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After she and Julio fell below the yellow line in The Biggest Loser 8 Episode 1, Alexandra was voted out.

Shay doesn’t think Julio should be here due to his low weight loss. As a percentage, Amanda and Dina lost less than he did, but they had stronger partners. Should they, too, not be there?

Seeing how hard the vote has been on them, Allison makes a proposition. At the next weigh-in, they have the opportunity to keep everyone above the yellow line. They must lose a combined total of 150 pounds. If they can, everybody is safe. If not, two people will go home.

Daniel knows the potential perils of week two. He lost 3 pounds last season. Mo’s hope is to coach them into that 150 pounds, and his message to Julio is that he owes them. With his poor weight loss the first week, Julio’s got the most potential to pull off a big number.

Julio’s safety elicits wows from Bob and Jillian. More surprising to them is the twist for the week. Jillian suggests just picking two people to go home right now. Her message to them is proper diet. Watch your intake, but don’t starve yourself.

Bob tells Dina that she needs to chill out, or she won’t make it very far if she keeps spinning her mind out of control. Stress is the worst thing she can do to herself at this point.

Mo returns to the hospital to visit his partner, Tracey, who collapsed during the first challenge. He gives her the news that she’s got the chance to come back.

Shay remains frustrated with Julio, believing that he’s not working still. He walks out of the gym for a bahtroom break. He returns 2 hours and 19 minutes later. Everybody else was working out when he left, and everybody else is still there now. He also doesn’t seem to know how many calories he needs to burn. If he continues to slack off for another week, I agree with her that he should go home.

Tracey is out of the hospital and ready to get started on the ranch, even though she’s feeling weak. This experience has served as a big wake up call. If she can collapse at age 37 after just 1 mile, think what another 50 pounds and 10 years would do. The doctor has allowed her to come back under restricted exercise, which means her nutrition will be even more important than it would be otherwise. Having one extra person may bode well for the house because it gives them an extra shot at losing that 150 pounds.

Curtis Stone has 7 tips to share with the contestants, which Allison will quiz them on later. The prize is a 15 pound advantage.

Which plate contains the correct portion size for a family of 4?
Mo and Tracey choose the correct plate that is 3-4 ounces of 4 servings.

Name 3 out of 5 ways of cooking without oil.
Baked, poached, and steamed. Shay and Danny score another point.

How many calories are in this popular chain restaurant’s chicken season salad?
1010. Liz and Danny are correct. Just because it’s salad doesn’t mean it’s healthy if you load on the dressing.

How many fewer calories are there in a serving of zucchini combined with pasta rather than just pure pasta?
248. Amanda and Rebecca are correct.

How many calories would you consume if you had one 16 ounce glass of soda with 3 refills?
747. Answering 789 calories, Abby and Allen are incorrect.

Which dessert is less than 150 calories?
Cup of strawberries with half an ounce of melted dark chocolate dipping sauce. Answering the parfait, Antoine and Sean are incorrect.

Name 2 of 3 reasons why it’s important to add protein to any snack.
It makes you feel fuller and gives more fuel to your muscles to work longer. Rudy and Dina score a point to win the challenge, bringing their goal weight loss down to 135 pounds.

The challenge involves 4 rafts separated by balance beams. Their job is to get every person across the balance beams from one raft to the next. Everybody must get on each raft before moving on. They have one shot. If one person falls off, they lose. If everyone reaches the first raft, they get a 5 pound advantage. The second raft is an additional 5 pounds. The third raft is phone calls from home. If they complete the challenge, they get another 10 pounds, for a total of 20 pounds. Each balance beam is narrower than the one before it. They all cross the first balance beam for 5 pounds. The second balance beam is harder, but they all make it, securing an additional 5 pound advantage. The third balance beam requires a lot more teamwork, but they make it across and get phone calls. Keep your eyes on the prize, folks. That 10 pounds and staying here another week beats a phone call to someone you haven’t talked to in a week. The final beam is 6 inches wide and more wobbly than the others. Everybody makes it to win the challenge and get another 10 pounds. That brings them down to 115 pounds they have to lose to prevent anybody from going home.

