The Biggest Loser, Season 3: 50 Contestants Representing 50 States

The third season of The Biggest Loser kicks off with 50 contestants representing 50 states. But 36 of these contestants must compete from home while 14 contestants remain at the Biggest Loser Ranch. On a later episode, one man and one woman who lose the largest percentage of weight while competing at home rejoin the game at the ranch.

These are the 50 contestants:

Melinda Suttle, 32, Huntsville, Alabama

Kai Hibbard, 27, Eagle River, Alaska

John Turner, 42, Phoenix, Arizona

Jaron Tate, 27, Hot Springs, Arkansas

Brian Starkey, 33, Valley Village, California

Stacie Farr, 33, Westminster, Colorado

Chris Smith, 29, Milford, Connecticut

Tim Clausen, 31, Lewes, Delaware

Mark "Wylie" Wylie, 40 Miami Beach Florida

Angie Moore, 33, McDonough, GA

Elisha Purdy, 35, Honolulu, Hawaii

Linda Houseman, 54, Boise, Idaho

Katherine Smith, 35, Chicago, Illinois

Pam Smith, 25, Martinsville, Indiana

Steve Pilchen, 52, Urbandale, Iowa

Alyssa Brockert, 26, Leavenworth, Kansas

Jamie Dean Lucas, 40, Elizabethtown, Kentucky

Sabrina O'Neal, 29, New Orleans, Louisiana

Matthew McNutt, 31, Boothbay, Maine

Amy Hildreth, 27, Baltimore, Maryland

Nelson "Nellie Potter, 35, Lawrence, Massachusetts

Kally Fox, 35, Dexter, Michigan

Jennifer Eisenbarth, 32, Shakopee Minnesota

John Weatherford, 24, Forest, Mississippi

Marty Wolff, 25, Kansas City, Missouri

Mark Monaco, 42, Missoula, Montana

Evelyn Garcia, 38, Omaha, Nebraska

Joscelyn Cook, 22, Las Vegas, Nevada

Walter "Wally" Bressler, 38, Bedford, New Hampshire

Poppi Kramer, 34, River Edge, New Jersey

Mitzi McCaleb, 35, Artesia, New Mexico

Erik Chopin, 36, West Islip, New York

Ken Canion, 41, Greensboro, North Carolina

Adrian Kortesmaki, 22, Grand Forks, North Dakota

Nikki Myers, 34, Columbus, Ohio

Jason Ramsey, 28, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Tim Thomas, 34, Terrebonne, Oregon

Valerie Robinson, 34, E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

Erin Jeffrey, 30, Charlestown, Rhode Island

Latorria Ladd, 22, Clemson, South Carolina

Dru Van Kley, 22, Vermillion, South Dakota

Bobby Moore, 31, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Tiffany Hernandez, 27, Kingsville, Texas

Heather Hansen, 36, West Bountiful, Utah

Virginia "Ginnie" Bourque, 27, Lyndonville, Vermont

Jennifer Kerns, 32, Arlington, Virginia

Ken Coleman, 43, Tacoma, Washington

Christopher Blackburn, 24, Buckhannon, West Virginia

Kevin Theis, 32,Verona, Wisconsin

Sarah Mitchell, 26, Burlington, Wyoming