Celebrity Fit Club
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Celebrity Fit Club is a reality television
series that follows eight overweight celebrities as they try to lose weight for charity. Split into two competing teams of four, each week teams are given different physical challenges, and weighed to see if they reached their target weights. They are monitored and supervised by a team that includes a nutritionist, a psychologist, and a physical trainer, the latter of which is former U.S. Marine
Harvey Walden IV
. The series originated in the United Kingdom
on ITV
in 2002 as Fat Club, with members of the general public taking part. The show then switched to celebrity participants, and continued until 2006, with Dale Winton
as host since the series two.
An American version premiered in 2005 on the VH1
network. As of February 2010, it is airing its seventh season.
Note: Series One was the only series in which celebs were not competing in teams or the episodes were filmed around the weigh-in; instead the weigh in occurred near the end. There was also no host as such, although comedienne Jenny Eclair provided a voiceover.
. Hypnotherapist Marisa Peer joined the panel. The following celebrities took part:
Vanessa's Team (winners)
James's Team (see note)
Note: James' Team was known as John's team from weigh-ins 4 to 6 and Freddie's team from weigh-ins 1 to 3.
as a member of the judging panel. The celebrities that took part were;
Aldo's Team (winners) (lost 13.2% of their starting weight) (lost 7 stone, 9 pounds, or 107 pounds (48.5 kg) , together)
Note: Team known as Julie's team from weigh-in 1 to 6.
Paul's Team (lost 12.3% of their starting weight) (lost 9 stone 4 pounds, or 130 pounds (59 kg), together)
, Aldo Zilli
, Jonathan "Jono" Coleman, Paul Ross
, Alison Hammond
, James Whitaker
, Lowri Turner
, Ann Widdecombe
and Kym Mazelle
. Also this year the final episode is a 90-minute mini-Olympic event in Sheffield
, where Channel 4's The Games takes place, with past celebrities joining the two teams. The celebrities taking part are:
Jeff's Team (lost 18% of their starting weight) (lost 12 stone 13 pounds, or 181 pounds (82.1 kg), together without Anne's weight)
Note: Jeff's team was originally known as Anne's team for the first 4 weigh-ins of the series.
Carole's Team (winners) (lost 19% of their starting weight) (lost 12 stone 6 pounds, or 174 pounds (78.9 kg), together)
The panel for this episode saw USA drill instructor Harvey Walden again joined by nutritionist Dr Adam Carey. Each week Harvey and Adam were joined by Fit Club past masters. The first show saw the return of Amy Lamé.
Starting Point:
Anne Diamond who at (205 pounds (93 kg)) is (61 pounds (27.7 kg)) overweight and suffered from high blood pressure, admits to a classic cycle of yo-yo dieting.
Carole Malone, starting at (220 pounds (99.8 kg)), is 2 pound (0.90718474 kg) off being morbidly obese.
Mikyla Dodd, at (268 pounds (121.6 kg)) is morbidly obese and has a goal weight of 12 stone (168 pounds (76.2 kg)).
Bobby George, (237 pounds (107.5 kg)) admits to having two fridges in his bedroom which he raids every night for chocolate.
Russell Grant, (305 pounds (138.3 kg)) admits that from 10:30am to 9pm daily he enjoys a finger fest, constantly eating.
Sharon Marshall, (186 pounds (84.4 kg)) admits to a ‘booze’ problem and a lifestyle of parties which is not helping her weight loss.
Mick Quinn, once at the peak of physical fitness as a footballer, now weighs (272 pounds (123.4 kg)), making him medically morbidly obese.
Jeff Rudom weighed in at (455 pounds (206.4 kg)), making him the heaviest celebrity ever to appear on the show.
The following week, Anne Diamond revealed that she had a gastric band
fitted. This caused lots of press attention, making the front pages of the Daily Mail, Express and Mirror. Fellow contestant Carole Malone branded Anne "a cheat", and she was subsequently banned from the team weigh by the other celebrities. Later Carole and her team decided to include her in all aspects of the programme regardless of previous disputes, but she chose to leave the show.
