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"We said goodbye to David in last week&amp;#039;s episode of The Biggest Loser, but Gina is feeling pretty damn confident in her weight loss and she thinks the blue team should probably have sent her home! Well, Alison&amp;#039;s here to shake things up - it&amp;#039;s time to lose the teams and compete as individuals. There&amp;#039;s a lot of worried talk about how it might change the dynamic on the ranch, but less talk and more action - let&amp;#039;s get this week started! Temptation Test It&amp;#039;s Valentine&amp;#039;s Day this week (ugh, if that&amp;#039;s not enough to make you lose your appetite I don&amp;#039;t know what is). But anyway, we&amp;#039;re having a romantic themed temptation test - there are lots of cupcakes and chocolates and cookies all waiting to be devoured. Everyone&amp;#039;s already getting a bit of water in their mouth, but here&amp;#039;s the twist - Alison reveals that the person who consumes the most calories in ten minutes will get a 2lb advantage on the scale (and they get to give someone else the same prize as well). Uh, what? I guess the big decision is whether the advantage is worth the calories.  What&amp;#039;s more, since &amp;#039;love is blind&amp;#039;, the contestants are going to be plunged into darkness so they can&amp;#039;t see what everyone else is doing! Everyone knows that 2lb can make a big difference, but only Alex and Francelina begin eating immediately. Joe sniffs at the food but decides not to eat anything, while Jackson suggests that they&amp;#039;ve all been scared off sugar by their trainers. Michael sits down to &amp;#039;take a stand&amp;#039;, while Danni uses the time to get a workout in. Jeff&amp;#039;s the only other contestant to actually have a bite, though he only has a little. Meanwhile, everyone thinks Gina&amp;#039;s stuffing her face, when actually she&amp;#039;s being super strategic, moving the plates around and drinking water to make the others think she&amp;#039;s eating - forcing them to eat more! Sneaky! Finally, the ten minutes are up and Alex and Francelina aren&amp;#039;t feeling so hot. Alison reveals that Francelina ate 1150, while Alex&amp;#039;s half-eaten final brownie cost her - she just managed 1,036. That means that Francelina&amp;#039;s won the 2lb advantage, though she gives Alex the second 2lb advantage for taking the risk.  The results have Danni worried - should she have stuck into the food after all? - but Gina&amp;#039;s there to reassure her that she made the right decision. Speaking of Gina, some of the other contestants discuss her sneaky tactics during the temptation test and suggest that maybe they sent the wrong person home. The tactics truly are beginning, people!  Catching Up With The Kids Time for a little catch up with Sunny, Biingo and Lindsay! First up, Jillian has arranged for Sunny to take part in a Bollywood dance class - it&amp;#039;s something she&amp;#039;s always wanted to do as so many other kids do it, but she admits that she&amp;#039;s always been nervous because of her weight. Jillian urges her to take part, and she does. And while at first she finds it tough - she can&amp;#039;t pick it up as quickly as it&amp;#039;s her first time - with some motivational words from the teacher she ends up having a great time! Elsewhere, Dolvett tells Lindsay that the cheerleading squad might make her an honorary member - but she has to practise! So Lindsay gets to spend some time with the squad to learn some cheers. She&amp;#039;s nervous at first as well, considering that she was bullied the last time she was in a cheerleading squad. Unsurprisingly, though, the other girls are all super welcoming and urge her to try out for the team! Plus, they invite her to cheer with them at a game. But Biingo&amp;#039;s struggling a little more - he&amp;#039;s feeling depressed and demotivated because of his foot injury. It&amp;#039;s not all bad news though - after a trip to the doctor he discovers that he&amp;#039;s all healed and can get back to sprinting again! He&amp;#039;s really excited about getting back to his workouts - and for the baseball team tryouts  Working Out After a follow-up with week six eliminee Lisa - who looks stunning and has lost a total of 79lb - it&amp;#039;s time for the workouts to begin! The trainers are all hoping to work with different people, so Dolvett chooses Michael and Gina. Jillian terrifies temptation test winners Alex and Francelina (gulp) by choosing them, and also picks Jeff - with whom she&amp;#039;s previously argued during workouts. That leaves Bob with Jackson, Joe and Danni - who&amp;#039;s really sad to be separated from Jillian! It&amp;#039;s seriously like lovers leaving each other when she walks out with Bob. As the workouts begin, Dolvett notices that Michael&amp;#039;s really struggling - he notices that his confidence is gone. Michael admits that he gets scared about what&amp;#039;s happening to his body, but Dolvett&amp;#039;s a great motivator and helps him break through his fear to keep going. Michael decides he wants to be in the &amp;quot;elite&amp;quot;, not the &amp;quot;mediocre&amp;quot;, and busts his ass. He&amp;#039;s thrilled he&amp;#039;s had the chance to work with Dolvett!  