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Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, December 25, 2007 - 6:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
On Sunday, December 30.

Roxibalboa
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08-15-2004

Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 7:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxibalboa a private message Print Post    
thanks Sea.
Did anyone watch? I did, three days worth? How long does it run in Australia? THere seemed to be sooo many episodes. What I did like about this version is that they seemed to concentrate more airtime on the personal relationships, personal journey(s), relationship with trainers. Not all about workout workout workout. I really enjoyed it and got attached to the contestants.

Kady
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07-30-2000

Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 11:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kady a private message Print Post    
i didn't know this thread was here. i watched alot of it. several post was made about it in the biggest loser 4 thread.

click here

Seattlemom
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05-10-2005

Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 6:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seattlemom a private message Print Post    
I watched from about mid way then I missed the Ending GRR It played right thru up till I think the final 3 and I somehow missed the last show!

Lilliegirl
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09-09-2005

Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 9:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilliegirl a private message Print Post    
i watched the whole thing but could never figure out what there real weight is in pounds, can someone tell me the difference in keilogs and pounds,hope i spelled it right.

Bob2112
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06-12-2002

Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 9:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bob2112 a private message Print Post    
1 kilogram = 2.2 pounds

So, 100 kg would be 220 pounds.

Fiona was the lightest to start at just over 222 pounds (101.1 kg).
David was the heaviest at just around 432 pounds (196.7 kg).

When Harry lost 10.7 kg, that was about 23.5 pounds.
A 3 kg penalty would be 6.6 pounds, which is quite a large penalty.


Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 4:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Seattlemom, the marathon went another day after they got to final three.. after than they brought back all the others (except one woman who had to work) into the house, and they trained and weighed and only Big Wal had to leave because he has gained part of a kilo since he left the house, and the rest competed with a 2 k walk across sand dunes and as each arrived at the finish they had to choose from a number of food items and the people who chose the lowest three in calories came back into the house (Ruth, Jo and Harry). Kristie was most upset that Jo was back and they all thought Harry was the biggest threat of all, since Wal wasn't there.

Those three had a weigh in and Harry had a really big drop like 10kilos! and Jo and Ruth went home again.

Alvo? was really really pissed about Harry coming back since Kristie had the absolute immunity into final three and it was clear that whichever of the men went under the yellow line would go home. Fiona wasn't seen as a threat to win because she was smaller when she started.

So Harry was above the yellow line and the guy who had been in the house all along away from his family (Harry went home early) was sent off, fuming.

Then later Bob and Jillian (who hadn't been happy about the bringing back of anyone) explained that they had realized that Jo and Harry and maybe others had been taking vitamin supplements that are perfectly legal but would not have been allowed in the house, and thus Harry had an advantage, so they brought Alvo? (sorry I'm not remembering his name) back and had a final four instead of final three.

Actually he didn't come back into the house but was notified.

And he won!! Yess!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 4:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
So there were several episodes about all of that, and followups on each of them.

The final was two hours long and much like ours except they did really nice final interviews with all of them three at a time.

The people coming back competed for $50,000AUS and Big Wal won that. And it turned out that had he been allowed back in the house and won his way into final four, with the same weight he would have come in second and that would have paid $30,000 (third was $20,000 and fourth was $10,000... first being $200,000. So Big Wal, winning the $50,000aus was better. And he gave half of that to a children's burn unit.. he's a firefighter.

Someone interviewed mentioned daily shows so it could have run half hour a night for several nights a week...

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 4:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Oh one think I noticed was that EVERY ONE of those voted off had hired one or more personal trainers.

Cricket
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08-05-2002

Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 7:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cricket a private message Print Post    
I thoroughly enjoyed watching the whole series. It was kind of mean to bring someone back, but I was happy with who ultimately won. It was so interesting how everyone got along much better once Tracy was out of the house. Yikes..that gal really liked to dish it up. I was surprised they let her come back for the money when she refused to come back for the chance to get back in the house.

Seamonkey, that's right. They did hire personal trainers. I wish I could afford one. I wonder what will happen when they don't have their personal trainers anymore?

Are there more seasons of Australia's Biggest Loser, and if so, is there somewhere we can watch it on the Internet?

Thanks.

