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	12 (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 (Michelle Bridges, Shannan Ponton, Steve Willis (The Commando) and Tiffiny Hall) are confirmed to return with Hayley Lewis confirmed to return as host. The season will feature, as with the previous season, contestants competing as teams of four, but this time split by age and gender, with Shannan training the under 30 males, The Commando the over 30 males, Tiffiny the under 30 females and Michelle the over 30 females. Heavy emphasis has been placed on the word 'Singles' in the title, with Network Ten confirming at their 2012 launch that 'romance' will play apart in this season.

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.

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

Weigh-Ins

Contestant	Age	Starting BMI	Ending BMI	Starting Weight	Week													Finale	Weight Lost	Percentage Lost
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Simon	40	63.4		164.3	154.4	151.2	147.3
Alex	50	61.6		161.6	150.9	146.0	143.2
Graham	36	55.6		209.3	198.0	193.2	188.8
Hamish	21	49.7		148.7	143.8	140.5	136.7
Luke	26	44.8		145.2	137.3	133.2	129.0
Ryan	29	65.4		241.0	228.4	221.5	214.2
Margie	34	52.0		159.1	150.7	145.6	141.7
Lydia	34	52.1		141.9	131.6	127.2	124.1
Lisa	42	36.1		104.2	98.2	96.0	94.3
Michelle	24	39.1		110.4	102.4	100.4	97.5
Kasey	26	45.4		132.8	125.9	122.6	118.4
Rebekah	26	42.7		126.3	121.0	117.7	114.4
Selena	21	56.6		163.5	158.7	156.5	149.5
Brenda	40	40.8		120.8	113.1	110.4	108.3
Shane	38	47.1		164.8	154.7	151.3
James	22	38.2		136.3	126.4	LEFT

Contestants

•   Below the Yellow Line
•   Below the Yellow Line and Week's Biggest Loser
•   The week's biggest loser
•   The contestant returned to the competition
•   Had immunity for the week
•   LEFT - The contestant left the competition before a weigh-in (by choice or challenge)
•   Gained weight and below the yellow line
•   Had immunity but lost it due to gaining weight, and below the yellow line
•   Had immunity and the week's biggest loser
•   Gained weight at the Surprise Immunity Weigh-In
•   Won Immunity at the surprise Immunity Weigh-In
•   Last Person Eliminated before finale
•   Winner (among finalists)
•   Winner (among eliminated)

BMIs

•   Healthy Body Mass Index (less than 25.0 BMI)
•   Overweight Body Mass Index (25.0 - 29.9 BMI)
•   Obese Class I (30.0 - 34.9 BMI)
•   Obese Class II Index (35.0 - 39.9 BMI)
•   Obese Class III (40.0 or above)

Weight Loss History

Contestant	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Finale
Simon	-9.9	-3.2	-3.9
Alex	-10.7	-4.9	-2.8
Graham	-11.3	-4.8	-4.4
Hamish	-4.9	-3.3	-3.8
Luke	-7.9	-4.1	-4.2
Ryan	-12.6	-6.9	-7.3
Margie	-8.4	-5.1	-3.8
Lydia	-10.3	-4.4	-3.1
Lisa	-6.0	-2.2	-1.7
Michelle	-8.0	-2.0	-2.9
Kasey	-6.9	-3.3	-4.2
Rebekah	-5.3	-3.3	-3.3
Selena	-4.8	-2.2	-7.0
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. The red team had defeated the black team by a score of 7-3
• Week 3 – Valley Stampede - In a change from the previous challenges, Week 3's was all about not coming last. Two people from each team had to take part in a 2km obstacle course, filled with mud. Whichever team came last got a 2kg weight disadvantage at the weigh-in. Hamish and Luke, Lisa and Lydia, Simon and Graham and Bek and Kasey respectively were the pairs taking part. For the second time in two weeks, the red team won the challenge, closely followed by the white team. Both Hamish and Graham struggled for their teams, and the result will be revealed in the next episode.
• Week 4 – Hell Hill - As part of Boys vs Girls week, the contestants competed in two teams. They had to climb 60m up a steep hill of sand as a team fifty times in a relay and collect a flag. Each person had to race at least once. The first team to fifty laps won a 2kg advantage at the weigh-in.
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The Contest

