Has anyone seen the ad on Channel Ten for the Australian version of The Biggest Loser?

Applications can be made to http://www.biggestloser.com.au

I wonder if this is 2006's X-Factor? Hopefully it will do well if the success of shows like Celebrity Overhaul are any indication..

i haven't saw this ad yet

but i reckon it will be axed after a couple of episodes

I also haven't seen the ads for it. However, I think it will do amazingly well. Obesity is such a problem here in Australia. An Aussie version of the show might encourage other ppl with weight problems to get fit and slim down.

well i suppose it might do well  

Well I have applied to go on it, so I hope it does well!  

How exciting for you! Though I must say, I see weight loss as something more personal, then something to share with the whole world!

So if you get on the show, would you eat all your favorite bad foods before they start filming, or would you begin to detox your system, so its not so much of a shock when the diet starts?

I think we need an "Australia's Biggest Gainer" too.

Biggest loser. Are talking about John Howard here? He is already the winner of that show.

Hi All

Just wanted to say that I have also applied for the Biggest Looser, and hope that it will start me on a life change for the better whether I make it on the show or not.

Cheers to all  !!!!!!!


                Charlie
                           

Does anybody here think TV has sunk to new lows when viewers sit around watching each other get rid of the fat they accumulated by sitting too long in front of the TV with snack foods to eat ??. . . *wondering how many packets of biscuits and chips got consumed during last nights show*. .  

Quoted from ceemaree

Hi All

Just wanted to say that I have also applied for the Biggest Looser, and hope that it will start me on a life change for the better whether I make it on the show or not.

Cheers to all  !!!!!!!


            Charlie
                   

Good yer!
Even if you dont get on, try and run in parallel with it.

I feel so happy for the people on the yank show, (except for the blonde hairdresser that made the final - she is just the epitome of a self centred b#tch!),they did so well.

Quoted from Gizmo

Does anybody here think TV has sunk to new lows when viewers sit around watching each other get rid of the fat they accumulated by sitting too long in front of the TV with snack foods to eat ??. . . *wondering how many packets of biscuits and chips got consumed during last nights show*. .  

HAHA you're probably right "hey look at Pete, man hes a shadow of his former self, hey pass me those PODS"

AJ Rochester is gonne be the host for the aussie version

http://www.ajrochester.com/

Apparently she herself has lost close to if not over half her body weight..when i saw the name i had no idea who it was..and now i have seen her picture i still have no idea who it is

Looks promising. I wonder how much the US host lost to be host of The Biggest Loser USA.

This could be a sleeper hit for Ten

Australia's Biggest Gainer or Beat the Battle of the Stick Figures would be better.

Quoted from ozdvl

AJ Rochester is gonne be the host for the aussie version

http://www.ajrochester.com/

Apparently she herself has lost close to if not over half her body weight..when i saw the name i had no idea who it was..and now i have seen her picture i still have no idea who it is

Hehehehehe same here. I've been wondering since I saw that anounced and when I clicked on your link and had a look... I still had no idea who she was. But good on her for losing all that weight though. Is that anything why Caroline Rhea was chosen to host the US version? did she lose a lot of weight at some point, or was she just enough of a B-star to play a host on a reality show?

Hey.. does anyone know where I can find out some more info about Bob Harper? All I have found is that he's a personal trainer to-the-stars who was born in Tenessee. Well Duh. Is he gay or just very New Age? it's a bit hard to tell...  

Wasn't the US host on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch?

Yup, it was one of Sabrinas Aunts from the show. I thought that was an odd choice. Meanwhile I saw the ad for the show with the contestants. Wow, some of them are huge, I look forward to seeing how much they will loose, and how they go about it.

So, anyone watching this show? All I've watched so far was the first weigh in, so I could see everyones weight. Now theres nothing to do but wait for the show to end, and see all the before and after footage!

So whats with the host? According to the website, she's lost half her bodyweight, and went from a size 26 to a size 10. Yeah, sure! If she's a size 10 then I MUST be a size -20!! I've never heard or seen the woman before, I assume at some stage she did loose all that weight, but by the looks, has slipped up and put most of it back on...

I refuse to watch it on principle.  Bring on Battle of the Bulimics, I'd watch that.

I'm a stick, but it's not stopping me from watching this show. I feel somewhat hooked to it. At least it's more of a documentary style show rather than "reality" trash like The Bachelor, Big Brother or Survivor.

