The Biggest Loser

- Season 9

(2010)

The twenty-two contestants - who arrive as teams of two - are introduced, three of whom are the heaviest three contestants ever on the show, and one team which weighs collectively close to half a ton. Their initial weigh-in is held in each's hometown in front of family, friends and other townsfolk. When they arrive on campus and enter the gym for the first time, the contestants are surprised to see it empty, except for twenty-two bicycles. Each team is to cycle collectively 26.2 miles, the equivalent of a marathon. The team to finish the distance first gets immunity ...

With two couples asked to leave following the bicycling challenge and James being voted off after the first weigh-in, seventeen contestants remain on campus. Jillian and Bob are still feeling out the contestants and try to get to their core issues. Everyone in the gym is feeling the pressure of what is known on the show as the week 2 curse of an extreme drop in weight loss following the first week high. Dr. Huizenga takes each couple aside to demonstrate to them in meaningful ways how their weight issues are negatively affecting their lives. The reward challenge is ...

During "student-teacher week," the contestants on each team assume the role of either teacher or student. "Teachers" get to continue working out with Bob and Jillian, but then have to teach what they've learned to their teammates or "students," who don't get to work out with the trainers. The "student'" on each team will be the only one whose weight counts at weigh-in. Acclaimed chef Curtis Stone teaches the contestants about portion control and helps them whip up a healthy chicken cacciatore dish.

This week starts off with a high-stakes pop challenge in which contestants race for the prize of immunity - and the winning team also gets three envelopes to give to the teams of their choice with instructions that could have a dramatic impact at this week's weigh in. Also, tensions are high between the trainers and one team suspected of game play, and a lifting competition rewards the winning team with a prize that everyone wants.

At the last weigh-in, Migdalia was voted off campus. The campus is not only down one contestant but two as one is sent to hospital temporarily on a medical issue. But two others ultimately return to campus as the at home challenge given to Victoria and Cherita and Sunshine and O'Neal, which the on-campus contestants did not know about, comes to an end and the four return to campus to weigh-in. Before doing so, they go through what Bob calls the Biggest Loser rite of passage: a last chance workout. The returning team is told that they will receive immunity for the week...

Having the lowest percentage of weight loss as a team and being a single member team, John, without deliberation, was sent home after the latest weigh-in. Koli is having doubts about himself being on campus, especially as John, who he feels is more deserving, is no longer there. The contestants learn that for this week, they will now be weighing in as individuals as opposed to teams, two contestants will be sent home (the one with the lowest percentage of weight loss, plus one of the next two who will be voted home), and in the spirit of the upcoming 2010 Winter ...

After the latest weigh-in, Melissa leaves the campus as the person who fell below the red line. Cheryl and Darrell, the two contestants who fell below the yellow line, complete their one-on-one challenge to see who goes home and who stays. Following, the remaining contestants, who were only last week told they were playing now as individuals, now learn that they will now be placed on teams, however not their original couple partnership, but a blue team trained by Bob, and a black team trained by Jillian. The winner of a temptation challenge has the power to select ...

After the latest weigh-in, Miggy was voted off campus. O'Neal, replacing Miggy on the blue team, was afraid that SunShine was the contestant voted off. Starting from last week, the teams continue their David vs. Goliath mentality, the black team being David, the blue team being Michael-stacked Goliath which nonetheless lost the previous weigh-in. The contestants immediately learn their reward challenge for the week: pulling a 33,000 pound semi-trailer truck and putting together a puzzle at the finish line. The reward challenge is quickly dispensed of as, for the week,...

This week, the blue team squares off against the black team in a food trivia pop challenge that will send the winning team via limo to a day of pampering and luxury while the losing team has to stay behind and clean up the kitchen and the gym! Then popular chef Curtis Stone stops by to help host Alison Sweeney judge a food cook-off challenge. Each team has 30 minutes to make an appetizer, entrée and dessert using only 12 ingredients, and the team who wins the taste test gets a big advantage at this week's weigh in. Then an emotional elimination round sends another ...

