The third season of Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too premiered on December 5, 2011, with Tanisha Thomas returning as the host.[1] The season ran for eight episodes and concluded on January 23, 2012.
| Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too | |
|---|---|
| Season 3 | |
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| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Oxygen |
| Original release | December 5, 2011 – January 23, 2012 |
| Season chronology | |
Format
editAlumni from previous seasons of The Bad Girls Club are "looking for the man of their dreams." For season three, Three "bad girls" have a choice of 13 bachelors to explore love, friendships, etc. The bad girls are Sydney and Kori from Season 6 and Judi from Season 7. Each week features a variety of challenges. The "bad girls" battle it out and compete to be the "HBIC" - Head Bad Girl In Charge.[2] Instead of season 1 with each "bad girl" choosing who is up for elimination, the "HBIC" chooses who is up for elimination.
Cast
edit"Bad Girls"
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| Name | BGC season | Eliminated |
|---|---|---|
| Judi Jai | Season 7 | Winner |
| Kori Koether | Season 6 | Runner-up |
| Sydney Steinfeldt | Season 6 | Episode 7 |
Contestants
edit| Name[3] | Age | Hometown | Title name | Eliminated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Goodman[4] | 23 | Atlanta, Georgia | The Gentleman G. | Winner |
| John "Slim" Marshal | 23 | Atlanta, Georgia | The Player | Episode 8, runner-up |
| Joey Paggi | 21 | Gainesville, Florida | The Funny Guy | Episode 8, runner-up |
| Edson Segarra | 23 | Atlantic City, New Jersey | The Silly Guy | Episode 8 |
| Nick Heldreth | 25 | Kailua, Hawaii | Mr. All American | Episode 8 |
| Jonathan Peterburs[5] | 23 | Trenton, New Jersey | Freaky Jon P | Episode 7 |
| Chris Kirk | 21 | San Diego, California | The Boy Next Door | Episode 6 |
| Robby Fiore | 25 | Chicago, Illinois | The Model | Episode 5 |
| Pasquale Ugenti | 24 | New Rochelle, New York | Mr. In Your Face | Episode 4 |
| Jordan Cuesta | 21 | Miami, Florida | The Latin Rapper | Episode 3 |
| Michael Vaidik | 24 | Bloomington, Indiana | The Ultimate Bro | Episode 2 |
| Nick Freeman | 24 | Baltimore, Maryland | Mr. Keeping It Real | Episode 1 |
| Dusty Humfeld | 23 | La Crosse, Wisconsin | The Farm Boy | Episode 1 |
Game history
edit| Contestants | Episodes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| Judi | SAFE | HBIC | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | HBIC | HBIC | WINNER |
| Kori | HBIC | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | HBIC | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM |
| Sydney | SAFE | SAFE | HBIC | HBIC | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | |
| Matthew | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM 3 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WINNER |
| John | BTM 3 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM |
| Joey | BTM 3 | BTM 3 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM 3 | BTM 3 | ELIM |
| Nick H. | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM 3 | BTM 3 | ELIM |
| Edson | BTM 3 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM 3 | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM |
| Jonathan | BTM 3 | SAFE | BTM 3 | SAFE | BTM 3 | SAFE | ELIM | |
| Chris | SAFE | BTM 3 | SAFE | BTM 3 | SAFE | ELIM | ||
| Robby | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | |||
| Pasquale | SAFE | SAFE | BTM 3 | ELIM | ||||
| Jordan | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | |||||
| Michael | SAFE | ELIM | ||||||
| Nick F. | ELIM | |||||||
| Dusty | ELIM | |||||||
- The contestant is the Bad Girl
- The contestant is a male
- This contestant was the HBIC
- This contestant was put in the bottom 3 by the HBIC
- This contestant was eliminated
Episodes
edit| No. | Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Let the Bad Begin" | December 5, 2011 | 0.58[6] | |
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Three former Bad Girls meet 13 eligible guys looking for love. Tensions between Kori and Sydney come to blows. | ||||
| 2 | "Boys and Battle Raps" | December 12, 2011 | 0.68[7] | |
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The ladies must show rhyme and reason by displaying their rap skills before guest judge Too $hort. In other news, drama swells and alliances alter when Judi inches toward one of Sydney's suitors. | ||||
| 3 | "Rock the Boat" | December 19, 2011 | 0.53[8] | |
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The ladies bask in a bash on a tiki boat, but it doesn't go swimmingly well when one suitor irritates the others. | ||||
| 4 | "Heartbeats and Heartache" | December 26, 2011 | 0.54[9] | |
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Anger erupts when Sydney and Kori conspire against Judi. Meanwhile, Sydney's fixation with a suitor affects her game; and the ladies get down and dirty in a ploy to win over the bachelors. | ||||
| 5 | "Ex's and Oh's" | January 2, 2012 | 0.76[10] | |
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Exes from the men's pasts make an unforeseen visit, turning the matchmaking competition upside down. Their surprise arrival aggravates Sydney. The girls and the contestants are split up into 3 teams where they put on a show for the boys' exes. Afterward, the girls ask the contestants and their exes intimate questions pertaining to their love life. | ||||
| 6 | "Diamonds Are a Bad Girl's Best Friend" | January 9, 2012 | 0.77[11] | |
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The guys buy jewelry for the girls, and the girl with the highest dollar amount will win HBIC. Judi's insecurities get the best of her and John continues to play mind games with Sydney. | ||||
| 7 | "Players Will Play" | January 16, 2012 | 0.80[12] | |
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A succession of extreme dares challenges the women, and the game comes to a swift end for one lady. Natalie Nunn makes an appearance, fraying nerves in the process. | ||||
| 8 | "Happily Ever After" | January 23, 2012 | N/A | |
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The winning couple is revealed in the Season 3 finale. | ||||
References
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- ^ "Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too Cast — Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too Cast". Poptower.com. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
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