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After a nice long break, The Biggest Loser roars back to life complete with US Marine helicopters and hummers to drag the 12th season competitors to the brink of Death Valley (literally) and back.
We know the 411, so lets jump into my first impressions of the 15 contestants:
Courtney: 24, "Single Girl"
Joe: 46, "Big Daddy"
Becky: 50, "Daddy's Dieing"
Jessica: 26, "Nervous Nelly" OR "Dazed and Confused"
Jennifer: 39, "Bob Lover"
Ramon: 27, "2 Legit tattoo artist, dude"
Patrick: 25, "Cry Baby"
Antone: 44, "The Footballer"
Vinny: 27, "Overalls"
John: 40, "Helicopter Lover"
Mike: 61, "The Cheerleader"
Bonnie: 63, "The Weeper"
Debbie: 60, "Gimmie a Break"
Johnny: 65, "The Don"
Sunny: 41, "Didn't know she was on the show until the weigh in. Seriously."
Ali jumps out of a hummer with sunny blond pig tails to explain the rules for this season. The contestants will be split into three teams based on their age: The Under 30's, The Middle, and The Over 50's.
The trainers for the teams are introduced as well. We have good ole Bob, Anna K, and DQ- Dolvett Quince- who may be my new favorite now that Jillian Michaels is no longer on the show. I did keep waiting for Jillian to ride up on a kick ass Ducati and have a secret fourth team, but it didn't happen. That was the number one thing talked about during the live tweet fest was that everyone REALLY MISSED JILLIAN.
Ali introduces the first challenge. Of course, it is a mile run to choose the trainer. And of course they are all attached to a pole with a camera on the end. Happily, no one has to be helicoptered out, and the teams are as follows:
Bob with The Middle
DQ with The Under 30's
Anna K with The Over 50's
We have a first chance workout in the shiny and amazing new Biggest Loser gym on the ranch, where the mettle of all the contestants is tested until they are left in sniveling piles of tearful goo. After a quick Brita plug, it is time for the Last Chance Workout (!) and then on to a 50 minute weigh in ceremony.
Are we sure we can't get this show down to one hour, NBC?
WEIGH IN! Age before beauty, Johnny.
Johnny-65: From 328 lbs to 311 lbs- 17 lbs lost
Bonnie-63: From 254 lbs to 250 lbs- 4 lbs lost
Mike-61: From 309 lbs to 297 lbs- 12 lbs lost
Debbie-60: From 239 lbs to 233 lbs- 6 lbs lost
Becky-50: From 238 lbs to 228 lbs- 10 lbs lost Total: 49 lbs, 3.58% BW
Joe-46: From 348 lbs to 326 lbs- 22 lbs lost
Antone-44: From 447 lbs to 415 lbs- 32 lbs lost
Sunny-41: From 277 lbs to 261 lbs- 16 lbs lost
John-40: From 445 lbs to 408 lbs- 37 lbs lost
Jennifer-39: From 330 lbs to 311 lbs- 19 lbs lost Total: 126 lbs, 6.82% BW
Vinny-27: From 426 lbs to 405 lbs- 21 lbs lost
Ramon-27: From 355 lbs to 338 lbs- 17 lbs lost
Jessica-26: From 254 lbs to 239 lbs- 15 lbs lost
Patrick-25: From 387 lbs to 367 lbs- 20 lbs lost
Courtney-24: From 270 lbs to 254 lbs- 16 lbs lost Total: 89 lbs, 5.26% BW
Bob's team leaves everyone in the dust, obviously, and the Seniors must sort out who is going home first. The Seniors have a Real Housewives moment when Debbie tells Bonnie she finds her tears annoying which doesn't earn her any points in the popularity department. Not surprisingly, Debbie Downer is eliminated. Now she can take all the breaks she wants!
When we check back with Debbie, she has gone from 239 to 215, is break dancing with her grand kids, and hopes to be 160 by the finale.
This season looks like there is plenty of drama on the teams- GAME PLAY!- and lots of blood, sweat, and tears. I am looking forward to seeing how Anna K fits into the whole show and if she'll be able to help her team see the numbers they need to see so they aren't picked off one by one. Dolvett can stay. You can stay, Dolvett!
Want to know what Courtney from season 11 has to say? Here's her recap, brought to you by DietsinReview.com!
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I agree with just about everything her. It was good to get "Debbie Downer" out first. I was caller her that last night also. I think it was funny when Dolvett kicked Patrick out of the gym. Dolvett is my new favorite trainer also. He BETTER be in the next season if Jillian doesn't decide to come back. Even if she does decide to come back, he can stay. Anna has a lot to prove. Currently she's simply eye candy, if you'll pardon the expression. Her sweet sing-songy approach is not going to cut it. I'm hoping she steps up. Still wish they had asked Kim Lyons back.
ReplyDeleteI was NOT crazy about Anna K...at all. Granted, everyone has their own style, but after showing a clip of Bob kicking butt, Dolvett (love him!) kicking butt, to just see a clip of Anna barely raising her voice while her team does nothing but elliptical...meh. Not impressed - and the numbers weren't impressive either! My Jillian pain is raw and real...Anna is going to have to do a lot better than that to make it go away and make herself awesome in my eyes!
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