'Biggest Loser' divorce: Sam Poueu, Stephanie Anderson split up

'Biggest Loser' divorce: Sam Poueu, Stephanie Anderson split up

The "Biggest Loser" wedding that looked on track to yield the first "Biggest Loser" baby has reportedly taken an unfortunate turn — toward the first "Biggest Loser" divorce. Sam Poueu and Stephanie Anderson, who married in May 2012 after meeting while taping the ninth season of the weight-loss competition, have separated and will file for divorce, her rep told Us Weekly on Wednesday. "It is with great sadness that my marriage to Sam Poueu is ending," Anderson told the mag. Making things even more sad: Anderson is seven months pregnant with the couple's first child, a baby boy due in July. The couple, who lost a combined total of almost 250 pounds in the season that hit the air in January 2010, went through difficult times even before they tied the knot. In 2011, Poueu suffered a four-story fall off a friend's roof deck and went through nine months of rehab, according to People. Anderson was his caregiver through his recovery. Anderson also captured the details of their wedding on Facebook, but has not posted to the page since the big day. He proposed to her on the "Biggest Loser" ranch, where they met. ALSO: Rob Kardashian charged with battery, theft; pleads not guilty 'Suburgatory's' Jane Levy files for divorce to end brief marriage Nick Lachey, Jessica Simpson haven't spoken in six years, he says Follow Christie D'Zurilla on Twitter and Google+. Follow the Ministry of Gossip on Twitter @LATcelebs and on Facebook facebook.com/ministryofgossip.



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'American Idol' Top Three: Who won the night?

'American Idol' Top Three: Who won the night?

Has American Idol ever had a closer Top Three? Season Two had Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken. Season Seven had the Davids, Cook and Archuleta. But has the show ever had three contestants so apparently well-matched, so deserving of making the finale? It does this year. Candice Glover, Angie Miller and Kree Harrison had to sing three songs Wednesday -- one picked by record executive Jimmy Iovine, one by the judges and one by the show's producers. And each round went to a different singer, at least according to Iovine, who gave Miller the edge after she sang his pick, Elton John's Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word, then switched to Harrison after her emotional rendition of the Chris Sligh-penned Rascal Flatts hit Here Comes Goodbye. Finally, he called Glover the winner of the night for her bravura rendition of West Side Story's Somewhere. It was the one thing Glover -- who also performed Emeli Sande's Next to Me and U2's One -- hadn't done all season: Just sing the melody and nail the audience to the wall with it. It was like she'd finally internalized all of Harry Connick Jr.'s advice from the previous week. She didn't mess with the song, she just sang it and sang it hard. LIVE BLOG: 'Idol' as it happened Keith Urban went a step further than Iovine in assessing the performance, telling voters, "If you want to vote for Candice, dial the number on your screen. If you don't, call your doctor." But one would be hard-pressed to argue with those who favor country singer Kree Harrison. Though she didn't quite connect with Pink's Perfect or The Band Perry's Better Dig Two, Here Comes Goodbye had many people in tears -- even Iovine seemed a little choked up. And, to hear Randy Jackson tell it, Miller "became a complete performer," starting the night away from the piano for Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word, followed by a version of Pink's Try that showed her rocker side better than her misguided take on Shop Around a few weeks ago could have. Finally, she returned to the piano to perform Sande's Maybe, giving her audience what they love most about her. Somebody's going home tomorrow night, and you can have all the arguments you want about who it should be. Bottom line, though: There's not a bad choice for the top two.



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