Poor Miggy

“How bad do you want it?” That question is answered in several ways in episode five of “The Biggest Loser.” In the beginning, there is a health scare that causes one of the contestants to be hospitalized in the middle of the night. It’s Miggy, the sole survivor of the Green team. Will this eliminate her from the competition? Then we have the return of the Blue and Yellow teams, which turns the game upside down.

We see in the beginning how each team has worked to make it back to the ranch. Once there, they are initiated into the atmosphere of this competition by enduring their first “last chance workout.” The drama of this weigh-in results in one of the many new twists of the season. Essentially, the team that wins its way back onto the ranch controls the fate of the team who falls below the yellow line. This levels the playing field since these teams know nothing of the history of what the contestants have been doing.

Once a team is decided on, product placement, NBC related programming and challenges abound. The teams go to a sponsored sandwich shop to eat, make snacks with “The Biggest Loser” logoed products and then there’s a visit with winter Olympians. Once that is out of the way, the challenges test the mettle of the contestants as they are put to new tests. The team who wins will surprise you.

Miggy returns to the ranch just in time for the next weigh-in. Her hospitalization caused her to gain water weight and the only exercise she is allowed to do is walk. It’s a tense moment when she goes on the scale. It’s tense for everyone, as many of the “teams” now consist of single players who automatically go home if they fall below the line. Who leaves will sadden you, but watch for their transformational update at the end of the episode.

Next week brings more drama and surprises. See who will be left in the competition for “The Biggest Loser.”