The Biggest Loser Australia season 8

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The Biggest Loser Australia
Season 8
Starring Michelle Bridges
Shannan Ponton
Steve Willis (The Commando)
No. of episodes35
Release
Original network Network Ten
Original release17 March (2013-03-17) 
28 May 2013 (2013-05-28)
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The eighth season of the Australian version of the original NBC reality television series The Biggest Loser , known as The Biggest Loser Australia: The Next Generation, premiered on 17 March 2013 on Network Ten. This particular season has set a worldwide record, introducing the heaviest contestant in all of Biggest Loser history, Kevin Moore. Kevin along with his mother Rosemary have a combined weight of 355 kg (783 lbs). He weighs 255 kg (562 lbs) himself alone. [1] It also featured the youngest contestant ever on the Australian series - Todd Nester, who was 15 years old. Season 8 of The Biggest Loser was won by the Orange team, Robyn & Katie.

Contents

Host and personalities

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

Trainers: Shannan Ponton, Michelle Bridges and Steve Willis ("The Commando")

Game variations

Schedule

This year, the schedule changed from four to three nights a week. This changed to Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. In week 10, an extra Wednesday show was added to include face your fears week and the super challenge.

Sunday - Last chance training, Weigh-in, Elimination

Monday - The Fridge

Tuesday - Major Challenge

Wednesday - (Week 10 Only) Completion of Super Challenge

Teams

NameCouples TeamRelationshipStatusTotal VotesNotes
Kevin & RosemaryBlue TeamMother & SonEliminated Week 30Kevin returned to the Biggest Loser in Series 9
Chris & MarkBlack TeamFather & SonEliminated Week 53
Anita & CherYellow TeamMother & DaughterEliminated Week 63
Sam & JessRed TeamFather & DaughterEliminated Week 2
Re-eliminated Week 8
4, 2
Brett & MandyGrey TeamMother & SonEliminated Week 93
Janet & KirstenPink TeamMother & DaughterEliminated Week 4
Re-eliminated Week 10'
3, 2
Richard & AmberLight Blue TeamFather & Daughter3rd Place
Gerald & ToddGreen TeamFather & Son2nd Place
Robyn & KatieOrange TeamMother & DaughterWinners

Weigh-ins

Contestants are listed in reverse chronological order of elimination.

ContestantAgeHeightStarting
BMI
Current
BMI
Starting
Weight
WeekFinaleWeight
Lost
Percentage
Lost
12345678910
Katie1916450.933.2136.8128.0121.0117.7115.4110.9108.5X106.2102.999.095.589.2-47.6-34.80%
Robyn4516640.726.5112.1104.498.095.694.189.686.8X84.782.581.477.473.1-39.0-34.88%
Todd1516740.226.7112.2105.599.395.093.290.388.4X86.684.381.878.774.4-37.8-33.69%
Gerald5216856.436.4159.1145.0137.0130.8126.9125.8123.5X121.3118.0112.5109.3102.7-56.4-35.45%
Amber2016541.031.1111.6107.3103.0101.699.597.795.6X94.492.990.889.284.7-26.9-24.10%
Richard4517446.131.3139.7133.3126.1121.5119.0115.9113.0X110.1108.4104.5102.094.9-44.8-32.07%
Janet5215743.227.8106.699.794.292.990.686.683.180.077.074.768.6-38.0-35.65%
Kirsten2016038.327.598.193.988.987.286.083.480.679.177.074.570.4-27.7-28.24%
Brett2319648.934.0187.9174.8166.0160.0155.1151.9148.8X145.8142.8139.0130.5-57.4-30.55%
Mandy5316143.730.0113.3105.899.397.094.592.190.9X88.485.583.277.7-35.6-31.42%
Sam4216845.833.6129.4120.9116.0108.7103.599.994.8-34.6-26.74%
Jess2116648.738.1134.1129.7123.2117.8114.4113.1105.0-29.1-21.70%
Chris4817251.536.4152.3143.4134.8132.2129.3126.9125.6122.3107.6-44.7-29.35%
Mark2317553.236.6162.9153.6142.4138.7134.7132.0130.5126.3112.2-50.7-31.12%
Cher2216563.352.0172.2X161.0160.5157.8154.4152.0152.0141.6-30.6-17.77%
Anita4116344.332.4117.6X108.0106.1102.7101.099.899.886.0-31.6-26.87%
Rosemary5416138.630.6100.1X91.891.689.979.2-20.9-20.88%
Kevin2717484.165.6254.7X241.5239.3230.4198.6-56.1-22.03%
Contestants
BMIs

