I Love New York season 1
| I Love New York | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
.jpg) The cast of I Love New York | |
| Starring | Tiffany Pollard Mauricio Sanchez Michelle Patterson |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Release | |
| Original network | VH1 |
| Original release | January 8 – April 15, 2007 |
| Season chronology | |
I Love New York (season 1) is first season of the VH1 reality television series entitled I Love New York. The first season consisted of 12 episodes, which first aired weekly from January 8, 2007 to April 15, 2007.
Production
[edit]In July 2006, VH1 published a casting call[1] looking for contestants for their new series tentatively titled The Flavorette. Various blogs speculated that the star of this program could be Flavor of Love season one contestants "Rain" (Thela Brown), "Hoopz" (Nicole Alexander) or Pollard.[2] Before the second season finale of Flavor of Love, Pollard denied having her own show[3] but when the Flavor of Love season 2 finale aired, she confirmed she was the "Flavorette" and that she was already down to the final three contestants.[4]
On November 3, 2006, VH1 announced the show's official title: I Love New York.[5] The first commercial for the series aired on December 3, 2006 during the VH1 2006 Big Awards show. The show premiered on Monday, January 8, 2007 and is the most watched series debut in VH1 history.[6]
Contestants
[edit]| Contestant Nickname[7] | Real name | Eliminated |
|---|---|---|
| Tango | Patrick Hunter[8] | Winner |
| Chance | Kamal Givens | Runner-Up |
| Real | Ahmad Givens | Episode 9 |
| Whiteboy | Joshua Gallander | Episode 8 |
| 12 Pack | David Amerman[9] | Episode 7 |
| Mr. Boston | Lee Marks[10] | Episode 6 |
| Rico | Sandro Padrone | Episode 5 |
| Heat | Jason Rosell | Episode 4 |
| Onyx | William Lash | Episode 4 |
| Bonez | Kevin Peters | Episode 3 |
| Pootie | Lamonty Council | Episode 3 (Quit)[q] |
| T-Weed | Kevin Watson[11] | Episode 3 |
| Romance | Ricky Perillo | Episode 2 |
| Token | Chase Irwin | Episode 2 |
| Trendz | Hashim Smith | Episode 2 |
| Ace | Darin Darnell | Episode 1 |
| Jersey | Bryant Covert | Episode 1 |
| T-Bone | Tyrone Ellis | Episode 1 |
| T-Money | Thomas Young | Episode 1 |
| Wood | Randy Richwood | Episode 1 |
- ^[q] Left in episode 3 due to mental distress.
Elimination order
[edit]| # | Naming | Episodes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | ||
| 1 | Rico | Whiteboy | Whiteboy1 | Tango | Chance | Real | 12 Pack | Chance2 | Chance | Chance1 | Tango |
| 2 | Pootie | Tango | Real | Real | 12 Pack2 | 12 Pack | Real | Whiteboy | Real | Tango 1 | Chance |
| 3 | Tango | Onyx | T-Weed | Rico | Real2 | Whiteboy2 | Whiteboy | Real | Tango | Real1 | |
| 4 | Wood | Real | Rico | Onyx | Whiteboy | Chance | Tango | Tango | Whiteboy | ||
| 5 | Whiteboy | Heat | Mr. Boston | 12 Pack | Tango | Mr. Boston | Chance | 12 Pack | |||
| 6 | 12 Pack | Bonez | Tango | Chance | Rico | Tango | Mr. Boston2 | ||||
| 7 | Heat | Trendz | Heat | Whiteboy | Mr. Boston | Rico | |||||
| 8 | T-Bone | 12 Pack | Pootie | Mr. Boston | Heat2 | ||||||
| 9 | Jersey | Pootie | Bonez | Heat | Onyx | ||||||
| 10 | Mr. Boston | Token | Chance | Bonez | |||||||
| 11 | Onyx | T-Weed | Onyx1 | T-Weed2 | |||||||
| 12 | T-Weed | Romance | 12 Pack1 | Pootie | |||||||
| 13 | Ace | Rico | Trendz | ||||||||
| 14 | Trendz | Mr. Boston | Token | ||||||||
| 15 | Bonez | Chance | Romance | ||||||||
| 16 | T-Money | Jersey | |||||||||
| 17 | Real | Wood | |||||||||
| 18 | Chance | T-Bone | |||||||||
| 19 | Token | Ace | |||||||||
| 20 | Romance | T-Money | |||||||||
- Episode 10 was a clip show
- Episode 8 New York eliminated Whiteboy, no chains were handed out and the remaining contestants' names are listed in alphabetical order.
- The contestant won the competition.
- The contestant voluntarily withdrew from the competition.
- The contestant was eliminated.
The following numbers indicate which type of date the contestant won:
- 1 The contestant won a group date with New York. On Episode 9, New York has a date with Tango, and another with Real and Chance. Their parents joined their sons on dates.
