The Biggest Loser

Tiffiny Hall exits The Biggest Loser Australia

Heads up “The Biggest Loser” fans of Australia, if you’re a fan of ex-gladiator Tiffiny Hall and her high kicking karate style weight loss, grab your tissues, she won’t be back. At the moment fan commentary seems fairly split, with half the fans saying they’ll really miss Hall and the other half happy to see...
By Angela Share

Biggest Loser star Jillian Michaels mother of two

I guess Jillian Michaels FINALLY came out of the closet then, given her and her partner Heidi Rhoades have added to their family not once but twice in the last couple of weeks. Michaels brought home a baby girl from Haiti that she had been matched with some time ago, the same week her partner...
By Angela Share

Australian Biggest Loser a loser in the ratings

The Australian version of “The Biggest Loser” is back and it seems people are turning off, I’m one of them and I’ll tell you why. This season is all about being fat and lonely, fat folk looking for love. The messages I’ve gleaned from the ‘uplifting’ show this season have ranged from, ‘if you’re overweight...
By Angela Share

Jillian Michaels moving on from The Biggest Loser?

  Fitness Guru Jillian Michaels has stated season 11 of “The Biggest Loser” will be her last season. Jillian and Bob are joined by new trainers in the next season (which starts Jan 4). The new trainers are a a former Golden Gloves boxing champion and a martial arts expert from New York City. Michaels...
By Angela Share

Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels fraud troubles

Wow James S. Fell over the at LA Times sure sounds like he doesn’t think much of The Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels. In a recent article written by Fell, he starts by suggesting Michaels “is lacking in shame” and that she’s “not actually a real fitness trainer”, she’s “an actress playing the role of...
By Angela Share

Losing It With Jillian Michaels thanks to NBC

Fitness guru Jillian Michaels, most famous for being the female trainer in the U.S. (and early Australian) Biggest Loser episodes has gained her own show. The new show is a spin-off series by NBC called Losing It With Jillian Michaels. The show will feature 8 episodes in which Jillian tries to get families who are...
By Angela Share 1 Comment

New host of The Biggest Loser is Hayley Lewis WTF?

Hayley Lewis for those unaware is a champion swimmer, she kicked some major ass back in 1990 at the Commonwealth Games taking out 5 gold medals. At the time Lewis was a kid and she now says a kid with ‘body image issues’. This seems an odd one, at least the last host Ajay Rochester...
By Angela Share

NBC TV show renewals for next year

This week has brought us some great news of renewals for the TV season next year. Some of the big hits will be returning, such as The Office, 30 Rock and The Biggest Loser. It’s no surprise that NBC has quickly snapped these up for another season, as both The Office and 30 Rock continue...
By Angela Share

Biggest Loser host convicted of welfare fraud

Ajay Rochester, the Australian host of The Biggest Loser has pleaded guilty to welfare fraud. Her case has been ongoing for some time, with Ajay being under intense scrutiny to admit that she was guilty of accepting single parent payments from Centrelink when she wasn’t eligible. The payments were made between December 2001 and December...
By Angela Share

Biggest Loser Australia does Couples

After the success of the US couples version of The Biggest Loser, it looks like Channel 10 are weighing in on the concept and welcoming couples to the Australian version. The pre-show sign-up is up and running on the Australian Biggest Loser page and it’s actively welcoming couples to take part this year. For pure...

Jillian Michaels on the Nintendo Wii

Yes, gamers and fitness fans rejoice. The stunning Jillian Michaels is bringing her very own fitness game to the Nintendo Wii. The new game, entitled ‘Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2009 will make use of the balance board, much the same as WiiFit does at the moment. Michaels is no stranger to cashing in on her...
By Angela Share

Shannon Ponton finds love?

Looks like it’s not only the contestants on The Biggest Loser who are reaping the rewards from the show. Blue team trainer Shannon Ponton has bagged himself a winner in the form of bikini model Jaime Wright. Shannon and Jaime have been enjoying each others company recently, with Jaime stating that it’s “really early days…...

The Biggest Loser Australia twists

  Anyone in Australia who has been watching The Biggest Loser this season, won’t be surprised to learn that it’s been full of twists and turns over recent weeks. This weeks biggest shock was contestant Michelle, turning down $50,000 to walk from the show there and then. She decided she was there to lose weight,...

Jillian Micheals is a God

Okay so I’m watching the Biggest Loser Australia last night and they had this big twist, a few contestants everyone thinks got kicked off the show didn’t get kicked off the show, instead they hopped a jet to the US so they could be trained by Bob and Jillian. As you’re no doubt aware Bob...
By Angela Share 1 Comment

Biggest Loser 5 – A ratings winner

NBC’s ‘Biggest Loser Couples’ debuted Tuesday to around 10.4 million viewers, the highest ratings ever for a Biggest Loser debut. As the title suggests, the series follows dieting couples as they all vie for the title of ‘Biggest Loser’-the winner of which is the couple with the best combined weight loss. The Biggest Loser 5...
By Angela Share