The Biggest Loser

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The Biggest Loser
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Television seriesThe Biggest Loser (independent international versions, see below)
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First aired19 October 2004 (2004-10-19)

The Biggest Loser is a reality television format which started with the American TV show The Biggest Loser in 2004. The show centers on overweight and obese contestants attempting to lose the most weight; the winner receives a cash prize. There are different variations of The Biggest Loser around the world. Each country has made its own adaptation of the show; however, the contestants always have the same goal: to lose the highest percentage of weight (or most weight) to become the "biggest loser". There is no minimum or maximum weight limit for the show but most males tend to weigh over or near 300 lb (136 kg). Females tend to weigh over or near 200 lb (91 kg).

In addition to individual contestants, some seasons in some international adaptations have featured couples or even whole families.

International versions[]

  Currently airing franchise
  Franchise with an upcoming season
  Franchise whose status is unknown
  Franchise no longer aired
Country/Region Title Television network Winners Presenters Trainers
 Algeria Samira TV Salima Souakri Azzdine
 Argentina Cuestión de peso (matter of weight) Canal 13
  • (1-)
Asia[1] The Biggest Loser Asia Diva Universal
  • Kristy Curtis
  • Dave Nuku
Flag of the Arab League.svg Arab world Ar-Rabeh Al-Akabar
(Arabic: الرابح الأكبر)
The Biggest Winner 		MBC 1
  • Carolina de Oliveira
  • Noor Khatab (3–4)
  • Lina Rahma (3–4)
  • Patci Saliba (2)
  • Hani Abu Al-Naja (1–2)
  • Zaina Habi (1)
 Australia The Biggest Loser Network Ten
 Brazil O Grande Perdedor
The Biggest Loser 		SBT Season 1, 2005: Andreia Dutra Silvio Santos Alexandre Viotti
Melina Pardo
Quem Perde Ganha
Who Loses Wins 		Season 2, 2007: Reginaldo de Souza Lígia Mendes Marcelo Piacentini
Patricia Beires
 Brunei The Biggest Loser BNC
  • Season 1, 2010: Ahmad Ali Azizul
  • Season 2, 2011: Muhammad Zahin
  • Season 3, 2012: Nurul Hannah
  • Season 4, 2013: ?
  • Current
  • Sarah Rahman (3)
  • Former
  • Stacy Sandra (1-2)
  • Emma Pangiran Raden (1)
 Rudy Salleh
Arifin Yahya
Cristine Phoebe
Ezuan Aziz
Juliana Mikael
 China[2] The Biggest Loser: 超级减肥王 (2013)
The Biggest Loser: Super Diet King
(2015- ) 		CCTV-2 (1)
Jiangsu TV (2–)
  • Season 1, 2013: Zu Jiaze (祖嘉泽)
  • Season 2, 2015-2016: Zhan Changrong (詹昌荣)
  • Season 3, 2017: Shi Guibin
  • Season 4, 2018: Upcoming season
  • Current
  • Wang Jue (3)
  • Will Liu (3-)
  • Zu Jiaze (2-)
  • Former
  • Lola Xie (1)
  • Zhu Dan (2)
  • Current
  • Elaine Zhang (3-)
  • Kai Zhang (3-)
  • Gao Chilin (3-)
  • Former
  • Xinyu Zheng (1-2)
  • Will Liu (1-2)
 Croatia Život na vagi
Life on the Scales 		RTL Televizija
  • Season 1, 2017: Ivan Krolo
  • Season 2, 2017: Dorian Crnković
  • Season 3, 2018: Alen Abramović
  • Season 4, 2019: Robert Baković
  • Season 5, 2020: Matej Petrović
  • Marijana Batinić
  • Sanja Žuljević (5)
  • Mario Mlinarić (1-3)
  • Sanja Žuljević (1-3)
  • Edin Mehmedović (4-5)
  • Maja Ćustić (4-5)
 Finland Suurin pudottaja
Biggest Loser 		MTV3
  • Season 1, 2006: Hardy Dieter
  • Season 2, 2007: Virpi Heikkilä
  • Season 3, 2009: Kaisu Romppainen
  • Season 4, 2014: Teemu ?
  • Eeva Jaakonmaa
  • Sini Rantanen
  • Heidi Suomi
  • Lola Wallinkoski
 Germany The Biggest Loser ProSieben
  • Season 1, 2009: Enrico Proba
 Katarina Witt (1)
  • Nele Sehrt (1)
  • Wojtek Vetter (1)
kabel eins
  • Season 2, 2010: Heino Herrmann
  • Season 3, 2011: Carlo Werner
 Regina Halmich (2-3)
  • Andreas Büdeker (2-3)
  • Silke Kayadelen (2-3)
Sat.1
  • Season 4, 2012: Jack Handl
  • Season 5, 2013: Paride Loreto
  • Season 6, 2014: Marc Haile
  • Season 7, 2015: Stefan Pries
  • Season 8, 2016: Ali
  • Season 9, 2017: Alexandra
  • Season 10, 2018: Saki
  • Season 11, 2019: Mario Pohl
  • Season 12, 2020: Daniel
  • Season 13, 2021: Ole
  • Season 14, 2022: Upcoming season
 Christine Theiss (4-)
  • Bineta Coulibaly (4)
  • Nunzio Esposito (4)
  • Silke Kayadelen (5-6)
  • Ramin Abtin (5-)
  • Detlef Soost (7)
  • Mareike Spaleck (8-11)
  • Petra Arvela (12-)

