The Biggest Loser 2 (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

The Biggest Loser is an NBC reality television show that began broadcasting on September 13, 2005. Each season begins with twelve to fourteen overweight contestants who compete to lose the most weight. The show is hosted by comedian Caroline Rhea. Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels are the two personal trainers.

For Season 2, the contestants were divided into two teams: Men in red and Women in blue and each team was given their own personal trainer of the opposite sex. Each week, the team who lost the least percentage of total weight was required to vote out one of their team members.

The show concluded November 29, 2005, when Matt was declared The Biggest Loser and won $250,000. Seth was awarded $50,000 for his second place finish, and Suzy was awarded $25,000 for third. Of the non-finalists, Pete had lost the highest percentage of weight and received the $100,000 prize.

New features in Season 2

• Teams were divided into Men and Women and get a trainer of the opposite sex
• Total percent weight loss was used for elimination (number of pounds lost was used in Season 1).
• Episode 7 of Season 2 saw the blue and red teams dissolved and 4 new teams of 2 created. Three of the teams consisted of one man and one woman, and one team consisted of two men.
• Episode 9 of Season 2 saw the new teams of 2 dissolved and the game turned individual. Unlike last year, elimination risk was based on percentage of weight lost for the week instead of total weight lost.

Contestants

Contestant	Age	Starting Weight	Week											Finishing Weight	Weight Lost	Percentage Lost
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Matt	28	339	311	304	300	290	279	279	262	254	246	240	230	182	157	48.31%
Seth	24	291	270	262	258	250	243	233	233	232	219	211	204	168	123	42.27%
Suzy	28	227	207	205	201	196	191	186	182	180	170	166	161	132	95	41.85%
Andrea	28	220	209	204	202	198	193	191	185	184	179	176	173	145	75	41.45%
Jeff	43	370	352	344	340	326	316	305	294	284	270	267		217	153	41.35%
Shannon	29	257	242	240	236	229	221	218	212	208	200			149	108	42.02%
Mark	36	358	335	325	318	308	291	287	273	271				193	165	46.09%
Pete	36	401	379	371	367	350	338	325	318					216	185	46.13%
Jen	24	267	248	244	244	234	224	221						176	91	34.08%
Suzanne	30	229	213	209	206	199	191							142	87	37.99%
Ryan	26	225	207	205	200	195								147	78	34.67%
Nick	40	346	318	308	305									did not attend
Kathryn	28	217	202	201										201	16	7.37%
Ruben	37	278	261											197	81	29.14%

Member of Bob's team

Member of Jillian's team

Last person eliminated before finale

Winner (among finalists $250,000)

Winner (among eliminated contestants $100,000)

Did They Keep the Weight Off?

Prior to the start of Season 4 a special episode was shown revisiting past contestants to see if they kept the weight off. Only Pete was weighed, although Matt and Suzy, now married with child, appeared in a video clip

Although, like everyone else featured except Season One's Andrea, most had gained weight since his finale; Pete was the only one to take his shirt off to show that he had kept up his muscular tone.

Weighing in at 241 pounds, he had gained 25 pounds since the end of Season Two.

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