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I Love Money season 1
Cast of I Love Money
Created by	Cris Abrego Mark Cronin
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	14
Production
Executive producers	Cris Abrego Mark Cronin Ben Samek Matt Odgers
Running time	60 mins.
Original release
Network	VH1
Release	July 6 – October 12, 2008

I Love Money was a reality television game show that aired on VH1. The show was created by The Surreal Life executive producers Cris Abrego and Mark Cronin. The contestants on this series are from the first two seasons of Flavor of Love, I Love New York and Rock of Love, and are competing in physical and mental challenges in an attempt to win $250,000. Production started in early February 2008, and concluded in March 2008. The show premiered on July 6, 2008 and the casting special aired on July 1. The show is hosted by Craig J. Jackson.

The winner of the competition was Nicole Alexander, also known as Hoopz.

Contestants

• Contestants are in teams from Episodes 1-7. The teams they were on are stated even if they have made it to the individual section of the competition.
• Episode 12 was a recap episode.

Episode Progress

  The contestant won the competition.

  The contestant was chosen to be on the Gold Team by Hoopz.

  The contestant was chosen to be on the Green Team by Whiteboy.

  The contestant was Paymaster.

  The contestant was on the winning team and was safe.

  The contestant did not win the challenge, but was not chosen to be in the Bottom 3.

  The contestant was in the Bottom 3, but was not eliminated.

  The contestant was eliminated, thus their check was voided.

  The contestant was in the Bottom 3 and quit the competition.

  The contestant was last in the challenge and was automatically eliminated.

• Team captains are noted in bold text.
• The asterisk (*) notes the contestant was voted into the Bottom 3, due to another contestant quitting.

Extra Notes:

• In Episode 1, the team captains (Hoopz and Whiteboy) were the only ones who were safe from elimination.
• At the end of Episode 7, Craig announced there would be no more teams.
• In Episode 10, the contestant coming in last place automatically had their check voided.
• Episode 12 was a recap episode.

Episodes

Episode 1: "A Very 'Short Trip'"

First aired July 6, 2008

The 17 contestants arrive at a beach where they must jump into the water to get to shore. Right away, Midget Mac is targeted for being unable to get off the boat easily but 12 Pack lifted him up and put him on land. The contestants then walk up a beach where they find host Craig Jackson. They are told to run into the mansion and make themselves comfortable. Upon entering the mansion, alliances start to form. Destiney, Heather, Heat and 12 Pack form an alliance and old friends Whiteboy, Chance, and Real do the same. Mr. Boston found himself without a bed, but later Mr. Boston finds the bed that Megan and Brandi C hid from him. Next Jackson calls them up one by one and asks them what they would do if they won the grand prize money of $250,000. After they answer he signs the check with their name on it for that amount. Jackson then tells the contestants that they must dress in a bikini for their challenge. Once outside, the challenge is revealed that contestants must get the most amount of money from a money machine. Megan and Brandi C are disqualified and Midget Mac and Chance choose not to participate. The top 3 are revealed as Hoopz, Destiney, and Whiteboy. The top 2 are Hoopz and White Boy, making them team captains. Once back inside the house Rodeo attempts to convince Midget Mac to apologize to Hoopz for calling her a hoe and some degrading names that anger both the women and men of the house, but to no avail. Meanwhile, contestants attempt to make deals to remain in the competition. Mr. Boston approaches Whiteboy and says that they should remain allies because they are both Jewish. At the elimination ceremony Hoopz chooses Rodeo, 12 Pack, The Entertainer, Heather, Toasteee, and Pumkin. Whiteboy chooses Chance, Real, Mr. Boston (saying he's doing so "for mental purposes only"), Heat, Destiney, and Megan. Heat is unhappy to be on Whiteboy's team, as he wanted to be on the same team with 12 Pack. The bottom three was Brandi C, Midget Mac, and Nibblz. Nibblz and Brandi C. try to show off their strength by giving a speech and doing push-ups, where Brandi hurts her ankle, while Nibblz does ten perfect ones. Midget Mac refuses to give a speech. Hoopz then picks Nibblz leaving Whiteboy with the final decision of who to choose last. He ends up choosing Brandi. Midget Mac therefore is not chosen by Hoopz or Whiteboy, being the first eliminated.

• Challenge Winners: Hoopz (1st), Whiteboy (2nd)
• Eliminated: Midget Mac

Episode 2: "Only The Weak Survive"

