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 – May 22, 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 - 10)	Singles Team (Week 11 - 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	[E1]
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
Isaac "Chism" Cornelison, 19, Magnolia, TX	Gray Team	Black Team	Black Team		Eliminated Week 9	[E2]
Cassandra Sturos, 25, Fowlerville, MI	Orange Team	Black Team	Black Team		Eliminated Week 10	3/5
Emily Joy, 29, Huntersville, NC	Pink Team	Black Team	Black Team	Pink Team	Eliminated Week 11	5/8
Megan Stone, 21, Dittmer, MO	Purple Team	Black Team	Black Team	Purple Team
Conda Britt, 24, Rockford, MI	Green Team	Red Team	Black Team	Green Team
Kim "Kimmy" Stone, 48, Dittmer, MO	Purple Team	Red Team	Red Team	Purple Team
Christine "Chris" Pickler, 42, Middlebury, IN	Red Team	Black Team	Black Team	Red Team
Jeremy Britt, 22, Rockford, MI	Green Team	Black Team	Red Team	Green Team
Mark Cornelison, 43, Magnolia, TX	Gray Team	Red Team	Red Team	Gray Team
Kim Neilson, 38, Roswell, GA	Pink Team	Red Team	Red Team	Pink Team
Allen "Buddy" Shuh, 42, Wayne, MI	Brown Team	Red Team	Red Team	Brown 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.
^[E1] This contestant quit the competition.
^[E2] Only player on losing team with no immunity, automatically eliminated.

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
Buddy	42	6'0"	54.7	38.1	403	381	372	363	353	345	336	329	317	294	289	281
Kim	38	5'7"	39.5	27.6	252	239	236	230	220	215	209	200	193	186	182	176
Mark	43	6'0"	39.5	27.1	291	282	274	266	255	251	244	234	226	215	213	204	200
Jeremy	22	5'8"	59.1	41.5	389	376	369	358	347	338	326	320	309	289	282	273
Christine	42	5'3"	42.5	30.8	240	232	226	222	215	211	206	201	196	185	184	177	174
Kimmy	48	5'4"	37.6	28.0	219	210	206	203	197	193	188	184	179	169	167	163
Conda	24	5'5"	48.9	36.1	294	285	278	275	265	263	255	245	246	231	228	221	217
Megan	21	5'5"	43.1	32.9	259	252	248	240	238	229	223	219	217	205	204	198
Emily	29	5'5"	43.9	31.6	264	254	250	244	235	230	223	218	216	199	195	190
Cassandra	25	5'4"	41.0	29.5	239	225	220	212	206	200	195	189	188	175	172
Chism	19	5'11"	50.3	39.3	361	349	341	332	320	318	305	298	293	282
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	Left
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	Finale
Buddy	-22	-9	-9	-10	-8	-9	-7	-12	-23	-5	-8
Kim	-13	-3	-6	-10	-5	-6	-9	-7	-7	-4	-6
Mark	-9	-8	-8	-11	-4	-7	-10	-8	-11	-2	-9
Jeremy	-13	-7	-11	-11	-9	-12	-6	-11	-20	-7	-9
Christine	-8	-6	-4	-7	-4	-5	-5	-5	-11	-1	-7
Kimmy	-9	-4	-3	-6	-4	-5	-4	-5	-10	-2	-4
Conda	-9	-7	-3	-10	-2	-8	-10	+1	-14	-3	-7
Megan	-7	-4	-8	-2	-9	-6	-4	-2	-12	-1	-6
Emily	-10	-4	-6	-9	-5	-7	-5	-2	-17	-4	-5
Cassandra	-14	-5	-8	-6	-6	-5	-6	-1	-13	-3
Chism	-12	-8	-9	-12	-2	-13	-7	-5	-11
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

• Conda's 15 pound weight loss in week 9 was displayed as a -14 due to her weight gain the previous week.

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
Buddy	-5.46%	-2.36%	-2.42%	-2.75%	-2.27%	-2.61%	-2.08%	-3.65%	-7.26%	-1.70%	-2.77%
Kim	-5.16%	-1.26%	-2.54%	-4.35%	-2.27%	-2.79%	-4.31%	-3.50%	-3.63%	-2.15%	-3.30%
Mark	-3.09%	-2.84%	-2.92%	-4.14%	-1.57%	-2.79%	-4.10%	-3.42%	-4.87%	-0.93%	-4.23%
Jeremy	-3.34%	-1.86%	-2.98%	-3.07%	-2.59%	-3.68%	-1.84%	-3.44%	-6.47%	-2.42%	-3.19%
Christine	-3.33%	-2.59%	-1.77%	-3.15%	-1.86%	-2.37%	-2.43%	-2.49%	-5.61%	-0.54%	-3.80%
Kimmy	-4.11%	-1.90%	-1.46%	-2.96%	-2.03%	-2.59%	-2.13%	-2.72%	-5.59%	-1.18%	-2.40%
Conda	-3.06%	-2.46%	-1.08%	-3.64%	-0.75%	-3.04%	-3.92%	+0.41%	-6.10%	-1.30%	-3.07%
Megan	-2.70%	-1.59%	-3.23%	-0.83%	-3.78%	-2.62%	-1.79%	-0.91%	-5.53%	-0.49%	-2.94%
Emily	-3.79%	-1.57%	-2.40%	-3.69%	-2.13%	-3.04%	-2.24%	-0.92%	-7.87%	-2.01%	-2.56%
Cassandra	-5.86%	-2.22%	-3.64%	-2.83%	-2.91%	-2.50%	-3.17%	-0.53%	-6.91%	-1.71%
Chism	-3.32%	-2.29%	-2.64%	-3.61%	-0.63%	-4.09%	-2.30%	-1.68%	-3.75%
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

