Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too (season 1)

Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love (season 1)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	8
Broadcast
Original channel	Oxygen
Original run	March 16, 2010 – May 4, 2010
Season chronology
← Previous — Next → Love Games 2

Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too (season 1) is the first season of the Oxygen reality television series, Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too. It is also the first season to the spin-off of the Oxygen reality television series, The Bad Girls Club. The eight one hour season was hosted by Bret Ernst^[1].

Contents 1 Format 2 Premise 3 Cast 3.1 "Bad Girls" 3.2 Contestants 4 Elimination Chart 4.1 Notes 5 Episodes 6 Season 1 Episodes 7 References 8 External links

Format

Alumni from previous seasons of The Bad Girls Club are "looking for the man of their dreams." It takes place in one of the original "Bad Girl" houses used to film previous seasons. Three "bad girls" have a choice of 13 bachelors to explore love, friendships, etc. Each weeks features a variety of challenges and group dates. As the show goes on, the dates become more solo while the girls "pick the man of their dreams."

Premise

Love Games features three former "bad girls" from The Bad Girls Club—Amber Meade and Sarah Michaels, both of season three, and Kendra James of season four.^[2][3] The show revolves around the three girls trying to find the right man out of thirteen bachelors. Each week features challenges for the bachelors and group dates.^[4] Bret Ernst hosts the eight one-hour episode season.^[4] It premiered after The Bad Girls Club's season four first two-part reunion special on March 16, 2010, at 11 p.m. ET/PT, but moved to its regular timeslot on March 30 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The season finale aired on May 4, 2010.^[4]

Cast

"Bad Girls"

Name[5]	BGC Season
Amber Meade	Season 3
Kendra James	Season 4
Sarah Michaels	Season 3

Contestants

Name[6][7]	Hometown	Title Name	Eliminated
Akoni Clubb	Makawao, Hawaii	Lei’d Back Surfer	Episode 4
Dan Michael	Seattle, Washington	The Hopeless Romantic	Episode 6
Dante Ross	Barrington, New Jersey	The Jersey Chef	Episode 2
Dathan Brown	Albuquerque, New Mexico	The Devout Christian	Episode 1
Devan Greene	Sherman Oaks, California	Mister Universe	Episode 5
Joe Piccirello	Glendale, Arizona	The Guy Next Door	Episode 7
Joey Malloque	Gig Harbor, Washington	MILF Hunter	Episode 1
Justin Redd	Fullerton, California	The Player	Episode 8
Kyle Tosh	Moore, Ohio	Small Town Thrill Seeker	Episode 1
Matt Cosmos	Middlebury, Connecticut	The Rowdy Athlete	Won for Kendra (Matt and Kendra runners-up)
Michael Hopkins	Syracuse, New York	The Intellect	Episode 3
Nick Christensen	San Diego, California	The Scarred Lover	Won for Sarah
Tim Holloway	Pevely, Missouri	The Businessman	Episode 8

Elimination Chart

	Episode 1		Episode 2	Episode 3	Episode 4	Episode 5	Episode 6	Episode 7	Episode 8
Trophy Winner	Devan	None	Akoni	Nick	Devan	Devan	Justin	Nick
Bottom Three	Dan Joey	Akoni Dan Kyle	Tim Devan Dante	Dan Devan Michael	Nick Justin Akoni	Matt Joe Devan	Tim Nick Dan	Tim Matt Joe
Nick	Safe	Safe	Safe	Trophy	Bottom 3 (Kendra)	Safe	Bottom 3 (Kendra)	Trophy	Winner (Sarah)
Matt	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 3 (Kendra)	Safe	Bottom 3 (Sarah)	Winner (Kendra)
Justin	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 3 (Amber)	Safe	Trophy	Safe	Eliminated (Episode 8)
Tim	Safe	Safe	Bottom 3 (Kendra)	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 3 (Amber)	Bottom 3 (Amber)	Eliminated (Episode 8)
Joe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 3 (Sarah)	Safe	Bottom 3 (Kendra)	Eliminated (Episode 7)
Dan	Bottom 2	Bottom 3 (Sarah)	Safe	Bottom 3 (Amber)	Safe	Safe	Bottom 3 (Sarah)	Eliminated (Episode 6)
Devan	Trophy	Safe	Bottom 3 (Sarah)	Bottom 3 (Kendra)	Trophy	Trophy (Amber)	Eliminated (Episode 5)
Akoni	Safe	Bottom 3 (Amber)	Trophy	Safe	Bottom 3 (Sarah)	Eliminated (Episode 4)
Michael	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 3 (Sarah)	Eliminated (Episode 3)
Dante	Safe	Safe	Bottom 3 (Amber)	Eliminated (Episode 2)
Kyle	Safe	Bottom 3 (Kendra)	Eliminated (Episode 1)
Dathan	Safe	Expelled	Eliminated (Episode 1)
Joey	Bottom 2	Eliminated (Episode 1)
Notes	See note 1	See note 2	none			See note 3	none	See note 4	none

Notes

• ^Note 1 : In Episode 1, Joey was eliminated for being ranked last in the challenge.
• ^Note 2 : In Episode 1, Dathan was expelled from the house by Kendra, Amber, and Sarah for having a current girlfriend.
• ^Note 3 : In Episode 5, Devan was eliminated despite winning the Trophy Challenge.
• ^Note 4 : In Episode 7, Amber was also eliminated.