At the weigh-in, Dale dealt some bad news: as he approached the finish, Mick had thrown the baton before he had crossed the line, thus disqualifying him from the race, and giving the win to the opposing team. Captain Jeff decided that in the interest of competition both teams should share the trophy. Later Mick was made Mr Fit Club 2006, with a reduction of nearly 25%.
The teams took to the giant scales and with a 19% reduction of their total weight Carole's team won the series, just putting them ahead of Jeff’s 18% team effort. The overall result could barely have been closer.
The smallest weight loss ever was Andy Fordham
with 0.5 pound (0.226796185 kg).
The largest individual weight loss across a whole series to date is Jeff Rudom
with 6 stone, 8 pound (92 pounds (41.7 kg)).
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
series that follows eight overweight celebrities as they try to lose weight for charity. Split into two competing teams of four, each week teams are given different physical challenges, and weighed to see if they reached their target weights. They are monitored and supervised by a team that includes a nutritionist, a psychologist, and a physical trainer, the latter of which is former U.S. Marine
United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...
Harvey Walden IV
Harvey Walden IV
Harvey Walden IV is a United States Marine, Drill instructor and television celebrity. He is the great-grandson of Harvey Everett Walden, Sr. pastor of Grant Memorial AME Church in Chicago from 1947 until his death at the age of 90.-Military career:Walden joined the U.S...
. The series originated in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
on ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
in 2002 as Fat Club, with members of the general public taking part. The show then switched to celebrity participants, and continued until 2006, with Dale Winton
Dale Winton
Dale Winton is an English radio DJ and television presenter.-Early life:Winton's father, Gary, was "domineering" and died when Winton was 13. Winton was brought up by his mother, actress Sheree Winton...
as host since the series two.
An American version premiered in 2005 on the VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
network. As of February 2010, it is airing its seventh season.
Series one - 2002
The first series aired in 2002 and featured the following celebrities:- Jonathan "Jono" Coleman (radio DJ)
- Nicola DuffettNicola DuffettNicola Duffett is an English actress.She remains best known for two long-running soap opera roles. After appearing as Debbie Bates in EastEnders from 1993 to 1995, she went into the role of boozy floozie Cat Matthews in Family Affairs...
(actress - Family AffairsFamily AffairsFamily Affairs was a British soap opera broadcast on Five, from 1997 to 2005. It was the second programme to be broadcast on the channel on 30 March 1997, the channel's launch night...
) - Ian McCaskillIan McCaskillIan McCaskill is a former BBC weatherman. His Scottish accent, manner of speech, and relentless enthusiasm for severe weather made him popular with viewers . He became the most imitated weather presenter in the UK...
(weathermanWeather forecastingWeather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since the nineteenth century...
) - Coleen NolanColeen NolanColeen Patricia Nolan is an English born television presenter, author and singer of Irish descent. She was the youngest member of the girl group, The Nolans, in which she sang alongside her sisters...
(singer and presenter) - Kay PurcellKay PurcellKay Purcell is a British actress. She is widely known for her role as Cynthia Daggert in Emmerdale, as well as for Candice Smilie in Waterloo Road, and as Gina Conway in Tracy Beaker Returns.-Television Roles:...
(actress - played Cynthia Daggert in EmmerdaleEmmerdaleEmmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...
) - Rik WallerRik WallerRik Waller is an English singer.-Pop Idol:Waller is best known for being a finalist in the first series of the British ITV television series Pop Idol...
(former contestant - Pop IdolPop IdolPop Idol is a British television series which debuted on ITV on 6 October 2001. The show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. Two series were broadcast - one in 2001-02 and a second in 2003...
) (the first celebrity to leave the show) - Tommy Walsh (celebrity builder - Ground ForceGround ForceGround Force was a British garden makeover television series originally broadcast by the BBC between 1997 and 2005. The series was originally hosted by Alan Titchmarsh, Charlie Dimmock and Tommy Walsh and was produced by Endemol for the BBC.-Production:...
) - Ann WiddecombeAnn WiddecombeAnn Noreen Widdecombe is a former British Conservative Party politician and has been a novelist since 2000. She is a Privy Councillor and was the Member of Parliament for Maidstone from 1987 to 1997 and for Maidstone and The Weald from 1997 to 2010. She was a social conservative and a member of...
