Bad Girls Club (season 4)

Bad Girls Club (season 4)

The original seven "bad girls" of season four. L to R: Annie, Portia, Natalie, Kate, Kendra, Flo, Amber
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 16
Broadcast
Original channel Oxygen
Original run December 1, 2009 – March 23, 2010
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Bad Girls Club 4 is the fourth season of the Oxygen reality television series, The Bad Girls Club. The fourth season was also the last season to film in Los Angeles, California[1] until season six, which filmed in Hollywood, California. Bad Girls Club 4 became Oxygen's "most watched Television show" beating out the previous season.[1] Bad Girls Club 4 premiered on Oxygen on December 1, 2009. The two-part reunion special aired March 16, 2010, and part two on March 23, 2010, with Perez Hilton returning as the host.[2] Season 4 was the first season to have had two parts reunion shows.

Contents

Production

The Bad Girls Club 4 was produced by Bunim/Murray Productions with Kasey Barrett, Claudia Frank and Esther Frank returning as the main producers of the show.[3] Oxygen networks renewed its series "The Bad Girls Club" two months prior the season premiere of season 5.[4] Production of the season 4 began in June 2009 in Los Angeles County, California, similar to season's 1-3.[4] Casting for season 4 was done by the head-casting Aja Kimura and over twenty other casting directors.[3] Casting began several weeks before the season premiere of season 3 with potential applicants submitting video tape submissions. Applications were due by November 30, 2008.[4] Casting calls, similar to previous seasons of the Bad Girls Club, began in Los Angeles, California and later other major cities Atlanta, Georgia, Buffalo, New York, Oakland, California, Chicago, Illinois, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[4]

The Bad Girls Club: House

The Bad Girls Club house, similar to previous seasons, features free accessories such as shoes, purses, and jewelries which were displayed as add-ons on the walls of the house. Inside the house, in the middle, has a "light fixture" which features, "girly" colors such as pink and purple décor. The fixture was also made up of patterns of high heels which was displayed above the centered circular small black couch. In the living room, the girls was given spotted light color couches which was in front of paintings of various cities. Close to the paintings, were, the "Bad Girls Club oath" which sits above the fireplace. The girls was also give a 1960s replica of a wall Trimphone, instead of today's modern house phones. Inside the girls rooms, features adult toys and statues of half naked men which were displayed on the walls of some of the girls rooms. Like season 4, season 5 also had the "Screaming O" vending machine which the girls had to pay a fee in order to receive adult toys, similar to a full-line vending. The vanity room, also features, 1960s furniture, which the girls go constantly to apply beauty supplies and/or get ready for a night club. The jacuzzi was placed, alongside, in front of the computer which had speakers cornering the computer. The jacuzzi was also placed inside the bad girls house. In the back of the house, the girls was given a modern pool, and a outside modern swing, which the girls could get some shade. Inside the pool, however, features a queen size floating bed which floats around the pool. The kitchen features a more 1970s look, with light patterns. The girls were also given gas stoves. The kitchen table featured light green, black, white, and orange colors.[5]

Around the house, former bad girls, most famous quotes and a picture of themselves were displayed all over the mansion. For the "new comers" their self-portraits were left blank. When Natalie and Annie showed up first inside the house, they quickly targeted the other new girls pictures with first impression comments, which didn't sit right when the girls began arriving to the house. Once Portia left, her most famous quote was displayed, along with her photo, in the bad girls house. During the season finale of season 4, all seven girls were given their spot on the walls with their most famous quotes and a picture of themselves.

Pictures of former bad girls housemates were displayed around the house, where the most intense arguments, fights, and break-downs occurred, a photo of their breakdowns were also featured in the locations where the moment had happened.

