A WEEK OF SURPRISES - INCLUDING THE RETURN OF ALL THE ELIMINATED CONTESTANTS - SHAKES THINGS UP FOR “THE BIGGEST LOSERS”

It’s a week of surprises for “The Biggest Losers,” and the first is the news from host Alison Sweeney that they’ll 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 gets to return to the game - and that decision won’t be determined by weight loss.

Then the contestants get a surprise visit from last season’s “Biggest Loser” - Alison Vincent!

Later, two contestants clash in a big way before the challenge, in which contestants have to stay one step ahead of the competition - literally.

And after the weigh-in, the players get their last surprise - a twist in how this week’s elimination will go down.

I watched the video, I wished I had not, it was a spoiler

I so hope we're talking about the Apple Fritter Gang. Hating them is my new favourite thing.

Frankly, I think this characterization is completely unfair..., to Apple Fritters!

I think they're yummy.

Staypuff can you proved that the grey team cheated!

Everytime I see Phil, Heba, Vicki and Brady in the same room/area together it makes me want to start singing "Can You Feel the Love Tonight!"

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Was checking the various tv schedule guides, tivo etc.. to see if I could glean anymore info. I was surprised to find TBL not in the usual timeslot on the Yahoo guide.. and it was moved to Monday night. Not sure if it's a mistake or if someone is tinkering with the schedule for sweeps month. But Knight Rider was in the usual TBL slot.. It was the only source that had it posted on a different night. It looked like they had originally had it on Tuesday though.

Something to keep an eye on and maybe the mods or tptb can be checking their sources.

I know last year, it got moved to Wed. night a couple of weeks.

According to NBC Universal Media, it's still Tuesday.

They should know... Probably just a mistake by the yahoo people!

'yahoo' for us... I guess, huh?

NBC Press release:



I cannot believe weight loss doesn't play a part in the returning contestant - and that they are only bringing one back. And I do not like twists in the weigh ins.

The eighth week at the ranch is a doozy. Just when you think you know what's going on in the game, everything changes again. This time the contest is going to singles, so everyone in the house is competing individually from here until the finale in December.

With the Black Team down to just three members (Coleen, Michelle and Renee), Jillian works hard to get her ladies to focus, but each is frazzled by the four-member Blue Team's gloating that they succeeded in getting Phillip Parham eliminated. No one rubs it in more than Blue Team leader Vicky Vilcan. With everyone in the house now aware of Vicky's influence on the game, is she finally vulnerable?

Host Alison Sweeney brings the group to the gym for a surprise weigh-in. There, they meet with the biggest shock of the season, one that fills some contestants with joy and others with venom. That's right, the eliminated players are back and fighting to return to the ranch and a run at the grand prize (the very spot won last season by Ali Vincent, who went on to take the title).

Soon after, the players step up to a physical challenge with a prize more valuable than any so far in the game.

Then season 5 champion Ali Vincent herself drops by to give pep talks to everyone. She's a powerful influence at the ranch, especially for these women who want whole-heartedly to follow in her footsteps.

This episode is one you don't want to miss, and the big twist comes at the end. One thing's for sure, by the close of tomorrow night's episode, Season 6 is anybody's game.

Is it 2 hours or did it go back to 90 min?

I SOOOOO can't wait for this episode

2 hours

I'm no fan of the brown team but Phil wouldn't have been eliminated if his own team hadn't voted him off because of their own alliance or if he'd gotten biggest loser immunity. If Vicky is to be cast as the mastermind, then everybody else is just playing right into her hands.

It's FINALLY Tuesday!!! 2 weeks was too long!

Oh you got that right! It seemed like forever!

Thanks for the synopsis chazee! Tonight sounds like things are about to get reeeeeeeally interesting!

Phil, Shellay, and Amy were voted off because they off Heba's split of the teams. They were either put on a new team or left without their family members. Phil's "team" were all on a team before and had formed a bond. Heba did this on purpose. It was good game playing on her part. If she just had an issue with Phil, then why didn't she just move him and Amy to the other team and keep Shellay and her daughter together? She broke them up on purpose. ...And it proved to be effective. It is possible that Vicki is pulling Heba's strings but I am not so sure.