First aired July 13, 2008

The cell phones the teams received by Craig at the previous elimination ceremony rang with the message that they must choose different captains. Chance insists on being the captain for the Green team, while the Gold team unanimously selects Rodeo. Destiney witnesses the Green team poorly strategizing, and asks if she can step up as captain, and then they make her the captain. The challenge was a reference to the event on Flavor of Love 2, when H-Town and Saaphyri involved themselves in a fist fight over a bed. The bed was to be suspended over water, and when someone steps over a certain line, one half of the bed drops. The object was to use giant sticks to knock the opponent off the bed. If a contestant grabs onto the cables, or their flower stick gets knocked into the water, the contestant will be disqualified and the opposing contestant gets a point. The team that received the most points out of five rounds would be crowned the winning team. Whiteboy and 12 Pack battle, which results in a point for the Green team. The Entertainer and Heat are up next, where The Entertainer knocks Heat's stick out of his hands which results in a disqualification. The Gold team therefore ties with the Green team. Real and Hoopz battle next, and Hoopz ends up victorious although Real lies and says it was because he didn't want to harm a girl and he realizes he likes Hoopz. Rodeo and Chance were next to compete, and Rodeo got her head stuck in the wires, literally choking her, and instead of continuing to beat her, Chance freed Rodeo and the Green team was a point away from winning. The next two were chosen as Mr. Boston (Destiney says, "for being the only boy on the team left") and Nibblz. Mr. Boston won the match, giving the Green team the win. The Gold team selected Pumkin, Nibblz, and Toasteee as the bottom three for the round because of their apparent weakness. Destiney, as the captain of the winning team, was in charge of the elimination. Before meeting with Destiney, Pumkin and Toasteee formed an alliance in hope of eliminating Nibblz. To give them time together, the four sat and watched a Mexican dance ensemble perform. While dancing along, Toasteee pretended to trip and hurt her ankle severely, even asking for medical attention. Pumkin needed to step up, so she made up the story that she had an eating disorder and began to cry. Destiney, believing Pumkin was weak, left the bottom two as Nibblz and Toasteee. Coincidentally, this was the same bottom two during Flavor of Love 2, when Toasteee left due to Nibblz ratting out her porn career. Destiney decided because of Toasteee's supposed ankle injury, Nibblz was the biggest threat and had her check voided.

• Challenge: Bed Battle
• Winner: Green Team
• Pay Master: Destiney
• Bottom 3: Nibblz, Pumkin, Toasteee
• Eliminated: Nibblz

Episode 3: "Heat's a Crowd"

First aired July 20, 2008

Craig sent the contestants a message informing them to choose new captains, and hinting at the idea that the challenge would involve using their mouths. Because Mr. Boston scored the winning point for the Green Team at the previous challenge, he was chosen as captain while the Gold Team went with The Entertainer. The teams also had to pair up their members. Expecting the challenge to consist of gross foods they would have to eat, the Green Team paired up weak people with strong people so that every pair would earn a point. However, they were surprised to find the challenge was a reference to the event in which New York and Flavor Flav shared a long, steamy kiss at dinner. Chance, being paired with Mr. Boston, immediately said he wouldn't compete in the challenge. Heather led the strategy of teasing Chance, saying a picture of the kiss would pop up on TMZ, and Chance fell for it leading to the Green Team's disqualification. Other members of the Green Team scolded Chance for refusing to lock lips with Mr. Boston for just one second, but his brother Real supported the decision. Heat was angry that Chance didn't kiss Mr. Boston so he threw a towel at Chance. Chance “threatened to kick Heat's ass". Heat and Chance got into a heated argument and Destiney defended him. Chance and Destiney then argued and when Heat failed to take up for his "girlfriend" when she was defending him in the beginning she ended things with Heat and moved on to The Entertainer. Meanwhile, Heather and 12 Pack's relationship took a turn when Megan egged on 12 Pack into flirting with her. Heather lost all trust with 12 Pack. At the vault, the Green Team was split and didn't make a decision for the bottom three in the time limit. Therefore, as captain of the Gold Team, The Entertainer was granted the ability to choose the bottom three. He chose Megan, Heat, and Mr. Boston, infuriating his team because of the lack of stronger players. The four were given a chance to talk before eliminations at lunch on the beach, where Mr. Boston pretended to vomit in hopes of looking weak. The Entertainer lashed out at Megan for starting trouble between 12 Pack and Heather, and she got teary-eyed. The Entertainer was certain on sending Megan home for personal reasons, but also contemplated sending Heat out for threatening his potential romance with Destiney. At the elimination ceremony, Mr. Boston and Heat both said Megan should leave and Megan joked she wanted Mr. Boston to stay, because she felt an attraction to him. Mr. Boston received his check first, and The Entertainer called Heat to get his check, only to tell him he was being eliminated. Megan was safe, and Heat had his check voided.

• Challenge: The Kiss Off
• Winner: Gold Team
• Pay Master: The Entertainer
• Bottom 3: Heat, Megan, Mr. Boston
• Eliminated: Heat

Episode 4: "Bamboozlin' Gone Bad"

First aired July 27, 2008

At the start of the episode, 12 Pack proposes a plan to get rid of Whiteboy. Destiney, Megan, Brandi C., and Mr. Boston were to throw the challenge, allowing the Gold Team to win and eliminate Whiteboy. Craig sent the teams a message telling them that the challenges would be a test of teamwork, and that they would have to launch their team to victory. 12 Pack was selected as captain for the Gold Team and Chance for the Green Team. The challenge, "Chicken Catapult" was a reference to the event in which Hottie served Flavor Flav's mother a raw chicken during Flavor of Love. The teams had to construct the catapult, then launch the raw chickens and catch five to win. The builders were Pumkin, Toasteee, and 12 Pack on the Gold Team and Megan, Chance, and Mr. Boston on the Green Team. Megan and Mr. Boston followed through with the plan to purposely fail at the challenge, allowing the Gold Team to finish the building first. Rodeo and The Entertainer catch the first chicken for the Gold Team. Then, Hoopz and Heather catch two more chickens. The Green Team finally finishes building their catapult, and instantly Real and Whiteboy catch a chicken. Rodeo and The Entertainer then catch another chicken for the Gold Team. Real and Whiteboy began to fight hard to stay in the challenge, and catch another chicken. The score is 4-3 with the Gold Team winning. Rodeo gets smacked in the head with one of the chickens and Destiney is hit on her arm. Through all the injuries, Hoopz and Heather catch the fifth and final chicken for the Gold Team and claim the win. Whiteboy confronted Megan after the challenge and insisted his strength was needed for the Green Team to be successful. Megan agreed, but had Whiteboy promise her safety from future vault meetings. At the vault, Destiney and Brandi C. were immediately nominated for the bottom three, while Mr. Boston fought hard to keep his check out of the box. After seeing Mr. Boston's attempt to slow the team down, everybody else re voted and Mr. Boston was unanimously voted into the box. Whiteboy and Mr. Boston had a brief struggle to put the check in the box, and Whiteboy and Chance were about to kill him, but Craig stopped them with saying "no physicality." With only 53 seconds left, Mr. Boston continued to try hard to keep his check from going into the box, and received little chance when Whiteboy, Chance and Real were forcing it in, but Mr. Boston failed. Mr. Boston screamed at Brandi C. and Megan for changing sides. At the power outing, 12 Pack and the bottom three had lunch together. 12 Pack tried to comprehend why Whiteboy didn't go in the box, but was unpleased with the answers. Mr. Boston emotionally broke down during one on one time with 12 Pack. The Gold Team requests that 12 Pack sends Destiney home, but he is skeptical because of his alliance to her. Pumkin and Toasteee freak out, and the Gold Team begins to fall apart. At the elimination ceremony, Brandi C tells Mr. Boston to tell the truth and tell everyone that he threw the challenge. 12 Pack first chooses Destiney to be safe from elimination. Brandi C. receives her check, and Mr. Boston's check is voided. However, he leaves without his check.

