The Biggest Loser: Glory Days eliminated one contestant for good and sent another to the show's new Comeback Canyon, where voted off contestants get another chance to potentially re-enter the game, during Thursday night's NBC broadcast of the reality weight-loss competition's sixteenth-season.
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At Comeback Canyon, veteran trainer Bob Harper works with two contestants, who get the boot from the ranch, every week. At the end of each week, there's a separate weigh-in after which the person with the highest percentage of weight-loss gets to stay at the canyon for another week and the losing contestant must go home for good. Eventually, Bob will take only one contestant back to the ranch so they can rejoin the original competition and resume competing for the grand prize.
Andrea dropped from 224 to 220 pounds, losing four pounds and posting a 1.79% weight-loss percentage. Emmy fell from 249 to 243 pounds, shedding six pounds and posting a 2.41% percentage of weight-loss.
Later in the episode, Chandra Maple, a 26-year-old optometric technician and former high school softball and basketball standout from Dodge City, KS, got voted off the Blue Team led by newbie trainer Jessie Pavelka after they lost the season's third elimination weigh-in and her teammates believed she was their weakest link. Chandra now joins Emmy at Comeback Canyon and will train with Bob.
The Biggest Loser: Glory Days' third episode began with the White, Red and Blue Teams learning they must compete in two challenges this week.
The first challenge required each team to memorize all they could in the nutrition room within five minutes and then participate in a pop quiz. Only one player from each team could answer at a time with no help from their teammates. If a contestant got the answer wrong, his or her team's trainer would have to eat the fatty, unhealthy food that the question had been about.
The White Team won and therefore received a two-pound advantage on the scale.
The second challenge was a physical one. Each team had to pedal a total of 24.8 miles on a stationary bike, the same distance as the cycling portion of the Olympic triathlon. The players could sub in for one another at any point.
In the end, the White Team won again and was given the option of an additional four-pound advantage on the scale or letters from home. They chose the advantage and therefore allowed the two other teams to receive letters from home.
After all the contestants participated in their last-chance workouts, the season's third elimination weigh-in commenced.
Host Alison Sweeney revealed the team to post the lowest percentage of weight-loss would be sent to the elimination room, where they must vote one person off. However, the individual on the losing team to post the highest percentage of weight-loss would receive immunity for the week.
The six members of the White team, led by new trainer Jennifer Widerstrom, stepped on the scale first.
RELATED LINK: 'BIG BROTHER' SHOWMANCES NOWMatthew Miller, a 31-year-old business entrepreneur and former high school football standout from Grove, OK, fell from 353 to 346 pounds, losing a total of seven pounds.
Rondalee Beardslee, a 28-year-old nursing student and former high school basketball, football and softball player from New Lothrop, MI, lost three pounds. She dropped from 258 to 255 pounds.
Howard "Woody" Carter, a 46-year-old car salesman and former Arena League football player from Las Vegas, NV, lost four pounds, falling from 376 to 372 pounds.
John "JJ" O'Malley, a 22-year-old bouncer and former Arizona State University football player from Scottsdale, AZ, fell from 366 to 363 pounds. He shed three pounds.
Toma Dobrosavljevic, a 33-year-old senior project manager and former high school soccer, football, volleyball and baseball player from Addison, IL, dropped from 308 to 302 pounds, losing six pounds.
Sonya Jones, a 39-year-old PE teacher/coach and former All American softball player from Springfield, IL, stepped on the scale next. She lost four pounds after dropping from 253 to 249 pounds.
With their six-pound advantage included, the White Team lost a total of 33 pounds and posted a 1.72% weight-loss percentage.
The Red Team, led by veteran trainer Dolvett Quince weighed-in next. They had to lose more than 28 pounds to beat the White Team.
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Blake Benge, an 18-year-old student and former high school soccer and track standout from San Clemente, CA, shed three pounds, falling from 227 to 224 pounds.
Jordan Alicandro, a 32-year-old regional sales manager and former high school baseball standout from Surrey, BC, Canada, lost four pounds. He dropped from 293 to 289 pounds.
Scott Mitchell, a 46-year-old bill collector and 12-year NFL veteran quarterback from Mapleton, UT, dropped from 333 to 322 pounds, losing 11 pounds.
Mike Murburg, a 58-year-old attorney and former Princeton University football player and wrestler from Darby, FL, fell from 352 to 343 pounds, dropping nine pounds.
The Red Team shed a combined 32 pounds and therefore posted a 1.95% weight-loss percentage.
It then became time for the Blue Team to weigh-in. They had to lose more than 25 pounds as a group to survive the weigh-in.
Damien Woody, a 36-year-old ESPN analyst and two-time Super Bowl champion from Mendham, NJ, shed nine pounds. He fell from 367 to 358 pounds.
Lori Harrigan-Mack, a 44-year-old director of hotel security and former three-time Olympic gold medal-winning softball player from Las Vegas, NV, dropped from 287 to 284 pounds. She lost three pounds.
Jackie Pierson, a 36-year-old clinical care coordinator and former high school basketball MVP from Pacifica, CA, shed two pounds. She dropped from 273 to 271 pounds.
Gina Haddon, a 41-year-old makeup artist/photographer and former cheerleader from Rowlett, TX, dropped from 222 to 221 pounds, losing only one pound.
Chandra also only lost one pound. She fell from 325 to 324 pounds.
The Blue Team therefore posted a low 1.09% percentage of weight-loss, losing 16 pounds total as a team.
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Two votes were enough to constitute for Chandra's elimination because if the last vote resulted in a tie, she would be sent home anyways due to having the lower weight-loss percentage of the two players.
After Chandra arrived at Comeback Canyon, The Biggest Loser featured an update on Andrea's weight-loss progress. She began the competition at 244 pounds and currently weighs 184 pounds. She lost a total of 60 pounds thus far and has made working out a family effort.
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