Format

The format remained largely unchanged from previous seasons. A group of seven rebellious women who are between the ages of 21 and 27 move into a mansion and must try to co-exist with different personalities, lifestyles, race and sexual orientation. Most importantly they must try to adapt to the frequent changes of moods and behaviors of their roommate.[6] The seven "original" bad girls must also abide by all the rules that were given to them prior to moving in such as no physical violence towards anyone including the producers, the girls must not intrude a "bad girls" production room and must tolerate various interviews in their diary rooms.[6] The girls must also follow normal rules of the country when leaving the house to go on dates, personal tasks and/or parting. During the show, the girls are put into situations where some must divide the house, create havoc to satisfy oneself, book parties and hook ups in clubs, groceries shopping and they must also juggle everything including their own personal lives.[6] The girls are allowed to contact their families and their personal relationship partners, the girls are given either a laptop or a big screen TV that futures a home computer. The girls are also allowed to have frequent visitors to see them.[6] The girls must go through tough situations such as fights (arguments, spit at, food fights, breaking of personal belongings, and personal attacks) and physical fighting such as physically touching another "bad girl" with intentions of hurting that person, which is what each season of girls has to overcome.[6] The girls are thrown in the house and are there to co-exist and must tolerate everyone in order to "make it" at the end of the season and they accomplish this by staying in the show without being removed due to physical fighting.[6]

In some cases, some "bad girls" may wish to leave the show due to a number of reasons. For example, issues at home, girls thinking that they are better than the others or mostly due to the fact that some could not deal with the tensions and stress. Some of the females had to deal with bullying and double tagging a "bad girl".[6] A replacement is usually introduced in the house an episode or two after one bad girl leaves the show or is removed. The "original" bad girls are then seen dominate and stick together to try to intimidate the replacements unless the "newbies" are just like them.[6] Bullying and tag teaming are seen throughout the series of the Bad Girls Club due to making personal friends and having ones back or if a group of girls dislike another they would form a way to make sure that the other girl is gone within a day of bullying.[6] At the end of the show, some girls change their ways which is the key of the show to change the girls "bad behaviors" and turn them into role models by placing seven girls of the same behavior with different reasons as being "bad" in one house.[6]

“ A Bad Girl knows what she wants and how to get it. She makes her own way, makes her own rules and she makes no apologies. A Bad Girl blazes her own trail and removes obstacles from her path. A Bad Girl fights and forces her way to the top with style and beauty. A Bad Girl believes in jumping first and looking later. People will love you. People will hate you. Others will secretly wish to be you. A Bad Girl is you ”

—Bad Girls Club oath[6]

Above is the Bad Girls Club oath which was introduced in the third season of the Bad Girls Club.[6]

Cast

The Bad Girls Club takes seven individual self-proclaim "bad girls" who have serious anger problems who move into a luxurious bachelor pad in Los Angeles who are dealt with numerous camera crew who films every minute of the girls personal life and relationships and their fights with each other.[7]

Name Location "Bad Girl" nickname Age [8]
Amber McWha Morgantown, West Virginia "The Trash Talker" 23
Annie Andersen Los Angeles, California "The Control Freak" 25
Florina "Flo" Kaja Staten Island, New York "The Enforcer" 26
Katherine "Kate" Squillace Boston, Massachusetts "The Prima Donna" 23
Kendra James Charlotte, North Carolina "The Double Standard" 22
Natalie Nunn Oakland, California "The Socialite" 24
Portia Beaman Kansas City, Missouri "The Pistol" 24
Raven Symone Long Island, New York "The Sexy Rapper" 16

Replacement Bad Girl

In every season of the Bad Girls Club one or more girls will be asked to leave the house either from violence or physical fighting which then gives the producers a chance at a new "bad girl" who arrives to the house in a day or two to replace the fellow bad girl.[1]

Name Location "Bad Girl" nickname Replaced Age [8]
Lexie Woltz Belleville, Illinois "The Wild Child" Portia 21

Duration of cast

Bad Girls Season 4 Episodes
Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6 Episode 7 Episode 8 Episode 9 Episode 10 Episode 11 Episode 12 Season Finale
Amber Amber Amber Amber Amber Amber Amber Amber Amber Amber Amber Amber Amber Amber
Annie Annie Annie Annie Annie Annie Annie Annie Annie Annie Annie Annie Annie Annie
Kendra Kendra Kendra Kendra Kendra Kendra Kendra Kendra Kendra Kendra Kendra Kendra Kendra Kendra
Lexie   Lexie Lexie Lexie Lexie Lexie Lexie Lexie Lexie Lexie
Kate Kate Kate Kate Kate Kate Kate Kate Kate Kate Kate Kate Kate Kate
Natalie Natalie Natalie Natalie Natalie Natalie Natalie Natalie Natalie Natalie Natalie Natalie  
Flo Flo Flo Flo Flo Flo Flo Flo Flo Flo Flo  
Portia Portia Portia Portia Portia   Portia  
Raven Raven Raven Raven Raven Raven Raven Raven Raven Raven Raven

Notes

Key:      = "Bad Girl" appears on this episode.
Key:      = "Bad Girl" replacement arrives.
Key:      = "Bad Girl" voluntarily leaves the show.
Key:      = "Bad Girl" removed from the show.