• Challenge: Chicken Catapult
• Winner: Gold Team
• Pay Master: 12 Pack
• Bottom 3: Brandi C., Destiney, Mr. Boston
• Eliminated: Mr. Boston

Episode 5: "Cry Me A River"

First aired August 3, 2008

Craig leaves a message saying that this challenge will be about crying. The new team captains are Real for the Green Team, and Toasteee for the Gold Team. When the contestants get to the next location Craig announces that they will be taking part of the Crying Game. The challenge is based on all the previous shows the contestants have been on when the contenders get emotional and cry. Now since the Gold team has 7 people, Toasteee has Hoopz sit out for her inability to get emotional. The teams may use five items to help them produce tears (hot sauce, cayenne pepper, tweezers, onions, and a cigar), leaving one person to cry naturally. Pumkin throws cayenne pepper in her eyes and gets the first point for the Gold Team. Heather finds success with the onion and that's another point for the Gold Team. The Entertainer leaks next with the use of the tweezers. Chance gets the first point for the Green Team for sticking a cigar in his eyes. 12 Pack throws hot sauce in his eyes and then Toasteee finds little results with the cigar smoke, so she gives 12 Pack permission to hit her and slams her a good hit across the face, and sure enough, it works and the Gold Team is one point away from winning. Destiney gets Megan to cry by insulting her and Megan's eyes fill with tears. The game cuts close when Rodeo and Brandi C., the two who have to cry naturally, are both crying and it's a race to the finish line and whoever gets the next tear over the red line painted on their face, wins the game. Brandi C., desperate for a tear, tries everything until Whiteboy suggests making herself throw up and just before she gets the tear over the line, Rodeo gets the final tear for thinking about her son, miles away, resulting in the Gold team winning another challenge. Destiney knows that she's the next target and scared, Destiney cries in her room. The Entertainer and her plan to pretend they're in a fight to hopefully throw off the target on Destiney's back, but to no avail, as all the other contestants were getting drunk in a party and didn't even notice them. In the vault, Destiney is voted into the box and Brandi C. for not being able to cry, and Real puts himself in for also not being able to cry. On the power outing, the four contestants go scuba diving and Real injures himself when he thought he saw sharks. Brandi C., thinks Real is faking the injury to look weak. Destiney reminds Toasteee that she saved her awhile back and that she and Pumkin promised they'd have her back the next time. Real gets the one on one time and promises Toasteee that he'd and the rest of the alliance would protect her in future eliminations, if she keeps him. Before elimination, Real goes over to Pumkin and says if he goes home, he's gonna cry. Meanwhile, The Entertainer vows if Toasteee gets rid of Destiney, he'll "make her life a living hell." At elimination, Brandi C. is saved first. Toasteee calls up Destiney, only to tell her that her check will be voided, because Real was Toasteee's "boy." Destiney gets her check voided and says she's going home because "she doesn't play dirty." Destiney gives a kiss to The Entertainer and leaves The Entertainer upset and heartbroken.

• Challenge: The Crying Game
• Winner: Gold Team
• Pay Master: Toasteee
• Bottom 3: Brandi C., Real, Destiney
• Eliminated: Destiney

Episode 6: "Blonde Leading the Blonde"

