{"id":10325,"date":"2011-05-25T23:17:52","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T23:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2011\/05\/25\/anna-kournikova-to-replace-michaels-as-head-trainer-on-the-biggest-loser\/"},"modified":"2011-05-25T23:17:52","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T23:17:52","slug":"anna-kournikova-to-replace-michaels-as-head-trainer-on-the-biggest-loser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2011\/05\/25\/anna-kournikova-to-replace-michaels-as-head-trainer-on-the-biggest-loser\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna Kournikova to replace Michaels as head trainer on The Biggest Loser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\/old_site\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.nagalandpost.com\/newsimages\/PhotosCollection\/BEWODUNVLZLEXPKWZRTM.jpg\" style=\" border: 1px solid #000; float:right; margin:5px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.nagalandpost.com\/newsimages\/PhotosCollection\/BEWODUNVLZLEXPKWVNUN.jpg\" style=\" border: 1px solid #000; float:right; margin:5px;\"\/><\/p>\n<div>She retired from the tennis circuit a few years ago, and is now more well-known for her modelling and promotional work rather than her physical prowess.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>But former tennis champion Anna Kournikova is about to get the opportunity to once again show off her fitness expertise, after being picked to succeed Jillian Michaels as head trainer and mentor on The Biggest Loser.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>The 29-year-old tennis player has been confirmed to take the place of the 37-year-old personal trainer, who announced she was leaving the show last December to focus on becoming a mother.<\/div>\n<div>The news comes after the long-running reality programme undergoes it\u2019s own transformation.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Rumours of the beautiful blonde\u2019s new job came over the weekend, but her hiring by NBC was confirmed today.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Executive producer Todd Lubin told Vulture.com that the changes were based on an overall facelift of the show.<\/div>\n<div>\u2018[We are] getting slightly away from just the tape measure, and getting into overall well being and health. That\u2019s where Loser needs to go,\u2019 he said.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Anna impressed Lubin after appearing on a season ten episode of the show as a guest, putting contestants through their paces with a tennis workout.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Lubin says that through her history of extensive training, she will bring the motivational drive the contestants really need.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\u2018She grew up with very little in Moscow, pounding tennis balls every day when she was 5,\u2019 he said.\u2019That\u2019s the drive she\u2019s bringing to the show.\u2019<\/div>\n<div>As Jillian makes her exit from the show tonight, Anna will be announced as her replacement.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Jillian announced that she was leaving the programme at the end of last year to focus on becoming a mother, and revealed she was gearing up to begin the adoption process.<\/div>\n<div>Jillian said at the time her replacement had already been found, which means that Anna was offered the job months ago.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She retired from the tennis circuit a few years ago, and is now more well-known for her modelling and promotional work rather than her physical prowess.&nbsp; But former tennis champion Anna Kournikova is about to get the opportunity to once again show off her fitness expertise, after being picked to succeed Jillian Michaels as head [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[688],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-infotainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}