The Biggest Loser season 13

The Biggest Loser season 13
Genre	Reality TV
Created by	Dave Broom
Presented by	Alison Sweeney
Starring	Bob Harper Dolvett Quince
Narrated by	Alison Sweeney
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	120 minutes
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	January 3, 2012

The Biggest Loser: No Excuses is the thirteenth season of the NBC reality television series entitled The Biggest Loser. The contestants compete to win a $250,000 prize, which is awarded to the contestant with the highest percentage of weight loss. It premieres on January 3, 2012. Alongside veteran trainer Bob Harper, Dolvett Quince returns for his second season. The contestants come to the ranch in pairs, but are split up with one person training with Bob and one with Dolvett and the teams competing against each other and their loved ones in challenges.

Contestants

Name	Couples Team	Black Vs.Red 1 (Week 1 - 7)	Black vs Red 2 (Week 8 - Week 20)	Status	Total Votes
Ben Shuh, 34, Howell, MI	Brown Team	Black Team		Eliminated Week 1	5/9
Mike Messina, 41, Oakland, CA	Blue Team	Red Team		Eliminated Week 2	5/9
Joe Messina, 38, Auburn, NY	Blue Team	Black Team		Quit Week 3
Lauren Lee, 26, Poolesville, MD	Yellow Team	Red Team		Eliminated Week 3	4/8
Gail Lee, 57, Poolesville, MD	Yellow Team	Black Team		Eliminated Week 4	4/7
Nancy Rajala, 63, Fowlerville, MI	Orange Team	Red Team		Eliminated Week 5	6/8
Adrian Dortch, 34, Evanston, IL	Aqua Team	Red Team		Sent Home Week 1 Eliminated Week 6	4/7
Roy Pickler, 63, Middlebury, IN	Red Team	Red Team		Eliminated Week 7	4/6
Daphne Dortch, 37, Evanston, IL	Aqua Team	Black Team	Black Team	Sent Home Week 1 Eliminated Week 8	4/7
Megan Stone, 21, Dittmer, MO	Purple Team	Black Team	Black Team
Cassandra Sturos, 25, Fowlerville, MI	Orange Team	Black Team	Black Team
Isaac "Chism" Cornelison, 19, Magnolia, TX	Gray Team	Black Team	Black Team
Chris Pickler', 42, Middlebury, IN	Red Team	Black Team	Black Team
Emily Joy, 29, Huntersville, NC	Pink Team	Black Team	Black Team
Conda Britt, 24, Rockford, MI	Green Team	Red Team	Black Team
Jeremy Britt, 22, Rockford, MI	Green Team	Black Team	Red Team
Kim Neilson, 38, Roswell, GA	Pink Team	Red Team	Red Team
Kim "Kimmy" Stone, 48, Dittmer, MO	Purple Team	Red Team	Red Team
Mark Cornelison, 43, Magnolia, TX	Gray Team	Red Team	Red Team
Allen "Buddy" Shuh, 42, Wayne, MI	Brown Team	Red Team	Red Team

The "Total Votes" column indicates the number of votes cast against the contestant when he/she was eliminated.
^[Auto] This contestant was automatically eliminated being the last one standing on their trainer's team without any votes.
^[R] This contestant fell below the Red Line and was eliminated without any votes.

Weigh-Ins

Contestants are listed in reverse chronological order of elimination.

Contestant	Age	Height	Starting BMI	Ending BMI	Starting Weight	Week																					Weight Lost	Percentage Lost
						1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Finale
Cassandra	25	5'4"	41.0	30.0	239	225	220	212	206	200	195	189	188	175
Kim	29	5'7"	39.5	29.1	252	239	236	230	220	215	209	200	193	186
Mark	43	6'0"	39.5	29.2	291	282	274	266	255	251	244	234	226	215
Buddy	42	6'0"	54.7	39.9	403	381	372	363	353	345	336	329	317	294
Jeremy	22	5'8"	59.1	43.9	389	376	369	358	347	338	326	320	309	289
Chism	19	5'11"	50.3	39.3	361	349	341	332	320	318	305	298	293	282
Emily	29	5'5"	43.9	33.1	264	254	250	244	235	230	223	218	216	199
Conda	24	5'5"	48.9	38.4	294	285	278	275	265	263	255	245	246	231
Christine	42	5'3"	42.5	32.8	240	232	226	222	215	211	206	201	196	185
Kimmy	48	5'4"	37.6	29.0	219	210	206	203	197	193	188	184	179	169
Megan	21	5'5"	43.1	34.1	259	252	248	240	238	229	223	219	217	205
Daphne	37	5'4"	46.5	38.8	271	X	X	X	245	244	236	224	226
Roy	63	6'0"	41.5	34.2	306	292	287	278	272	268	261	252
Adrian	34	5'11"	51.6	45.3	370	X	X	X	336	334	325
Nancy	63	5'3"	38.4	34.7	217	212	207	205	200	196
Gail	57	5'10"	46.2	42.6	322	313	308	302	297
Lauren	26	5'5"	40.9	38.3	246	237	233	230
Joe	38	5'9"	52.7	49.3	357	342	334	X
Mike	41	6'2"	46.0	43.3	358	345	338
Ben	34	5'10"	56.8	54.7	396	381

