I Love New York season 1

I Love New York
Season 1
The cast of I Love New York
StarringTiffany Pollard
Mauricio Sanchez
Michelle Patterson
No. of episodes12
Release
Original networkVH1
Original releaseJanuary 8 (2007-01-08) –
April 15, 2007 (2007-04-15)
Season chronology
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Season 2

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
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

New York's Call-out 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 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

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

  1. ^ "Casting Call". RealityWanted.com. July 24, 2006. Retrieved January 16, 2007.
  2. ^ "VH1's 'The Flavorette' Now Casting". ConcreteLoop.com. July 31, 2006. Archived from the original on October 28, 2006. Retrieved January 16, 2007.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Development Update: October 30-November 3". the futon critic. November 3, 2006. Retrieved January 16, 2007.
  6. ^ "New York, White Rapper Make VH1 Sing". Multichannel News. January 11, 2007. Retrieved January 13, 2007.
  7. ^ "I Love New York: Series Characters". Archived from the original on January 9, 2007. Retrieved February 23, 2009.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Muther, Christopher (March 28, 2007). "Man about town". The Boston Globe. p. F.3. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
  11. ^ "Smart SMS Corp. Launches T-Weed Wireless Visa". Cardline. 7 (15): 1. April 13, 2007.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "I Love New York - Series 1". Shock Records. Retrieved May 18, 2010.[permanent dead link‍]