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Biggest Loser finale: Ed or Heba?

Vicky (boo) and Michelle (yay) made it to the finale episode, with Michelle losing more than 5%(!) of her body weight last week.

There's one more spot in the finals, to be selected by America and occupied either by husband Ed or his wife, Heba. But since the fans' most and least favorite are already in the finals, it makes the America-votes process that much less exciting.

Nevertheless, who should I (and you) vote for? A couple considerations:

(1) who would I rather see win?

(2) who would pose the weakest challenge to Michelle?

My answers to these questions are Ed and Heba, respectively.

The comments on the message boards seem to place emphasis on Factor 1, and are voting for Ed to stay over Heba.

I understand that impulse, but will be voting for Heba to stay, and for Ed to go.

First, the difference between Ed and Heba winning is minimal. They are married. It doesn't really send a message to Heba to get her attitude together if America votes for her husband.

Second, Bob the trainer indicated he felt that Ed was sabotaging his weight loss this week, i.e. water loading. If that's true, then Ed has a *huge* head start (probably 5-9 lbs) against Michelle, who obviously did not do that (but could have, if she had wanted, since America would have voted her into the finale anyway).

Third, Factor 2 is really important to me. Heba has substantially less weight to lose, loses it slower, and has had a pretty consistent tally of 5-8 lbs a week while at the ranch. I'm much less worried about Heba having a miracle weight loss period than I am Ed.

I think Ed has a lot of weight to lose, and is very dedicated. Also, he asked America to vote for Heba, so if he wins regardless, he's probably feeling a sense of duty to win for the both of them.

Here is Ed's original "Where are they now" video, which was apparently filmed after Ed came *back* to the show a few weeks ago.

Note: Ed and Heba are, interestingly, the only couple who can win BOTH the 250k for being the Biggest Loser AND the 100k consolation prize for losing the most weight, regardless of elimination. Had they not both been below the yellow line tonight, this scenario would not have played out.

Full post as published by Expressio Unius on December 10, 2008 (boomark / email).