Roxibalboa
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08-15-2004

Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 8:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxibalboa a private message Print Post    
Sea....Adro, and yay Adro! Glad he was able to win. I would have loved for any of the "final three" to win but didnt want Harry to win. And Adro was so quietly determined.
I'm guessing Fiona's friend who told her to put the chips down she was too fat to eat them is now a bit jealous lol. She was georgous.

Bob2112
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06-12-2002

Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 11:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bob2112 a private message Print Post    
Here's a link that has good information about all the past and future seasons of Australia's Biggest Loser:

Wikipedia: The Biggest Loser (Australian TV series)

These were the final weight loss percentages:

Adro37.58%
Harry37.00%
Kristie36.93%
Fiona34.81%


There was only .65% difference between first and third place. Even Fiona was less than 3% out of first.


Bob2112
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06-12-2002

Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 11:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bob2112 a private message Print Post    
I really liked that the weigh-ins were measured down to the 1/10 of a kg, which would be just under 1/4 pound. It allowed for a greater range of weight loss percentages compared to the American version that always measures to whole pounds.

So if a 200 pound player losses 2.3 pounds and a 199 pound player loses 2.0 pounds, they both would probably be shown as 2 pound losses. The 199 pound player gets a higher percentage, even though the 200 pound player actually lost a higher percentage of weight. They should at least go to 1/2 a pound increments for the American version, if not 1/4 pound that would be similar to Australia.


Boberg
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10-04-2002

Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 10:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Boberg a private message Print Post    
"Oh one think I noticed was that EVERY ONE of those voted off had hired one or more personal trainers."

I noticed that too Seamonkey. Either the contestants all had money, which didn't appear to be the case, or the trainers did it for the celebrity/exposure of it, or trainers are much less expensive in Australia. I make good money but can not afford a trainer on a regular basis...they are about $60 an hour around here.

I also posted about this show in the BL 4 thread because I didn't know this was here.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 11:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
In one interview, Kristie mentioned the expense of a personal trainer but said you could adjust, just not eat so much take out food and cook at home, so she seemed to be indicating people could pay for a trainer. She didn't say that SHE paid for a trainer.

And the Big curly haired guy who was voted out first, when discussing the possibility of winning the consolation prize, that his mum had funded this for him, so he'd like to pay her back.

Bob I thought of the more accurate weights too, being to the 10th of a kilo.

When they did the final four weigh in, I was thinking that Adro should take off his two necklaces and some piercings and other jewelry..

But in the end Adro was brought back and I thought it was a good reason.

Harry clearly did a great job and all but I do think he came in water loaded and thus his loss was amplified greatly.. and then there were the supplementes, too.. And his 'tude.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 11:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Nice to see they had another season.. I didn't scroll down to see results.. will hope for it to run on Fox Reality..

One thing I wondered about.. why Bob and Jillian didn't go down under for the finale.. since both were so into big hugs with their charges, it just seemed sad for them not to be there in person.

Kady
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07-30-2000

Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 11:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kady a private message Print Post    
sea...i also wondered why they weren't there. they must have been here filming and couldn't get away.

adro looked really hot at the finale. i checked his website and he had a tummy tuck and stuff like that done. fiona is beautiful. i thought she was just as pretty at 222 also. she didn't have the best personality though. kind of standoffish to me. i loved it when they said she was the only person to eat their way to the finale.

i hope they show season 2 soon. they also did a season 3. i did some snooping and saw they add some australian trainers next season. i love the way aussies speak. i think that is why i initially fell in love with mel gibson. now that i know more about his predijuices(SP?), i don't have the hots for him. i still think he is a fine looking man, but he ain't my imaginary boyfriend anymore. :-(

Seattlemom
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05-10-2005

Friday, January 04, 2008 - 7:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seattlemom a private message Print Post    
Sea thanks so much for so In Depth telling me the outcome That was awesome! Wow you have a great memory LOL. Hugs Linda

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, January 04, 2008 - 4:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
LOL, well not exactly since I blanked on Adro's name after hearing it for three solid days..

Seattlemom
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05-10-2005

Friday, January 04, 2008 - 5:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seattlemom a private message Print Post    
LOL I blank on most of there names LOL. I have a hard time at names, numbers and LOL Directions. My Hubby says I can get lost going in a circle LOL. If he told me to take the first right I'd find a right no one else ever seen LOL.