First aired August 10, 2008

Craig tells the contestants that in this next challenge they will be saving more than just their team if they win. Megan and Brandi C. from the Green Team approach Toasteee and offer her an alliance with them and Pumkin. Their plan is to take out the Stallionaires (Real, Chance and Whiteboy). Toasteee likes the idea but needs to check with Pumkin. Pumkin isn't so sure she can trust them because she doesn't like Megan from her comment earlier towards Pumkin. Later, at the challenge, the contestants are told that they must save four Midget Macs from the ocean, similar to I Love New York 2, when Buddha saved Midget Mac from drowning in the water hole. The team captains are Pumkin and Brandi C. Because the Gold Team has two extra members, Pumkin must select two people to sit out but can't select Hoopz because she sat out last time. Pumkin picks Rodeo and The Entertainer. The competition starts and 12 Pack and Chance dash towards the water. 12 Pack swims very quickly, but Chance, who is wearing a life jacket, does a doggy paddle. 12 Pack goes to the farthest Midget Mac and begins bringing it back when Chance gets to his, which is the second-farthest. They get to the shore and the rest of their team can now put the Macs on a stretcher and bring them behind their team lines. Next out are Heather and Megan, who go after the second farthest and second closet Mac respectively, and Heather returns first. Next, Toasteee and Pumkin go together to the closest one, which is submerged underwater. It is attached by a clip which Toasteee can't undo, but Pumkin refuses to help her, leaving Toasteee to waste time. Megan returns and Whiteboy goes out for the farthest Midget Mac. Whiteboy returns, and Real and Brandi C go together to their closest and final Mac. Toasteee and Pumkin finally get their Midget Mac free and start bringing him to shore as he falls apart. Hoopz goes for the second closest Mac and returns before Brandi C and Real get theirs back meaning the Gold Team wins. After the challenge Megan tries to convince Pumkin that she needs to eliminate the Stallionaires, as the Green Team has only five members; Brandi C. and Megan will definitely be put in the box, but so must someone else. Pumkin as Paymaster is unsure if she should break her alliance with the Stallionaires or not. In the vault, Megan and Brandi C get put in the box and Chance volunteers himself to go in. At their power outing with Pumkin, they go to a spa, but Chance hardly talks and acts like he'd rather be anywhere else, stating that since him and Pumkin are already in alliance he doesn't need to prove himself. When Megan calls him out for not trying to save his self, he yells at her, saying she's "dumb." Pumkin is then given time to spend one on one and chooses Megan because she had wanted to tell Pumkin something in private. Megan tells Pumkin that she needs to get rid of Chance because in an alliance with him, he'll treat her badly. Megan also says that she is the only one that hasn't been captain on her team, so should Pumkin keep Megan; if Green Team wins Pumkin will stay. And even if someone else is captain, Megan and Brandi C will throw the challenge to save her. Back at the house, Hoopz tries to convince Pumkin to get rid of Megan because she is manipulative, and Hoopz thinks she can control Pumkin. At elimination, Pumkin gives her first check to Brandi C. Then she calls up Megan, and Chance believes that she's going to tell her she's out. Pumkin states every reason she doesn't like Megan and why she shouldn't trust her and then gives her the check, thus eliminating Chance. 12 Pack is happy someone finally took out a Stallionarie, but Hoopz, Whiteboy, Real and Chance freak out and get very upset, spewing profanity and threats toward Pumpkin. Chance gets his check voided and angrily leaves.

• Challenge: Save the Mac
• Winner: Gold Team
• Pay Master: Pumkin
• Bottom 3: Megan, Chance, Brandi C.
• Eliminated: Chance

Episode 7: "The Good, The Bad, And the Confused?"

First aired August 17, 2008

The episode begins where last episode left off, after Pumkin eliminated Chance, and Real angrily warns her, "she's going next." Heather, 12 Pack, and The Entertainer praise Pumkin for getting rid of Chance and invite her and Toasteee into their alliance. Whiteboy, Real, Hoopz and Rodeo realize they are no longer the majority alliance in the house and decide it's time for the Green Team to step up. In this week's challenge, the Gold Team choose Heather to be captain, since she has never been one, and Megan persuades the Green Team to allow her to be captain. The teams hit the streets of Mexico to compete in a worldly challenge of cuisine, based on places the "of Love" contestants visited on their shows. The stops are Los Angeles, Las Vegas, France, and Jamaica. Three members of the Gold team must sit out, since there are only four members of the Green team left; Heather chooses Hoopz, Pumkin and herself. In this challenge, two members of one team must pull a miniature tour bus, with two other members on board, hitting all of the stops. The teams must eat all of the food at each stop before proceeding onto the next one. The first team to consume all of the food and reach the finish line wins. On the Gold Team, 12 Pack and The Entertainer pull, while Toasteee and Rodeo ride. On the Green Team, Real and Whiteboy pull, while Brandi C. and Megan ride. Before the challenge began, Rodeo and Hoopz had a plan to throw the challenge, but since Hoopz must sit out, Rodeo must do it on her own. The Green team moves rather quickly during the challenge, while Rodeo takes her time eating, and even The Entertainer has a hard time eating some of the food. In the end, the Green team aces the challenge and win for the first time in three challenges. Hoopz congratulates the Green Team for winning and Heather yells at Hoopz for her betrayal and The Entertainer sticks up for Heather and screams at Hoopz and Hoopz is about to hit him, until Real physically removes her away from The Entertainer. Megan becomes Pay Master, and in the vault, the Gold team chooses Rodeo and Hoopz for double crossing the Gold Team, to go into the strong box, and Toasteee voluntary puts herself in. On the power outing, they take a boat down the river. Megan takes the opportunity to mess with Rodeo, because she knows Rodeo will do whatever Megan tells her to do. When they arrive at lunch, Megan tells the girls that Megan will not be making the decisions, her dog, Lily, would. Hoopz and Toasteee pretend to talk to Lily, but Rodeo emotionally tells Lily if they keep her, she'd do whatever to keep Megan in. Rodeo repeatedly apologizes to Megan and tries to win her over, but it doesn't really work. Megan chooses to spend more time with Rodeo, but it's only a chance for Megan to make Rodeo feel bad for all of the things she has said behind Megan's back. At elimination, Megan gives Toasteee her check first, insulting her before and afterwards, only because she doesn't want anyone to know about their "secret" alliance. Ultimately, Megan gives Hoopz her check because she doesn't want to cause turmoil between Whiteboy and his alliance. Megan tells Rodeo she isn't scared of her anymore and voids her check. Hoopz gets her check and stands next to the Green team, stating that that was her true team. The episode ends with Craig telling them that there will be no more teams for the rest of the game; all the challenges will be individual.

