The Biggest Loser is back for season 9 (Couples 3) with a new cast of 11 teams of two.
Their first test is going to be to weigh-in in front of their hometowns. Apparently, this is some big deal, as compared to taking their shirts off in front of 10 million people.
Daris: 346 pounds
Cheryl: 227 pounds
Orange Total: 573 pounds
Patti: 243 pounds
Stephanie: 264 pounds
Purple Total: 507 pounds
John: 484 pounds
James: 485 pounds
Brown Total: 969 pounds (heaviest team ever)
Ashley: 374 pounds
Sherry: 218 pounds
Pink Total: 592 pounds
Andrea: 298 pounds
Darrell: 413 pounds
Black Total: 711 pounds
Cherita: 277 pounds
Victoria: 358 pounds
Blue Total: 635 pounds
Migdalia: 265 pounds
Miggy: 240 pounds
Green Total: 505 pounds
Melissa: 233 pounds
Lance: 365 pounds
Red Total: 598 pounds
Koli: 403 pounds
Sam: 372 pounds
Grey Total: 775 pounds
Sunshine: 275 pounds
O’Neal: 389 pounds
Yellow Total: 664 pounds
Maria: 281 pounds
Mike: 526 pounds (heaviest contestant ever)
White Total: 801 pounds
The teams arrive at the gym and get on their team-colored mats. The first challenge starts now. Well, we know one thing for sure. They won’t be doing a one mile run that hospitalizes more than one of them. They will be biking instead. Their challenge will be to cover the distance of a marathon, 26.2 miles, between them. The first nine teams earn a spot in the house. The two last teams will be asked to leave immediately. The team that wins will get immunity.
They are starting off as the sickest group of contestants ever (again), so the medical staff is on hand. Green team hits 9 miles with grey on their heels. They are miles ahead of everybody else. Grey is hoping that green will run out of steam, but they just keep going. Migdalia & Miggy win immunity. Koli & Sam are right behind them. The other teams are as much as 14 miles behind them. Andrea & Darrell finish third. Daris & Cheryl place fourth. Yellow and blue are bringing up the rear. Cherita says this is worse than child birth pain. She wants to keep going regardless, but Dr. H insists she stop and pulls her off the bike. Ashley & Sherry place fifth. Lance & Melissa are behind them. Michael & Linda are next, followed by John & James. That leaves one spot left, which will obviously go to the purple team, just about a mile away. Patti & Stephanie take the final spot.
Cherita & Victoria and Sunshine & O’Neal place in the bottom two. It’s time for Allison to say goodbye. So what’s the twist? Surely they’re not going home already. Bob and Jillian tell them they’re going home for 30 days, but they will be coming back after that. During that month, Jillian and Bob will help them. The catch: the team that loses the most will be coming back to compete.
Bob and Jillian are going to train together again. Before they even touch anybody, they’ve already got various stuff coming out of their bodies.
James is limited in what he can do due to a bad knee from an old football injury (not that the 300+ pounds of excess weight has helped that any).
At the weigh-in, one team will fall below the yellow line, and one person from that team will be eliminated.
Migdalia: 249 pounds (-16, 6.43%)
Miggy: 240 pounds (-13, 5.73%)
Green Total: 489 pounds (-29, 5.74%, immune)
Sam: 354 pounds (-18, 4.84%)
Koli: 374 pounds (-29, 7.20%)
Grey Total: 728 pounds (-47, 6.06%)
Cheryl: 213 pounds (-14, 6.17%)
Daris: 317 pounds (-29, 8.38%)
Orange Total: 530 pounds (-43, 7.50%)
Andrea: 284 pounds (-14, 4.70%)
Darrell: 413 pounds (-30, 7.26%)
Black Total: 667 pounds (-44, 6.19%)
James: 462 pounds (-23, 4.74%)
John: 461 pounds (-23, 4.75%)
Brown Total: 923 pounds (-46, 4.75%)
Melissa: 214 pounds (-19, 8.16%)
Lance: 344 pounds (-21, 5.75%)
Red Total: 558 pounds (-40, 6.69%)
Patti: 220 pounds (-23, 9.47%)
Stephanie: 246 pounds (-18, -6.82%)
Purple Total: 466 pounds (-41, 8.09%)
Patti has set a new record for any female contestant in one week.
Ashley: 353 pounds (-21, 5.62%)
Sherry: 201 pounds (-17, 7.80%)
Pink Total: 554 pounds (-38, 6.42%)
Maria: 268 pounds (-13, 4.63%)
Michael: 492 pounds (-34, 6.46%)
White Total: 760 pounds (-47, 5.82%)
Michael has set a new record for any contestant in one week.
That puts John & James below the yellow line. Well, this is an unusual scenario. Typically, they will keep around somebody over 460 pounds. This time, they’ve got a pair of twins at that weight within 1 pound of each other. How do you choose? John offers to sacrifice himself because he doesn’t think his brother can do it at home seeing as he’s got a bad knee. James responds that John will go further, and James won’t have to worry about a job and a baby.
Votes
Migdalia & Miggy: John
Andrea & Darrell: James
Melissa & Lance: James
Ashley & Sherry: James
Patti & Stephanie: James
Maria & Michael: James
With 5 votes, James is not The Biggest Loser. From his starting weight of 485 pounds, James is now down to 385 pounds in two months. His wife has also started a weight loss program since he’s returned home and has lost 24 pounds.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 9 Episode 2, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.