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).

The Biggest Loser
Created by
Original workThe Biggest Loser (United States)
OwnerBanijay Entertainment[1]
Years2004–present

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

International versions

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  Franchise whose status is unknown
  Franchise no longer in production
Country/Region Title Television network Winners Presenters Trainers
  Algeria The Winner Star النجم الرابح Samira TV Salima Souakri Azzdine
  Argentina Cuestión de peso
Matter of weight
Canal 13
  • Sergio Verón (1-)
  Asia[2] The Biggest Loser Asia Diva Universal
  • Kristy Curtis
  • Dave Nuku
  Arab world الرابح الأكبر
Ar-Rabeh Al-Akabar
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[3] 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: ?
  • 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
  • Season 6, 2022: Josip Čapo
  • Season 7, 2023: Mislav Šepić
  • Marijana Batinić
  • Sanja Žuljević (5)
  • Mario Mlinarić (1-3)
  • Sanja Žuljević (1-3)
  • Edin Mehmedović (4-7)
  • Maja Ćustić (4-6)
  • Mirna Čužić (7)
  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 ?
  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 Shoshak
  • Season 9, 2017: Alexandra Gregus
  • Season 10, 2018: Saki
  • Season 11, 2019: Mario Pohl
  • Season 12, 2020: Daniel
  • Season 13, 2021: Ole
  • Season 14, 2022: Patrick
  • Season 15, 2023: Valentina
  • Season 16, 2024: Giulio Arancio
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-)
The Biggest Loser Teens
(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: Lucas and Manni
Christine Theiss
  • Ramin Abtin
  • Hassina Bahlol-Schröer
  Hungary A Nagy Fogyás
A Great Loss
TV2 Season 1, 2007: István Ferencsik Gabriella Jakupcsek Norbert Schobert
Alexandra Béres
  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[4] Gurrý Torfadóttur
Evert Víglundsson
  India Biggest Loser Jeetega Sahara One Season 1, 2007: Sandeep Sachdev Suniel Shetty
  • Deepika Mehta
  • Yusef Khan
  Israel לרדת בגדול
Laredet Begadol
Losing Big Time
Channel 10
  • Season 1, 2006: Limor Hazaz
  • Season 2, 2007: Tsvika Hilf
  • Season 3, 2008: Avi Koriat
  • Season 4, 2011: Karen Glasner
Tzipi Shavit
Michal Yannai
  • Nadav Meirson
  • Or-ly Hoffman Bar
  • Tse'ela Evroni
  • Barak Tzur
  Jordan Al-Semina
السمينة
Jordan Channel One Unknown Abdallah Al-Khawaldeh Mohamed Al-Shakhriti
Moath Al-Shawarbeh
  Latvia[5] XXL TV3 Latvia Season 1, 2008: Karl Ventaskrasts[6] 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
  Norway The Biggest Loser Norge TVNorge
  • Season 2, 2015: Lars Dahlum Johansen
  • Season 3, 2016: Unknown
Henriette Bruusgaard
  • Tonje Jenssen
  • Adrian Paul
  Paraguay Cuestión de peso
Matter of weight
Latele
Unknown
  • Karina Doldán (1-7)
  • Gigi Díaz (IFBB PRO) (6-7)
  Peru Dale con ganas[7]
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)
  • Chinggay Andrada (1)
  • Toni Saret (2)
  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[8] Transformación total
Total Transformation
WAPA-TV
  • Season 1, 2010: Vivian V. Rodríguez[9]
  • Season 2, 2011: Ángel "Joel" Díaz[10]
Zuleyka Rivera Unknown
  Romania Marele câștigător
The Big Winner
Antena 1 Season 1, 2010: Grațian Stan Daiana Anghel
  • Florin Uceanu
  • Cori Gramescu
  Russia Взвешенные люди / Взвешенные и счастливые люди (4)
Vzveshenniye lyudi / Vzveshenniye i schastlivye lyudi (4)
The Weighted People / The Weighted and Happy People
STS
  • Season 1, 2015: Pyotr Vasilyev
  • Season 2, 2016: Timur Bikbulatov
  • Season 3, 2017: Boris Baburov
  • Season 4, 2018: Anton Avduevsky
  • Irina Turchinskaya (1-3)
  • Denis Semenihin (1-3)
  • Sergey Parkhomenko (4)
  • Natalia Lugovskikh (4)
  • Sergey Badyuk (4)
    Scandinavia Biggest Loser Kanal 5
Martin Björk Pauline Nordin
  Serbia
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Najveći gubitnik
The Biggest Loser
Nova S
Nova BH
Season 1, 2023: Aleksandar Stevanović
Season 2, 2023: Dijana Konstantinović
Hristina Popović (Season 1)
Danijela Buzurović (Season 2)
  • Stefan Nevistić
  • Maša Kuprešanin
  Slovakia Super Telo STV Season 1, 2006: Ján Mäsiar Iveta Malachovská Unknown
  Slovenia The Biggest Loser Slovenija Planet TV
  • Season 1, 2017: Bojan Papež
  • Season 2, 2018: Klara Hrovat Vidmar
  • 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[11] La báscula
The Scale
Canal Sur Season 1, 2013: Unknown
Season 2, 2014: Unknown
Season 3, 2015: Rafael Cintado
Enrique Sánchez Unknown
La báscula
The Scale
Aragón TV Season 1, 2015: Unknown Luis Larrodera Unknown
  Sweden[12] 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[13] Yeni Bir Hayat
New Life
Star TV Season 1, 2012: Hakan Aktürk Ebru Akel
  • Figen Yorgancıoğlu
  • Ufuk Sönmez
  Ukraine[14] Зважені та щасливі
Zvazheni ta schaslyvi
Weighted and Happy
STB
  • Season 1, 2011: Mykola Voroshnov
  • Season 2, 2012: Oleh Zakrevskyy
  • Season 3, 2013: Mariya "Mariyka" Vdovenko [15]
  • 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
  • Lyubava Greshnova (1)
  • Olesya Zhurakivs'ka (2–5)
  • Yana Solomko (6)
  • Anita Lutsenko (7, 9)
  • Myroslava Ulyanina (8)
  • Anita Lutsenko (1-5)
  • Igor Obukhovs'kyy (1-5)
  • Vyacheslav Uzelkov (4-8)
  • Maryna Borzhems'ka-Uzelkova (6-9)
  • Vasyl Virastyuk (8)
  • Irakli Makatsaria (9)
  United Kingdom &   Ireland The Biggest Loser Living TV Vicki Butler-Henderson
  • Angie Dowds
  • Mark Bailey
ITV[16]
  • 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)