(ConservativeConservative Party (UK)The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
MPMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
)
Note: Series One was the only series in which celebs were not competing in teams or the episodes were filmed around the weigh-in; instead the weigh in occurred near the end. There was also no host as such, although comedienne Jenny Eclair provided a voiceover.
Series two - 2004
The second series was aired in 2004 presented by Dale WintonDale Winton
Dale Winton is an English radio DJ and television presenter.-Early life:Winton's father, Gary, was "domineering" and died when Winton was 13. Winton was brought up by his mother, actress Sheree Winton...
. Hypnotherapist Marisa Peer joined the panel. The following celebrities took part:
Vanessa's Team (winners)
- Vanessa FeltzVanessa FeltzVanessa Jane Feltz is an English television personality, broadcaster and journalist. She currently presents an early morning radio show on BBC Radio 2, a mid morning phone-in show on BBC London 94.9. In 2011, she started hosting The Vanessa Show on Channel 5. The first series ended on June 24th...
(team captain) (presenter) - Lowri TurnerLowri TurnerLowri Gwyneth Turner is a British television presenter, journalist, nutritional therapist and hypnotherapist.-Personal life:...
(presenter) - Jonathan "Jono" Coleman (radio DJ)
- Amy LaméAmy LaméAmy Lamé is an American-born, British performer, writer, television and radio presenter and producer.-Biography:Lamé was born Amy Caddle and raised in Keyport, New Jersey. She attended Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland and moved to London in 1992...
(comedienne and radio DJ)
James's Team (see note)
- Freddie StarrFreddie StarrFreddie Starr is an English comedian who became famous in the early 1970s. He is also an impressionist and singer, with a chart album After the Laughter and UK Top 10 single, "It's You", in March 1974 to his credit.-Early career:Under his real name, he appeared as a teenager in the film Violent...
(original team captain until 3rd weigh-in, demoted for not being serious) (comedian) - John ForgehamJohn ForgehamJohn Forgeham is a British actor who is probably best known for playing businessman Frank Laslett in the ITV series Footballers' Wives....
(2nd team captain from 4th to 6th weigh-in) (actor - Footballer's Wives) - James WhitakerJames WhitakerJames Whitaker is a British journalist, specialising in the British royal family.-Biography:Formerly a pupil at Cheltenham College, Whitaker is best known as the Royal Editor of the Daily Mirror. He broke the story of the eating disorder of Diana, Princess of Wales...
(Final team captain) (royal correspondent) (MR FIT CLUB 2004) - Alison HammondAlison HammondAlison Hammond is a British television presenter who became famous after appearing on the third series of Big Brother in 2002. The former child actress, holiday representative and cinema usherette was the second housemate to be evicted when she left on day 15...
(former Big BrotherBig Brother (UK)Big Brother UK is the British version of the Dutch Big Brother television format, which takes its name from the character in George Orwell's 1948 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four...
contestant, and television presenter)
Note: James' Team was known as John's team from weigh-ins 4 to 6 and Freddie's team from weigh-ins 1 to 3.
Series three - 2005
The third series started on 4 January 2005, this with a former contestant, Ann WiddecombeAnn Widdecombe
Ann Noreen Widdecombe is a former British Conservative Party politician and has been a novelist since 2000. She is a Privy Councillor and was the Member of Parliament for Maidstone from 1987 to 1997 and for Maidstone and The Weald from 1997 to 2010. She was a social conservative and a member of...
as a member of the judging panel. The celebrities that took part were;
Aldo's Team (winners) (lost 13.2% of their starting weight) (lost 7 stone, 9 pounds, or 107 pounds (48.5 kg) , together)
- Aldo ZilliAldo ZilliAldo Zilli is an Italian-born celebrity chef who specialises in Italian cuisine. One of nine children, he was born in the small seaside town of Alba Adriatica in the central Italian region of Abruzzo...
(team captain) (celebrity chef) - lost 2 stone 6 pounds (34 pounds (15.4 kg)) - Julie GoodyearJulie GoodyearJulie Goodyear, MBE is an English television actress and media personality, best known for playing the long-running role of pub landlady Bet Lynch on British soap opera Coronation Street.-Biography:...
