If you’re the sort who tends to avoid any pre-show articles on The Biggest Loser you probably missed the reports that a contestant in this year’s show has been charged with possessing child pornography.

The producers of the show have made the decision to edit both him and his partner out of the show entirely, removing any references to them ever having been there. Hopefully they won’t just replace planned clips of that couple with even more repeats of earlier footage of other contestants…

What follows is somewhat more of a spoiler so I will put it after the break…

Deryck James Ward, 26, of Gaythorne, northwest Brisbane, was charged by Queensland police on January 16 over material allegedly found at his home.

He and his sister Renita, 29, had been contestants on the fifth season of Loser, which premieres on Sunday night. Both had been eliminated before the two charges were laid.

The article goes on to say that they were the second couple eliminated from the show, meaning the first two weeks of airtime is all that should be affected, assuming the usual pattern of an elimination each week.

Of course how they’re going to explain not having an elimination for two weeks instead of one could be interesting!

At least the paedophile community will no longer have cause to complain over a lack of representation on the show. :-)