The Biggest Loser

By editor@buddytv.com The past couple of weeks on The Biggest Loser has been a little bit about the game, of people getting bitten because of overplaying it, and people who do the same thing despite the warnings. But that gets banished tonight, sort of: it's makeover week! Perfect time to look at the six remaining...

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By editor@buddytv.com Daniel Wright's a pretty big presence on The Biggest Loser--and no, it's not supposed to be a pun.  After all, he was part of the show last season, and joined again this season, vowing to finish what he had started.  This time, however, things didn't exactly go well, and as his weight loss bega...

By editor@buddytv.com This week is, of course, double elimination week, which provides enough reason for the remaining contestants to panic.  And then Alison drops another bombshell by revealing the addition of what she calls the red line.  We know how the weigh-in goes.  Go below the yellow line and you're up fo...

By editor@buddytv.com So, after meeting politicians (air time!) and the White House chefs, the remaining contestants return back to the ranch for tonight's episode.  Usually after a vacation you get to rest a bit after the stresses of travel.  Well, this is The Biggest Loser, and it's not exactly known for resti...

By editor@buddytv.com On The Biggest Loser tonight, the nine remaining contestants head to Washington, D.C. and, well, do a lot of stately working out.  There's a lot of touring, a lot of sightseeing, and a lot of people-meeting, including senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Robert Casey, who'll discuss the need fo...

By editor@buddytv.com And then there's how the weigh-in will come down this week: each contestant will be facing off against someone from the opposing team.  You know how it goes.  Whoever wins each match-up wins a point for the team, and whoever ends up with the least number of points has to send someone home.

By editor@buddytv.com There's not much of the this-is-freaking-annoying drama on The Biggest Loser this week: instead, we get the usual aww-shucks moments, thanks to the challenge.  Well, maybe we have to mention Tracey crying after the Blue Team returned minus Mo, who was eliminated last week.  Sure, he want...

By editor@buddytv.com NBC has announced that they're giving The Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels her very own show, which will launch next year.  Losing It with Jillian Michaels sees her going across the country providing her own brand of life coaching.  She's going beyond weight loss and fitness, tackl...

By editor@buddytv.com Just when I thought we'd see Bob and Jillian working together for the entirety of this season of The Biggest Loser, we get a split.  Oh well, it was good while it lasted.  And while we still have a lot of moments to be glad about (what Liz did to Danny, for one) we still have some reason to feel frust...

By editor@buddytv.com It's been a pretty tumultuous week on The Biggest Loser--a given, because it's time to let go of the original pairings and form Jillian's black team and Bob's blue teams.  No pressure, right?  But here comes Alison again, giving everyone a chance to control who goes to what team.

By editor@buddytv.com enters golden ticket week: it's goodbye to the old teams, and hello to the Jillian's black team or Bob's blue team.  It's not really a big deal--well, perhaps for the fact that we have to say goodbye to the two trainers working together in the past month or so--because it's something that alw...

By editor@buddytv.com This week, the contestants found themselves with a locked-up kitchen: chained cabinets and locked-up fridges meant another challenge of sorts from Alison.  The entire week, she says, everybody has to eat out for each of their meals.  Makes sense, actually, since it's a chance to learn ab...

By editor@buddytv.com The season has been full of choices and dares: two weeks ago there was the chance for everyone to stay if they all lost a combined 150 pounds, which happened, and then some.  Last week, there's the temptation, for the chance to control the weigh-in, and Alison's other dare for a weight advant...

By editor@buddytv.com Alison's at it again with a dare: she's offering a two-pound advantage at weigh-in, but in exchange of Bob and Jillian's services for the week.  If you don't take the two-pound pass, the stakes get higher.  Someone did take up the challenge: Tracey, also known as the one who went to the hospit...

By editor@buddytv.com Well, not really.  There is, after all, the inevitable game play aspect to the show: while some are only here to jumpstart their weight loss, others do a little bit more.  Jillian, for one, will get very frustrated when she thinks one of the contestants is focused too much on playing the game r...

By editor@buddytv.com Because finally, they all recognized that the second week of the competition is always the hardest.  Could be because they've settled in, could be because of the lack of water weight, could be because of other reasons, but nobody really loses a large amount of weight on the second week--an...

By editor@buddytv.com Last week was a pretty strong first week on The Biggest Loser, both in tearjerkers and in scary stuff.  Yep, I'm referring to Tracey being brought to the hospital--and having to stay there--after collapsing in the challenge due to the heat.

By editor@buddytv.com Sure, we've mentioned it already: this season features the heaviest contestant the show has ever seen--that'd be Shay, who starts at 476 pounds--and, generally, the biggest contestants in the show.  So big, in fact, that Dr. Huizenga decided to have them undergo additional tests for obe...