Notes

Leaderboard

ContestantAgeHeightStarting
BMI
Starting
Weight
Current
BMI
Current
Weight
KgPercent
Gerald5216856.4159.136.4102.7-56.4-35.45%
Robyn4516640.7112.126.573.1-39.0-34.79%
Katie1916450.9136.833.289.2-47.6-34.79%
Todd1516740.2112.228.274.4-37.8-33.69%
Richard4517446.1139.733.794.9-33.8-32.07%
Amber2016541.0111.632.884.7-26.9-24.10%
TeamStarting
Weight
Current
Weight
KgPercent
Orange Team248.9162.3-86.6-34.79%
Green Team271.3177.1-94.2-34.72%
Light Blue Team251.3179.6-71.7-28.53%

Weight loss history

ContestantWeek 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Finale
Robyn-7.7-6.4-2.4-1.5-4.5-2.8X-2.1-2.2-1.1-4.0-4.3
Katie-8.8-7.0-3.3-2.3-4.5-2.4X-2.33.3-3.9-3.5-6.3
Gerald-14.1-8.0-6.2-3.9-1.1-2.3X-2.2-3.3-5.5-3.2-6.6
Todd-6.7-6.2-4.3-1.8-2.9-1.9X-1.8-2.3-2.5-3.1-4.3
Richard-6.4-7.2-4.6-2.5-3.1-2.9X-2.9-1.7-3.9-2.5-6.1
Amber-4.3-4.3-1.4-2.1-1.8-2.1X-1.2-1.5-2.1-1.6-4.5
Janet-6.9-5.5-1.3-2.3-4.0-3.5-3.1-3.0-2.3-6.1
Kirsten-4.2-5.0-1.7-1.2-2.6-2.8-1.5-2.1-2.5-4.1
Mandy-7.5-6.5-2.3-2.5-2.4-1.2X-2.5-2.9-2.3-5.5
Brett-13.1-8.8-6.0-4.9-3.2-3.1X-3.0-3.0-3.8-8.4
Sam-8.5-4.9-7.3-5.2-3.6-5.1
Jess-4.4-6.5-5.4-3.4-1.3-8.1
Chris-8.9-8.6-2.6-2.9-2.4-1.3-3.3-14.7
Mark-9.3-11.2-3.7-4.0-2.7-1.5-4.2-14.1
CherX-11.2-0.5-2.7-3.4-2.4-0.0-10.4
AnitaX-9.6-1.9-3.4-1.7-1.2-0.0-13.8
RosemaryX-8.3-0.2-1.7-10.7
KevinX-13.2-2.2-8.9-31.8

Percentage loss history

ContestantWeek 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Finale
Robyn-6.87%-6.13%-2.45%-1.57%-4.78%-3.13%X-2.42%-2.60%-1.33%-4.91%-5.56%
Katie-6.43%-5.47%-2.73%-1.95%-3.90%-2.16%X-2.12%-3.11%-3.79%-3.54%-6.60%
Gerald-8.86%-5.52%-4.53%-2.98%-0.87%-1.83%X-1.78%-2.72%-4.66%-2.84%-6.04%
Todd-5.97%-5.88%-4.33%-1.89%-3.11%-2.10%X-2.04%-2.66%-2.97%-3.79%-5.46%
Richard-4.58%-5.40%-3.65%-2.06%-2.61%-2.50%X-2.57%-1.54%-3.60%-2.39%-5.98%
Amber-3.85%-4.01%-1.36%-2.07%-1.81%-2.15%X-1.26%-1.59%-2.26%-1.76%-5.04%
Janet-6.47%-5.52%-1.38%-2.48%-4.42%-4.04%-3.73%-3.75%-2.99%-8.17%
Kirsten-4.28%-5.32%-1.91%-1.38%-3.02%-3.36%-1.86%-2.65%-3.25%-5.50%
Mandy-6.62%-6.14%-2.32%-2.58%-2.54%-1.30%X-2.75%-3.28%-2.69%-6.61%
Brett-6.97%-5.03%-3.61%-3.06%-2.06%-2.04%X-2.02%-2.05%-2.66%-6.04%
Sam-6.57%-4.05%-6.29%-4.78%-3.48%-5.12%
Jess-3.28%-5.01%-4.38%-2.89%-1.14%-7.16%
Chris-5.84%-6.00%-1.93%-2.19%-1.86%-1.02%-2.63%-12.02%
Mark-5.71%-7.29%-2.60%-2.88%-2.00%-1.14%-3.22%-11.16%
AnitaX-8.16%-1.76%-3.20%-1.66%-1.19%-0.00%-13.83%
CherX-6.50%-0.31%-1.68%-2.15%-1.55%-0.00%-6.84%
RosemaryX-8.29%-0.22%-1.86%-11.90%
KevinX-5.18%-0.91%-3.72%-13.80%

Major Challenges

*Leg 1 - Hike - The first challenge was a bush-bash through a rough, mountainous terrain with both team members tethered together. The Pink team fell behind immediately and stayed in last position due to their constant arguing, with the Green team catching up to the front and taking first place. The Light Blue team came in second, gaining a one-minute penalty for the next race, followed by Orange team with a two-minute penalty and Pink being set back four minutes for the race.

