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Revision as of 01:23, 7 March 2012

The Biggest Loser Australia season 7
GenreReality television,
Game show
Created byNBC and Network Ten
Developed byShine Australia
Presented byHayley Lewis
StarringMichelle Bridges
Shannan Ponton
Steve Willis (The Commando)
Tiffiny Hall
Opening themeYou Got The Love
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes20 (list of episodes)
Production
Production locationCamp Biggest Loser
Running time60 minutes with ads
Original release
NetworkNetwork Ten
Release23 January 2012 –
present
Related
The Biggest Loser (US)

The Biggest Loser Australia: Singles (or The Biggest Loser: Australia Season 7) is the seventh season of the Australian version of the original NBC reality television series The Biggest Loser. All four trainers (Michelle Bridges, Shannan Ponton, Steve Willis (The Commando) and Tiffiny Hall) are confirmed to return[1] with Hayley Lewis confirmed to return as host. The season will feature, as with the previous season, contestants competing as teams of four, but this time split by age and gender, with Shannan training the under 30 males, The Commando the over 30 males, Tiffiny the under 30 females and Michelle the over 30 females. Heavy emphasis has been placed on the word 'Singles' in the title, with Network Ten confirming at their 2012 launch that 'romance' will play apart in this season.[2]

The season was announced during the Season 6 finale on 2 May 2011 and was confirmed at the Network TEN 2012 Program Launch on 17 August 2011, originally announced as a second "Families" installment.[3]

Production and filming on the season began on 14 November 2011. [4]

Host and personalities

Host: Hayley Lewis has returned for her third season as host.

Trainers: Shannan Ponton, Michelle Bridges, Steve Willis ("The Commando") and Tiffiny Hall all trained in the 2011 season have returned in this year(2012) [5]

Game variations

  • Singles: All contestants this season are single, and feel their weight has held them back from a love life.
  • Team Division: The contestants are divided into four teams of four by age and gender, with Shannan training the under 30 males, The Commando the over 30 males, Tiffiny the under 30 females and Michelle the over 30 females.
  • Four/Five Nights a Week: For the first three weeks, the show retains its four night a week schedule, but the nights changed to Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. However, from the fourth week onwards, a Friday night show was added, consisting of unseen footage and catch-ups with the latest eliminated contestant.
  • The Walk: The Walk returns from its two year break, and the power of the walk becomes the prize for winning the Contest.

Schedule

  • Monday: Conclusion of Major Challenge, Weigh In and Elimination
  • Tuesday: The Contest and the Walk[6]
  • Wednesday: Conclusion of The Walk and Temptation
  • Thursday: Conclusion of Temptation and Beginning of Major Challenge
  • Friday: Behind the scenes

Teams

Contestant Week
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Finale
Alex Black Team Boys Black Team Old Dogs
Graham Black Team Boys Black Team Old Dogs
Simon Black Team Boys Black Team Old Dogs
Lisa Red Team Girls Red Team Old Dogs
Lydia Red Team Girls Red Team Old Dogs
Margie Red Team Girls Red Team Young Pups
Kasey White Team Girls White Team Young Pups
Michelle White Team Girls White Team Young Pups
Selena White Team White Team Girls White Team Young Pups
Hamish Blue Team Boys Blue Team
Bek White Team Girls White Team
Luke Blue Team Boys Blue Team
Ryan Blue Team Boys
Brenda Red Team
Shane Black Team
James Blue Team


Contestants

There is slated to be four teams of four, totaling up to 16 contestants.

Contestants Original Team Status Votes revealed when Eliminated
Alex
Over 30 Males
Black Team Competing
Graham
Over 30 Males
Black Team Competing
Kasey
Under 30 Females
White Team Competing
Lisa
Over 30 Females
Red Team Competing
Lydia
Over 30 Females
Red Team Competing
Margie
Over 30 Females
Red Team Competing
Michelle
Under 30 Females
White Team Competing
Selena
Under 30 Females
White Team Competing
Simon
Over 30 Males
Black Team Competing
Hamish
Under 30 Males
Blue Team Eliminated Week 6 3
Rebekah
Under 30 Females
White Team Eliminated Week 5 2
Luke
Under 30 Males
Blue Team Expelled Week 5 0
Ryan
Under 30 Males
Blue Team Eliminated Week 4 4
Brenda
Over 30 Females
Red Team Eliminated Week 3 4
Shane
Over 30 Males
Black Team Eliminated Week 2 4
James
Under 30 Males
Blue Team Left Via Temptation 0
Selena
Returned, via's Shane's Walk
White Team Eliminated Week 1
Returned Week 2
3