By editor@buddytv.com The theme this time around is "second chances", and it's pretty evident from the contestants.  Shay Sorrells, for instance, is the heaviest contestant the show has ever seen, clocking in at 476 pounds.  A bunch of them have heart-wrenching stories--surely you already know Abby Rike and h...

By editor@buddytv.com We have these contestants who have been to hell and back, to be quite frank," Jillian Michaels told E! Online.  "The idea is how do we heal these old injuries and rehabilitate these contestants, not just physically, but emotionally."

By editor@buddytv.com Remember Damien and Nicole?  They were one of the pairs who took part in The Biggest Loser: Couples earlier this year, although they were booted out in the early stages of the competition, before the competition shifted to individual mode.  (Or you might remember Nicole for returning in a...

By editor@buddytv.com NBC has already announced the premiere dates for its fall shows, kicking off the highly anticipated, The Jay Leno Show, on Monday, September 14 at 10pm---a week before the official start of the 2009-10 TV season. The Biggest Loser will also get an early start this fall as it kicks off the new...

By editor@buddytv.com During the team switch on the recently-concluded season of The Biggest Loser: Couples, there was this moment when Jillian Michaels and contestant Filipe Fa had a big argument--when she refused to give him a one-on-one workout when he was suddenly assigned to her.  Turns out, there's so m...

By editor@buddytv.com Seven seasons of The Biggest Loser later, that perception of trainer Jillian Michaels as the mean one--at least relative to the nice, calm Bob Harper--never gets scrubbed off.  Never mind that all of the show's winners trained under her.  Then again, it does hurt for her to be given such a ta...

Amanda and Erinn come out on stage and greet the audience. Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels are in a backstage gym waiting for Erinn and Amanda. Alison sends them backstage to start working out right away. To vote for them call: The Biggest Loser: Couples' Finale: Alison Sweeney reveals winne...

By editor@buddytv.com Alison Sweeney takes us through the previous winners of The Biggest Loser. Alison Sweeney has already lost all her baby weight. And the live finale starts! This was the biggest season of The Biggest Loser. The biggest contestant, the oldest contestant, the sickest contestant, and the youn...

By editor@buddytv.com We've made it yet again--The Biggest Loser: Couples, the season finale.  We started with eleven couples, some breaking previously established records on the show--the oldest contestant, the youngest contestant, you get the idea.  As the competition pushed on we even got a few more reco...

By editor@buddytv.com That's right, I'll just say it, I think you should vote for Ron. Last night, Helen and Tara became the first official members of the final three for the seventh season of The Biggest Loser. Ron and Mike of the brown team both fell below the yellow line. Now, America has to vote for the third finali...

The show, alongside The Office, 30 Rock, The Biggest Loser, The Celebrity Apprentice, and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, was renewed for a fourth season notwithstanding its average of 4.02 million viewers per episode. On the other hand, Chuck, ...

By editor@buddytv.com This week, we start with a cool montage showing where the contestants started and now where they are as of week 17. Tara started at 294 pounds, Helen started at 257 pounds, Mike started at 388 pounds and Ron started at 430 pounds. Alison Sweeney tells them that they'll be going home for thirty d...

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 WA Nice, right? And then, the final eliminations, before we start voting for the live finale which happens next week. All of a sudden, I realize time has flown so fast. The Biggest Loser: Couples returns tonight from 8pm on NBC.

By editor@buddytv.com It means another thing: control of who wins the entire thing is slowly shifting towards us.  The final four--Ron, Mike, Tara and Helen--have now returned home for roughly a month, attempting to lose more weight (which should be effortless now) and then do one more weigh-in.  Two will move t...

I'll be watching out for the time when the contestants get to train their trainers. Exactly. Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels going through the routines? Must be effortless, sure, but must be very fun, too. Ahh, I'll come out of tonight slightly ...

Ron tells us it hurts him to watch Mike the first week. Allison Sweeney informs them that this is their last week on The Biggest Loser campus. Jillian Michaels and Bob Harper get the contestants to recreate the exercises they did the first week. ...

By editor@buddytv.com Last week on The Biggest Loser, Kristin and Helen fell below the yellow line. Although Ron promised Kristin that he'd do everything he could to keep her on the ranch, he actually went behind closed doors to tell his son, Mike, to vote Kristin off. In the elimination room, Kristin knew she'd be...

By editor@buddytv.com Moment one: Bob Harper and Kristin Steede, also known as the girl who was eliminated last week.  To be honest, I was still wondering how some contestants doubt their ability to go far when they've already gone farther than they expected.  Then again, her point makes sense--she might want to...

By editor@buddytv.com Jillian Michaels comes to the house to find Tara alone in her room. Evidently, Jillian told Mike to send Laura home and Tara wants to confront her about it. Jillian starts yelling at Tara and tells her to stop being selfish. We all know Jillian is competitive and would take out Bob's team is she c...

