Michael is the first Orange resident to move into the Biggest Loser house and he hit our TV screens when the first episode in the show’s third season aired last night.

The 25-year-old said he felt the pressure of proving not only the quality of country lads but also of doing Orange proud.

“I didn't want to let the people of Orange down because they're good people and they would be getting behind me and supporting me,” he said.

“I was the only guy from a small country town and I went into the show with the attitude that I wasn't going to let anyone push me out just because I wasn't from the city. I knew the only way I was going to do that was through hard work.”

“No matter what [the trainers] threw at me I did it. A lot of things I did would, and did, make a lot of people quit but I never did. I never quit once.”

Michael said the show helped him out of a very bad place.

“I let a lot of things get to me and I turned into a hermit. I'd go to work and go home and that's all,” he said.

“But I realised you only get one shot at life and if you're sitting at home too scared to go out because you're a fat bastard it's your own fault and I realised I'd have no one else to blame but myself.”

It was this realisation, combined with his desire to get back on the first grade footy side and show his brother he was worth looking up to, that inspired Michael to apply for the show.

“I think my professional days have passed but I would love to play first grade for Orange City again with my brothers [Daniel, 20 and Tim, 28],” he said.

“[Now] I feel good, I've got my confidence back. I'd really just given up on life but now I feel like my old self again.”

Family is still very important to Michael along with his past and future weight loss.