Dan Evans

Tears, twists and transformations abound as the popular weight-loss series begins its eleventh season by holding challenges in seven different cities to find the recruits.

The contestants start their healthier life under the pupillage of their trainers, but the stay at the ranch will be brief for one dieter as eliminations get underway.

Each team can have only two players work with a trainer; the teams compete in a challenge where they must cross a pit without touching the mud; several contestants open up to their trainers.

Contestants reunite to weigh in one more time; the third finalist is announced; the winner is revealed.

The contestants are ushered into a room full of chocolate candies for a Valentine's Day temptation; a choice made by the challenge winner causes conflict; a relay race tests the contestants' endurance, agility, speed, strength and knowledge.

An eliminated contestant returns and the players are split into four teams; the teams compete in a challenge involving ropes and weights; the weigh-in doesn't go the way one contestant expects.