The Biggest Loser (season 4) is the fourth season of the NBC reality television series entitled The Biggest Loser. The fourth season premiered on September 11, 2007 with 18 overweight contestants in a weight loss competition for an ultimate prize of $250,000. The Biggest Loser campus was located at California State University Channel Islands in Camarillo, California.
The season four contestants were divided into 3 teams: the Red team, led by trainer Kim Lyons; the Blue team, led by trainer Bob Harper; and the Black team, led by trainer Jillian Michaels. The teams were formed on the first episode, with the Red and Blue teams being selected by the two players who had won a foot race across the desert. The Black team was formed with the 6 remaining contestants who were not selected for the Red and Blue teams. While the Red and Blue teams returned to the Biggest Loser campus, the Black team was left behind, believing that they had been eliminated already. Instead, they remained in the desert and trained in secret with their trainer, Jillian, until they arrived on campus for the weigh-in at the end of week 2.
Each week, the team that has lost the lowest percentage of their total weight must eliminate one member. On the losing team, the team member who has lost the highest percentage of weight that week is immune and cannot be voted out.
In the seventh week, the teams were dissolved and split into trios. Jez won a temptation and the right to decide the trios:
Jez, Neil and Isabeau;
Hollie, David and Kae;
Bill, Julie and Amy;
Nicole, Ryan and Bryan
The individual players, regardless of which trio they belonged to, were allowed the option of continuing to work with their original trainer or switching to another trainer. Only Amy, who felt betrayed by Kim's negative comments prior to the previous week's elimination, opted to change trainers, choosing to train with Jillian.
That same week, Neil, a contestant on the original blue team, ignited controversy when he threw the weigh-in by water loading, which resulted in a weight gain of 17 pounds. He did this in an effort to forcibly eliminate a black team member, and it resulted in Jez's elimination. The following week, he lost 33 pounds. This made him the greatest gainer in one week and the second greatest loser in another week at that time, occurring in back-to-back weeks.
Although they trained separately, the trios competed together in challenges and at the weigh-ins. The trio with the lowest combined percentage of weight loss is considered to have fallen below the yellow line, and its members are up for elimination. The remaining trios each receive one vote during the elimination. In the event of a tie, the trio member with the lowest percentage of weight loss is eliminated.
During the ninth week, the trios were dissolved and the players split into pairs for Green Week. The pairs were: Kae and Amy; Hollie and Bryan; Nicole and Neil; Isabeau and Ryan; Bill and Julie. The contestants competed in their pairs at the challenges and at the weigh-ins. One member of the pair with the lowest percentage of weight loss was eliminated.
During the 10th week, the pairs were dissolved and the players were all competing as individuals. Although there was technically no longer a red, blue, or black team, the players still continued to work out with their original trainers and team, except for Amy who worked with the black team and even wore black colors instead of her original red.
In the 12th week, Bryan, the last remaining member of the red team, was eliminated, which meant that Kim's entire team was completely wiped out, and thus she was eliminated as well. This marks the first time that an entire team, along with a trainer, has been eliminated before the final weigh-in.
In the 14th and final week, Neil, the last remaining member of the blue team, was eliminated, which meant that trainer Bob has also been completely wiped out, and thus he too was also eliminated from the competition, leaving Jillian and her team to win it all. When he was eliminated, Isabeau reminded everyone about what Neil did to Jez seven weeks earlier. The black team wanted revenge against Neil after he sabotaged them, but could not get it because he constantly lost enough weight to keep himself above the yellow line; that is, until the final week of the on-campus competition, when he finally fell below the yellow line despite losing 10 pounds.
Weigh-ins and eliminations
Teams
Member of Kim's team
Member of Bob's team
Member of Jillian's team
Game
Immunity (Team Biggest Loser)
Immunity (Reward Challenge)
Last person eliminated before the finale
Winners
$250,000 Winner (among the finalists)
$100,000 Winner (among the eliminated contestants)
BMI
Normal (18.5 - 24.9 BMI)
Overweight (25 - 29.9 BMI)
Obese Class I (30 - 34.9 BMI)
Obese Class II (35 - 39.9 BMI)
Obese Class III (greater than 40 BMI)
Notes
Amy was originally on Kim's red team. But in week 7, Amy switched over to Jillian and was even wearing black clothes by week 10.
Hollie won a one-pound advantage during the Week 13 challenge, so instead of 5 pounds, 6 pounds were counted towards her total.
Bold denotes whom has the overall highest percentage of weight loss as of that week
Immunity
X Below yellow line, unable to vote
X Not in elimination, unable to vote
? Vote not revealed
Valid vote cast
Eliminated or not in house
Last person eliminated before finale
18 contestants race through the desert. The first one to reach Bob and Kim become the captains of the Blue and Red team respectively.
