Demanding trainer Jillian Michaels may have announced on her Twitter page that she’ll be leaving The Biggest Loser after next season, but contestants shouldn’t plan to start slacking or snacking. Two new trainers are slated to join the NBC reality series in season 11, alongside Michaels and Bob Harper, sources close to the show tell EW. (The Hollywood Reporter was the first to report the news.) The twist will be announced on Tuesday’s season 10 finale, although the identity of the trainers will be revealed at a later date. Michaels, who also headlined the low-rated summer series Losing It with Jillian on NBC, departed Biggest Loser once before, sitting out season 3 over business issues before returning for season 4. Her priorities seem to be different this time: “I want to take a year off TV and focus on becoming a mommy and doing more charity work,” she tweeted on Dec. 7. NBC and Reveille Productions, which produces the show, declined to comment. Season 11 debuts Jan. 4.
Dec 11
2010
08:11 PM ET
'The Biggest Loser' to lose Jillian Michaels, gain two new trainers
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Tuesday, May 1
- The Biggest Loser NBC, 8-9PM
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Friday, May 4
- In Plain Sight USA, 10-11PM
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Sunday, May 6
- The Amazing Race CBS, 8-10PM
- GCB NBC, 10-11PM
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Monday, May 7
- Two Broke Girls CBS, 8-9PM
- Castle ABC, 10-11PM
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Tuesday, May 8
- Last Man Standing ABC, 8-8:30PM
- The Voice NBC, 8-10PM
- New Girl FOX, 9-9:31PM
- Unforgettable CBS, 10-11PM
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Wednesday, May 9
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Thursday, May 10
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Monday, May 14
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- Shark Tank ABC, 8-9PM
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Monday, May 21
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Tuesday, May 22
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- Dancing With the Stars (Results) ABC, 9-11PM
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Wednesday, May 23
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Tuesday, May 29
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Good riddance. Her screaming at the contestants was insulting.
Sounds like something someone overweight would say.
HAHA!
Hehehehehhehee.
thought she said she would never have children
From what I’ve read, she’s planning to adopt.
Who else could motivate these dumb fatties to hop on a treadmill?
Well, mark the date, The Biggest Loser is about to jump the shark (see also: American Idol).
Kind of a misappropriation of that term. “Jump the shark” =/= decline in quality.
Your comment jumped the shark when you said jump the shark.
Those fatties can barely jump the rope
Does she have kids?
Never mind, I didn’t read it carefully the first time! Good for her! I love Jillian.
Whoa whoa jillian michaels is a female? Cmon yer kidding me… i could swear ive seen the outline of a penis in those spandex!
Couldn’t stand the blonde who replaced her the first time. Hope they get people who are totally different and not just trying to the Jillian squared. Hope they tone down the “game play” too and try to get back to inspirational. Honestly the more I learned about some of the contestants, the less I like them – like Patrick.
hmmm… wonder how many times people will use the term ‘fatties’ in this comments section.
probably a lot.
richard simmons!
Jillian is integral to the show’s central premise that people are fat because their moms/dads/siblings/dogs got cancer/had a heart attack/had a tonsillectomy/got hit by a car. Who else will yell at people to get them to open up about how the death of Skippy the golden retriever made them gain 400 lbs?
I am will you on this message to all you watcher on the show Jillian is the star of the show and get people to talk about what’s up with there life’s Why is he leaving give me a good reason??????
I am will you on this message to all you watcher on the show Jillian is the star of the show and get people to talk about what’s up with there life’s Why is he leaving give me a good reason??????
I think a twist is that one of the new trainers is a previous contestant or winner.
I hope it’s the dude who gained all the weight back. DOUBLE TWIST!
Tara!!!!
Julian was a voice to be reckoned n she stood for wat she said,my hero!
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