Season 1 - Episode 1 - Episode 1: Pilot
Air Date: Oct 19, 2004
Description: 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 teams - red and blue - and in the first challenge, pulling a heavy car across a track - the Blue Team prospers, but despite their advantage, the Blue Team also loses the least amount of weight a ... Read More
Air Date: Oct 19, 2004Description: 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 teams - red and blue - and in the first challenge, pulling a heavy car across a track - the Blue Team prospers, but despite their advantage, the Blue Team also loses the least amount of weight a ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Episode 2
Air Date: Oct 26, 2004
Description: 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 any player takes a taste of anything they bake, 50 percent of all profits their team made is not counted. At the end of the task, the Red Team pulled through, making $362, edging out the Blu ... Read More
Air Date: Oct 26, 2004Description: 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 any player takes a taste of anything they bake, 50 percent of all profits their team made is not counted. At the end of the task, the Red Team pulled through, making $362, edging out the Blu ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Episode 3
Air Date: Nov 9, 2004
Description: 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 which the players performed at, is the Red Team, who is given a reward. Later, even with the Blue Team training as hard as ever, the Red Team loses more weight than the Blue Team, forcing Blue to ... Read More
Air Date: Nov 9, 2004Description: 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 which the players performed at, is the Red Team, who is given a reward. Later, even with the Blue Team training as hard as ever, the Red Team loses more weight than the Blue Team, forcing Blue to ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Episode 4: Red And Blue Teams Go To New Heights
Air Date: Nov 16, 2004
Description: Blue Team trainer Bob Harper seems surprised after Aaron's ouster the night before. Things move on at the ranch, and after a workout, the players find a giant mountain of cupcakes in the house, with a note saying that whichever player eats the most cupcakes in 15 minutes would get to eat dinner with a loved one. After deciding on a method where no one would eat too ma ... Read More
Air Date: Nov 16, 2004Description: Blue Team trainer Bob Harper seems surprised after Aaron's ouster the night before. Things move on at the ranch, and after a workout, the players find a giant mountain of cupcakes in the house, with a note saying that whichever player eats the most cupcakes in 15 minutes would get to eat dinner with a loved one. After deciding on a method where no one would eat too ma ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Episode 5: A Team Lightens Up Through Elimination
Air Date: Nov 23, 2004
Description: 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 challenge of the week is a food stacking competition - where team members must build their stack the highest using only their mouths and they may not eat any of the food during the game. The Red Team emerges victorious, giving them an amazing r ... Read More
Air Date: Nov 23, 2004Description: 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 challenge of the week is a food stacking competition - where team members must build their stack the highest using only their mouths and they may not eat any of the food during the game. The Red Team emerges victorious, giving them an amazing r ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Episode 6: Teams Trek To The Beach For A Challenge
Air Date: Nov 30, 2004
Description: Rumors and suspicions fly after a tense previous elimination, where the women in the house assumed that the men were trying to pick them off. Players are just starting to get on each other's nerves: Maurice's lack of work ethic angers his team - and his trainer, Kelly Mac's backhanded compliments annoy the Red Team, and Lisa's whining continues to get on everyone's ne ... Read More
Air Date: Nov 30, 2004Description: Rumors and suspicions fly after a tense previous elimination, where the women in the house assumed that the men were trying to pick them off. Players are just starting to get on each other's nerves: Maurice's lack of work ethic angers his team - and his trainer, Kelly Mac's backhanded compliments annoy the Red Team, and Lisa's whining continues to get on everyone's ne ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Episode 7: Biking Challenge
Air Date: Dec 7, 2004
Description: This episode is the turning point of the game, where the contestants now compete individually. At the challenge for immunity and reward, Gary logs the most miles on his stationary bike before midnight, winning another week at the ranch, and a visit from his family. At the weigh-in Caroline announces that the participants will now be weighted based on their total perce ... Read More
Air Date: Dec 7, 2004Description: This episode is the turning point of the game, where the contestants now compete individually. At the challenge for immunity and reward, Gary logs the most miles on his stationary bike before midnight, winning another week at the ranch, and a visit from his family. At the weigh-in Caroline announces that the participants will now be weighted based on their total perce ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Episode 8: Playing It Close To The Vest
Air Date: Dec 14, 2004
Description: 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 players run around a track with a weighted vest carrying the weight that each has lost so far. Ryan comes closest to his time from a previous run, winning himself immunity. At the weigh-in, M ... Read More
Air Date: Dec 14, 2004Description: 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 players run around a track with a weighted vest carrying the weight that each has lost so far. Ryan comes closest to his time from a previous run, winning himself immunity. At the weigh-in, M ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Episode 9: A Look Back Special
Air Date: Dec 21, 2004
Description: "A Lighter Side" - This recap of the season is an often-comic look at the first eight episodes featuring previously unseen footage of contestants' exit interviews, bloopers, and above all, the contestants who cheated when they thought the cameras were out of range.
Air Date: Dec 21, 2004Description: "A Lighter Side" - This recap of the season is an often-comic look at the first eight episodes featuring previously unseen footage of contestants' exit interviews, bloopers, and above all, the contestants who cheated when they thought the cameras were out of range.