(Original team captain quit role at weigh-in 6) (actress - played Bet LynchBet LynchElizabeth Theresa "Bet" Lynch is a fictional character from the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. The character is no longer part of current storylines. Portrayed by actress Julie Goodyear the character first appears onscreen during the episode airing on 23 May 1966. The character...
in Coronation StreetCoronation StreetCoronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
) - lost 1 stone 10 pounds (24 pounds (10.9 kg)) - Ken MorleyKen MorleyKen Morley is an English comedian and actor who is best known for his role as Reg Holdsworth in Coronation Street. He played the role from 1989 until quitting the show in 1995...
(actor - played Reg Holdsworth in Coronation StreetCoronation StreetCoronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
) - lost 1 stone 12 pounds (26 pounds (11.8 kg)) - Lizzy BardsleyLizzy BardsleyElizabeth "Lizzy" Bardsley is an English media and television personality who rose to fame after appearing in the Channel 4 series Wife Swap in 2003...
(former Wife SwapWife SwapWife Swap is a reality television program, originally produced by UK independent television production company RDF Media and created by Stephen Lambert. It was first broadcast in 2003 on the UK's Channel 4. Since 2004, a US version has also been broadcast on the ABC network...
contestant) - lost 1 stone 9 pounds (23 pounds (10.4 kg))
Note: Team known as Julie's team from weigh-in 1 to 6.
Paul's Team (lost 12.3% of their starting weight) (lost 9 stone 4 pounds, or 130 pounds (59 kg), together)
- Paul RossPaul RossPaul Ross is an English television and radio presenter, journalist, and media personality. He is the son of Martha Ross and the elder brother of Jonathan Ross.-Early life:...
(team captain) (presenter and brother of Jonathan RossJonathan Ross (television presenter)Jonathan Stephen Ross, OBE is an English television and radio presenter, best known for presenting the BBC One chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross from 2001 until he left the BBC in 2010. Ross began hosting a new chat show on ITV1 starting 3 September 2011...
) - lost 2 stone 1 pound (29 pounds (13.2 kg)) - Andy FordhamAndy FordhamAndy "The Viking" Fordham is an English darts player. He won the 2004 BDO World Darts Championship, beating Mervyn King in the final...
(darts champion) - lost 3 stone (42 pounds (19.1 kg)) - Kym MazelleKym MazelleKym Mazelle is an American dance-pop, Hi-NRG, soul, and house singer. She was brought up and lived on the same street as the Jackson family and knew Michael Jackson's mother and uncle.-Career:...
(singer) - lost 1 stone 10 pounds (24 pounds (10.9 kg)) - Tina BakerTina BakerTina Baker is a broadcaster and journalist and a leading British soap opera and TV critic. She has featured on many TV programmes such as, Coronation Street Secrets, The Good Soap Guide, How Soaps Changed the World, Big Brother's Big Mouth, and The Top 100 TV Christmas Crackers...
(soap operaSoap operaA soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
critic) - lost 2 stone 7 pounds (35 pounds (15.9 kg)) (MISS FIT CLUB 2005)
- Julie Goodyear decided that she no longer wanted the role of captain, so Aldo Zilli was made captain in Julie's place.
- Andy Fordham, who weighed in at a massive 30 stones 8 pounds (428 pounds (194.1 kg)) at the beginning of the series, was unable to walk more than a hundred metres before almost collapsing, but with help from drill instructor Harvey, Andy was able to run short distances.
- Aldo's team (formerly Julie's) won the series in the end, by a mere 0.4% greater loss than Paul's team.
Series four - 2006
The fourth UK series began on 10 January 2006. In this series, former Fit Club contestants joined the judging panel, with a different ex-contestant appearing each week: so far, they have included Amy LaméAmy Lamé
Amy Lamé is an American-born, British performer, writer, television and radio presenter and producer.-Biography:Lamé was born Amy Caddle and raised in Keyport, New Jersey. She attended Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland and moved to London in 1992...