Jerry reaches Bob first and Phil reaches Kim first and they earn the right to select five other contestants to fill out their teams.
Kae, Neil, Patty, Nicole, and Ryan were selected for the Blue team while Bryan, Amber, Amy, David, and Lezlye were selected to the Red team.
After not being picked, Julie, Jim, Jez, Isabeau, Hollie and Bill are met by Jillian, who informs them they are not going home, but forming the Black team.
Black team will train in secret for two weeks before rejoining the competition on the ranch.
The players on the ranch work out and then are confronted by the foods that caused their unhealthy weight gains.
Red team wins the first challenge - pulling a plane - and receives letters from home.
Blue team wins the weigh in with 20+ pound losses by Kae, Jerry and Neil.
Jerry is The Biggest Loser (-10.44%)
Red team votes (4 out of 5) to eliminate Amber.
Black team weighs in for the first time and loses 69 pounds.
Red team reconciles the loss of a teammate and vows to keep working.
Blue team goes for a hike and keeps pushing through aches and pains.
Black team works out with a chip on their shoulder from being rejected.
The week's challenge has the teams climbing 10 stories of stairs.
Red team wins and David receives immunity by choosing the correct light switch.
Kim confronts Amy and Lezlye about slacking off when the trainers are not there.
Black team is back for the second weigh in and Red and Blue teams aren't happy to see them.
Black team wins the weigh in behind strong performances from Bill (-12) and Jim (-16)
Red team is up for elimination for the second straight week.
Jim is the Biggest Loser (-4.57%)
Red team votes (3 out of 5) to eliminate Lezlye.
The teams face a temptation - the player who consumes the most calories in four minutes wins a 3 pound pass at the weigh in.
Nobody on Black team or Red team partakes in the challenge.
Neil eats 1700 calories but his teammate, Patty, consumes over 2000 calories despite a team agreement that Neil be the only team member to eat.
Bob and Blue team hash out sore feelings after the temptation before hitting the gym.
The challenge pits the teams against kids in three 100-meter dashes.
Red team wins the challenge and receives phone calls from home.
Black team has a breakdown in communication but smoothes everything out.
Red team wins the weigh in behind Phil's 9 pound loss during a week with a lot of low numbers.
Jim is the Biggest Loser (-2.69%)
Tensions run high for the Blue team as they debate how they should approach elimination.
Blue team votes (3 out of 5) to eliminate Jerry.
This week, the trainers face a temptation - they must eat cupcakes to win their team a 15 second advantage in the upcoming challenge.
Neil pushes Bob to play for the Blue team, but in the end, none of the trainers eat.
The challenge has teams running down a hill to retrieve their flags. However, teams must bid how quickly they believe they can do it.
Black team bids that they can do it in 5 minutes, 25 seconds. However, they fall short by just a few seconds and are eliminated from the challenge.
Red team bids that they can do it in 5 minutes, 55 seconds. Phil plants the flag with 30 seconds left and then gets his teammates to the flag with 18 seconds to spare. The win an advantage which will be revealed at the weigh in.
Bob is disappointed that his Blue team didn't attempt the challenge.
For winning the challenge, Red team receives immunity.
Black team wins the weigh in, carried by Bill (-13) and Julie (-7).
Without immunity, Red team would be up for elimination. Instead, it is Blue team that heads to the elimination room.
Bill is the Biggest Loser (-4.36%)
Blue team votes (3 out of 5) to eliminate Patty.
Alison announces that the kitchen is shut down, the gym is locked and the dorms are off limits. In other words, the teams are all headed to Jamaica.
Bryan stays behind after experiencing pain in his chest.
For the challenge, the teams must transport themselves to the beach from a platform out at sea using ropes and rafts.
Bryan returns in time for the challenge, having been medically cleared.
Black team completes the challenge before Blue or Red get any players to shore. Black team wins massages.
Blue team and Red team are put through last chance workouts while Black team enjoys an evening at the spa.
Red team wins the weigh in during a strong week all around.
Kae is the Biggest Loser (-3.66%)
Isabeau, Hollie and Julie work to persuade Jez to team up with the girls and send one of Jim or Bill home.
Black team votes (4 out of 6) to eliminate Jim.
During the challenge, the team members must take turns to carry a weighted frame as far as they can. The team that moves their frame the furthest wins.
Despite falling behind early, Phil makes up a ton of ground and wins the challenge for the Red team.
David and Kim exchange words over his speed on the treadmill.
Jillian and Hollie receive word that Hollie's mother has suffered a relapse in her battle with leukemia.