Weigh-Ins

Contestant Age Starting
BMI
Ending
BMI
Starting
Weight
Week Finale Weight
Lost
Percentage
Lost
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Simon 40 63.4 164.3 154.4 151.2 147.3 143.9 136.5 135.3
Alex 50 61.6 161.6 150.9 146.0 143.2 139.2 131.6 129.3
Graham 36 55.6 209.3 198.0 193.2 188.8 184.7 177.9 173
Margie 34 52.0 159.1 150.7 145.6 141.7 136.3 129.7 126.8
Lydia 34 52.1 141.9 131.6 127.2 124.1 122.3 115.7 111.7
Lisa 42 36.1 104.2 98.2 96.0 94.3 91.1 86.7 84.8
Michelle 24 39.1 110.4 102.4 100.4 97.5 93.8 91.3 86.4
Kasey 26 45.4 132.8 125.9 122.6 118.4 115.9 111.4 106.5
Selena 21 56.6 163.5 158.7 156.5 149.5 145.4 138.5 135.8
Hamish 21 49.7 148.7 143.8 140.5 136.7 132.8 127.0 124
Rebekah 26 42.7 126.3 121.0 117.7 114.4 111.0 107.1
Luke 26 44.8 145.2 137.3 133.2 129.0 126.8 LEFT
Ryan 29 65.4 241.0 228.4 221.5 214.2 206.1
Brenda 40 40.8 120.8 113.1 110.4 108.3
Shane 38 47.1 164.8 154.7 151.3
James 22 38.2 136.3 126.4 LEFT
Contestants
  •   Below the Yellow Line
  •   Below the Yellow Line and Week's Biggest Loser
  •   The week's biggest loser
  •   The contestant returned to the competition
  •   Had immunity for the week
  •   LEFT - The contestant left the competition before a weigh-in (by choice or challenge or expulsion)
  •   Gained weight and below the yellow line
  •   Had immunity but lost it due to gaining weight, and below the yellow line
  •   Had immunity and the week's biggest loser
  •   Gained weight at the Surprise Immunity Weigh-In
  •   Won Immunity at the surprise Immunity Weigh-In
  •   Last Person Eliminated before finale
  •   Winner (among finalists)
  •   Winner (among eliminated)
BMIs
  •   Healthy Body Mass Index (less than 25.0 BMI)
  •   Overweight Body Mass Index (25.0 - 29.9 BMI)
  •   Obese Class I (30.0 - 34.9 BMI)
  •   Obese Class II Index (35.0 - 39.9 BMI)
  •   Obese Class III (40.0 or above)

Weight Loss 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 Finale
Simon -9.9 -3.2 -3.9 -3.4 -7.4 -1.2
Alex -10.7 -4.9 -2.8 -4.0 -7.6 -2.3
Graham -11.3 -4.8 -4.4 -4.1 -6.8 -4.9
Margie -8.4 -5.1 -3.8 -5.4 -6.6 -2.9
Lydia -10.3 -4.4 -3.1 -1.8 -6.6 -4.0
Lisa -6.0 -2.2 -1.7 -3.2 -4.4 -1.9
Michelle -8.0 -2.0 -2.9 -3.7 -2.5 -4.9
Kasey -6.9 -3.3 -4.2 -2.5 -4.5 -4.9
Selena -4.8 -2.2 -7.0 -4.1 -6.9 -2.7
Hamish -4.9 -3.3 -3.8 -3.9 -5.8 -3.0
Rebekah -5.3 -3.3 -3.3 -3.4 -3.9
Luke -7.9 -4.1 -4.2 -2.2
Ryan -12.6 -6.9 -7.3 -8.1
Brenda -7.7 -2.7 -2.1
Shane -10.1 -3.4
James -9.9