• Challenge: Road Trip Drag
• Winner: Green Team
• Pay Master: Megan
• Bottom 3: Hoopz, Rodeo, Toasteee
• Eliminated: Rodeo

Episode 8: "Watch Your Back"

First aired August 24, 2008

The contestants compete in a backstabbing contest, which Craig said is based on I Love Money for its oral routine of backstabbing. Every contestant has a chance to throw a knife at the dummy that represents one of the other contenders and when it gets three in the back, its corresponding contestant is out. The last person standing will be Pay Master. Whiteboy was the first person out and was automatically put in the box. It was down to 12 Pack, Real and Toasteee. Real eliminated 12 Pack, and in return, 12 Pack eliminated Real, making Toasteee the winner. Toasteee wants to get rid of Whiteboy and Megan wanted to save Whiteboy, so she proposed a new plan to her secret alliance to get rid of 12 Pack. At first they were not happy, but Megan and Whiteboy persuaded Toasteee to allow him to stay. Whiteboy and Real forgave Pumkin for eliminating Chance and welcomed her and Toasteee back into their alliance, but Toasteee still isn't sure what she wants to do. 12 Pack sees this upcoming elimination to be an opportunity to get rid of Whiteboy, so he tells everybody to vote him into the box, so he can talk Toasteee into taking out the strongest player. Entertainer and 12 Pack are voted into the box the next day and the four of them go on the power outing, to only have a medicine woman spit on them for a "soul cleansing". Meanwhile, Megan is still trying to convince Brandi C. and Pumkin to keep Whiteboy in the game, much to their displeasure, to which Brandi states, "This is 'I Love Money' not 'I Love Whiteboy'." Megan tells them if Toasteee gets rid of 12 Pack, Heather and Entertainer would still target Whiteboy and, more importantly, nobody would target their "secret" alliance. Pumkin and Brandi C. decide that does makes sense and decide to target 12 Pack. At lunch, Whiteboy, Entertainer and 12 Pack get in a fight shortly after they arrive, completely disagreeing with each others' quips. 12 Packs gets the one on one with Toasteee and he tells her if she takes out Whiteboy, he'll save her from the Stallionaires next time around. At elimination, Toasteee gives the first check to Entertainer, stating he's annoying and out of the three of them, he's not a threat. Toasteee calls up 12 Pack and she tells him he always got everybody's back and she feels like she can't trust him. A shocked and previously confident 12 Pack gets his check void and said if he could change anything, he would have taken out Toasteee earlier in the game. Craig gives everybody a reality check saying if you're in the box, you are not safe.

• Challenge: The Backstabber
• Winner/Pay Master: Toasteee
• Loser: Whiteboy
• Bottom 3: 12 Pack, The Entertainer, Whiteboy
• Eliminated: 12 Pack

Episode 9: "Drunk with Power"

First aired August 31, 2008

The remaining 9 contestants wake up the following morning after 12 Pack's elimination the previous night. Heather seems very distant from her alliance with The Entertainer now that 12 Pack was eliminated, and everyone seems to notice. They get a message from Craig saying that they have another challenge that day, and that they will be getting uniforms. The contestants put on their uniforms and to the field where they find that their next challenge is the Spit Olympics, based off of Pumkin's fight with New York on Flavor of Love. The contestants will test their spitting skills with distance, height, and accuracy. The first event requires the contestants to run and spit as far as they can, and their colored spit will be measured and marked with a flag. The Entertainer knows he has to win this challenge because he knows everybody in the house wants him gone and this is his only chance to prevent this from happening. Megan does the worse and because her spit was the closest, she was out and was automatically put in the box. The next event requires the remaining contestants to run and spit vertically and the three people with the highest spits move on to the final event, which ends up being Whiteboy, Real and Entertainer. The final event requires the boys to run to a target and spit on and whoever has the most points becomes Pay Master. The Entertainer hits all but one target and he confidently thinks he'll be Pay Master. Whiteboy barely hits any and Real hits almost all the targets and in the end, Entertainer becomes Pay Master. Entertainer talks to Megan's alliance (which Heather has joined) and tells them to vote Real and Hoopz into the box the next day. Entertainer explains he might just get rid of Megan, just to watch Real and Hoopz squirm. Entertainer decides this would be a good time to make peace with Whiteboy, to which Whiteboy states, "I just don't want him that close to me." Whiteboy accepts him in, nevertheless. In the vault, none of the girls from the secret alliance placed a vote for neither Hoopz nor Real, but instead, Brandi C. and Heather are voted into the box, which makes The Entertainer very angry to know that the girls lied to him, to which he blames it all on Heather. On the power outing, a chef cooks up American food on a grill for them. Entertainer chooses Heather for the one on one. Heather and him continue to argue about the vault fiasco and Heather feels betrayed that The Entertainer, whom she's known since the beginning of the show, isn't listening to her and that he is going along with Megan and Brandi C., who can't be trusted. Megan and Brandi C. give Entertainer a massage at the house and tell him if he gets rid of Heather, no one would care, since she is the most hated person in the house. At elimination, before Entertainer can give anybody their check, the three girls fight, to which everybody else finds amusing. When order is restored, Brandi is given her check first for being the least of Entertainer's problems. Then he calls up Megan, saying he has every right to send her home, but because she's weak, he doesn't see her as a threat. Heather gets her check voided and says a black hearted person will win the money, to which they don't deserve.

