You can't deny that, season after season, one of the best finales out there almost always belongs to The Biggest Loser. The reason for that is it's a couple of hours of "feel good" time. No matter what you weigh, who doesn't like seeing what people look like after losing a bunch of weight? And for big money at that!

Alison Sweeney had a couple of misfires last night, but overall I thought she did a pretty good job. She also looked really pretty. Her dress was gorgeous!

The first 14 contestants eliminated would be competing amongst themselves for $100,000, and they were the ones reintroduced first. All of them looked amazing but I thought Kae (what a dress!), Jez (barely recognized him), Phil (he's quite a hottie!), Amy, and Neil's changes were the most impressive. Yes, Jim's weight loss was huge too, but I guess because I've been so used to seeing Bill as one of the finalists it wasn't really amazing to me.

Alison then asked a few questions after they were all seated on stage. Was Amy still happy about her decision to switch trainers? (Yes, she was.) How did Jim keep up his weight loss without his twin brother Bill being there to help him? (The rest of their family gave him support.) And what about Neil and his 17-lb weight gain? (It was not his proudest moment.) Those were just a few of the questions asked before we were shown homecoming video footage from the four finalists -- Julie, Hollie, Isabeau, and Bill. It was sweet, but still kinda boring. I guess there's not really anything you can do about that.

After bringing out Bob, Kim, and Jillian, it was time for the first 14 to step up on the scales and see who would win the $100,000. Their results (in the order of elimination): Amber went from 295 pounds to 211 (84 lbs lost for 28.47%); Lezlye from 255 to 200 pounds (55 lbs lost for 21.57%); Jerry from 297 to 187 pounds (110 lbs lost for 37.04%); Patty from 280 to 216 pounds (64 lbs lost for 22.86%); Jim from 361 to 175 pounds (186 lbs lost for 51.52%); and Phil from 403 to 258 pounds (145 lbs lost for 35.98%).

Jez went from 345 to 195 pounds (150 lbs lost for 43.48%); David from 368 to 228 pounds (140 lbs lost for 38.04%); Ryan from 374 to 241 pounds (133 lbs lost for 35.56%); Amy from 297 to 171 pounds (126 lbs lost for 42.42%); Kae from 225 to 128 pounds (97 lbs lost for 43.11%); Bryan from 346 to 224 pounds (122 lbs lost for 35.26%); Nicole from 279 to 174 pounds (105 lbs lost for 37.63%); and Neil from 421 to 210 pounds (211 lbs lost for 50.12%).

Neil came close, but it was Jim who would be going home with the $100,000. I just knew that was going to happen when I saw Jim's weight. To have lost 51.52% of his body weight in that time period is just insane! I was happy for Neil though, and I was especially happy for Jerry. For a man of almost 62 years of age to lose such a drastic amount of weight is amazing.

After watching a couple of segments of the final four working out back at home and discussing their struggles with food in the present, it was time to finally see them again. They came busting through a paper door with their "before" pictures on them. All I could say as I saw each one of them was, "Oh my God!" Julie came out first and I was stunned. She looked amazing! She told Alison she'd even been picked to speak in front of Congress next month on nutrition. She also added that she was missing her husband's Christmas party. That really bites because you just know she wanted to be there for that.

Hollie came out next followed by Isabeau and Bill. Hollie said she's now living a healthy lifestyle because she wants to keep her weight off. Isabeau is a personal trainer! Bill was just wow. Seriously, I was speechless so many times during the show. If you had been sitting next to me at home while watching them, we would have just kept looking at each other open-mouthed.

Because Bill was the biggest loser before they went home, he was given the chance to choose the order of their weigh-ins. He decided to have everybody weigh-in based on age -- youngest to oldest. Isabeau would be the first one on the scale.

Isabeau started at 298 pounds and now weighs 185 pounds (113 lbs lost for 37.92%). Hollie weighed in at the start of the season at 255 pounds and now weighs 150 pounds (105 lbs lost for 41.18%). Isabeau won't be the biggest loser. Julie (I still can't get over how good she looks!) began the season at 218 pounds and now weighs 121 pounds (97 lbs lost for 44.50%). She is now in the lead but Bill still has to weigh-in. Bill started at 334 pounds and now weighs 170 pounds (164 lbs lost for 49.10%)! Bill is the winner of The Biggest Loser and rakes in the cool $250,000 in cash. That wasn't a bad pull for their family tonight was it? I bet they will be partying something fierce this week.

As the confetti rained down (and landed in Alison's mouth), we were reminded that The Biggest Loser's fifth season would be starting up on January 1st. By the way, you can check out the couples that will be competing at the link above if you're interested.

What'd you think about this season's finale? And what about how everybody looked! Wowza!

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