{"id":101915,"date":"2015-12-03T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=101915"},"modified":"2015-12-04T08:18:19","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T13:18:19","slug":"the-biggest-loser-returns-for-season-17-with-big-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/the-biggest-loser-returns-for-season-17-with-big-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biggest Loser Returns for Season 17 with Big Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Biggest Loser is back January 4, 2026 for its 17th season, but with a new host, a new gym and even a brand new logo, this season will be anything but business as usual.<\/p>\n

America’s favorite trainers\u00a0Dolvett Quince<\/a> and Jen Widerstrom return this season to train eight teams of two contestants, all competing to shed the most weight for the\u00a0$250,000 grand prize.\u00a0Seven of the teams know each other well, with couplings including spouses, parents and adult children, siblings, and best friends, all looking to improve their lives and heal old wounds through losing weight and getting their health under control.<\/p>\n

The members of the eighth team are strangers to each other, but you may know them quite well: \u00a0former “Survivor” winner and \u201cCelebrity Apprentice\u201d contestant Richard Hatch, 54, and “The Voice” season two semi-finalist Erin Willett, 26. \u00a0While they may be used to the bright lights and cameras, this team will still have to work \u00a0just as hard as the other contestants to lose their excess weight while figuring out how to work together and support each other in making lasting lifestyle changes.<\/p>\n

While this season will have all the calorie-burning, sweat-dripping excitement you’ve come to know and love from The Biggest Loser<\/a>, season 17 brings with it a lot of changes, too.<\/p>\n

The new host is a friendly, familiar face: beloved former The Biggest Loser trainer Bob Harper<\/a>. The newly renovated\u00a0\u201cBiggest Loser\u201d gym features a brand new look, logo and modernized state-of-the-art equipment, including eight individual high-tech wall monitors that track each contestant’s stats in real time, including calorie burn and heart rate. The gym will be split, with one half\u00a0dedicated to Team Dolvett and the other half dedicated to Team Jen. Weigh-ins are also getting a revamp, featuring double scales so teams can weigh in and face off side by side.<\/p>\n

The theme for this season is \u2018Temptation,’ and will focus on real world situations and roadblocks that everyone faces in their pursuit to live a healthy lifestyle. Players will spend more time off-campus this season than ever before to better prepare them for what they will face when they return home, and offer viewers helpful take aways they can implement immediately in their own fitness journeys.<\/p>\n

The Biggest Loser season 17 premieres Monday, January 4 (9-11 p.m. ET) on NBC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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