Episodes

The premiere episode "Off The Wall" earned 1.67 million viewers, becoming the "most watched episode" ever recorded on Oxygen Network history; season six currently holds the title, after successfully earning 1.71 million viewers on its premiere date. "Go With The Flo", starring Florina Kaja, became the most watched episode for the Bad Girls Club, achieving 2.27 million viewers to date, excluding the reunion specials.[9]

After the reunion show, Florina Kaja's spin-off special Bad Girls Club: Flo Gets Married, which centered around Kaja's marriage and pregnancy, was originally entitled as "Go With The Flo" and debuted with 859,000 viewers. Natalie Nunn, another constant of season four, appeared in cameo appearances in the subsequent seasons of Bad Girls Club. Nunn was also a constant on season two of Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too, which centers three former "bad girls" in search of love, which premiered on April 18, 2011 in the United States.

Series # Season # Title Directed by U.S. viewers
(millions)		 Original air date Production code
1 4 "Off The Wall" Kasey Barrett, Claudia Frank, and Esther Frank[10] 1.67[11] December 1, 2009 (2009-12-01) 401
 
Series # Season # Title Directed by U.S. viewers
(millions)		 Original air date Production code
2 4 "I Run L.A!" Kasey Barrett, Claudia Frank, and Esther Frank[10] 1.03[11] December 8, 2009 (2009-12-08) 402
Self-proclaimed house leader Natalie is in for a rude awakening when the other Bad Girls won't bend to her ways; And as the other girls resist Natalie's various attempts at house dominance, Kate quickly discovers her inner Bad Girl when she stands up to Natalie by spraying Windex in Natalies face. Kendra and Natalie's budding alliance is threatened when the two come to blows during an explosive argument which results to Natalie punching her in the face two times.[12] 
Series # Season # Title Directed by U.S. viewers
(millions)		 Original air date Production code
3 4 "No More Mr. Nice Girls" Kasey Barrett, Claudia Frank, and Esther Frank[10] 1.42[11] December 15, 2009 (2009-12-15) 403
Flo unleashes her wrath upon the house when she is not picked up after a pool party. While Kendra lets Natalie stay, the house is split in two ("The Extras" and "The Leads").[13] 
Series # Season # Title Directed by U.S. viewers
(millions)		 Original air date Production code
4 4 "Can Buy Me Love" Kasey Barrett, Claudia Frank, and Esther Frank[10] 1.67[11][15] December 22, 2009 (2009-12-22) 404
Portia's home life takes its toll, and she snaps when Natalie goes too far; Annie tries her luck at speed dating. Portia is sent home immediately after attacking Natalie for "degrading her parenting skills."[14]
Note:      Portia is removed from the show. 
Series # Season # Title Directed by U.S. viewers
(millions)		 Original air date Production code
5 4 "Don't Sweat The New Bitch" Kasey Barrett, Claudia Frank, and Esther Frank[10] 1.82[17] January 5, 2010 (2010-01-05) 405
Newest bad girl Lexie arrives at the house and stumbles into a house divided where she is expected to choose sides; Natalie's relationship with Olamide takes a turn for the worse, leading her to set her sights on a new man.[16]
Note:      Lexie becomes the replacement girl for Portia. 
Series # Season # Title Directed by U.S. viewers
(millions)		 Original air date Production code
6 4 "Paul and Kate Plus Hate" Kasey Barrett, Claudia Frank, and Esther Frank[10] 1.73[19] January 12, 2010 (2010-01-12) 406
Kate's boyfriend Paul visits, bringing out the worst in Natalie and prompting Kate to defend her man's honor which almost leads to a fight between the two caused by Natalie spitting on her; Flo's disapproval of Kendra's promiscuous lifestyle leads to a confrontation between the two which case Kendra slaps Flo & Flo pushes her. While, Lexie has trouble finding a guy she is interested in Los Angeles.[18] 
Series # Season # Title Directed by U.S. viewers
(millions)		 Original air date Production code
7 4 "Bad Break" Kasey Barrett, Claudia Frank, and Esther Frank[10] 2.09[20] January 19, 2010 (2010-01-19) 407
 