• Week 1 - None: There was no walk or contest in the first week
• Week 2 - Endurance: The teams each picked one champion for the Contest - Shane, Lydia, Luke and Michelle respectively. The contest would be a three-round elimination endurance test. In the first round, champions were required to hold a 3kg medicine ball above their heads - once one person dropped, the others moved on. After six minutes, this was Lydia. For the second round, the champions held plates with eggs on at arms length above pieces of tape - like in the first round, the first to drop (Michelle) was out. In the final round, Shane and Luke were required to hold two telephone directories using only the palms of their hands for as long as possible. After 22 minutes, Luke dropped his, leaving Shane as the first Contest winner.
• Week 3 - None: Due to the public speaking mini-challenge, there was no walk or contest in the third week.
• Week 4 - Super Contest: As part of Boys vs Girls week, the contestants competed as two teams, and chose a champion for each of the three disciplines - Strength, Speed and Endurance. The first team to win two rounds won the power of the Walk. In the first round, Strength, Ryan and Margie had to hold a 20kg bar on their shoulders whilst their chosen question answerers, Hamish and Lydia, answered nutrition-related questions. For each incorrect answer, 5kg was added to their bars. The first to drop lost the round. After 40kg was on his bar, Ryan decided to give up, handing the first round to the girls. For the second round, Luke and Michelle competed to race 10km on a spin bike. In a close race, it was Michelle who came out on top, winning the Contest and the power of the Walk for the girls.
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• 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.
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• Week 13:

Temptations

• Week 1 - Wheel of Temptation: The first temptation was a Wheel of Fortune-style wheel with 26 sections, each with either a number or the word "Immunity" on it. If a contestant spun and landed on one of the immunities, they would be the one to win immunity. If they landed on a number, they would have to eat a food with that number of calories. After increasing the number of immunity spaces a number of times, eventually to 13, and reducing the calorie spaces to a maximum of 350, no-one took the temptation, so no-one won immunity.
• Week 2 - The Vault: Each person was left in a room dubbed "Food Heaven" - containing tempting foods from their past - for five minutes. The person who ate the most calories - with items ranging from 50 cal. upwards - won the temptation and $30,000 in gold bullion. Only two people played - Lisa ate a 70 cal. Freddo bar. However, that was not enough to beat James, who decided to take two colas, a 500 cal. cheese platter and some chocolate, totalling 960 calories. However, the money forms a part of the winner's prize fund and in order to take the money, he must leave the competition forever. If he does not take the money, his prize becomes immunity.
• Week 3 - 12-Hour Lockdown: Each team was locked in their bedrooms for twelve hours, with their rooms being stocked with a great deal of their personal vices, including meat pies, sausage rolls and drinks. The team which consumed the highest amount of calories in twelve hours won the biggest prize in the Biggest Loser - team immunity. For the first time ever, the trainers got an insight into their teams using the means of The Bunker, which was introduced in the previous day's episode. After the twelve hours were up, the teams met to discover who had won. Neither the Black, White or Red teams decided to consume anything in the twelve hours, which left the Blue Team, who consumed a total of 2,745 calories, as the winners of team immunity.
• Week 4 – Silver Spoon: This week, even though there was 2 teams, everyone was playing for themselves. Playing for Immunity and a nights stay with a contestant of their choice in a luxury cottage. Similar to temptations from other series, this time, the lounge was turned into a fine dining restaurant. In each round, 2 players will step up and will be served five star food made a famous chef. When Hayley rings a bell, the players have one minute to grab a silver spoon placed in the middle of the table if they wish. If they grab the spoon then they must eat the food and would stay at the table. If no one played then they would be eliminated and the next two would step up. After Lydia started off in the winners' seat, no-one decided to eat, keeping her there until Hamish was selected. Hamish chose to eat, and defeated three people by eating each meal put in front of him. The penultimate round was between Hamish and Ryan, and both men intended to play. However, Ryan was beaten to the spoon by Hamish, who won the round and, as neither he or Michelle ate, won the immunity and night away from camp, which he took Michelle on.
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Eliminations

• Week 1 - Selena (3-2): At the elimination, it came down to Hamish from the Blue Team and Selena from the White Team. The Black and Red teams were offered the option following voting to save both and not eliminate anyone, but only if it was a unanimous vote. Both Alex and Graham from the Black team abstained, but everyone else chose to vote (though it is implied that everyone, with the exception of Margie, were going to vote on not sending anyone home). After Margie was the first to choose to vote (for Selena), and Lisa tied it by voting for Hamish and Brenda and Simon respectively continued the trend, Selena's third vote came from Shane. Because she had the lowest percentage of weight loss, there was no need for Lydia's vote to be revealed. After elimination, when the trainers returned, they all told Margie that the 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.

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Contestant	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13
Eliminated	Selena	Shane	Brenda
Simon	Hamish	X	X
Alex	X	X	X
Graham	X	X	X
Hamish	X	Shane	Brenda
Luke	X	Michelle	Brenda
Ryan	X	Michelle	Brenda
Margie	Selena	?	X
Lydia	?	Shane	X
Lisa	Hamish	Shane	X
Michelle	X	X	Alex
Kasey	X	X	Alex
Rebekah	X	X	Brenda
Selena	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)

Ratings

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—	Program did not rank in nightly top shows

#	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