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CONTESTANTS LEARN TO WORK OUT WITHOUT THE USE OF THE GYM

This week, the contestants hike up a hill to find over 100 keys, but only two teams will find the keys that unlock The Biggest Loser gym. The rest of the teams have to learn to creatively work out all week without the use of the gym. Later, a rowing machine challenge pits team against team, and then a surprising turn of events leads to one contestant heading home.

At last week’s weigh-in, Laura, who was criticized by Jillian as not doing the work, lost only 2 pounds. Mike, after his increase in food consumption, increased his loss to 13 pounds. Mandi managed to lose 6 pounds despite her family’s presence, but Aubrey lost only 1 pound. Black fells below the yellow line for the first time, as their weekly double-digit results falter. This week, only one team fell below the line, with contestants having to choose one member of that team to go home. Blaine asked to go home to be with his new baby and was voted off.

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

BEST FRIENDS:
Carla Triplett (Assistant bank manager), 36, and her best friend Joelle Gwynn (Non-profit founder), 41, Southfield, Michigan (Both eliminated week five)

Daniel Wright (Student), 19, Willow Spring, North Carolina and his best friend, David Lee (Student), 23, Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina (Both eliminated week four)

COUSINS:
Sione Fa (Owner, landscape company), 28, Maricopa, Arizona and his cousin, Filipe Fa (Lube technician), 26, Mesa, Arizona

Blaine Cotter (College counselor), 27, Gilbert, AZ (Eliminated week 7) and his cousin Dane Patterson (Real estate appraiser), 27, Mesa, Arizona

ENGAGED COUPLE:
Damien Gurganious (Industrial designer), 31, and his fiancée Nicole Brewer (Wardrobe stylist), 37, Brooklyn, New York (Eliminated week 3)

FORMER MODELS:
Tara Costa (Model/Finance manager), 23, New York, NY, and her friend Laura Denoux (Model/Sales director), 24, Miami, Florida

FATHER/SON:
Ron Morelli (Retired food distributor, currently City Councilman), 54, and his son, Mike Morelli (Student), 18, South Lyon, MI.

GRANDPARENTS:
Estella Hayes (Retired nurse), 63 and her husband, Gerald “Jerry” Hayes (Retired engineer), 63, Wheaton, Illinois (Eliminated week 2)

MOTHER/DAUGHTER:
Helen Phillips (Retired retail manager), 47, Sterling Heights, MI and her daughter, Shanon Thomas (Massage therapist), 29, Centerline, MI.

Cathy Skell (Title sales closing agent at real estate firm), 48, Shiocton, Wisconsin and her daughter, Kristin Steede (Business owner), 28, Greenville, Wisconsin

SISTERS:
Amanda Kramer (Cosmetologist), 30, Boise, Idaho, and her sister, Aubrey Cheney (Information and education specialist), 28, Gooding, Idaho

Alison Sweeney hosts, and trainers Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels also star.

“The Biggest Loser” has become a worldwide hit airing in over 90 countries and produced in 25 countries. Since its debut in 2004, “The Biggest Loser” has grown to become a standalone health and lifestyle brand by developing tools and products inspired by the show and approved by its doctors and experts. Anchored by the online, subscription-based extension of the show, Biggestloserclub.com, The Biggest Loser Meal Plan, The New York Times best-selling books series, best-selling fitness DVD series, a line of appliances, fitness equipment, protein supplements and countless other health and lifestyle based products, The Biggest Loser consumer products program has generated over $50 million in spending with presence at more than 25,000 major retailers to date. Check out www.biggestloser.com for more information.

“The Biggest Loser: Couples” is a production of Reveille LLC, 25/7 Productions and 3Ball Productions. Ben Silverman (NBC’s “The Office,” “Ugly Betty”), Dave Broome (“A Model Life with Petra Nemcova,” “Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope”), JD Roth (“Age of Love,” “Beauty and the Geek”), Todd A. Nelson (“Unan1mous,” “Beauty and the Geek”) and Mark Koops (“American Gladiators,” “Shear Genius”) serve as executive producers.

Source: NBC Press Releases