The Biggest Loser Australia season 7

The Biggest Loser Australia season 7
Genre	Reality television, Game show
Created by	NBC and Network Ten
Developed by	Shine Australia
Presented by	Hayley Lewis
Starring	Michelle Bridges Shannan Ponton Steve Willis (The Commando) Tiffiny Hall
Opening theme	You Got The Love
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of episodes	37 (list of episodes)
Production
Production location	Camp Biggest Loser
Running time	60 minutes with ads
Original release
Network	Network Ten
Release	23 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 from the previous season (Michelle Bridges, Shannan Ponton, Steve Willis (The Commando) and Tiffiny Hall) returned with Hayley Lewis also returning as host. The season featured contestants competing as teams of four, as with the previous season, but 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.

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, until rebranded as "Singles" with an emphasis on 'romance'.

Production and filming on the season began on 14 November 2011.

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)

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
• 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	Black Player
Graham	Black Team			Boys	Black Team		Old Dogs	Black Player
Lisa	Red Team			Girls	Red Team		Old Dogs	Black Player
Lydia	Red Team			Girls	Red Team		Old Dogs	Black Player
Margie	Red Team			Girls	Red Team		Young Pups	Black Player
Kasey	White Team			Girls	White Team		Young Pups	Black Player
Michelle	White Team			Girls	White Team		Young Pups	Black Player
Simon	Black Team			Boys	Black Team		Old Dogs	Black Player
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	Singles Color	Status	Votes revealed when Eliminated
Selena Returned, via's Shane's Walk	White Team		Eliminated Week 1 Returned Week 2	3
James Under 30 Males	Blue Team		Left via Temptation	0
Shane Over 30 Males	Black Team		Eliminated Week 2	4
Brenda Over 30 Females	Red Team		Eliminated Week 3	4
Ryan Under 30 Males	Blue Team		Eliminated Week 4	4
Luke Under 30 Males	Blue Team		Expelled Week 5	0
Rebekah Under 30 Females	White Team		Eliminated Week 5	2
Hamish Under 30 Males	Blue Team		Eliminated Week 6	3
Selena Under 30 Females	White Team		Eliminated Week 7	2
Simon Over 30 Males	Black Team	Black Player	Eliminated Week 8
Alex Over 30 Males	Black Team	Black Player	Competing
Graham Over 30 Males	Black Team	Black Player	Competing
Lisa Over 30 Females	Red Team	Black Player	Competing
Lydia Over 30 Females	Red Team	Black Player	Competing
Margie Over 30 Females	Red Team	Black Player	Competing
Kasey Under 30 Females	White Team	Black Player	Competing
Michelle Under 30 Females	White Team	Black Player	Competing

Weigh-Ins

Contestant	Age	Starting BMI	Current BMI	Starting Weight	Week													Finale	Weight Lost	Percentage Lost
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Alex	50	61.6	45.1	161.6	150.9	146.0	143.2	139.2	131.6	129.3	123.3	118.3
Graham	36	55.6	43.4	209.3	198.0	193.2	188.8	184.7	177.9	173.0	166.9	163.2
Simon	40	63.4	49.1	164.3	154.4	151.2	147.3	143.9	136.5	135.3	128.9	127.2
Lisa	42	36.1	28.1	104.2	98.2	96.0	94.3	91.1	86.7	84.8	83.1	81.3
Lydia	34	52.1	37.9	141.9	131.6	127.2	124.1	122.3	115.7	111.7	106.6	103.3
Margie	34	52.0	39.5	159.1	150.7	145.6	141.7	136.3	129.7	126.8	121.8	121
Kasey	26	45.4	34.2	132.8	125.9	122.6	118.4	115.9	111.4	106.5	104.2	100.1
Michelle	24	39.1	28.5	110.4	102.4	100.4	97.5	93.8	91.3	86.4	85.8	80.5
Selena	21	56.6	45.6	163.5	158.7	156.5	149.5	145.4	138.5	135.8	131.9
Hamish	21	49.7	41.4	148.7	143.8	140.5	136.7	132.8	127.0	124.0
Rebekah	26	42.7	36.2	126.3	121.0	117.7	114.4	111.0	107.1
Luke	26	44.8	39.1	145.2	137.3	133.2	129.0	126.8	LEFT
Ryan	29	65.4	55.9	241.0	228.4	221.5	214.2	206.1
Brenda	40	40.8	36.6	120.8	113.1	110.4	108.3
Shane	38	47.1	43.3	164.8	154.7	151.3
James	22	38.2	35.4	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)

Notes

• In week 7, Selena weighed in 48 hours prior the the other contestants after her team lost a challenge. Her result was 3.9kg.

