A WEEK OF BIG SURPRISES – INCLUDING THE RETURN OF ALL THE ELIMINATED CONTESTANTS – SHAKES THINGS UP FOR ‘THE BIGGEST LOSER: FAMILIES’ ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 (8-10 P.M. ET) ON NBC

Plus, Ali Vincent, Last Season’s “Biggest Loser” Winner, Guest Stars!

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – The return of all the eliminated contestants – each hoping for a chance to get back in the game and possibly win the $250,000 grand prize – is just one of the surprises in store for contestants on NBC’s “The Biggest Loser: Families,” airing Tuesday, November 11 (8-10 p.m. ET).
This week’s episode begins with host Alison Sweeney telling the contestants that they will start competing as individuals now instead of as teams. Then comes the surprise return of all the eliminated contestants, and the revelation that only one will return to the game, and that decision won’t be determined by weight loss as in past seasons.

This week’s challenge turns into a real nail-biter when contestants have to pick up the pace and stay one step ahead of the competition – literally. Then Ali Vincent, last season’s “Biggest Loser” and first female winner, stops by for a pep talk, and brings along a special guest who also has a big surprise for all of the contestants.

After the weigh-in, the players get one last bit of unexpected news – a twist in how this week’s elimination will go down. Another contestant is sent home after one player surprises all of the contestants with a shocking vote at elimination.

Last week the episode began with the 8 remaining contestants meeting Ali outside for this week’s temptation, which was a calorie quiz; a revised version of “This or That?”. They had to guess which of two foods had fewer calories. If the teams got it right, they would get a point. The first team to five points would win.

For the first three rounds, the Blue and Black Teams were tied, but eventually, Blue pulled ahead and won the temptation, and the prize was a 40 lbs advantage, which the teams would learn about later.The challenge this week consisted of both teams hanging from cranes having to hold up their own body weight. Both teams were able to hold on for about 50 minutes. After 30 minutes, each team had to let one player let go of their weight. Blue Team chose Vicky, and Black chose Michelle. The black team had to hold up 918 pounds (this included the 40 pound addition the blue team won in the Temptation) and the blue team had to hold up 932 pounds. The blue team won giving them the right to pick one person from the black team to sit out at the weigh in.

Later that week, Heba from the Blue Team is seen getting into another fight with Phillip about him talking about her behind her back, though he is never shown talking about her off-camera. The fight gets so out of control Coleen goes outside.

At the weigh in the Black team went first. The Blue Team chose Michelle to have her weight not count towards the Black Team’s total. Despite this, she only lost 2 pounds. Coleen also lost 2 pounds, and Phillip & Renee both dropped 3 pounds each. Collectively, (and without Michelle) The Black Team lost 8 pounds with a total percentage of 1.18%. The blue team had to lose 11 pounds to win the weigh in.
History was made, as Brady was the first blue team member to weigh in and had dropped 13 pounds, which was more than enough to defeat the entire black team. He became the first person to have a weight loss that was high enough to beat out an entire team. Then Vicky had shed 2 pounds, and Heba & Amy C also dropped 6 pounds each (Alison also said that percentage-wise, Amy C was the Biggest Loser so far) The Blue team lost a total of 27 pounds, or 2.9%. Renee of the black team is the biggest loser from her team giving her immunity at the elimination.

At the elimination, the Black Team revealed their votes, with Phillip getting 2 out of the 4 votes. As a result he was eliminated, which left Jillian’s Black Team an all-girl Black Team (it also left Brady as the sole man of the ranch).

Meanwhile, the home-footage shows us that when Phillip returned home, he surprised his wife Amy (who had been eliminated the previous week) in the mall, with a ring. He proposed to her, and then the two of them re-married there, with their friends & family watching. Phillip has lost over 100 pounds since starting on the ranch.

The teams competing for the $250,000 grand prize are:

Parent-child teams:

Renee Wilson (Event manager), 46, and her daughter, Michelle Aguilar (Assistant director), 26, Ft. Worth, Texas (eliminated in week seven).

Tom Desrochers Sr. (Cab driver), 42, and his son Tom Desrochers Jr. (Cab driver), 22, Everett, Massachusetts. (Both eliminated in week two)

Shellay Cremen (Stay-at-home Mom), 51, (Eliminated in week five) Royal Oak, Michigan and her daughter Amy Cremen (Purchasing department representative), 26, Auburn Hills, Michigan.

Jerry Skeabeck (Police sergeant), 51, (Eliminated in week three) and his daughter Coleen Skeaback (Receptionist), 23, Cleveland, Ohio.

Husband-and-wife teams:

Ed Brantley (Chef), 31, (Eliminated in week four) and his wife, Heba Salama (Pharmaceutical sales representative), 30, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Brady Vilcan (Pharmacist), 36, and Vicky Vilcan (Anesthetist), 37, Houma, Louisiana.

Adam Capers (Contracts manager), 39, and his wife, Stacey Capers (Contract pricing analyst), 33, Gainesville, Virginia. (Both eliminated in week one)

Phillip Parham (Real estate agent), 41, and his wife, Amy Parham (Real estate agent), 40, Greer, South Carolina (Eliminated in week six)

Source: NBC Press Releases

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