Dance Your Ass Off (season 1)

Dance Your Ass Off (season 1)
Genre	Reality Television
Created by	Kate Rigg Sally Ann Salsano Lisa Ann Walter
Presented by	Marissa Jaret Winokur
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	11
Production company(s)	495 Productions
Broadcast
Original channel	Oxygen Network
Original airing	June 29, 2009-September 7, 2009

The first season of Dance Your Ass Off aired from June 29, 2009 to September 7, 2009. It aired on the Oxygen Network. It was the only season to feature Marissa Jaret Winokur as host. The show featured twelve overweight contestants competing to dance and lose weight. The medical doctor was Rob Huizenga from the USA Biggest Loser. For this season, the judges were Danny Teeson, Lisa Ann Walter and Mayte Garcia.

On the finale, Ruben defeated Pinky and Shayla to become the first ever Dance Your Ass Off champion.

Contestants

• Angela - Eliminated Week 1
• Warren - Eliminated Week 2
• Karla - Eliminated Week 3
• Tara - Eliminated Week 4
• Brandon - Eliminated Week 4
• Miles - Eliminated Week 5
• Trice - Eliminated Week 6
• Mara - Eliminated Week 7
• Alicia - Eliminated Week 9
• Shayla - 2nd Runner-Up - Fan Favorite
• Pinky - Runner-Up
• Ruben - Winner

Weigh ins - Pounds lost per week

     Most Weight Lost

     Least Weight Lost

Contestant	Age	Height	Weight	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Finale
Ruben	43	6'0"	314.3	-13.9	-5.1	-7.8	-4.7	-10.3	-6.2	-6.4	-5.4	-7.1	-7.5
Pinky	29	5'3"	186.9	-2.4	-2.6	-2.0	-1.4	-4.2	-1.3	-6.4	-3.7	-1.9	-4.4
Shayla	27	5'7"	206.5	-4.9	-2.7	-2.3	-4.3	-5.0	-3.4	-2.4	-4.5	-2.1	-4.0
Alicia	23	5'4"	257.6	-7.5	-2.8	-2.3	-6.4	-4.2	-6.0	-6.4	-5.9	-3.5
Mara	32	5'2"	261.9	-6.6	-3.2	-1.8	-3.5	-5.0	-3.0	-2.9
Trice	24	5'3"	274.9	-11.4	-2.7	-2.9	-5.9	-3.9	-4.2
Miles	29	5'10"	260.8	-6.9	-2.9	-4.6	-4.3	-6.0
Brandon	20	5'6"	230.4	-3.6	-1.5	-4.3	-1.7
Tara	33	5'8"	237.4	-4.5	-3.8	-2.0	-4.2
Karla	29	5'2"	174.9	-9.5	-4.4	-1.0
Warren	29	6'0"	357.6	-11.6	-3.6
Angela	24	5'7"	185.9	-3.5

Contestants & Weight per week

Contestants are listed in chronological order of elimination.

Contestant	Starting BMI	Current BMI	Starting Weight	Week									Finale	Pounds Lost	Percentage Lost
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Ruben	42.6	32.5	314.3	300.4	295.3	287.5	282.8	272.5	266.3	259.9	254.5	247.4	239.9	74.4	23.75
Pinky	33.1	27.7	186.9	184.5	181.9	179.9	178.5	174.3	173.3	166.6	162.9	161	156.6	30.3	16.21
Shayla	32.3	26.8	206.5	201.6	198.9	196.6	192.3	187.3	183.9	181.5	177	174.9	170.9	35.6	17.24
Alicia	44.2	35.9	257.6	250.1	247.3	245	238.6	234.4	228.4	222	216.1	212.6	209.4	48.2	18.71
Mara	47.9	42.1	261.9	255.3	252.1	250.3	246.8	241.8	238.8	235.9			230.4	31.5	12.03
Trice	48.7	41.7	274.9	263.5	260.8	257.9	252	248.1	243.9				235.5	39.4	14.33
Miles	37.4	30.9	260.8	253.9	251	246.4	242.1	236.1					215.5	45.3	17.37
Brandon	37.2	33.7	230.4	226.8	225.3	221	219.3						208.9	21.5	9.33
Tara	36.1	31.4	237.4	232.9	229.1	227.1	222.9						206.3	31.1	13.10
Karla	32.0	27.6	174.9	165.4	161	160							151.1	23.8	13.61
Warren	48.5	44.5	357.6	346	342.4								328.5	29.1	8.14
Angela	29.1	25.6	185.9	182.4									163.6	22.3	12.00

BMI

     Normal (18.5 - 24.9 BMI)

     Overweight (25 - 29.9 BMI)

     Obese Class I (30 - 34.9 BMI)

     Obese Class II (35 - 39.9 BMI)

     Obese Class III (greater than 40 BMI)

Rankings

     Eliminated Contestants Weigh-In (Finale)

     Winner ($100,000)

     Eliminated Winner ($5,000)

     Last person eliminated before finale

Contestants' average dance scores

     Best Score of the week.