Jillian’s ready to kill Julio to get him to work.

Bob wants Shay to gain strength from her experiences, rather than continuing to play the victim.

The 115 pound goal comes out to a little more than 7 pounds each.

Amanda: 240 pounds (-4, 1.64%)
Rebecca: 255 pounds (-6, 2.30%)
Pink Total: 495 pounds (-10, 1.98%)

Tracey: 228 pounds (-10, 4.20%)
Mo: 327 pounds (-9, 2.68%)
Purple Total: 555 pounds (-19, 3.31%)

Antoine: 341 pounds (-8, 2.29%)
Sean: 411 pounds (-11, 2.61%)
Red Total: 752 pounds (-19, 2.46%)

Allen: 296 pounds (-10, 3.27%)
Abby: 221 pounds (-11, 4.74%)
Green Total: 517 pounds (-21, 3.90%)

Liz: 247 pounds (-10, 3.89%)
Danny: 394 pounds (-12, 2.96%)
Brown Total: 641 pounds (-22, 3.32%)

Rudy: 400 pounds (-14, 3.38%)
Dina: 237 pounds (-8. 3.27%)
Blue Total: 637 pounds (-22, 3.34%)

Julio: 375 pounds (-19, 4.82%)

Daniel: 293 pounds (-7, 2.33%)
Shay: 443 pounds (-16, 3.49%)
Orange Total: 736 pounds (-23, 3.03%)

As a group, they’ve managed to lose 155 pounds, enough to not only be safe for the week but to beat their original goal of 150 pounds.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser 8 Episode 3, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

The Biggest Loser is back for another season of second chances. The Biggest Loser 8 cast consists of 16 contestants, including one familiar face from last season, Daniel Wright, who weighed in as the heaviest contestant ever at age 19.

Bob and Jillian has a message for the people watching. These people aren’t like you. They are you.

Youth pastor Sean has two kids and another one on the way. He wants to be around long enough for his kids to remember him. College student Alexandra is unable to even fit into her college seat. Danny had a rock star dream 20 years ago and feels like somebody stole his life. With 9 grandchildren, Liz wants to start making the right choices. Coach Mo was a college athlete, but he’s no longer fit. Tracey blames loneliness from her husband being in the Marine Corps for her excessive eating habits.

The contestants see Allison. This isn’t the ranch, though. What’s up? She starts talking about the marathon from last season. They’re dropped off a mile away from where the marathon finished. It’s time for the first challenge. They will race the final mile of that marathon. The winner of the challenge will receive immunity. That person will also choose the partner for the remainder of the competition, and that person will also be immune. One more surprise. They’re greeted by contestant number 16, Dan from season 7, who weighed in at 312 pounds at the final weigh-in and is back to finish what he started.

Tracey takes off at the start with a sprint. Right behind her she sees the orange shirt, though. Unlike these others, Dan’s got some amount of workout experience behind him. In the back of the pack we see some immediate struggling with knee pain. Knee pain is your body’s way of telling you to lose weight (it’s not a hint to take an elevator). Dan ends up finishing the mile first in 14:07. Then a bunch of other people who I don’t know who they are yet cross behind him. Mo needs oxygen after his run. Tracey, who had done well and was close the lead, all of a sudden collapses with about 100 yards to go. She says she’s fine, but her legs are jelly. With the assistance of the other contestants, she manages to finish the race. Once that task is accomplished, the paramedics surround her. She is not responding and has to be airlifted out of there.

When they arrive at the ranch, the others are informed that Tracey and Mo are doing fine. They will stay in the hospital as a precaution, but they will remain in the game.