Major Challenges

  • Week 1 – Ferry Pull - In the first challenge, the teams were required to pull an 18 ton ferry 500m down a river using a row boat, at which point they had to unhook the ferry, turn round and row their way back to the start line. The first team to cross the finish line would get a 2kg advantage at the first weigh-in. Due to injury, Alex could not take part, so was replaced by the Commando. As a result, the other three teams were also given the opportunity to replace one of their team members with their trainer. The winners were the Black team, followed by Red, Blue and White.
  • Week 2 – Sheep herding - The teams went head-to-head in pairs to pen seven sheep each - young vs old. The winners of each heat went head-to-head in the final round. The winner of the final round won a 2kg advantage at the weigh-in. As the white team were three members, Ryan, Brenda and Alex from the Blue, Red and Black teams were required to sit out to give the challenge an even playing field. In the first heat, the red team whitewashed the white team, by a score of 6-0 by the twenty-minute time limit. Following two instances of runaway sheep in the second heat, the black team defeated the blue team by a score of 3-1, leaving the over-30s teams to battle for the advantage. In the final, the red team defeated the black team to win the advantage by a score of 7-3.
  • Week 3 – Valley Stampede - In a change from the previous challenges, There was no prize for coming first - it was all about not coming last. Two people from each team had to take part in a 2km obstacle course, filled with mud. Whichever team came last got a 2kg weight disadvantage at the weigh-in. Hamish and Luke, Lisa and Lydia, Simon and Graham and Bek and Kasey respectively were the pairs taking part. For the second time in two weeks, the red team won the challenge, closely followed by the white team. Both Hamish and Graham struggled for their teams, and the result will be revealed in the next episode.
  • Week 4 – Hell Hill - As part of Boys vs Girls week, the contestants competed in two teams. They had to climb 60m up a steep hill of sand as a team fifty times in a relay and collect a flag. Each person had to race at least once. The first team to fifty laps won a 2kg advantage at the weigh-in. After an initially close race, the girls' team were the winners by four laps, taking the 2kg advantage and a second win in a row against the boys.
  • Week 5 - Sand and Sea - The teams were faced with a challenge similar to Week 3's - there was no prize for the winners - it was all about not coming last. The four teams had to assign "diggers" and "paddlers", digging up kayaks and paddles which were buried in the sand. They then had to transport the kayaks and paddles 200m across the beach to the other side, where they had to paddle out to buoys which had the weight they had lost over the past four weeks attached to them. The team that came back to the start with the kayaks, paddles and weight lost last received a kilogram penalty for each team member, meaning that the blues faced a 2kg, the blacks and reds 3kg and the white team a 4kg penalty. As both blue team members had received immunity through the contest and temptation respectively, they were already safe at the forthcoming weigh-in. After Hamish uncovered a paddle, the black and white team members began uncovering a paddle and kayak respectively. However, the white team struggled with their communication, with Bek yelling at Selena whilst she was digging, highlighting a rift. The red team then finally began uncovering their kayak, and were the first team to completely get their kayak out of the sand after 75 minutes of digging. The rift between Selena and the rest of the white team deepened, to the point that Selena walked off just to be away from the team, leading to her being comforted by Hayley. The red team then became the first team to get their kayak and paddle to the other side of the beach, with the black team doing the same and being two minutes behind them. The red team quickly obtained their weights, and became the first team to finish with a time of around 2 hours, 15 minutes, followed closely by the black team. As Luke had a fractured metatarsal, he was ruled out of carrying the boat across the beach, leaving it to Hamish, which gave him a revelation. After three and a half hours, the blue team finished, giving the white team a 4kg disadvantage.
  • Week 6 – Quarry Run - As the white team were banished, they did not compete in this challenge . The teams were taken to a quarry where each team were given a pile of rocks. The teams were required to break the rocks down into smaller pieces using a sledgehammer, in order to put it into their two buckets and carry them up a steep hill. At the top of the hill, there were three baskets, one for each competing team. The aim was to fill a team's basket using the rocks. When the rocks reached the marked yellow line, the respective team is out and the last team standing wins. One person from each team competed in the challenge. As Hamish was the only member of the Blue Team, he ended up representing Blue. The Red Team had to choose who would compete for the Black Team and in turn, the Black Team had to choose who would compete for the Red Team, ending up in Graham competing for Black and Lisa for Red. At first, both the Red and Black Teams targeted Hamish, while his focus was on the Red basket. Throughout the challenge, tension started to build between Red and Black as Simon initially nominated Lisa in the beginning, targeting her lack of muscular strength, annoying Margie in the process. Hamish was the first to be out of the challenge, and the Red and Black teams now started to focus on each others baskets. Red fell behind as Lisa dropped a bucket into a basket letting Graham get ahead and ultimately leading to the Black Team's first challenge win since Week 1, and the Red Team's first loss since Week 1.
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The Contest