Hollie temporarily leaves the ranch to be with her mother, and the other players find out at the weigh in that Hollie's mother has died.
Blue team wins the weigh in with big losses from Ryan and Kae.
Bill is the Biggest Loser (-3.94%).
Kim tells the Red team that Phil and Bryan are carrying the team, significantly angering Amy.
The Red teams vote results in a tie, so the Blue team decides to eliminate Phil over Amy.
The teams are dissolved and the players are divided into teams of three.
The players face a temptation. They play a game of high-low where the chips are high calorie treats. Anything a player bet, they had to eat.
Jez wins the temptation after calling Amy's bluff and earns the right to pick the new trios.
Jez gets input from all the other players before making his decision.
Kae, David and Hollie make up the first trio while Amy, Julie and Bill make up the second trio. Bryan, Nicole and Ryan make up the third trio, while Jez takes Neil and Isabeau for the last trio. The players seem in a consensus that Jez put the teams together fairly.
Amy feels betrayed by Kim's honesty and decides to train with Jillian.
The Black team is upset that Amy is infringing on their time with their trainer.
At the challenge, one teammate must push a heavy metal arm in a circle while their teammates stood on top of it.
Bill carries his trio to victory, and he, Amy and Julie win a home gym.
At the weigh-in, Jez's strategy backfires on him as Neil throws the weigh-in and gains 17 pounds, forcing himself below the yellow line with Jez and Isabeau.
Kae, Hollie and David win the weigh-in and Bill is the Biggest Loser (-2.61%)
After the weigh-in, Neil immediately heads to bed to avoid while the Black team speculates what Neil's plan was and who else was in on it.
David confronts Neil about throwing the weigh-in and convinces him to face the rest of the players.
Neil initially denies gameplay but eventually admits he threw the weigh in to force the elimination of a former Black team member.
Bob is furious with Neil's gameplay.
Jillian is devastated when she learns that Neil betrayed his trio.
At elimination, Julie, Bill and Amy vote to send Neil home, but the other two trios vote to send Jez home.
Players express their disappointment in Neil's gameplay.
Amy reveals that she was pressured by Neil to join him in throwing the weigh-in.
The trainers try and convince the players to forget the game and get back to losing weight.
The challenge tests the players endurance by seating them on a platform over water and then having them hold up their own weight by a rope.
Ultimately, Ryan, Bryan, and Nicole are the last remaining team and for winning, they receive the ability to vote individually at the elimination rather than as a team providing they do not fall below the yellow line.
Behind Neil's 33 pound loss, he and Isabeau win the weigh-in. He also records the highest weight loss in one week of The Biggest Loser.
David, Hollie and Kae fall below the yellow line and are up for elimination.
Neil is the Biggest Loser (-8.87%)
The trio of Bryan, Ryan and Nicole each hold individual votes from the reward challenge.
Neil and Isabeau vote for David to alleviate concerns about a Red/Blue alliance. Bill, Julie, and Amy also vote for David, citing concerns about David's enormous potential.
Bryan votes for Kae, but Nicole casts the deciding vote to eliminate David.
Alison announces green week and informs the players they will be abandoning trios and pairing off into duos.
The player that comes closest to guessing the amount of calories in a large meat pizza and a soda will get to choose their duo, who in turn will choose the next duos.
Nicole has the closest guess and wins control of the game. She chooses Neil as her partner. Neil and Nicole put Ryan and Isabeau together as a duo, who in turn put Julie and Bill together. Ultimately, Hollie and Bryan and paired together which leaves Amy and Kae as the last duo.
Kae is not happy with Amy as her partner, given Amy's poor performance and attitude. Bob motivates her by putting a literal "X" on her back.
In accordance with Green Week, the players are not allowed to use any electricity - for workouts or for cooking.
During the challenge, the duos have 30 minutes to transport as many cans as they can into a bin. The pair that recycles the most cans will win a 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid SUV.
Ultimately, after hauling 98.4 lbs. of cans, Bill and Julie win the challenge. The victory is especially rewarding for Julie who had to give up her car to become a stay-at-home mom.
Neil and Nicole win the weigh-in, and Isabeau and Ryan fall below the yellow line, despite a nine pound loss from Isabeau.
Neil is the Biggest Loser (-5.31%) and becomes the 5th contestant in BL history to lose 100+ pounds on the ranch.
Each duo votes to eliminate Ryan.
Alison reveals that from here on out, the players will be competing as individuals.
Amy dons a black shirt and returns her red shirt to Kim, who is still upset over Amy's departure.
In a temptation the players eat donuts, searching for a token worth $5,000. All the contestants except Kae participate and ultimately Bill finds the token.
