On “The Biggest Loser” there is always a second chance. The two teams that were eliminated in week one’s bicycle challenge − the Blue team’s Cherita and Vicky and Yellow team’s O’Neal and Sunshine − returned at the start of week five to fight for a place at the ranch and the opportunity to compete [...]
Daniel was only 2 pounds shy of losing 200 total pounds since he first came on “The Biggest Loser,” but was abruptly eliminated this week when he fell below the red line at the weigh-in. Daniel was disappointed, but not heartbroken. “This is not my first time leaving the show, but this time I know [...]
It was “face-off” week on “The Biggest Loser,” and each member of the Blue team went head-to-head against a member of the Black team. The power to choose the pairings was won by the Blue team in a pop challenge. During a baseball challenge, Yankees star Derek Jeter called out the Black team for having [...]
NBC has ordered a companion series to its reality hit “The Biggest Loser” starring tough-love trainer Jillian Michaels.
The network has picked up eight episodes of “Losing It With Jillian.” Michaels will travel the country showing weight-challenged Americans that they can get the same results as contestants on “The Biggest Loser” without attending the show’s immersive [...]
The game transitioned this week from pairs to two teams – Black, led by Jillian, and Blue, led by Bob. First, the players chose whether to compete in a temptation challenge to win the power to select the teams. Shocking the other players, Tracey again got to determine their fate, and she chose to break [...]
It was “would you rather week” on “The Biggest Loser” as the contestants were given choices that determined control over the game. At the beginning, players were given the choice between an advantage at the weigh-in or going without their trainers for a week. Then, at their first temptation challenge, one contestant could win the [...]
She’s not even half the person she used to be, and Helen Phillips couldn’t be more thrilled. After losing a record 140 pounds, the 48-year-old housewife from Sterling Heights, Mich., won $250,000, a new life and the title of “Biggest Loser.”
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Contestants on “The Biggest Loser” aren’t just overweight. They suffer from being not normal and even half-dead.
That’s according to Jillian Michaels, the buff, tough-talking trainer on the hit weight-loss show. Michaels said she would never insult the plus-size players she is helping trim down. But sometimes they need an extra push to get the lead [...]
Amanda was pitted to weigh in against Sione, who she compared to Mount Everest. And even though Sione had a bad week, Amanda had an even worse one. Bob attributed it to the amount of stress she was under and the effect stress has on the body. Amanda wanted to stay on campus and have [...]
“I wish I hadn’t done that…it looked bad.”
That was Dane, facing the media today during a conference call with NBC, where nearly all the questions were about the flap that erupted last week when it was revealed that the epilogue to the show did not exactly reflect reality. Dane did not in fact run a [...]
Producers of NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” are considering a return to the single-contestant format that launched the reality hit, but with a localized twist.
For the fall edition of the show, the series’ producers intend to cast single competitors from cities topping an annual “Fattest Cities in America” list.
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When Bill Germanakos lost 164 pounds on “The Biggest Loser” and was crowned the season 4 champ, viewers might have guessed that all the hard work was behind him. But after the cameras stopped rolling, Germanakos went back home, where all the demands of his full-time job and family were waiting for him — as [...]
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