I'm loving it (excuse the Maccas pun

So far I think its really good, think the time slot is great also.

I'm really enjoying this show. It really highlights what perfect casting can do to a show, and high production values.

All of the 'characters' are identifiable, endearing and real. Each episode is turning out to be very self contained and slickly produced.

Probably the best local show so far this year.

Quoted from Paula

I refuse to watch it on principle.  Bring on Battle of the Bulimics, I'd watch that.

What principal is that? These ppl are just as sick as ppl with bulimia...

Has anyone else noticed, that there are a lot more fat people walking in their area  now than there was before? Maybe this show is making people feel guilty or something. Good if it is. PS there are still also average people as well as good looking people walking to stay fit too, but i've just noticed more large people than before.

I say good on them. If we can do anything to reduce obesity in Australia, then that's all good.

Bring on Battle of the Bulimics

now that would be a good show, except it would be a bit groggy

Quoted from Rockchick

I'm really enjoying this show. It really highlights what perfect casting can do to a show, and high production values.

All of the 'characters' are identifiable, endearing and real. Each episode is turning out to be very self contained and slickly produced.

Probably the best local show so far this year.

I think they have learnt from the past, remember Australian Survivor and the disaster that was!! It just couldn't compare to the American format. It looks like they have just followed the American format exactly (production values) and just shoved 12 Aussies as well as the host (who for the way she announced herself, we the public are meant to know her or care? )

The show is great and if it inspires people to get fit and healthy then great!!

Some of the contestants are forgetting why they are there, the immunity challenge for example, winning the bridge climb and then, ohhhh let’s eat, when the haven’t even educated themselves on what foods contain the most calories or how to calculate  

It's going to be interesting at the weigh in tonight

This show makes me feel like for the amount of food i eat i should be big. I'll sit there and watch it with my chocolate and think maybe i should exercise and maybe i should get fit because if these people that are atleast 3 times my weight can do it i probably could to.... then i go back to my chocolate or grab something else to snack on.

wow when that guy lost over 12kg in the first week! that is amazing..apparently that is a Biggest Loser Record. I have been enjoying the show from what i have watched of it.

Never watched the show.... don't intend to watch the show. I know someone who lost the eqivalent of 11 stone OR 70kg. They are now a healthy weight of 89kg. He did it between the ages of Eighteen and Twenty. Revved up his metabolism, exercised but not fanatically and changed his diet. Went from 9XL plus to XL. In the beginning he had meal replacement shakes from the supermarket for 2 meals a day and a normal dinner of protien and Carbs. Now he eats weetbix for breakfast, plenty of pure juices and 2 meals of protein and carbs. We who know this man are very proud of him. Recently I saw a young woman who was about 160cm tall. She had a button on that said 'I have lost 25 kg' I said 'well done' and gave her encouragement telling her the above story and how good she looks. I recently lost 3kg and it is damned hard if you are prone to carrying extra weight. My daughter who is twenty-eight, has a very fast metabolism and weighs 50kg, she takes after her Father's side of the family!

That is true. . the first flush of success is great. . and power to them . .but time will show how they cope when the amounts get smaller. . and some weeks they will be lucky to lose 2 kg. . the body goes into 'famine' mode. . and that is where they are headed now. . . so they just need to hold on and don't be discouraged. I hope they succeed although I rarely watch the show. .

Having shed 60 kgs of my own over 12 months, what those "trainers" (and I use that term loosely) force those 100 kg + people to do is totally unrealistic.  Let's hope what we see is just for the cameras and doesn't continue off screen.

Quoted from Paula

Having shed 60 kgs of my own over 12 months, what those "trainers" (and I use that term loosely) force those 100 kg + people to do is totally unrealistic.  Let's hope what we see is just for the cameras and doesn't continue off screen.

Big Congrats on the impressive weight lose!  
Yeah i agree as well, they are taking people who have done hardly any phyical exercise and through them in the deep end with the amount that they make them do, but in the same sense they new what they were getting themselves in for on the show so i guess they weighed up and pros and cons before going into it.They do have a paramedic there 24/7 off screen. I read somewhere that someone went to do a interview with the BLs a week after they started and they were saying that they had a production meeting and the producers told them because christmas was coming up that they would only have a skeleton crew there and no paramedics so they were not to do any training over the main days for christmas..Also because they are not allowed contact with outside family members unless instigated by the producers for the show they could not see their family over christmas either and were not allowed to leave the place they are staying.

