It was an emotional moment for ALISON VINCENT on Tuesday night's "The Biggest Loser" when she learned that she made it to the finale -- and ET has footage recapturing her excitement! It was an incredible 11-pound weight loss that kept Ali above the yellow line and assured her a place in the final competition.
"When my mom sees this weigh-in, she will probably fall out of her chair," she declares. "In week four, I said, 'I am going to be the Biggest Loser.' When I said it, I meant it and I have never stopped believing it.
Also making the finals based on her weight loss was KELLY FIELDS. This season, in a new twist to the game, America will decide who the third finalist will be by voting online. They will chose between the two "Losers" -- MARK KRUGER and ROGER SCHULTZ -- who fell below the yellow line on Tuesday night's episode.
In a sharp turnaround, the Republican candidates has opened a 5-point lead on his Democratic rival and is seen as a stronger manager of the economy, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll.
AFP - Georgia's South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions planned rallies Thursday to ask Russia for recognition as independent states, two weeks after Russian troops occupied both provinces.
