Meet The Heaviest Contestants of “The Biggest Loser Season 8”
America’sfavorite weight loss competition, "The Biggest Loser" season 8,is set to premiere on Tuesday, September 15 at 8PM ET/PT. This will be shown in two-hour episodes.
Sixteen overweight people get the second chance at life through "The Biggest Loser" season 8. The reality show has announced the individuals who will compete in losing their body weight and start a new chapter of their lives at the same time.
These heaviest determined people will compete for the $250,000 grand prize.
They will be trained by Jillian Michaels and Bob Harper will join host Alison Sweeney once again at the Biggest Loser ranch, and work with these 16 contestants to overcome emotional, physical and mental barriers that helped put on this weight and kept them from taking it off.
Sean Algaier, 29-year-old
- youth pastor from
Tulsa ,OK - Starting Weight: 444 lbs.
Amanda Arlauskas, 19-year-old
- patient care technician from
Butler ,NJ - Starting Weight: 250 lbs.
Danny Cahill, 39-year-old
- land surveyor and musician from
Broken Arrow ,OK - Starting Weight: 430 lbs.
Mozziz "Mo" Dewalt, 56-year-old
- youth mentor from
Louisville ,KY - Starting Weight: 355 lbs.
Antoine Dove, 23-year-old
- health insurance agent from
Dudley ,NC - Starting Weight: 367 lbs.
Julio Gomez, 40-year-old
- mortgage loan officer from Algonquin, IL
- Starting Weight: 407 lbs.
Dina Mercado, 28-year-old
- custodian from Commerce, CA
- Starting Weight: 253 lbs.
Rebecca Meyer, 25-year-old
- student/nanny from
Des Moines ,IA - Starting Weight: 279 lbs.
Rudy Pauls, 31-year-old
- engineer from
Brooklyn ,CT - Starting Weight: 442 lbs.
Abby Rike, 35-year-old
- teacher from
Mabank ,TX - Starting Weight: 247 lbs.
Allen Smith, 44-year-old
- firefighter/EMT from
Columbus ,IN - Starting Weight: 325 lbs.
Shauntina "Shay" Sorrells, 30-year-old
- social worker from
Newport Beach ,CA - Starting Weight: 476 lbs.
Aexandra White, 20-year-old
- students from
Harrisburg ,PA - Starting Weight: 209 lbs.
Daniel Wright, 20-year-old
- student from
Willow Spring ,NC
- Starting Weight: 312 lbs.
Liz Young, 49-year-old
- salesperson from
Lewisburg ,TN - Starting Weight: 267 lbs.
Tracey Yukich, 37-year-old
- homemaker from
Allen ,TX - Starting Weight: 238 lbs.
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