Tanisha Thomas

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Tanisha Thomas
Born (1985-08-29) August 29, 1985
Brooklyn, New York
Nationality American
Occupation Reality television personality
Years active 2007-present
Known for Bad Girls Club, Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too, Celebrity Fit Club, Tanisha Gets Married
Spouse(s) Clive Muir (2011-12)

Tanisha Thomas (born August 28, 1985 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American reality television participant. She is mostly known for her appearance in the second season of Oxygen's Bad Girls Club. She would later host the spin off dating game show Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too starting with the second season, and the reunion host for Bad Girls Club seasons after the eighth. In 2010, Thomas competed with other celebrities on the VH1 competition show Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp 2. A year later, SallyAnn Salsano held a press conference with Thomas to greenlight her own show. Salsano had wanted to produce the show, which would be about Thomas' journey as a bride and her planning the wedding with her fiancee Clive Muir who was very unsure about being on the show. Thomas would later accept the deal and the show was later named Tanisha Gets Married. It premiered on Oxygen on May 7, 2012.

Bad Girls Club

In 2007, Tanisha Thomas sent in a casting tape to the casting directors of the Bad Girls Club, an American reality television series.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Thomas was chosen to be one of the seven "bad girls," and filming took place in Los Angeles, California from September to November 2007.[8][9] During the season, Thomas was quickly favored among fans of the show and her catchphrase "pop-off!" became her signature saying.[9][10] Thomas also formed the clique "the hyena sisters" with Hanna Thompson and Neveen Ismail. The "party girls" clique—consisting of Jennavecia Russo, Sarah "Cordelia" Carlise, Melissa "Lyric" Greene and Darlen Escobar—was the hyena sisters' enemy in the house.[11][12]

In January 2011, Oxygen released OxygenLive!, an online talk show hosted by Thomas. It was broadcast after season six debuted on Oxygen, and focused on the cast of season six, occasionally bringing in "bad girls" from earlier seasons. Thomas asked the girls several questions to prompt rumors and confessions.[13] Oxygen had renewed the dating game show Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too[14] with Thomas as the host for the second season.[15] The third season aired on December 5, 2011. Both Koether and Steinfeldt were contestants on season six of Bad Girls Club; Jai was a contestant on season seven.[16][17]

In 2011, SallyAnn Salsano wanted to film Thomas' wedding and her planning it with her fiancee. Salsano and Joel Zimmer held a press conference to talk to Thomas about a possible television documentary based on her wedding planning.[18][19] It follows Thomas, her finance Clive, as they prepare their wedding day.[18] Thomas gave the okay and filming began shortly thereafter.[18][20][21] It was later called Tanisha Gets Married and consisted of seven one-hour episodes airing on Mondays on Oxygen.[22] Tanisha Gets Married premiered on Monday, May 7, 2012, after part two of season eight's reunion special. The show debuted with 1,073,000 viewers, becoming Oxygen's best ever freshman docu-series premiere, according to TV by the Numbers. Compared with Oxygen's time slots in April 2012, Tanisha Gets Married was a 96% increase in all Oxygen's key demos. According to SocialGuide, Tanisha Gets Married ranked number four on the most social series amongst all cable series.[19][23]

Thomas was chosen by producers to host the two-part reunion special for Bad Girls Club season eight.[19] Thomas continued to hosts the reunions.

Personal life

In August 2008, Thomas was sued by an anonymous person who claimed that Thomas bashed his face with a beer mug during an altercation at a Hollywood, California nightclub in November 2007. The scene was recorded during Thomas's time on her season of the Bad Girls Club. After the fight, she was arrested, booked, and spent a few days in jail.[24] Thomas wed Clive Muir[25] at the Thatch Cottage in Long Island, New York on December 4, 2011.[26] She later divorced Clive or got her marriage annulled sometime in early 2012 and does not wear her wedding ring in public anymore.[27]

Other products

Besides working on TV related projects, Tanisha also is working establishing and developing multiple brands and other products. She is planning to release an online plus sized clothing line, titled Plush Diva's Closet. She is also in the works to possibly begin executive producing her own concept.[28]

Filmography

Year Title Notes
2007-08 Bad Girls Club (season 2) Appeared in 24 episodes
2008 Tyra Banks Show Appeared in 2 episodes
My Life on the D-List Appeared in 1 episode
2009 Bad Girls Club (season 3) Appeared in 1 episode
2010 Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp 2 Appeared in 4 episodes
Undatable Appeared in 4 episodes
2011 Bad Girls Club: Back in L.A Reunion guest, appeared in 2 episodes.
2011–present Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too Host, Season 2-Season 4
2012 Tanisha Gets Married Herself
Bad Girls Club: Las Vegas Reunion host, appeared in 2 episodes
Bad Girls Club: Mexico Reunion host, appeared in 3 episodes
2013 The Real Housewives of Atlanta Appeared in 1 episode[29]
Bad Girls Club: Atlanta Reunion host, appeared in 3 episodes
Bad Girls All-Star Battle (season 1) Reunion host, appeared in 2 episodes[30]
Bad Girls Club: Miami II Reunion host, appeared in 3 episodes
2014 Marriage Boot Camp Herself

