The Biggest Loser Germany

The Biggest Loser
Format	Reality
Starring	Katharina Witt (Host: 2009) Regina Halmich (Host: 2010) Nele Sehrt, Wojtek Vetter (Trainers: 2009) Silke Kayadelen, Andreas Büdeker (Trainer: 2010)
Country of origin	Germany
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	17
Production
Running time	90mins
Broadcast
Original channel	ProSieben (2009) kabel eins (2010-)
Picture format	16:9
Original run	2009 – present
External links
Website

The Biggest Loser Germany started in 2009 on ProSieben. The show wasn't renewed there and kabel eins made a new attempt to accomplish the series in 2010. After good ratings a third season was announced for 2011.

1 Season 1 on ProSieben
- 1.1 Weigh-ins and Eliminations
2 Season Two on kabel eins
- 2.1 Weigh-Ins
3 Season Three on kabel eins
4 External links
5 References

Season 1 on ProSieben

Season one was shown on ProSieben in early 2009. The show was hosted by retired figure skater Katharina Witt and filmed on a Hacienda near Budapest. The season consisted of 7 episodes and featured 14 candidates contesting for a 100,000 € first price. The season had mostly negative critiques and was not renewed.^[1] The season was won by Enrico Proba who lost over 50% of his starting weight. He won the first price of 100,000 €, Falko gained 10,000 € for second and René got 5,000 €. After the show, Enrico works in dietics and is a fitness trainer.

Weigh-ins and Eliminations

Contestant	Age	Height	Starting BMI	Ending BMI	Starting Weight	Week											Weight Lost	Percentage Lost
Contestant	Age	Height	Starting BMI	Ending BMI	Starting Weight	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Finale	Weight Lost	Percentage Lost
Enrico	30	1.83	57.2	28.4	191.6	183.8	178.6	176.2	175.4	176.0	168.8	164.1	163.0	160.2	155.3	95.0	96.6	50.42%
Falko	26	1.86	40.4	22.8	139.6	133.4	129.2	124.5	124.2	122.2	118.2	114.6	114.2	112.6	110.7	79.0	60.6	43.41%
René	39	1.82	40.4	26.6	133.7	128.4	124.6	120.4	118.8	117.6	114.2	111.4	109.6	108.8	105.1	88.1	45.6	34.11%
Bianca	37	1.75	31.6	25.7	96.8	92.4	88.4	86.2	87.2	86.6	83.2	80.6	80.0	80.2	77.9	78.8	18	18.60%
Christian	31	1.82	35.3	27.8	116.8	110.8	108.6	105.6	105.2	104.0	101.6	98.6	98.6	?		92.0	24.8	21.23%
Tina	27	1.72	36.3	26.7	107.4	103.4	100.4	100.8	98.4	101.1	94.6	92.3	93.2			79.0	28.4	26.44%
Jeanette	29	1.76	30.8	26.5	95.3	91.8	89.2	87.8	88.6	87.6	84.0	82.6				82.0	13.3	13.96%
Sandrine	23	1.71	44.6		130.4	125.8	123.0	120.6	120.0	119.5	115.0					X
Nadja	19	1.76	31.7	24.9	98.1	93.8	92.2	90.6	89.6	89.2						77.2	20.9	21.30?%
Heike	29	1.59	32.4	28.7	81.9	79.2	77.6	75.6	75.0							72.6	9.3	11.36%
Mariola	29	1.64	35.6	22.8	95.8	90.2	85.8	?²⁾								61.4	34.4	35.91%
Heiko	29	1.83	57.2	53.6	191.4	185.6	181.0									179.4	12.0	6.27%
Björn	34	1.85	53.9		184.4	176.8	¹⁾									X
Doris	47	1.65	50.4	39.7	137.2	133.8										108.0	29.2	21.28%

In Week 7 the 2 participants with the lowest percentage weight loss to their starting weight were up for eviction. The other participants had the right to vote. Up for eviction were Jeanette and Tina.

Finale was 6 months after week 10.

Teams: Member of Nele Sehrt's team; Member of Wojtek Vetter's team
Game: Eliminated; Last person eliminated before the finale
Standings: Week's Biggest Loser (Team or Individuals)
Winners: €100,000 Winner (among the finalists)
BMI^[2]: Normal (18.5 - 24.9 BMI); Overweight (25 - 29.9 BMI); Obese Class I (30 - 34.9 BMI); Obese Class II (35 - 39.9 BMI); Obese Class III (greater than 40 BMI)
Notes

Björn left the camp because of his pregnant wife
The red team won a challenge and the right to exclude one member from weigting
After receiving 2 elimination votes each. The participant having lost the lowest percentual weight Tina's 13.22% lost to Christian's 15.58%.

Season Two on kabel eins

Season two of The Biggest Loser was held in 2010 on Mallorca. The Slogan of that season was Abspecken im Doppelpack (Losing weight in double pack). The host was retired boxer Regina Halmich. There were eight teams with 2 persons each. One team was evicted each week until three were left, after which the teams were dissolved and everyone was as individuals. The first prize was much lower this season with the winner getting only 25,000 € and nothing going to second and third place. The biggest loser title was won by Heino from Hamburg who shared the prize with his teammate Sven, who finished third.