Michael&amp;#039;s not the only one having a hard time. In a sequel to their previous fights, Jillian and Jeff butt heads during the workout. Jeff insists he&amp;#039;s not tired or quitting, but I don&amp;#039;t quite know why he&amp;#039;s pausing his exercises. Jeff, though, explains that he can&amp;#039;t deal with Jillian&amp;#039;s tough words. Still, after their rows, Jillian can&amp;#039;t get Jeff out of her mind so she goes to see him in his room, where he admits that he shuts off his feelings. He suggests that it began when he was 17; his father was diagnosed with cancer and, before passing away, asked him to look after his family. He gets tearful, as Jillian urges him to let go of his shame and guilt. She adds that he needs to stop trying to please everyone else. Jeff feels much better after their chat, and in private says he does believe his dad would be proud. It&amp;#039;s an emotional moment! The Challenge The contestants meet Alison in an ice skating arena, where she reveals that there are high stakes for this week&amp;#039;s challenge - the winner will be allowed to bring one member of their family to the ranch for 24 hours! What&amp;#039;s more, they can spread the love by giving the prize to a second person as well. Everyone gets a bit emotional at the thought of this, and vows to do their best throughout the challenge.  So what is it? It&amp;#039;s pretty simple, this week - a spotlight will come on at some place in the arena and the group has to run to it. The last person to the spotlight will be eliminated, until the final three battle it out for the prize. They all get dressed up in fun, neon outfits (&amp;quot;You can&amp;#039;t even tell me I don&amp;#039;t look good,&amp;quot; Michael jokes) and then it&amp;#039;s time to play! Gina is eliminated first, but she&amp;#039;s really emotional about it as she had her heart set on seeing her husband.  Jackson&amp;#039;s out next, while the third round - which involves some running up stairs - knocks out Michael (he&amp;#039;s as devastated as Gina, as he desperately wanted to see his wife). Jeff&amp;#039;s out next, followed by Alex - leaving Francelina, Joe, and Danni to battle it out. It&amp;#039;s a close fight, but eventually Danni&amp;#039;s the one to triumph. She truly is a real competitor! What&amp;#039;s more, she gives up her own chance at seeing a family member so that both Gina and Michael get to see their spouses. I thought I couldn&amp;#039;t like her any more! Even Alison gets a bit teary. Gina&amp;#039;s thrilled to see her husband - even though she was nervous at first! For his part, he can&amp;#039;t believe how different she looks. The pair go for a little picnic at Inspiration Point, where her husband is impressed with her inner and outer progress. What&amp;#039;s more, he&amp;#039;s brought her wedding ring with him - it didn&amp;#039;t use to fit, but now she can slip it on just fine! What a lovely moment.  Meanwhile, Michael gets two visitors - his wife and his beautiful baby boy! Their reunion is so cute, and then they go for a walk with Dolvett, which inspires Michael&amp;#039;s wife to get on board the weight loss train as well. It&amp;#039;s all really rather lovely, and inspires Michael to work even harder. Last Chance Workout The contestants may no longer have their teams to rely on, but that doesn&amp;#039;t mean the last chance workout is without its problems! Alex, for instance, is pleased that she has the 2lb advantage, and while she&amp;#039;s still going to work hard she doesn&amp;#039;t want to overdo it on her body. But there&amp;#039;s a minor argument with Bob over a jump rope (really!) Bob is very frustrated with her and announces that he will not be disrespected. And they don&amp;#039;t seem to resolve it, either... Gina&amp;#039;s also finding things difficult - she&amp;#039;s the oldest and smallest, and she&amp;#039;s anxious that she could be going home. Dolvett notices her worried face and when she drops a piece of equipment in frustration he takes her aside for a talk. He points out that she&amp;#039;s lost the highest percentage of weight in the house, even though she is the oldest contestant. He urges her to get rid of her negative mindset, pointing to her success so far. And it does seem to help, though Gina admits it will take a while before she can truly believe in herself.  