The Biggest Loser Australia (season 1)
| The Biggest Loser Australia (season 1) | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Reality television Game show |
| Created by | NBC |
| Developed by | FremantleMedia Australia |
| Presented by | Ajay Rochester |
| Starring |
Jillian Michaels Bob Harper Adro Sernalli (Winner) |
| Theme music composer |
Shannon Noll Adam Reily Byron Jones Andrew Roachford |
| Opening theme | "Lift" by Shannon Noll |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 53 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Sydney, New South Wales |
| Running time | 30 mins (inc. commercials) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Network Ten |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 13 February – 27 April 2006 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | The Biggest Loser 2 (2007) |
| Related shows | The Biggest Loser (US) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The first season of the Australian version of the original NBC American reality television series The Biggest Loser premiered at 7pm each week night on Network Ten for 10 weeks from 13 February to 27 April 2006. The eventual winner, as decided by percentage of weight lost, was Adriano "Adro" Sarnelli, who won A$200,000. The host was announced as Ajay Rochester, who had previously gone through weight loss herself. American trainers Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels reprised their roles from the previous American version. Applications closed on 11 November 2005 with over 6,000 Australians having applied to take part. The finale was watched by 2.310 million Australian viewers.
At the beginning of the season, all contestants were given one 'last meal' of their favourite meals such as steak, spaghetti, chocolates, lasagna, lollies, alcohol, and other items.
The following is a list of contestants and their weekly weight losses.
The order of elimination was: David, Jo, Cat, Harry, Tracey and Artie, Wal, Ruth, Shane, Adro (with Harry and Adro returning to be part of the final four contestants).
The finale was broadcast as a live contestant reunion on 27 April 2006, where the remaining four contestants were weighed to determine the first Australian Biggest Loser. Although commenting "I'm gonna win this", and losing 66.2 kg (37% of his body weight since his first weight-in), Harry lost out to Adro's marginally better 37.58%, who in total lost 51.3 kg. Adro had the highest percentage of weight loss, making him Australia's Biggest Loser for 2006 and the winner of A$200,000. For Harry's efforts, he won $30,000. Third place went to Kristie, who lost 38.7 kg (36.93% - only 0.07% below Harry and within a percent Adro). She won a total of A$20,000. Coming in fourth was the lightest and youngest contestant, Fiona, who lost 29.5 kg (29.18%) and won A$10,000.
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