After The Show
At the end of the Week 8 episode, contestant Dane Patterson is shown running and apparently finishing a marathon with his wife. News broke the day after the episode aired, when marathon participants of the Desert Classic Marathon in Arizona came forward to report that the couple had taken a ride in a van for part of the course. NBC issued a public apology that acknowledged that the contestant had not run the entire distance as aired on their show. Arizona Road Racers, the organizing body for the marathon, issued a statement on their website explaining that the Pattersons were not listed in the event results because they did not run the entire 42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi).
Jillian Michaels told TV-Guide magazine that while filming the season she was investigated by the show's producer after contestant Filipe Fa accused her of 'doping' participants by providing them with drugs. "I was so furious, so disgusted. I felt so betrayed," Michaels claimed. The week-long inquiry cleared Michaels.
Daniel Wright participated as a contestant on the eighth season, The Biggest Loser: Second Chances.
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