Standings

  Week's Biggest Loser (Team or Individuals)

  Week's Biggest Loser & Immunity

  Immunity (Challenge or Weigh-In)

  Last person eliminated before the finale

  Results from At-Home players

  Contestant withdrew before weigh-in

BMI

  Underweight (less than 18.5 BMI)

  Normal (18.5 – 24.9 BMI)

  Overweight (25 – 29.9 BMI)

  Obese Class I (30 – 34.9 BMI)

  Obese Class II (35 – 39.9 BMI)

  Obese Class III (greater than 40 BMI)

Winners

  $250,000 Winner (among the finalists)

  $100,000 Winner (among the eliminated contestants)

Weigh-In Difference History

Contestant	Week
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Final
Cassandra	-14	-5	-8	-6	-6	-5	-6	-1
Kim	-13	-3	-6	-10	-5	-6	-9	-7	-7
Mark	-9	-8	-8	-11	-4	-7	-10	-8	-11
Buddy	-22	-9	-9	-10	-8	-9	-7	-12	-23
Jeremy	-13	-7	-11	-11	-9	-12	-6	-11	-20
Chism	-12	-8	-9	-12	-2	-13	-7	-5
Emily	-10	-4	-6	-9	-5	-7	-5	-2
Conda	-9	-7	-3	-10	-2	-8	-10	+1	-14
Christine	-8	-6	-4	-7	-4	-5	-5	-5
Kimmy	-9	-4	-3	-6	-4	-5	-4	-5	-10
Megan	-7	-4	-8	-2	-9	-6	-4	-2
Daphne	-26				-1	-8	-12	+2
Roy	-14	-5	-9	-6	-4	-7	-9
Adrian	-34				-2	-9
Nancy	-5	-5	-2	-5	-4
Gail	-9	-5	-6	-5
Lauren	-9	-4	-3
Joe	-15	-8	X
Mike	-13	-7
Ben	-15

Notes

Weigh-In Percentages History

Contestant	Week
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Finale
Cassandra	-5.86%	-2.22%	-3.64%	-2.83%	-2.91%	-2.50%	-3.17%	-0.53%
Kim	-5.16%	-1.26%	-2.54%	-4.35%	-2.27%	-2.79%	-4.31%	-3.50%
Mark	-3.09%	-2.84%	-2.92%	-4.14%	-1.57%	-2.79%	-4.10%	-3.42%
Buddy	-5.46%	-2.36%	-2.42%	-2.75%	-2.27%	-2.61%	-2.08%	-3.65%
Jeremy	-3.34%	-1.86%	-2.98%	-3.07%	-2.59%	-3.68%	-1.84%	-3.44%
Chism	-3.32%	-2.29%	-2.64%	-3.61%	-0.63%	-4.09%	-2.30%	-1.68%
Emily	-3.79%	-1.57%	-2.40%	-3.69%	-2.13%	-3.04%	-2.24%	-0.92%
Conda	-3.06%	-2.46%	-1.08%	-3.64%	-0.75%	-3.04%	-3.92%	+0.41%
Christine	-3.33%	-2.59%	-1.77%	-3.15%	-1.86%	-2.37%	-2.43%	-2.49%
Kimmy	-4.11%	-1.90%	-1.46%	-2.96%	-2.03%	-2.59%	-2.13%	-2.72%
Megan	-2.70%	-1.59%	-3.23%	-0.83%	-3.78%	-2.62%	-1.79%	-0.91%
Daphne	-9.59%				-0.41%	-3.28%	-5.08%	+0.89%
Roy	-4.58%	-1.71%	-3.14%	-2.16%	-1.47%	-2.61%	-3.45%
Adrian	-9.19%				-0.60%	-2.69%
Nancy	-2.30%	-2.36%	-0.97%	-2.44%	-2.00%
Gail	-2.80%	-1.60%	-1.95%	-1.66%
Lauren	-3.66%	-1.69%	-1.29%
Joe	-4.20%	-2.34%	X
Mike	-3.63%	-2.03%
Ben	-3.79%

