The Biggest Loser Couples Premiere Is a Real Winner

Last night, on the premiere of the Biggest Loser Couples Edition, the audience got some changes, some surprises and some reasons why working out with someone you know and love can be helpful but sometimes the worst thing in the world.

Tempers and eyebrows rose last night with the changing game and some of the things people said about and did with their partners. The difference this time on the biggest loser is now since it is couple, there are not two teams anymore or even three teams. There are ten teams. Two people are on each team and two people get voted off each week. And there is only one team of people who didn't know each other before. Otherwise there are husbands and wives, mothers and sons, fathers and daughters, best friends, etc.

The challenges and weigh-ins were exciting, but the drama between the teammates was newsworthy. An ex-husband and wife couple decided to work together on the show but when they got to the weigh-in, the ex-husband was really harsh when the host asked what happened in the marriage. Definitely an awful question to ask and The Biggest Loser should reconsider their host, but nevertheless, he said because "someone didn't work hard enough". Then he laughed. The ex-wife started crying, obviously. Idiotically, the host asked, "Why are you crying?"She answered, "We said we wouldn't say anything to hurt each other". He, of course, apologized but it didn't seem like enough to the ex-wife. We'll see what happens next week.

Then there were two best friends, one of whom didn't work hard enough to win either challenge. And they wondered why they ended up below the yellow line, in the hot seat for elimination. It seems that this time on the show, exactly what Gillian said is happening, the couples "brought their enablers with them", something she wasn't happy about. Some couples really seemed like they didn't work as hard as the individuals, maybe because they aren't necessarily doing it just for themselves which is a great motivator. And then other couples know really how to motivate each other.