In this show 18 participants from all over the country fight to lose those excess pounds and start a new, healthier life. The Weighted form two teams supervised by two coaches. Together they overcome impossible obstacles and face the scale at the end of each week. The team that lost less weight takes a vote to decide which teammate has to go home.
The winner gets 2.5 million roubles, and another 500 thousand roubles goes to the participant who lost the most weight even after leaving the show.
The fourth season of the most popular reality show about losing weight and being healthy will have some major changes. Apart from a new name, the show has new coaches, new location (Sochi) and a new host - Anfisa Chekhova. But one thing remains the same: the participants fight for three million roubles and a chance for a new, healthier and happier life.
This season’s 18 participants come from Moscow, Novosibirsk, Smolensk, Nizhny Novgorod, Ulyanovsk, Krasnodar and many other places. Among those who want to lose it are a mobile crane driver, a Math teacher, an actor, a lady taxi driver, a shop attendant, a PT teacher, an art director and an inseminator.
The new season features a variety of training methods from the new coaches. One of them is Sergey Pakhromenko, better known as rapper Seryoga, author of the Chyorniy Bumer hit. Besides music, Sergey is building a successive fitness career, teaching his personally developed training techniques to business executives.
Natalya Lugovskikh, the second coach, is a fitness trainer, dietician and Russian, European and World Champion in Women’s Bikini Fitness. In July 2017 Natalya ranked first in Elite World Ranking of world’s 100 strongest Fitness and Figure sportswomen.
The participants will take their chances near Sochi’s Olympic Park, Sochi’s stadiums and other local sightseeing points.