  • Week 1 - None: There was no walk or contest in the first week
  • Week 2 - Endurance: The teams each picked one champion for the Contest - Shane, Lydia, Luke and Michelle respectively. The contest would be a three-round elimination endurance test. In the first round, champions were required to hold a 3kg medicine ball above their heads - once one person dropped, the others moved on. After six minutes, this was Lydia. For the second round, the champions held plates with eggs on at arms length above pieces of tape - like in the first round, the first to drop (Michelle) was out. In the final round, Shane and Luke were required to hold two telephone directories using only the palms of their hands for as long as possible. After 22 minutes, Luke dropped his, leaving Shane as the first Contest winner.
  • Week 3 - None: Due to the public speaking mini-challenge, there was no walk or contest in the third week.
  • Week 4 - Super Contest: As part of Boys vs Girls week, the contestants competed as two teams, and chose a champion for each of the three disciplines - Strength, Speed and Endurance. The first team to win two rounds won the power of the Walk. In the first round, Strength, Ryan and Margie had to hold a 20kg bar on their shoulders whilst their chosen question answerers, Hamish and Lydia, answered nutrition-related questions. For each incorrect answer, 5kg was added to their bars. The first to drop lost the round. After 40kg was on his bar, Ryan decided to give up, handing the first round to the girls. For the second round, Luke and Michelle competed to race 10km on a spin bike. In a close race, it was Michelle who came out on top, winning the Contest and the power of the Walk for the girls.
  • Week 5 – Strength: This week the contest was held outside the arena. Hayley told the contestants that this was immunity week with not just immunity but a 24hr trip outside camp and there was 3 immunities up for grabs . The contestants were playing as individuals, they had to transport 1 tonne of bricks from one pallet to another 30 meters away. Throughout it was close between Margie and Luke but Luke won and got immunity and went home for 24hrs.
  • Week 6 – Endurance: The contest this week took place on the beach. The white team did not take part as they were banished to the bush for a week by the red team in the mini challenge. The contest was for one member of each team would had to stand on a pole in the water which was getting increasingly narrower in width. Hamish was the first to drop, after over two hours. After three and a half hours, Simon & Margie were required to stand on one leg. After some negotiations of a possible alliance between red and black so that Margie could get rid of Hamish, Simon fell first, giving Margie the power of the Walk.
  • Week 7 – Knowledge:
  • Week 8:
  • Week 9:
  • Week 10:
  • Week 11:
  • Week 12:
  • Week 13:

The Walk

The Walk returns as the prize for winning the weekly Contest, after a two-year break giving "one contestant the ability to totally spin the game on its head."[7]

  • Week 1 - None: There was no walk or contest in the first week
  • Week 2 - Shane: For winning the contest, Shane was given the opportunity to take the first walk. Faced with the choice of three boxes, each labelled "Food", "Mystery" or "Training", he picked "Mystery" revealing that an eliminated contestant will be brought back. As it was only Week 2, the only choice for this was Selena.
  • Week 3 - None: Due to the public speaking mini-challenge, there was no walk or contest in the third week.
  • Week 4 – Lydia: This week, teams were combined into two, boys and girls. For winning the contest, the girls decided to give Lydia the opportunity to take the walk. Faced with the choice of three boxes, Food, Training or Mystery, Lydia picked Food. It was revealed that Lydia had the option to choose a team to eat green or orange food for the week. Lydia decided to make the boys' team eating only orange food for the entire week.
  • Week 5 – None: There was no walk as it was immunity week, the walk was not up for grabs in the contest.
  • Week 6 - Margie: After Margie won the Endurance contest, she was given the same three options as in the previous two walks - Food, Training and Mystery. She picked Mystery, and revealed that it contained a card telling her to exclude one person's weight from their team's weigh-in total. As Hamish was a one man team, he was excluded from this which got Margie frustrated as wanted Hamish to get the power. She was not required to give a decision until the weigh-in.
  • Week 7:
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  • Week 13:

Temptations

  • Week 1 - Wheel of Temptation: The first temptation was a Wheel of Fortune-style wheel with 26 sections, each with either a number or the word "Immunity" on it. If a contestant spun and landed on one of the immunities, they would be the one to win immunity. If they landed on a number, they would have to eat a food with that number of calories. After increasing the number of immunity spaces a number of times, eventually to 13, and reducing the calorie spaces to a maximum of 350, no-one took the temptation, so no-one won immunity.
  • Week 2 - The Vault: Each person was left in a room dubbed "Food Heaven" - containing tempting foods from their past - for five minutes. The person who ate the most calories - with items ranging from 50 cal. upwards - won the temptation and $30,000 in gold bullion. Only two people played - Lisa ate a 70 cal. Freddo bar. However, that was not enough to beat James, who decided to take two colas, a 500 cal. cheese platter and some chocolate, totalling 960 calories. However, the money forms a part of the winner's prize fund and in order to take the money, he must leave the competition forever. If he does not take the money, his prize becomes immunity.
  • Week 3 - 12-Hour Lockdown: Each team was locked in their bedrooms for twelve hours, with their rooms being stocked with a great deal of their personal vices, including meat pies, sausage rolls and drinks. The team which consumed the highest amount of calories in twelve hours won the biggest prize in the Biggest Loser - team immunity. For the first time ever, the trainers got an insight into their teams using the means of The Bunker, which was introduced in the previous day's episode. After the twelve hours were up, the teams met to discover who had won. Neither the Black, White or Red teams decided to consume anything in the twelve hours, which left the Blue Team, who consumed a total of 2,745 calories, as the winners of team immunity.
  • Week 4 – Silver Spoon: This week, even though there was 2 teams, everyone was playing for themselves. Playing for Immunity and a nights stay with a contestant of their choice in a luxury cottage. Similar to temptations from other series, this time, the lounge was turned into a fine dining restaurant. In each round, 2 players will step up and will be served five star food made a famous chef. When Hayley rings a bell, the players have one minute to grab a silver spoon placed in the middle of the table if they wish. If they grab the spoon then they must eat the food and would stay at the table. If no one played then they would be eliminated and the next two would step up. After Lydia started off in the winners' seat, no-one decided to eat, keeping her there until Hamish was selected. Hamish chose to eat, and defeated three people by eating each meal put in front of him. The penultimate round was between Hamish and Ryan, and both men intended to play. However, Ryan was beaten to the spoon by Hamish, who won the round and, as neither he or Michelle ate, won the immunity and night away from camp, which he took Michelle on.
  • Week 5 – Chocolates: All the remaining contestants without immunity sat down at a table with boxes of chocolates at each chair. The game was the person to eat the most chocolates would win the final immunity and the final 24hr leave pass but they were blindfolded for the entire duration. Throughout the game, many players, played with wrappers to tease them to eat but it was Hamish who was the only one who ate and won the final immunity and the 24hr leave pass.
  • Week 6 – Aussie BBQ: The contestants were faced with six barbecues - four containing traditional Australian food, ranging from 150 cal. to 1000 cal. Under one was a $2000 new microsoft package consisting of a laptop and a mobile phone. Under the final one was immunity. On Hayley's mark, the contestants raced to claim a barbecue - if it contained food, it must be eaten. If no-one played, Hamish kept it as the last holder of immunity. Simon was the only one to play and select a barbecue. The first one he picked was an Australian Burger which contained 566 calories. He continued to play, and the next one he picked was the one that contained immunity, taking it from Hamish.
  • Week 7:
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Eliminations