Weigh-Ins

Contestants are listed in reverse chronological order of elimination.

Contestant	Age	Height (m)	Starting BMI	Ending BMI	Starting Weight (kg)	Week									Weight Lost	Percentage Lost
Contestant	Age	Height (m)	Starting BMI	Ending BMI	Starting Weight (kg)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Finale	Weight Lost	Percentage Lost
Daniel	30	1.81	48.3	28.6	158.1	150.1	145.8	141.8	141.1	141.7	136.1	127.9	123.7	93.6	64.5	40.80%
Gamze	22	1.59	39.9	23.9	100.9	96.2	91.4	90.3	87.0	87.5	83.2	84.9	79.6	60.3	40.6	40.24%
Sven	30	1.76	39.7	24.1	122.9	117.0	111.9	108.7	105.1	108.0	101.7	95.4	91.0	74.8	48.1	39.14%
Patrick	44	1.71	47.5	40.5	138.9	134.9	132.1	126.9	126.9	121.8	123.0	116.9	114.0	118.4	20.5	14.76%
Serap	33	1.69	68.9	49.6	196.9	189.2	179.6	176.8	172.1	169.7	166.0	163.9		141.8	55.1	27.98%
Thomas	36	1.80	36.8	31.5	119.3	114.8	113.9	110.0	110.6	105.8	102.6			101.9	17.4	14.59%
Cihan	34	1.81	54.8	44.7	179.6	172.8	169.9	166.5	165.0	162.4				146.6	33.0	18.37%
Olaf	36	1.70	42.9	31.5	123.9	118.6	115.5	114.0	110.6	109.1				91.1	32.8	26.47%
Petra	28	1.73	54.4	47.1	162.8	156.7	153.2	152.1	??					140.9	21.9	13.45%
Uwe	43	1.75	54.9	49.3	168.2	162.1	156.9	154.3	??					151.1	17.1	10.17%
Catharina	17	1.64	46.5	43.0	125.0	122.4	117.1	116.8						115.7	9.3	7.44%
Simone	38	1.65	46.4	40.3	126.4	125.4	121.2	121.4						109.8	16.6	13.13%
Nina	26	1.73	35.6	31.1	106.4	103.3	100.2							93.1	13.3	12.50%
Vanessa	23	1.70	33.2	28.7	96.0	92.4	89.9							82.9	13.1	13.65%
Andrea	26	1.68	39.3	38.8	111.0	109.7								109.4	1.6	1.44%
Timo	28	1.93	40.6	35.7	151.4	148.5								132.8	18.6	12.29%

Winners: €25,000 Winner (among the finalists)
Game: Eliminated; Last person eliminated before the finale
Standings: Week's Biggest Loser (Team or Individuals); Week's Biggest Loser & Immunity; Immunity (Challenge or Weigh-In)

BMI: Normal (18.5 - 24.9 BMI); Overweight (25 - 29.9 BMI); Obese Class I (30 - 34.9 BMI); Obese Class II (35 - 39.9 BMI); Obese Class III (greater than 40 BMI)

Finale was 6 months after start.

Week 1: Team turquoise and team green were up for eviction. The other teams choose to evict the green team.
Week 2: Originally team black and team yellow were up for eviction. As the pink team won a challenge they had to choose one person whose lost weight were halfed. They choose Nina of the purple team, which fell below the yellow line then. Black received votes from pink and blue, team purple received votes from turquoise, red and yellow. Therefor the purple team was send home.
Week 3: Yellow team won immunity. The blue team won a challenge and had to give another team a 2 kilogramm disadvantage, they chose the red team. Team red and team turquoise were below the yellow line. Red received eviction votes from blue and red, team turquoise received votes from black and pink. Although tied for eviction the turquoise team chose to leave willingly.
Week 4:
Week 5: Originally Red was voted off, but black chose to leave and give their spot to red. Black didn't think they were able to win anyway and wanted to keep Serap on the show.
Teams were dissolved in Week 6 with the two contestants with the lowest percentage weight loss being up for eviction. The contestant above that yellow line were up to vote.
Week 6: Patrick voted for Serap to evict. Sven, Heino and Gamze voted for Thomas.
Week 7: Although having won a challenge and a bonus and 1.5 and 1 kg resp., Gamze and Serap had lost the least percentage of body weight and fell below the yellow line. Patrick, Heino and Sven made a tactical vote and send Serap home.
Week 8: Patrick lost the least percentage of body weight and was eliminated just before the finale.
Final: Serap lost the most percentage of weight within the non-finalists and won 1 year of free-fitness-studio-access in the world and a trip to Turkey for two persons. Serap choose Gamze to travel with her.