Biggest Loser records

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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).[17]
  • 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

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The Biggest Loser RunWalk is the official race series of The Biggest Loser.[18] 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.[19] 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

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References

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  1. ^ Programmes Banijay
  2. ^ Cassandra James (July 12, 2013). "How to Audition for the First Season of the Biggest Loser Asia: Almost Anyone in Asia Can Enter". Yahoo! Voices. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
  3. ^ "The Biggest loser《超级减肥王》即将登陆中国" (in Chinese). China Network Television. May 17, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
  4. ^ "Inga Lind stýrir Biggest Loser" (in Icelandic). mbl.is. July 8, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  5. ^ ""TV3" jauno televīzijas šovu "XXL" vadīs Raivis Vidzis, Zane Vaļicka un Aivars Visockis" (in Latvian). EasyGet. August 13, 2008. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
  6. ^ "XXL Winner: Karl Ventas Krasti". TV3 Latvia. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
  7. ^ Karla Walsh (December 23, 2011). "Top 10 Tips from Univision's Weight-Loss Reality Show Dale Con Ganas". Fitness Magazine. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
  8. ^ "Transformación Total". WAPA-TV. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
  9. ^ "Vivian fue la ganadora de Transformación total". Primera Hora (in Spanish). May 9, 2010. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
  10. ^ "Emotiva victoria en Transformación total". Primera Hora (in Spanish). May 15, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
  11. ^ "Canal Sur comienza el casting para 'La báscula', un nuevo reality para perder peso". FormulaTV. 16 November 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  12. ^ "Biggest Loser Sverige". TV4. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
  13. ^ "Ebru Akel 'Yeni Bir Hayat' Yarişmasi İle Zayiflatacak" (in Turkish). Magazin City. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ Кастинг шоу "Зважені та щасливі" 3 сезон. Кастинг шоу "Зважені та щасливі" 3 сезон (in Ukrainian). STB. February 15, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ "Biggest Loser RunWalk Race Series: Half Marathon / 5K / 10K /15K". The Biggest Loser. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  19. ^ "The Biggest Loser: Ultimate Workout". Xbox 360. Retrieved December 26, 2012.