The Biggest Loser Germany
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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.
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.
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.
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
Game
Standings
Winners
BMI
Notes
. The Slogan of that season was Abspecken im Doppelpack (Losing weight in double pack). The host was retired boxer Regina Halmich
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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.
Winners
Game
Standings
BMI
Finale was 6 months after start.
, Austria
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The season starts on 15 March 2011 and will feature 9 couples. The winner will receive 25.000 €.
Weight table:
Winners
Game
Standings
BMI
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 HaciendaHacienda
Hacienda is a Spanish word for an estate. Some haciendas were plantations, mines, or even business factories. Many haciendas combined these productive activities...
near Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
. 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.
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 Body mass index The body mass index , or Quetelet index, is a heuristic proxy for human body fat based on an individual's weight and height. BMI does not actually measure the percentage of body fat. It was invented between 1830 and 1850 by the Belgian polymath Adolphe Quetelet during the course of developing... |
Ending BMI |
Starting Weight |
Week | Weight Lost |
Percentage Lost |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Finale | ||||||||
| Enrico | 30 | 1.83 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 130.4 | 125.8 | 123.0 | 120.6 | 120.0 | 119.5 | 115.0 | X | ||||||||
| Nadja | 19 | 1.76 | 98.1 | 93.8 | 92.2 | 90.6 | 89.6 | 89.2 | 77.2 | 20.9 | 21.30?% | |||||||
| Heike | 29 | 1.59 | 81.9 | 79.2 | 77.6 | 75.6 | 75.0 | 72.6 | 9.3 | 11.36% | ||||||||
| Mariola | 29 | 1.64 | 95.8 | 90.2 | 85.8 | ?2) | 61.4 | 34.4 | 35.91% | |||||||||
| Heiko | 29 | 1.83 | 191.4 | 185.6 | 181.0 | 179.4 | 12.0 | 6.27% | ||||||||||
| Björn | 34 | 1.85 | 184.4 | 176.8 | 1) | X | ||||||||||||
| Doris | 47 | 1.65 | 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
- 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 MallorcaMallorca
Majorca or Mallorca is an island located in the Mediterranean Sea, one of the Balearic Islands.The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Cabrera Archipelago is administratively grouped with Majorca...
. The Slogan of that season was Abspecken im Doppelpack (Losing weight in double pack). The host was retired boxer Regina Halmich
Regina Halmich
Regina Halmich is a popular female boxer from Germany. Halmich is among the most successful female boxers of all time, and helped popularize female boxing in Europe.-Amateur career:...
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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 |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Finale | ||||||||
| Daniel | 30 | 1.81 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 119.3 | 114.8 | 113.9 | 110.0 | 110.6 | 105.8 | 102.6 | 101.9 | 17.4 | 14.59% | ||||
| Cihan | 34 | 1.81 | 179.6 | 172.8 | 169.9 | 166.5 | 165.0 | 162.4 | 146.6 | 33.0 | 18.37% | |||||
| Olaf | 36 | 1.70 | 123.9 | 118.6 | 115.5 | 114.0 | 110.6 | 109.1 | 91.1 | 32.8 | 26.47% | |||||
| Petra | 28 | 1.73 | 162.8 | 156.7 | 153.2 | 152.1 | ?? | 140.9 | 21.9 | 13.45% | ||||||
| Uwe | 43 | 1.75 | 168.2 | 162.1 | 156.9 | 154.3 | ?? | 151.1 | 17.1 | 10.17% | ||||||
| Catharina | 17 | 1.64 | 125.0 | 122.4 | 117.1 | 116.8 | 115.7 | 9.3 | 7.44% | |||||||
| Simone | 38 | 1.65 | 126.4 | 125.4 | 121.2 | 121.4 | 109.8 | 16.6 | 13.13% | |||||||
| Nina | 26 | 1.73 | 106.4 | 103.3 | 100.2 | 93.1 | 13.3 | 12.50% | ||||||||
| Vanessa | 23 | 1.70 | 96.0 | 92.4 | 89.9 | 82.9 | 13.1 | 13.65% | ||||||||
| Andrea | 26 | 1.68 | 111.0 | 109.7 | 109.4 | 1.6 | 1.44% | |||||||||
| Timo | 28 | 1.93 | 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
- ImmunityImmunity (reality television)Immunity in reality television is a concept that is widely used in weekly elimination-type reality television shows by which a contestant participating in such a show may not be "kicked off" or eliminated from competition in a particular time period...
(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 TurkeyTurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
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 IschglIschgl
Ischgl is a small village in the Paznaun Valley in Tyrol . Its ski resort Silvretta Arena Ischgl-Samnaun is connected with the ski resort of Samnaun across the border in Switzerland. Together this ski area belongs to the largest skiing resorts in the Alps...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
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The season starts on 15 March 2011 and will feature 9 couples. The winner will receive 25.000 €.
Weight table:
| Contestant | Age | Starting Weight (kg) |
Week | Weight Lost |
Percentage Lost |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Finale | |||||
| 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
- ImmunityImmunity (reality television)Immunity in reality television is a concept that is widely used in weekly elimination-type reality television shows by which a contestant participating in such a show may not be "kicked off" or eliminated from competition in a particular time period...
(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.