, Aldo Zilli
Aldo Zilli
Aldo Zilli is an Italian-born celebrity chef who specialises in Italian cuisine. One of nine children, he was born in the small seaside town of Alba Adriatica in the central Italian region of Abruzzo...
, Jonathan "Jono" Coleman, Paul Ross
Paul Ross
Paul Ross is an English television and radio presenter, journalist, and media personality. He is the son of Martha Ross and the elder brother of Jonathan Ross.-Early life:...
, Alison Hammond
Alison Hammond
Alison Hammond is a British television presenter who became famous after appearing on the third series of Big Brother in 2002. The former child actress, holiday representative and cinema usherette was the second housemate to be evicted when she left on day 15...
, James Whitaker
James Whitaker
James Whitaker is a British journalist, specialising in the British royal family.-Biography:Formerly a pupil at Cheltenham College, Whitaker is best known as the Royal Editor of the Daily Mirror. He broke the story of the eating disorder of Diana, Princess of Wales...
, Lowri Turner
Lowri Turner
Lowri Gwyneth Turner is a British television presenter, journalist, nutritional therapist and hypnotherapist.-Personal life:...
, Ann Widdecombe
Ann Widdecombe
Ann Noreen Widdecombe is a former British Conservative Party politician and has been a novelist since 2000. She is a Privy Councillor and was the Member of Parliament for Maidstone from 1987 to 1997 and for Maidstone and The Weald from 1997 to 2010. She was a social conservative and a member of...
and Kym Mazelle
Kym Mazelle
Kym Mazelle is an American dance-pop, Hi-NRG, soul, and house singer. She was brought up and lived on the same street as the Jackson family and knew Michael Jackson's mother and uncle.-Career:...
. Also this year the final episode is a 90-minute mini-Olympic event in Sheffield
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
, where Channel 4's The Games takes place, with past celebrities joining the two teams. The celebrities taking part are:
Jeff's Team (lost 18% of their starting weight) (lost 12 stone 13 pounds, or 181 pounds (82.1 kg), together without Anne's weight)
- Jeff RudomJeff RudomJeffrey Zade Rudom was an American professional basketball player and actor who starred in films such as Gladiator, Revolver and District 13 as Yeti. He regularly appeared in Time Gentlemen Please. He played professional basketball in Israel, where he served in the armed forces and lived for...
(team captain) (actor and ex-professional basketball player) - 6 stone 8 pound (92 pounds (41.7 kg)) - Mikyla DoddMikyla DoddMikyla Dodd is an English actress who is most famous for playing the role of Chloe Bruce in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks from 2000 until 2004.In 2006, she appeared in the ITV Reality TV show Celebrity Fit Club....
(actress, formerly on HollyoaksHollyoaksHollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...
) - lost 3 stone 2 pound (44 pounds (20 kg)) - Russell GrantRussell GrantRussell John Dammerall Grant is a British astrologer and media personality. He has written several books on Astrology, provides syndicated newspaper horoscopes and operates premium rate astrology phone lines. In March 2010, he began offering a "Pet Psychic" service...
(astrologer, television presenter, author) - lost 3 stone 3 pound (45 pounds (20.4 kg)) - Anne DiamondAnne DiamondAnne Margaret Diamond is an English radio and television presenter and journalist. She hosted Good Morning Britain for TV-am and the similarly titled Good Morning... with Anne and Nick for BBC1, both with Nick Owen as her co-presenter...
(Original team captain demoted for walking off) (presenter) - lost 1 stone 2 pounds (16 pounds (7.3 kg), left programme before the 7th episode)
Note: Jeff's team was originally known as Anne's team for the first 4 weigh-ins of the series.
Carole's Team (winners) (lost 19% of their starting weight) (lost 12 stone 6 pounds, or 174 pounds (78.9 kg), together)
- Carole MaloneCarole MaloneCarole Anne Malone is a right-wing English journalist, commentator on Current affairs and occasional broadcaster.-Early life:...
(team captain) (journalist) - lost 3 stone (42 pounds (19.1 kg)) - Bobby GeorgeBobby GeorgeRobert Francis George is an English darts player and presenter. He is widely recognised as one of the game's biggest personalities, known for his flamboyant entrances in which the "King of Darts" makes his way to the stage bedecked in jewellery, wearing a crown and cloak and holding a candelabra...