I do think, whatever distaste people might have regarding the gameplay, blue team has been pretty successful at it up to this point, partly because they've been able to predict exactly what the others would do. Philip could've proved them wrong and not moped around after his wife left, which, incidentally, has me wondering me why folks aren't berating Phil's reaction like they did Heba after Ed left. Phil essentially gave up trying to keep the spot on the ranch so many others coveted. One could say the same thing...stop acting like your spouse died. One thing that Amy mentioned in interviews is that Phil's mouth can and has caused adversity, in general (not just talking about the show). It's interesting (and I don't think accidental) that whatever conflicts Phil was involved in on the show either were not shown (the first tiff that riled Brady up, the argument with Heba at the GC, the convo with Brady on the court, etc.) or were shown in such a way that Phil seemed to have nothing to say (the dinnertime confrontation by Heba). So, on the one hand, Amy is saying Phil's own temperament causes trouble sometimes, but, on the other hand, TBL is playing it like it's "let's all gang up on Phil" time with him having a nil-to-minimal part in it. Just seems incongruous to me.

I also think, as some others have said, that Vicky is more the gameplayer and the mastermind. I think it's possible that what is going with Heba is a combination of things, First off, losing Ed made her vulnerable, gamewise and I think, emotionally. Whatever friendship exists between orange & brown, I think brown has played upon. Add to it Heba's personality (or what we've seen of it so far) and whatever problems/arguments her and Phil had that built up to this, and I do think, in some ways, Heba has been sort of "primed" or "encouraged" into her reactions. In other words, I do think she's been played. Granted, she is responsible for her own actions and reactions, but I do think there has been some exaggeration and gameplay going on there to get her to that point.

I am hoping that, even though the returning player may end up being one of "blue's own", so to speak, the fact that it's going to singles, will force them to see one another as rivals rather than allies. I mean, playing with people who still have a lot of weight to lose is great when it's a team but when it's individuals, everybody's your opponent and that biggest ally can become the biggest threat.

I dunno...I like sort of guessing this stuff and trying to figure people out, rather than get caught up in name-calling.

A lot is said in the first 5 minutes of the show and it has absolutely NOTHING to do with creative editing!

Yep, your right QO

someone needs to kick the crap outa that wimp Brady!!!!

How awful and juvenile. Those three really need to grow up. What an embarrassment to what used to be an inspiring and wonderful show. Can they not see how awful they're being, or are they too stuck up to even notice the looks of absolute HORROR on everyone's faces around them?

I agree and am glad to see that other people agree how much Vicky, Heba and Brady are RUINING THIS SEASON!! NBC should kick them off due to their nastiness. I hate them and I want them to go home and have this show focus on weight loss and not the little soap opera that they've created.

I guess it's a safe bet to say that vicky wears the pants in that family! He needs to grow a pair and tell her to shut her up.

I seriously have to vent. I just created an account on here because I want to tell NBC that i HATE this season of The Biggest Loser. My heart goes out to Phil--- just watching him right now with his wife on tonight's episode - i feel like crying. I hate the Blue Team- Viki and her husband are awful people. I've watched this show diligently for the last 6 seasons... i am so disappointed in the NBC for chosing that Brown Team as competitors. I know America is seeing what rude people they are, but it's not enough- I wish for them to be off the show and cant wait for that to happen. *seriously pissed viewer*

I've watched every season and never have I seen such a hateful group of people on this show. Their behavior is absolutely unexcusable. To wish someone to fail - just boggles my mind.

And Bob's comments regarding Vicki....that says a whole lot about her.

Me too! The blue team should all be eliminated and allow new people to come in.

I love The Biggest Loser and have watched for years. It saddens me the hatred that is being shown on there. It just upsets me too much. This season just doesn't seem like it's about the weight loss. So, I'm saying goodbye to one of my favorite shows and finding something else to watch.

Thank you

I can't let my kids watch this show now as all the mean spirited behavior. It is showing that the mean ones are winning and its not about healthy competition anymore.

I am so thankful that there are many fans that watch with open eyes. What started at the begining was unbelievable. Vicky and Heba must go. What is Phil Guilty of doing. All he did wastry to play the game. He was not hateful likethose to **tches are. Heba's problem isPhil at a penut butter cup. Phil did not want to follow the 2 queens. I love Bob but I am praying for no blue team members makrto the finals.

