"The Biggest Loser" Season Finale on NBC

[rotary]

Yes, but when you have people like Erik, they consistently bring in huge numbers, so their team wouldn't be stupid enough to send them home early on. And when they go to the pairs and then individual competitions, they don't often fall beneath the yellow line, meaning they're rarely in danger of being sent home.

The game is naturally skewed in favor of the men who are the most overweight.

It is, but the dynamics of the game don't automatically determine that the heaviest man will win. No matter how you look at it, heavier people always have more to lose, male or female. In that respect, the game can never be totally fair with regard to weigh-ins. Add in other factors such as their speed of metabolism, their ability to add lean mass through strength training (males gain more muscle, increasing their weight) etc, and you have an environment where certain people will be placed at a disadvantage no matter what. It can't be helped.

Perhaps they could split contestants into male/female groups, and further separate them into weight classes to even things out, but that may be too technical for the purpose of this show. The goal is lifestyle change, which shouldn't be overshadowed by technicalities when it's impossible to have a completely fair system put in place anyway.

Just enjoy it.

 

[doctorsun]

I'm just saying that the show needs to do some revamping. As it is now, it's quite unfair in many ways. People walk onto the ranch with absolutely no chance of winning and its usually quite evident who those people are, even in the first episode.

Anyway...did anyone see the winner from last year when he came back with Susie? He gained A LOT of his weight back. He looked amazing at the finale last year. I wonder what happened? Susie still looked great, though. I had no idea they were a couple.