The Biggest Loser

The Biggest Loser (season 1) is the first season of the NBC reality television series entitled The Biggest Loser, which premiered on October 19, 2004. The show features overweight contestants competing to lose the largest percentage of their body weight and receive the title of 'Biggest Loser,' along with a $250,000 grand prize. The first season featured twelve contestants divided into two teams of six players. The teams were each led by a personal trainer, Bob Harper with the Blue Team and Jillian Michaels with the Red Team. The first season was hosted by Caroline Rhea.

• Ep 1

  1.Episode 1: Pilot

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  In a life-altering competition, contestants use medically approved weight-loss techniques to shed pounds and try to win a $250,000 prize. The twelve players are seperated into tea...

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• Ep 2

  2.Episode 2

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  After a tough elimination, the Blue Team gets back into the game on the second challenge, a bake-off which will determine the winner of a luxorious spa visit. The catch is that if...

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• Ep 3

  3.Episode 3

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  The Red Team and the Blue Team are forced to go onstage and perform about their feelings on their weight and weight-loss. The winner, decided by the audience at the nightclub whic...

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• Ep 4

  4.Episode 4: Red and Blue Teams Go to New Heights

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  ""Red and Blue Teams Go to New Heights"" - Blue Team trainer Bob Harper seems surprised after Aaron's ouster the night before. Things move on at the ranch, and after a workout, t...

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• Ep 5

  5.Episode 5: A Team Lightens Up Through Elimination

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  ""A Team Lightens Up Through Elimination"" - After Matt's elimination Ryan realizes that Dave has been lying to him and the girls of the Red Team for the entire game. The challen...

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• Ep 6

  6.Episode 6: Teams Trek to the Beach for a Challenge

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  ""Teams Trek to the Beach for a Challenge"" Rumours and suspicions fly after a tense previous elimination, where the women in the house assumed that the men were trying to pick th...

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• Ep 7

  7.Episode 7: Biking Challenge

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  ""Biking Challenge"" Contestants race to log the most miles on a stationary bike before midnight, with a prize of better-fitting clothes as an incentive; participants learn of a n...

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• Ep 8

  8.Episode 8: Playing It Close to the Vest

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  The contestants are given an overwhelming surprise when they come face-to-face with their old, bigger, selves - cardboard cutouts as they apperaed the first day they arrived. The p...

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• Ep 9

  9.Episode 9: A Look Back Special

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  ""A Lighter Side"" An often-comic look at the first eight episodes; previously unseen footage of contestants' exit interviews; bloopers; the contestants who cheated when they thou...

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• Ep 10

  10.Episode 10: Final Weigh-In At The Ranch

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  ""Final Weigh-In at the Ranch"" It's payback time as the contestants turn the tables and ""train"" the trainers. This episode is the final weigh in at the ranch, preceded by the c...

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• Ep 11

  11.Episode 11: Season Finale

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  After weeks of training and careful eating tactics, the ""Biggest Loser"" is finally chosen, as the season finale comes about. The winner is decided during a live portion of the e...

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• Ep 12

  12.Episode 12: It Isn't Over Until It's Over

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  In this post-finale special, viewers discover more about the contestants' lives and competitive drive, including that of the Biggest Loser. Another weigh-in will take place, and o...

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