Series # Season # Title Directed by U.S. viewers
(millions)		 Original air date Production code
8 4 "Friend? Or Frenemy??" Kasey Barrett, Claudia Frank, and Esther Frank[10] January 26, 2010 (2010-01-26) 408
 
Series # Season # Title Directed by U.S. viewers
(millions)		 Original air date Production code
9 4 "Sex, Lies and Bigfoot" Kasey Barrett, Claudia Frank, and Esther Frank[10] 1.67[22] February 2, 2010 (2010-02-02) 409
Kate's relationship with Paul is doomed after she has a bisexual experience, while Flo and Natalie become fierce rivals.[21] 
Series # Season # Title Directed by U.S. viewers
(millions)		 Original air date Production code
10 4 "Go With The Flo" Kasey Barrett, Claudia Frank, and Esther Frank[10] 2.27[9] February 9, 2010 (2010-02-09) 410
Flo's toxic attitude continues to alienate the girls, leading to the most shocking goodbye in Bad Girls history. Meanwhile, Natalie gains Amber's respect during a street brawl between Amber and a club patron. Amber's boyfriend visits, giving Amber a new sense of hope for their relationship. Flo leaves the house after a fight with Kendra.[23]
Note:      Flo voluntarily removed herself from the show. 
Series # Season # Title Directed by U.S. viewers
(millions)		 Original air date Production code
11 4 "The Puppet Master" Kasey Barrett, Claudia Frank, and Esther Frank[10] February 16, 2010 (2010-02-16) 411
Note:      Natalie is removed from the show.[24] 
Series # Season # Title Directed by U.S. viewers
(millions)		 Original air date Production code
12 4 "Clip Show" Kasey Barrett, Claudia Frank, and Esther Frank[10] February 23, 2010 (2010-02-23) 412
The clip show allows viewers to see what they didn't get to see on TV and also personal thoughts from the original eight bad girls about their season. Included in the special are never-before seen footage and extras that weren't showed on television. Also, Flo makes an unsurprised appearance looking to confront Natalie.[25]
Note:      Flo made a cameo appearance. 
Series # Season # Title Directed by U.S. viewers
(millions)		 Original air date Production code
13 4 "Amber Alert!" Kasey Barrett, Claudia Frank, and Esther Frank[10] March 2, 2010 (2010-03-02) 413
The Ambers from Season 3 visit the girls, and Kate finally break down punches Annie in the face and leaves swinging fighting Amber and Lexie.[26]
Note:      Kate is removed from the show. 
Series # Season # Title Directed by U.S. viewers
(millions)		 Original air date Production code
14 4 "Out With a Bang" Kasey Barrett, Claudia Frank, and Esther Frank[10] March 9, 2010 (2010-03-09) 414
In the Season 4 finale, Kate leaves the house after punching Annie and starting a fight with Amber and Lexie.[27] 
Series # Season # Title Directed by U.S. viewers
(millions)		 Original air date Production code
15 4 "Reunion Part I : Breaking Point" Kasey Barrett, Claudia Frank, and Esther Frank[10] March 16, 2010 (2010-03-16) 115
The girls reunite; Natalie spits on Kate again which causes a fight; Flo's anger leads to a table-flipping showdown with Natalie; hosted by Perez Hilton.[28] 
Series # Season # Title Directed by U.S. viewers
(millions)		 Original air date Production code
16 4 "Reunion Part II : It Ain't Over" Kasey Barrett, Claudia Frank, and Esther Frank[10] March 23, 2010 (2010-03-23) 116
Flo gets to the root of her anger & she attacks Natalie and argues with Perez Hilton; a decision is made; Portia and Natalie face off one last time. Perez Hilton announced that season 5 will see the new bad girls in a brand new location, they are hitting Miami, Florida in Summer 2010.[29] 

References

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