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TV Show: The Biggest Loser: Season 10 Thread | EPISODE 1 RECAP
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The Biggest Loser: Season 10 Thread | EPISODE 1 RECAP
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - NBC announces 21 contestant hopefuls eager to transform their bodies, their health and their lives in the must-see premiere of "The Biggest Loser" on Tuesday, September 21 (8-10 p.m. ET). The theme for season 10 of the popular series is "paying it forward."
With obesity now one of the leading causes of preventable death in the United States, "The Biggest Loser" wanted to broaden their reach this season, pay it forward and motivate communities - not just contestants - to get healthy. So trainers Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels and host Alison Sweeney travel to seven cities in the premiere episode, with each trainer leading community fitness challenges like a one-mile race or a 500 step-up competition. In each of the seven cities - Detroit, Los Angeles, Portland, Atlanta, Phoenix, Oklahoma City and Boston - there will also be three contestant hopefuls competing in the challenges. The two candidates who complete their fitness challenge first win a spot at the ranch. Those who don't make it will get a chance to vie for a spot on the show in a later episode.
The new season players include Burgandy (Eagle Mountain, Utah), a military wife, foster parent and mother of five, Aaron (Kent, Ohio), the son of an alcoholic who hopes to be a better role model to his own son and Montina (Houston, Texas), a background vocalist for Beyonce who wants to look as good as she sounds. Viewers will also meet Tina, a 58-year-old retired homemaker who was a swimsuit model in her younger years, and Adam (Santa Ana, California), who hopes to lose weight and honor his mother, who died at age 51 from heart failure brought on by complications of diabetes and obesity.
Other new contestants include Sophia (Germantown, Maryland), a high school counselor who lost her brother last year in a tragic car accident, Patrick (Vicksburg, Mississippi), a former college football player who continued to consume large quantities of food long after an injury forced him to stop playing, Ada (San Francisco, California), who longs to "finally be happy" after a difficult childhood with unsupportive parents, and Brendan (Boston, Massachusetts), a special education teacher who wants to practice what he preaches to his students about the importance of exercise and a healthy diet.
The new contestants hoping to make it on the ranch and compete for the $250,000 grand prize are:
JESSE ATKINS (Law clerk), 28, St. Paul, Minnesota.
MONTINA COOPER (Professional singer/songwriter), 35, Houston, Texas.
JESSICA DELFS (Professional bridal consultant), 27, Tucson, Arizona.
RICHARD DEROQUE (Pediatric physical therapist), 54, Conway, Arkansas.
ALFREDO DINTEN (Futures commodity trader), 43, Staten Island, New York.
SANDY DOLAN (Stay-at-home mom and student), 30, Ft. Worth, Texas.
BRENDAN DONOVAN (Special education teacher), 32, Boston, Massachusetts.
TINA ELLIOTT (Retired homemaker), 58, Boring, Oregon.
SOPHIA FRANKLIN (High school counselor), 28, Germantown, Maryland.
PATRICK HOUSE (Sales representative), 28, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
ADAM HURTADO (Non-profit manager), 26, Santa Ana, California.
ALLIE ISHCOMER (Student), 22, Moore, Oklahoma.
BURGANDY KEEL (Stay-at-home mom), 35, Eagle Mountain, Utah.
SHANNA MASTEN (Math teacher), 38, Pima, Arizona.
LISA MOSLEY (Sales representative), 31, Norman, Oklahoma.
MARK PINHASOVICH (Bartender and recruiter), 31, East Brunswick, New Jersey.
COREY PINKERTON (Life coach), 27, Fairbanks, Alaska.
ELIZABETH RUIZ (Medical assistant), 31, Lawrence, Massachusetts.
AARON THOMPKINS (Graphic designer), 29, Kent, Ohio.
ADA WONG (Project coordinator for high teach company), 27, San Francisco, California.
ANNA WRIGHT (Administrative assistant and songwriter), 39, Atlanta, Georgia.
(Official) Contestant photos will be coming soon, they are not out yet.
Links
'The Biggest Loser' Show Site
Contestant Profiles + Bios
Photo Gallery
Episode Recaps
 Episode 1Ali, Bob, and Jillian went to 7 cities (all with big crowds) & picked 3 people out of each crowd to be POTENTIAL contestants.
