Money Hungry
Twelve teams bet on weight loss for a $100,000 prize.
Money Hungry is a reality television weight loss competition show based on bet dieting. Twelve teams of two compete for a $100,000 prize made up from team contributions.
Quick Facts
- Creator
- Cris Abrego; Ellen Rakieten
- Director
- Matt Bordofsky
- Presenter
- Dan Cortese
- Composer
- Jude Christodal
- Adam Zelkind
- Dan Radlauer
- Country
- United States
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 10
- Executive producers
- Cris Abrego
- Ellen Rakieten
- Ben Samek
- Matt Odgers
- Rabih Gholam
- Jeff Olde
- Jill Holmes
- Kristen Kelly
Facts from the source article.
Weigh-ins and eliminations
The winning team is unnamed. The Big Heavies were safe from elimination. They rescued another team. One team lost the challenge and faced elimination. Another team got the most votes and faced elimination, but it lost the highest weight percentage at the weigh-in. A different team received the most votes and was sent home because it lost the smallest weight percentage. Yet another team lost the challenge, was up for elimination, and was removed for having the lowest weight loss percentage. The team with the smallest percentage of weight lost was eliminated.
Episodes
Episode 1, "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is," first aired 2 August 2010. The contestants were forced off the cushy bus and made to hike up the hill to the house. The bottom two teams were Family-Sized and Flabulous. Family-Sized was eliminated. Episode 2, "All's Fair in Love and Weight Loss," first aired 9 August 2010. Scheming began, and a school-boy crush Josh had on Jamie threatened his alliances. The Big Heavies challenge winner was A Pair of Nuts. The Big Heavies saved Mission Slimpossible. The bottom teams were Double Chocolate and Roll Models. Roll Models was eliminated. Episode 3, "Welcome to the Family," first aired 16 August 2010. Half the house (Slimpossible, Nuts, Chicago, Grading and Rocker Moms) banded together as "The Orphanage," and the other half countered as "The Family." The Big Heavies challenge winner was Mission Slimpossible. The Big Heavies saved A Pair of Nuts. The bottom teams were Flabulous, No Excuses, and Rocker Moms. Rocker Moms was eliminated. Episode 4, "Bust a Move," first aired 23 August 2010. Tempers flared and things got heated when the Regulators and Mission Slimpossible got physical. The Big Heavies challenge winner was The Regulators. The Big Heavies saved Double Chocolate. The bottom teams were A Pair of Nuts and Mission Slimpossible. A Pair of Nuts was eliminated. Episode 5, "The Way The Cookie Crumbles," first aired 30 August 2010. No house vote this week led everyone to butter up to the Big Heavies, who turned the tables by saving no one, and Josh turned his affections toward Stephanie. The Big Heavies challenge winner was The Regulators. Chicago Deep Dish was eliminated. Episode 6, "The Puzzle Master," first aired 6 September 2010. The teams were thrown a curve when the week's challenge was not only physical but mental as well. The Big Heavies challenge winner was Slenderellas. The Big Heavies saved Flabulous. The bottom teams were Grading Curves, Mission Slimpossible, and No Excuses. No Excuses was eliminated. Episode 7, "This Means War," first aired 13 September 2010. The joy of being at the Rose Bowl stadium was diminished by the challenge: running up and down the stairs, transporting 100 footballs. Alliances shifted as teams claimed deals were made earlier. The Big Heavies challenge winner was Mission Slimpossible. The Big Heavies saved Grading Curves. The bottom teams were Double Chocolate and Slenderellas.
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