Quoted from ozdvl

...Also because they are not allowed contact with outside family members unless instigated by the producers for the show they could not see their family over christmas either and were not allowed to leave the place they are staying.

Well they had a choice each and every day whether to stay or not...I will never understand anyone voluntarily giving that much power to someone else over their lives but having done so (ie given that power to someone voluntarily) then I don't wanna hear a single whinge from any of these people...it ain't like they had a gun held at their heads and it aint like they couldn't walk away any time they wanted..and it aint even like they could argue they didn't know what they were getting into...there's been at least 5 years of this kind of crap tv with survivor, big brother, idols etc etc etc...we all know now (whether we want to or not) that these shows are made for entertainment and the producers will do whatever nasty things they want to get that entertainment...whether it's an idol judge calling someone fat or taking the treats away from people locked in a house...'cos apparently humiliating people is entertainment and so is watching other people's misery

of course I'd rather watch paint dry but clearly I am in the minority

survvor  is good lol
paula why are u so against thin ppl?  those ppl r so fat they need 2 lose the weight. thats so bad gettng healthy people 2 get fat why do that? thats gross.  i recon its  a good show mae those ppls lives better fat is not healthy.

Quoted from Paula

Having shed 60 kgs of my own over 12 months, what those "trainers" (and I use that term loosely) force those 100 kg + people to do is totally unrealistic.  Let's hope what we see is just for the cameras and doesn't continue off screen.

Dara... I do not see anywhere that Paula indicates she is 'against' thin people. BTW Paula, Three big cheers for that weight loss. That's more than some people weigh. What a great accomplishment.
My first husband equates thinness with health. He is a thin and wrinkley 52 year old. Our daughter weighs 50kg but is by no means 'thin' she does however, look great. When she was about 20 he told her she was getting a bit chubby, she may have been 52kg at the time. When I weighed 57kg and weighed more than him he called me a fat slob. Some people are just too superficial.
Being a slim or thin person does not mean you are fit and healthy the same goes for being overweight. Weight has a heck of a lot to do with healthiness but it is not indicative of your fitness level. I read an article recently where a woman of 52 who was a fitness and Yoga instructor died from a heart attack. She was boney and drawn but was seen as being exceptionally fit and her death was a shock to everyone who knew her.

Weight is a factor in health of course. . but as Suzi said. .it is not the end of it.  My hubby. . weight just right. . but colesterol and sugar is being monitored as we speak due to being too high . . me about 8-10kg over my ideal and my sugar and cholesterol are great. . (go figure). .  but I avoid those who are 'fat obsessed'. . like your 1st hubby. . 'fat slob' is the fastest way to make an overweight person become very sick and it is just not a kind way to 'encourage' anyone.

I know a couple of 20 something girls who spend up to 6 months at a stretch in hospital because they cannot overcome their starvation tactics. . and one nearly died a couple of months ago . .and is not out of the woods yet at only 40kg.

Can I ask Dara how old she is?. .

Quoted from Paula

Having shed 60 kgs of my own over 12 months, what those "trainers" (and I use that term loosely) force those 100 kg + people to do is totally unrealistic.  Let's hope what we see is just for the cameras and doesn't continue off screen.

Firstly, congratulations on your weight loss, however I disagree with you on this, you have to remember this is a game show, the trainers only have 8 weeks to get their teams to loose the most weight after that it is totally up to them to follow through.

WILL POWER and EDUCTAION is the key  

The show isn’t called the * First to be at your ideal body weight * it's the biggest looser at the end, even if the last 2 are only loose 40kg each and are still 80kg overweight if one has lost more than the other then we have a winner, he / she can take the $200 grand and blow it all on chocolate cake and put every kg back on its entirely up to them.

The way the trainers have * educated * their team about foods and being healthy along with exercise has worked over in the state's, if you watched the last one I think the guy called Big Pete, who unofficially was the biggest looser, ended up thinner than Rowan Atkinson ( Mr Bean ) he was a stick figure at the end.

