A contestant from The Biggest Loser has implied that the show is a sham. [3] The 2013 season premiered on 17 March and was shown every Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. For the third straight time, the Duncans won the challenge. Round 7 was on the rowing machines, with the first two to cover 1km going through to the final round. To do my shoelaces up myself, or to not have to ask my kids to do things for me, makes everything else worthwhile.". There are therefore six champions - Kellie, Lara, Leigh, Rebecca, Sarah & Sharlene. The winner was Sam for the Challenors, and as a result, Sam got to give one of the Challenors immunity from the next weigh-in, and he chose Nathaniel. Family weigh-in was interesting with eliminated contestants returning to stand on the scales with their families, it was very surreal. If the super-family won, they would get 11kg added to their weight loss. I weighed in last and low and behold I absolutely smashed it this week, losing 8.7kgs. The first round was to flip an 80kg tyre as many times as possible. Due to Sharlene and Jodie being ruled out due to injury, as well as Meg being automatically immune, only three families competed, and the Moons and Challenors had to pick one person each to sit out, which was Sarah and Damien respectively. Both Damien and Nicole are familiar to viewers of the reality TV weight-loss competition. Damien was eliminated from the competition in week three, but still came back with his own personal victory on finale night, having dropped 136 pounds doing most of the work at home. Go . Finally, Emma dropped out at 75kg, giving Lara and Craig from the Westrens the power, which was the power to select one family who must care for a 5kg medicine ball 24 hours a day, keeping it from touching the floor including at the next major challenge. Below are the contestants names. Week 8 - Part 2: Triathlon - First up was an 800m kayak race - the contestants had to kayak 200m to a buoy and back, doing this leg twice, with the top six moving on. Week 10 - None: Due to makeover week, there was no contest in Week 10. All the fridges contained a treat, and once a contestant had eaten their treat, they could open the freezer to see if immunity was hidden inside it. Week 8 - Knowledge: As a result of winning the Pyramid of Fitness, Leigh was the one who picked what discipline was played, which was knowledge. Challenor credited the show with saving both his life and his marriage. You can find out more and change our default settings with Cookies Settings. Week 11 - There was no temptation due to the contestants sailing from Sydney to Hobart. The Champion of each Contest wins a power for their family, which usually adversely affects the family of their choosing. Damien's brother, Greg Challenor, 44, lost a total of 38.4kg to weigh in at 138.8kg at the finale. I guess our strategy was to put up the person with the smallest weight loss percentage this week, which was Nathaniel. Meg was knocked out with a score of 1.06km covered. [4] This season has introduced the heaviest contestant on The Biggest Loser worldwide, Kevin Moore. If a contestant matched two foods, they could pick an opponent to have to eat the food. Joe was currently in last place after hitting the wall on the kayak and overturning his kayak. This meant that the final round came down to Lara and Nathaniel, with the winner going through and the loser going home. My heart goes out to his wife, Nicole, and daughter, Giselle. Joe had a great result, losing 4.4kg. Set, has over 60 healthy recipes and further detail about exercises. The shocking death of the Brooklyn-born industrial designer comes after he maintained his weight loss in the wake of competing on The Biggest Loser: Couples 2 in 2009 with Brewer-Gurganious. If no-one played, Nathaniel would keep immunity as the previous holder, having been assigned it by Sam in Week 6. Damien Gurganious planned to take his wife out for Peruvian food and a movie once he got out of the hospital after being diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease last month. If no-one played, Nathaniel would keep immunity as the previous holder, having been assigned it by Sam in Week 6. In the end, the contestants finished their course and won. 