{"id":22136,"date":"2010-05-25T21:01:47","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T02:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=22136"},"modified":"2010-05-26T14:22:06","modified_gmt":"2010-05-26T19:22:06","slug":"biggest-loser-winner-michael-ventrella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/biggest-loser-winner-michael-ventrella\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Loser Winner &#8211; Michael Ventrella"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Season 9 of the <a title=\"biggest loser club\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/Biggest_Loser_Club\/\" target=\"_self\">Biggest Loser<\/a> featured the heaviest cast in the show&#8217;s history. But, that didn&#8217;t keep them from making some amazing transformations, and revealing them on the live televised finale.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"ashley johnston\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/ashley-johnston-biggest-loser-9-contestant\/\" target=\"_self\">Ashley Johnston<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/michael-ventrella-biggest-loser-9-contestant\/\">Michael Ventrella<\/a> faced off in the Biggest Loser Season 9 finale. Michael won the finale with a weight loss of 264 pounds. Ashley weighed in at 191 pounds, a weight loss of 183 pounds and earned second place for season 9.<\/p>\n<p>View Michael&#8217;s journey below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/slideshows\/michael-ventrellas-biggest-loser-9-journey\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/media\/slideshow_images\/michael-ventrellas-biggest-loser-9-journey\/michael.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"View Michael Ventrella's Biggest Loser 9 Journey Slideshow\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"291\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/5IAf4YrynGQ&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/5IAf4YrynGQ&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"291\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Exclusive: <\/strong>Listen here as Michael talks about how he plans on moving forward with his healthy lifestyle at home.<br \/><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"name\" value=\"Streaming\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/podcasts.dietsinreview.com\/components\/player\/player.swf?FlashVars=&amp;soundFile=http:\/\/podcasts.dietsinreview.com\/media\/2010-05-26_michaelventrellabiggestloserwinnerinterview.mp3&amp;bg=0xf8f8f8&amp;leftbg=0xeeeeee&amp;lefticon=0x666666&amp;rightbg=0xcccccc&amp;rightbghover=0x999999&amp;righticon=0x666666&amp;righticonhover=0xffffff&amp;text=0x666666&amp;slider=0x666666&amp;track=16777215&amp;border=0x666666&amp;loader=0xffffcc&amp;\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" src=\"http:\/\/podcasts.dietsinreview.com\/components\/player\/player.swf?FlashVars=&amp;soundFile=http:\/\/podcasts.dietsinreview.com\/media\/2010-05-26_michaelventrellabiggestloserwinnerinterview.mp3&amp;bg=0xf8f8f8&amp;leftbg=0xeeeeee&amp;lefticon=0x666666&amp;rightbg=0xcccccc&amp;rightbghover=0x999999&amp;righticon=0x666666&amp;righticonhover=0xffffff&amp;text=0x666666&amp;slider=0x666666&amp;track=16777215&amp;border=0x666666&amp;loader=0xffffcc&amp;\" quality=\"high\" wmode=\"transparent\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" name=\"Streaming\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Ventrellas Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Age: 30<\/li>\n<li>Hometown: Chicago, IL<\/li>\n<li>Occupation: Deejay<\/li>\n<li>Team Color: White<\/li>\n<li>Teammate: <a title=\"maria biggest loser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/maria-ventrella-biggest-loser-9-contestant\/\" target=\"_self\">Maria Ventrella<\/a>, mother<\/li>\n<li>Starting Weight: 526<\/li>\n<li>Finale Weight: 299<\/li>\n<li>Total Loss: -227<\/li>\n<li>Family: Single<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nAshley was the runner up. But, her transformation from 374 to 191 pounds is just as amazing. View Ashley&#8217;s journey below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/slideshows\/ashley-johnston-biggest-loser-9-journey\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/media\/slideshow_images\/ashley-johnston-biggest-loser-9-journey\/ashley-johnston.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"View Ashley Johnston Biggest Loser 9 Journey Slideshow\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Age: 27<\/li>\n<li>Hometown: Knoxville, TN<\/li>\n<li>Occupation: Spa Manager, Esthetician<\/li>\n<li>Team Color: Pink<\/li>\n<li>Teammate: <a title=\"sherry johnston\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/sherry-johnston-biggest-loser-9-contestant\/\" target=\"_self\">Sherry Johnston<\/a>, mother<\/li>\n<li>Starting Weight: 374<\/li>\n<li>Final Weight: 191<\/li>\n<li>Total Loss: -183<\/li>\n<li>Family: Single<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sign-up for the <a title=\"biggest loser newsletter\" href=\"..\/01\/subscribe-to-the-biggest-loser-newsletter-from-dietsinreview-com\/\" target=\"_self\">Biggest Loser Newsletter<\/a> and be ready for season 10!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Season 9 of the Biggest Loser featured the heaviest cast in the show&#8217;s history. But, that didn&#8217;t keep them from making some amazing transformations, and revealing them on the live televised finale. Ashley Johnston and Michael Ventrella faced off in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/biggest-loser-winner-michael-ventrella\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3687,93],"tags":[2770,8,1625,3677,3688,2760],"class_list":["post-22136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adult-health","category-mens-health","tag-ashley-johnston","tag-biggest-loser","tag-biggest-loser-9","tag-diet-tv","tag-expired","tag-michael-ventrella"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22136"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22211,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22136\/revisions\/22211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}