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Inside 'The Biggest Loser' Finale: Vicky Calls Show A Big Nightmare
In a case of what goes around comes around, Vicky Vilcan was not The Biggest Loser last night! In what could be a perfect ending she missed beating out Ed by just one pound. However, in the end it was Michelle Aguilar who then beat Ed's weight loss percentage and pulled off the win last night.
And the audience could not have been happier. Inside the live finale the crowd was on its feet for Michelle as she did her final weigh in (while Vicky got a lukewarm reception from much of the crowd, other than from her family).
The irony of the whole night was that Ed's wife, Heba, ultimately would have won the whole show, if his plea for America to vote for his wife to stay in the competition and compete in the top three hadn't been ignored. A whopping 84 percent ignored his request and voted him into the top three - sending a clear message that Vicky and Heba's game playing was uncool. Heba was able to win the $100,000 prize though for being the eliminated contestant to lose the most weight with her 46.94 percent weight loss, a number that easily would have beat Michelle's 45.25 percent and scored her the $250,000 prize.
The irony was not lost on Michelle who had this to say to the voters, "Thank you America! I love ya!" Her plans for the big $250,000 prize include shoes and lots of them. Being a shoe connoisseur myself I had some ideas for her that involve Prada, Gucci, Manolos or maybe some Christian Louboutins (my personal favorites).
Michele laughed and told me, "I'm a fashion forward girl and I think all of those sound like great options, but I do owe my mom a handbag. I gotta go shopping for that too. I think she wants a Louis Vuitton."
A vacation is also in the works for Michele and her family.
OK, now back to Vicky -- who may or may not have gotten a raw deal when it came to how she was portrayed on the show. At one point the front page of Yahoo called her "Evil Vicky." Last night she told me she was just a victim of creative editing,
"I don't cheat and I don't lie and that was all editing and a bunch of crap. I play this game true to my heart. The only thing that kept me on that ranch was working harder than everybody else and what you saw on TV is what the producers of the show wanted you to see."
She goes on to rant against reality television saying, "I was one of those people that truly believe in reality TV and thought it was real and I know now that it's all fake."
And what about all those mean and spiteful things she said about other contestants? "I did say it, yes, absolutely, but people are provoked in certain situations. I had said some things that might not have been very nice but the fact of that matter is everybody gets upset. I'm human just like everybody else."
Vicky calls the show a "nightmare" she is happy to see end. She says watching the episodes during the months she was at home made her so upset she essentially gave up on wanting to win, "Because I realized the show wasn't worth me missing another soccer game, another thing for my children. I don't care what anybody else thinks, I'm gonna look good and I'm gonna feel good and I don't care about winning that stupid show."
So after Vicky defended herself to me, I did have a chat with trainer Bob Harper and host Alison Sweeney about the situation. They both pretty much say that Vicky chose to, "play the game" more so than anyone in the past and the editing was fair. Other eliminated contestants over the course of the season have said similar things about her as well. So, I'll let you decide whether Vicky was a victim of creative editing or not.
Ultimately though, she did what she set out to do and that is lose weight and change her life. So, 'Bravo to her,' and I hope she goes back home and puts this whole show behind her.
You cannot edit unless the person said those things. Editing means you take information away...they cannot add her voice, moving with her lips, unless she said those things. Now she's being hateful because she knows she has to face her family and friends and needs an alibi for how she acted. You cannot edit out the horrible actions and deeds she did. Even if she was nice some of the time, I'll bet she wasn't nice to the people BL showed her being nasty to. It doesn't matter if you're somewhat nice sometimes, if the evil comes out, it's out!! No editing can change her. Too bad for her kids. I think she'll gain weight back, but worse, her kids will not lose weight , and they will learn horrible life lessons from this woman. Go away, Icky Vicky, we don't want you in our faces anymore!!!
I was very very happy to see Michelle win and so was America.
I think they should come up with a show for Vicky, team her up with her new best friend OMAROSA, (same personality) what do you think of that!
I hope she gains all the weight back!!!! Vicky deserves every little pound in her waistline.
i dont think its very nice to say that you hope she gains all the weight back, no matter how evil or kniving she was or was not. i dont think she deserved to win and i think brady needs to grow a few things and put her in her place. the same goes for ed and dealing with heba being this big fat mouthy woman with her hand on her hip shaking her boobs in peoples faces. why dont these women learn what being a true woman is all about? how about some grace and elegance here?
Debra Cook, you are so right about the editing. Vicky gave those editors plenty to work ith. There is no way they could have portrayed a truly warm, genuine person like Michelle or Coleen as "Evil," because people like that don't say or do nasty, spiteful things unless they are in extreme situations. Vicky was shown every single episode behaving horribly. Vicky I hope the backlash you feel from "Biggest Loser" fans is the wake-up call you obviously need to seriously re-evaluate your character.