Thoughts on The Biggest Loser Episode 9 Finale…

Do you believe I’m still thinking about the finale of The Biggest Loser?  Well, I am.  I’m thinking about it because I’m a little upset with the show’s ending.

I have watched every episode of the reality show, The Biggest Loser, this season. I cried when contestants shared their feelings with Jillian or to Bob and I smiled when they weighed themselves each week and saw how much they lost.

The contestants in Season 9 were the heaviest people on the show.  The biggest man weighed more than 500 pounds.  As I watched I couldn’t believe how people could let themselves go to that extreme, but I guess it’s easier than you think.

At the finale, there were four contestants left – Michael (the biggest contestant ever on The Biggest Loser), Ashley, Koli and Daris.  Alison, the show’s host, brought out Koli and Daris and told them that since they fell below the yellow line (they had the lowest percentage of weight loss) on the second to last episode, the American people decided who would be in the final 3.

And the winner was… Daris!  The crowd cheered as Koli left the stage, obviously upset.  This was a live finale.  There were no major edits, what happened, happened.

After Daris left the stage, Alison, the show’s host, started to introduce the disqualified contestants.  They all still had the chance to win $100,000.  As each weighed in, the percentage of weight loss was on the screen. At first, we all thought it would be Cheryl (Daris’ mother) who would win the $100K, but soon thereafter, she was beat out by Darrell (who was on one father/daughter team).  Darrell held on until Koli weighed in.  Koli won the $100,000 by a landslide.  He dropped more than 53% of his body weight.

When Alison brought out the final three, they each weighed in.  Daris was first. He dropped nearly ½ of his body weight and then Ashley got on the scale and dropped about ½ her body weight.  Michael, who was the biggest man on campus, weighed in last. He lost more than ½ his body weight but less than Koli’s 53%.  He lost around 51%.

Michael walked away with the $250,000.  Although the crowd cheered and everyone was especially proud of Michael (I was one of them), I felt bad for Koli.

If America voted for Koli, he would have walked away with the $250,000 not Michael.  Koli was so upset; you could see it on his face. He knew he should have won. And you know what, so did the rest of America!