The Biggest Loser

The Biggest Loser is a television show broadcast in many countries. It first started in the United States. It centers on overweight contestants attempting to lose the most weight to fight for 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.

Biggest Loser series

Region/Country Local name Network (Broadcaster) Biggest Loser series winners Main presenter (Host) Prize
Asia The Biggest Loser Asia Diva Universal (Asia)

Season 1, 2009: David Gurnani
Season 2, 2010: Raj Devaraj
Season 3, 2011: Upcoming Season

Sarimah Ibrahim (Season 1)
Marion Caunter (Season 2)

US $100,000
Arab World الرابح الأكبر
Ar Rabeh ElAkbar
MBC1

Season 1, 2006: Abdullah Hammad
Season 2, 2007: Walead hemayed
Season 3, 2008: Mohammad Mazboudi
Season 4, 2009: Karim Abdullah

Carolina de Oliveira (Season 1-4) SR 250,000
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: Upcoming Season

Ajay Rochester (Season 1-4)
Hayley Lewis (Season 5-)
AU$ 200,000
Brazil O Grande Perdedor SBT Season 1, 2005: Unknown Silvio Santos (Season 1) R$ 300,000
Quem Perde Ganha Season 2, 2007: Unknown Lígia Mendes (Season 2) R$ 200,000
Brunei The Biggest Loser Brunei BNC Network HD

Season 1, 2010: Ahmad Ali Azizul
Season 2, 2011: Current Season

Stacy Sandra (Season 1-Present) B$ 250,000
Finland Suurin pudottaja MTV3

Season 1, 2006: Dieter Hardy
Season 2, 2007: Roy Heikkila
Season 3, 2009: Unknown
Season 4, 2010: Kaisu Romppainen
Season 5, 2010: Unknown
Season 6, 2011: Unknown
Season 7, 2011: Unknown

Eeva Jaakonmaa
Sini Rantanen
Heidi Suomi

€ 25,000
Germany The Biggest Loser Germany ProSieben Season 1, 2009: Enrico Proba Katarina Witt (Season 1) € 100,000
Kabel Eins

Season 2, 2010: Daniel Heino
Season 3, 2011: Carlo Werner

Regina Halmich (Season 2-) €25,000
Hungary A Nagy Fogyás TV2 Season 1, 2007: István Ferencsik Gabriella Jakupcsek (Season 1)
India Biggest Loser Jeetega Sahara One

Season 1, 2007: Sandeep Sachdev

Suniel Shetty (Season 1)
Israel לרדת בגדול
Laredet Begadol
Channel 10

Season 1, 2006: Unknown
Season 2: Unknown
Season 3: Unknown
Season 4, 2011: Unknown

Tzipi Shavit ₪ 250,000
Mexico ¿Cuánto quieres perder? Televisa Season 1, 2008: Ignacio Mestas, "Nacho" Galilea Montijo (Season 1) MX$ 1,500,000
Netherlands De Afvallers SBS 6

Season 1, 2005: Daan & Irma Steenkamp
Season 2, 2006: Bert & Gretel
Season 3, 2006: Marco & Suzy Niels van Boxtel
Season 4, 2007: Mark Dakriet
Season 5, 2007: Nijmeijers Family
Season 6, 2011: Unknown

Marlayne Sahupala (Season 1-5) Trip to:

Brazil (Season 1-2)
South Africa (Season 3)
Unknown (Season 4-5)

Philippines The Biggest Loser: Pinoy Edition ABS-CBN

Season 1, 2011: Larry Martin
Season 2, 2012: Upcoming Season

Sharon Cuneta (Season 1) PhP 1,000,000
Poland Co masz do stracenia? TV Puls Season 1, 2008: Jaroslaw Małgorzata Ostrowska-Królikowska (Season 1) zł 100,000
Portugal Peso Pesado SIC

Season 1, 2011: Fábio
Season 2, 2011: Marco

Júlia Pinheiro (Season 1)
Bárbara Guimarães (Season 2)

€ 50,000
Romania Marele câștigător Antena 1 Season 1, 2010: Gratian Daiana Anghel (Season 1)
€25,000
Scandinavia Biggest Loser Kanal 5 Season 1, 2005: Unknown Martin Björk (Season 1) kr 500,000
Slovakia SuperTelo STV Season 1: Unknown Iveta Malachovská sk 1,000,000
South Africa The Biggest Loser South Africa E.tv Season 1, 2008: Sharon Haarhoff Jasmyn Asvat (Season 1) R 260,000
Sweden Biggest Loser Sverige TV4

Season 1, 2010: Karl Fredrik Jonsson

Jessica Almenäs (Season 1)
Ukraine Зважені та щасливі (Weighted&Happy)
Zvageni ta schaslyvi
STB Season 1, 2011: Mykola Voroshnov Unknown UAH 250,000
United Kingdom The Biggest Loser LIVINGtv

Series 1, 2005: Aaron Howlett
Series 2, 2006: Jodie Prenger

Vicki Butler-Henderson {Series 1–2) £25,000
ITV

Series 3, 2009: Kevin Sage
Series 4, 2011: Wil Graham
Season 5, 2012: Current Series

Kate Garraway (Series 3)
Davina McCall (Series 4–present)
£10,000 (2009)
£25,000 (2011–present)
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

Caroline Rhea (Season 1-3)
Alison Sweeney (Season 4-)
US$ 250,000
Si Se Puede (U.S. TV series) Univision Season 1, 2012: January 2012

Other media

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.[1] 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.

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