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Famous Mormons in Reality TV
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Rulon Gardner
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Season 11 of the "Biggest Loser"
"It's not just about how old you are; they even give you a date they expect you to die. That's pretty striking when you're only in your 40s and 50s," Gardner said. (ksl.com) His starting weight was 474 pounds, 200 pounds more than when he competed in the Olympics. He said he lost funding for a health club in Logan in 2008. He didn't know if he would recover from that. "Now the biggest issue in my life is my weight," he said. "They force you to face the facts and the issues that got you to the big weight gain." He has earned two Olympic medals. Rulon won the gold medal for wrestling in 2000, and the bronze metal in 2004. Six of the 22 contestants on NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” season 11 (2011) are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, namely Moses Kinikini, Kaylee Kinikini, Rulon Gardner, Justin Pope, Sarah Nitta and Denise Hill |
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Todd Herzog Winner Survivor China |
Todd Herzog (born January 28, 1985 ) the winner of the 15th season of Survivor: China. He is also the youngest male contestant to win the game, at age 22 at time of air. Although the flight attendant was identified as a "gay Mormon" in the season premiere on the CBS Web site, neither topic came up even once during the remainder of the series — at least not in anything that was seen by viewers at home. Deseret News |
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Chelsie Kay Hightower Professional dancer
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Chelsie is a Professional dancer who was a finalist on So You Think You Can Dance in 2008, and a guest-dancer on Dancing with the Stars in 2009 She is one of only four female dancers on So You Think You Can Dance never to be in the bottom three couples. On Season 8 of Dancing with the Stars, she was partnered with rodeo star Ty Murray. She has also performed with singer/songwriter Jewel, Ty Murray's wife, in concert on Jewel's hit "Hands." www.chelsiehightowerdance.com | |
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Denise Hill |
Denise Hill The Biggest Loser 2011
Hometown: Bountiful, Utah Denise Hill was born in Burbank, Calif., and raised with five siblings in southern California. At 59, she realizes she has always taken care of other people but never really taken care of herself. She has eight children, ranging in age from 18-37, and gained weight with each pregnancy without ever really losing the weight after. Denise realized she needed to change her life when she could barely make it up the stairs carrying her one-year-old grandson, and worried she might drop him. She knew if she wanted to be around to watch her grandkids grow up, she'd have to lose weight and get healthy. She had lap band surgery, but only lost 50 lbs. and then the weight slowly crept back up. Denise currently weighs 256 lbs. Now pre-diabetic and suffering from high cholesterol, she says she always felt like good things happen to other people but never to her. "I now realize that good things will happen for me if I step outside my comfort zone and make them happen," Denise says. "That's why I'm here – to become all that I was meant to be." She looks most forward to playing with her grandchildren once she loses the weight. Biggest looser partner Sarah Nitta tvgrapevine.com |
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Derek and Julianne Hough | These siblings are both pro dancers on ABC's hit show "Dancing with the Stars." Julianne debuted and won with her partner, speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno. born into a Mormon family with three other siblings, Julianne and Derek had dancing in their DNA. Both sets of grandparents were dancers and their parents actually met on a ballroom dance team in college. | |
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Graeme Issako So You Think You Can Dance Australia
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So You Think You
Can Dance Australia contestant
2008.
He's known more
for his moves, but fallen contestant Graeme Issako says he's confident
of scoring an album deal following his stint on So You Think You Can
Dance.
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