“THE BIGGEST LOSER 8″ “809″

11/10/2009 (08:00PM - 10:00PM) (Tuesday)

CONTESTANTS JUMP THROUGH HOOPS — Tensions rise when contestants learn from host Alison Sweeney that two players will be eliminated this week so only six of the eight remaining players will still be in the game after the weigh-in. With the stakes so high, players are more determined than ever to stay above the yellow line.

First, there’s a tennis ball pop challenge that rewards the winner with an advantage at weigh-in. Then the contestants have to jump through hoops literally when they head to the circus for a lively challenge with the coveted prize of immunity for whoever wins.

Later, contestants are led by trainer Bob Harper through a wild, trapeze-swinging last chance workout, only to return to the ranch and find trainer Jillian Michaels ready to put them through a second, grueling last chance workout. Then a dramatic weigh-in leads to heartbreaking eliminations as the contestants say goodbye to two more players.

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

SEAN ALGAIER (Youth Pastor), 29, Tulsa, OK. (Eliminated week 3)

AMANDA ARLAUSKAS (Patient Care Technician), 19, Butler, NJ.

DANNY CAHILL (Land Surveyor/Musician), 39, Broken Arrow, OK.

MOZZIZ “MO” DEWALT (Youth Mentor), 56, Louisville, KY. (Eliminated week 5)

ANTOINE DOVE (Health Insurance Agent), 23, Dudley, NC. (Eliminated week 3)

JULIO GOMEZ (Mortgage Loan Officer), 40, Algonquin, IL. (Eliminated week 4)

DINA MERCADO (Custodian), 28, Commerce, CA. (Eliminated week 6)

REBECCA MEYER (Student/Nanny), 25, Des Moines, IA.

RUDY PAULS (Engineer), 31, Brooklyn, CT.

ABBY RIKE (Teacher), 35, Mabank, TX. (Eliminated in week 7)

ALLEN SMITH (Firefighter/EMT), 44, Columbus, IN.

SHAUNTINA “SHAY” SORRELLS (Social Worker), 30, Newport Beach, CA.

ALEXANDRA WHITE (Student), 20, Harrisburg, PA. (Eliminated in week 1)

DANIEL WRIGHT (Student), 20, Willow Spring, NC.

LIZ YOUNG (Salesperson), 49, Lewisburg, TN.

TRACEY YUKICH (Homemaker), 37, Allen, TX. (Eliminated in week

“The Biggest Loser” 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 (”Breakthrough With Tony Robbins,” “Shear Genius”) serve as executive producers.

Source: NBC Press Release