Episodes

The following is an episode list for season 1's Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too. It is the spin-off to Oxygen's The Bad Girls Club. It premiered on March 16, 2010 (2010-03-16) at 11 PM ET/PT on the Oxygen Network after The Bad Girls Club Season 4 two-part reunion hosted by Perez Hilton.^[8] It was later moved to its original time, Tuesdays 10PM ET/PT.

Season 1 Episodes

Series #	Season #	Title	Directed by	Original air date	Production code
1	1	"What a Girl Wants!"	Johnathan Murray[9]	March 16, 2010 (2010-03-16)	101
Three original "bad girls", Amber Meade, Kendra James, and Sarah Michaels, from previous seasons of The Bad Girls Club are searching for the "man of their dreams" out of thirteen bachelors. It features challenges, dates, eliminations, etc. The season started out with all thirteen bachelors walking up the drive-way of Bad Girls Club Season 4 mansion. The mansion has been remodeled to make the room where Kate, Kendra, and Amber slept into a masculine room for the bachelors. There are thirteen beds for each bachelor with a moose head mounted above the fireplace. Other rooms in the house were redecorated like the pool-room, kitchen, and where the phone room was in Season 4 to a bed hanging by chains. Three bachelors are removed/eliminated in this episodes Notes:      Joey is eliminated.      Dathan is removed.      Kyle is eliminated.
Series #	Season #	Title	Directed by	Original air date	Production code
2	1	"Fired Up"	Johnathan Murray[10]	March 23, 2010 (2010-03-23)	102
The guys faced a challenged for cooking for the three "bad girls." With the girls able to pick two bachelors for their date, Sarah only picked Tim because he was the only one who cooked for her. Sarah and Tim make a connection with each other. There's tension between Dante and Dan. Notes:      Dante is eliminated.
Series #	Season #	Title	Directed by	Original air date	Production code
3	1	"Rhythm Method"	Johnathan Murray[11]	March 30, 2010 (2010-03-30)	103
The bachelors faced a challenge to sing to the girls. In each box they had to wrap was a genre of music they would have to sing. Amber, Kendra, or Sarah will get the gift. The bachelor who wrapped the present one of the girls picked had to create a song to serenade to whomever opened the present. Tensions flare up between Tim and Nick for Sarah's love. Notes:      Michael is eliminated.
Series #	Season #	Title	Directed by	Original air date	Production code
4	1	"Shopped or Be Dropped"	Johnathan Murray[12]	April 6, 2010 (2010-04-06)	104
The bachelors had to face a challenge of buying dresses an accessories for the girls. There were two teams of four bachelors. At the club, Nick tried to get Sarah jealous by flirting with Kendra. Amber opened herself to new men, including Dan. Kendra is confused on which men to focus on. Notes:      Akoni is eliminated.
Series #	Season #	Title	Directed by	Original air date	Production code
5	1	"Hang Tough"	Johnathan Murray[13]	April 13, 2010 (2010-04-13)	105
The bachelors faced a challenge of athletics. The guys had to swim and save the sex toy doll, race, and carry the girls across the beach with dropping her. Sarah makes another connection with Tim. Notes:      Devan is eliminated.
Series #	Season #	Title	Directed by	Original air date	Production code
6	1	"Kicked to the Curb"	Johnathan Murray[14]	April 20, 2010 (2010-04-20)	106
Two groups of the bachelors scatter the streets of L.A. to find items on a certain list. The winning group had to go on another scavenger hunt with the ladies on finding romantic and sexual sentences of other languages. The first bachelor and "bad girl" back got to have special time together on top of the double-decker bus. Notes:      Dan is eliminated.
Series #	Season #	Title	Directed by	Original air date	Production code
7	1	"Couple Up"	Johnathan Murray[15]	May 4, 2010 (2010-05-04)	107
Tanisha Thomas from season 2 of The Bad Girls Club guest stars. The guys had to face the challenge on devoting their love to the "bad girl" they're focusing on in an unusual way. At elimination, host Bret Ernst tells the girls shocking news that they have to also eliminate one of the "bad girls." Notes:      Joe and Amber are eliminated.
Series #	Season #	Title	Directed by	Original air date	Production code
8	1	"Last Man Standing"	Johnathan Murray[16]	April 27, 2010 (2010-04-27)	108
The "bad girls" have the final decision to what bachelor they would pick. Each bachelor gets to have a solo date with the "bad girl" they were focusing on. At the end, Kendra and Sarah pick which bachelor they want to be with. At the end, Amber picks who the winning couple is. Notes:      Justin and Tim are eliminated.      Kendra picks Matt; Sarah picks Nick. Nick and Sarah are the winning couple.

References

External links

• Official website
• Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too (season 1) at TV.com

Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too Seasons Season 1 (2010)  · Season 2 (2011)  · Season 3 (2011) Preceded By The Bad Girls Club · Bad Girls Road Trip