References

  1. ↑ "MTV Greenlights Additional Seasons of The Challenge, The Real World". MTV News, Broadway World. April 1, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2012. 
  2. ↑ Ng, Philiana (June 1, 2011). "Bunim/Murray Promotes Development Team Behind 'Bad Girls Club'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 4, 2012. 
  3. ↑ Frankel, Danielle (April 2, 2009). "Oxygen renews 'Bad Girls Club'". Variety. Retrieved November 15, 2011. 
  4. ↑ Reynolds, Mike. "Oxygen Orders Third Season Of 'Bad Girls'". multichannel. Retrieved September 28, 2011. 
  5. ↑ Hwang, Kellie. "Bad Girls Club casting for season 8". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved September 28, 2011. 
  6. ↑ Hesse, Monica (July 11, 2008). 'Queen+Bees'%3A+Do+You+Catch+More+Eyes+With+Honey%3F&pqatl=google "'Queen Bees': Do You Catch More Eyes With Honey?". Washington Post. Retrieved September 28, 2011. 
  7. ↑ ""Bad Girls Club" Reunion Drama". CBS News. June 1, 2010. Retrieved November 15, 2011. 
  8. ↑ Cox, Ted (December 4, 2007). "'Bad Girls' try to best 'Victoria's' bra-baring beauties TV & Radio". Daily Herald. Retrieved May 11, 2012.  (subscription required)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Manu, Daniel. "The Queen of Bad Pop offs". TelevisionWithoutPitty. Bravo Media LLC. Retrieved May 11, 2012. 
  10. ↑ "Oxygen Media Launches Bad Girls Club: Afterparty 2/7". Talk TV World. Wisdom Digital Media. Retrieved May 11, 2012. 
  11. ↑ Robert Brehmer (producer), Glenn Carranos (producer), Dana Klein (producer), Kasey Barrett (director), Claudia Frank (director), Esther Frank (director) (December 4, 2007). "Bad Company". Bad Girls Club. Season 2. 30 minutes in. Oxygen.
  12. ↑ Yates, James. "Stay Tuned: 'Twisting' the night away". siLife. Staten Island Advance. Retrieved May 11, 2012. 
  13. ↑ "OxygenLive.com". Oxygen.com. Retrieved February 6, 2011. 
  14. ↑ "Oxygen Plays Matchmaker With "Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too" In March 2010". Oxygen (TVbytheNumbers.com). January 10, 2010. Retrieved January 11, 2010. 
  15. ↑ "Meet the Cast: Season 2". Oxygen.com. Retrieved February 6, 2011. 
  16. ↑ "Love Games:Bad Girls Need Love Too returns on December 5". Thefutoncritic. Retrieved October 4, 2011. 
  17. ↑ Seidman, Robert. "Oxygen's 'Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too' Returns December 5". TV By The Numbers. Zap2it. Retrieved May 11, 2012. 
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Seeton, Reg. "Tansiha Gets Married with Creator SallyAnn Salsano". TheDeadBolt. Barclay Street Productions. Retrieved May 10, 2012. 
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Seidman, Robert. "Over One Million Viewers Tune in to Oxygen's Newest Docu-series 'Tanisha Gets Married'". TV by the Numbers. Zap2it. Retrieved May 10, 2012. 
  20. ↑ Rubino, Lindsay. "Oxygen Greenlights Three Reality Series". Multichannel News. NewBay Media. Retrieved May 11, 2012. 
  21. ↑ Guthrie, Marisa (November 29, 2011). "Oxygen Developing Travis Wall Docuseries, Two More Unscripted Projects". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 11, 2012. 
  22. ↑ Rose, Lacy (October 4, 2011). "'Jersey Shore' Boss Sells Tanisha Thomas Wedding Vehicle to Oxygen". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 11, 2012. 
  23. ↑ "Over One Million Viewers Tune In to Oxygen's Newest Docu-Series "Tanisha Gets Married"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved May 10, 2012. 
  24. ↑ "Clubber: "Bad Girl" Popped Off, Broke My Face". TMZ.com. EHM Productions. Retrieved May 11, 2012. 
  25. ↑ McComb, Mike. "Monday TV: 2 Broke Girls and Castle finales; Tanisha Gets Married". TVLatest. Retrieved May 10, 2012. 
  26. ↑ Emery, Debbie (May 9, 2012). "The Bad Girls ‘Turned My Wedding Into A Funeral!’ Says Tanisha Thomas". RadarOnline. Retrieved May 10, 2012. 
  27. ↑ "Bad Girl Tanisha Thomas Back On The Market??". Talking With Tami. Retrieved January 15, 2013. 
  28. ↑ http://www.realityaired.com/2012/reality-tv-news/love-games-host-tanisha-thomas-talks-curves-marriage-competition-exclusive-interview/
  29. ↑ https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BA9DVJgCIAAYdyY.png
  30. ↑ http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/bad-girls-all-star-battle-reunion-part-1/EP017192100009?aid=zap2it
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