Extreme Weight Loss (originally titled Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition for its first two seasons) was a television program on ABC that premiered on May 30, 2011. The show was formally a spin-off of the Extreme Makeover franchise, where individuals receive life-changing makeovers.
History ABC announced it had ordered six episodes of the series on October 22, 2009, under the title Obese. On September 20, 2010, Chris Powell was announced as the trainer for the show, renamed Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition. ABC also announced that a second season had been ordered, due to the length of time of filming (one year).
The series officially premiered on May 30, 2011 and was the top summer launch for an ABC series debut since August 2009. The second season premiered on June 3, 2012 at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern)/8:00 p.m. (Central). The third season, now renamed Extreme Weight Loss, premiered on May 28, 2013.
Episodes
Season 1 (2011) No. in series No. in season Person Hometown Original airdateStarting weightEnding weightWeight loss (in %) 1 1 Rachel Jenkinsburg, Georgia 369 lb208 lb43.6% 2 2 Alex Duluth, Georgia 459 lb243 lb47.1% 3 3 Dana Franklin, Tennessee 498 lb295 lb40.8% 4 4 James Austin, Texas 651 lb338 lb48.1% 5 5 LaRhonda Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 433 lb231 lb46.7% 6 6 Wally Chicago, Illinois 490 lb418 lb (DNF)14.7% (DNF) 7 7 Staci Haslet, Texas 456 lb255 lb44.1% 8 8 Krista Riverside, California 445 lb265 lb40.4%
Season 2 (2012) No. in series No. in season Person Hometown Original airdateStarting weightEnding weightWeight loss (in %) 9 1 Tony Woodland Hills, California 398 lb198 lb50.3% 10 2 Jacqui West Palm Beach, Florida 355 lb148 lb58.3% 11 3 Mike Tarpon Springs, Florida 493 lb238 lb51.7% 12 4 Ashley Rancho Cucamonga, California 323 lb167 lb48.3% 13 5 Nyla Houston, Texas 435 lb278 lb36.1% 14 6 Jonathan Seattle, Washington 543 lb277 lb49.0% 15 7 Sally Washington, D.C. 335 lb197 lb41.2% 16 8 Jarvez Portland, Oregon 548 lb267 lb51.3%
Season 3 (2013) No. in series No. in season Person Hometown Original airdateStarting weightEnding weightWeight loss (in %) 17 1 Rebecca and David North Prairie, Wisconsin 398 lb 470 lb192 lb 258 lb51.8% 45.1% 18 2 Meredith Rochester, New York 314 lb155 lb50.6% 19 3 Ryan Appleton, Wisconsin 410 lb193 lb52.9% 20 4 Rachel and Jason South Lyon, Michigan 290 lb 362 lb145 lb 197 lb50.0% 45.6% 21 5 Jami Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 292 lb162 lb44.5% 22 6 Mehrbod Tustin, California 434 lb230 lb47.0% 23 7 Trina Grosse Ile, Michigan 290 lb145 lb50.0% 24 8 Chantell Elgin, Illinois 327 lb168 lb48.6% 25 9 Alyssa Kalamazoo, Michigan 414 lb210 lb49.3% 26 10 Mike Voorhees, New Jersey 417 lb196 lb53.0% 27 11 (Jason) and Ashley Bakersfield, California 398 lb 325 lb228 lb 161 lb42.7% 50.5% 28 12 Cassandra Lancaster, California 364 lb189 lb48.1% 29 13 Bob Waukesha, Wisconsin 448 lb195 lb56.5%
Season 4 (2014) No. in series No. in season Person Hometown Original airdateStarting weightEnding weightWeight loss (in %) 30 1 Ty and Charita Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Colorado Springs, Colorado 480 lb 310 lb351 lb (DNF) 160 lb26.9 %(DNF) 48.4% 31 2 Kathie and Josh Charlotte, North Carolina 255 lb 345 lb147 lb 183 lb42.4% 47.0% 32 3 Jayce Nashville, Tennessee 417 lb229 lb45.1% 33 4 Bruce Salt Lake City, Utah 382 lb181 lb52.6% 34 5 Melissa Shadyside, Ohio 301 lb159 lb47.2% 35 6 David St. Louis, Missouri 413 lb212 lb48.7% 36 7 Brandi Atlanta, Georgia 329 lb178 lb45.9% 37 8 Georgeanna Tulsa, Oklahoma 315 lb150 lb52.4% 38 9 Cassie Milwaukee, Wisconsin 347 lb171 lb50.7% 39 10 Sara Owensboro, Kentucky 245 lb109 lb55.5% 40 11 Kenny and Christy Moore, Oklahoma and Las Vegas, Nevada 410 lb 384 lb202 lb 298 lb (DNF)50.7% 22.4% (DNF) 41 12 Rod Tallahassee, Florida 448 lb260 lb42.0% 42 13 Juliana and Jeff Denver, Colorado 265 lb 423 lb170 lb 218 lb35.8% 48.5%
Season 5 (2015) No. in series No. in season Person Hometown Original airdateStarting weightEnding weightWeight loss (in %) 43 1 Robert and Raymond Monett, Missouri 381 lb 378 lb204 lb 213 lb46.5% 43.7% 44 2 Kelli and Josh Weeping Water, Nebraska and Kansas City, Kansas 331 lb 399 lb208 lb 247 lb37.2% 38.1% 45 3 Tiffany and Cain New Orleans, Louisiana 260 lb 357 lb146 lb 199 lb43.8% 44.3% 46 4 Shane and Marissa Ashland, Ohio 467 lb 255 lb225 lb 169 lb51.8% 33.7% 47 5 Bryce and Amber Garden Grove, California 306 lb 249 lb205 lb 155 lb33.0% 37.8% 48 6 Jenn Lovell, Wyoming 342 lb182 lb46.8% 49 7Pearls Wichita Falls, Texas 296 lb147 lb50.3% 50 8 Rachel Los Angeles, California 309 lb164 lb46.9% 51 9 Panda and John Bloomingdale, Michigan and Waldorf, Maryland 313 lb 531 lb187 lb 316 lb40.3% 40.5% 52 10 Mitzi Dallas, Texas 262 lb148 lb43.5% 53 11 Jackie Denver, Colorado 266 lb144 lb45.9% 54 12 Kim Honolulu, Hawaii 279 lb143 lb48.7% 55 13 Hannah Austin, Texas 310 lb159 lb48.7%
Ratings
Season 1 (2011) Episode No. Rating Share Viewers (Millions) Time Slot Rank 1 2.4 6 7.11 1 2 2.2 6 5.66 1 3 2.0 6 5.87 1 4 2.0 6 5.72 1 5 2.2 6 6.30 1 6 1.9 5 5.48 1 7 2.0 6 5.83 1 8 1.9 6 6.22 1
Season 2 (2012) Episode No. Rating Share Viewers (Millions) Time Slot Rank 1 1.5 4 4.54 1 2 1.5 4 4.62 1 3 1.2 3 3.98 3 4 1.5 4 4.51 2 5 1.4 4 4.13 2 6 0.8 2 2.48 2 7 0.9 2 2.82 3 8 1.2 3 3.56 2
Season 3 (2013) Episode No. Rating Share Viewers (Millions) 1 1.2 3 4.25 2 1.0 3 3.81 3 1.2 4 3.92 4 1.0 3 3.45 5 1.1 3 3.36 6 1.1 3 3.45 7 1.1 4 3.75 8 1.2 4 3.60
See also Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Extreme Makeover
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