• Challenge: The Spit Olympics
• Winner/Pay Master: The Entertainer
• Loser: Megan
• Bottom 3: Brandi C., Heather, Megan
• Eliminated: Heather

Episode 10: "Pole Riders In The Sky"

First aired September 14, 2008

The episode begins with Real waking up with Hoopz sleeping next to him. Real feels like he can be with Hoopz with the rest of his life and gives her a bouquet of flowers. The next challenge requires the remaining 8 contestants to cling onto stripper poles, which is based on the Rock of Love girls' constant stripping, suspended over water, and the first person to fall off will automatically go home while the last person will be Pay Master. Real and Entertainer struggle and out of nowhere, The Entertainer falls off and is automatically out of the game. Then Whiteboy falls off, then Pumkin, and then Real and Brandi C fall off. Toasteee starts to struggle but because Megan is still on the pole, she decides to jump off. The remaining two people are Hoopz and Megan. Megan maintains her pose while Hoopz starts to feel unsure. Cheered on by Whiteboy and Real, Hoopz climbs higher on the pole and continues to hold her pose. After 40 minutes, Hoopz proceeds to try to convince Megan to go ahead and fall. Hoopz gives Megan her word that she won't be eliminated. Megan falls in the water, making Hoopz the Paymaster. Entertainer says it's been an amazing experience and gets his check voided and leaves. Pumkin and Toasteee decided to convince Brandi C. to turn against Megan and vote her into the box, since, with the Entertainer gone, the secret alliance has nobody else to target, leaving them to go against each other. Brandi is upset at what Pumkin and Toasteee are telling her, and tells Megan about their plan. Megan declares war. Megan lies to Whiteboy saying Toasteee wants him gone, which Toasteee denies. Whiteboy doesn't know who to believe. The next day in the vault, Whiteboy doesn't vote at all, not deciding who's right. Real puts himself in the box in order to get closer to Hoopz. Pumkin, Toasteee and Real vote Brandi and Megan into the box. Megan is mad at Whiteboy for not voting at all. Hoopz is being advised to eliminate Megan, in spite of giving her word not to, and ruminates over the issue. Before leaving to go on the power outing, Brandi makes a comment to Pumkin and Toasteee about them eating a lot and Pumkin screams at her on the stairwell. Megan overhears the fight, rushes to Brandi's defense and a wild food fight ensues. Hoopz, Whiteboy and Real just stand around, enjoying the fight. On the power outing, the four contestants ride horses on the beach. Real is excited because he loves horses. Brandi C. and Megan are scared because they know Hoopz will eliminate one of them and they try to enjoy their final time together while it lasts. Megan tells Hoopz that they don't belong in the box and Pumkin and Toasteee do. Hoopz agrees. On the one on one, she talks to Real. Real says he loves her and feels a deep connection with her. He gets on one knee and proposes to her with a ring he got from Chance earlier. Hoopz is shocked and flattered, but feels awkward since she has a boyfriend back at home. She also doesn't want to be distracted from her main purpose: winning the money. She doesn't answer him. Back at the house, Hoopz tells Whiteboy about Real's proposal. Whiteboy finds this absolutely hilarious and can barely keep a straight face when Real enters the room. Hoopz still doesn't have the answer. Upstairs, Brandi C. cries because she knows she and Megan are about to be separated, and Megan comforts her. At elimination, Pumkin is excited because she is certain either Megan or Brandi will go home, and she gets to gloat. Toasteee wants Brandi to go home because she's a "coward and a baby". Before Craig lets Hoopz start giving out checks, Brandi C. tearfully stops him right in the middle of his speech and tells him she wants to quit. Craig gives her a chance to think over this impulse but Brandi is sure. She quits and her check is voided. She hugs Megan and leaves, saying no amount of money is worth more than a friend she will have for life. While everyone seems to think Brandi's decision saves Hoopz the trouble of deciding who will leave, Craig informs them that they have to go back to the vault and vote somebody else into the box since there have to be three people up for elimination. Hoopz retains the privilege to send a person home, which would be shown in the next episode.

• Challenge: The Pole Dance
• Winner/Pay Master: Hoopz
• Loser/Eliminated: The Entertainer
• Bottom 3: Megan, Real, Toasteee
• Eliminated: Brandi C. (quit), Toasteee

Episode 11: "A Real Dilemma"

