Recap #3 – Tuesday 6th Feb. – Fallout from Monday’s Challenge.

Third episode of the season deals primarily with the fallout from the challenge on Monday night. This episode is very heavy on talking, not a lot of weightloss going on this time around, which may come back to bite them on the arse come weigh-in day.

Want to know who was under the blanket and who is leaving the show? Read on…

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Jillian explains why she left the US Biggest Loser, but stuck by us.

WHO Magazine has an indepth interview with Jillian Michaels in the issue hitting newstands on the 12th of February. In it she explains why she made the decision not to appear in the third season of the US version of the show, yet agreed to be on the second season of the Australian Biggest Loser.

And it wasn’t because of the money!

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Recap #2 – Monday 5th Feb. – First workout, first challenge.

As is typical of the show, the second episode of the series featured the contestants first real workout, along with the first challenge. How did everyone do? You’ll have to read on to find out!

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Recap #1 – Sunday 4th Feb. – Initial Weigh-in

First show of the season is invariably the initial weigh-in and sorting of people into teams and so on. Who will be part of Bob’s Blues? Who will be in Jillian’s Reds? How many people will cry during the weigh-in, how many times will they cry and how many long close-ups will we have to endure?

And have they finally dropped the terribly inappropriate music they play while contestants step up to the plate? You know the one, heavy bass beat while the camera focuses a little too much on their feet?

Tune in at 7.30pm and find out!

The rest of the first episode recap will be hidden from plain sight to protect people from spoilers, if they wish. Click the “continue reading” link below to see the rest of this post…

(Recap is now complete!)

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The Biggest Loser Under Fire

The Biggest Loser has come under fire from the usual ill-informed media pundits arguing that the contestants are “too large” and the training “too intense” for them to handle.

Quite how people who are barely competent at their own profession – journalism – can consider themselves to be experts in a wholly seperate field is a mystery.

For more on what sparked this latest media blitz you’ll have to read the rest of this article – it does contain a fairly big spoiler for the show, so you have been warned!

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