The Biggest Loser UK 2005 was the first season of the reality television

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 series entitled The Biggest Loser. The season first aired on 6 October 2005, with the final episode on 15 December 2005, where 12 overweight contestants competed for a cash prize of £25,000. Vicki Butler-Henderson

Vicki Butler-Henderson

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 was featured as the host, with trainers Angie Dowds and Mark Bailey

Mark Bailey

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. Aaron Howlett was named as the winner after losing .

Contestants

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Team	Status	Weight lost as of Elimination	Weight lost (Reunion)
Tracey Barcoe	28	Northwich Northwich Northwich is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies in the heart of the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers Weaver and Dane...	Red Team	Eliminated Week 1	4 pound	30 pound
Katie Wareing	30	Preston	Blue Team	Eliminated Week 2	15 pound	40 pound
Paul Tabram	58	Cardiff Cardiff Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...	Red Team	Eliminated Week 3	15 pound	47 pound
Tamara Joseph	30	Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...	Red Team	Eliminated Week 4	15 pound	37 pound
Dr Shane Lee	40	Cardiff Cardiff Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...	Blue/Red	Eliminated Week 5	33 pound	Did not appear
Martin Langmaid	26	Exeter Exeter Exeter is a historic city in Devon, England. It lies within the ceremonial county of Devon, of which it is the county town as well as the home of Devon County Council. Currently the administrative area has the status of a non-metropolitan district, and is therefore under the administration of the...	Blue Team	Eliminated Week 6	??	See below
Nat Curtis	31	Reading Reading, Berkshire Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....	Blue Team	Eliminated Week 7	25 pound	See below
Barney Gibson	19	Tiverton	Red Team	Withdrew Week 8	38 pound	84 pound
Nadine Lautman	33	West Yorkshire West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....	Red Team	Eliminated Week 8	25 pound	54 pound
Martin Langmaid	Returned Wk 8		Blue Team	Eliminated Week 9	44 pound	64 pound
Samantha Atkins	33	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...	Blue Team	Eliminated Week 10	??	87 pound
Nat Curtis	Returned Wk 10		Blue Team	Third Place	60 pound at Finale
Mark Whittaker	38	Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...	Red Team	Second Place	121 pound at Finale
Aaron Howlett	29	Hull Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...	Blue Team	Biggest Loser	138 pound at Finale

Shane was traded from the Blue Team to the Red Team in Week 5 to re-balance the teams.

Martin was brought back because Barny had to withdraw due to medical issues.

Final Prizes

Contestant	Prize
Aaron Howlett	Main Prize: £25,000.
Mark Whittaker	Second Prize: Holiday in the Caribbean.
Nat Curtis	Third Prize: Holiday in the Caribbean.
Barney Gibson	Eliminated Contestant Prize: Holiday to the Maldives.

Ratings

Episode Viewing figures from BARB

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Episode	Date	Total Viewers	LIVINGtv Weekly Ranking
1	6 October 2005	Under 180,000	Outside Top 10
2	13 October 2005	210,000	6
3	20 October 2005	193,000	7
4	27 October 2005	181,000	9
5	3 November 2005	Under 199,000	Outside Top 10
6	10 November 2005	Under 138,000	Outside Top 10
7	17 November 2005	Under 203,000	Outside Top 10
8	24 November 2005	180,000	10
9	1 December 2005	Under 200,000	Outside Top 10
10	8 December 2005	Under 175,000	Outside Top 10
11	15 December 2005	216,000	10