First aired September 21, 2008

Picking up from where episode 10 left off, all the remaining contestants, minus Hoopz, returned to the vault to vote somebody else into the box, because Brandi C. voluntarily quit. Toasteee is voted into the box by everyone but Pumkin. Back at elimination, Hoopz saves Real first, as he is still her friend, even if she did say "no" to his proposal. Toasteee is eliminated because Hoopz can't trust her and she thinks she's responsible for Chance's elimination. Toasteee gets her check voided and gets mad that Megan got her way and says she has cellulite. Real talks to his brother Chance on the phone and talks about Hoopz, and his brother says Whiteboy might be infatuated with her and advises Real to take him out. The next day, it's their next challenge: "You Booze, You Lose", which is based on all the VH1 shows where the contestants get drunk and then pass out. The contestant must spin around in a chair twenty times, then walk on a platform, without stepping on any cups, or it will result in a penalty (-1 each cup stepped on), which will add onto the total time, and then go back on the chair and spin again for another twenty times, then they have to drink a couple glasses of margarita, then spit it in a toilet, then kiss a person (an old lady or old man), and then they cross the finish line. The person with the fastest time will be Pay Master, while the person with the slowest time will automatically be put into the box for elimination. In the end, Hoopz got the fastest time and was Pay Master, again for the 2nd time in a row, which was the first time that's happened, while Pumkin did the worst and was automatically put in the box. Back at the house, Real tells Hoopz that he claims that he heard Whiteboy called Hoopz the b word (which Real has also learned from Chance), and Hoopz is offended and truly believes it. Hoopz, Real, and Whiteboy talk about the issue and Hoopz still doesn't believe Whiteboy, and Whiteboy feels hurt and accuses Real of setting him up to eliminate him from their "love triangle." In the vault, nobody wants to vote, so they agree to let Hoopz make the decision on who will join Pumkin in the box. Hoopz picks Megan and Whiteboy. On the power outing, the four contenders go on a yacht ride. Hoopz considers getting rid of Pumkin because she went against the alliance and eliminated Chance. Megan thinks she's safe because Hoopz gave her her word last episode, but Hoopz says that was one time only. Pumkin and Megan fight about Chance's elimination. On the one on one, Hoopz picks Whiteboy, wanting to find out more about his side of the story. Whiteboy continues to address that he didn't do anything and that Real is setting him up. Hoopz tells him she feels hurt about his comment to her earlier in their conversation that she's a stranger to him. Whiteboy apologized to her and thinks he might be in trouble come elimination time. Before elimination, Real prepares a date with Hoopz, bringing Italy to the backyard, and they talk about her decision. Real continues to blather on and on about why he loves her. Hoopz finally understands what's going on. At elimination, the first person Hoopz saves is Megan. Then Hoopz calls up Whiteboy and tearfully tells him the comment really hurt her, especially when she's been tight with him since the beginning. Hoopz believes Whiteboy didn't really say anything bad behind her back and accepts his apology he gave her, and he's safe. Pumkin thought she was safe because Hoopz and her were friends since Flavor of Love, but Hoopz tells her that going against her alliance and sending home Chance wasn't trustworthy, making it easier for Hoopz to eliminate her and Pumkin gets her check voided. Ironically, every VH1 show Pumkin has been on (Flavor of Love and Charm School), she was eliminated on the episode before the finale; this is the third time it's happened. Real is worried because after Hoopz forgave Whiteboy, he feels like a target. Megan is satisfied because she got rid of the "disgusting girls."

• Challenge: You Booze, You Lose
• Winner/Pay Master: Hoopz
• Loser: Pumkin
• Bottom 3: Megan, Pumkin, Whiteboy
• Eliminated: Pumkin

Episode 12: "Exclusive Extras Special"

First aired September 28, 2008

Craig recaps the season's best moments and shows extended scenes and never-before-seen footage, including:

• The romances going on between the cast members.
• Hoopz, Real, Megan, Brandi C, Toasteee and Pumkin playing an outrageous game of Truth Or Dare.
• Mr. Boston's unsuccessful attempts to hit on the girls.
• Whiteboy, Hoopz, and The Entertainer's phone calls from hell.
• Brandi C.'s frequent crying.
• Heat describing the other contestants.
• Entertainer and Pumkin making out.
• Entertainer kicked in the back of the head by Heather.
• Toasteee fighting with her boyfriend on the phone on Valentine's Day after kissing Heather.
• Rodeo's presence in the house.
• Extended version of the food fight.

Episode 13: "The Final Four"

