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NBC's "The Biggest Loser" has left us all with a three week hiatus thanks to the Winter Olympics. Also, the show's trainer Jillian Michaels is under a bit of fire for her weight loss supplements, and is being sued. The last episode saw the contestants training in Colorado with the Olympians. The group even hefted a torch replica with para-Olympic contestant Allison Jones. Two Olympic skiiers, Julia Mancuso and Speedy Peterson and speedskater Jr Celski showed them some of their training methods. For the main challenge, biathlete Kelly Underkofler led them in a challenge in which they had to run a lap and "shoot" at a target that represented another contestant. There were five targets next to...

It's a star-studded Olympic-themed episode of NBC's "The Biggest Loser: Couples" on Tuesday, February 9 (8-10 p.m. Et) when the hit series kicks off the Olympic Winter Games with guest appearances by several superstar athletes. Olympic gold medalist and alpine skier Julia Mancuso, freestyle skier Jeret "Speedy" Peterson and speedskater J.R. Celski guest star, along with pairs figure skater Rockne Brubaker, Paralympic gold medalist skier and silver medalist cyclist Alison Jones and Paralympic biathlete Kelly Underkofler. "The Biggest Loser: Couples" will be pre-empted by the Olympic Winter Games after the February 9 episode, but will return on Tuesday, March 2 (8-10 p.m. Et).

This week, the contestants get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to live and train like Olympians at the U.S. Olympic Training Center (Otc) in Colorado Springs, Colo. After arriving at the training center, host Alison Sweeney tells them they will now be competing as individuals - and that this week,...