In a few short weeks, The Biggest Loser will return to NBC for its 6th season.  The show will take a page from last season's couples edition and have family members compete this season.  The contestants will be split into two groups: parent-child teams and husband-wife teams.  Trainers Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels will return to whip the contestants into shape and get them to drop the pounds in record numbers each week.  In the season premiere, the trainers will fly to each team's hometown to surprise them with the news that they've made the show.  Read on to find out who was lucky enough to make it onto the show and compete for the grand prize of $250,000.

Here are the parent-child teams:

Renee Wilson is a 46 year old event manager from Fort Worth, Texas.  She will be competing with her daughter, Michelle Aguilar, a 26 year old assistant director.   Cab drivers Tom Desrochers Sr., 42, and his son Tom Jr., 22, hail from Everett, Massachusetts and will be competing together this season.  51 year old Shelly Cremen is a stay at home mom from Auburn Hills, Michigan.  Her partner for The BIggest Loser is her daughter, 26 year old Amy, a purchasing department representative.  Rounding out the parent-child teams is Jerry Skeabeck, a 51 year old police sergeant and 23 year old daughter Coleen, a receptionist.  The pair hail from Cleveland, Ohio.

Here are the husband-and-wife teams:

Ed Brantley is a 31 year old chef and his wife, Heba Salama, is a 30 year old pharmaceutical sales rep.  The couple comes to the show from Raleigh, North Carolina.  Adam Capers, a 39 year old contracts manager, will compete alongside his wife Stacey, a 33 year old contract pricing analyst.  They are from Gainesville, Virginia.  Hailing from Houma, Louisiana, are 36 year old Brad Vilcan, a pharmacist, and his wife Vicky, a 37 year old anesthetist.  Finally, from Greer, South Carolina, are Phillip and AmyParham.  The pair are real estate agents and Phillip is 41 and his wife is 40.

The Biggest Loser kicks off its sixth season on Tuesday, September 16th at 8pm ET.



- Gina Scarpa, BuddyTV Staff Writer
Source: NBC
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