Extreme Weight Loss

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.

Extreme Weight Loss
Genre	Reality Television
Starring	Chris Powell Heidi Powell
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	55
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	May 30, 2011 (2011-05-30) – September 8, 2015 (2015-09-08)
Related
Extreme Makeover

History

ABC announced it had ordered six episodes of the series on October 22, 2009, under the title Obese.^[1] 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).^[2]

The series officially premiered on May 30, 2011 and was the top summer launch for an ABC series debut since August 2009.^[3] The second season premiered on June 3, 2012 at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern)/8:00 p.m. (Central).^[4] The third season, now renamed Extreme Weight Loss,^[5] premiered on May 28, 2013.^[6]

Episodes

Season 1 (2011)

No. in series	No. in season	Person	Hometown	Original airdate	Starting weight	Ending weight	Weight loss (in %)
1	1	Rachel	Jenkinsburg, Georgia	May 30, 2011 (2011-05-30)	369 lb	208 lb	43.6%
2	2	Alex	Duluth, Georgia	June 6, 2011 (2011-06-06)	459 lb	243 lb	47.1%
3	3	Dana	Franklin, Tennessee	June 13, 2011 (2011-06-13)	498 lb	295 lb	40.8%
4	4	James	Austin, Texas	June 20, 2011 (2011-06-20)	651 lb	338 lb	48.1%
5	5	LaRhonda	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	June 27, 2011 (2011-06-27)	433 lb	231 lb	46.7%
6	6	Wally	Chicago, Illinois	July 11, 2011 (2011-07-11)	490 lb	418 lb (DNF)	14.7% (DNF)
7	7	Staci	Haslet, Texas	July 18, 2011 (2011-07-18)	456 lb	255 lb	44.1%
8	8	Krista	Riverside, California	July 25, 2011 (2011-07-25)	445 lb	265 lb	40.4%

Season 2 (2012)

No. in series	No. in season	Person	Hometown	Original airdate	Starting weight	Ending weight	Weight loss (in %)
9	1	Tony	Woodland Hills, California	June 3, 2012 (2012-06-03)	398 lb	198 lb	50.3%
10	2	Jacqui	West Palm Beach, Florida	June 10, 2012 (2012-06-10)	355 lb	148 lb	58.3%
11	3	Mike	Tarpon Springs, Florida	July 1, 2012 (2012-07-01)	493 lb	238 lb	51.7%
12	4	Ashley	Rancho Cucamonga, California	July 8, 2012 (2012-07-08)	323 lb	167 lb	48.3%
13	5	Nyla	Houston, Texas	July 15, 2012 (2012-07-15)	435 lb	278 lb	36.1%
14	6	Jonathan	Seattle, Washington	August 5, 2012 (2012-08-05)	543 lb	277 lb	49.0%
15	7	Sally	Washington, D.C.	August 12, 2012 (2012-08-12)	335 lb	197 lb	41.2%
16	8	Jarvez	Portland, Oregon	August 19, 2012 (2012-08-19)	548 lb	267 lb	51.3%

Season 3 (2013)

No. in series	No. in season	Person	Hometown	Original airdate	Starting weight	Ending weight	Weight loss (in %)
17	1	Rebecca and David	North Prairie, Wisconsin	May 28, 2013 (2013-05-28)	398 lb 470 lb	192 lb 258 lb	51.8% 45.1%
18	2	Meredith	Rochester, New York	June 4, 2013 (2013-06-04)	314 lb	155 lb	50.6%
19	3	Ryan	Appleton, Wisconsin	June 25, 2013 (2013-06-25)	410 lb	193 lb	52.9%
20	4	Rachel and Jason	South Lyon, Michigan	July 2, 2013 (2013-07-02)	290 lb 362 lb	145 lb 197 lb	50.0% 45.6%
21	5	Jami	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	July 9, 2013 (2013-07-09)	292 lb	162 lb	44.5%
22	6	Mehrbod	Tustin, California	July 16, 2013 (2013-07-16)	434 lb	230 lb	47.0%
23	7	Trina	Grosse Ile, Michigan	July 23, 2013 (2013-07-23)	290 lb	145 lb	50.0%
24	8	Chantell	Elgin, Illinois	July 30, 2013 (2013-07-30)	327 lb	168 lb	48.6%
25	9	Alyssa	Kalamazoo, Michigan	August 6, 2013 (2013-08-06)	414 lb	210 lb	49.3%
26	10	Mike	Voorhees, New Jersey	August 13, 2013 (2013-08-13)	417 lb	196 lb	53.0%
27	11	(Jason) and Ashley	Bakersfield, California	August 20, 2013 (2013-08-20)	398 lb 325 lb	228 lb 161 lb	42.7% 50.5%
28	12	Cassandra	Lancaster, California	August 27, 2013 (2013-08-27)	364 lb	189 lb	48.1%
29	13	Bob	Waukesha, Wisconsin	September 3, 2013 (2013-09-03)	448 lb	195 lb	56.5%

Season 4 (2014)