(Teenager-Version)
  • Season 1, 2014: Erfan Khorasani
 Christine Theiss (1)
  • Silke Kayadelen (1)
  • Ramin Abtin (1)
  • Detlef D! Soost (1)
The Biggest Loser – Power Couples
  • Season 1, 2021: Upcoming season
 Christine Theiss
  • Ramin Abtin
  • Hassina Bahlol-Schröer
 Hungary A Nagy Fogyás
A Great Loss 		TV2 Season 1, 2007: István Ferencsik Gabriella Jakupcsek Unknown
 Iceland SkjárEinn
  • Season 1, 2014: Jóhanna Elísa Engelhartsdóttir
  • Season 2, 2015: Stefán Sverrisson
  • : Agla Steinunn Bjarnþórudóttir
  • : Ólafía Kristín Norðfjörð
 Inga Lind Karlsdóttir[3] Gurrý Torfadóttur
Evert Víglundsson
 India Biggest Loser Jeetega Sahara One Season 1, 2007: Sandeep Sachdev Suniel Shetty
  • Deepika Mehta
  • Yusef Khan
 Israel Laredet Begadol
(Hebrew: לרדת בגדול)
Losing Big Time 		Channel 10
  • Season 1, 2006: Liron
  • Season 2, 2007: Tsvika
  • Season 3, 2008: Avi
  • Season 4, 2011: Karen Glasner
 Tzipi Shavit
  • Nadav Meirson
  • Or-ly Hoffman Bar
  • Tse'ela Evroni
  • Barak Tzur
 Jordan Al-Semina
السمينة 		Jordan Channel One season,1 2020:TBD Abdallah Al-Khawaldeh Mohamed Al-Shakhriti
Moath Al-Shawarbeh
 Latvia[4] TV3 Latvia Season 1, 2008: Karl Ventaskrasts[5] Zane Vaļicka Raivis Vidzis
Aivars Vysotsky
 Mexico ¿Cuánto quieres perder?
How Much Do You Want to Lose? 		Televisa Season 1, 2008: Ignacio Mestas Galilea Montijo Unknown
 Netherlands De Afvallers
The Slimmers 		SBS 6
  • Season 1, 2005: Daan & Irma Steenkamp with kids
  • Season 2, 2006: Bert & Grietje Bakker with kids
  • Season 3, 2006: Marco & Suzy Niels van Boxtel
  • Season 4, 2007: Mark Dakriet
  • Season 5, 2007: Nijmeijers Family
  • Season 6, 2011: Unknown
 Marlayne Sahupala
  • Current
  • Yneke Vocking (1–)
  • Imro Beuk (1–)
  • Hein Vergeer (5–)
  • Former
  • Barbara de Loor (3–4)
  • Gianni Romme (3)
  • Mo Achahboun (1–2)
  • Lenny Versteegden (1)
  • Jessica Gal (1)
  • Sandra van de Kamp (2)
The Biggest Loser Holland Season 1, 2013: Unknown
  • Sandra van de Kamp
  • Arjuna Lakner
Flag of Norway.svg Norway TVNorge
  • Season 2, 2015: Lars Dahlum Johansen
  • Season 3, 2016: Upcoming season
 Henriette Bruusgaard
  • Tonje Jenssen
  • Adrian Paul
 Paraguay Cuestión de peso
(matter of weight)
tba
  • (1-7)
  • (6-7)
 Peru Dale con ganas[6]
Give It All You've Got 		Univision Season 1, 2012: Dieter Goldschmidt Alfonso de Anda
  • Luis Alberto Aracena
  • Marcelo Crudele
  • Maria Simon