Season Three on kabel eins

After the success of season two with average market shares of 6.4% within the target group of 14 to 49-year olds Kabel Eins announced a season three for March 2011. The will be no changes in host or trainers, and the show will be taped in Ischgl, Austria.^[3]

The season starts on 15 March 2011 and will feature 9 couples. The winner will receive 25.000 €.^[4]

Weight table:^[5]

Contestant	Age	Starting Weight (kg)	Week											Weight Lost	Percentage Lost
Contestant	Age	Starting Weight (kg)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Finale	Weight Lost	Percentage Lost
Carlo	41	145.6	138.6	133.8	129.5	126.8	126.3	123.0	123.2	117.3	113.0	98.2	86.6	59.0	40.52
Martin	30	154.6	146.6	142.3	139.3	135.4	133.2	130.4	127.1	122.1	119.1	104.5	97.3	57.3	37.06
Björn	24	148.1	138.7	135.4	132.5	128.8	125.8	123.9	120.8	116.7	112.6	105.3	106.0	42.1	28.43
Roger	25	159.5	151.9	147.1	144.4	140.7	138.3	134.8	133.4	129.6	123.9	117.2	115.5	44.0	27.59
Peter	28	191.8	179.8	174.9	169.8	163.9	164.9	160.0	157.8	151.3	147.6		113.6	78.2	40.77
Sabine	47	129.9	124.6	122.4	120.5	119.8	119.0	116.5	115.0	114.5			101.4	28.5	21.94
Elena	21	172.0	165.9	163.6	161.2	157.9	156.3	152.5	150.8				99.5	72.5	42.15
Marco	22	128.6	121.1	117.6	114.8	114.2	112.6	111.4					88.7	39.9	31.03
Frank	41	180.5	171.4	168.1	163.8	161.7	161.0						146.9	33.6	18.61
Jörg	39	131.0	123.6	120.1	118.6	114.1	111.9						97.6	33.4	25.50
Christopher	19	180.5	173.1	167.7	165.2								124.8	55.7	30.86
Kathrin	18	121.2	113.5	111.2	109.6								80.8	40.4	33.33
Melanie	27	122.1	117.6	115.8									113.1	9.0	7.37
Katrin	28	106.5	100.9	98.2									101.9	4.6	4.32
Peggy	24	111.7	106.5										99.1	12.6	11.28
Tina	24	113.3	109.1										X
Müjdat	36	148.6	136.5										117.2	31.4	21.13
Melanie	39	112.9	107.1										X

Winners: €25,000 Winner (among the finalists)
Game: Eliminated; Last person eliminated before the finale
Standings: Week's Biggest Loser (Team or Individuals); Week's Biggest Loser & Immunity; Immunity (Challenge or Weigh-In)

BMI: Normal (18.5 - 24.9 BMI); Overweight (25 - 29.9 BMI); Obese Class I (30 - 34.9 BMI); Obese Class II (35 - 39.9 BMI); Obese Class III (greater than 40 BMI)

Week 1: Red won a challenge and had to name a team in which only one member's lost weight counted. They chose the green team with Müjdat's weight counting allone. Green were the week's biggest losers as a team but fell to sixth place after striking out Melanie's weight loss. Yellow and Turquoise lost the least percentage of weight. Black, Red, Brown and Blue chose Yellow to leave, Violet, Pink and voted for Turquoise. Müjdat, after losing over 12 kg decided to quit, leaving Melanie no option but to leave too.
Week 2: Pink won immunity by eating the most peaces of chocolate. Turquoise and Blue fell below the yellow line. Blue was voted off by all the other teams but were able to stay at the ranch, as Turquoise left willingly due to injury of Malanie.
Week 3: Several teams won weight bonuses in a challenge: Violet 200g, Black 400g, Brown 200g, Blue 300g. Pink and Blue fell below the yellow line. Red's vote for exiting counted twice because of a won challenge. Blue received exit-votes from all other teams. Thus Bluehad to leave the camp.
Week 4: Black and Pink were nomonated to go and Black was voted off. Black was given the chance to return to the camp, if they lost enough weight at home.
Week 5: Brown and Violet lost the least amount of weight, but at home Team Black decided not to return to the camp, as they were convinced to lose weight at home too.

External links

References

^ "Ein Kühlschrank mit dem eigenen Namen". http://www.faz.net/s/Rub510A2EDA82CA4A8482E6C38BC79C4911/Doc~EFB875724204C4191B95F832A2A3B1558~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
^ "BMI Classification". http://www.who.int/bmi/index.jsp?introPage=intro_3.html.
^ "kabel eins startet neue "The Biggest Loser"-Staffel im März". http://www.cinefacts.de/tv-news/24918-kabel-eins-startet-neue-the-biggest-loser-staffel-im-maerz.html. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
^ Infos on Kabel1 website; accessed 8 March 2011
^ (German) "Übersicht: Ergebnisse - The Biggest Loser". Kabel eins. 5 April 2011. http://www.kabeleins.de/doku_reportage/the-biggest-loser/artikel/25921/. Retrieved 6 April 2011.

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