The Biggest Loser Australia: Families
| The Biggest Loser Australia: Families | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Reality television, Game show |
| Created by | NBC and Network Ten |
| Developed by | FremantleMedia Australia |
| Presented by | Hayley Lewis |
| Starring |
Michelle Bridges Shannan Ponton Steve Willis (a.k.a. The Commando) Tiffiny Hall |
| Opening theme | "We Are Family" by Sister Sledge |
| Ending theme | "We Are Family" by Sister Sledge |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 53 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Stuart Clark Tara McWilliams |
| Running time | 60 minutes with ads |
| Release | |
| Original network | Network Ten |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original release | 30 January – 2 May 2011 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Season 5 (2010) |
| Followed by | Season 7 (2012) |
| Related shows | The Biggest Loser (US) |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
The sixth season of the Australian version of the original NBC reality television series The Biggest Loser, known as The Biggest Loser Australia: Families, premiered on 30 January 2011 on Network Ten. This season saw the return of trainers Michelle Bridges, Shannan Ponton and Steve Willis (The Commando). It also introduced a new female trainer, Tiffiny Hall.
The families included in this season are the Duncan Family, the Westren Family, the Challenor Family and The Moon Family.
The season was announced during the Season 5 finale on 18 April 2010.
In a first for the show, its premiere week included each of the four trainers living with an overweight family and following the family's unhealthy diet and poor exercise.
The season began on 30 January 2011 and the finale aired on 2 May 2011 at 8:30pm.
The prize money pool for this season was at the most $300,000. The winning contestant of The Biggest Loser wins $100,000. The family with the biggest percentage weight loss also wins $100,000. If the winning contestant is a part of the winning family, that family also receives an additional $100,000.
The winner of Season 6 was Emma Duncan from the white team, trained by Tiffiny, and the winning family was the Westrens, trained by Shannan.
Four families of four are slated, totaling up to 16 contestants.
For its premiere week, the trainers lived with the contestants and followed their diet of poor nutrition, excessive portions and no exercise.
They subsequently weighed in during the Week 1 episode, revealing that they had all gained substantial weight.
These results reflect the overall percentages achieved by all of the contestant, in chronological order.
Every weeks, families weigh-in together to find out how much weight the whole family has lost since the beginning. Unlike the official weigh-ins, no elimination takes place. Instead, the family with the highest percentage weight loss since the start wins a special reward.
Week 1 - Premiere Week: This week, each contestant weighs themselves to find out what their starting weight will be for the remainder of the show. For the first time, each contestant weighs-in at home in front of their friends and family.
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