Allen is a firefighter who’s worried that he may not be able to rescue someone some day because he’s not fit enough to get to them. Rudy was a lineman in college. After school, he kept eating but stopped working out. Rebecca weighed 235 pounds at age 14. Shay grew up in foster care. She doesn’t believe in giving up, but she’s never tried to work on herself either. Danny’s age 39. He made a promise to his girls that when he turned 40, he’d change his life, so here he is. Abby lost her husband and children in a car accident two and a half years ago. She doesn’t know what she wants to do, but today she did a mile.

Now it’s time to pick teams. People will select their partners based on challenge finish.

Orange Team
Daniel
Shay

Green Team
Allen
Abby

Pink Team
Amanda
Rebecca

Blue Team
Rudy
Dina

Red Team
Antoine
Sean

Brown Team
Liz
Danny

Black Team
Alexandra
Julio

That leaves the two remaining in the hospital as the last team.

Purple Team
Mo
Tracey

Time for the first weigh-in. Last season was the most shocking yet, but I don’t think the shocks are over.

Amanda: 250 pounds
Rebecca: 279 pounds
Pink Total: 529 pounds

Allen: 325 pounds
Abby: 247 pounds
Green Total: 572 pounds

Alexandra: 309 pounds
Julio: 407 pounds
Black Total: 716 pounds

Rudy: 442 pounds
Dina: 253 pounds
Blue Total: 695 pounds

Liz: 267 pounds
Danny: 430 pounds
Black Total: 697 pounds

Antoine: 367 pounds
Sean: 444 pounds
Red Total: 811 pounds

Daniel: 312 pounds
Shay: 476 pounds (heaviest person ever)
Orange Total: 788 pounds

So who are they training with? Both of them. This time, Bob and Jillian will be working together rather than against each other. This should be a nice change of pace from last season’s whining about how it’s unfair that someone had to change from Bob’s team.

The first workout leads to plenty of crying, vomiting, and falling on the floor. It’s not long before we hear the words “I can’t.” Jillian tells Shay to go ahead and quit, but Bob doesn’t want her to have that option. Regardless, she still can’t. Out the door she goes. Jillian wants to give her some space so that she doesn’t get any attention for being a quitter. She doesn’t have a day. Bob suggests 10 minutes. They compromise on half an hour as Shay sits outside crying. After some time outside, Shay decides to return back inside. Jillian tells her if she quits on her again, she goes home.

That night, Mo returns from the hospital, and he’s recovered from his symptoms of dehydration, low blood sugar, and low blood pressure. No word yet when his partner’s coming back from the hospital, but he’ll workout until she does.

The contestants make their way to see Dr. H for what’s going to be bad news. This season the hope is to use the information to set guidelines for future weight loss research. Sean doesn’t think he has diabetes… he is informed he’s wrong. He needs to get out of his denial that he has no medical problems. At his weight, that’s just not possible. Mo’s biological age is 69, compared to his actual age of 55. He doesn’t think this is right for someone who spends his life teaching people. Shay’s got 55% body fat and is at the point where her fat is flowing over into her lungs. Her biological age is 45, as compared with her chronological age of 29. Her mom died at 48 years old and was also morbidly obese.

Bob can tell this group’s got a lot of baggage, and their lives are fragmented because of it.

After the last chance workout, it’s time for the weigh-in. Only one member of the team that falls below the yellow line will be going home.

Daniel: 300 pounds (-12, 3.85%)
Shay: 459 pounds (-17, 3.57%)
Orange Total: 759 pounds (-29, 3.68%, immune)

Amanda: 244 pounds (-6, 2.40%)
Rebecca: 261 pounds (-18, 6.45%)
Pink Total: 505 pounds (-24, 4.54%)

Rudy: 414 pounds (-28, 6.33%)
Dina: 253 pounds (-8, 3.16%)
Blue Total: 659 pounds (-36, 5.18%)

Antoine: 349 pounds (-18 4.90%)
Sean: 422 pounds (-22, 4.95%)
Red Total: 771 pounds (-40, 4.93%)

