Bill And Jim Germanakos
The Biggest Looser - Bill Germanakos and Jim Germanakos were among 18 contestants on the fourth season of the NBC hit reality show “The Biggest Loser”. The twin brothers from Long Island, New York were once morbidly obese.
Bill’s mantra on “The Biggest Loser” was: “To become half the man, so that he could be twice the man”, and standing at 5' 8", Bill went from weighing in at 334 lbs to 170 lbs, losing a total of 164 lbs. At the live finale of the show, Bill was declared the winner of the fourth season of The Biggest Loser, and was awarded the first prize of $ 250,000.
His brother Jim, who had been eliminated early in the competition, ended up competing as an “at-home” or “eliminated” contestant and won first prize for the eliminated contestants, for which he was awarded $100,000. Jim was the biggest weight-loser on the show losing 186 pounds.
Since the Season 4 Finale of “The Biggest Loser”, Jim and Bill have appeared on Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, The Larry King Live Show, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, The Today Show, The Ellen Degeneres Show, and numerous other internet, magazine, and print publications throughout the U.S.