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TV Review: The Biggest Loser - Live Grand Finale

Alexandria Jackson — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:53:26 EDT

"Have you ever had a dream so big and so unreal and then all of a sudden it was right there?"
Week 16 marked the season finale of The Biggest Loser. This season started with ten teams of two couples and was whittled down to the final four: Ali, Kelli, Mark, and Roger. Mark and Roger were both up for elimination last week and America had to vote one of them off. The viewers voted for Mark to be eliminated. The Biggest Loser brought back...

TV Review: The Biggest Loser - Episode 15

Alexandria Jackson — Wed, 9 Apr 2008 00:21:44 EDT

America Votes!
Week 15 of The Biggest Loser began with the remaining contestants, Ali, Kelli, Roger, and Mark returning from their previous week in Australia.Host Allison Sweeney and Chef Rocco met them. Each contestant's family had been contacted and Rocco had made each of their favorite, high-fat dishes. Roger's mother had given Rocco a recipe for her...

TV Review: The Biggest Loser - Episode 14

Alexandria Jackson — Wed, 2 Apr 2008 15:12:57 EDT

A show from Australia.
Week 14 of The Biggest Loser was taped in Sydney, Australia. Each of the five remaining contestants were thrilled to go to the site of Biggest Loser - Australia where they discovered that their Aussie counterparts live in the palatial lap of luxury.This week, contestants took part in an Aboriginal smoking ceremony. The ceremony consisted of being...

TV Review: The Biggest Loser - Episode 13

Alexandria Jackson — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:36:15 EDT

Pop quiz and a surprising weigh-in.
The Biggest Loser week 13 began with a pop quiz.1. How many calories does it take to burn one pound? (Answer: 3500)2. How much weight had Curtis lost last week? (Answer: 100 pounds)3. How many calories does one cup of fat free strawberry yogurt have? (Answer: 200)Dan won the quiz and therefore won a piece of 600-calorie triple layer chocolate...

TV Review: The Biggest Loser - Episode 12

Alexandria Jackson — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:41:35 EDT

The makeover episode.
The Biggest Loser keeps changing the rules and the game.Last week's episode left me asking, "Why did they have to put a cliffhanger in this show?" For the first time, last week we did not get to see who was voted off at the end of the episode. Maybe other viewers had tremendous suspense building all week long awaiting this...

TV Review: The Biggest Loser - Episode 11

Alexandria Jackson — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:30:38 EDT

A cliffhanger!
The Biggest Loser brought yet another twist into the game in the most recent episode.The 14 players who had previously been voted off were brought back. The man and the woman who had lost the biggest percentage of weight since their initial weigh-in (10 weeks ago) would win the privilege of coming back to the show to compete for the title of...

TV Review: The Biggest Loser - Episode 10

Alexandria Jackson — Wed, 5 Mar 2008 20:07:25 EST

What an unhealthy Temptation Round.
The Biggest Loser in tonight’s show was the creator of the “Temptation Round.”The “Temptation Round,” in which players are always made to eat junk food, was truly revolting this week. Each player had to “buy” something from a rigged vending machine. If junk food came out, they had to eat it. They could walk...

TV Review: The Biggest Loser - Episode 9

Alexandria Jackson — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:04:42 EST

A slow, tear-filled week.
Jay from the Blue team was last week’s biggest loser. His prize was a trip for his entire team to Las Vegas. The Black team ordered room service for the Blue team in Vegas. Pizza, cheese steak, burger, fries, and desserts by the plateful arrived at their room only to be summarily refused. The note from the Black team read, “Love...

TV Review: The Biggest Loser - Episode 8

Alexandria Jackson — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:06:05 EST

Love means never having to ask, "Who brought the danish?"
The eighth week of The Biggest Loser proved that families and friends can kill you with love.After 58 days at “The Ranch” each contestant was granted one week “vacation” at their home. This challenge was frightening for all of them because, as Bernie described it, this is where they gave him all that extra...

TV Review: The Biggest Loser - Episode 7

Alexandria Jackson — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:59:24 EST

High drama, but where's the inspiration?
This week Biggest Loser was in high drama.Episode 7 begins with some pseudo-therapy for Dan whose mother, Jackie, was voted off last week. He has some real trust issues with his teammates and his trainer (Bob Harper) has to talk him down. Dan decides to tell his team (Blue) that he forgives them even though he is still seething inside. During...