Notes

Leaderboard

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Contestant	Age	Height	Start BMI	Start Weight	Recent BMI	Recent Weight	Lbs	Percent

Elimination Voting History

Contestant	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Final
Eliminated	Ben	Mike	Joe, Lauren	Gail	Nancy	Adrian	Roy	Daphne	Chism
Cassandra	?	X	X	Gail	X	X	X	Daphne
Kim	X	Mike	Nancy	X	Nancy	Adrian	Roy	X
Mark	X	?	Lauren	X	Nancy	Adrian	Roy	X
Buddy	X	?	Lauren	X	Nancy	Adrian	?	X
Jeremy	?	X	X	Christine	X	X	X	X
Chism	Ben	X	X	Christine	X	X	X	?
Emily	Ben	X	X	Gail	X	X	X	Daphne
Conda	X	Mike	Lauren	X	Nancy	Adrian	Roy	Daphne
Christine	?	X	X	Gail	X	X	X	Chism
Kimmy	X	Mike	Lauren	X	Nancy	?	Roy	X
Megan	Ben	X	X	Gail	X	X	X	Daphne
Daphne	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	Conda	Eliminated Week 8
Roy	X	Mike	Nancy	X	Nancy	Mark	Kimmy	Eliminated Week 7
Adrian	X	X	X	X	Mark	Mark	Eliminated Week 6
Nancy	X	Mike	Kim	X	Mark	Eliminated Week 5
Gail	Ben	X	X	Christine	Eliminated Week 4
Lauren	X	?	Nancy	Eliminated Week 3
Joe	Ben	X	X	Quit Week 3
Mike	X	Conda	Eliminated Week 2
Ben	?	Eliminated Week 1

 X  Not in house for vote

     Immunity

 ?  Immunity, vote not revealed

 X  Immunity, was below yellow line or not in elimination, unable to vote

 X  Below yellow line or up for elimination, unable to vote

 X  Below red line or last player on a trainer's team, automatically eliminated

 X  Not in elimination, unable to vote

 X  This player quit the competition.

     Eliminated or not in house

     Last person eliminated (at the finale) via public voting

     Valid vote cast

 ?  Vote not revealed or unknown

     $250,000 winner (among the finalists)

 X  Below yellow line, America's vote.

Weekly Summaries

Week 1

First aired January 3, 2012
Ten Couples arrived to the Biggest Loser Ranch. However, One team will be sent home. To determine who would be eliminated, the contestants competed in a three-round competition. The first round was to run a 40 meters to the finish line. The first four teams to cross the line were given a spot on campus. The remaining six competed in the second round. The Second round teams had to complete a puzzle. Once they finished the puzzle, they ran 40 meter-dash to the finish line. The first four teams to complete the puzzle and run to the finish line were given a spot on campus. The final two teams competed in a endurance based challenge. The Pink team won the challenge and were given a spot on campus. The Aqua team got sent home with a twist. If the Aqua team can lose 50 pounds in one month, they will be able to return to campus. On campus, Alison said that this season the players will be playing against their partners. The Red team won the weigh in with 3.98 percent of their total weight loss. The black is up for elimination. Cassandra has the highest loss of the black team so she gets immunity. Ben requested to go home and the black team accepted his wish. With 5 of 9 votes cast, he is sent home. In the contestant catch-up segment, Ben has lost 50 pounds and wants to lose 150 pounds by the finale.

