Libby Babet
| The Biggest Loser Australia: Transformed | |
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| Country of origin | Australia |
| No. of episodes | 28 |
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| Original network | Network Ten |
| Original release | 14 March – 1 May 2017 |
| Season chronology | |
The eleventh season of the Australian version of the original NBC reality television series The Biggest Loser, known as The Biggest Loser Australia: Transformed, premiered on 14 March 2017. The live series finale will be held on Monday 1 May 2017 at 11 am during the airing of Studio 10.
The season had very low viewership, routinely being beaten not only by rival commercial networks in the ratings, but also rating behind public broadcasters ABC and SBS. After its second week on air, the show was dropped from airing on Sundays nights, continuing only through Monday-Thursday in its third week on air. With continued falling ratings, the program was pulled from prime time and moved to a daytime slot at 1:00 pm (where re-runs previously aired) from 3 April. The live finale aired at 11am on 1 May 2017 and was watched by 92,000 viewers.
There is slated to be two teams of eight, totaling up to 16 contestants. In week six, the top eight were merged into one team and began to compete as individuals. They were given new black shirts to signify this.
A bracelet given to a challenge winning contestant, team, or the biggest loser for the week. The bracelet holds different powers each week.
Week 1: Immunity - Given to the orange team in the first challenge. All team members had to decide who on their team would receive it. It was given to Nikki.
Week 2: Exclusion of Opposite Team Member - Given to Simmo for being the biggest loser of week 1. He had the power to exclude a member of the orange team from either the team challenge or weigh in. He chose for Josh to sit out of the weigh in, meaning his weight wouldn't count towards the orange team's total.
Week 3: Two Votes - Given to Josh for being the biggest loser of week 2. The power was that if the orange team lost the team challenge and faced elimination, Josh would have two votes. Orange team was sent to elimination and his vote, for Luke, was counted as two votes.
Week 4: Choice of Immunity - Given to Simmo for being the biggest loser of week 3. He had the power to grant someone immunity, anyone, except for himself. He could use it at any point this week and he gave it to Nikki after the elimination challenge.
Week 5: Advantage in Cooking Challenge - Given to Simmo for being the biggest loser of week 4, he has the power to decide who will cook twice for the orange team, he chose Nikki & Simon.
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