It will be interesting Monday, by the look of it Bob has done a runner back to the States. the blue team look devistated

Gizmo I am 15, why?
57 kg is not fat! Fat is like 190 kg or whatever like some of the people on that show... I don't really care whether people are fat or thin... I just don't think fat is any better than thin?
I meant when paula said bring on the battle of the bulimics and all that...
I way like 48kg so yeah.... I'm too tall that's why I'm skinny lol
Hey yeah I know thin doesnt nessacerily = healthy but like my school has a sporting ecxcellence center for lots of sports and there is only about 3 fat people out of the like 200 people in the various sports.. soo go figure

Yay I'm a medium member!
I have to go study for my science exam now :S

I think a healthy person is someone who:

• Exercises regularly
  
• Eats healthy foods like meat, pasta, rice and vegetables, with regular fruit
  
• Is not too fat nor too thin
  

well it motivates me, and many others who watch it, to get their butts out of the chair and do something about losing some kilos themselves, so as long as it does that I'm watching it.  

I want to know why Bob's gone too and for how long? Maybe it's just for a week?  Surely Gillian can't "train" both teams at once unless they lose the teams altogether...

I agree norman
Yeah why did he go!!!!! That is soooo bad! I looked it up but culdnt find anything :S
PS the chemistry exam was soo  hard

I don't know about you, but I think the concept of someone being voted off is wrong. I thought the whole thing was a contest between these people to see who could get the most weight off? So does the person who gets voted off just get forgotten and go back to what they were doing before? Are they a lost cause? They all need encouraging, and to get voted off is just a kick in the guts (pardon the pun). Positive reinforcement is needed. Getting voted off is not positive.

Normangerman - spot on. Kids not only need to realise that they can't sit around and become slobs, but also shouldn't look like Lindsay Lohan, Mary-Kate and Ashley et al.

As long as kids are eating the right stuff and playing a bit of sport, it doesn't matter if they are a bit solid. We are not all built the same. But 70kg @ 190cm is a lot different to 70kg @ 160cm.

Dara - congratulations on becoming a "medium" member. You know that means you can now talk to ghosts and have your own TV show...

I found this article on the news site i visit

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18194453%255E2902,00.html

Also missed last nights episode who was voted off??

i do agree though, i think its horrible they need to be voted off, fair enough 200 thousand is a nice amount of money, but i seriously doubt that its the main reason they are there. So why not just keep it as the "biggest loser" no vote offs, train them, educate them and prepare them to enter the real world again with the knowledge they need not to slip back in to old bad habits.

He only lost 16kg in 2 months I hope he loses more cuz he was nice! If he was on the show  he'd be heaps thin now!
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO BOB!

funny show it was tonight, they were a bit mean to cat tho

Quoted from dara

He only lost 16kg in 2 months I hope he loses more cuz he was nice! If he was on the show  he'd be heaps thin now!
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO BOB!

I have no idea why bob had to leave but it must not have been forever because last week on Rove him and Jillian? (i think thats the right spellling for her name)
were on the show..

But remember that what we're watching now was filmed 2 months or more ago.

I think it's a great show, and I hope it inspires a lot of people out there to get up off the couch and do something.. I just wish they would also show the food they are eating as well as their excercise.

Quoted from dara

He only lost 16kg in 2 months  

Only? it would take me 2 years to lose that! Good on him.

Ahem.. back to administrative duties..

Nice reply! Fortunately, we probably don't need to lose 16 kilos, but if you are starting at 160kg or something, 16kg is the tip of the iceberg. 2 months probably is a bit long in that instance.

It is usually easy to lose the initial big lots (again for the larger people) but once you get close to your normal / goal weight, I think it's harder to lose those last few, and keep them off most importantly.

They are all to be admired anyway, for admitting they have a problem, wanting to do something about it, and having a go. (even harder doing it on national TV!)

Quoted from ozdvl

I have no idea why bob had to leave but it must not have been forever because last week on Rove him and Jillian? (i think thats the right spellling for her name)
were on the show..

I only watch this program for the truck stop weigh in on Fridays.  So why did the trainer leave?

There was an article in one of the magazines during the week where Jillian said that she did not trust herself around the firefighter, because he was charming & able to persuade people.  She felt he was going to con her.  I was extremely puzzled by this revelation.   I was wondering exactly what he was going to con her out off

It was actually pretty big news - Bob's mother died suddenly from a heart attack, and he has been called back to bury her and will return next week.

