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Michelle wins Biggest Loser even though Heba lost more weight; Vicky gets death threats

The Biggest Loser 6, the family season, ended last night with Michelle Aguilar losing 110 pounds, 45.45 percent of her body weight, and winning the $250,000 prize. She’s the show’s second female winner in six seasons, following Ali’s win last spring. Second-place Ed Brantley lost 139 pounds, 41.49 percent of his body weight, while Vicky …

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Biggest Loser has the most product placement, but Bravo’s placements are more effective

The Biggest Loser 6 concludes live tonight on NBC starting at 8 p.m. ET, and this will be the first episode I’ve watched in months. That’s because I bailed on the show, which has become so bloated (with two-hour episodes) that it drags, and between that and the atrocious, obnoxious, offensive product placement, which the …

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Jillian Michaels trains, yells at you on her Wii game Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2009

One of the best parts of The Biggest Loser is watching Jillian Michaels yell at the contestants while they’re training. In this season’s first episode, she yelled at her team, “Unless you faint, puke, or die, keep walking!” Now, you can have Jillian yell at you in her Wii game Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2009, …

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Biggest Loser 6 debuts tonight with two-hour episodes, pairs of family members

The Biggest Loser 6 debuts tonight at 8 p.m. ET, and sticks with Amazing Race-style casting and pairs of overweight contestants with pre-existing relationships. Unlike last season’s open-ended couples, though, this season’s teams are all family members. Bob’s team has four sets of husbands and wives, while Jillian’s team consists of parents and kids. Because …

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Biggest Loser sticks with couples for season six, which is now casting

NBC has renewed The Biggest Loser for a sixth season, and the show will once again feature people competing in pairs. The current season “has posted the franchise’s strongest numbers since the initial cycle in the fall of 2004,” according to The Hollywood Reporter, as each episode is averaging 9.3 million viewers. While the announcement …

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