  • Oscar Luna
 Philippines The Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition ABS-CBN
  • Jim Saret (1-2)
  • Toni Saret (2)
  • Chinggay Andrada (1)
 Poland Co Masz Do Stracenia?
What Do You Have To Lose? 		TV Puls Season 1, 2008: Jaroslaw Małgorzata Ostrowska-Królikowska Unknown
 Portugal Peso Pesado
Heavyweight 		SIC
  • Current
  • Bárbara Guimarães (2–)
  • Former
  • Júlia Pinheiro (1)
  • Current
  • Joana Mota(3)
  • Mauro Policarpo(3)
  • Pedro Correia(3)
  • Former
  • Rui Barros (1-2)
  • Conceição Gonçalves (2)
  • Sara Freitas (1)
 Puerto Rico[7] Transformación total
Total Transformation 		WAPA-TV
  • Season 1, 2010: Vivian V. Rodríguez[8]
  • Season 2, 2011: Ángel "Joel" Díaz[9]
 Zuleyka Rivera Unknown
 Romania Marele câștigător
The Big Winner 		Antena 1 Season 1, 2010: Grațian Stan Daiana Anghel
  • Florin Uceanu
  • Cori Gramescu
 Russia
(Russian: Взвешенные люди)
The Weighted People 		STS
  • Season 1, 2015: Pyotr Vasilyev
  • Season 2, 2016: Timur Bikbulatov
  • Season 3, 2017: Boris Baburov
  • Season 4, 2018: Anton Avduevsky
  • Season 5, 2019: Julia Koval'chuk
  • Irina Turchinskaya
  • Denis Semenihin
Flag of Denmark.svgFlag of Norway.svgFlag of Sweden.svg Scandinavia Biggest Loser Kanal 5
Martin Björk Pauline Nordin
 Slovakia STV Season 1, 2006: Ján Mäsiar Iveta Malachovská Unknown
 Slovenia Planet TV
  • Season 1, 2017: Bojan Papež
  • Season 2, 2018:
  • Season 3, 2019: Cristian Baranašič
 Špela Grošelj
  • Nataša Gorenc
  • Jan Kovačič
 South Africa The Biggest Loser South Africa E.tv Season 1, 2008: Sharon Haarhoff Jasmyn Asvat Unknown
 Spain[10] Flag of Andalusia.svg La báscula
The Scale 		Canal Sur Season 1, 2013: Unknown
Season 2, 2014: Unknown
Season 3, 2015: Rafael Cintado 		Enrique Sánchez Unknown
Flag of Aragon.svg La báscula
The Scale 		Aragón TV Season 1, 2015: Unknown Luis Larrodera Unknown
 Sweden[11] Biggest Loser Sverige
Biggest Loser Sweden 		TV4
  • Season 2, 2010: Karl Fredrik Jonsson
  • Season 3, 2012: Ralph Nicolaisen
 Jessica Almenäs
  • Current
  • Sabina Dalfjäll (7-)
  • Mikael Hollsten (5-)
  • Former
  • Mårten Nylén (1-4)
  • Tanja Djelevic (1, 3)
  • Olga Rönnberg (2)
  • Sabina Dufberg (4-6)
Sjuan
  • Season 4, 2013: Simon Kachoa
  • Season 5, 2014: Hristos Adoniadis
  • Season 6, 2015: Robert Sander
  • Season 7, 2016: Sandra Wikström
  • Season 8, 2017: Michael Fridebäck
  • VIP, 2017: Anna Book
 Current