I'm loving this show, by the way.

Quoted from Devman

It was actually pretty big news - Bob's mother died suddenly from a heart attack, and he has been called back to bury her and will return next week.

I'm loving this show, by the way.

awww..thanks for letting us know (us being the ones that missed last nights show)

his mum died. poor bob
I didnt mean 16kg was bad just every1 on the show would have lost heaps more so he might be a bit left out thats all :S
i reckon the last like 15kg would be hardest then really hard not to like give in and ear junk food or be lazy (like me ) and d not much excercise

hehe I felt bad tonight we were all sitting there watching and eating KFC...such a nutritious meal  

Quoted from Saphyre66

hehe I felt bad tonight we were all sitting there watching and eating KFC...such a nutritious meal  

But that is only bad if you eat it too much . . if you are a weight that would qualify you to be a contestant. . then eating KFC while you watch would be perverse. .  

Gotta feel sorry for the women, they can put on weight without even doing anything! I think it has to do with where they are in their cycle, with the body retaining water and what not. I also know a woman who while breastfeeding, could weigh an extra 4 kilos at certain times of the day due to milk on board! Its a pity they couldn't judge them on how many cm they've lost off their bodies.

I'm so addicted to this show. I thought I'd never enjoy it, but I find myself eagerly anticipating every episode at 7pm. However I can't stand any other "reality" trash on TV.

Quoted from Morgan_Pym

I cannot wait for tonight ... apparently someone puts on weight!

I am thinking is one of the women

Yes, Fiona put on 0.1 kg. Her team was shoked, but still bet the red team.

Quoted from Sillygostly

I'm so addicted to this show. I thought I'd never enjoy it, but I find myself eagerly anticipating every episode at 7pm. However I can't stand any other "reality" trash on TV.

I'm also addicted to this show. I'm glad they decided to do this show properly so to speak, with the same trainers etc, I don't think it would've worked had they used two unknown Australian trainers. Maybe they learnt their lesson after the terrible Australian version of Queer Eye For The Straight Guy

Quoted from Stewie

Why after seeing Fiona pig out on the custard, did the blue team NOT choose to have her weight not count last night?  Not that it mattered at the end of the day.  I just hope that it doesn't get all nasty and bitchy like some of the Americans did.

Yeah I know, even the red team were surprised. I think the blue team will be keeping a closer eye on what Fiona snacks on from now on

which group morgan?

Red. You have to thead ALL the posts, not just the last one

Quoted from monstermunch

I'm also addicted to this show. I'm glad they decided to do this show properly so to speak, with the same trainers etc, I don't think it would've worked had they used two unknown Australian trainers. Maybe they learnt their lesson after the terrible Australian version of Queer Eye For The Straight Guy

yeah and even know most of us would like to forget..australia's version of survivor

Yeah that showed in NZ it was rubbish lol.
Hey normangerman I did read them all... I still didn't get it :S Lol :p

ok again i missed monday nights show as i was cooking, anyone know who was booted out last night?

Hope you weren't cooking chocolate cake ozdvl instead of watching TBL!

Jo got booted.

Can anyone tell me though what the 'Twist' was that Channel Ten were advertising all weekend? Was it simply the two girls breaking an aliance with Jo by voting her out?

Quoted from Rockchick

Hope you weren't cooking chocolate cake ozdvl instead of watching TBL!

Jo got booted.

Can anyone tell me though what the 'Twist' was that Channel Ten were advertising all weekend? Was it simply the two girls breaking an aliance with Jo by voting her out?

Yeah I think that must have been it as they made it look like they were voting for Adro (?)

Quoted from Rockchick

Hope you weren't cooking chocolate cake ozdvl instead of watching TBL!

Jo got booted.

Can anyone tell me though what the 'Twist' was that Channel Ten were advertising all weekend? Was it simply the two girls breaking an aliance with Jo by voting her out?

nope i was though cooking bacon cabonara..so yummy..

thanks for letting me know who got booted..

another questiong though, did they show her after she left the show? How much has she lost since the show? I wish they would post update pics on the TBL website..that is 2 mondays in a row i have missed  

Their "twist" was so pathetic - who cares that Wal had to change sides. The blue team hated him anyway. Tracey is really begining to be quite nasty - i like it

Quoted from Laurz

Their "twist" was so pathetic - who cares that Wal had to change sides. The blue team hated him anyway. Tracey is really begining to be quite nasty - i like it

what I really " liked " was the female trainer kind of reverse cowgirl on top of Wal as he was doing leg curls & her chest was against his ankles

Where can I find a personal trainer like this?

