Meet the “Biggest Loser” contenders
It’s the biggest season ever on “The Biggest Loser,” with 11 couples weighing more than 3.5 tons combined.
Meet the people who make up the seventh edition of NBC’s popular weight-loss competition series premiering Jan. 6 (two-hour episode begins at 7 p.m.):
BEST FRIENDS:
◊Carla Triplett (assistant bank manager), 36, and Joelle Gwynn (non-profit founder), 41, Southfield, Mich.
◊Daniel Wright (student), 19, Willow Spring, NC, and David Lee (student), 23, Fuquay-Varina, NC.
COUSINS:
◊Sione Fa (landscape company owner), 28, Maricopa, Ariz., and Filipe Fa (lube technician), 26, Mesa, Ariz.
◊Blaine Cotter (college counselor), 27, Gilbert, Ariz., and Dane Patterson (real estate appraiser), 27, Mesa, Ariz.
ENGAGED COUPLE:
◊Damien Gurganious (industrial designer), 31, and Nicole Brewer (wardrobe stylist), 37, Brooklyn, NY.
FORMER MODELS:
◊Tara Costa (model/finance manager), 23, New York, NY, and her friend Laura Denoux (model/sales director), 24, Miami, Fla.
FATHER and SON:
◊Ron Morelli (retired food distributor, currently City Councilman), 54, and Mike Morelli (student), 18, South Lyon, Mich.
GRANDPARENTS:
◊Estella Hayes (retired nurse), 63, and her husband, Gerald “Jerry” Hayes (retired engineer), 63, Wheaton, Ill.
MOTHER and DAUGHTER:
◊Helen Phillips (retired retail manager), 47, Sterling Heights, Mich., and Shanon Thomas (massage therapist), 29, Centerline, Mich.
◊Cathy Skell (title sales closing agent at real estate firm), 48, Shiocton, Wisc., and Kristin Steede (business owner), 28, Greenville, Wisc.
SISTERS:
◊Amanda Kramer (cosmetologist), 30, Boise, Idaho, and Aubrey Cheney (information and education specialist), 28, Gooding, Idaho.
Returning as host is Alison Sweeney (“Days of Our Lives”), who is pictured above in an NBC Photo with the show’s trainers, Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels.
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