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marigold:

Ali's Blog:

black vs blue

Tonight’s temptation was crazy wasn’t it? I really didn’t expect all the drama that unfolded from it. And the tension between Heba and Amy really amped up. I often wonder – watching this stuff later on tv, how the contestants feel about it now, looking back on it. If they would have done things differently if they had a do-over.
And now, thanks to Heba’s swapping Phil and Amy, Jillian has a guy on her team.
Bob and Jillian have both done such an amazing job reaching their contestants this season. I love this season because we have gone deeper into the emotions that have led to their obesity more than ever before. Bob helping Amy get through her new team situation, and then Jillian’s heart to heart with Michelle, exactly what this show is all about. And it’s amazing how many people at home have already been affected by all these emotional stories. Fans come up to me all the time telling me how they relate to one of our contestants, and how their stories inspire and motivate them. One of the crew members on the Bonnie Hunt show brought in a photo of her ‘old self’ cause she knew I was going to be on the show, to tell me that she had lost 87 pounds, and how the show encouraged her and kept her focused on her goals every week. How amazing is that?
Can you believe how early that challenge started??? Holy early call time, Batman! We started that challenge at 6am, and they were at it ALL DAY. They weren’t exaggerating about the heat either. In that area of LA the thermometer can really climb up there!!! And they all did such an amazing job throughout that unbelievably tough challenge.
This was the episode when I announced my pregnancy at the weigh in. Everyone was so excited – and it was such a special moment for me to share with everyone.
As you can see black vs blue really changes up the dynamics between the players. So things are going to heat up even more now. And some incredible weight loss

Link: http://blog.nbc.com/alison/the_biggest_loser/

marigold:
An interesting article with Alison Sweeney:

SAVE THE DATE FOR A "DAY OF DAYS"!

STARS OF NBC'S DAYTIME DRAMA 'DAYS OF OUR LIVES' TO MEET FANS AT CITYWALK AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD THIS NOVEMBER!



Who: Stars of "Days of our Lives" (see below)

What: DAY OF DAYS
Meet & Greet, Q&A and many more exciting activities with your favorite "Days of our Lives" stars!

Where: CityWalk at Universal Studios Hollywood
1000 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608

When: Saturday, November 1, 2008 - 10:00am

Admission to event is free!

Meet all your favorite Days of our Lives stars, including:
Kristian Alfonso
John Aniston
Blake Berris
Nadia Bjorlin
Darin Brooks 
Molly Burnett
Shawn Christian
Bryan Dattilo
Kevin Dobson
Mary Beth Evans
Galen Gering
Deidre Hall
Shelley Hennig
Leann Hunley
Drake Hogestyn
Jay Kenneth Johnson
Renee Jones
Lauren Koslow
Eric Martsolf
Joe Mascolo
Peggy McCay
Rachel Melvin
Stephen Nichols
Thaao Penghlis
Terrell Ransom, Jr.
Peter Reckell
Jim Reynolds
Suzanne Rogers
James Scott
Alison Sweeney
Arianne Zucker

The event schedule includes:
10-10:30 a.m. - "Day of Days" Introduction
10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. - "Meet & Greet" with the cast of "Days of our Lives"
1–2 p.m. - Lunch Break
2–3 p.m. - Q&A Panel with the Stars
3–3:45 p.m. - "Days of our Lives" Trivia Challenge
3:45 – 4:00 p.m. - Event finale including the selection of a grand-prize raffle winner and a sneak peek of future "Days of our Lives" story lines

Throughout the event fans will also have the chance to win raffle prizes, be selected as a "Days" star look-alike and win exciting "Days of our Lives" merchandise.

Link: http://www.nbc.com/Days_of_our_Lives/news/fan_event2008.shtml

marigold:

Alison Sweeney on The Bonnie Hunt Show

Alison confirms to Bonnie that she is indeed pregnant.

marigold:
An interesting article an interview with Shellay:

Exclusive Interview: Shellay Cremen of 'The Biggest Loser'

Last night’s episode of The Biggest Loser provided one of the most shocking twists in the show’s history. A temptation challenge was presented to the contestants, in which the lights were turned off in a room full of sweets. Whoever ate consumed the most calories in 10 minutes would win the power to split the families up into two teams, blue and black with Bob and Jillian. Heba ate the most and kept most of the contestants with their initial trainers, with two exceptions. She split up husband and wife team Amy and Phil as well as mother/daughter duo Amy and Shellay. When the black team fell below the yellow line, Shellay was voted out and today, she spoke to BuddyTV in an exclusive interview.

Shellay told BuddyTV that trying out for The Biggest Loser was actually all her idea “Actually, Amy was not at the casting call with me, she was at school,” Shellay said. “They saw Amy in a family picture I had brought, and said, ‘We want you, but we want your daughter with you’.” 

When the temptation challenge arose, Shellay was determined to keep her daughter with her.  "I wanted to eat the peanut butter cups, but wasn't sure I could spare the calories," she admitted. "I didn't want to have Heba controlling my destiny. But I just wasn't gutsy enough to do it."  While it was obvious that Heba took Phil off of her team because of personal differences, it was less clear why she chose to bring Amy onto the blue team but Shellay sheds a little light on the subject.  "I think Heba wanted Amy because of her good weight loss, and she could manipulate her," she said.

