Michelle Lozanovki, one of the female contestants of the 2008 Australian Biggest Loser TV show, is apparently allergic to money. In an amazing feat of stupidity, this fat apprentice hairdresser from Sydney, NSW tonight turned down the chance to leave the house for $50k.

Here is how it went down. Michelle won the weekly challenge of being the “biggest loser” by losing the most weight in week 6 of the 12 week competition. Her prize is $50,000. The catch? Leave the Biggest Loser House and give up her place in the competition.

Leaving with the $50k also means the overall prize of the game show becomes $150,000 (the money is removed from the $200k final prize).

Her Mum comes on the show, let’s call her Mrs Stupid Lozanovki. Mrs Stupid tells her obese daughter that “her place is in the house” and that her dead grand parents would want to see her in the house. I can only assume that Mrs Stupid is filthy rich.

Michelle from Biggest Loser speaks to her original USA trainer Bob Harper and he says “take the money”. Wow, even an American is smarter than “fats Lozanovki”.

Somehow, Michelle could not see that she could leave the house in week 6, spend $500 a day on the best personal trainer for 7 days per week for the next 6 weeks ($21,000), buy the best food for about $100 a day ($4,200) and fit out an unbelievable home gym for about $10,000 and still have how much? About $15,000 of the $50,000 to spend on her new wardrobe. And that’s 6 weeks, the absolute maximum amount of time she could possibly have left in the house. If she gets voted out in 2 weeks time, she’s effectively paid $25,000 a week for “weight loss training”.

Maybe, just maybe it may have been a sensible decision if ..

• There was less than 4 people left, giving her a greater than 1/4 chance of winning the whole $200,000 (ie, 4 x $50,000) . Even then, it is still ridiculous. Tell me 1 person you know who would pay $50 for the chance to win $200, when the odds are not even really an “out of a hat” 1 in 8 chance.
• If the voting was based on viewer participation and not by the colluding bunch of fat bastards “playing the game”, or;
• She gets out of the place and gets an endorsement deal worth > $50k because someone else agrees that “health is more important than money” and decides to pay her a ridiculous sum of money to represent it.

I honestly can not wait to see her get kicked out now. If anything, this has made me want to watch the show even more.

Michelle Lozanovki, Biggest Loser or Biggestest Loser?