is just a game and nobody’s future is riding on the success or failure of their time in the house.

The show is supposed to be about a bunch of regular folks trying to get their lives and their bodies back into shape and come out the other end a healthier, happier person. To unceremoniously dump someone for the sake of adding drama to the show is unnecessary. The show already has enough inbuilt drama with injuries, health scares, challenges, temptations and the regular eliminations.

And more importantly, I thought the public had spoken on the matter of “Instant Eliminations” last season – we don’t like them.

Was I wrong?

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The ads for this week’s Biggest Loser contain a wee bit of a spoiler for something that is going to happen this week. If you enjoy knowing such things, read on and I’ll tell you what the ad reveals!

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“The outsiders!” Ooooh! Are horrible mutants from the radiation filled wasteland about to invade the white house and eat all the fatties?!

Read on to find out!

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