Cicero P.E. Teacher Claims 'Biggest Loser' Title by Shedding 160 Pounds

Burbank resident Roberto Hernandez was named “The Biggest Loser” Monday night during the season 17 live finale of the NBC show.

Hernandez, a 36-year-old teacher from Burbank, won $250,000 for losing 160 pounds, working his weight down from 348 to 188 pounds over the course of the show, according to NBC.

In a Tuesday morning interview on “Live with Kelly and Michael,” Hernandez said the competition wasn’t about the money, and he doesn’t yet know what he’s going to do with the big prize.

He also said on the ”Today” show that he feels “amazing,” and he plans to spend more time playing with his son.

Hernandez’s twin brother, Luis Hernandez of Chicago, won the show’s $100,000 “at home” prize after being eliminated from an earlier episode. Luis Hernandez lost 139 pounds, sizing down from 308 to 169 pounds.

Both of the brothers are physical, health and driver’s education teachers in Cicero.

This was the second time in the history of “The Biggest Loser” that twin brothers walked away with the grand prize and the at home prize after the same thing happened with Bill Germanakos and Jim Germanakos in season four, according to NBC.

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