'Biggest Loser' star Meg owes life to show - Digital Spy Meanwhile, friends have started an online fundraiser at YouCaring.com to provide Brewer-Gurganious and her daughter financial aid in the wake of their sudden loss, to help them have time to grieve. Rather than being victimized by his weight problem, he looks for fun times, is not afraid of going out, and even conquered his fear of going shirtless to the pool. Here is his Q&A. This family was the Duncans, who achieved a hat-trick, winning the Contest, Challenge and the Weigh-in. Joe was chosen for the Challenors due to Nathaniel having a bad knee. When she stepped on the scale at the final weigh in, many viewers felt that Rachel looked like she had lost too much weight. At the reward, Craig showed up to surprise Sharlene and a gift for her birthday. Damien was up third with only 60 seconds, and he managed to do 32 in one minute. There's tragic news about one of "The Biggest Loser's" past contestants. WA News Entertainment. Former Patriots offensive lineman and current ESPN analyst Damien Woody recently signed on to do "The Biggest Loser" and the results are amazing. Half way through week 8, there was a surprise weigh-in, and the winner would win Immunity. After eating twenty cookies, she finally found both the immunity tickets and was safe for the week. The second round was won by Rebecca, with 22 balls in her rack. At the 200m mark, they had to load on an extra four suitcases of weight to their train and pull it a further 200m to the finish line. She weighed only 105 pounds at the finale, making her BMI in the "underweight" category at 18. In the end, Meg outlasted them all and won her and her twin the 1kg advantage. Nathaniel managed to get a 242 cal ice cream cone in his first fridge, with neither finding immunity in their freezers. The only Westren who ate was Leigh, who ate only one chocolate button. The family which was quickest to complete the course were allowed to choose one person from the losing family to be immediately eliminated. Leigh chose the correct basket and was presented with a choice - keep the A$25,000, which was from the Biggest-Losing family's prize money, and leave Camp Biggest Loser immediately, or leave the cash and stay on Camp. The Challenge was won by the Duncans for the second week running. Once there, contestants had to pick the lowest calorie dish off the table; the one left with the highest would be eliminated. Week 11: There was no weigh-in as the episode focused on the beginning of the contestants sailing from Sydney to Hobart. For winning this weigh-in, the family of three got to decide from their own families who will be the champions for the upcoming contest. In the second round, Champions had to pick five 10-kilo bags up off the other end of the swimming pool floor and take them back to the start. One member from the super-family took on either Joe or Nathaniel from the Challenors in each round. The last remaining champion of the four would win two 1kg advantages at the weigh-in - one for themselves and one for a person of their choosing. All of the teams except the Challenors played, with Sarah from the Moons being the first person to give up on a course, the sixth, which was Peking Duck. The contestants managed to take the items in calorific order, with the correct order being strawberries, tuna, orange juice, nuggets, brie and nuts, meaning Sharlene was eliminated. It was confirmed during the season eight finale that The Biggest Loser would return for a ninth season titled 'The Biggest Loser: Challenge Australia'. After complaints from neighbours "The Biggest Loser" was kicked out of the house known as the White House in Duffy's Forest, near Mona Vale. They had to fill buckets of water and run 250m up a sand dune. As part of the immunity week, Hayley told the contestants the second of four immunities was given out for whoever had the highest weight loss percentage since the last weigh-in. Only Nathaniel and Meg played, with Meg's first fridge containing the maximum 1000 cal treat. The Duncans decided to remove the Commando from the Moon family. In week 4, the "3 Families vs. 1 Family" week, the winning team got to decide which member of the other team was eliminated. Ward was subsequently jailed for two years.[2]. This meant that Leigh, Lara & Joe went through to the car race. The second was knowledge, with Joe vs Jarrod. The Commando) Deb, my wife, and Judson, Tanayah and Keelin, my children. After seven rounds, in which all the families collected all but one of their flags each, it came down to a four-way battle between Meg, Leigh, Sarah and Damien for their final flags. I guess none of us want to go home and it's getting harder and harder each week to decide who will step forward to face Elimination. If no one played temptation, Meg would win immunity for having immunity at last week's temptation. Week 3 - Following the second elimination, the contestants entered the large gym, which was decked out as a Chinese buffet restaurant. The winning contestant of The Biggest Loser wins $100,000. He was sent home in week 1 and was eliminated in week 4. One could only think of what was going through his head, and I hope hes being honest with himself as the scales don't lie. Meg failed to cut a two kilo piece of wood after