The first season of the VH1 reality television series Flavor of Love brings female contestants into the mansion of Flavor Flav to compete for his love. It aired weekly from January 1, 2006, to April 2, 2006, with a total of ten episodes. This show brought to fame one of the most controversial contestants in reality TV history, Tiffany Pollard, known on the show as "New York".
Contestants ContestantReal NameHometownFinishPlaceBubblezApril Navarro San Diego, CaliforniaEpisode 1 20-16ShellzAmber Kemp Las Vegas, NevadaSmokey Johanna Olson Vancouver, British ColumbiaPicassoSarah Louise Wilson Grand Terrace, CaliforniaCherryMieko Smith Los Angeles, CaliforniaGeorgiaJefandi Cato † North DeKalb, GeorgiaEpisode 215-11RainThela Brown Seattle, WashingtonDimplezMargaret Heinzeroth Chicago, IllinoisApplesMelanie Prudhomme New York, New YorkMiss LatinXotchitl Rodriguez Pasadena, CaliforniaPeachesKim Manning Ponca City, OklahomaEpisode 3 10-9SeriousCristal Steverson Detroit, MichiganSweetieTika Rainn Dunwoody, GeorgiaEpisode 4 8Red OysterAbigail Kintanar Los Angeles, CaliforniaEpisode 5 7 (quit)HottieSchatar Taylor Boston, MassachusettsEpisode 66-5SmileyLeilene Ondrade Toronto, Canada/The PhilippinesGoldieCourtney Jackson Raeford, North CarolinaEpisode 7 4PumkinBrooke Thompson Bakersfield, CaliforniaEpisode 8 3New YorkTiffany Pollard Utica, New YorkEpisode 10 2HoopzNicole Alexander Detroit, Michigan1
Call-out order OrderEpisodes1234567810 1HottieSweetieRed OysterPumkinSmileyGoldiePumkinHoopzHoopz 2SeriousSeriousSweetieRed OysterPumkinNew YorkHoopzNew YorkNew York 3New YorkSmileyPumkinHoopzHoopzPumkinNew YorkPumkin 4SmileyPeachesSmileyNew YorkGoldieHoopzGoldie 5PeachesHoopzGoldieGoldieNew YorkSmileyHottie 6Miss LatinGoldieNew YorkSmileyHottie 7HoopzHottieHottieHottie 8DimplezNew YorkHoopzSweetie 9ApplesPumpkinPeachesSerious 10Red OysterRed Oyster 11GeorgiaGeorgiaRainDimplezApplesMiss Latin 12Sweetie 13Pumkin 14Rain 15Goldie 16BubblezShellzSmokeyPicassoCherry 17 18 19 20 The contestant quit the competition The contestant was eliminated.
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Episodes
"Fifteen Beds and a Bucket of Puke" First aired January 1, 2006
The twenty contestants arrive at the mansion to discover that there are only fifteen beds. When naming the girls, the first person to receive her name is "Oyster," a name she dislikes. Flav gives all of the girls nicknames, but cannot think of one for a particular girl, who tells him she likes scuba diving, so he names her 'Shellz.' Oyster then reveals that she has worn red clothing every day for six years straight, and decides to name herself "Red Oyster", which Flav accepts. Hottie is very aggressive with Flav, which he likes. New York comments about all of the girls being "a loud pack of idiot bitches," sparking her reputation for being the villainess. Goldie drinks too much champagne, vomits, and passes out. Hottie is the first to receive a clock, and Rain manages to get Goldie standing in time for the elimination ceremony, and she is the last person to receive her clock. On her way out Cherry cries and wonders how "Goldie, who puked in a bucket, a gallon of puke" stays. Smokey, Shellz, Picasso, and Bubblez are also eliminated. Eliminated: Bubblez, Shellz, Smokey, Picasso, Cherry Reasons for elimination Flav felt he had not gotten to know any of the five girls, and they didn't stand out.
"Rub a Dub Flav" First aired January 7, 2006
The fifteen remaining contestants engage in a competition where Flav has 10 minutes to spend with each woman in a private hot tub. In the van on the way to the resort, Rain and New York get into a heated argument over New York's unfriendliness towards her, Goldie, Georgia, and Pumkin, when they tried to befriend New York, in which Peaches and Hoopz try to comfort both New York and Rain. At the resort, contestants prepare themselves and their hot tub with candles and drinks to keep Flav entertained. Some of the hot tub settings are nice, but some are strange, such as Hottie's. Flav states "Hottie is very 'dramatical.' She tried to 'hypnotize' me!" In the end, Flav picks Smiley, New York, and Miss Latin for a private roller skating date, where Smiley reveals she was previously married. (It was revealed in the reunion show that she was only divorced one week before the taping of the show.) Later at the house, Pumkin confronts New York about her hostility towards the other contestants in the house, resulting in the two of them fighting and exchanging insults, but Red Oyster, Hottie, Smiley, and Rain try to break up the ruckus, with Red Oyster, Smiley, and Hottie shielding New York and Rain protecting Pumkin, who screams profanity at New York. Pumkin goes to Flav for advice on how to handle the situation with New York, while New York, still attempting to go after Pumkin. Red Oyster, Hottie, and Smiley tell New York that Pumkin is not worth going after. Red Oyster and Hottie get Miss Latin out, by informing Flav that Miss Latin has been calling her ex-boyfriend, Kash, from the house, saying not to hang up. He hangs up on her. Miss Latin, Rain, Georgia, Apples, and Dimplez are eliminated. Apples' and Dimplez's names are never revealed on-screen. Challenge: to keep Flav entertained in a hot tub Winners: Smiley, New York, Miss Latin Eliminated: Georgia, Rain, Dimplez, Miss Latin, Apples Reasons for elimination Georgia: Flav still had not gotten to know her, and she didn't stand out. Rain: Red Oyster and Hottie told Flav that Rain had a bit of a temper. Dimplez: She did not stand out Apples: She did not stand out Miss Latin: Red Oyster and Hottie told Flav that Miss Latin was calling her ex from his house.
