The Biggest Loser




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 to 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.




Contents






  • 1 International versions


  • 2 Biggest Loser records


  • 3 Other media


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References





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

 Argentina

Cuestión de peso (matter of weight)

Canal 13




  • Season 1, 2006: Maximiliano Oliva


  • Season 2, 2007: Amadeo


  • Season 3, 2008: Marcela


  • Season 4, 2010: Gabriel


  • Season 5, 2012: Gastón Villegas


  • Season 6, 2013: Micaela Belén Rutti


  • Season 7, 2017: tba







  • Andrea Politti (1-4)


  • Claribel Medina (5-6)

  • Former


  • Fabián Doman (7-)


  • Lucía Rubio (7-)






  • Sergio Verón (1-)



Asia[1]

The Biggest Loser Asia

Diva Universal




  • Season 1, 2009: Flag of Indonesia.svg David Gurnani


  • Season 2, 2010: Flag of Singapore.svg Raj Devaraj







  • Sarimah Ibrahim (1)


  • Marion Caunter (2)






  • Kristy Curtis

  • Dave Nuku




Flag of the Arab League.svg Arab world

Ar-Rabeh Al-Akabar
(Arabic: الرابح الأكبر)
The Biggest Winner

MBC 1




  • Season 1, 2006: Flag of Jordan.svg Abdullah Hammad


  • Season 2, 2007: Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Walead hemayed


  • Season 3, 2008: Flag of Lebanon.svg Mohammad Mazboudi


  • Season 4, 2009: Flag of Egypt.svg Karim Abdullah





  • 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




  • Season 1, 2006: Adro Sarnelli


  • Season 2, 2007: Chris Garling


  • Season 3, 2008: Sam Rouen


  • Season 4, 2009: Bob Herdsman


  • Season 5, 2010: Lisa Hose


  • Season 6, 2011: Emma Duncan


  • Season 7, 2012: Margie Cummins


  • Season 8, 2013: Katie & Robyn Dyke


  • Season 9, 2014: Craig Booby


  • Season 10, 2015: Daniel Jofre


  • Season 11, 2017: Brett Smith and Lynton Dalla Rosa






  • Current


  • Fiona Falkiner (10–)

  • Former


  • Ajay Rochester (1-4)


  • Hayley Lewis (5-9)






  • Current


  • Shannan Ponton (2-)


  • Libby Labet (11-)

  • Former


  • Steve Willis (4-10)


  • Michelle Bridges (2-10)


  • Tiffiny Hall (6-7, 10)

  • Emma Hutton (4)


  • Bob Harper (1-3)


  • Jillian Michaels (1-3)




 Brazil

O Grande Perdedor
The Biggest Loser

SBT
Season 1, 2005: Andreia Dutra

Silvio Santos
Alexandre Viotti
Melina Pardo

Quem Perde Ganha
Who Loses Win
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
The Biggest Loser: 减出我人生 (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 Abrahimović

  • Season 4, 2019: Upcoming Season





  • Marijana Batinić





  • Mario Mlinarić

  • Sanja Žuljević




 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







  • Jani Sievinen (1-3)


  • Eva Wahlström (1-3)

  • Mikko Nummenmaa(4)

  • Jenni Levävaara (4)




 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: Current season

  • Season 12, 2020: Upcoming season




Christine Theiss (4-)



  • Bineta Coulibaly (4)

  • Nunzio Esposito (4)

  • Silke Kayadelen (5-6)

  • Ramin Abtin (5-)

  • Detlef Soost (7)

  • Mareike Spaleck (8-)




The Biggest Loser Teens
(Teenager-Version)


  • Season 1, 2014: Erfan Khorasani



Christine Theiss (1)



  • Silke Kayadelen (1)

  • Ramin Abtin (1)

  • Detlef D! Soost (1)




 Hungary

A Nagy Fogyás
A Great Loss

TV2
Season 1, 2007: István Ferencsik
Gabriella Jakupcsek
Unknown

 Iceland

Biggest Loser Ísland

SkjárEinn



  • Season 1, 2014: Jóhanna Elísa Engelhartsdóttir

  • Season 2, 2015: Stefán Sverrisson


  • Season 3, 2016: Agla Steinunn Bjarnþórudóttir


  • Season 4, 2017: 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




 Latvia[4]