*Leg 2 - Hike and Raft - With the benefit of no penalty, the Green team took off first on a 5 kilometre hike across a track tethered together, followed by Light Blue, Orange, and then Pink team starting last with a 5-minute penalty (an extra minute was added to the four-minute penalty for not completing the giant swing task the previous day). The Green team maintained a good lead until they reached the raft-building, where the Light Blue and Orange teams took over. The Pink team's arguing was still going, keeping them behind. The Light Blue hit the water first, followed by the Orange team who were finding it difficult to paddle and were not getting anywhere. The Green team overtook them, while the Pink team were still struggling in last place as their raft started to fall apart. The Light Blue team took first place, winning a night's stay in the luxurious Matakauri Lodge. The Green team's prize for second place was a night in a Britz campervan, with Orange winning a night camping in tent and the Pink team having to sleep under the stars with bare essentials.

*Leg 3 - Cycle and White-Water Raft - The next leg was a 10 kilometre cycle across a rocky and mountainous terrain, but for this the team members did not have to stay together. Light Blue took off first with their advantage from the previous challenge, followed by Green, Orange, then Pink. Richard took a strong lead leaving Amber behind, but allowing Todd to catch up with him. They both got to a point where they realised they had to go back for their other team member, so Richard went back to help Amber while Todd supported his father up a mountain. The Green team took the lead after this, but Katie was speeding along the track and caught up with them at the end of the 10 kilometres. Janet was left in last place as she struggled with the bike, but Kirsten sped up to be neck and neck with Robyn in second last place. At the white-water rafting Katie had to wait for her mother before going in the water, giving Green team a further lead in the race. Once Robyn arrived with Kirsten just behind, Orange team took second place leaving Light Blue in third and Pink in last once again. Green successfully completed the race in first place, followed by Orange, Light Blue, and Pink.

*Leg 4 - Golden Ticket Race - The final leg of the challenge involved each team canoeing down a river, then a 5 kilometre trek to the finish line while tethered to their partner. In the last 2.5 kilometres each contestant had to put on a backpack weighing all the weight they had lost so far. The Green team took off first with their advantage, followed by Orange who struggled getting out of the shallow water. Light Blue was next, quickly overtaking Orange and catching up with Green so they were neck and neck the whole way. Pink was last but also took advantage of the Orange's paddling troubles and overtook them. Both Green and Light Blue reached the shore at the same time, and both teams remained very much equal until putting on the backpacks where the Green team fell behind. Pink kept their third place until the backpacks where Janet fell over and had trouble getting back up with all the extra weight. Light Blue reached the finish line first, winning the golden ticket straight to finale. Gerald from the Green team collapsed due to breathing difficulties, but managed to finish the race in second place, followed by Orange and then Pink in last place. Gerald was immediately rushed off to be attended to by paramedics with Todd.

The Fridge

The fridge is a new element to this series where the person who opens it gets an advantage or disadvantage. The biggest losing couple of the week decides whether they would like to open the fridge or choose another team to open the fridge.

Week 2 – Anita & Cher – As the biggest losing couple of the week, Gerald and Todd are given the option to open the fridge; however, they decide to give it to the yellow team and they get the power to have exclusive access to the trainer of their choice until weigh-in; they choose Shannon. This leaves the other eight couples to train with either The Commando or Michelle.

Week 3 - Janet & Kirsten - As the biggest losing couple of the week, Anita and Cher had the power of the fridge this week. Even though they kept on suggesting the black team, they chose the pink team to receive the fridge. In the fridge was an all-access visitors pass. The pink team were told that a special visitor was on their way just for them and the other teams should pull out all the stops as the visitor will fire the pink team up for the rest of the competition. The visitors were Janet's husband Robert and Kirsten's boyfriend Liam in which they participated in a training session with Shannon.

Week 4 – Gerald & Todd - Gerald and Todd were the biggest losing couple of the week for the second time and got power over the fridge, they decided to take a risk and open the fridge themselves, there they received a progress weigh-in where they can weigh-in at any time during the week to see their progress so far. When they weighed in, Gerald lost 1.6 kg while Todd gained 0.7 kg. This had no effect on their status for the actual weigh-in.