Damien and Lara got their two kilo piece of wood. Week 4 - All vs. One: For the all vs. one week, the family of three weighed-in together and their total percentage weight loss was greater than the Challenors. After six courses, Jarrod from the Duncans and Sharlene from the Westrens were left and had to eat a Chinese delicacy - two "thousand-year eggs" to win family immunity for their team. This would continue until two people were left, in which case the winner stays and the loser goes home. After ten minutes, whoever had the most balls in their rack won and got to stay in the game. The first two to reach 2km were through to the sky wall round. This meant that Leigh and Lara were the two finalists, guaranteeing a Westren would be immune this week. Week 2 - The families had to work together to climb the 60 steps of the ANZ Stadium 100 times - a total of 6,000 steps. Eventually, the contestants managed to overcome the obstacle. Week 12 - There was no temptation due to the return of the eliminated contestants. The last two to make it were knocked out. At the 200m mark, they had to load on an extra four suitcases of weight to their train and pull it a further 200m to the finish line. She is the oldest of three siblings, Bridgette and Lleyton. In the bike leg, Sarah was still in the lead coming into the run. Shannan's hand was shaking before the race even began and it cost him a place in the final round. Catch ewes all later Round 3 was on Spin Bikes, being a 2km sprint, and the last to finish would be out, and this was Damien. This left Sarah and Rebecca to go head to head again, only this time in a contest. Week 9 - Immunity Week: As singles, a surprise weigh-in took place instead. Joe was next up, and he had two minutes to shoulder press the bar, and he managed to do it 69 times, which guaranteed his passage to round 3 by beating Leigh. I had to get up and down stairs in the quickest time possible. He chose to stay at Camp Biggest Loser. Rachel is, perhaps, the most controversial winner in The Biggest Loser history. For the first time, each contestant weighs-in at home in front of their friends and family. When you visit this site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Shannon and Damien they were both over 200kgs, same as me.What will you miss most while in the house? Damien Gurganious, one of the contestants on "The Biggest Loser: Couples 2," died on Nov. 24 after suffering inoperable bleeding in his brain due to . Week 3 - Knowledge: Following the family weigh-in, in which the Westrens gained power over the Contest, they were the ones to pick who from each team was the one to take part in the Contest - one of Knowledge. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. On 27 April, Bob Herdsman, at 57 years old, with a record weight loss of 87.6 kilograms (52.2%), became the show's oldest Biggest Loser. For Meg, who won the first immunity through temptation, she gained four kilos. Damien Woody | The Biggest Loser Wiki | Fandom Michelle and Shannan have been the main trainers since Season 2 (in Season 1 the original American trainers Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels were used, and in Seasons 2 and 3 they appeared as guests). At the start of the training this week Michelle challenged us to break through our PBs -personal bests. Week 12 - First Elimination Challenge - The eliminated contestant from each original family with the highest weight loss will return for the chance to compete again, with the two people surviving the week returning to the game with another chance at the money. Emma was the biggest loser of the week, and Rebecca was second, meaning that Nathaniel and Joe faced off for the final place in the final week. In Week 11, Sharlene was eliminated at the Super Challenge for having picked the dish with the highest calories. Damien Gurganious planned to take his wife out for Peruvian food and a movie once he got out of the hospital after being diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease last month. They chose the Moons stating that it was fair to share the penalty around. Ultimately, Jarrod from the Duncans beat Jodie from the Moons and had the power to remove one team's trainer until after the weigh-in. Joe quit at 10km/h. At the end of the third round, Nathaniel beat out Lara, and stayed in the competition, sending her home. Meg's second fridge contained a Black Forest Cake worth 750 cal, and she found the immunity in her freezer, which saved her from the week's double elimination. [10], The season, titled "The Biggest Loser: Transformed", premiered on 14 March 2017,[11] Shannon Ponton returned as a trainer, along with new trainer Libby Babet, with previous trainers Michelle Bridges, Steve "Commando" Willis, and Tiffany Hall not returning.