'm not usually one to watch these types of programmes. I love my reality shows, but I tend to watch the ones that feature America beautiful rich people, where the scenes are quite clearly re-enacted for dramatic affect. However I ended up watching the first episode of The Biggest Loser UK out of boredom and I was hooked from that moment on. It doesn't take much to get me hooked for the record! The Biggest Loser follows pairs of overweight unhappy and unhealthy people, whether they are mother and daughter, cousins, sisters-in-law etc, who have all made the decision they want to change their lives and ultimately win a prize fund at the end of the ...  Read the complete review

This television show airs on ITV on a Monday night at 9pm for one hour. ***What is the show about? *** The show is about extremely over weight people who want to lose weight. They are in pairs, so there may be a married couple, sisters, best friends etc and they go to stay in the fitness camp with the hope that they will lose as much weight as possible and become The Biggest Loser. Now this show isn't just about watching people change their eating habits and do a bit of exercise, it's actually extremely intense and can be quite painful to watch at time. There is no caring, best friend like you may expect to find on shows like How ...  Read the complete review

'The Biggest Loser', as with many reality TV shows is a concept which started off in one country (I imagine it was probably the US), and has since spread to others - over the past year or so, it has been possible to watch both UK and Australian versions. It generally airs on the Sky Real Lives channel. The idea is simple - lock some very overweight contestants away in a house for a while, make them do lots of exercise and see how much weight they can lose. Every week someone gets voted off, usually based on being 'below the yellow line' (ie one of the two contestants to have lost the least weight), although this is not always the case - when competing in ...  Read the complete review

The Biggest loser is a game show which runs across numerous countries, including USA, England, Australia and India. The point of the game is that a group of competitors exercise and diet in order to lose the most weight each week. Whoever loses the least amount (based on a percentage of their weight) are up for elimination with another contestant. The rest of the competitors then each have one vote to vote out the contestant they want out of the competition. However, the game show is not just about the weigh in, they competitors also compete in weekly challenges, the winner normally receiving either immunity, an advantage at the weigh in or a cash prize. Each ...  Read the complete review

Can I say straight away that I love The Biggest Loser - no matter which country the programme comes from. Yes, the english version appeared more down market than the american and australian version but the stories are inspirational no matter which country it is set in. The basic premise is that people who need to lose weight are holed up on a ranch and are undertaking a range of intense exercises and strict diets. Along the way they are pushed, urged and supported by their two trainers - Bob and Jillian - who deal with the mental anguish of weight loss as well as the physical aspects. The constestants compete in teams and meet weight loss / ...  Read the complete review