• Conda's 6.10% weight loss in week 9 was displayed as -5.71% due to her weight gain the previous week.

Leaderboard

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

Elimination Voting History

Name	Week #
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Finale
Eliminated	Ben	Mike	Joe, Lauren	Gail	Nancy	Adrian	Roy	Daphne	Chism	Cassandra	Emily
Buddy	X	?	Lauren	X	Nancy	Adrian	?	X	X	Cassandra	?
Kim	X	Mike	Nancy	X	Nancy	Adrian	Roy	X	X	Christine	Kimmy
Mark	X	?	Lauren	X	Nancy	Adrian	Roy	X	X	Cassandra	Emily*
Jeremy	?	X	X	Christine	X	X	X	X	X	Christine	Emily
Christine	?	X	X	Gail	X	X	X	Chism	X	X	Emily
Kimmy	X	Mike	Lauren	X	Nancy	?	Roy	X	X	Cassandra	X
Conda	X	Mike	Lauren	X	Nancy	Adrian	Roy	Daphne	X	X	Kimmy
Megan	Ben	X	X	Gail	X	X	X	Daphne	X	X	Emily
Emily	Ben	X	X	Gail	X	X	X	Daphne	X	X	X	Eliminated Week 11
Cassandra	?	X	X	Gail	X	X	X	Daphne	X	X	Eliminated Week 10
Chism	Ben	X	X	Christine	X	X	X	?	X	Eliminated Week 9
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, only player on losing team with no immunity, 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.

• Mark had two votes in week 11.

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

Poor Cassandra is in tears learning about grandmother Nancy's exit. Everyone attempts to comfort her. Adrian decides to inform Cassandra of the specific members who voting her grandmother out. Adrian chose to swim against his team by casting doubt on those who were comforting Cassandra by saying she should be careful who she trusts in the house.

Unsurprisingly, the team did not take Adrian's cautionary words well considering the team had already established a system in dealing with members they voted off. Youth Pastor Mark tries to arrange a Red Team meeting to clear the air. It descends into bickering as soon as speakers chose to talk and not listen. The youngest player on the ranch, Chism, was able to redirect the animus by acknowledging Nancy's exit. Two specific team members decided that Nancy's departure was not the most part of their continued conflict.

Mark and Adrian hashed out their underlying disagreement. Mark felt that Adrian's first week on campus should have yielded big weight loss numbers and the aqua team had to be playing the game with his low number on the scale. Adrian aired his grievances with the house welcome for team Aqua and the politics of the teams. Roy and Buddy mediated the house meeting for Mark, Adrian and Daphne, Adrian's sister. Mark reiterates his game play suspicions, Adrian reiterates his denials. No resolution resulted from the conversation.

It became apparent for Adrian that if his team fell below the yellow line, he will be eliminated. His team member, Conda, has explicitly stated her desire that he go.

This week's excuse is 'I can't lose weight on my own' and one team is about to learn the hard way whether or not that is true. The losing team at this week's challenge will have zero access to their trainer all week. So no gym time, no emails, no contact until the Last Chance Workout. So, what do they have to do to ensure their trainer is safe? It's actually quite creative - they have to keep poor Bob and Dolvett suspended above a pool of icy-cold water by holding on to a rope which is attached to a 214.5 lbs weight (representing average weight loss on the ranch). Obviously the first team to let their trainer plunge into the water is the loser. Poor Dolvett. Red Team are the first to lose their strength and into the water he goes, meaning they will have to go trainer-free this week. What the Red Team don't know, however, is that Dolvett will be monitoring their process in the gym via a hidden camera. He doesn't seem too impressed by Conda's complaints but thinks overall the team started strong in their first workout without him (led by Kim), although tapered off towards the end.

The lucky Black Team, meanwhile, are off on a hike with Bob. Or, maybe not so lucky. He informs them a hike with him isn't just a normal hike - he's going to work them super hard.

The hike gives single mom, Daphne, the chance to reflect on her two daughters at home, saying she needs to lose weight to set a good example and ensure she is always there for them. She also gets the chance to spend some time with Bob, asking him advice on how to improve her stamina. Bob's is impressed by her attitude. He makes a point of explaining to the team the difference between Aqua Team Daphne's weight loss and effort paying special attention to this being her week two and the team has been together for six weeks. Daphne isn't complaining and has been able to keep up.

