Allison Holker “So You Think You Can Dance?” (Fox) Season: Season 2, 2006 Result: Top 8 Notable: Holker returned to SYTYCD in Season 7 as an all-star and toured with the show in 2010. She played a cheerleader in the first two “High School...
Denise Hill The Biggest Loser 2011 Hometown: Bountiful, Utah Occupation: Administrative assistant Denise Hill was born in Burbank, Calif., and raised with five siblings in southern California. At 59, she realizes she has always taken care of other people but never...
Todd Herzog Winner Survivor China Todd Herzog (born January 28, 1985 ) the winner of the 15th season of Survivor: China. He is also the youngest male contestant to win the game, at age 22 at time of air. Although the flight attendant was identified as a “gay...
Heather Hansen “The Biggest Loser” Season 3, 2006 Result: Made it to finale but did not weigh in, due to pregnancy Starting weight: 223 pounds Final weight: 167...
Dinah Jane Hansen “The X Factor” Season: Season 2, 2012 Result: 3rd place (with Fifth Harmony) Dinah’s singing group, Fifth Harmony, consists of five female singers, each of which originally auditioned for the show as a solo artist. The group’s...
Hap Holmstead The Biggest Loser 2013 Hap Holmstead was born and raised in American Fork, Utah, and the oldest of seven children. With a passion for baseball, he hoped to make it one day to the major leagues. He was on the radar of baseball teams like the Detroit...
Kenzie Hall “American Idol” Season: Season 13, 2014 Result: Top 30 Due to a change in format, only 10 of the top 15 female singers were allowed to perform during “Rush Week” in Season 13. Hall and fellow Utahn Austin Wolfe were...
Rulon Gardner Season 11 of the “Biggest Loser” The “Mormon farm boy” from Afton, Wyoming, “miracle on the mat.” His gold-medal victory in the Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling is called the greatest upset in Olympic wrestling history. “It’s not...
Sione and Filipe Fa The Biggest Loser Season 7 Filipe: Cousins Team Bob’s Team Age: 26 Height: 5’11” Hometown: Mesa, AZ Occupation: Lube Technician Filipe Filipe is energetic and spontaneous, and has been told that he should be a comedian by many,...
The Fab Five Americas Got Talent Season 5 finalists Five Mormon Girls from Morgan Utah From a dairy farm in rural Utah where life consisted of raising wheat, cows, and family, came five fabulous sisters who could accomplish daily dairy chores in the morning and dance...
The Duttons America’s Got Talent The Duttons’ appeared on on NBC’s America’s Got Talent. They were invited back for the America’s Got Talent Finale They made it to the top 10. The Duttons are known as Branson’s most versatile...
Ashleigh and Ryan Di Lello “So You Think You Can Dance?” (Fox) Season: Season 6, 2009 Result: 5th place and 6th place, respectively Notable: Ashleigh and Ryan are married. Deseret...
Rick deRoque ContestantBiggest Looser season 10 Rick Deroque from “Biggest Loser 2010,” whose also known as Richard Deroque, is one of the contestants in Season 10 of the NBC reality weight-loss competition series. Rick (“Biggest Loser 10”)...
Neleh Dennis Contestant:Survivor Marquesas(2002) Neleh Dennis appeared on Survivor(2002). She is a 21-year-old student from Layton, Utah. “Neleh” is “Helen” spelled backwards. She is a Mormon, and she brought “scriptures” as her...
Ashly DelGrosso-Costa Dancing with the Stars Seasons as a professional dancer: 4 Results: 3rd place with Joey McIntyre (Season 1, Summer 2005), 7th place with Masta P (Season 2, Winter 2006), 9th place with Harry Hamlin (Season 3, Fall 2006), 10th place with Buzz...
Dane Patterson and Blaine Cotter The Biggest Loser Season 7 Dane Patterson and Blaine Cotter were always the heavy guys at the family get-togethers. Related by marriage, the pair hadn’t established much in common besides the unhealthy pounds they each carried...
Ali and Christina Christensen 2010 NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” The sisters both have cystic fibrosis and were told early on by doctors they would never be able to sing well and could expect to die young. After host Nick Cannon announced the...
Aubrey Cheney The Biggest Loser Season: The Biggest Loser: Couples 2 Season 7, 2009 Result: Sent Home Week 1, Eliminated Week 12 Starting weight: 249 pounds Final weight: 191...
Chet Cannon “The Real World” (MTV) Season: Real World: Brooklyn, 2009 Notable: Cannon graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in finance. His goal in being on “The Real World” was to “show people that Mormons are fun.”...
Betty Sue Burkland The Biggest Loser, The Biggest Loser: Couples Season 5, 2008 Result: Eliminated Week 4 Starting weight: 261 pounds Final weight: 224 pounds Her daughter Alison...
Paul Bishop Paul Bishop, a 35-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department and member of the LDS Church, has been one of two interrogators for ABC’s “Take the Money and Run,” a 2011 summer reality show involving the race for a case containing...
Ryan Benson Winner The Biggest Looser The winner was announced 11 Jan 2005. His initial weight: 330. His current weight: 208. 122 pounds lost! He had a 37% weight loss, and lowered his body fat by 18%. With a total reduction of 55% Ryan was the Biggest...
Tje Austin “The Voice” (NBC) Season: Season 1, Fall 2011 Judges Adam Levine and Cee Lo Green turned their chairs around for Austin in his blind audition. He chose to be on Team Cee Lo. Austin was defeated by teammate Nakia in the Battle Round. Tje’s...
