The Biggest Loser 12

New The Biggest Loser trainer Anna Kournikova won’t return to the show next season, reportedly because she was difficult to work with. That news comes less than six months after she was added to the show to replace Jillian Michaels, though ratings have dropped without Jillian. The Hollywood Reporter says that show “staffers say they… continue reading

Jillian Michaels left The Biggest Loser at the end of its 11th season, and although the show replaced her with two people, both Justin Bieber’s trainer and Anna Kournikova, the show’s ratings are down significantly. Is that just because of her absence? While ratings went up last week compared to the previous week, the last… continue reading

The Biggest Loser returns tonight for its 12th season, and it has gotten its own makeover: Jillian Michaels and the show’s producers are out, and Justin Bieber’s trainer and Anna Kournikova are in. It would be the perfect time for the show to dump its most egregious elements, primarily its offensive product placement and glacial… continue reading

Bob Harper and Anna Kournikova will be joined as trainers on The Biggest Loser 12 by Dolvett Quince, who NBC says has served as Justin Bieber’s trainer. NBC said in a press release that he is “an accomplished trainer who has been helping people get fit and healthy for 10 years” and “Janet Jackson has… continue reading

The production company that has been running the day-to-day production on The Biggest Loser is not producing the 12th season, which began production yesterday. However, its other two production companies, Reveille and 25/7 Productions, are still on board. The show is making major changes in addition to its trainer change-up. Deadline reports that J.D. Roth… continue reading

Anna Kournikova will join Bob Harper as a trainer on The Biggest Loser 12 this fall, replacing Jillian Michaels, the show confirmed during its Tuesday finale, but new trainers Brett Hoebel and Cara Castronuova will not return as part of changes the show is making. A badly written gossip report that called trainers “judges” broke… continue reading

NBC is promising “a big surprise announcement about season 12” of The Biggest Loser on its 11th-season finale this Tuesday, and a report says that the news involves the addition of yet another trainer: Anna Kournikova, the tennis player whose web site says she “is expanding her role on the world stage as a voice… continue reading