Cousins Filipe and Sione are one of eleven pairs competing in the second batch of The Biggest Loser: Couples.
Filipe Fa, 26, is a lube technician currently based in Mesa, AZ. He didn’t have weight problems as a child, but started gaining weight after failing to work out, partly because he used his asthma as an excuse. Coming from a brood of nine, he has a deep love for his family, something triggered when one of his siblings accidentally died, at a very young age, while under his watch. Energetic and spontaneous, friends and strangers alike think he should be working as a comedian.
Sione Fa, 28, is also based in Mesa, AZ and currently owns a landscape company. The fourth among five siblings, he is known to be very sociable and funny. He was the athletic type when he was a student, but the pressures and long work hours that his company entails meant he doesn’t have any time to eat healthy and maintain his weight.
Filipe and Sione form the Blue Team, training under Bob Harper. The two are determined to break the trend that their ethnic background brings. 60% of Tungans, after all, are obese, but they are out to prove that losing weight can be done. Their fun, outgoing nature, and close family ties, makes them a team to watch in The Biggest Loser: Couples.