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Season 13

(2012)

Overview

The Biggest Loser: No Excuses is the thirteenth season of the NBC reality television series entitled The Biggest Loser. The contestants competed to win a $250,000 prize, which was awarded to Jeremy Britt, the contestant with the highest percentage of weight lost. It premiered on January 3, 2012. Alongside veteran trainer Bob Harper, Dolvett Quince returned for his second season. The contestants come to the ranch in pairs, but are split up with one person training with Bob and one with Dolvett a…

Cast

Bob Harper as Trainer
Bob Harper

as Trainer

Alison Sweeney as Host
Dolvett Quince as Trainer
Dolvett Quince

as Trainer

Episodes

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January 3, 2012

A new batch of couples arrive at the ranch and are shocked to learn they'll be split up to compete against each other i…

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January 10, 2012

The teams bet on the percentage of weight they think they'll lose in order to gain an advantage at the weigh-in. Elsewh…

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January 17, 2012

A Chinese-buffet temptation offers the winner a two-pound advantage at the weigh-in and an opportunity to match up play…

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January 24, 2012

The teams compete for exclusive use of the gym during a battering-ram challenge. Bob and Dolvett, meanwhile, try to get…

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January 31, 2012

The players compete in a trampoline challenge to win the chance to exclude a contestant's weight from the weigh-in. Els…

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February 7, 2012

One team must work out for a week without the guidance of their trainer, who secretly monitors his players to track the…

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February 14, 2012

Two players visit home with their trainers in tow, and their weights alone count at the weigh-in. Elsewhere, the teams …

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February 21, 2012

A temptation-challenge winner reorganizes the teams in an unpopular move that creates tension and suspicion among the p…

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February 28, 2012

The contestants go home for 18 days and have a chance to earn immunity if they lose five percent of their body weight. …

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March 6, 2012

This week, the age-old excuse "I'm stuck in my comfort zone" is addressed as contestants are pushed out of their comfor…

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March 13, 2012

The teams are dissolved, leaving the nine remaining players to compete on their own. Later, a tug-of-war contest finds …

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March 20, 2012

The contestants go to Hawaii to test their ability to lose weight during vacation. During the trip, the players face of…

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March 27, 2012

Season 12 favorites Antone, Becky and Vinny return to judge a cooking contest and offer the players advice. Elsewhere, …

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April 3, 2012

The contestants receive makeovers before traveling to Washington, D.C., to meet Michelle Obama and debut their new look…

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April 10, 2012

Michelle Obama discusses health and fitness with the six remaining players and meets with their families. She also join…

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April 17, 2012

Previous winners John Rhode, Olivia Ward and Patrick House return to take on a difficult obstacle course along with the…

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April 24, 2012

The stakes are higher than ever when all the eliminated contestants return to the ranch to compete in a fateful, four-p…

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May 1, 2012

The contestants from this season return for a special reunion and a chance to weigh in one last time - and show America…