More Fattest Losers

Wifey and I have been watching the second series of Australia’s version of The Biggest Loser, and so far it’s good, harmless fun (harmless for the lazy sods sitting on the couch watching it; not so much for the overweight fatties exercising their guts out on the telly – pun intended). We already have our likes and dislikes, and although I won’t be posting about the show regularly, I’m sure I’ll talk about it occasionally here over the coming twelve weeks or so.

Let’s take a look at the contestants, trainers and host in slightly more detail:




Name: Ajay (sometimes spelt AJ) Rochester

Role: Host

Points of Interest:

1. Has a celebrity dog.

2. Is apparently a celebrity.

3. Actually has quite an amazing weight-loss story herself (despite first appearances).




Name: Bob Harper

Role: Blue Team Trainer

Points of Interest:

1. Gay.

2. Will ‘switch teams’ for Magical_M (and I’m not talking about Blue and Red Teams).

3. Has again been shipped out to Australia from America for the series.

4. Cares for everyone.




Name: Jillian Michaels

Role: Red Team Trainer

Points of Interest:

1. Spunky.

2. Hilarious!

3. Like Bob, has been shipped out from the US to film this series (despite leaving the US version of the show last year – either she likes the Aussie crowd/setting a lot more, or we offered her too much money (probably not the latter).

4. Cares for those who want to help themselves (and fair enough, too).

5. Makes me crack up whenever she dishes out the ‘tough love’ to grumbling or smartarse contestants.




Name: Michelle Bridges

Role: Red Team Co-Trainer

Points of Interest:

1. Aussie chick called in to ‘help’ (read: relieve, Australianise, etc) Jillian.

2. Sounds like she’s been a heavy smoker all her life.

3. Is a former ‘Australian Fitness Leader of the Year’.

4. Runs her own personal training business.

4. Cares for everyone.




Name: Shannan Ponton

Role: Blue Team Co-Trainer

Points of Interest:

1. Aussie dude called in to ‘help’ (read: relieve, Australianise, etc) Bob.

2. Created innovative approaches to fitness including ‘The Crunch Challenge’ (which became a fitness show on Foxtel).

3. Not to be confused with Shannon Noll.




Name: Alex

Team: Red

Age: 37

Height: 167cm

Starting Weight: 157kg

Target Weight: 95kg

Points of Interest:

1. Annoying but sweet.

2. Cries easily.

3. Was the Red Team’s biggest loser in Week 1 but they voted them off anyway.

4. Was the slowest in the Sydney Tower challenge, costing the Red Team the win.

5. When he started on the show, he needed a machine to help him sleep at night and was a borderline diabetic. Is no longer.









Name: Courtney

Team: Red

Age: 21

Height: 185cm

Starting Weight: 139kg

Target Weight: 90kg

Points of Interest:

1. Gay. (Of course it matters!)

2. Lost a mere 5-point-something kilos in the first week and should have been eliminated (but he had immunity).

3. Is a snivelling little back-stabber.









Name: Damien

Team: Blue

Age: 34

Height: 188cm

Starting Weight: 216kg

Target Weight: 110kg

Points of Interest:

1. The biggest contestant the show’s ever had.

2. The nicest contestant the show’s ever had.

3. Sings in a rock group called The Fat Elephant (or similar), and has come to be known as the band’s title.









Name: Gerard

Team: Blue

Age: 43

Height: 175cm

Starting Weight: 133kg

Target Weight: 85kg

Points of Interest:

1. Storms out of training sessions.

2. Goes on and on about how he’s the Blue Team Member who’s most at risk of being eliminated (which – if true – is because he storms out of training sessions).

3. Can be annoying to his fellow teammates.









Name: Greg

Team: Red

Age: 33

Height: 175cm

Starting Weight: 151kg

Target Weight: 90kg

Points of Interest:

1. Is a really nice guy.

2. Heavy Aussie-Greek accent.









Name: Jules

Team: Blue

Age: 34

Height: 170cm

Starting Weight: 130kg

Target Weight: 75kg

Points of Interest:

1. Quiet but cute.









Name: Kelly

Team: Blue

Age: 28

Height: 174cm

Starting Weight: 116kg

Target Weight: 70kg

Points of Interest:

1. Is a detective in the police force.

2. Injured her ankle and groin muscles in tonight’s episode.









Name: Marty

Team: Red

Age: 38

Height: 193cm

Starting Weight: 163kg

Target Weight: 95kg

Points of Interest:

1. Coach bus driver.

2. Big heart, very friendly and affectionate.

3. Jokester.

4. Always smiling.









Name: Mel

Team: Blue

Age: 24

Height: 183cm

Starting Weight: 108kg

Target Weight: 75kg

Points of Interest:

1. Smallest contestant on the series this year.

2. Used to row semi-professionally, yet still lost a rowing challenge to Marty.









Name: Michael

Team: Blue

Age: 28

Height: 192cm

Starting Weight: 165kg

Target Weight: 99kg

Points of Interest:

1. Good-natured guy.

2. Has the face and eyes of a pre-pubescent boy (if you remove the goatee).









Name: Munnalita

Team: Red

Age: 32

Height: 170cm

Starting Weight: 127kg

Target Weight: 60kg

Points of Interest:

1. Has a strange name.

2. Loves to gossip and back-stab (particularly with Courtney).

3. Looks like she might form an ‘alliance’ of sorts with Courtney and possibly Pati.

4. Imagines nastiness where it doesn’t exist (like on Michael’s face after the first competitive Weigh-In).

5. Finishes all her sentences like a question??









Name: Pati

Team: Red

Age: 26

Height: 172cm

Starting Weight: 125kg

Target Weight: 70kg

Points of Interest:

1. Talks in annoyingly hushed and child-like tones.

2. Appears to be a lovely person (but may be led astray by Courtney and Munnalita).









Name: Sam

Team: Blue

Age: 37

Height: 171cm

Starting Weight: 114kg

Target Weight: 79kg

Points of Interest:

1. Stepped out of the competition in tonight’s episode due to developing DVT during the first week.

2. Barely said a word on screen (including the to-camera interviews) until after she’d stepped out of the competition.

3. Wifey thinks Sam will look hottt when she loses her weight.

4. Seems really lovely.









Name: Sarah

Team: Red

Age: 24

Height: 170cm

Starting Weight: 150kg

Target Weight: 75kg

Points of Interest:

1. Quitter.

2. Quitty.

3. Quittish.

4. She quit.





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