I Love New York season 1

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
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 (2007-01-08) – April 15, 2007 (2007-04-15)
Season chronology

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]}

External links

• I Love New York at VH1.com
• I Love New York at IMDb