- 2 The contestant won a solo date with New York.
Episodes
[edit]Season 1 (2007)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Do You Have Love for New York?" | January 7, 2007 | |
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After getting her heart broken twice by Flavor Flav, New York invites 20 suitors to live in her mansion in a quest to find true love. | ||||
| 2 | 2 | "The Mangeant" | January 15, 2007 | |
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The guys compete in a beauty pageant, New York suspects Trendz is only on the show to promote his music, and Romance accuses 12 Pack of two-timing. | ||||
| 3 | 3 | "Big Ballers" | January 22, 2007 | |
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Whiteboy gets some tragic news about a friend back home, New York evaluates the guys' earning potential, and Pootie's behavior alarms the house. | ||||
| 4 | 4 | "What's Up Dog?" | January 29, 2007 | |
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The guys break into teams to design and build dog houses, New York questions Heat's priorities, and everybody heads to church. | ||||
| 5 | 5 | "Who's Got Game?" | February 12, 2007 | |
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Boston tries getting into shape with 12 Pack's help, WNBA star Tamara Moore tests the guys on the court, and conflict erupts as the suitors vie for alone time with New York. | ||||
| 6 | 6 | "Momma Said Knock You Out" | February 19, 2007 | |
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The guys show their parenting skills by looking after a group of girls, Sister Patterson tasks the guys with making dinner, and a boxing challenge gets personal between Chance and Boston. | ||||
| 7 | 7 | "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" | March 5, 2007 | |
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New York gets the 411 on her five remaining suitors by spending a day with their exes, and the guys feel the heat when old flames show up to dinner. | ||||
| 8 | 8 | "Gettin' Hot in the Desert" | March 12, 2007 | |
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Tango and Real spar at a two-on-one dinner with New York, and White Boy and Chance must rise to the challenge of sharing a hot-air balloon date. | ||||
| 9 | 9 | "Momma's Boys" | March 19, 2007 | |
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New York is wowed by Chance's showmanship at the horse farm, Tango and his mom try to impress during dance class, and Sister Patterson has a proposal for Chance. | ||||
| 10 | 10 | "How She Took a Chance and Learned to Tango" | March 26, 2007 | |
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New York looks back at key moments from the show with never-before-seen footage of 12 Pack's lap-dance fiasco, Chance's feud with Boston, Pootie's out-of-pocket behavior and more. | ||||
| 11 | 11 | "The Final Adios" | April 27, 2007 | |
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New York heads to Mexico to spend quality time with her two remaining suitors before making a final decision. | ||||
| 12 | 12 | "Reunion" | April 15, 2007 | |
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New York joins host La La Anthony to catch up with her most memorable suitors, hear the truth from Sister Patterson and reunite with her fiance Tango. | ||||
DVD release
[edit]The complete first season DVD was released October 2, 2007 for publicity for the second season. It contains all eleven episodes including the reunion special.[12] An Australian DVD was released on November 1, 2008.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Casting Call". RealityWanted.com. July 24, 2006. Retrieved January 16, 2007.
- ^ "VH1's 'The Flavorette' Now Casting". ConcreteLoop.com. July 31, 2006. Archived from the original on October 28, 2006. Retrieved January 16, 2007.
- ^ Daniels, Karu F. (October 13, 2006). "Miss New York: In Her Own Words". AOL Black Voices. Archived from the original on February 16, 2007. Retrieved January 16, 2007.
- ^ Kaplan, Don (October 16, 2006). "More 'Love' - 'New York' Snags Own Show". New York Post. p. 100. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2010.
- ^ "Development Update: October 30-November 3". the futon critic. November 3, 2006. Retrieved January 16, 2007.
- ^ "New York, White Rapper Make VH1 Sing". Multichannel News. January 11, 2007. Retrieved January 13, 2007.
- ^ "I Love New York: Series Characters". Archived from the original on January 9, 2007. Retrieved February 23, 2009.
- ^ Deggans, Eric (February 17, 2007). "Stepping up to celebrity status". St. Petersburg Times. p. 1. Archived from the original on December 25, 2010. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
- ^ Kinon, Cristina (June 30, 2008). "VH1 celebs will get 'money' hungry". New York Daily News. p. 72. Archived from the original on August 5, 2011. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
- ^ Muther, Christopher (March 28, 2007). "Man about town". The Boston Globe. p. F.3. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
- ^ "Smart SMS Corp. Launches T-Weed Wireless Visa". Cardline. 7 (15): 1. April 13, 2007.
- ^ "Best Sellers - I Love New York: The Complete Unrated First Season [3 Discs] DVD / NR / 2007". Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved September 28, 2007.
- ^ "I Love New York - Series 1". Shock Records. Retrieved May 18, 2010.[permanent dead link]