Week 5 - Everyone - Despite Gerald and Todd being the biggest losing couple for the third time, no one held the power of the fridge. Instead, Amber opened the fridge to reveal that Temptation would return. This led to Amber and Todd taking temptation and Amber gaining immunity for the week, but angering the other contestants in the house in the process.

Week 6 – Robyn & Katie - As the winners of the weigh-in this week, Robyn & Katie had power over the fridge and they decided to keep it for themselves. As a result, they had the power to send five contestants home for the week - one from each team. They chose Todd, Cher, Amber, Mandy and Robyn. This however did not excuse the contestants from the major challenge, as when they arrived home they each found a letter saying that whoever cycles the furthest in 5 hours would win an advantage in it. The contestants were also allowed to share the load with friends and family.

Week 7 – No one - There was no fridge in Week 7 due to Eliminated Contestants week.

Week 8 - Gerald & Todd - Even though Sam & Jess were the biggest losers of the week, Gerald & Todd were given the power of the fridge for the week as they were leading overall. They decided to open it themselves as Gerald believed he needed a personal booster, and as a result were given full makeovers.

Week 9 - No one - There was no fridge in Week 9 due to Makeover week.

Week 10 - No one - There was no fridge in Week 10 due to Face Your Fears week.

Temptation

Week 5 - Parents vs Kids - The contestants were split into two teams for the week - Kids versus Parents. For temptation there were two separate rooms; a kids room filled with all their favourite party foods from their childhood, and a parents room filled with gourmet treats and a giant chocolate fountain. Each contestant would spend 5 minutes in their respective rooms alone to eat what they like, with the team consuming the most calories winning immunity. Each contestant had very different views on the morality of temptation leading to heated arguments, particularly between Katie who saw it as cheating and Mark who saw it as a necessary part of the game. In the end only two teams took the temptation - the Green team's Todd and the Light Blue team's Amber, with Amber and Richard winning immunity having eaten the most calories. Katie was angry as she was close to Amber and felt betrayed by her decision.

Contest

Week 7 - Eliminated Contestants - For the opportunity to return to the competition, three weigh-in passes were up for grabs. With the Black team winning the first pass at the weigh-in for making the most progress since Day 1, the second one was offered to the winner of the Contest. The first round had one member of each team (Cher, Kevin, Sam and Janet) hold a weight with both hands above a yellow tape, arms outstretched. The first to drop their arms and break the yellow tape was out of the Contest, and this was Cher. The second round had the remaining teams choose a representative (Kevin, Jess and Kirsten) to hold a weight on their shoulders with 5 kilograms being added every minute. The first to drop the weight would not go into the final round, and this was Kirsten. The final round had Sam and Rosemary (Red and Blue team) go head to head in an old classic spin bike game to see who could reach 5 km first. Sam won this for the red team, giving him and Jess a weigh-in pass for the week.

Eliminations

ContestantWk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9Wk 10
EliminatedNoneSam
Jess
Rosemary
Kevin
Janet
Kirsten
Chris
Mark
Anita
Cher
Chris
Mark
Sam
Jess
Brett
Mandy
Janet
Kirsten
RobynXSam & JessXXXAnita & CherJanet & KirstenXBrett & MandyJanet & Kirsten
KatieXXXXChris & Mark ?X ?Brett & MandyJanet & Kirsten
GeraldXSam & JessXJanet & Kirsten ?Anita & CherJanet & KirstenSam & JessJanet & KirstenX
ToddXXXXX ?XXJanet & KirstenX
RichardXXXJanet & KirstenXAnita & CherJanet & KirstenXBrett & MandyGerald & Todd
AmberXXXXChris & Mark ?XSam & Jess ?Gerald & Todd
JanetXXXXXXXX
KirstenXSam & JessXXXMandy & BrettXX
MandyXXXJanet & KirstenXXXXX
BrettXRichard & AmberXXChris & MarkX ?XX
SamXX ?X
JessXXXX
ChrisXXXRobyn & KatieXX
MarkX ?XXXX
CherXRichard & AmberXXXX
AnitaXXXRobyn & KatieXX
RosemaryXSam & JessX
KevinXXX
     Immunity, valid vote cast
 X  Immunity, not allowed to vote
 ?  Immunity, vote not revealed
 X  Below yellow line
 ?  Vote not revealed (Hidden vote)
     Not allowed to vote
     Not in house
     Valid vote cast
     Winner ($250,000)

Notes and references

  1. "Aussie Kevin Moore is the world's heaviest Biggest Loser contestant in show's history". news.com.au. 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2013-03-26.

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