XXL

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

The Biggest Loser Norge

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)

Latele


tba





  • Karina Doldán (1-7)





  • Gigi Díaz (IFBB PRO) (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




  • Season 1, 2011: Larry Martin


  • Season 2, 2014: Bryan Castillo







  • Iza Calzado (2)


  • Matteo Guidicelli (2)


  • Robi Domingo (2)


  • Sharon Cuneta (1)


  • Derek Ramsay (1)






  • 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




  • Season 1, 2011: Fábio Neves


  • Season 2, 2011: Marco André


  • Season 3, 2015: João Manuel






  • 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

Vzveshenniye lyudi
The Weighted People

STS
Season 1, 2015: Pyotr Vasilyev

  • Season 2, 2016: Timur Bikbulatov

  • Season 3, 2017: Boris Baburov

  • Season 4, 2018: Anton Avduevsky


Julia Koval'chuk



  • Irina Turchinskaya

  • Denis Semenihin




Flag of Denmark.svgFlag of Norway.svgFlag of Sweden.svg Scandinavia

Biggest Loser

Kanal 5



  • Season 1, 2005: Flag of Sweden.svg Rooy Rodriguez Ramirez


Martin Björk
Pauline Nordin

 Slovakia

Super Telo

STV
Season 1, 2006: Ján Mäsiar

Iveta Malachovská
Unknown

 Slovenia

The Biggest Loser Slovenija

Planet TV
Season 1, 2017

Season 2, spring 2018


Season 3, spring 2019


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.svgLa báscula
The Scale

Canal Sur
Season 1, 2013: Unknown
Season 2, 2014: Unknown
Season 3, 2015: Rafael Cintado
Enrique Sánchez
Unknown

Flag of Aragon.svgLa 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)



 Turkey[12]

Yeni Bir Hayat
New Life

Star TV
Season 1, 2012: Hakan Aktürk
Ebru Akel



  • Figen Yorgancıoğlu

  • Ufuk Sönmez




 Ukraine[13]

Zvazheni ta schaslyvi
(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: Upcoming season






  • Current

  • Myroslava Ulyanina (8-)

  • Former

  • Olesya Zhurakivs'ka (2–5)

  • Lyubava Greshnova (1)

  • Yana Solomko (6)

  • Anita Lutsenko (7)






  • Current

  • Vyacheslav Uzelkov (4-)

  • Maryna Borzhems'ka-Uzelkova (6-)

  • Vasyl Virastyuk (8-)

  • Former

  • Anita Lutsenko (1-5)

  • Igor Obukhovs'kyy (1-5)




Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom & Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland

The Biggest Loser

Living TV




  • Series 1, 2005: Aaron Howlett


  • Series 2, 2006: Jodie Prenger




Vicki Butler-Henderson



  • Angie Dowds

  • Mark Bailey




ITV[15]




  • Series 3, 2009: Kevin Sage


  • Series 4, 2011: Will Graham


  • Series 5, 2012: Kevin McLernon







  • Davina McCall (4–5)


  • Kate Garraway (3)






  • Charlotte Ord (5)


  • Rob Edmond (5)

  • Richard Callender (3–5)

  • Angie Dowds (3–4)




 United States

The Biggest Loser

NBC



  • 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





  • Former


  • Bob Harper (17)


  • Caroline Rhea (1–3)


  • Alison Sweeney (4-16)






  • Former


  • Dolvett Quince (12-17)


  • Jennifer Widerstrom (16-17)


  • Jessie Pavelka (16)


  • Anna Kournikova (12)


  • Brett Hoebel (11)


  • Cara Castronuova (11)


  • Kim Lyons (3-4)


  • Jillian Michaels (1-2, 4-11, 14-15)


  • Bob Harper (1-16)




 Vietnam

Cuộc chiến giảm cân
The Biggest Loser Vietnam


VTV
Season 1, 2016: TBD






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



  • Weight loss camp

  • Downsize Me!


  • Operation Transformation (TV series)



References





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