 WA Plus, trainers Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels send them grocery shopping, complete with a critique on the end. ("This goes. This doesn't." Or so I imagine.) While Mike confronts Ron, as we saw last week, another milestone will be reached, ...

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By editor@buddytv.com Last week's episode of The Biggest Loser: Couples was a big feel-good one.  Just what we needed.  Things getting too nasty on the floor?  What about a boost of inspiration, a boost of confidence, that boost of something to get us going?  We've seen the folks on the ranch overcome what seemed t...

By editor@buddytv.com Last week on The Biggest Loser, Laura took ultimate control of the game and used her one vote to kick Sione Fa off The Biggest Loser Ranch. Many suspect Ron, a.k.a. “The Godfather” has a bit too much control over the game at the moment. Will he keep control of the game this week?

By editor@buddytv.com Every week BuddyTV offers expert analysis on who will be eliminated on The Biggest Loser. See who BuddyTV users and our own experts think will get booted this week, then make your own picks at The Biggest Loser Fantasy. 1. 28.19 % of users think Ron Morelli will be eliminated

After the kitchen makeover is awarded to the challenge winner, the contestants find out from host Alison Sweeney that they will all be getting makeovers. But this season, they'll be getting made over for their very own Hollywood premiere – complete ...

By editor@buddytv.com NBC Official Press Release: Tim Gunn ("Project Runway") and Tabatha Coffey (Bravo's "Tabatha's Salon Takeover") guest star on one of the most eagerly-anticipated events of each "Biggest Loser" season – the makeover episode airing Tuesday, April 14 (8-10 p.m. ET) on NBC's "The Biggest L...

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By editor@buddytv.com The contestants walk into the gym to find Alison Sweeney and a bunch of silver trays. It’s going to be a temptation challenge. She informs them they’re competing for the biggest prize in Biggest Loser history. There are 100 trays in front of them. Whichever tray they open, they have to eat whate...

By editor@buddytv.com Her return to the ranch, if you may recall, was simple: she lost the most weight among the three former contestants who returned.   87 pounds is not easy, especially if you’re not really into it.   It’s sad to see that she ended up gaining five pounds on the ranch just because she tried to deal wit...

Only the winner of that challenge gets to kick someone out of the ranch, which ups the stakes—and brings it down as well. Ahh, emotional stability, we do need you. The Biggest Loser: Couples returns tonight from 8pm on NBC. The Biggest Loser Couples: Episode 14 Elimination Predictions Buddy...

 WA Another Product Placement Time with Bob Harper and Nicole. Zip Lock containers equal 100 calorie snacks. Last Chance Workout! Bob takes his team to the beach. Jillian decides to run a fear based workout in the gym. Bob stands on Sione’s back and tells ...

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By editor@buddytv.com Last week on The Biggest Loser, Tara won yet another challenge. Her strength in the competitions has become a major threat to the other contestants and last week, they made it apparent that she’d be the biggest target. Aubrey and Filipe fell below the yellow line and ultimately, Aubrey was s...

By editor@buddytv.com Perhaps one of the greatest stories to ever come out of The Biggest Loser is the love story between Suzy Preston and Matt Hoover.  The interesting thing about them is that during season 2, the two contestants showed no signs of falling in love.  Matt was on the red team, consisting of all men, t...

By editor@buddytv.com On NBC's The Biggest Loser, contestants from around the country and all walks of life come together for a common goal: to lose weight, change their lives, and hopefully get their hands on a little money. They will go through brutal workout sessions with tough trainers Bob Harper and Jillia...

By BuddyTV Kim Lyons was not included in the recent season of The Biggest Loser, but she still can count among her fans viewers of the show who got to know her as she trained the overweight contestants and helped them work towards their goal of weight loss and fitness.

By BuddyTV has been reaching out beyond the reality show for some time now. There are books and DVD's available for the lose-at-home crowd, and recently, the show and MSN launched the Million Pound Match-Up weight loss challenge to encourage people to get fit. Sure, it's all marketing for the show, an...

By BuddyTV Season 5 returned with an all new cast and an all new twist: this time, they be competing as duos, which has certainly raised the drama factor.  Alison Sweeney returned as host with Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels signed on again to train.  This season will not feature Kim Lyons, who has been t...

By BuddyTV There is no rest for the trainers of NBC's The Biggest Loser.  Just weeks after wrapping up filming of season 4, they went right back to work on the fifth season.  Alison Sweeney returned as host as did Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels as trainers.  Kim Lyons did not return for the fifth installm...

Exclusive Interview: Alison Sweeney, Host of 'The Biggest Loser'  - Nov 20, 2007 Instead of two competing teams, the show gave us three and brought back trainer Jillian Michaels. The Biggest Loser also changed hosts from Caroline Rhea to ...