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I Love New York (TV series)

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I Love New York

The cast of Season 1
Format Reality
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 producer(s) Cris Abrego
Mark Cronin
Ben Samek
Running time 60 minutes (including commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel VH1
Original run January 8, 2007 – present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

I Love New York is a reality television series airing on VH1 that stars 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. In addition to New York herself, her mother, Sister Patterson, persuades her to choose the right man for her. Mauricio Sanchez was 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.

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

I Love New York

Trivia

  • Rico (Sandro Podrone) from season one has been modeling professionally since 2002.
  • 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.
  • Chance and Real where discovered by the VH1 producers through their Myspace pages. Both of the brothers and and a third brother are in a rap group known as the Stallionaires.
  • Wood (Randy Ritchwood) was the winner of Mr. Romance on the Oxygen Channel, and was also featurend 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. Kevin received the "Best Newcomer" award for the 2006 Colsac Theatre Awards. He also appeared in The Pretty Boy Project, Side Trak, Drumline, Boycott, and Dalton's Reward.
  • 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. 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 Star and Field Hurdler. 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. [1]
  • Sweetie Pie (Darnell Wright) performed over 70 comedy shows in 2006. He is also known as the Myspace bulletin king. [2]
  • Mr. Wise (Solomon Wise) was featured on the soundtrack of Bloodline. He is sometimes called the Hiphop Soul child and was a part of Miami's music scene before 1998. He has opened for Wu-Tang clan and T-Pain, and appeared on BET's Uncut and Video Mix TV in 2006.
  • Sweetie Pie aka Darnell Wright was not barely shown in episode one and his ending interview was not shown

References

  Flavor of Love
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Cast: Flavor Flav | Tiffany Pollard | Saaphyri Windsor | Chandra Davis | Nicole Alexander
Seasons: Season 1 | Season 2
Spinoffs: I Love New YorkI Love New York 2Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School

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