LET'S GET BACK TO INDIVIDUALS NEXT YEAR.

I've just created an account as well to express my total disgust with this season's contestants.
These 3 need to be kicked off before they ruin the whole future of Biggest Loser.
And if this is NBC's way to introduce drama to the series, then I want no part of it.
This is only fueling hatred.

Vicki is all about her. if it came down between her and brady she would stab him in th eback and not even bat an eye.

I missed Bob's comments...what were they?

I hope Vicky, her Husband and Heba watch themselves on tv and realize how embarrASSing they are making themselves. They should be ashamed of how they are acting...and I hope none of them get the money, they deserve nothing!

I hate Vickie I hope she goes home soon. She really makes me not want to watch any more...

I can't watch the rest of this show. The blue team is driving me nuts!!! I just read littlepitty's post and i could not agree more. I just created this account as well because I need to voice my frustration. This show just lost a faithful watcher.

I have watched this show every season, I have been blogging religiously on this show, but I must say the vileness I've watched tonight makes me want to throw the towel in.

I like this show because it's inspirational.

When people like Vicky, Brady & Heba are highlighted and continue to win it's just not fun anymore.

NBC, please pay attention--this is making people tune OUT not tune IN!!!!!!

GO COLLEEN!!! I hope she wins the challenge!

Momma, I hear where u r coming from. I can't believe Vicky and Brady, especially Vicky. This is not "playing the game". This is just vicious and mean and uncalled for. At the same time, Phil shouldn't have jumped to the bait and ignored them, no matter his love for Amy. They weren't dissing her, they were dissing him.

Me too, the blue team is low class. I am surprised that the network is allowing this kind of mean-spirited behavior to continue!

I'm over it NBC. I know you don't control the maturity levels of the people on this show, but you've lost me this season. Heba and Vicky make me ill and I'm done with it. I expect game play every season and while this isn't "reality" I do like the inspiration the show gives me. Not this season, not at all. I'll give you another chance next time, but if it keeps on like this I'm done with it.

I TOTALLY AGREE

I honestly think that Vickie, Heba, and Brady have given the show a bad name. This used to be my favorite show, but the three of them are a disgrace to the show. I am not sure that I want to watch this show any longer. I hope they watch this show and see how horribly they have displayed themselves and their families to the nation. I'm sad that NBC has allowed the show to turn this way. I'm glad to see that other people do not see these types of behaviors as being acceptable. The Biggest Loser is supposed to be about helping people get healthy and lose weight. I think they have gotten money hungry and forgot the real prize. I sure hope this drama comes to an end real soon!

Right there with ya.....this used to be a great show....now it's turned into a VH1 reality show...it bites, can you say Flavor Flav? Dancing with the Stars now has my 100% attention..........NBC you should be ashamed! It's not about losing weight....it's about getting ratings with disgusting gross people. Bob...leave as fast as you can!

I can't believe the stupidity and maliciousness of the blue team. they think the are Gods gift to the game. I hope that phil wins the whole thing.

Please don't let Ed win...we don't need another "blue" guy....

All very good points. I am tired of this gang up on Phil...and agree with what you stated about us not really knowing why they are all SO anti-Phil. If they are going to play it up so much, then let us know what happened, and move on! The move to individuals is great, I am curious to see how everyone will treat each other....

I totally agree with you guys. It's unbelievable the way Heba, Ed, Vicky & Brady act. I hope now that the show is over and they're watching it back, they realize what evil people they have been. Phil is hated only because he was game playing, exactly what Vicky & Brady & Heba & Ed were doing. how is that so wrong? And he wasn't doing it in a nasty, mean-spirited way as the others were. It's AWFUL! I can't stand to watch, but have to with the hope that these awful people will get voted off and their smug smiles wiped from their faces!!!!!

Holy crap Vicki just started laughing when Phil fell over!

I did the SAME thing - created an account just to say that I CAN'T STAND the V/B/E/H foursome - they RUIN this show for me!! I have ALWAYS been a fan of this show - it's my favorite TV show - it'd be nice if the TV audience could vote people off - and not based on weight!! This used to be an entertaining show about cheering on people and their accomplishments with weight loss and it has turned in to TOO much D-R-A-M-A!!