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The Biggest Loser has netted a new celebrity trainer: Tennis star Anna Kournikova will join NBC’s popular weight-loss competition next season, a network spokesperson confirmed today. The 29-year-old Russian is filling the  slot that is being vacated by Jillian Michaels —  who announced her impending departure back in December — though the Biggest Loser team is not viewing Kournikova as a substitute. “We intentionally tried to not replace Jillian,” executive producer Todd Lubin told Vulture, which first reported the news about Kournikova, who appeared on an episode during Biggest Loser’s tenth season. The direction of the show will be “getting slightly away from just the tape measure, and getting into overall well-being and health,” added Lubin. “That’s where Loser needs to go.” UPDATE: An NBC spokesperson also confirmed to EW that current Biggest Loser trainers Brett Hoebel and Cara Castronuova, who joined the series this year, will not return for season 12. The season 11 finale airs tonight.

Want to drop by Anna Kournikova's house in Florida? You could even spend the night, the week or an entire lifetime.
And all it would take is coming up with the $9.4 million asking price for the tennis star's ivy-covered, 7-bedroom mansion in Miami Beach.
FloridaMoves.com has the details on the listing and a map of the gated Sunset Island residence. It's on the water, naturally, has a coral rock pool deck, and a two-story guest house and a sauna included in its 6,600 square feet.
NBCMiami.com has a photo gallery of the pad. Alas, no poolside photos of Anna.