A whole new crop of Losers will compete on the new season of the show - and this time, they’ve got more weight to lose than ever before.

Season 9 of NBC’s The Biggest Loser will feature the program’s heaviest cast and its largest contender to date: Michael Ventrella, who weighs in at 526 lbs.

A set of identical twins, two cousins and a husband and wife team will join several parent-child teams in this installment of the series. It all begins on January 5 at 8pm.