After the previous weigh-in, Sherry was voted off campus. The remaining contestants learn that Sherry is not the only one going home - all the contestants are going home for one week. Michael in particular is relishing this opportunity to visit with his ill grandmother. Waiting for each contestant at home are two boxes and a DVD on which Alison explains what they are to do with the boxes' contents. They involve in combination a reward challenge and a temptation. Beyond the challenge, the pressures of real life weigh-in on the minds of some more than others. Will those...

With Lance voted off the last weigh-in, he is sent home. Or is he? All the contestants who have previously been voted off campus, with the exception of Migdalia who is dealing with a personal issue at home, are back, one of whom will be invited back on campus, that person to be chosen purely by vote of the on-campus contestants. The only rule is that one cannot vote for their own family member. After the invited player is named, Alison announces one last challenge for one of the off campus contestants to get back on campus. The challenge opens up old wounds between ...

The competition heats up when the players learn that whoever loses 2% of their body weight first this week gets immunity. The catch is that only one person gets immunity and they only get one shot to weigh in whenever they think they've reached that goal. Later, the players head to the pool for a swimming challenge involving weights. After each contestant finishes the race, they are allowed to go back and help others finish, which proves very revealing about who the players want to stay in the game -- and who they don't.

Melissa was voted off campus at the latest weigh-in. The remaining contestants learn this week about the value of money in relation to their weight. They have a pop challenge of balancing quarters on a tray, the last contestant standing to receive forty times the amount of money on their tray. The winner and runner-up of the challenge later learn of a bonus. The contestants are then visited by financial guru Suze Orman, who teaches them about the connection between physical health and financial health. She also makes a prediction on who this year's winner will be based on ...

Andrea was voted off campus at the last weigh-in. The power of the vote this week may fall to one person. In a temptation challenge, the contestants are forced to eat all their meals alone for one day in a room filled with both healthy foods, and unhealthy foods. The person who eats the most calories will have the only vote at this week's weigh-in, except if that person falls below the yellow line. In that case, the vote will occur as usual. Many contestants resist temptation, some fall to temptation without a thought of playing the game, while two in combination ...

After Vicky is voted off campus following the latest weigh-in, the remaining contestants learn that they will be traveling to Dallas, Texas, one of the unhealthiest cities in the United States, to help the legions of unfit there start on the path to good health. They act as motivators for those participating in a five kilometer walk/run starting and ending at the Cotton Bowl. The contestants participate in a reward challenge apropos to being in Texas, the winner to receive immunity for the week. This challenge brings out the alliances that are forming between the ...

SunShine is still adjusting to the fact of O'Neal no longer being on campus, he who was voted off after the latest weigh-in. That leaves Sam and Koli as the only remaining couple among the six contestants still on campus. Those six have made it to makeover week. Each is given $1,000 to shop for clothing. They get to share their new made-over self with some special people. With their special people, the six are treated to a private concert to cap off their makeover. They get back to the reality of campus when they compete in a reward challenge. They must climb a Jacobs...

With Sam being voted off campus at the latest weigh-in, he who is the first contestant ever to reach his goal weight while on campus, there are no original couples within the remaining five contestants. Koli and SunShine did not understand why Ashley and Daris voted for Sam. Koli and SunShine however were and are unaware that Ashley, Daris and Michael have an alliance. The contestants learn that an alliance this week will not matter as there is no yellow line, only a red line, the contestant who falls below that line going home this week. This reality adds a ...

Sunshine, who fell below the red line at the last weigh-in, is not the only contestant going home this week. The final four contestants are all going home for thirty days before returning to campus to weigh-in to see which three will make it to the finale. While at home, each contestant weighs in in front of friends and family to show how much weight they have lost to date on campus. Some find being at home a challenge in and of itself, but some also find a few cathartic moments. The contestants quickly learn that they will have much work to do in those thirty days as...

Daris and Koli, who fell below the yellow line at the last weigh-in, learn who America voted for to join Ashley and Michael in the final three. Three winners from previous seasons watch on from the audience. Another former contestant, Shaye, returns to complete her Subway challenge which started at last season's finale. After weighing-in, Shaye learns that her challenge is not yet complete. Jillian promotes her new show, Losing It with Jillian (2010), on which she tries to complete in a week with home viewers what she has weeks to do on The Biggest Loser. Alison provides an update of the Pound ...