(darts player) - lost 2 stone 13 pound (41 pounds (18.6 kg)) - Sharon MarshallSharon MarshallSharon Marshall is a British entertainment journalist best known for being the resident "Soap Expert" on ITV1's This Morning since 2003...
(television expert - This MorningThis Morning (TV series)This Morning is a British daytime television programme broadcast on ITV. As of September 2011, its main presenters are Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, and Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes, with various other presenters standing in for illness or contributing to sections of the programme.The...
) - lost 1 stone 13 pound (27 pounds (12.2 kg)) - Mick QuinnMicky QuinnMichael "Micky" Quinn is a former footballer. He was predominantly a centre forward during a career in which he scored 228 goals from 515 games in the Football League.- Club career :...
(former football player) - lost 4 stone 8 pound (64 pounds (29 kg), MR FIT CLUB 2006)
The panel for this episode saw USA drill instructor Harvey Walden again joined by nutritionist Dr Adam Carey. Each week Harvey and Adam were joined by Fit Club past masters. The first show saw the return of Amy Lamé.
Starting Point:
Anne Diamond who at (205 pounds (93 kg)) is (61 pounds (27.7 kg)) overweight and suffered from high blood pressure, admits to a classic cycle of yo-yo dieting.
Carole Malone, starting at (220 pounds (99.8 kg)), is 2 pound (0.90718474 kg) off being morbidly obese.
Mikyla Dodd, at (268 pounds (121.6 kg)) is morbidly obese and has a goal weight of 12 stone (168 pounds (76.2 kg)).
Bobby George, (237 pounds (107.5 kg)) admits to having two fridges in his bedroom which he raids every night for chocolate.
Russell Grant, (305 pounds (138.3 kg)) admits that from 10:30am to 9pm daily he enjoys a finger fest, constantly eating.
Sharon Marshall, (186 pounds (84.4 kg)) admits to a ‘booze’ problem and a lifestyle of parties which is not helping her weight loss.
Mick Quinn, once at the peak of physical fitness as a footballer, now weighs (272 pounds (123.4 kg)), making him medically morbidly obese.
Jeff Rudom weighed in at (455 pounds (206.4 kg)), making him the heaviest celebrity ever to appear on the show.
The Anne Diamond Saga
Anne Diamond, who was team captain, walked off during a training session in week 4. The UK soldiers who replaced Harvey failed to gel with Anne Diamond, who said “I'm not going to have a stupid, spotty, pubescent little youth yelling at me!” As a result of her outburst in training, Anne was relieved of her captaincy by Harvey. The following week she was angry that Jeff was made team captain instead of Mikyla.The following week, Anne Diamond revealed that she had a gastric band
Adjustable gastric band
A laparoscopic adjustable gastric band, commonly referred to as a lap band, is an inflatable silicone device that is placed around the top portion of the stomach, via laparoscopic surgery, in order to treat obesity...
fitted. This caused lots of press attention, making the front pages of the Daily Mail, Express and Mirror. Fellow contestant Carole Malone branded Anne "a cheat", and she was subsequently banned from the team weigh by the other celebrities. Later Carole and her team decided to include her in all aspects of the programme regardless of previous disputes, but she chose to leave the show.
The Sheffield Events 2006 and the Final Weigh-in
The English Institute for Sport in Sheffield was the venue for the series' final competition, and the two teams fought head to head for the inaugural Fit Club Champions Trophy, with Aldo, Amy, Coleen and Harvey joining Jeff's team, and Tina, Kym and Lowri joining Carole's team. After the long jump, sprint, shotput and hurdles, the fate of each team rested on the relay race. It was a fast and furious race but Mick emerged victor, making Carole Malone's team the winners.At the weigh-in, Dale dealt some bad news: as he approached the finish, Mick had thrown the baton before he had crossed the line, thus disqualifying him from the race, and giving the win to the opposing team. Captain Jeff decided that in the interest of competition both teams should share the trophy. Later Mick was made Mr Fit Club 2006, with a reduction of nearly 25%.