"A Friend of Flav's is a Friend of Mine" First aired January 15, 2006
Flav takes the women to visit some of his "old friends" as well as some "new friends." The five contestants who are taken to meet Flav's "old friends" suspect that they will be meeting his celebrity friends (most notably the other members of Public Enemy) but are surprised when they arrive at a senior center where their challenge is to care for and socialize with the elderly. Some girls have fun with the challenge, while some, such as New York, are uncomfortable. Sweetie wins and surprisingly declines to kiss Flav, saying it would take about three more weeks until she was ready.
The five contestants that go to meet Flav's "new friends" are taken to a park where they are challenged to organize and execute a birthday party for young children. Though Pumkin thought she would win, everyone was surprised when Serious did. New York walks out of the senior citizen center when a woman asks her for help with her false teeth, and Pumkin, a substitute teacher, cries after Flav says she was the most distant when playing with the children.
New York accuses Hottie of stealing her jacket because she had stated that she was so competitive that she might cut up someone's clothes, steal, and hide things to win. Hottie rebuffs New York, saying New York is just jealous, because Hottie believes she looks like Beyoncé. New York mockingly tells her she looks more like Luther Vandross. New York's exact words from the unrated DVD to Beyoncé was " Beyonce, sweetie, I'm so sorry that an ugly ass bitch like this would even say that, oh my god." Serious showed her breasts to Hottie and says that if Hottie's "double D's" do not look like hers, then it don't matter. All the girls (mainly New York and Pumkin) then begin confronting Hottie, about past comments she made about being so competitive, that she would quote, "hide things", "cut clothes", "steal", etc, and that if something is missing in the house, they will always come to Hottie. Hottie tells Pumkin, "You need to learn how to read." Pumkin comes back at Hottie with, "I can read you, fat fucking bitch that's all I need to read." New York keeps advising Hottie to quote, "pack all your shit up", because Hottie will be eliminated.
Neither New York nor Hottie is happy when Flav gives them both clocks. Serious does not receive a clock because Red Oyster and Hottie got her out by informing Flav that they believe that she is only here to further her modeling career. Peaches is also eliminated as well. Challenge: to meet some "old" and "new" friends Winners: Sweetie (old), Serious (new) Eliminated: Serious, Peaches Reasons for elimination Serious: Red Oyster and Hottie told Flav that Serious was only there to further her career in modeling. Peaches: Flav said he was not feeling her.
"The Flavor of Chicken" First aired January 22, 2006
The contestants try to impress Flav's mother (Anna Drayton) by accompanying her to church, introducing themselves over tea and pastries at a tea room and by attempting to cook fried chicken. Hottie attempts to cook her chicken in the microwave, stuffed with raw vegetables, as she believed (according to Red Oyster) that the button that said 'chicken' meant that the microwave would cook an entire chicken; it is ultimately presented as raw to Flav and his mother. Goldie says, "Bitch is crazy!" Hoopz wins the cooking competition. Sweetie is disappointed because she hates chicken after an incident when she was five, and is angry that she cooked a chicken for nothing. Hoopz then has dinner with Flav and his mother, who warms up to Hoopz after initially being indifferent to her. Sweetie is eliminated, as Flav doubts whether she really likes him, and argues that she feels that she has shown him several times that she likes him (cooking a chicken, staying up late for a date, etc.) She tells Flav off as she exits the house and calls Flav "retarded" in a New Jersey accent, shocking the other girls. Outside the mansion, she complains that he left a lot of "jokes" in the competition, referring to New York, Red Oyster and Hottie. Challenge: to make fried chicken Winner: Hoopz Eliminated: Sweetie Reason for elimination Sweetie: Flav doubted that she had love for him
"What Happens in Flavor Stays in Flavor" First aired January 29, 2006
Flav takes the seven remaining girls to Las Vegas to test their luck, literally, at a roulette table. Each girl is given $100 in chips and 10 minutes at the wheel. Several of the girls blow their entire stake in one roll. New York wins the most money for Flav by winning $465, earning herself a one-on-one date with him that night. New York confesses her love for Flav, and Flav is troubled when New York admits that she would be upset if he were to kiss other women.
During New York's date with Flav, Hoopz, Goldie, Hottie, Red Oyster, Pumkin, and Smiley go to a strip club. Hoopz is convinced Red Oyster and Hottie are going to tattle on them for going there. When they return from Vegas, Flav organizes a "Five Senses" challenge. Throughout the entire competition, Smiley and New York were the runaway leaders in terms of points accumulated. For the final part of the challenge, Smiley does a very erotic dance (which is uncensored on the DVD). New York attempts an erotic dance and nearly falls through the privacy screen (so Flav could not tell who was who). Due to New York's gaffe, Smiley wins, and she spends time with Flav in his hot tub.