The mother and daughter did say a quick goodbye at the end of the weigh in, which means that Shellay must have caught wind that she would have been the one to go should her team lose.  The experience of being on the show has only strengthened the relationship between the two.  "We have always been close, but The Biggest Loser has given us a special bond that only the two of us will ever understand."

Since leaving the show, Shellay has gone from a size 18 dress to a size 10.  Her goal for the finale is to get all the way down to a 6.  "My life is focused on health and fitness," Shellay told BuddyTV. "I wear my work out clothes all the time. For the first time in my life, I am on the same page as my husband in regards to exercise. I live and breathe a healthy lifestyle and am loving it!!"

Link: http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-biggest-loser/exclusive-interview-shellay-cr-23635.aspx

marigold:

Last Years Winner Ali Vincent's Blogs On The Biggest Loser:

Find the Fire: When the Going Gets Tough, the Digging Gets Deeper!

The fourth week on the ranch is so crucial. It’s do or die. It’s the time you know you can physically make it through this process but have to ask yourself, do you have it deep within to tell the truth? To be on the ranch and under such physical and emotional strain, it shows through. It is when you have to know you are there for the right reasons and willing to get to the end--the “end” being your goal--your perfect you.

That’s why I think it is so important that Jillian took the time to have a one-on-one with Coleen so that she could be clear why she is on ranch. It’s funny, ‘cause with your parent on the ranch, it can distract you (and I do believe Jerry being on ranch was good and bad for Colleen), and they also get to be your excuse on some level.

Coleen will miss the comforts of having her dad be there for her and her for him, but she has an amazing opportunity to really come into her own. She has it in her to be and create whatever it is in her life she wants. The ranch will be the springboard to finding out what she really wants.

Stepping Up
I think you will start to see who will be there in the end; it’s those who step up even when it’s uncomfortable. It took a lot for Vicky to pull Bob aside and admit that she feels as if Brady sometimes holds her back. It’s hard to admit that and then address it because you don’t want to invalidate your relationship. I know that probably 9 out of the 10 times Vicky thinks Brady is holding her back when he is probably feeling like he’s helping her or protecting her or whatever the case might be. That’s why these tough conversations are crucial when going through a process like this together on the ranch and at home.

Challenges always leave opportunities and awards. I wonder, especially considering it being week 4 and the fact that the contestants have expressed their concerns about the weigh-in, whether or not they really were interested in redeeming their first week challenge prizes. I know our season was so competitive that we would think redeeming the award sometimes was a disadvantage in regards to competing in the weigh-in that week. But usually no matter what, we were always thankful--like Amy and Phillip.

To be able to see their kids after 4 weeks without any communication except for the call that was given to them after the challenge that Heba and Ed won. I suppose it was bittersweet to then have to leave home after 24 hours. I think in the long run it will be exactly what they need to keep going, especially after actually feeling comfortable taking the family hiking. That truly is what all this is about, to be able to live life with our family and friends.
 
Challenge: Mind Over Matter
The challenge this week looked kind of scary when they first walked up to it. You could see everyone thought so just based on the facial expressions. I personally thought it looked like fun. Definitely better then the balancing beam we did during our fourth week. I will admit though that the balancing beam seemed like it was easier then this particular challenge. I know that I would be sore if I had to hold on like Amy and Vicky for 2 hours. It is mind over matter; there is a place you can go if you really want something that takes everything you have physically, that allows you to withstand the pain. And I could tell that they both went there. Then it’s just a matter of who wants it more.

I’m sure Amy realized on some level that Vicky was not going give up because she was determined to hear from her kids. Well done ladies :) I think it was right for Vicky to choose the purple team to share the packages with, although I must admit I wasn’t certain that’s who she was going to choose.

Jillian Exercises Her Lungs
I know first hand the depths to which Jillian will go to get her players to realize this is the opportunity of a lifetime, and they’d better give it everything or go home. As a contestant, you realize this woman is not going to cut your hands off, but you also know that if you don’t do what she says, she will make you pay. And if that doesn’t work she will make everyone around you pay.

I know that you guys sitting at home probably haven’t ever thought that Jill was being overly nice or kind to the contestants, but I have to admit watching the season so far I was like “why hasn’t she….. (fill in the blank)” on a number of occasions. I think she has had it with her team, and it isn’t working for her to let certain attitudes slide--not because she particularly likes being mean or yelling at the contestants (ok maybe she likes it a little :)) but because she is willing to take herself and her need to be liked out of the equation to help her team get the results they say they want.

But you can only take people so far. They have to want it for themselves. It’s not easy breaking down the walls that have protected so much in life—those walls have protected the contestants but have also prevented them from truly having all they desire. I’m glad Jillian went off on them. If she did, it’s because it needed to be done. She only gets like that because she cares. (But I will say it’s scary when she yells like that, even if it’s not directed at you!)

Twists and turns. Can’t wait till we see who will fall below the line and how they will determine who stays, I’m so glad mom and I never had to experience that.
 
--Ali

Link: http://blog.nbc.com/ali_vincent/

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