As a treat for their hard work Bob allows the Black Team to go for lunch in a restaurant where their old food demons come back to haunt them. They each reel off what they would normally order, and then learn exactly how many thousands of calories that would entail, getting a lesson in what they should order in future.

Red Team seem stunned by Dolvett's revelation that he's been watching them in the gym. He acknowledges Kim's natural leadership and celebrated her attempt to fill the trainer gap by setting up the training routine for the week. Dolvett was less impressed with the time the group has wasted on distractions. He produces a specific list of Conda's complaints during her training gym time - 13 in total ranging from thoughts on Adrian to thoughts on the exercises. He tells Conda to start focusing on herself.

Back in the gym with the Red Team, Adrian is the next to get a talking to from Dolvett. He thinks that Adrian's biggest obstacle - aside from being shut out by his teammates - is the fact he doesn't listen. At the Last Chance Workout everyone is getting pushed hard, but poor Kim seems to be feeling under pressure about the coming weigh-in. She tells Dolvett that she feels responsibility for whatever happens on the scale because she led the workouts in Dolvett's absence.

The Weigh-In Dolvett's Red Team: Conda: -8lbs Kim: -6lbs Roy: -7lbs Kimmy: -5lbs Mark: -7lbs Buddy: -9lbs Adrian: -9lbs Bob's Black Team Daphne: -8lbs Cassandra: -5lbs Chris: -5lbs Megan: -6lbs Emily: -7lbs Jeremy: -12lbs Chism: -13lbs

So it's Dolvett's Red Team who lose the weigh-in and will have to eliminate a player. Conda is safe, however, because she lost the highest percentage of weight this week. And, unfortunately for Adrian, it seems pretty obvious who will be going home...

Adrian is eliminated. Instead of leaving quietly, Adrian decided to give his parting thought on his treatment during his two weeks on campus. Adrian credits Roy for his contributions, but he pointed out that the team chose to keep him in the loop. Before his departure, Mark follows Adrian out of the elimination room to settle their disagreement once and for all. Adrian let's him know there will be no settlement. As a final parting word, he says not to bother hugging Daphne or pretending everything is okay.

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 boots Roy out.

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.

As with Adrian, Conda continued to air her reservations about Aqua team member, Daphne, especially since the temptation team switch. Daphne chose not to reveal her secret change.

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. Taking Bob's advice, Daphne confirmed that she switched Jeremy and Conda. Conda chose to get rid of the remaining Aqua member by conspiring with three other Black Team members by throwing the weigh-in. When confronted about the lack of weight loss and one weight gain, they continued to plead innocence. The Red Team had big leading win for the week.

Everyone in the Black Team except for Chris voted Daphne off. As it stands at this broadcast, Daphne has lost 71 pounds.

Week 9

First Aired February 28, 2012

The contestants go home for 18 days. The contestants are told they each need to lose 5% of their body weight to have immunity at the weigh-in. While Kimmy, Buddy and Jeremy met their goal for the red team, Mark and Kim failed to lose 5% of their body mass. On the black team, the women all lost their 5%. Chism got on the scale and was told that he needed to lose 12 pounds for his team to win the weigh-in and send the red team into elimination (his 5% goal was 15 pounds), but that failing to lose 12 pounds would cause black team to lose the weigh-in. Chism lost 11 pounds and was the only player on the black team without immunity; he was automatically eliminated. Also, at home, there was a rowing challenge that they participated in. The goal was to get to 10,000 meters first, and Chism won. The prize was $10,000 dollars.

Week 10

First Aired March 6, 2012

The Red Team had Bob as a trainer this week, and the Black Team had Dolvett as a trainer this week. The team who wins this week's weigh-in will vote out someone from the team who loses the weigh-in. The Red Team won the weigh-in and voted out Cassandra. Cassandra has lost a total of 90 pounds. She has moved to New York and she leaves the ranch with the highest percentage of weight lost of any woman on campus.

Week 11

First Aired March 13, 2012

This week's excuse: "I don't believe in myself." This week the teams disbanded; each person competed as an individual. In the challenge, there was a tug of war. Jeremy won first place and opened a shopping spree with a celebrity but took his sister Conda's prize of a goldfish and gave her the shopping spree.

Conda took Kim on the shopping spree with a celebrity because they both are single parents. They shopped at Jessica Simpson's LA showroom. Emily, with her weight training background, was helping Bob with his weight lifting form. Bob wanted to help Emily gain self-confidence and thought the role swap would help.

Emily and Kimmy "fell below the yellow line" and Emily was eliminated. She met with former Biggest Loser winner, Olivia, an opera singer and met with Giovanni Rigoli, world-renowned vocal coach and conductor.

Week 12

First Aired March 20, 2012

Week 13

First Aired March 27, 2012

Week 14

First Aired April 3, 2012

Week 15

First Aired April 10, 2012

Week 16

First Aired April 17, 2012

Week 17

First Aired April 24, 2012

Week 18

First Aired May 1, 2012

Week 19

First Aired May 8, 2012

Semi-Final (Week 20)

First Aired May 15, 2012

Finale

First Aired May 22, 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

• Official website
• Buddy Shuh's MySpace Page