At the challenge, the players compete in a 24 km (15 miles) tri-athalon. (20 km biking, 3 km running, 1 km swimming).
Hollie wins and is granted a 24-hour trip home to see her family and immunity. Additionally, Hollie gains the power to give another player a 24-hour trip home and immunity and chooses Julie.
If either Hollie or Julie gain weight, their immunity is void and they can fall below the yellow line.
Hollie and Julie return from their visit home in time for the weigh-in and both women lost zero pounds. Due to their immunity, Bryan and Amy fall below the yellow line.
Bill is the Biggest Loser (-3.31%) and becomes the 6th Biggest Loser contestant to lose 100 pounds while at the ranch.
The three Blue team players vote to eliminate Amy and the three Black team members vote to eliminate Bryan.
Isabeau breaks from the black team and votes to eliminate Amy.
Jillian is disappointed that Isabeau chose to keep a big threat in the game, but Isabeau ultimately couldn't send Bryan home when he deserved to be on the ranch so much more than Amy.
The contestants are in for a surprise and arrive at the NBC studios and are escorted to the Days of Our Lives set while Allison is rehearsing with some of her co-stars.
The players receive ultimate makeovers, are surprised with visits from family members and take part in a photoshoot for Prevention magazine.
After the flair, the contestants head to this week's challenge, which requires them to keep themselves above a literal yellow line by climbing up ropes.
Kae wins the challenge and is rewarded with a $5,000 shopping spree courtesy of prevention magazine.
Kae and Nicole fall below the yellow line.
Hollie is the Biggest Loser (-3.77%)
The remaining players vote (4 out of 5) to eliminate Kae.
Kim tries to isolate where Bryan's nutrition is taking a hit and found out he was marinating meat in soy sauce.
America votes for their favorite challenge and they chose the poles over water challenge from Season 2.
Bill wins the challenge and receives an all-inclusive stay at a luxury resort for them and their family.
After the challenge, Nicole dives into the shallow end of the pool and knocked out a front tooth. The other players have fun looking for her tooth in the pool.
The players get good news from Dr. H about their health. Neil has shed a ton of fat, Julie has lost about 12 inches from her waist and Isabeau is no longer pre-diabetic and has the lowest insulin level of the remaining players.
Bill is off blood pressure medicine and has excellent blood pressure now. Bryan's cholesterol has fallen from 279 to 176. Nicole lost 74 pounds of hydrated fat by gaining 11 pounds of muscle.
At the weigh-in Hollie and Bryan fall below the yellow line.
Julie is the Biggest Loser (-2.84%)
The remaining players vote (3 out of 4) to eliminate Bryan.
This week, the players have to learn about continuing their weight loss in the real world - this week they have to schedule around having a job!
Kim gets a video message from Bryan thanking her for inspiring him to change his life. Unfortunately, with no more team members, Kim leaves the ranch.
Bob teaches time-saving food portioning while Jillian preaches high-intensity training to burn more calories in a shorter amount of time.
The players go to work at a pizzeria washing dishes, cleaning bathrooms, taking out trash, and prepping and serving food.
After a long day at work, the trainers are ready to get their teams back into the gym.
At the challenge, the contestants must jump on a trampoline to hit an elevated punching bag.
Hollie wins the challenge and receives a one-pound advantage at the next weigh-in.
At the weigh-in Nicole and Julie fall below the yellow line.
Bill is the Biggest Loser (-4.05%)
The remaining players vote (2 out of 3) to eliminate Nicole.
After Nicole's elimination, Neil is the last non-Black team member left in the game.
At the last challenge, the players must load the weight they lost onto a scale and transport it back to their flag and bury it along with the scale.
Isabeau wins the challenge and receives $10,000.
The players get their last Last Chance workout.
At the weigh-in, despite excellent numbers, Neil, despite losing ten pounds, and Hollie fall below the yellow line.
Julie is the Biggest Loser (-4.76%)
Isabeau's 81 pound weight loss is the biggest of any woman on campus in Biggest Loser history.
The remaining players vote to eliminate Neil, meaning that for the first time in Biggest Loser history, the finals will consist of contestants from one team (Black).
Jim loses 186 pounds (51.52%) to claim the at home prize of $100,000. He edges out Neil (50.12%) and Jez (43.48%).
Bill loses 164 pounds (49.10%) to win the title of the Biggest Loser and the grand prize of $250,000.
NBC has announced that there will be another "Did They Keep The Weight Off" special, which will feature more than 40 Contestants from all 7 seasons so far. Those confirmed to appear in the episode include: Finalist Bill, and eliminated contestants Jim, David, Nicole, and Neil. There may be more, however these have been the only ones to be confirmed to appear.
