NBC’S “THE BIGGEST LOSER: COUPLES” CONTESTANTS ARE CHALLENGED BY “STUDENT-TEACHER WEEK” AT THE RANCH, AND ACCLAIMED CHEF CURTIS STONE HELPS PLAYERS WHIP UP A HEALTHY DISH ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 19 (8-10 P.M.ET)

Plus, Popular Singer Katharine McPhee Helps Out At the Los Angeles Food Bank In This Week’s Pound For Pound Challenge Segment

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UNIVERSAL CITY, California – It’s “student-teacher” week at the ranch, which shakes things up for all the contestants on NBC’s “The Biggest Loser: Couples” airing Tuesday, January 19 (8-10 p.m. ET) in an episode that also features the return of favorite chef Curtis Stone.

Host Alison Sweeney surprises the contestants this week with the news that this will be “student-teacher week,” with the contestants on each team assuming the role of either teacher or student. The “teachers” get to continue working out with trainers Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels, but then have to teach what they’ve learned to their teammates or “students,” who don’t get to work out with the trainers. And to make things more interesting, the “student’” on each team will be the only one whose weight counts at weigh-in.

First, a temptation determines who will decide who the student and teacher are on each team, and later, contestants have to unravel their way through a crazy challenge that grants immunity to the lucky winning team. Acclaimed chef Curtis Stone teaches the contestants about portion control and helps them whip up a healthy chicken cacciatore dish. Also, one player threatens to leave after the trainers try to determine what is causing her negative attitude, and an accusation about game play flies during a tense weigh-in, after which another contestant is sent home.

And in this week’s Pound For Pound Challenge segment, pop singer Katharine McPhee volunteers at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. She also helps out at The Boys & Girls Club and sings her song “Lifetime” to the kids. “The Biggest Loser” is partnering with General Mills, Feeding America, Subway and 24 Hour Fitness on this powerful Pound For Pound Challenge initiative which allows viewers to help themselves get healthy while helping to fight hunger in their own communities. Viewers can go to www.biggestloser.com now and for every pound of weight loss pledged, a pound of groceries will be delivered to a local food bank. More than 2.6 million pounds have been pledged to date.

“The Biggest Loser: Couples” is a production of Reveille LLC, 25/7 Productions and 3Ball Productions. Ben Silverman (NBC’s “The Office,” “Ugly Betty“), Dave Broome (“A Model Life with Petra Nemcova,” “Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope”), JD Roth (“Age of Love,” “Beauty and the Geek”), Todd A. Nelson (“Unan1mous,” “Beauty and the Geek”) and Mark Koops (“Breakthrough With Tony Robbins,” “Shear Genius“) serve as executive producers.

Source: NBC Press Release