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.
| 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 | |
Production
editIn 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.
DVD release
editThe 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]