You've been reacquainted with Daniel Wright and got to know a little about Antoine Dove.

Now let us introduce you to Tracey Yukich, the third Tar Heel appearing on the latest round of "The Biggest Loser," which premieres tonight at 8.

Born and raised in Raleigh, Tracey attended Athens Drive High School. (Back then, she was Tracey Upchurch.)

The homemaker and mother of four says her parents still live in Raleigh, but Yukich lives in Allen,
Texas, because her husband is in the Marines Corps.

Last week, we featured returning NC contestant Daniel Wright from "The Biggest Loser" (which returns Tuesday on NBC at 8 p.m.)

Today we talk with Dudley's Antoine Dove, the second of three NC contestants on the show.

At 23, Antoine came to the biggest loser about 100 pounds overweight, at 367 pounds.

He says he believes that taking his quest to lose the weight public was what it was going to take to tackle it.

With North Carolina ranking # 12 when it comes to rate of adult obesity, it should be no surprise that we've been represented a couple of times on NBC's hit "The Biggest Loser."

This year, there are 3 folks from our great state on the show, making the stories of transformation and perseverance feel a little more personal.

The contestants are Tracey Yukich, a stay-at-home mom who was born in Raleigh; Antoine Dove, who's from Dudley; and Daniel Wright from Willow Springs. The show returns Tuesday at 8 p.m. Today, a chat with Daniel.

Last night on the live finale of the "Biggest Loser" best buds Daniel Wright of Willow Springs and David Lee of Fuquay-Varina failed to win the $100,000 prize for losing the highest percentage of weight while
off the ranch.

Amid scenes of him eating at buffets stocked with fried chicken, and ordering hot dogs, Lee, a former football player in high school, talked about how tough his journey had been, especially the diet.

When his partner Wright talked to Happiness in January, he said Lee had lost 60 pounds and wanted to lose 100 pounds by May.

He didn't hit that mark, but Lee hasn't given up.

RALEIGH — Raleigh's own Ed Brantley won't know if a 2-pound weight gain last week will get him ousted from NBC weight-loss reality show The Biggest Loser until Tuesday's finale. But his wife Heba Salama, another BL contestant, told the N&O on Thursday that Biggest Loser viewers didn't see him receiving IV fluids in a hospital the day before the weigh-in after suffering a ruptured hernia.

"He didn't throw the weigh-in," Salama said. "He was in the hospital the day before the weigh-in and when you're having saline pumped into you it doesn't help you lose weight. [The ruptured hernia] was really bad timing. He had surgery two days after the weigh-in. They didn't show that but that's what happened."

Biggest Loser trainer Bob Harper accused Brantley of throwing the weigh-in on the show.

The North Carolina natives are two of the four final contestants on the current season of The Biggest Loser, which wraps up Tuesday in a live finale starting at 8 p.m. Both went on the chopping block following the most recent episode when Ed gained 2 pounds and Heba lost 7, though percentage-wise, it was not enough to rank above other finalists Vicky and Michelle.

After Ed stepped off the scale, Harper accused the Raleigh residents of "obvious" game-playing to get Heba into the final. "Ed is going to do whatever he needs to do to give Heba whatever she wants," Harper said.

Salama said that's not what happened, though she knew her husband would tell America to send him home and to save her during a public plea after the weigh-in. At stake is the $250,000 grand prize. Brantley, if he is voted off, can still win the $100,000 that goes to the show's "fan favorite."

"I never would have thought I would have gained weight at the weigh-in," Brantley told the N&O on Thursday. "There were things involved a couple of days before and affected how it played out. ... I'm glad to take the fall if it means Heba didn't have have to worry about it, if it gives her another shot at being above the yellow line. That's what [Biggest Loser] was about for me, about supporting each other."

Through the most recent episode, Brantley had lost 83 pounds and Heba had lost 84. Tune in to HWTV for a Q&A from Heba and Ed later today and look for a feature on the couple in The N&O on Tuesday.

Ken Canion, a former contestant on TV's "The Biggest Loser," will speak at Duke Tuesday.

He'll speak at the Searle Center at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. More info here.