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
*Originally known as Oyster, but changed it to Red Oyster as she disliked it. *Jefandi Cato died on May 25, 2021, at age 39.
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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 5 girls
"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 the other contestants. 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, and Rain try to break up the ruckus, with Red Oyster and Hottie shielding New York and Rain protecting Pumkin, who screams profanity at New York. Red Oyster informs 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 Rain: Flav felt she had a bit of a temper Dimplez: She did not stand out Apples: She did not stand out Miss Latin: Flav found out she 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.