The Weigh In Everyone&amp;#039;s nervous about the weigh in now that it&amp;#039;s individuals, of course - there&amp;#039;s a yellow line, so the two players with the lowest percentage of weight loss will be in danger. Let&amp;#039;s get things started with Francelina, who thinks she made the right decision by eating at the temptation. Will her 2lb advantage be worth it? Let&amp;#039;s see! Francelina: Francelina thinks she&amp;#039;s been working really hard and expects a loss of at least 6lb. Unfortunately, it&amp;#039;s not quite there - she drops 4lb, from 217lb to 213lb. She&amp;#039;s glad she has the advantage, but Jillian admits it&amp;#039;s not a good number, despite Francelina&amp;#039;s hard work. Francelina&amp;#039;s actually a bit upset by the number - will her 2.76% loss keep her safe? Alex: Alex is hoping to get into the 100s this week, and she does actually manage it! She drops 6lb, going from 204lb to 198lb. She&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;extremely happy&amp;quot; with that, and with her 2lb advantage she has a loss of 3.92%. Danni: Jillian admits that she&amp;#039;s worried about Danni&amp;#039;s number since Francelina struggled to pull a big loss this week. Danni&amp;#039;s nervous too, but she&amp;#039;s really hoping to get into the 100s this time. Unfortunately, she doesn&amp;#039;t quite manage it - she drops 6lb, going from 207lb to 201lb. It also puts her in danger! Danni can&amp;#039;t understand why her hard work isn&amp;#039;t paying off, while Jillian can only suggest that it&amp;#039;s a reaction from her previous big losses. Danni&amp;#039;s crying quite a bit - she feels she&amp;#039;s let down the trainers. Will anyone come below her 2.90% loss?  Joe: Joe needs to have lost more than 8lb to be safe, and he more than manages it - he sheds a huge 12lb, going from 291lb to 279lb. He&amp;#039;s definitely safe with a loss of 4.12%! Jeff: Jeff needs to have lost more than 9lb to make sure he&amp;#039;s here next week, and he too smashes his target. He drops 11lb, making it to 312lb from a previous weight of 323lb. He admits it&amp;#039;s not his best number, but he thanks Jillian for their conversation and admits he&amp;#039;s feeling a lot more confident now. That&amp;#039;s a percentage weight loss of 3.41%, so Jeff&amp;#039;s okay. Gina: Gina&amp;#039;s also feeling nervous after her difficult last chance workout; can she lose more than 5lb and be safe? Um, yes! She drops another 9lb, going from 193lb to 184lb. She also apologises publicly to Dolvett for her troubles, while he congratulates her on finding her inner happiness. She shoots to the top of the leaderboard with a loss of 4.66%!  Jackson: Danni&amp;#039;s feeling really nervous now - is she going to drop into the bottom two? Well, Jackson certainly isn&amp;#039;t - he loses a massive 13lb to drop to 266lb and match Gina with a percentage weight loss of 4.66%. He&amp;#039;s really excited, while Bob admits he was surprised by Jackson - he saw an athlete inside him! There&amp;#039;s only one person left to weigh in, and Francelina&amp;#039;s definitely below the yellow line (despite her advantage on the scale). Who&amp;#039;ll join her - Michael or Danni? Michael: Michael&amp;#039;s confident that he did every single thing he could to save himself this week, but will he manage to shed over 10lb? That&amp;#039;s what he needs to do to be safe, but in the end he drops from 363lb to 353lb - exactly 10lb (2.75%). He just misses out on safety, giving Danni tears of joy (but also sadness that someone is going home). No-one&amp;#039;s really happy with the result, but Michael sobs that after seeing his family he knows how much he needs this. Let&amp;#039;s see how the votes go... Who&amp;#039;s Going Home? Everyone has to go into the voting booth individually to cast their votes, and then it&amp;#039;s time to reveal their choices. Francelina just edged Michael, so in the event of the tie she&amp;#039;ll be the one who&amp;#039;s safe. Everyone&amp;#039;s finding it hard to choose who to vote for, especially Jeff, who told Michael he wouldn&amp;#039;t vote for him but also doesn&amp;#039;t feel able to vote for Francelina. Anyway, Danni&amp;#039;s first to reveal her vote - emotionally, she explains that she voted for Michael. On the other hand, Alex chose to send home Francelina (even though she gave her the 2lb advantage!), explaining that she thinks Francelina is strong. Meanwhile, Gina voted for Michael.  If Michael gets one more vote he&amp;#039;ll be going home - and that&amp;#039;s when Jeff drops the bombshell that he voted for him. He explains that he found the decision so hard that he just based it on the weight loss percentage in the end, but that doesn&amp;#039;t mean Michael&amp;#039;s not blindsided or upset by the revelation. Still, he vows that he is excited about going home as a new man. Meanwhile, Jeff explains that he did something for himself for once by voting out Michael. Michael&amp;#039;s really not happy with the way things went down, but he&amp;#039;s really pleased with his progress on the ranch. And he certainly keeps it up at home - he&amp;#039;s dropped from a starting weight of 444lb to 320lb! That&amp;#039;s a loss of 124lb! He looks great, and he&amp;#039;s even getting his family in the gym with him. He also celebrates with a covenant ceremony with his wife, while he&amp;#039;s thrilled that he&amp;#039;ll be around for his son. It&amp;#039;s all super heartwarming, and we even find out that Michael&amp;#039;s hoping to add another kid to his family! Lovely!  The Biggest Loser airs Mondays on NBC. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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