Week 2

First aired January 10, 2012
The teams will bet how much their team can lose. The red team made the bet of 3.8%(94 pounds). Many contestants, plus Bob and Dolvett, think that Kim and Kimmy were not thinking and that what they did was crazy, as during a typical second week on campus the contestants only lose an average of 2%. If the red team comes up short, the black team will win a 5 pound advantage. The teams competed in their first challenge. The red had to bench Nancy due to having one more member than the black team. The teams have to spin around to obtain the puzzle pieces. The black team barely won the challenge, with red team losing by a second too late. The black team won a six month Biggest Loser meal plan. At the weigh in the red team only lost 52 pounds so the black team gets the 5 pound advantage. Had the red team made the bet wisely, they could have won the weigh in with the 5 pound advantage. Chris had the highest weight loss on the winner team, and she chose to save Roy. At the elimination table, Mike is voted out with five votes. At the catch up segment, he had lost 56 pounds. By the finale, he wants to lose 120 pounds and be nicotine free.

Week 3

First aired January 17, 2012

The week's theme is Face-off--players will be paired with someone on the other team, and whoever loses more weight of the pair wins a point for their team. The team with the most points wins. This is done in association with a temptation challenge: whichever team eats the most calories of Chinese food in 5 minutes gets to pick the pairs, and gets a 2 pound advantage. The Red Team eats nothing, deciding it would be like an alcoholic taking a drink. The Black Team eats 2 fortune cookies, so they win. Meanwhile, Joe misses his family. Jeremy provides great advice telling Joe that his two and four year old kids won't remember their dad being gone, but they will remember him being skinny when they are older. Ultimately, Joe decides to go home in the middle of the week, to everyone's disappointment. Bob calls him and yells at him, but to no avail. Because he has left, he automatically loses his weigh-in with his partner (Nancy).

At the gym, drama erupts as players informally compete, at Dolvett's instigation, in small challenges, with their weigh-in partner. Conda accuses Cassandra of cheating in their competition, though the video and witnesses pick up nothing amiss. The reward challenge involves a windmill with buckets that need to be filled, with water that is used to melt ice and get to a cylinder with the reward in it. The Red Team wins and gets video chats with their families. Some give up their prize to other people, though. After the chats, there is an update from the Aqua team, who are a week away from being able to try and earn their chance to get back on the ranch! Bob surprises Adrian and Daphne and takes them to Planet Fitness to work them out hard. After Joe withdrew, Bob notes how strongly the Aqua team wants to earn a spot on the ranch. Dolvett arranges a rematch between Conda and Cassandra, which Cassandra again wins. At the weigh in, the Black Team wins for the second week in a row. The drama between Conda and Cassandra continues at the weigh-in, with Cassandra becoming the Biggest Loser overall in the house, while Conda's losses are disappointing. Dolvett criticizes Conda's work ethic and dedication. At the elimination, Lauren is voted off, with those who voted for her saying that she'll do well at home. At home, Lauren has lost 53 pounds and runs a half-marathon.

Week 4

First aired January 24, 2012
60 minute episode

Buddy has left The Biggest Loser - but only temporarily! His wife is expecting and he'll head home to be with her but he'll have to return for the weigh-in and his weight WILL count. No excuses. And speaking of no excuses, whichever team loses tonight's challenge will lose the gym for a week. The challenge is an obstacle course with several series of doors labeled A and B. Before going through a door, they must answer a question about health and nutrition, then ram through the door that has the correct answer.It was an easy win for the red team, since their opponents got every single question wrong. Oh, Bob is not going to be happy about that.The aqua team is just one week away from weighing in at the ranch, so Dolvett pays them a visit to check their progress and give them a workout. Chris is having a tough time following her loss at the challenge. She won't let cameras around and locks herself in the bathroom, crying and swearing to Roy and saying she wants to go home. She gets no sympathy from Conda but did you expect anything else? Bob is called in and talks her down off the ledge. Turns out she just doesn't wanna open up.Whether they have the gym or not, it seems many people aren't in the mood for burning calories tonight. Gail cries to Bob and Nancy shoots Dolvett an attitude while he tries to coach her on the treadmill. Conda is so difficult to work with that Dolvett sends her right out of the gym! So Conda ends up being the big surprise of the night and the red team wins, despite a fantastic showing from the black team. With a tie between Gail and Chris, Emily casts the deciding vote to send Gail home. Here's hoping she can successfully continue her weight loss journey at home. So far, so good. She's lost 56 pounds to date!

