The Biggest Loser (Season 2)

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The Biggest Loser is an NBC reality television show that began broadcasting on October 19, 2004. Each season begins with twelve to fourteen overweight contestants who compete to lose the most weight. The show is hosted by comedian Caroline Rhea. Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels are the two personal trainers.

For Season 2, the contestants were divided into two teams: Men in red and Women in blue and each team was given their own personal trainer of the opposite sex. Each week, the team who lost the least percentage of total weight was required to vote out one of their team members.

The show concluded November 29, 2005, when Matt was declared The Biggest Loser and won $250,000. Seth was awarded $50,000 for his second place finish, and Suzy was awarded $25,000 for third. Of the non-finalists, Pete had lost the highest percentage of weight and received the $100,000 prize. After the last show, it emerged in the press that finalists Matt Hoover and Suzy Preston had become romantically involved. They got married on September 19, 2006 in Jamaica.

[edit] New features in Season 2

Teams were divided in Men and Women
Total percent weight loss was used for elimination (number of pounds lost was used in Season 1).
Episode 7 of Season 2 saw the blue and red teams dissolved and 4 new teams of 2 created. Three of the teams consisted of one man and one woman, and one team consisted of two men.
Episode 9 of Season 2 saw the new teams of 2 dissolved and the game turned individual. Unlike last year, elimination risk had nothing to do with total weight loss but was going to be based on percentage of weight loss for the week.

[edit] Contestants

Name	Age	Start Weight	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Finale	Total Lost	Percent
Women's Team (Blue)
Suzy	28	227	207	205	201	196	191	186	182	180	170	166	161	132	95	41.85%
Andrea	28	220	209	204	202	198	193	191	185	184	179	176	173	145	75	34.09%
Shannon	29	257	242	240	236	229	221	218	212	208	200			149	108	42.02%
Jen	24	267	248	244	244	234	224	221						176	91	34.08%
Suzanne	30	229	213	209	206	199	191							142	87	37.99%
Ryan	26	225	207	205	200	195								147	78	34.67%
Kathryn	28	217	202	201										201	16	7.37%
Men's Team (Red)
Matt	28	339	311	304	300	290	279	279	262	254	266	240	230	182	157	46.31%
Seth	24	291	270	262	258	250	243	233	233	232	219	211	204	168	123	42.27%
Jeff	43	370	352	344	340	326	316	305	294	284	270	267		217	153	41.35%
Mark	36	358	335	325	318	308	291	287	273	271				193	165	46.09%
Pete	36	401	379	371	367	350	338	325	318					216	185	46.13%
Nick	40	346	318	308	305									did not attend
Ruben	37	278	261											197	81	29.14%