Liz: 257 pounds (-10, 3.75%)
Danny: 406 pounds (-24, 5.58%)
Brown Total: 663 pounds (-34, 4.88%)

Allen: 306 pounds (-19, 5.85%)
Abby: 232 pounds (-15, 6.07%)
Green Total: 538 pounds (-34, 5.94%)

Alexandra: 296 pounds (-13, 4.21%)
Julio: 394 pounds (-13, 3.19%)
Black Total: 690 pounds (-26, 3.63%)

Mo: 336 pounds (-19, 5.35%)

With his weight loss, Coach Mo has managed to keep himself there and give Tracey another shot. The black team has fallen below the yellow line. Alexandra’s angry at her partner, but Julio is also upset at himself. To be fair, she was close to the back of the pack as well, though. Do they take out the threat, or is this the point of the game where they have mercy?

Votes
Purple: Alexandra
Pink: Julio
Red: Julio
Orange: Julio
Brown: Alexandra
Blue: Alexandra
Green: Alexandra

By a vote of 4-3, Alexandra has been voted out. Having been granted another chance, Julio needs to step it up and maybe stop with his falling down routine in the gym. Since returning home, Alexandra has lost 60 pounds, and she hopes to be able to motivate her family to do the same. She says she had a crush on somebody on the ranch but didn’t have the confidence to talk to him. We’ll have to stay tuned to find out who that somebody is.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser 8 Episode 2, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

The Biggest Loser is returning for season 8: Second Chances. The show will premiere on NBC on Tuesday September 15. The 16 contestants who will be competing for the grand prize are:

Abby Rike
35
Mabank, TX
Teacher

Alexandra White
20
Harrisburg, PA
College Student

Allen Smith
44
Columbus, IN
Firefighter/EMT

Amanda Arlauskas
19
Butler, NJ
Patient Care Technician

Antoine Dove
23
Dudley, NC
Health Insurance Agent

Daniel Wright
19
Willow Spring, NC
Student

Danny Cahill
39
Broken Arrow, OK
Land Surveyor/ Musician

Dina Mercado
28
Commerce, CA
Custodian

Julio Gomez
40
Algonquin, IL
Mortgage Loan Officer

Mozziz “Mo” Dewalt
56
Louisville, KY
Youth Mentor

Rebecca Meyer
25
Des Moines, IA
Student/Nanny

Rudy Pauls
31
Brooklyn, CT
Engineer

Sean Algaier
29
Tulsa, OK
Youth Pastor

Shauntina “Shay” Sorrells
30
Newport Beach, CA
Social Worker

Tracey Yukich
37
Allen, TX
Homemaker

Antoine Dove
Age: 23
Height: 6’0″
Hometown: Dudley, NC
Occupation: Health Insurance Agent

NBC Bio
Antoine is a very ambitious, personable and caring young man. Helping raise his younger brother has forced Antoine to grow up fast and become the leader he is today. Antoine’s father passed away from heart disease at the young age of 30 and Antoine is afraid he will share the same fate if he does not change his life now. Being raised by a single mother, Antoine took on the role of being man of the house and always tried to set a good example for his little brother.

Antoine struggles with developing a regimented gym schedule because he travels quite a bit for work. Now that he has slowly packed on the pounds year by year, Antoine knows he will not be able to provide for his mother and brother if he does not stay fit and healthy. Antoine plans on using the same determination and diligence he puts into his career at the ranch. He would love to get into shape to live a healthy lifestyle for himself and the rest of his family.

Amanda Arlauskas
Age: 19
Height: 5’6″
Hometown: Butler, NJ
Occupation: Patient Care Technician

NBC Bio
Amanda, the typical girl-next-door, is 19 years old and has been held back from every important milestone in her life because of her weight. She missed her prom because she did not want to wear a dress, has missed activities and vacations and is always being compared to her thinner friends. She is a good friend who is incredibly loyal and always looking after everyone else.

