The Biggest Loser is back on NBC tonight for its 15th season at 8p and it is all about second chances. Fifteen contestants are not only battling it out to win a cash prize, but they are also doing it to lose weight and change their lives for the better.
There are many reasons why the contestants are there, and for the first time in the show’s history the trainers pick who will compete on the show. Then once they decide who should be competing, they have to choose their teams. Of course no one wants to be on Jillian’s and do you blame them? Now that the teams are chosen, it is time for the hard work to begin and they contestants will give it their all.
Then it is time for the weigh-in and these contestants mean business. They drop pounds like it is nothing. One person even drops the weight of an average 9 year old kid. That is a lot of poundage to lose!
But one team doesn’t do as well as the others, so one of their contestants will be sent packing. That is unless their trainer decides to use their save and keep them on the show for at least another week. That is another thing they added this season, each coach is given one save. So will the losing coach use theirs week one, or hold on to it? You will have to tune into find out.
Now the big talk about this season is not the changes, not the coaches, but one of the contestants competing this year. It is a name we all know and it is Ruben Studdard.
American Idol’s second winner is also a winner tonight but not in a way he would want to be. That is because he is the heaviest contestant on the show this season. That is why he is there, he wants to lose that weight and be healthy. His health is #1 priority and he is getting himself in shape to promote his upcoming 6th album. So when he becomes healthy, he will be around for a long long time to record many more albums.
Now this isn’t the first time he has tried to lose weight and he recently explained on a conference call why he chose to do it this way. He said, “This is very different for me. I’m usually a very private and personal guy, and so do to this it was a lot to think about and I knew that it was going to be different for me.†Then he added, “But I just wanted to get myself together and get myself on a track to getting healthy. And, this show has really been that vehicle for me.†A vehicle we will see him be a driving force on as he tries be a Velvet Teddy Bear with a lot less stuffing.
As we know teddy bears are furry and as you can see in that clip above, Jillian is not happy with his back hair and she lets him know she wants him to wax it off. So when I was on that conference call, I had to know what he thought about her reaction to his “taco meat†as he puts it. He chuckled before his response, “You know, I feel that you know in today’s society, men have stopped being men and have let women prettify them. And you know, especially guys like Dolvett (Quince). You know, they’re all cleanly shaved up, you know no body hair. But in the ‘70s you see, all the artist you know from Teddy Pendergrass to Al Green, to you know the Bee Gee’s, everybody had chest hair.†Then he added, “You know nowadays, these guys, they’re too clean. You know, I’m okay. I’m cool in my skin. I’m just trying to lose a little weight. I’m not trying to change my manliness.†And he shouldn’t change the man that he is. He should be who he wants to be. So will Jillian get her way with him, Executive Producer Lisa Hennessy told us we will just have to watch to find out. To which trainer Dolvett added that we will definitely want to see that episode.
But we won’t only be tuning in to see Ruben possibly lose his “taco meatâ€, we also be watching as 15 people change their lives for the better. The Biggest Loser inspires you to get off the couch and be a little healthier. So what else do you need to watch this show every Tuesday at 8p on NBC?
And make sure to have the tissues ready because while they are shedding pounds, we will be shedding tears.