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	-6.4
Alex	-10.7	-4.9	-2.8	-4.0	-7.6	-2.3	-6.0
Graham	-11.3	-4.8	-4.4	-4.1	-6.8	-4.9	-6.1
Margie	-8.4	-5.1	-3.8	-5.4	-6.6	-2.9	-5.0
Lydia	-10.3	-4.4	-3.1	-1.8	-6.6	-4.0	-5.1
Lisa	-6.0	-2.2	-1.7	-3.2	-4.4	-1.9	-1.7
Michelle	-8.0	-2.0	-2.9	-3.7	-2.5	-4.9	-0.6
Kasey	-6.9	-3.3	-4.2	-2.5	-4.5	-4.9	-2.3
Selena	-4.8	-2.2	-7.0	-4.1	-6.9	-2.7	-3.9
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, but in the end, it was the black team who finished first.
• 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.
• Week 7 - Generation Balance - As part of the Old Dogs vs Young Pups week, the contestants competed as two teams. They were taken to an aquatic centre, above which were two narrow, wobbly balance beams. One at a time, team members had to cross their beam to a table, which had twenty items on it - ten from before 1982 and ten from after 1982. The first team to return their items to the start point won a huge advantage - the choice of which member of the opposing team would weigh-in then and there, and not get a last chance workout. After leading for the first six items, Margie's sabotage of the White Team allowed the Old Dogs to take the lead and win the challenge.
• Week 8 – 42km ultimate athlete - The contestants had to complete a 42km marathon over a series of elimination rounds. The winner would get a trophy, ikg advantage at weigh in and a phone call home. Round 1 was a 21km race on spin bikes, Kasey and Alex were eliminated. Round 2 was a 10km race on cross trainers, Simon and Graham came last and with Michelle afterwards collapsed of exhaustion. Then as Hayley was talking to the contestants, Simon collapsed again and was taken for medical treatment. The next round was a 6km rowing race, Lisa and Michelle were eliminated. The final round was between Margie and Lydia in a 5km race on the treadmills.
• Week 9 -
• Week 10 -
• Week 11 -
• Week 12 -
• Week 13 -

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 but still as teams at weigh in, 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 – Super Contest: As part of Old Dogs vs Young Pups week, the contestants competed in their two teams in a three round contest. For the first round, Lisa and Kasey fought in a round of knowledge, ordering ten foods from highest to lowest calories. After a few attempts, Lisa beat out Kasey to hand the first round to the Old Dogs. In the second round, Lydia and Michelle fought in a sit-up contest, with the quickest person to 100 sit ups winning the round. By around 90 seconds, this was Lydia. As the Old Dogs won the first two rounds, there was no need to take part in the final round - a game of skill.
• Week 8 – Endurance: This contest took part outside the arena. This is the first contest this series as individual players and no teams. In this contest, the contestants first ran a 400m track. Then the twist came in with hem putting the weight they lost so far and running the track again to reach their original time with the 4 closest going into the final round. In the final round was Michelle, Lisa, Graham and Simon with Lisa coming closest and winning the contest.
• 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."

• 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 - Simon: After the Old Dogs won the Contest, they nominated Simon to take the walk. He had the choice of Food, Training or a new option - The Secret. He picked The Secret, which allowed him and his team to nominate one person to find out The Secret. After a battle of Rock, Paper, Scissors, this was Lydia, and she was taken by Hayley to The Bunker, where she became the only contestant to know about it.
• Week 8 – Lisa: She was faced with the usual food, training and mystery boxes. She chose mystery, giving her the power to have 2 contestants strapped to each other until weigh in. She chose Alex and Graham. Graham didn't know this as he was taken by the commando. Alex refused to strap himself to Graham so Hayley told him that he will receive a 2kg disadvantage at the weigh in.
• Week 9:
• Week 10:
• Week 11:
• Week 12:
• 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 - Charm School: In this temptation, the contestants were the temptation themselves, and had to charm 24 strangers into selecting them as most charismatic. The team with the most votes were taken out for a five-star meal, and the individual who received the most votes won immunity. By a score of 13-11, the Young Pups won, and Michelle was the most charismatic, so she won immunity. At the meal, she was also surprised by a visit from Hamish.
• Week 8 – Sushi train: For refusing to be chained to graham, Alex was not allowed to compete for immunity. Today's temptation was similar to one from season 2. The train will start and reveal 25 plates of food ranging from 50 to 600 calories. Under 4 of them were prizes worth up to $5,000 and the last one is immunity. They had to pick up a plate and eat the dish before turning over to see if there was a prize below. If no one played then immunity would go to Michelle. In round 1, Margie, Lydia, Simon and Graham played with Simon winning a laptop. In round 2, Simon won a home gym. It was a fight between Margie and Graham for immunity. However, while Graham was eating Margie's sniggering upset simon and they argued. n the end, Margie won immunity.
• Week 9:
• Week 10:
• Week 11:
• Week 12:
• Week 13:

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.

