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Gina Scarpa ranked The Biggest Loser 7th. She says...
When reality shows get past their second or third season, they start to become pretty predictable. Try as
Survivor may to change things up by adding an island for exiles or hidden immunity idols that aren't really hidden at all, we still know how it's all going to go down. We can recite the speeches that Tyra Banks and
Heidi Klum give at judges' panel each week on
America's Next Top Model and
Project Runway. When
The Biggest Loser returned for a fourth season promising big changes, I was naturally skeptical. However, their fourth season proves to be their best with a revamped show and surprises to boot.
The fourth season of
The Biggest Loser kicked off in September of 2007, with a new host and a twist. Daytime star
Alison Sweeney (
Days of our Lives) took over for
Caroline Rhea, who was never a very strong host to begin with. Sweeney brought a sincerity that the show truly needed, as she herself has struggled with weight issues in the past. The show also had a secret third team, a group of contestants that were supposedly eliminated on the first day. They trained in secret with season 1 trainer Jillian Michaels and have dominated ever since they officially joined the game in the second episode.
Players in the past have intentionally gained weight to push a teammate below the yellow line and blindside them after a weigh in. However, none have gone to such great lengths as Neil. In the sixth episode, the teams were switched up into trios, mixing the blue, red, and black teams. In an effort to get rid of Jez, a black team member who posed a threat, Neil intentionally gained 17 pounds and let his blue team members vote out Jez. If any of his competitors wanted to vote him out the next week, they were out luck, as Neil dropped 33 pounds!
The black team, a group of people that no one wanted on the first day, ended up dominating the game from the halfway point in the show on. Contestants have lost more than previous seasons' contestants and have broken lots of
Biggest Loser records. There isn't a better reality finale on television than a
Biggest Loser finale. Nothing is better than seeing contestants dropping 100 pounds and 200 pounds and achieving their dream of having the body they always dreamed of. If we've learned one thing from the fourth season of
The Biggest Loser, it's that change is good. Very good.
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