The Biggest Loser Australia: Couples (or The Biggest Loser: Australia season 4) is the fourth season of the Australian version of the original NBC American reality television series The Biggest Loser. The fourth season premiered on 1 February 2009.
Host Ajay Rochester reprises her role for the fourth season, along with trainers Shannan Ponton, Michelle Bridges and Steve Willis ("The Commando"). The show also introduced a new trainer Emma Hutton ("Emazon"). Applications opened mid-2008 for potential contestants. On 27 April, Bob Herdsman was crowned the oldest contestant in Australian History to ever win with a record weight loss of 87.6 KG, or 52.21% of his starting weight, and won $200,000 in prize money.
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