• Week 7 - Selena: The Young pups lost the weigh in, however not like the other eliminations, all the team were up and only the young pups could vote anyone except for Michelle as she was immune.

• Week 8 - :

• Week 9 - :

• Week 10 - :

• Week 11 - :

• Week 12 - :

• Week 13 - :

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	Hamish	Selena
Simon	Hamish	X	X	X	X	X
Alex	X	X	X	X	X	X
Graham	X	X	X	X	X	X
Margie	Selena	?	X	Ryan	Rebekah	Hamish
Lydia	?	Shane	X	Ryan	?	Hamish
Lisa	Hamish	Shane	X	?	Rebekah	?
Michelle	X	X	Alex	Ryan	X	?
Kasey	X	X	Alex	?	X	Graham
Selena	X		?	?	X	Hamish
Hamish	X	Shane	Brenda	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.

Ratings

This season, ratings have dropped considerably low compared to other seasons, with viewers averaging 750,000, and having not being able to score about one million viewers.

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#	Episode	Original airdate	Timeslot	Viewers (millions)	Nightly rank
1	"Launch"	23 January 2012	Monday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.897	#11
2	"First Weigh-In"	24 January 2012	Tuesday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.825	#12
3	"Temptation"	25 January 2012	Wednesday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.759	#10
4	"Challenge"	26 January 2012	Thursday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.612	#15
5	"Weigh-In and Elimination"	30 January 2012	Monday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.698	#16
6	"Contest"	31 January 2012	Tuesday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.712	#12
7	"Temptation #2"	1 February 2012	Wednesday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.757	#10
8	"Challenge #2"	2 February 2012	Thursday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.734	#9
9	"Weigh-In and Elimination #2"	6 February 2012	Monday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.811	#12
10	"Contest #2"	7 February 2012	Tuesday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.697	#11
11	"Temptation #3"	8 February 2012	Wednesday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.718	#9
12	"Challenge #3"	9 February 2012	Thursday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.679	#11
13	"Weigh-In and Elimination #3"	13 February 2012	Monday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.776	#16
14	"Contest #3"	14 February 2012	Tuesday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.716	#15
15	"Temptation #4"	15 February 2012	Wednesday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.712	#11
16	"Challenge #4"	16 February 2012	Thursday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.710	#10
17	"Friday"	17 February 2012	Friday 7:00 pm–7:30 pm	0.607	#10
18	"Weigh-In and Elimination #4"	20 February 2012	Monday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.879	#13
19	"Contest #4"	21 February 2012	Tuesday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.656	#17
20	"Temptation #5"	22 February 2012	Wednesday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.666	#13
21	"Challenge #5"	23 February 2012	Thursday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.709	#9
22	"Friday #2"	24 February 2012	Friday 7:00 pm–7:30 pm	0.559	#12
23	"Weigh-In and Elimination #5"	27 February 2012	Monday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.945	#12
24	"Contest #5"	28 February 2012	Tuesday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.919	#9
25	"Temptation #6"	29 February 2012	Wednesday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.856	#9
26	"Challenge #6"	1 March 2012	Thursday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.804	#10
27	"Friday #3"	2 March 2012	Friday 7:00 pm–7:30 pm	0.582	#11
28	"Weigh-In and Elimination #6"	5 March 2012	Monday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.862	#13
29	"Contest #6"	6 March 2012	Tuesday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.864	#9
30	"Temptation #7"	7 March 2012	Wednesday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.849	#9
31	"Challenge #7"	8 March 2012	Thursday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.795	#9
32	"Friday #4"	9 March 2012	Friday 7:00 pm–7:30 pm	0.636	#11
33	"Weigh-In & Elimination #7"	12 March 2012	Monday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.942	#11
34	"Contest #7"	13 March 2012	Tuesday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.830	#10
35	"Temptation #8"	14 March 2012	Wednesday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.853	#9
36	"Challenge #8"	15 March 2012	Thursday 7:00 pm–8:00 pm	0.861	#8
37	"Friday #5"	16 March 2012	Friday 7:00 pm–7:30 pm