Week 5

First aired January 31, 2012

The Aqua team had a chance to get back on campus, they had to lose 50 lbs or more as a team, and they lost 60 lbs as a team.They were back in the competition, and had immunity, as long as neither one gained weight. The challenge involved two members of each team retrieving a medicine ball to throw it off a trampoline and then have their teammates catch it. One the ball was caught the four players had to carry the ball and put it in the net. If the ball lands on the ground the point doesn't count. The purple ball counts as one point, yellow for two, and blue for four. The first team to earn 100 points wins the challenge. The winning team gets to pick one person from each team to have their weight not count.The Red Team wins the challenge. There is conflict between the members of the red team. This conflict is evident throughout the entire episode. During the weigh in, the numbers are not impressive. The red team eventually lose, and decides to send Nancy home. Nancy is one of the oldest members in the game. Once Nancy got home, she weighed 178 pounds. She hopes to rap about how good she looks at the finale, and plans to win the at-home prize.

Week 6

First aired February 7, 2012

Week 7

First Aired February 14, 2012

Alison informed the contestants that one person from each team would have to go home for a week and only their weight would count towards the team's total percentage of weight lost. She then told them that the person going home would be taking their trainer with them. Dolvett chose Conda to return home for the week. Bob chose Daphne to return home for the week, thinking that she has something to prove for her team. Back at the ranch, Kim once again leads her team without Dolvett, while Bob's team seems a bit unfocused, and they comment on how it doesn't feel right without him. The challenge for the week was the teams would have to squeeze every person on their team underneath a log by digging through sand. The winning team would get letters from home and a 1 lb advantage for the person at home. The Red Team wins.

Later, it shows Dolvett and Conda doing their last chance workout. They go to her old high school for the last chance workout, because high school was when her dad left her and she started having problems. Bob and Daphne's last chance workout is the Willis Tower in Chicago, at 1,450 feet and 103 floors. Bob wants her to finish under 1 hour and uses the Black Team's letters of encouragement to help her. She finishes in 58:14. At the ranch, Alison informs the teams that whichever team wins the weigh-in gives their at-home teammate another 1 lb advantage. The Black Team's numbers are just so-so, except for Cassandra who loses six pounds, putting her at an even 50 pounds lost. The Red Team's numbers are much better, with Kim losing nine pounds and putting her at an even 200 pounds. Mark also loses ten pounds, giving Conda a two pound advantage against Daphne. Daphne weighs in first and loses a whopping twelve pounds. Conda needs to lose more than ten to win, and she loses ten even, giving the Black Team their third win in a row. The red team decides to send Roy home, as he seemed fizzled out at the workouts.

Week 8

First Aired February 21, 2012
The week begun with Buddy's birthday and a temptation, with whoever eating the most total calories winning a special solo power. This solo power lets the winner switch the teams to their liking. Daphne ate the most calories and switched only two people: Jeremy from Black to Red Team; Conda from Red to Black Team. Tension heated quickly back to the Daphne-Conda rivalry that begun Week 7 after the team switch. Daphne decided not to reveal that she was the recipient of the power, therefore speculations arose between the contestants. Later that week was their first reward challenge after the team switch. Teams had to maneuver 3x3 blocks to make The Biggest Loser logo. One person in each team were allowed to guide their fellow teammates using a bird's eye view monitor. The red team triumphed quickly, winning themselves a two week stay at The Biggest Loser Resort. The tension of the anonymous team switcher became more dramatic as the week wrapped up. Daphne's unusual behavior led everyone's speculation onto her. She later confirmed this to the Black Team to avoid any further drama, but everyone especially Conda did not get over it. At the weigh-in, the Black Team made a fabricated plan to purposely lose the weigh-in and succeeded, giving the Red Team a big leading win for the week. Knowing for a long time by their perception that Daphne is a disgrace to their team, everyone in the Black Team except for Chris (as a loyalty vote) voted Daphne to be sent home.To date, Daphne has lost 71 pounds.

Week 9

First Aired February 28, 2012

The contestants go home for 18 days.

Week 10

First Aired March 6, 2012

Ratings

The first episode of the season grabbed a 2.4 Adults 18-49 Rating. It is a rating success for struggling NBC. It is currently NBC's second highest rated show, behind The Office (U.S. TV series) (Excluding Sunday Night Football).

The following is a table showing ratings for this season.

External links

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