  • Week 1 - Selena (3-2): At the elimination, it came down to Hamish from the Blue Team and Selena from the White Team. The Black and Red teams were offered the option following voting to save both and not eliminate anyone, but only if it was a unanimous vote. Both Alex and Graham from the Black team abstained, but everyone else chose to vote (though it is implied that everyone, with the exception of Margie, were going to vote on not sending anyone home). After Margie was the first to choose to vote (for Selena), and Lisa tied it by voting for Hamish and Brenda and Simon respectively continued the trend, Selena's third vote came from Shane. Because she had the lowest percentage of weight loss, there was no need for Lydia's vote to be revealed. After elimination, when the trainers returned, they all told Margie that they never gave up on anyone and the Commando told Margie should start learning the stories of other contestants.
  • Week 2 - Shane (4-2): After the Black and White teams fell below the yellow line, Shane and Michelle were put up for elimination. Unlike the previous week, the blue and red teams were required to vote this week. After Lydia, Ryan, Lisa and Luke had voted, the vote was left at 2-2. Brenda voted with the rest of her team and voted for Shane as she was closer to Michelle in the house. However, Hamish also voted for the same reason and voted for Shane, eliminating him. As a result of there already being a majority, Margie's vote was not revealed. After the reveal of The Bunker - a secret room where the trainers could spy on their teams - to the trainers, they were shocked to learn it was Shane who was put up by the Black team and eliminated, as he was the only physically fit member of his team.
  • Week 3 - Brenda (4–2) : For the first time, the red team were below the yellow line along with the black team. The difference was only 0.01% between the bottom two teams. All the members from the blue team decided to eliminate Brenda, stating that the red team are the biggest threat in the game. The white team voted to eliminate Alex, except for Bek who voted for Brenda. After elimination, it was revealed that there was a female alliance (red and white teams), which had broken down after Brenda's departure.
  • Week 4 - Ryan (4-0): After the boys lost the weigh-in, and with Hamish immune, the black team decided to put up Graham who had the lowest percentage weight loss, and initially Luke, who had the lowest for the blues. However, Ryan felt guilty that Luke would be up instead of him, and put himself up. Due to the perception that he did not work hard enough initially, he was then sent home unanimously.
  • Week 5 - Rebekah (2-0) : After the white (under 30s women) and Black teams (Over 30s men) fell below the yellow line, Graham was put up for the black team for the second week in a row and although Rebekah voted for Selena to be nominated, however Michelle; Kasey and Selena voted for Rebekah to nominate herself as they believed she could make it on the outside. After both Graham and Rebekah had begged to be saved, the decisions were made. Margie voted for Rebekah as "she can do it on the outside and Graham needs to loose more weight" and Lisa also voted for Rebekah for similar reasons, meaning that Lydia and Hamish didn't need to reveal their votes.
  • Week 6 - Hamish (3-1) : After falling 400g short of being above the yellow line, Hamish as the final blue team member was immediately put up for elimination. The black team put Graham up for the third week in a row, as Simon was immune and Alex had a lower weight percentage than Hamish and they expected that it would be a hung vote, with red voting for Hamish and white voting black. After both Hamish and Graham stated the reasons why they should stay, it was time to vote. Kasey predictably voted for Graham, and Lydia voted for Hamish. Selena brought the axe down on Hamish, voting for him saying Graham needed it more than Hamish. After a heartfelt goodbye, Hamish left Camp forever. This also meant that Shannan was gone due to having no members from his team.
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Contestant Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13
Eliminated Selena Shane Brenda Ryan Rebekah
Simon Hamish X X X X
Alex X X X X X
Graham X X X X X
Hamish X Shane Brenda X ?
Margie Selena ? X Ryan Rebekah
Lydia ? Shane X Ryan ?
Lisa Hamish Shane X ? Rebekah
Michelle X X Alex Ryan X
Kasey X X Alex ? X
Selena X ? ? X
Rebekah X X Brenda Ryan X
Luke X Michelle Brenda X
Ryan X Michelle Brenda X
Brenda Selena Shane X
Shane Selena X
James X
     Immunity
 X  Immunity, not allowed to vote
 X  Below yellow line, not allowed to vote
 ?  Vote not revealed (Hidden vote)
 X  Abstained from vote
     Returned to the competition
     Eliminated or not in house
     Valid vote cast
     Winner ($250,000)

Controversy

Originally, there was controversy that they had made a series with part of the focus being on fixing up some couples together. There was also controversy after James, a 22 year-old who works at a service station, took $30 000 over his position in the game and immunity. James explained it was due mainly, if not solely, to financial issues. However, the majority of controversy has been from an explusion from the camp. After Week 5's challenge, the contestants decided to have a party outside their bedrooms in the sleeping area when Luke (under 30s male) supplied alcohol for the other contestants. After he had drunk a lot, he began to become rowdy and stumbling around and slurring his speech. As a result of his behaviour, Shannan, his trainer, sent him home to see professional help. Luke is allowed to return for the finale, but is ineligible to win the end money or prize and is also not able to win the eliminated contestants award, leaving 20 year old Hamish as the last remaining blue team member[8].