     Worst Score of the week

Contestant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Finale
Ruben	6.0	7.7	7.7	8.7	7.3	8.7	9.2	9.4	9.2	9.5
Pinky	7.3	6.7	8.0	7.7	6.7	8.0	8.0	8.2	9.5	9.5
Shayla	7.0	7.0	7.7	8.7	8.3	9.0	9.4	8.8	9.2	9.0
Alicia	6.3	5.3	7.7	6.3	6.7	8.7	7.7	8.7	8.4
Mara	7.3	7.3	8.3	6.0	7.7	8.3	8.7
Trice	6.0	7.3	6.3	6.7	7.0	6.7
Miles	7.3	6.7	7.7	6.3	5.3
Brandon	6.7	7.3	6.3	6.0
Tara	5.7	5.7	7.3	4.3
Karla	7.0	5.3	5.7
Warren	5.3	5.0
Angela	5.3

Notes:

• The first perfect 10 came in Week 6. The recipient was Shayla. That same week Ruben also received a 10.

• The first perfect score (Three 10's) was the tango that Ruben had danced in Week 7.

• No one was eliminated on Week 8.

Contestants' overall scores

     Contestant was in the bottom two of weight loss

     Contestant was eliminated

     Contestant was in the bottom two of weight loss and eliminated

     Contestant was in the bottom two for weight loss and was the winner that week

     Contestant was the winner for that week

     Contestant danced their ass off and was declared the winner of the show

Contestant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Finale
Ruben	10.43	9.4	10.34	10.33	10.94	10.98	11.60	11.48	11.99	12.53
Pinky	8.58	8.11	9.10	8.48	9.05	8.75	11.70	10.42	10.67	12.23
Shayla	9.37	8.34	8.86	10.89	10.90	10.82	10.71	11.28	10.39	11.29
Alicia	9.21	6.42	8.63	8.91	8.46	11.26	10.50	11.36	10.02
Mara	9.82	8.55	9.01	7.40	9.73	9.54	9.97
Trice	10.15	8.32	7.41	8.99	8.55	8.39
Miles	9.95	7.84	9.53	8.05	7.78
Brandon	8.26	7.96	8.21	6.77
Tara	7.60	7.33	8.17	6.15
Karla	12.43	7.96	6.32
Warren	8.54	5.90
Angela	7.18

Reunion

First aired September 7, 2009
Shayla won Fan Favorite and a check for $5000. Ruben lost more weight, totaling to 90 lbs. Miles and Alicia also lost 90 lbs by the reunion.

     Contestant gained some weight back by the reunion.

Contestant	Age	Height	Starting BMI	Finale BMI	Reunion BMI	Start Weight	Finale Weight	Reunion Weight	lbs lost finale	lbs lost reunion
Ruben	43	6'0"	42.6	32.5	30.4	314.3	239.9	224.3	74.4	90
Pinky	29	5'3"	33.1	27.7	27.4	186.9	156.6	154.9	30.3	32
Shayla	27	5'7"	32.3	26.8	24.5	206.5	170.9	156.5	35.6	50
Alicia	23	5'4"	44.2	35.9	28.8	257.6	209.4	167.6	48.2	90
Mara	32	5'2"	47.9	42.1	39.9	261.9	230.4	217.9	31.5	44
Trice	24	5'3"	48.7	41.7	36.5	274.9	235.5	205.9	39.4	69
Miles	29	5'10"	37.4	30.9	24.5	260.8	215.5	170.8	45.3	90
Brandon	20	5'6"	37.2	33.7	34.0	230.4	208.9	210.4	21.5	20
Tara	33	5'8"	36.1	31.4	28.4	237.4	206.3	185.4	31.1	52
Karla	29	5'2"	32.0	27.6	28.3	174.9	151.4	154.9	23.5	20
Warren	29	6'0"	48.5	44.5	45.1	357.6	328.5	332.6	29.1	25
Angela	24	5'7"	29.1	25.6	23.5	185.9	163.6	149.9	22.3	36

BMI

     Normal (18.5 - 24.9 BMI)

     Overweight (25 - 29.9 BMI)

     Obese Class I (30 - 34.9 BMI)

     Obese Class II (35 - 39.9 BMI)

     Obese Class III (greater than 40 BMI)

Updates

• Mara – has lost 60lbs and wants to lose 20lbs more - had lost 44lbs at the reunion
• Trice – has lost 74lbs - had lost 69lbs at the reunion
• Alicia – has lost 100lbs - had lost 90lbs at the reunion
• Ruben – got Head of Wardrobe position for Cirque du Soleil’s newest show, “Viva Elvis” at City Center in Las Vegas
• Tara – has lost 60lbs, and doing cross-fit to lose 15 more. She is a host for the LIPS Tour-Ladies International Poker Series and Orlando's American Heart Assoc Health Ambassador.

External links

• Official website
• Dance Your Ass Off at the Internet Movie Database
• Dance Your Ass Off Video & Gallery