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Season 10 contestant profiles have been added to the site. And you can add comments to them, if you like, unlike the silly official website. How good is that?

Anyway. Here’s the list, though you can also access them via the top menu as usual.

Auvales: Johnee, Tenealle, Moses, Rina.

Hailwoods: Sylvia, Kayla, Sam, Cliff.

Jofres: Rob, Pablo, Tony, Daniel.

Pestells: Terry, Melissa, Ali, Jodie.

As I suspected, not everyone has the same surname as some are unmarried partners and the like. Three of the Auvales are Pacific Islanders, which is a first for the series I think? Tenealle is white and married to Johnee and they want to have tiny babies and be fit and healthy when they do.

Pablo’s a player of video games, which is sure to do wonders for the image of gamers! Any guesses which games? He also has the biggest beard on this season so we should all cross our fingers he gets to Makeover Day!

Who do we think will be out first? Who do we think will win? Who will be the prettiest princess after Makeover Day?

With the introduction of two new pairs of contestants comes two new profile pages: Rosemary & Kevin and Anita & Cher! You can also view them on the official site for a short interview with each, R&K and A&C.

Yes, I’m still amazed Kevin is ambulatory. If you missed it, Big Kev was introduced last night and tipped the scales at a staggering 254.7kg. Read the full episode recap here.

The Daily Telegraph (and probably associated papers) have an article on Kevin today that makes for an interesting read.

“It’s been so my entire life. Every year I have got older, I have got bigger – nothing drastic has happened to trigger it. I was always a lazy kid, I am still lazy, but I’m trying to get out of that.”

Thanks for the tip, Gissy!

What do we think of the new contestants? Is Kevin just too big to be on the show? Leave your answers in the box below!

One of the young guns in Shannan’s team this year will set a new record for the heaviest contestant ever to appear on the show.

For those who’d rather wait to find out the magnitude during the show, you should stop reading here.

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Those who were around two years ago might remember the announcement before the show aired that one contestant would be effectively erased from existence due to criminal charges being laid in relation to child pornography offences.

Nothing quite so salacious this year, but in the news today is a story regarding one contestant’s eviction from the show due to an overindulgence in alcohol.

News.com.au aren’t saying who, but do reveal it will be one of the male contestants, presumably meaning it will be one of Shannan or The Commando’s charges, barring any team swapping shenanigans.

So, get your bets in now – will it be one of Shannan’s young guns or one of Commando’s old bull brigade? My money’s on one of Shannan’s team!

(Thanks to @wittle_puppy on the Twitters. Send me tips on Twitter – @mythor )

Time to get familiar with another set of names and faces – Season 7’s Contestant pages are now up.

Some quick highlights:

Another “world’s heaviest contestant” this year in the form of Ryan, who looks to be smuggling his own tire into Camp, though he’s not even on Commando Steve’s team.

A first, at least for Australian Biggest Loser, is the inclusion of someone with a disability – Selena is deaf! It’s not clear whether she is profoundly (completely) deaf or whether it’s a partial hearing loss, but being on the “I AM A WARRIOR” team could be interesting. She’s overcome some diversity in her life but she may not be able to hear Tiffiny’s motivational shouting!

“Token Homosexual” will this year be played by Margie, who has played three kinds of football, representing her state in two of them. She also looks just like you’d imagine a mid-30s morbidly obese lesbian footballer would look. Which surely played no part in her selection as a contestant!

Cheesiest quote: “I’m single and ready to mingle” – Lisa. You don’t need to lose weight to get a date, you just have to stop using lines like that!

Elder Statesman: Alex at a (relatively) sprightly 50. In a shocking turn of events he’s most inspired by previous contestant Bob. Though he’s far from alone in citing Bob as a big motivator.

Contestant most likely to be the stupidest: Lydia. Who puts Chris down as their inspirational role model person? Stupid people. That’s who.

And of course my tips on who’ll be the hottest for finale!

For the menfolk: A close race between the budding musician James and the chubbybubby Hamish. It’s hard to tell what’s under the flab with Hamish but he’s young and a bit of weightloss might move him from flabby to just cutely chubby. And James is already not too awful to look at and has the added appeal of being a muso, something the ladies seem to like.

For the ladies: Rebekah. Not even a fair race, she’s already looking pretty fine. Though she’ll need to give up the cigarettes if she hopes to find love with anything but another ashtray.

And who’s going to win? You know what, I’m going bold this year.

Margie will win The Biggest Loser Australia 2012. You heard it here first!