Quoted from Morgan_Pym

what I really " liked " was the female trainer kind of reverse cowgirl on top of Wal as he was doing leg curls & her chest was against his ankles

Where can I find a personal trainer like this?

Now we know why God put breasts on women . . if he gave them to men to look after. . then nothing would ever get done each day!!. .        

Quoted from Gizmo

Now we know why God put breasts on women . . if he gave them to men to look after. . then nothing would ever get done each day!!. .        

Well, having seen some of the show, the term "man-boobs" springs to mind. Now do they count? Although, maybe you meant that as well, because the men with them usually get them from inaction (and overeating).

That cowgirl trainer that was mentioned also sounds interesting. Put me down for one too!

its man-boob galore - these guys need to wear a bra more then what i do - so sad  

Quoted from Laurz

Their "twist" was so pathetic - who cares that Wal had to change sides. The blue team hated him anyway. Tracey is really begining to be quite nasty - i like it

Couldn't have said it any better...that Tracy is really spiteful and soooo negative. I have only watched 2 episodes (plus bits & pieces) was she (Tracy) this mean-spirited at the beginning of the series? And if she was than how has she managed to stay on the show for so long? I couldn't believe her crying crocodile tears over evicting poor Cat. And when she said she felt like throwing up because Wal had lost so much weight...what a sore loser! I want her to get booted but she is a hoot to watch! Hopefully karma will give her a big ole' bite on her backside lol.

they keep kicking out the wrong people -poor cat - the look on bobs face said it all.

Tracey is the fakist person ever. "if i knew i would feel this bad i would have told people to vote me out" along with her ridiculous fake crying. She infuriates me with her we are to big on the outside world but too small in here. What annoys me more is that she will probably win because shes playing "the game" the most

Quoted from Laurz

they keep kicking out the wrong people -poor cat - the look on bobs face said it all.

Tracey is the fakist person ever. "if i knew i would feel this bad i would have told people to vote me out" along with her ridiculous fake crying. She infuriates me with her we are to big on the outside world but too small in here. What annoys me more is that she will probably win because shes playing "the game" the most

I totally agree with you. I hope she is the next to go, doubt she will be though as she seems to be the one calling all the shots.  

It's too bad that Harry's the next to go irregardless. God I hate the blue team.

Blue team lost the weigh in - poor harry!!

Looking into next week -  I'm happy that the red team are taking over the blues room - i would have been super annoyed if someone moved all my stuff though - good seeing tracy cry.

How on earth do the blue team think they will survive if they knock off Harry, they are just going to be picked off one by one each week now, unless they mix up the teams again

I feel sorry for Harry. He doesn't deserve to go. Can't stand that old freak Tracy, Mr I enjoy being an idiot Artie, or that brat Fiona.

In fact, the whole blue team sucks with the exception of Harry.

they get split into pairs this week and have to stay above the "yellow line"
i hope tracy and wal get put together

yesterdays episode was hilarious - i never seen a bigger bunch of crybabys ever. I don't understand how fiona felt "violated". If she knew how to fold her clothes and not leae everything everywhere they wouldn't have just had to through it in boxes.

I wish they would have left as the blue team is all super annoying

I feel sorry for Bob. He has to keep trying to find ways of inspiring a bunch of idiots. They say they're playing the game? I sure hope none of them have gambling habits cos they're not very smart.

Is it just me or is that Tracey really evil? Look at the smile on her face at really inappropriate moments and then suddenly when she realises she's supposed to be sad she put on that fake sadness. We saw the real sadness when she got kicked out of her room. Unfortunately she used Fiona as a surrogate for her anger - "See how bad you made her feel? She's so angry!!". Hillarious. Can't wait for her and Artie to go.

Tonights challenged looked like hard work. Tracy's and Artie's idea i hink was crap! stupid way to do it, i hope they are the next to leave...Im glad Fiona and Shane won, they deserve it

tracy would have to be one of the biggest whingers ever. The strap breaks so she gives up and talks to the camera men about how shes gonna look like a sore loser but that shes not a quitter and only when Artie fixes it does she think she better finish the race.

