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Shaq's Big Challenge
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Shaq's Big Challenge | |
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Genre | Reality TV |
Created by | Stephen Lambert |
Starring | Shaquille O'Neal Kit Maldanado Ariel Pittsinger Kevin Evans James Pistocchi Chris Britto Walter Holleger |
Narrated by | Phillip Terrence |
Composer(s) | David Vanacore |
Country of origin | USA |
Language(s) | English |
No. of episodes | 6 (List of episodes) |
Production | |
Executiveproducer(s) | Rick Ringbakk Shaquille O'Neal |
Producer(s) | Paul Coyne Clayton Halsey Tony Yates |
Editor(s) | Paul J. Coyne Clayton Halsey KC Duggan Audrey Capotosta |
Location(s) | Broward County, Florida |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Productioncompany(s) | RDF USA |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | ABC |
Original run | June 26, 2007 – July 31, 2007 |
External links | |
Website |
Shaq's Big Challenge is a reality television show hosted by Shaquille O'Neal that debuted on ABC with its first episode on June 26, 2007, and concluded its first season on July 31, 2007. It featured Shaq's efforts to help six severely obese middle school aged children from Broward County, Florida lose weight and gain a healthy lifestyle. It aired on Tuesdays at 9:00 pm ET/PT and 8:00 pm CT on ABC. Like most current ABC shows, episodes can also be watched legally and free of charge on ABC's website (USA only).
The events of the six episodes take place over a period of nine months. The challenge was originally scheduled to last five months, but near the end, Shaq and the kids decided to extend it another four months. All kids started out in either the obese or the morbidly obese category and were unable to produce adequate results in the President's Physical Fitness Test, and by the end they were all within the normal or overweight categories and passed the President's Physical Fitness Test in all areas.
The show debuted to low ratings, though it can be attributed, and is attributed by ABC as well as critics, to the fact that the show shares a time slot with the highly successful America's Got Talent and reruns of the immensely popular House.[1]Critics, parents, and educational institutions lauded the show for its accuracy, humor, emotion, sincerity, and lack of exploitation.
The two schools featured in the show are Pines Middle School and Olsen Middle School, both of which are part of Broward County Public Schools.
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Name, Age | Weight at start | Weight at end |
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James Pistocchi, 11 | 182 lb (83 kg) | 157 lb (71 kg); lost 25 lb (11 kg) |
Chris Brito, 11 | 206 lb (93 kg) | 129 lb (59 kg); lost 77 lb (35 kg) |
Ariel Pittsinger, 14 | 211 lb (96 kg) | 171 lb (78 kg); lost 40 lb (18 kg) |
Kevin Evans, 13 | 230 lb (104 kg) | 178 lb (81 kg); lost 52 lb (24 kg) |
Kit Maldanado, 14 | 263 lb (119 kg) | 236 lb (107 kg); lost 27 lb (12 kg) |
Walter Holleger, 14 | 285 lb (129 kg) | 221 lb (100 kg); lost 64 lb (29 kg) |
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