We're down to the final four, folks, and only three contestants will make it to the live finale. The first few minutes of this week's episode featured flashbacks from Week 1 on campus. But now it's time for Danny, Rudy, Liz and Amanda to head home for 60 days to finish up their journey there.
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Alison Sweeney
Alison Sweeney has a plum hosting gig (The Biggest Loser) and a role on a long-running soap (Days of Our Lives), but neither brings her as much joy as the work she does with Feeding America, the country's leading non-profit hunger-relief charity. "I was introduced to Feeding America through Biggest Loser, and I've been lucky and so proud to work with them," Sweeney tells TVGuide.com. "It's such a great organization and they show what a big difference we can all make in people's lives just with our time." Sweeney recently hosted the Hallmark Celebri-Tree Holiday Open House benefiting Feeding America at her L.A. home and tells us more about the event and how we can all contribute to the cause.
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The Biggest Loser, Alison Sweeney
The Biggest Loser has had its share of inspirational success stories, but this cycle aims for a whole new level of drama. This season is all about "second chances": Abbey, who lost her husband and children in a tragedy, and Daniel, the former heaviest contestant in Biggest Loser history, returning to finish the journey he began, are among this season's contestants. Alison Sweeney, soap star and host of the reality weight-loss series, shared her thoughts about Season 8 with TVGuide.com and explained why health and fitness have become so important in her own life.
TVGuide.com: This season's theme is "second chances." What sets it apart from the past seven seasons?
Alison Sweeney: Each season is a different experience [because] it's all based on the contestants. We're saying "second chances" because it's just that — the Biggest Loser campus is a second chance at life and health for them. And [former contestant]...
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Alison Sweeney
Alison Sweeney may already be known as the devious Sami on Days of Our Lives, but these days she's taking her other job as host of NBC's The Biggest Loser one step further by challenging herself to new fitness goals with EA SPORTS Active for Wii. New mom Sweeney opened up to TVGuide.com about how The Biggest Loser has had an epic season, how the contestants have inspired her to lose the baby weight quickly and what advice she has for other busy moms trying to stay fit.
TVGuide.com: You're a busy woman these days. Tell me about the EA SPORTS Active product you're working with?
Alison Sweeney: It's fantastic because it's not just the workout — it's a whole journal that you do so you really get a sense of the entire health picture. It's a trainer in a box and the nice thing about the workout is that it's interactive, so it makes sure you're challenging yourself and trying to be as fit as you can. I'm trying to get back into shape after my pregnancy so...
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The Biggest Loser's Alison Sweeney may be pulling double duty as host of the hit weight-loss show and mom to newborn girl Megan, but she's also spreading awareness about the allergies from which 36 million people suffer. Hollywood 411 spoke to the daytime vet about her new cause. Plus: Alison opens up about being a "cheerleader" for the Biggest Loser contestants.
Watch the video after the jump.
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Allison Sweeney
Alison Sweeney's family just got bigger.
The host of the popular weight-loss reality show, The Biggest Loser, gave birth to a baby girl named Megan Hope Sanov, just before midnight on January 12th, People reports. She weighed 6 lb. 7 oz.
"It was a very easy delivery, and everybody is great," her rep, Carrie Simons, reported. Sweeney, who worked up until the last moment, was still in her hair and makeup from shooting when she gave birth.
Sweeney is married to Dave Sanov, and the couple is already parents to 3-year-old son, Ben. "Both mommy and baby — and daddy, too — are doing well," says Simons.
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Alison Sweeney by Mitchell Haaseth/NBC
Life just got a little more complicated for the hardest-working gal in showbiz. Alison Sweeney, the NBC darling who is currently doing double duty as a star of Days of Our Lives and the host of The Biggest Loser, is pregnant with her second child, due Jan. 20. Days has yet to announce if her crazy-ass character, Sami, will also get knocked up, but Sweeney hopes she does. "I'd feel bad if the crew had to hide my pregnancy for months and months," she says. "Besides, Sami just gave birth to twins. What's one more?" Sweeney broke the news to the next batch of Loser contestants during their Episode 5 weigh-in. (It'll air when Season 6 of the series returns this fall.) "It's going to be so weird gaining weight while everyone's trying so hard to lose it," says Sweeney, who has no rest in sight. She'll start shooting Season 7 in September and host the live finale for Season 6 on December 16 — when she's at the eight-month mark. — Michael Logan
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Alison Sweeney by Mitchell Haaseth/NBC Photo
What could be more appropriate than Biggest Loser host Alison Sweeney first announcing the expansion of her own family to the cast of Biggest Loser: Families? Nothing, apparently.According to People, the Days of Our Lives star did just that Monday night, telling the gang that she and husband are expecting a second child. "She told them that, in a season all about family, hers is about to get bigger," said the star's rep.Sweeney and husband Dave Sanov already have a 3-year-old son named Ben. — Adam Bryant
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This just in from ABC:"All My Children stars Rebecca Budig (Greenlee) and Cameron Mathison (Ryan), Farah Fath (Gigi) and John-Paul Lavoisier (Rex) of One Life to Live, Marcy Rylan (Lizzie) from Guiding Light and Van Hansis (Luke) of As the World Turns will join Bryan Dattilo (Lucas) and Alison Sweeney (Sami) from Days of our Lives as The View hosts the live nomination ceremony for the 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, Wednesday, April 30."ABC will broadcast this year's Daytime Emmys live on Friday, June 20, from 8 to 11 pm/ET sharp, from Hollywood’s Kodak Theater.
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With the oldest contestant ever losing the most weight ever in one week and the return of Jillian, I can already tell it’s is going to be one awesome season of The Biggest Loser. I’m not a huge fan of reality shows, but this is one where I can understand the fascination of watching people’s lives on television. I can’t wait to see these people go through life-changing experiences and see how much their bodies will transform in a few short months. The secret Black Team is an interesting twist, although I wish they hadn’t given that away before the show even started. It would have been a lot more exciting hearing that after we had already met the contestants — we would have felt sorry for those being sent home. But since I assumed they’d go to Jillian’s secret team, which they mentioned at the beginning, the very long buildup of a mysterious person on a motorcycle was a bit unnecessary.Maybe it’s a little unfair to pick favorites this early...
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