The teams took to the giant scales and with a 19% reduction of their total weight Carole's team won the series, just putting them ahead of Jeff’s 18% team effort. The overall result could barely have been closer.
Weight losses
The following celebrities have lost the largest amounts of weight in the course of a single week:- Paul RossPaul RossPaul Ross is an English television and radio presenter, journalist, and media personality. He is the son of Martha Ross and the elder brother of Jonathan Ross.-Early life:...
- 10 pounds (4.5 kg) - Andy FordhamAndy FordhamAndy "The Viking" Fordham is an English darts player. He won the 2004 BDO World Darts Championship, beating Mervyn King in the final...
- 10 pounds (4.5 kg) - Aldo ZilliAldo ZilliAldo Zilli is an Italian-born celebrity chef who specialises in Italian cuisine. One of nine children, he was born in the small seaside town of Alba Adriatica in the central Italian region of Abruzzo...
- 11 pounds (5 kg) - Jono Coleman - 12 pounds (5.4 kg)
- Micky QuinnMicky QuinnMichael "Micky" Quinn is a former footballer. He was predominantly a centre forward during a career in which he scored 228 goals from 515 games in the Football League.- Club career :...
- 1 stone 1 pound (15 pounds (6.8 kg)) - Rik WallerRik WallerRik Waller is an English singer.-Pop Idol:Waller is best known for being a finalist in the first series of the British ITV television series Pop Idol...
- 1 stone (14 pounds (6.4 kg)) - Jeff RudomJeff RudomJeffrey Zade Rudom was an American professional basketball player and actor who starred in films such as Gladiator, Revolver and District 13 as Yeti. He regularly appeared in Time Gentlemen Please. He played professional basketball in Israel, where he served in the armed forces and lived for...
- 1 stone 9 pounds (23 pounds (10.4 kg)) (largest ever loss)
The smallest weight loss ever was Andy Fordham
Andy Fordham
Andy "The Viking" Fordham is an English darts player. He won the 2004 BDO World Darts Championship, beating Mervyn King in the final...
with 0.5 pound (0.226796185 kg).
The largest individual weight loss across a whole series to date is Jeff Rudom
Jeff Rudom
Jeffrey Zade Rudom was an American professional basketball player and actor who starred in films such as Gladiator, Revolver and District 13 as Yeti. He regularly appeared in Time Gentlemen Please. He played professional basketball in Israel, where he served in the armed forces and lived for...
with 6 stone, 8 pound (92 pounds (41.7 kg)).
Weight gains
The following celebrities have gained weight between successive weigh-ins:- John ForgehamJohn ForgehamJohn Forgeham is a British actor who is probably best known for playing businessman Frank Laslett in the ITV series Footballers' Wives....
- 2 pound (0.90718474 kg) - Freddie StarrFreddie StarrFreddie Starr is an English comedian who became famous in the early 1970s. He is also an impressionist and singer, with a chart album After the Laughter and UK Top 10 single, "It's You", in March 1974 to his credit.-Early career:Under his real name, he appeared as a teenager in the film Violent...
- 2 pound (0.90718474 kg) - Kym MazelleKym MazelleKym Mazelle is an American dance-pop, Hi-NRG, soul, and house singer. She was brought up and lived on the same street as the Jackson family and knew Michael Jackson's mother and uncle.-Career:...
- 1 pound (0.45359237 kg) - Paul RossPaul RossPaul Ross is an English television and radio presenter, journalist, and media personality. He is the son of Martha Ross and the elder brother of Jonathan Ross.-Early life:...
- 4 pounds (1.8 kg) (largest ever gain) - Aldo ZilliAldo ZilliAldo Zilli is an Italian-born celebrity chef who specialises in Italian cuisine. One of nine children, he was born in the small seaside town of Alba Adriatica in the central Italian region of Abruzzo...
- 1 pound (0.45359237 kg) - Nicole EggertNicole EggertNicole Elizabeth Eggert is an American actress. Notable roles include Jamie Powell in the television series Charles in Charge and Summer Quinn in the TV Series Baywatch. She was most recently a contestant on the VH1 reality show Celebrity Fit Club.-Early life:Eggert was born in Glendale,...
- 3 pounds (1.4 kg)