I Love New York (season 1)
| I Love New York | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
 The cast of I Love New York | |
| Starring | Tiffany Pollard Mauricio Sanchez Michelle Patterson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Release | |
| Original network | VH1 |
| Original release | January 8 – April 15, 2007 |
| Additional information | |
| Website | http://www.vh1.com/shows/i-love-new-york |
| 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[]
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[]
| 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 |
| Onix | 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[]
| # | 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 | Onix | T-Weed | Rico | Real2 | Whiteboy2 | Whiteboy | Real | Tango | Real1 | |
| 4 | Wood | Real | Rico | Onix | 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 | Onix | ||||||
| 10 | Mr. Boston | Token | Chance | Bonez | |||||||
| 11 | Onix | T-Weed | Onix1 | 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.
DVD release[]
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]
After the show[]
- 12 Pack (David Amerman), Heat (Jason Rosell), Chance (Kamal Givens), Real (Ahmad Givens), Mr. Boston (Lee Marks) and Whiteboy (Joshua Gallander) appeared on the first season of I Love Money.
- Bonez (Kevin Peters), Heat (Jason Rosell), Onix (William Lash), and T-Weed (Kevin Watson) appeared on the second season of I Love Money.
- 12 Pack (David Amerman) appeared on Daisy of Love.
- Jason Rosell ("Heat") has appeared on Gilmore Girls,[14] also competed in I Love Money 1 and 2, as well as appearing in several movies and currently working on a 2011 film.
- Mr. Boston (Lee Marks) made a guest appearance on I Love New York 2 and New York Goes to Work.
- Real (Ahmad Givens) and Chance (Kamal Givens) made a guest appearance on I Love New York 2. The duo later appeared on their own VH1 dating game show entitled Real Chance of Love.
- T-Weed (Kevin Watson) appeared in several films.[15]
- Rico (Sandro Padrone) has starred in several pornographic videos under the alias "Marco Rivera".[16] He also appeared on an episode of Judge Joe Brown where he was ordered to pay his roommate (who claimed Padrone had stiffed him on rent for their Hollywood apartment) $3,130.[17]
- Bonez (Keven Peters) was a contestant on an episode of Excused he was the last man standing out of all the three rounds of men who came to the door and in the end was Excused.
- On February 20, 2015, Real (Ahmad Givens) died after his battle with stage 4 colon cancer at the age of 35.[18]
- Chance (Kamal Givens) received a new dating show called One Mo' Chance on the Zeus Network
References[]
- ^ "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. (13 October 2006). "Miss New York: In Her Own Words". AOL Black Voices. Archived from the original on 16 February 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2007.
- ^ Kaplan, Don (16 October 2006). "More 'Love' - 'New York' Snags Own Show". New York Post. p. 100. Archived from the original on 12 October 2010. Retrieved 12 October 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". Retrieved February 23, 2009.
- ^ Deggans, Eric (17 February 2007). "Stepping up to celebrity status". St. Petersburg Times. p. 1. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
- ^ Kinon, Cristina (30 June 2008). "VH1 celebs will get 'money' hungry". New York Daily News. p. 72. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
- ^ Muther, Christopher (28 March 2007). "Man about town". The Boston Globe. p. F.3. Retrieved 9 Mar 2010.
- ^ "Smart SMS Corp. Launches T-Weed Wireless Visa". . 7 (15): 1. 13 April 2007.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "I Love New York - Series 1". Shock Records. Retrieved 18 May 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Gilmore Girls: Just Like Gwen and Gavin".
- ^ Kevin Watson at IMDb
- ^ "Reality Star Turned Porn Star".
- ^ "'I Love New York' Contestant 'Rico' -- Not So Suave". www.tmz.com. TMZ. 21 June 2009.
- ^ Find A Grave - Ahmad Jamal "Real" Givens (1980-2015)
External links[]
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