No. in series	No. in season	Person	Hometown	Original airdate	Starting weight	Ending weight	Weight loss (in %)
30	1	Ty and Charita	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Colorado Springs, Colorado	May 27, 2014 (2014-05-27)	480 lb 310 lb	351 lb (DNF) 160 lb	26.9 %(DNF) 48.4%
31	2	Kathie and Josh	Charlotte, North Carolina	June 3, 2014 (2014-06-03)	255 lb 345 lb	147 lb 183 lb	42.4% 47.0%
32	3	Jayce	Nashville, Tennessee	June 17, 2014 (2014-06-17)	417 lb	229 lb	45.1%
33	4	Bruce	Salt Lake City, Utah	June 24, 2014 (2014-06-24)	382 lb	181 lb	52.6%
34	5	Melissa	Shadyside, Ohio	July 1, 2014 (2014-07-01)	301 lb	159 lb	47.2%
35	6	David	St. Louis, Missouri	July 8, 2014 (2014-07-08)	413 lb	212 lb	48.7%
36	7	Brandi [a]	Atlanta, Georgia	July 15, 2014 (2014-07-15)	329 lb	178 lb	45.9%
37	8	Georgeanna	Tulsa, Oklahoma	July 22, 2014 (2014-07-22)	315 lb	150 lb	52.4%
38	9	Cassie	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	July 29, 2014 (2014-07-29)	347 lb	171 lb	50.7%
39	10	Sara	Owensboro, Kentucky	August 12, 2014 (2014-08-12)	245 lb	109 lb	55.5%
40	11	Kenny and Christy	Moore, Oklahoma and Las Vegas, Nevada	August 19, 2014 (2014-08-19)	410 lb 384 lb	202 lb 298 lb (DNF)	50.7% 22.4% (DNF)
41	12	Rod	Tallahassee, Florida	September 2, 2014 (2014-09-02)	448 lb	260 lb	42.0%
42	13	Juliana and Jeff	Denver, Colorado	September 9, 2014 (2014-09-09)	265 lb 423 lb	170 lb 218 lb	35.8% 48.5%

Season 5 (2015)

No. in series	No. in season	Person	Hometown	Original airdate	Starting weight	Ending weight	Weight loss (in %)
43	1	Robert and Raymond	Monett, Missouri	May 26, 2015 (2015-05-26)	381 lb 378 lb	204 lb 213 lb	46.5% 43.7%
44	2	Kelli and Josh	Weeping Water, Nebraska and Kansas City, Kansas	June 2, 2015 (2015-06-02)	331 lb 399 lb	208 lb 247 lb	37.2% 38.1%
45	3	Tiffany and Cain	New Orleans, Louisiana	June 23, 2015 (2015-06-23)	260 lb 357 lb	146 lb 199 lb	43.8% 44.3%
46	4	Shane and Marissa	Ashland, Ohio	June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30)	467 lb 255 lb	DNF DNF	DNF DNF
47	5	Bryce and Amber	Garden Grove, California	July 7, 2015 (2015-07-07)	306 lb 249 lb	205 lb 155 lb	33.0% 37.8%
48	6	Jenn	Lovell, Wyoming	July 14, 2015 (2015-07-14)	342 lb	182 lb	46.8%
49	7	Pearls	Wichita Falls, Texas	July 21, 2015 (2015-07-21)	296 lb	147 lb	50.3%
50	8	Rachel	Los Angeles, California	July 28, 2015 (2015-07-28)	309 lb	164 lb	46.9%
51	9	Panda and John	Bloomingdale, Michigan and Waldorf, Maryland	August 11, 2015 (2015-08-11)	313 lb 531 lb	187 lb 316 lb	40.3% 40.5%
52	10	Mitzi	Dallas, Texas	August 18, 2015 (2015-08-18)	262 lb	148 lb	43.5%
53	11	Jackie	Denver, Colorado	August 25, 2015 (2015-08-25)	266 lb	144 lb	45.9%
54	12	Kim	Honolulu, Hawaii	September 1, 2015 (2015-09-01)	279 lb	143 lb	48.7%
55	13	Hannah	Austin, Texas	September 8, 2015 (2015-09-08)	310 lb	159 lb	48.7%

Ratings

Season 1 (2011)

Episode No.	Rating	Share	Viewers (Millions)	Time Slot Rank
1[8]	2.4	6	7.11	1
2[9]	2.2	6	5.66	1
3[10]	2.0	6	5.87	1
4[11]	2.0	6	5.72	1
5[12]	2.2	6	6.30	1
6[13]	1.9	5	5.48	1
7[14]	2.0	6	5.83	1
8[15]	1.9	6	6.22	1

Season 2 (2012)

Episode No.	Rating	Share	Viewers (Millions)	Time Slot Rank
1[16]	1.5	4	4.54	1
2[17]	1.5	4	4.62	1
3[18]	1.2	3	3.98	3
4[19]	1.5	4	4.51	2
5[20]	1.4	4	4.13	2
6[21]	0.8	2	2.48	2
7[22]	0.9	2	2.82	3
8[23]	1.2	3	3.56	2

Season 3 (2013)

Episode No.	Rating	Share	Viewers (Millions)
1[24]	1.2	3	4.25
2[25]	1.0	3	3.81
3[26]	1.2	4	3.92
4[27]	1.0	3	3.45
5[28]	1.1	3	3.36
6[29]	1.1	3	3.45
7[30]	1.1	4	3.75
8[31]	1.2	4	3.60

See also

• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
• Extreme Makeover

Notes

1. Died November 9, 2023, at age 40 ^[7]