STAKES ARE HIGHER THAN EVER ON NBC'S 'THE BIGGEST LOSER' AS FIVE REMAINING CONTESTANTS COMPETE ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 (9-10 P.M. ET) FOR A SPOT ON THE FINALE � AND A CHANCE TO WIN $250,000

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BURBANK, Calif. � December 10, 2007 � It's down to the final five contestants on NBC's "The Biggest Loser" � Bill, Hollie, Isabeau, Julie and Neil � and the stakes are higher than ever on Tuesday, December 11 (9-10 p.m. ET) as they battle it out for a spot in next week's finale and the chance to win $250,000.

In this week's episode, which features a shocking event that has never before happened in "Biggest Loser" history, the players take a ride down memory lane to see just how far they've come in their 14 weeks on campus. Host Alison Sweeney tells the contestants that their final challenge of the season will allow them to bury all of the weight they've lost -- literally.

Pulling giant scales, each contestant has to make 13 stops to pick up the amount of weight they lost for each of the 13 weeks on campus � and then drop the weights in a giant pit, where dirt will then be dropped to bury that weight forever. The winner gets a prize sure to make shopping for smaller size clothes more fun -- $10,000!

Then it's an emotional last weigh-in, followed by a final elimination round where one more player is sent home � and the final four remain. Then in next week's live finale on Tuesday, December 18 (9-11 p.m. ET), this season's "Biggest Loser" will be revealed.

With its most recent telecast on Tuesday, December 4, "The Biggest Loser" (3.2/8 in 18-49, 8.3 million viewers overall) had its top-scoring episode of the season in total viewers, increasing its overall viewership from its first half-hour to its fourth by 3.0 million persons or 45% (to 9.7 million from 6.7 million). It finished a strong #2 in the time period in 18-49 and won the two-hour block in adults, men and women 18-34. BIGGEST LOSER improved on NBC's average rating in this time period last season by 28% (3.2 vs. 2.5). From its first half-hour to its fourth, BIGGEST LOSER increased its 18-49 rating by 58% (to a 3.8/9 from a 2.4/7).

"The Biggest Loser" is a production of Reveille LLC, 25/7 Productions and 3 Ball Productions. Ben Silverman (NBC's "The Office," "Ugly Betty"), Dave Broome ("A Model Life with Petra Nemcova," "Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope"), JD Roth ("Age of Love," "Beauty and the Geek"), Todd A. Nelson ("Unan1mous," "Beauty and the Geek") and Mark Koops ("Blow Out," "Shear Genius") serve as executive producers.