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The Biggest Loser 5

2008-01-01 | Reality | 16 episodes
Overview
The Biggest Loser: Couples is the fifth season of the NBC reality television series The Biggest Loser. The fifth season premiered on January 1, 2008 with ten overweight couples competing for a cash prize of $250,000. This season featured Alison Sweeney as the host, with trainers Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels; all three returning from season four. Although the contestants came in as teams of two, the grand prize was eventually awarded to an individual. In the end Ali Vincent won, making her the first female winner in the history of the United States Biggest Loser series.

19 Seasons

Episode

They Got Fat Together, Can They Get Thin Together? (2008)

For the first time ever, ten teams of two will compete against each other. The ten teams, including a mother and son, husband and wife, best friends, brothers, and a divorced couple, will have to pick their trainer, compete in challenges and weigh-in together. In their first week, the teams will have to pull a giant hot air balloon across a field, and the winner will receive a two-pound advantage at the weigh-in.

They Got Fat Together, Can They Get Thin Together? poster

Contestants Face Barbecue Temptation and Giant Seesaw Challenge! (2008)

The remaining nine teams are shocked to learn that Bob and Jillian will be training them all together as one team. Afterwards, the contestants will be tempted with a delicious barbecue buffet, and the challenges continue to get harder when they are tasked with riding giant seesaws.

Contestants Face Barbecue Temptation and Giant Seesaw Challenge! poster

Tensions Run High As This Week's Challenge Causes Rifts Among Players (2008)

A game of "Elimination," where the last team standing wins immunity for the week, causes rifts in the house, as the remaining eight teams get more competitive with each other. But Bob and Jillian are determined to work their teams harder in order to post more impressive numbers on the big scale at the weigh-in.

Tensions Run High As This Week's Challenge Causes Rifts Among Players poster

One Outcast Duo Squares Off Against All the Rest (2008)

It's win or go home after a surprise elimination pits one outcast duo against all of the others. At the challenge, contestants compete for a prize they all desperately need after nearly a month away from their loved ones - letters from home. Three teams plot to throw the weigh-in, then have a change of heart, but is it too late for them to turn back?

One Outcast Duo Squares Off Against All the Rest poster

Surprise Escalator Challenge Changes the Game Forever (2008)

In this week's episode, one team retaliates after being called lazy by another team, and the willpower of the contestants is put to the test during a soda temptation. Then the game is changed forever - for trainers and contestants - after a dramatic escalator challenge.

Surprise Escalator Challenge Changes the Game Forever poster

Cast

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