OldBoy

I think it was $125,000 for the two, is that correct? I would hope so since the consolation prize to the voted off was $100,000. Can anyone confirm? Thanks.

StealthStratos

I believe it was...

$250,000 - winner
$50,000 - second place
$25,000 - third place

$100,000 - biggest loser among the remaining contestants

Patman

Maybe it's just me, but Caroline Rhea might want to consider being a contestant for the next Biggest Loser...

Jimmy James

I wonder if that isn't a creative decision more than anything. I'm not so certain that she has actually gained weight as much as they make her up to look bad.

fourwalker

I'm happy for that Matt guy. I like the fact that the entire weight cost him the wrestling championship but ultimately resulted in him winning the biggest loser

treszoks

I was surprised that first girl that got voted off even showed up. She didn't lose a single pound more than when she left. She didn't look like she was happy to be there.

ShallowHal

That's funny. Really, being on a game show for fat people is your only motivation? The machines at her gym are the same as in the TV house.

DRG

Yeah, when she got up there I was almost hoping she'd weigh MORE than when she started, just to create an awkward moment for Caroline. Surely she had to know she had zero chance of winning the $100,000.

Pete was shocking to see. I wonder if they are all suffering from loose skin from the drastic weight loss.

John-In-VA

I've seen that on Doctor 90210 or whatever it's called....and it's funky looking.

The other thing I find interesting is how some of the women were still a bit chubby(with fairly thick arms and thighs), but think they are the hottest ladies on the planet. I guess going from massive to plain chubby makes you feel that way.

Way to go Matt. I liked his personality.

OldBoy

i don't think that is correct. i know i heard Caroline say each runner up gets the same amount and i thought it was $125,000. there is no way they can give the voted out contestant $100,000 and much less to the 2 who weren't voted out and made it to the very end.

OldBoy

i am sure it was in the agreement they signed for the show that they would have to be there on the last show.

and wasn't it Seth (one of the runners up) that lifted his shirt and you saw chisled abs and then below it the excess skin?

parker63

Yep, Seth had the loose skin...maybe some plastic surgery in the future to tighten things up a bit? But I had to root for him...he's from my town!

Still happy for Matt though.

Big Boy Laroux

no, that's right. In fact, last year, the first and second runner-up got nothing. Just $250,000 for the winner, and $100,000 for the winner of the remaining contestants. But this year, they added $50,000 for the first runner-up, $25,000 for the second runner-up.

OldBoy

that simply doesn't make sense since both runners up lost a greater % of body weight than the voted off contestants. do you have actual proof?

Big Boy Laroux

amazing that people are such doubters. my ears (and tivo) are my proof, but here ya go. google works wonders:

PROOF

and, actually, Pete lost the most weight of anyone, % wise (other than Matt).

Matt - 46.31
Pete - 46.13
Seth - 42.27
Suzy - 41.85

and Mark had 46.09

Jadzia

Big Boy Laroux is right.

I remember it bugged me last year, but I did not mind it this year since Pete won the $100K and I liked him. Plus he had a higher percentage weight loss than both Seth and Suzy so it worked out for him to win second prize.

Letting the remaining contestants compete for the $100K makes up for the stupid "vote people out" aspect of the game which I just find unnecessary. If the idea is to get peolple to lose weight, it's dumb to vote them off. I always thought they should keep everyone around to the end, but at least this way the people are still working out and losing weight at home.

This show made me feel better about about my weight. I thought most of the women looked great and they were all in the 140's range. Whenever I hit 140 I feel fat, but I guess I am not doing too bad since that is where my weight tops off.

Big Boy Laroux

yeah, jadzia, the voting out aspect is strange... but the $100,000 definitely gives the voted-out more motivation to stay fit.

geez, did pete look like a new man. most of the other contestants lost lots of weight, but didn't look that toned. pete was ripped!

and scott, you started this thread asking for someone to correct you if your assumption about the show was wrong. well, it was, we told you what actually hapenned, and you argue with us? gotta love message boards.

Darq

I hate how they go the hundredths-decimal point to determine the winner -- so much accuracy! Yet, they seem to round off the contestant's weight to the nearest pound!

Pete beat Mark 46.13% to 46.09%. It was a ONE pound difference to determine the winner. But what if Pete started the game off at 401.2 pounds instead of 401 ? Or what if Mark actually lost 165.2 pounds (out of 358.0 pounds) instead of 165? The Mark's loss would have been 46.14%.

If you're going to go to that much accuracy in the percentages, then you need to be a bit more accurate with the weighings. Even with a 401 pound person, the 0.9998 pound range from 400.5001 through 401.4999 translates into a potential 0.25 error when you calculate the percentage. Pete won by a 0.04 "margin"!

OldBoy

that doesn't seem right.

kitkat

Yeah, Darq. That was bugging me too.

Big Boy Laroux

yeah, darq, especially when you're dealing with a monetary prize of $100,000. You think they'd be more accurate.

And last year they did a combined thing, with % weight lost and % body fat.