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The Biggest Loser South Africa
StarringJasmyn Asvat (Host)
Bruce Claasen (Trainer)
Lisa Raleigh (Trainer)
Country of originSouth Africa
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes15
Production
ProducersRed Pepper Productions
Gail MacLellan
Original release
Networke.tv
Release7 January (2008-01-07) –
14 April 2008 (2008-04-14)

The Biggest Loser South Africa is a South African reality television show which first aired from 7 January to 14 April 2008 on e.tv. The show is a spin-off of the American reality television show The Biggest Loser. The South African version features Jasmyn Asvat as the host with trainers Bruce Claasen (Blue team) and Lisa Raleigh (Red team). The premise of the show is similar to other international versions following the format of "temptation", "reward challenge", "weigh-in" and "elimination". In addition to the 15 regular episodes, there are an additional 10 episodes of The Biggest Loser Extra which focuses on the eliminated contestants.[1]

Sharon Haarhoff was the winner of the first season, losing 61.8 kg (136 lb; 9.73 st).

Series guide

Contestant Age Starting
Weight
Week Final
Results
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final Weight Weight Loss Percentage
Sharon 28 135.1 130.4 127.3 124.3 120 116.8 114.3 110.9 107.9 103.9 102.6 97.8 73.3 61.8 45.74%
Asanda 25 127.8 126.1 122.3 121.3 115.3 113.5 110.9 109 106.2 102 100.6 97.6 73.1 54.7 42.80%
John 22 117.6 115.7 112.7 109.9 106.9 104.9 102.4 99.7 97.4 92.9 90.6 89 73 44.6 37.96%
Shakeel 43 134.1 129.6 125.6 121.8 116.7 113.4 112.6 110 107 102 100.4 97.8 84.6 49.5 36.91%
Jacques 24 149.5 148.8 145.1 142.4 136.7 133.5 130.1 127.2 123.2 120.1 89.6 59.9 40.07%
Gerna 35 142.2 137.6 134.2 132 126.3 123.5 120.5 117.6 116.1 95.3 46.9 32.98%
Rosemary 27 124 121.1 117.3 114.9 111.8 110.4 107 105.5 93.9 30.1 24.27%
Louis 44 165.3 164 158.9 155.5 149.2 146.7 145.9 115.5 49.8 30.13%
Sarah 28 127.8 123.3 120.9 118.7 115.9 113.2 84.8 43 33.65%
Phoebe 44 117.9 115.2 112.9 111 108 107.1 73.5 44.4 37.66%
Mpho 29 112.5 110.1 108.2 108.1 104.4 87 25.5 22.67%
Noorashia 25 102.7 105.8 103.1 101.6 88.8 13.9 13.53%
Adil 24 152.3 149.8 147.2 140.8 11.5 7.55%
Khanysile 28 137.5 139.4 126.8 10.7 7.78%
Teams
  Member of Bruce's team
  Member of Lisa's team
  • Sarah had to withdraw due to an injury in Wk 6.
  • Louis won The Biggest Loser Extra, a second-chance game to reenter the competition, which allowed him to return in Wk 10, but was eliminated in Wk 11 due to the challenge.
  • The 10th weigh-in happened in Wk 11 with no elimination, and it was never shown.
Game
  Last person eliminated before the finale
Winners
  R250,000 and a R10,000 gift voucher from Truworths. (among the finalists)
  R50,000 (among the eliminated players)
  Week's Biggest Loser (Team or Individuals)

References

  1. ^ "allAfrica.com: South Africa: Biggest Loser SA Launches Monday (Page 1 of 1)". Archived from the original on 8 January 2008.