NBC has announced that it has begun casting for the fourth season of The Biggest Loser, its popular reality weight loss show.

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In addition to conducting open casting calls in eight cities beginning this weekend, mail-in applications forms are also available via The Biggest Loser's NBC.com website. Mail-in application forms are being accepted now through August 4, 2006. Besides a completed application form, all mail-in applications must be must be accompanied by a five-minute videotape explaining why you should be on The Biggest Loser.

According to the application's eligibility requirements, all participants will have to make themselves available to the show's production between September 2006 and December 2007 -- an extremely long sixteen month window would appear to indicate that NBC is looking to get a very early start on The Biggest Loser edition that would air as part of the network's Fall 2007 schedule. The show's third edition will air this fall as part of NBC's 2006-2007 primetime schedule.

The Biggest Loser's open casting calls will begin Saturday, July 1 and visit Seattle, Boston, Jacksonville, Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, New York, Atlanta, and Chicago. The Biggest Loser casting folks guarantee that the first 800 people in line at each location will be seen. People will not be allowed to line up before 8AM.

The eight stops on The Biggest Loser's July casting call are:

JULY 1

SEATTLE, WA
24 Hour Fitness
10AM-6PM
18930 29th Avenue
West Lynnwood, WA 98036
(Please wear soft-soled shoes. Hard-soled shoes will need to be removed before entering the interview area.)

BOSTON, MA
The Rack
10AM-6PM
24 Clinton Street
Boston MA 02109

JACKSONVILLE, FL
Jacksonville Landing
10AM-6PM
2 Independent Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32202


JULY 2

MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Mall of America
10AM-6PM
Rotunta Court
60 East Broadway
Bloomington, MN 55425


JULY 8

SALT LAKE CITY, UT
KSL 5
10AM-6PM
55 North Third West
Salt Lake City, UT 84180
(Please do not bring any large bags, all bags subject to search. Parking available in east lot, fees may apply.)

NEW YORK, NY
NBC Store
10AM-6PM
At Rockefeller Center
(Between 5th and 6th Avenue)
New York, NY

ATLANTA, GA
Wild Bill's Atlanta
10AM-6PM
2075 Market Street
Duluth, GA 30096


JULY 9

CHICAGO, IL
Rock Bottom Brewery
11AM-7PM
One W. Grand Ave
Chicago, IL 60610

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