I wonder what shes really like coz she can't be that bad in real life. she may just need some chocolate - i know i live on the stuff - gets me through the day

hey, i missed it lst night...
can someone please tell me whos "below the yellow line"??

so, below the yellow line is:

+Tracy and Artie
+Ruth and Adro

...i hope Tracy and Artie leave

Quoted from tia_ballerina

so, below the yellow line is:

+Tracy and Artie
+Ruth and Adro

...i hope Tracy and Artie leave

[/co this isn't spoiling anything , but the couple with immunity deliberately put on several kilograms each summit next week they will have a dramatic loss compared to this week & therefore stay above the yellow line

i don't know what's wrong with a bit extra weight, i've been cultivating my "gut" for 40 years

I feel sorry for Bob. He has to keep trying to find ways of inspiring a bunch of idiots. They say they're playing the game? I sure hope none of them have gambling habits cos they're not very smart.

Is it just me or is that Tracey really evil? Look at the smile on her face at really inappropriate moments and then suddenly when she realises she's supposed to be sad she put on that fake sadness. QUOTE <----

Yeah but remember, Bob chose them to be on his team. I know they are pretty dumb but I actually like fiona shes the only one that makes it interesting by doing the temptations the others r boring stick in the muds.
Yeah tracy does the maniac smile... scary!
tracy and artie to go!

Yep, Tracy and Artie to go tomorrow!
I dont think she will, but i hope Fiona wins, she does make it interesting and you cna tell when shes slimmer shes gonna be heaps pretty

same i want fiona to win if not then christie i think shes called. yea fiona would be so pretty when thinner i hope she can lose the weight to  like 85 kg orr whatever shes going 4

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18514116%255E2902,00.html

Artie's big fat fraud

CHANNEL 10 has confirmed a contestant on hit reality weight loss show The Biggest Loser was jailed for fraud five years ago.

Arthur Maxwell Rocke, known as "Artie" on the show, illegally used a Visa debit card to buy books, CDs and other goods.
Rocke, who then worked at resorts on Fraser Island, had only $1.68 in his account when he went on his year-long spending spree. He spent $18,700 but made no payments.

He was sentenced to 27 months' jail, suspended after eight months, and was released from prison in May, 2002.

Channel 10 yesterday said it was aware of Rocke's criminal history, but his fellow contestants had not been told.

"He disclosed it on his application, but we didn't think it had any relevance to his participation in the show," a Ten spokeswoman said.

"Whatever he wrote on his application is confidential."

The spokeswoman said the other contestants would no doubt be surprised to learn of his conviction.

"I don't know if they'll be angry, but probably shocked," she said.

Rocke, 42, from Hervey Bay, weighed in at 156.4kg when he joined The Biggest Loser, an elimination-style weight-loss show.

Yesterday, Rocke said it was "the lowest point in my life" when he was sent to jail.

"But I've been able to come out of it and turn my life around. I'm never going to put myself in that position again," he said. "It's in the past and is something I've totally corrected.

"My life is an open book and I just want the truth to be printed."

He said that after battling life on the inside, he emerged to face another battle: his weight.

"Being on The Biggest Loser has been the most wonderful thing in my life. It's given me another 20 years of healthy living," he said.

Rocke believes his fellow contestants will support him over his conviction.

"They were totally 100 per cent supportive in the house of my weight issues and this is something that happened in the past and they'll be just as supportive," he said.

Rocke's mother in Hervey Bay, Katherine Summers, yesterday refused to comment.

Asked whether her son had told the TV program about his conviction, she said: "This is his own personal business. It's up to Artie."

Court records show on September 6, 2001, Rocke pleaded guilty to fraud with a circumstance of aggravation.

At his sentencing, Rocke's defence lawyer said he was a "shopaholic" who got a "buzz" out of dishonestly using a card to pay for what he wanted.

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same i want fiona to win if not then christie i think shes called. yea fiona would be so pretty when thinner i hope she can lose the weight to  like 85 kg orr whatever shes going 4

Fiona is already pretty - she doesn't need to lose weight to be "pretty"

I do also think Christie should win - she wont though - i don't think the girls lose enough for them to be able to win

omg i want ruth and adro to go actualy cuz i dont want fiona and shane out!

yeah guys lose more but remember its percentage and remember christie lost 9kg once