The teams have now been picked for the USA version of the biggest loser
The call went out for duos that could consist of parents, cousins, engaged couples,
co workers, best friends, former team mates, firemen, policemen, nurses, doctors and teachers
to name a few of the combinations the show was looking for!
The new teams competiting for the $250,000 grand prize are...
They are weighed on scales side by side and the weight loss is the %
of each team not each member and the team that falls below the yellow
line is the one up for elimination!
Team 1 Brittany Aberle (hair stylist) 22 San Jacinto California, and
Bernando Salazar (teacher/dancer for the chicago bulls), 27 from
Chicago Illinois...these two are strangers Picked from Biggest Loser
On Line Club
Weighed in at Brittany 221 lbs and Bernando 283lb total weight 504 lbs
Team 2 Curtis Bray (graphic designer) 35 Los Angeles and Mallory
Bray (business owner) 36 Los Angeles...husband and wife team
Weighed in at Curtis 381lb and Mallory 217 combined weight 598lbs
Team 3 Bette Sue Burkland (hair stylist) 53, Mesa, Arizona and
Alison Vicent 32 (hair stylist) Mesa, Arizona....Mother and Daughter
Weighed in at BetteSue 281lb and Alison 234lb, total weight 495lbs.
Team 4 Jackie Evans (ceo of non profit organisation) 49 from Frankfort
Illinois and Dan Evans (camp councellor/musican) 21 Frankfort Illinois
Mother and Son
Weighed in at Jackie 246lb and Dan 310lb total weight 556lbs.
Team 5 Kelly Fields (nurse) 38, Titusville, Florida and Paul Marks (missle
support/space centre) 43 Rocklea Florida....ex wife and ex husband!
Weighed in at Kelly 271lb and Paul 303lb total weight 574lbs.
Team 6 Neil Harmer (web developer) 28 Bethany Oklahoma and Amanda
Harmer (teacher)29 Bethany Oklahoma....husband and wife
Weighed in at Neil 317lb and Amanda 204lb total weight 521lbs
Team 7 Maggie King 23 (camp councellor at weight loss camp) Denville
New Jersey and Jennifer Widder22 (assistant director at weight loss camp)
River Edge, New Jersey....Best Friends
Weighed in at Maggie 239lb and Jennifer 254lb total weight 493lbs
Team 8 Mark Kruger (aerial device sales rep) 35 Dartmouth, Massachusetts,
and Jay Kruger 31 (areial device account manager) 31 Bedford Massachusetts
Brothers!
Weighed in at Mark 285lb and Jay 293lb total weight 578lbs.
Team 9 Roger Shultz (associate athletic director)40 from Enterprise Alabama
and Trent Patterson (school safety and security co ordinator) 39, Endicott
New York...Former Football Team Mates
Weighed in at Roger 363lb and Trent 436lb total weight 799lbs.
Trent is the equal heaviest contestant on the weight loss show!
Team 10 Lynn Westpfahl (Interior Decorator) 60 Elyria Ohio and Jenni Westpfahl
(Nanny)31, North Ridgeville, Ohio...Father and Daughter
Weighed in at Lynn 409lb and Jenni 267lb total weight 676lbs.
In the compelling season premier contestants will meet each other and find out
the motivational reasons why they came on the show!
Then they have to pick their personal trainer Bob or Jillian (no mention of Kym)
weigh in and compete in a challenge which shows the contestants pulling a hot
air balloon across a field, with the winner getting a 2lb (1kg = 2.2lbs) advantage of the season
After the first weigh in the contestants are taken to the morgue where the shows doctor
how much danger they were in to their poor physical health!
Sleep apnea, high blood pressure, fatty livers and fertility problems were the speciality
of the day!
Whilst we in Australia have been watching our Biggest Loser 3 the USA have
been watching their Biggest Loser Teams of Two Season 6 and the finale for
the USA show is coming up soon April 15 just before the Australian shows
Finale!
Im guessing as usual we will have this show for our viewing as we usually do
several months later usually towards the end of the year for us!
The poster of the teams look great they are all in their colored biggest loser
tops standing on a set of scales!
At the same time the show is being aired which started back on January 1, 2008 in USA
a call went out to all the people that are sitting at home teamed up with MSN is the
The Biggest Loser Million Pound Match Up an exciting challenge to the Americans to lose
one million pounds during the course of the show!