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1 "Launch" 23 January 2012 Monday 7:00 pm8:00 pm 0.897[9] #11[9]
2 "First Weigh-In" 24 January 2012 Tuesday 7:00 pm8:00 pm 0.825[10] #12[10]
3 "Temptation" 25 January 2012 Wednesday 7:00 pm8:00 pm 0.759[11] #10[11]
4 "Challenge" 26 January 2012 Thursday 7:00 pm8:00 pm 0.612[12] #15[12]
5 "Weigh-In and Elimination" 30 January 2012 Monday 7:00 pm8:00 pm 0.698[13] #16[13]
6 "Contest" 31 January 2012 Tuesday 7:00 pm8:00 pm 0.712[14] #12[14]
7 "Temptation #2" 1 February 2012 Wednesday 7:00 pm8:00 pm 0.757[15] #10[15]
8 "Challenge #2" 2 February 2012 Thursday 7:00 pm8:00 pm 0.734[16] #9[16]
9 "Weigh-In and Elimination #2" 6 February 2012 Monday 7:00 pm8:00 pm 0.811[17] #12[17]
10 "Contest #2" 7 February 2012 Tuesday 7:00 pm8:00 pm 0.697[18] #11[18]
11 "Temptation #3" 8 February 2012 Wednesday 7:00 pm8:00 pm 0.718[19] #9[19]
12 "Challenge #3" 9 February 2012 Thursday 7:00 pm8:00 pm 0.679[20] #11[20]
13 "Weigh-In and Elimination #3" 13 February 2012 Monday 7:00 pm8:00 pm 0.776[21] #16[21]
14 "Contest #3" 14 February 2012 Tuesday 7:00 pm8:00 pm 0.716[22] #15[22]
15 "Temptation #4" 15 February 2012 Wednesday 7:00 pm8:00 pm 0.712[23] #11[23]
16 "Challenge #4" 16 February 2012 Thursday 7:00 pm8:00 pm 0.710[24] #10[24]
17 "Weigh-In and Elimination #4" 20 February 2012 Monday 7:00 pm8:00 pm 0.879[25] #13[25]
18 "Contest #4" 21 February 2012 Tuesday 7:00 pm8:00 pm 0.656[26] #17[26]
19 "Temptation #5" 22 February 2012 Wednesday 7:00 pm8:00 pm 0.666[27] #13[27]
20 "Challenge #5" 23 February 2012 Thursday 7:00 pm8:00 pm 0.709[28] #9[28]
21 "Weigh-In and Elimination #5" 27 February 2012 Monday 7:00 pm8:00 pm 0.945[29] #12[29]
22 "Contest #5" 28 February 2012 Tuesday 7:00 pm8:00 pm 0.919[30] #9[30]
23 "Temptation #6" 29 February 2012 Wednesday 7:00 pm8:00 pm 0.856[31] #9[31]
24 "Challenge #6" 1 March 2012 Thursday 7:00 pm8:00 pm 0.804[32] #10[32]

References

  1. ^ (11 January 2012) http://thebiggestloser.com.au/biggest-loser-singles-the-fitness-fight-begins-23-january.htm URL Accessed 11 January 2012
  2. ^ Network Ten, August 17 2011, Ten 2012 press release, media release, pp.3, Accessed 11 September 2011
  3. ^ (August 17, 2011) http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/08/ten-2012-programming-launch.html URL Accessed 11 September 2011
  4. ^ http://www.tvcentral.com.au/2011/11/14/the-biggest-loser-australia-season-7-begins-production/
  5. ^ (11 January 2012) http://thebiggestloser.com.au/biggest-loser-singles-the-fitness-fight-begins-23-january.htm URL Accessed 11 January 2012
  6. ^ On TV Guide Planner and TV Guide spread out guide mag it says that Tuesday airs "The Contest"
  7. ^ The Biggest Loser website, What Lies in Weight in The Biggest Loser Singles?, Accessed 18 January 2012
  8. ^ www.thebiggestloser.com.au
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