Amanda is going to school to become a Registered Nurse, and currently works at a local hospital as a patient care technician. She loves working and caring for all of her patients, but often time feels like a hypocrite as her outward appearance is in direct contrast with her career path in the health profession. Amanda wants to lose weight and become healthier, that way she can feel confident when promoting health to others.

Amanda is the only person in her family who is severely overweight. Ever since she was young, her food obsession has been her weakness and comfort. Her supportive aunt, who has terminal cancer, has made her realize that life is too short to be living it unhappy or unhealthy. She is now ready to change so she can find someone to share her life with. Amanda is a strong-willed teenager who is ready to start living a life she has never known. She is ready to begin her 20’s and begin really living.

Tracey Yukich
Age: 37
Height: 5’2″
Hometown: Allen, TX
Occupation: Homemaker

NBC Bio
A classic Southern belle, Tracey grew up by the coast of North Carolina. Always full of energy, she is the life of the room from the moment she walks in. You can usually find Tracey shuttling kids back and forth to school and sporting events like softball, basketball, baseball and gymnastics.

Tracey did not start gaining weight until pregnancy, going from 113 pounds to over 250 by the time she had her fourth child. A combination of unfiltered eating during each pregnancy, and her husband being deployed for long periods of time with the Marines led to a constant struggle with depression, which led to more eating. Food was a crutch for Tracey and she turned to it constantly. She would not eat in front of others and when she did, it was a meager salad.

Weight loss to Tracey is something she has on her brain when she goes to bed at night and when she wakes up in the morning. She wants to be able to run with her husband, who was a Marine, and not be completely out of breath. Tracey would like to take on the burden of providing for their family, and the prize money would be a great help to her husband’s business.

Shauntina “Shay” Sorrells
Age: 30
Height: 5’8″
Hometown: Newport Beach, CA
Occupation: Social Worker

NBC Bio
Shay grew up the youngest of three girls. She was in the foster care system from age five to 18. As far as Shay can remember, she has been overweight. In the last 10 years Shay has found that stress, emotions and learned eating habits have continued to increase her weight. Both of Shay’s older sisters are overweight, and nearly all of her extended family. Family celebrations were always centered around food. Meals at home included fried chicken, biscuits, jambalaya, gumbo, fried fish, macaroni and cheese, cakes, pies, cobblers and anything else filled with starch! At a young age, Shay was expected to learn to cook and help make these meals for the family. In the family it was considered an honor to cook well.

Shay is a social worker and is always willing to do what it takes to help a client find their motivation and strength. Currently Shay holds a 4.0 in her Master’s in Social Work program, which is full-time, meanwhile she works three part time jobs and holds down an internship. Lastly, Shay’s weight affects her career as she works with people for whom she is attempting to motivate, and her clients look to her as an example. Shay is eager to once and for all get into shape so she can live a long and healthy life with her husband and boys.

Sean Algaier
Age: 29
Height: 6’2″
Hometown: Tulsa, OK
Occupation: Youth Pastor

NBC Bio
As a father and a youth pastor, Sean feels like his mission on this planet is to encourage and inspire. He knows it will be pretty hard to do that if he dies at an early age because he just could not say no to a Twinkie. Even now, he finds it hard to find the energy to keep up with his own children and is worried he won’t be around to watch them grow up.

Sean’s issues with weight started at an early age. He was adopted at four years old and prior to that, bounced around from foster home to foster home. His adopted family, while loving and supportive, was often misguided in their attempts to keep him healthy and would use exercise as a punishment. Food ultimately became his comfort and ignited a battle he is still fighting today.

Sean also happens to be a talented musician and singer. He loves to write music and perform whenever possible, but has been held back by his weight. He’d love to get back in the spotlight and losing the weight would be the thing that could jump start his career again, enabling him to encourage and inspire on an even larger scale. With his family behind him, Sean is ready to take on any challenges he may face on the show and make the change.