The Biggest Loser is a weight-loss reality show where contestants compete to lose the most weight and be crowned the "Biggest Loser".

The third season of Biggest Loser Couples is scheduled to air January 5th, 2010, 8/7c.

The contestants work with trainers Jillian Michaels and Bob Harper to lose weight, learn proper nutrition and how to workout. The two contestants that lose the smallest percentage of body weight, each week, are put up for elimination. The other contestants decide, between the two, who goes home. The contestant that stays in the game the longest and loses the highest percentage of body weight is awarded $250,000.

• Amanda Arlauskas, 19, Butler, New Jersey, 250 lbs.
• Danny Cahill, 39, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, 430 lbs.
• Allen Smith, 44, Columbus, Indiana, 325 lbs.
• Rudy Pauls, 31, Brooklyn, Connecticut, 442 lbs.
• Julio Gomez, 40, Algonquin, Illinois, 407 lbs.
• Dina Mercado, 28, Commerce, California, 253 lbs.
• Daniel Wright, 20, Willow Spring, North Carolina, 312 lbs. (was on the previous season)
• Shauntina Sorrells (Shay), 30, Newport Beach, California, 476 lbs.
• Tracey Yukich, 37, Allen, Texas, 238 lbs.
• Antoine Dove, 23, Dudley, North Carolina, 367 lbs.
• Abby Rike, 35, Mabank, Texas, 247 lbs.
• Rebecca Meyer, 25, Des Moines, Iowa, 279 lbs.
• Mozziz Dewalt (Mo), 56, Louisville, Kentucky, 355 lbs.
• Sean Algaier, 29, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 444 lbs.
• Alexandra White, 20, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 309 lbs.
• Liz Young, 49, Lewisburg, Tennessee, 267 lbs.

Shannon Thomas, a contestant on the 2009 Biggest Loser Couples, was charged with domestic abuse after her tenant, Michael Nolden, accused her of kicking open the door to his apartment in her basement. He alleged that she threw a bag of flour in his face. Thomas went before the judge in early January 2009 and was asked to refrain from any contact with the alleged victim, and was released on a $2,000 bond.BuddyTV: Thomas Charged... (January 8, 2009)

Season 1: Ryan Benson

Season 2: Matt Hoover

Season 3: Erik Chopin

Season 4: Bill Germanakos

Season 5: Ali Vincent

Season 6: Michelle Aguilar

Season 7: Helen Phillips