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The legs of whoever returns didn't look fat enough to be Michelle's though, so there's that?
The entry:
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/2438/6806583...
Look who has the shortest length among the girls:
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/3821/1493672...
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First of all, in order to get to this point, each of the contestants had to hold a weighted bar on their shoulders. But both the men and women had to have the same 10kg added each time! Men and women don't have the same strength. Imagine if during the next Olympics, men and women had to compete directly against each other in weightlifting and track and field. Do you think there's be any complaints? I can see the headlines now. "NOT FAIR" in big block letters, on newspaper headlines all over the world.
So how do we fix this? It's been done once before on the Aussie BL. Use a handicapper! These guys are paid to even out the competition and make it fair. On this challenge, the women should have had smaller hay bales to carry, maybe 10kg each instead of 15kg each. And on the weight holding challenge, they would have only 5kg added each time instead of 10kg. Note that of the six players eliminated previously, five were women and one was the guy with the heel spur. Tough for a woman to win this if she has a lower chance of getting through the challenges.
In total there was 8 women (Carrianne, Nicole, Nicola, Debbie, Rachel, Monica, Michelle and Sheridan) versus 4 men (Cosi, Bryce, Michael and Sean).
The only reason more men weren't knocked out is because the women were stupid. ;-)
Fortunately Michelle will likely end up back under the Line in short order and can get punted yet again. Then hopefully Garry and Bryce. Then I'll be a happy little recapper. :)
But, yeah, I have to totatally agree with Mythor on this one. If there had been a bit more tactical play and team coordination, the ladies could have easily eliminated all the men. All that was required was constant targetting of a single player until they dropped. But Cosi seemed to be the only contestant with his thinking cap on and did a great job manipulating/convincing those around him to target a certain player.
You are correct when you say that the women could do a better job of eliminating the men. But the point is, if it were an even competition they wouldn't have to think that way. I'll give you an example.
I imagine that you are familiar with the American BL show. Well, this year there was an episode where the trainers, Bob and Jillian, had a challenge heads-up against each other. They each had to run up an escalator which was moving downwards, and whoever stayed on the longest won. Of course Bob won, because he's a male and had a greater heart-lung capacity. Because he won, he got to choose his own team for the remainder of the competition. Now, do you think he chose 1)all women, 2)a mixture of men and women, or 3)all men? That's right, he chose an entirely male team. Why, you ask? Because men are better at challenges and better at losing weight. If women had an equal opportunity to win, he'd have picked some women for his team. Q.E.D.
The women aren't showing a lot of brains so far in this competition. Hopefully, next year they'll get wise and play the game a little better. We just had a girl winner in our BL, and the UK had a girl winner, so it's possible. But the odds are stacked heavily against the women.
When you look at the bale left behind, its on the closest lane to the picture, and you can see there are two lanes beside it. If that is any indication, then it was Cosi, Nicola & Michelle Bridges in that lane? God I hope so.
Cosi gets people on his side by talking smooth, you can't deny it. But what he says is almost always right on the button. He's an incredibly intelligent and forthrite person who tells it as he sees it, so he gets up people's noses. Honesty is the worst policy if you wanna be liked.
I'm thinking Bryce and Michelle win the challenge (which is a huge shame. Bryce is an athlete and I don't mind him, but Michelle...dear God no), which disappoints me. Cosi and Nicola are the fittest team but it seems as if it's not to be. I'm confident Sean or Cosi will pick up the $50,000.
Also, the last hay bale. I thought it was in the centre. I don't think it was Cosi and Nicola's bale, because Cosi comments on looking back and seeing it. You'd think if it was one of his teams he would of run back to get it instead of saying bad luck to whoever dropped it.
It looked to be in the middle to me, too. We'll see!