The Biggest Loser: The One With all the Trash Talking

Week 3 of The Biggest Loser. This week, they start off with a temptation challenge. They put a ton of Chinese food in front of the contestants and tell them that each team will get 5 minutes in the room with the food. Whichever contestant eats the most calories gets a two pound advantage they can give to anyone, and gets the opportunity to match up each contestant with a head to head challenger from the opposite team. Red team's first, and they decide not to eat anything. Black team decides they want the two pounds and want to be able to match people us, so Cassandra eats two fortune cookies at 60 calories a piece. Obviously, she wins and decides to match people up as:

Her vs. Conda
Chism vs. Kim
Chris vs. Mark
Emily vs. Roy
Gail vs. Kimmy
Jeremy vs. Lauren
Megan vs. Buddy
Joe vs. Nancy

The Bachelor: The One With the New Girl

Episode 3 of The Bachelor. We're down to 16 girls. First things first, we meet Ben's sister, Julia. She is excited for him to meet his new girlfriend/fiance/wife. She actually said she was anxious for him to be engaged, which made me laugh. Wouldn't she want him to be married, not engaged? But I digress. He says she would like a lot of the girls, including Courtney. Um. Okay. We'll see.

First one on one date, and it goes to Emily! She immediately says she's afraid of heights. Hmm. Wonder if their date will have something to do with heights. Indeed it does - they're climbing the Golden Gate Bridge. On Chris Harrison's blog, he said the thing about that was that there's no going back down. You have to keep going up. After a few hiccups and a few kisses, they make it to the top.

While they're on the date, the girls actually can see them with their telescope. They also get the card for their 11 on one date (I'm ready for there to be less girls so this number can start being less ridiculous). The girls going on the date are: Blakeley, Casey S, Elyse, Jamie, Kacie B, Monica, Nicki, Rachel, Samantha, Erika, and Jaclyn. Casey S was saying she really wanted a date, so when the camera showed the card, I paused it to see if she was on it (and write down who was so I didn't have to speed type as they called out names) and saw Casey S was pretty high on the list. But when she called them out, she left her until very last. Way to try to be dramatic, Bachelor.

Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-off: The One With Rachael's Help

Episode three of Celebrity Cook-off. Since there's only eight episodes, we're getting closer to the end. Well, I guess you're always getting closer to the end. But that's not the point. Anyways. At the beginning of the episode, Rachael and Guy explain that the contestants will be cooking the favorite meals of three of the judges from Chopped. Also, two of those chefs just got done doing Next Iron Chef. So everyone knows they're good. They also find out they will be going head to head with a chef from the other team.

First up, fried chicken from Marcus Samuelsonn. Guy chooses Coolio and Rachael chooses Lou Diamond Phillips. Lou does a double dipped chicken battering that has the judges worried. He also chooses to make a soy sauce mixture for his chicken. I'm from the South, and just saying, I've never heard of putting a sauce with your fried chicken. Except hot sauce. Which is what Coolio does. He also uses corn starch to thicken his sauce (sounds okay to me) but the judges think that's a bad decision. However, after they taste both dishes, they love them.

The Biggest Loser: The One With the Dumb Bet

Episode Two of The Biggest Loser! It starts with Alison telling them that the person on the winning team with the highest percentage of weight loss will get to choose a person from the other team to give immunity to. She then asks for volunteers. The red team's leaders are Kim and Kimmy. Black team is Emily and Joe. They walk into a room with a gambling table. To make a long story short - they have to bet how much they think their team will lose this week, and whoever bets the highest, forcing the other team to fold, has to lose that much weight this week. If they do, the other team gets a 5 point disadvantage. If they don't do it, the other team gets a 5 point advantage. Red team immediately bets 3.8 percent, which is 94 pounds. Black team folds. Kim and Kimmie think they'll do it, while Joe and Emily really don't think they will. As they keep saying, 94 pounds for week 2 is pretty much impossible. I think that wasn't the smartest bet but maybe that will give them the motivation they need.

The Bachelor: The One With All the Kissing

Episode two of The Bachelor! It picked up where we left off, and had all the girls moving with Ben to Sonoma. Almost immediately, the girls learn who has the first one on one. And guess who it is? Kacie B. I didn't really remember her from the first episode, but I really liked her this episode. She seems genuine (a very rare trait in people on reality shows) and very sweet. She also seems like she's already falling for Ben. They took a trip around Sonoma and he showed her the sights, then they went shopping and she shared an interesting fact about herself - she use to twirl batons. Then, they went to a movie theater and watched a video of clips from their childhood. I thought that was a little intense for a first date, but it was really cute and Ben got choked up. I wasn't super in love with him in the first episode, but him getting choked up about seeing his dad, who had died, was sweet. He now chooses if she gets a rose now or if she immediately goes home. Not surprisingly, she gets the first rose.

While Kacie B. and Ben are on their date, the remaining girls get a note about who goes on their 12 person date. That seems slightly ridiculous to me, but I guess it's better to have a 1 in 12 shot at talking to him than 1 in 18. The 12 girls going on the date are: Blakely, Brittney, Emily, Jaclyn, Jamie, Jenna, Jennifer, Monica, Nicki, Rachel, Samantha, and Shawn. The clue says to get ready to play, or something along those lines. When they arrive at Sonoma's City Square, Ben tells them that playwrights are here to help them perform a play! Some of the girls are expecting Broadway writers, but turns out it is a group of children. They have to audition for the kids, and obviously, some go along with it better than others. I thought it was a dumb decision to not just act like an idiot - obviously that's the point and Ben would appreciate that.

Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-Off: The One With the Special Brownies

Episode two of Celebrity Cook-Off! The challenge this week, like we saw in the preview, is dessert. Each team has to do 4 dishes in 2 hours. If you can't count, that means Rachael's team is going to have to do an extra dish. Rachael and Guy tell them that 13 pastry students will judge their desserts. Which gives the show credibility. They choose a leader for each group (I wonder why? That seems like an unnecessary thing). Summer is the leader of Team Rachael and Alyssa's the leader of Team Guy. Oh, and here's the twist. One dish on each team needs to have a savory element. The judge from the other team gets to pick that savory ingredient. Rachael's team gets anchovy, and Guy's team gets horseradish.

The Biggest Loser: The One With All the Puking

Episode one of The Biggest Loser. The episode started off introducing the viewers to everyone there. Read after the jump for each person, their weight, how they placed, general comments. All that great stuff you're probably reading this for. They then, as always, had to do a challenge to actually get on the ranch. That would suck, doing everything I'm sure you have to do to get all ready, and then not get in. But I digress. The first challenge was to run a 40 yard dash and the first four teams to cross would be on the show. After that, the second round was to do a puzzle in the center of the 40 yard dash and put it together, then run back and press a button to check it, and run the 40 yard dash. The first 4 teams were on the show. Last, the last two teams would stand on a barrel, holding each other, and the first team to fall off are off the show. After that, they get to choose their trainers. Of course, Bob is the favorite, but every now and then you see someone that wants Dolvett. Here's the big twist of the show though: instead of staying with their partner they came with, they're splitting into trainer teams down the middle. One person from a team will be on one trainer's team, the other person on the other trainer's team. Obviously, the contestants are less than thrilled. After they get over it, they split into the Red Team by Dolvett and the Black Team by Bob. Then they go to the weigh-in to check everyone's percentages and someone goes home from the losing team, except the person with the highest weight loss. Okay. Onto the specifics now.