Michigan:
Jesse, Sophia, Aaron
Jesse - 369 pounds
Sophia - 272 pounds (Sob story: brother died in car accident  )
Aaron - 468 pounds
Each person had to go up and down a single step and go 500 times. Aaron started off in the lead but ended out 98 steps away, Sophia got 1st & Jesse 2nd.
Los Angeles:
Ada, Adam, Montina
Ada- 285 pounds (Sob story: brother drowned, other brother died
Adam- 402 pounds (Sob story: mom died last year by obesity )
Montina- 287 pounds
Each person had to go up and down a single step and go 500 times. Adam started off in the lead but got taken away quick, Montina's knee started hurting during it & stopped for a few seconds, Ada got 1st & Adam 2nd.
Portland: Mike from Season 7 ( ) went this time instead of Ali to speak.
Corey, Burgandy, Tina
Corey: 391 pounds
Burgandy: 231 pounds
Tina: 263 pounds (Sob story: was cheated on during second marriage )
Each person had to do a one-mile race. Corey & Tina were close at the end, Corey fell two times before the finish line, Tina passed him while he's on the ground. Corey got wheeled in to the hospital. Burgandy got 1st & Tina 2nd.
Atlanta:
Patrick, Anna, Rick
Patrick: 400 pounds
Anna: 330 pounds (Sob story: 3-year-old son died with cancer )
Rick: 350 pounds
Each person had to do a one-mile race. Anna was having trouble going throughout it all. Rick ended out 1st, Patrick finished 2nd.
Phoenix:
Jessica, Mark, Shanna
Jessica: 282 pounds (Sob story: mom was an abusive parent )
Mark: 421 pounds
Shanna: 242 pounds (Sob story: had to go through breast cancer )
Each person had to one-mile race. Started off close, but Shanna was in last throughout most of it. Jessica came out 1st, Mark came out 2nd.
Okalahoma City: Danny, the season 8 winner () went this time instead of Ali to speak.
Ali, Lisa, Sandy
Allie: 322 pounds
Lisa: 288 pounds (Sob story: daughter lost sight (temporarily?) because of hydration & not "not wanting to be like her mom" )
Sandy: 259 pounds (Sob story: older brother died in his sleep 3 days after auditioning )
Each person had to go up and down a single step and go 500 times. Sandy was last throughout most of it, while Allie was first throughout most of it. Allie was 1st, Lisa came out 2nd.
Boston: Mark from season 5 went this time instead of Ali to speak.
Frado: 367 pounds (Sob story: has diabetes, will die within 5 years if doesn't lose weight )
Elizabeth: 244 pounds (Sob story: ex-husband was abusive during wedding )
Brendan: 362 pounds
Each person had to go up and down a single step and go 500 times. Brendan started in the lead, Elizabeth needed help from Jillian + enhaler during competition, had loss of breathing & fainted; was sent to the hospital. Frado 1st, Brendan 2nd.
At the end, they showed multiple clips of a few people who didn't make the "original cast" and saying it's not over, then a clip of the "original cast" and Ali saying 'this ranch has gotten 700 pounds bigger', then another clip of the weigh-in and how it's 'like never before', and the YELLOW LINE moves, and Ali says that HALF OF THE PEOPLE will be going! Then there is another clip of them running and being trained by Army Marines, then loads of drama in other clips.
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I hope I'm not the only one on this site that loves this show. 
As for the cast, I don't really like anyone yet (even though we don't have any videos yet), but I hope it's a great season because I started at season 7 and the seasons I've seen are amazing as well as the contestants.
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MONTINA COOPER (Professional singer/songwriter), 35, Houston, Texas.
Beyoncé's backround singer. 
Hopefully Bey will make a guest appearance. Perhaps shed a few in time for the new era.
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^ That would be amazing. 
Bey will be proud to see her background singer come back so skinny and beautiful. 
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Member Since: 2/23/2010
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I like this show. I saw every episode from the first season. But these obesity problems are now everywhere on TV and that's really getting on my nerves.I know it's a serious problem but they are the guilty ones to let it happen in the first place.
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I love this show, it's so emotional, and I really like seeing their transformations. Can't wait for the new season
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Well I'm glad I'm not the only one that likes it. 
Luckily, it starts TONIGHT!
But it starts at the same time as Glee every week so every week I'm gonna be in the Glee thread & then in here the next day. Then do a recap on the first post.
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I'm two days late.. how sad.
Gonna watch online and then recap it.
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Okay.. updated with recap.
Wow that preview at the end of the episode was CRAZY.
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