I Love New York (TV series)
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Main Articles: I Love New York 1 & I Love New York 2
| I Love New York | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The cast of Season 1 | |
| Created by | Cris Abrego Mark Cronin |
| Starring | Tiffany Pollard Michelle Patterson Mauricio "Chamo" Sanchez (Season one) |
| Country of origin | United States " |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 25 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Cris Abrego Mark Cronin Ben Samek |
| Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
| Original release | |
| Network | VH1 |
| Release | January 8, 2007 – January 6, 2008 |
I Love New York is a reality television series on VH1. It features Tiffany Pollard (better known as "New York") in a quest to find her true love. The series is a spin off of another relationship competition series, Flavor of Love, which featured Pollard as a finalist in two consecutive seasons. Season 2's final episode was leaked to the internet a week before the TV air date.[citation needed] After Tango (Patrick S. Hunter), the winner of the show's first season, failed to deliver as New York's soul mate, the second season aired, revealing Tailor Made (George Weisgerber) as New York's chosen flame.
In addition to Pollard, a host of other individuals from Flavor of Love, especially "Sister" Patterson, Pollard's mother, appear on the show to help choose the right man for her. Mauricio Sanchez played New York's assistant, "Chamo," but only for the first season. The production of a second season of I Love New York was first announced during a commercial break for the April 29, 2007, episode of Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School. After the show was wrapped up, the house was used for another VH1 show, Flavor Of Love Girls: Charm School.
On March 6, 2008, The Futon Critic reported that New York would star in New York Goes Hollywood. The show is expected to have 10 episodes of 30 minutes. Another report is that New York and Tailor Made will both star in their own reality show called Only In New York.
On May 8, 2008, Bourgy.com reported that one of the rejected bachelors from I Love New York would have a show that closely follows the format of Flavor of Love.
| Season | Season premiere | Season finale | Reunion show | Winner | Runner-up | Number of contestants | Number of episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season One | January 8, 2007 | April 2, 2007 | April 15, 2007 | Patrick Hunter "Tango" |
Kamal Givens "Chance" |
20 | 12 |
| Season Two | October 8, 2007 | December 17, 2007 | January 6, 2008 | George Weisgerber "Tailor Made" |
Ezra Masters "Buddha" | 20 | 13 |
Trivia
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- Pootie (Lamonty Council) from season one was in War of the Worlds, Ghost and Demons, and Prison Break before he was on I Love New York and threw himself down a flight of stairs.
- Chance and Real were discovered by the VH1 producers through their Myspace pages. Both of the brothers and a third brother are in a rap group known as the Stallionaires.
- Wood (Randy Richwood) was the winner of Mr. Romance on the Oxygen Channel, and was also featured on elimiDATE.
- Heat (Jason Rosell) appeared in Dr. G: Medical Examiner, The Celestine Prophecy, Unemployed, 7-10 Split, and Chill before he was on I Love New York
- Chamo (Mauricio Sanchez) was on Center Stage, The Guiding Light, All My Children, and Date Movie.
- T-Money was on MTV's Next and is an aspiring game show host.
- T-Weed (Kevin Watson) appeared in more than ten television shows or movies all before appearing on I Love New York.
- Tango (Patrick Hunter) was an up and coming rapper and he has supposedly wrote several tracks for well known rappers, R&B singers, and alternative singers.
- Trendz (Hashim Smith) formed a group with his stepbrother as his introduction into the music world, known originally as Ballistic Vocab and later as Intellect-n-Trends. Their official debut came out on Itakks Entertainment in 1999 with the singles “Let’s Get It On” and “Who You Be.”, which sold 5000 copies and was spinning on college radio. He was also part of the studio audience of Yo Momma. He admitted on "Rap Session" that the producers contacted him before he signed up for the show and was only there for his music.
- Bonez (Kevin John) received his BA in theater at Morehouse College in 2004 and set off to Los Angeles to become an actor. Since arriving in Los Angeles, Kevin has appeared in the Korean TV series, "Love Story in Harvard", several commercials, short films, indies, and stage plays.
- 12 Pack (Dave Amerman) was an English/Film major at Montclair State University. He appeared on stage in Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid and performed Gay striptease at the New Jersey Gay bar "Feathers." Dave has directed and acted in several films in which he won Best in Show at the MSU Film Festival. He has also admitted he went on the show to further his acting career.
- Onix (Wil Lash) is currently part of the cast for the feature film "Misunderstandings". He was a former Track & Field star hurdler for Indiana State University. Lash graduated in 1997 as an All-American after running for four years for the Sycamores. He was the runner-up in the Illinois State meet and was an NCAA qualifier. He received his master's of public administration from ISU in 1999.
- Mr. Boston (Lee Marks) admitted that after he moved to Los Angeles his friends suggested he audition for a reality show since he was funny. He chose I Love New York because he felt it was more edgy and more his style even though he did not think he would be interested in New York. He felt he was picked to make the show more interesting. He is also hoping to get his own show and has hinted at " A day in the life of Mr.Boston", a petition was even being signed by his fans to get his own show.
- Sweetie Pie (Darnell Wright) performed over 70 comedy shows in 2006. He is also known as the Myspace bulletin king. [2] Also, he was barely shown in the first episode of the season in which he was a cast member and his ending interview was never shown.
- Mr. Wise (Solomon Wise) was featured on the soundtrack of Bloodline. He has opened for Wu-Tang clan and T-Pain, and appeared on BET's Uncut and Video Mix TV in 2006.
References
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