Anna Brolin (6-) Former Kristin Kaspersen (3-5)

 Thailand The Biggest Loser ลดน้ําหนักกระหึ่ม Channel 7
 Turkey[12] Yeni Bir Hayat
New Life 		Star TV Season 1, 2012: Hakan Aktürk Ebru Akel
  • Figen Yorgancıoğlu
  • Ufuk Sönmez
 Ukraine[13]
(Ukrainian: Зважені та щасливі)
Weighted and Happy 		STB
  • Season 1, 2011: Mykola Voroshnov
  • Season 2, 2012: Oleh Zakrevskyy
  • Season 3, 2013: Mariya "Mariyka" Vdovenko [14]
  • Season 4, 2014: Yuliya Fomina
  • Season 5, 2015: Alexander Repyanchuk
  • Season 6, 2016: Arkadiy Vasylyshyn
  • Season 7, 2017: Nataliya Tokaryeva and Olexiy Dobryanskyy
  • Season 8, 2018: Bohdan and Oleh Buryak
  • Season 9, 2019: Nataliya Kyrylenko and Pavlo Nazarenko
  • Current
  • Anita Lutsenko (7, 9–)
  • Former
  • Olesya Zhurakivs'ka (2–5)
  • Lyubava Greshnova (1)
  • Yana Solomko (6)
  • Myroslava Ulyanina (8)
  • Current
  • Maryna Borzhems'ka-Uzelkova (6-)
  • Irakli Makatsaria (9-)
  • Former
  • Anita Lutsenko (1-5)
  • Igor Obukhovs'kyy (1-5)
  • Vyacheslav Uzelkov (4-8)
  • Vasyl Virastyuk (8)
Flag of United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom & Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland The Biggest Loser Living TV
Vicki Butler-Henderson
  • Angie Dowds
  • Mark Bailey
ITV[15]
  • Series 3, 2009: Kevin Sage
  • Series 4, 2011: Will Graham
  • Series 5, 2012: Kevin McLernon
  • Charlotte Ord (5)
  • Rob Edmond (5)
  • Richard Callender (3–5)
  • Angie Dowds (3–4)
 United States The Biggest Loser NBC (2004–2016)
USA Network (2020–)
  • Season 1, 2004: Ryan Benson
  • Season 2, 2005: Matt Hoover
  • Season 3, 2006: Erik Chopin
  • Season 4, 2007: Bill Germanakos
  • Season 5, 2008: Ali Vincent
  • Season 6, 2008: Michelle Aguilar
  • Season 7, 2009: Helen Phillips
  • Season 8, 2009: Danny Cahill
  • Season 9, 2010: Michael Ventrella
  • Season 10, 2010: Patrick House
  • Season 11, 2011: Olivia Ward
  • Season 12, 2011: John Rhode
  • Season 13, 2012: Jeremy Britt
  • Season 14, 2013: Danni Allen
  • Season 15, 2014: Rachel Frederickson
  • Season 16, 2015: Toma Dobrosavljevic
  • Season 17, 2016: Roberto Hernández
  • Season 18, 2020: Jim DiBattista


Biggest Loser records[]

Heaviest contestant
  • Male: Kevin Moore of The Biggest Loser Australia: The Next Generation and The Biggest Loser Australia: Challenge Australia The Biggest Loser Australia 9, weighed 254.7 kilograms (562 lb).[16]
  • Female: Shay Sorrells of The Biggest Loser Second Chances (U.S.) weighed 476 pounds (216 kg).
Biggest weight loss
  • Male: Alexander Repyanchuk of the Weighted and Happy 5 (Ukrainian version) lost 60.13% of his total body weight
  • Female: Rachel Frederickson of The Biggest Loser 15 of the US version lost 59.62% of her total body weight
Other

Jodie Prenger from series 2 of the UK version was the first female biggest loser worldwide, losing 46.85% of her original body weight.

Other media[]

The Biggest Loser RunWalk is the official race series of The Biggest Loser.[17] Dan and Jackie Evans from Season Five are the national spokespeople.

The Biggest Loser is a video game for Wii and Nintendo DS. It was released in North America on October 6, 2009 and Europe on November 13, 2009.

The Biggest Loser: Ultimate Workout is a video game for Xbox 360 which uses its Kinect camera.[18] Developed by Blitz Games and published by THQ, it was released in North America on November 4, 2010 and Europe on November 10, 2010.

The Biggest Loser: Challenge is a video game for Wii released on November 4, 2010 in North America and November 12, 2010 in Europe.

See also[]

References[]

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  10. ^ "Canal Sur comienza el casting para 'La báscula', un nuevo reality para perder peso". FormulaTV. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
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  13. ^ "Зважені та щасливі" Пост-шоу четвертого ефіру (in Russian). STB. September 29, 2011. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
  14. ^ Кастинг шоу "Зважені та щасливі" 3 сезон. Кастинг шоу "Зважені та щасливі" 3 сезон (in Ukrainian). STB. February 15, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
  15. ^ Nicola Methven (September 15, 2012). "Fat's yer lot: ITV shed The Biggest Loser after seven years for being massive loser in ratings battle". Daily Mirror. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
  16. ^ Zoe Nauman (March 25, 2013). "Aussie Kevin Moore is the world's heaviest Biggest Loser contestant in show's history". News Limited. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
  17. ^ "Biggest Loser RunWalk Race Series: Half Marathon / 5K / 10K /15K". The Biggest Loser. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  18. ^ "The Biggest Loser: Ultimate Workout". Xbox 360. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
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