First aired October 5, 2008

It's the final four on I Love Money, and Craig notes their next challenge will be "crazy." When the four contestants arrive to their next location, they see a wide beam supported by a crane, suspended over the water and rocks. This challenge is called "The Krazy Toss" and it's based on Flavor Of Love 2, when Buckeey almost pushed Krazy over the balcony. The contestants will wear a harness and a helmet and will have to carry a Krazy doll over the beam and drop it on a target. Craig tells them they will then have to go back to the starting point and that the event is being timed. Whoever does it in the least amount of time will be Pay Master. The remaining three contestants will go with the Pay Master on a power dinner. The Pay Master will eliminate one person. Megan goes first although she feels she doesn't have much of a chance because she is afraid of heights. Megan becomes somewhat paralyzed with fear, as well as having a hard time picking up the Krazy doll. Craig tells her if she doesn't give him a thumbs up and get going, she will be disqualified. Cheered on by Whiteboy, Megan finally gives the sign but doesn't have her footing. She drops the doll, almost falls off the beam and loses the challenge. Hoopz goes next and impresses the other contestant with the way she grabs the doll, runs right over the beam and tosses the doll off. She forgets she has to come back and stays on the balcony side until she is told she's not done. She finishes in 23 seconds, but says the rules weren't made clear. They replay the segment where Craig made the rules perfectly clear. Real goes next. He is also afraid of heights but he manages to get through the challenge in 28 seconds, putting him in second place. Whiteboy wastes no time and finishes in 16 seconds, winning the game. Real worries that he'll be eliminated because he broke his alliance with Whiteboy in the last episode. He confides in Megan who reassures him that she is sure it will be her elimination. She feels she is the easiest target and basically has no more room to maneuver. At the power dinner, everyone is quiet and Whiteboy, feeling very powerful, wants to know why they all have such long faces. Whiteboy tries to talk to Real about what he considers Real's betrayal. Seeing her opportunity, Megan tells Whiteboy about Real's earlier conversation. Hoopz jumps in on Real's side and brings up something that Megan allegedly said about Whiteboy several episodes ago. This only makes Whiteboy more upset since he feels that Hoopz should have told him when it happened -- not now. Whiteboy now trusts none of the bottom three. At the elimination, Whiteboy calls Real up first leading everyone to think Real will get his check. Whiteboy tells Craig to void Real's check. An angry Real can't see that his listening to Chance is what got him here. He and Whiteboy argue, but Craig tells Real to take his voided check and sit on the bench. Craig tells Whiteboy to go stand next to Hoopz and Megan. Whiteboy is astonished that he now seems to be in a position to be eliminated by someone he just eliminated. Craig announces that Real is part of the jury. Before anyone can ask about it, 12 Pack, Heather, The Entertainer, Toasteee, and Pumkin return and join Real at the bench. Craig says the jury will decide who goes home next. Megan reviews her instigations in each member of the jury's elimination. Not wanting to give them the satisfaction of payback, she quits. The Entertainer is mad because he didn't "fly from New York to see Megan quit." Toasteee is happy Megan quit and says she's a baby like Brandi C. Megan gets her check voided and leaves. There is nothing for the jury to do now as far as the contest goes. The next day, Hoopz and Whiteboy learn that the final challenge is called "The Dash For the Cash." Hoopz and Whiteboy must run up to people in a Mexican town and collect 100 pesos as quickly as they can. They can sell their clothes, dance or anything to earn a peso. The only thing they can't do is steal the pesos. Once they get 100 pesos, they must use it to pay a taxi tor take them to their next challenge. Whiteboy, whose bilingual abilities help, works fast, gets his pesos and heads off in his taxi. Hoopz has a lot more trouble getting anyone to understand and help her, but eventually sells her diamond belly button ring. Hoopz runs into more delay when her taxi is stalled in traffic due to an accident. Whiteboy has, in the meantime, arrived at a new set of instructions, directing him to run down a steep trail. He comes out on a beach where there is a giant coin with Craig's picture on it that he must roll through an obstacle course. After that, a boat is waiting for him. An exhausted Hoopz catches up to Whiteboy on the beach and, much to her dismay, sees Whiteboy take off in his boat. She pushes on and finally falls into her boat. When Whiteboy's boat stops, he jumps in the water, swims to the beach and runs up the stairs to the mansion. There he is greeted by Craig who tells him his final challenge is to take pictures of all eliminated contestants and hang them up in order of elimination. Whiteboy frets as he realizes that he has not paid that much attention to the order of elimination throughout the show. Nevertheless, he tries to remember how that went down. He only gets as far as, Heat, the third contestant to go when he starts to mix everyone up. Hoopz makes it to the challenge right about when Whiteboy is realizing that he's not at all sure he has completed the task correctly. Hoopz attacks the challenge as quickly as she can, and begins to put the pictures in the right order. Whiteboy tells Craig he's done but Craig tells Whiteboy he has the order incorrect. As Whiteboy tries to figure out if he still has any chance, Hoopz tells Craig she's done. She has the order correct. Craig tells Hoopz she won and voids Whiteboy's check. A stunned Hoopz receives her check and exclaims how she can't wait to provide for her family. Whiteboy takes his elimination in stride and isn't a sore loser. He says if he couldn't be the winner, Hoopz is the only one he would have wanted to see win. Craig, Hoopz, and Whiteboy drink a champagne toast as the series ends.

• Challenge: The Krazy Toss
• Winner/Pay Master: Whiteboy
• Bottom 3: Hoopz, Megan, Real
• Eliminated: Real

Jury: Real, Pumkin, Toasteee, Entertainer, Heather, 12 Pack

• Eliminated: Megan (quit)

• Final Challenge: The Dash for The Cash
• Runner-Up: Whiteboy
• Winner: Hoopz

Episode 14: "Reunion"

First aired October 12, 2008

The reunion begins with host Craig Jackson coming on and introducing the contestants of I Love Money. He first talks with Mr. Boston and asks him questions. When asked about his elimination, Mr. Boston says he only flipped out because he didn't expect Megan and Brandi C. to change sides and regrets it since then. When asked if he feels good about it, Mr. Boston jokes and says he lives in his own house and not in the basement in his mom and dad's house (referring to The Entertainer) and claimed 12 Pack and Megan have been leaving him voice messages of them crying about sending him home and Megan says "Sorry." Mr. Boston says that he wants to have his own reality show where he goes to different countries and tries to sleep with women. He calls Brandi C. a skank when she begins to question whether he really deserves his own show. The Entertainer is then brought is up to discuss why he eliminated Heather and he says everything is cool between them and they show a montage of him still living with his parents. Next, he talks with Megan about how she got many of the contestants eliminated and how she manipulated people. Pumkin yells at Megan and Craig tells Pumkin to come down on the stage and sits in a chair farthest away from Megan. Pumkin and Megan fight about Megan persuading her to eliminate Chance and Megan tells her is was her decision and Pumkin approaches her and Craig tells her to go back with the contestants. Heather comes up on stage to discuss her issues with Megan and once from there, the two of them fight and Heather says Megan had her sloppy seconds (12 Pack), which Megan denies happening. Heather states that 12 Pack is a bigger loser than the Entertainer because he lives with his parents and Entertainer has to drive him around. She also says that she had sex 6 times with 12 Pack and never had an orgasm. Chance and Real come up and talk about being part of the strongest alliance in the house and how the Stallionaires started. Whiteboy joins them on stage and has a peaceful conversation about how their alliance crashed and burned at the end. Hoopz comes out and still can't believe she won the money. Real comes down to discuss proposing to Hoopz and at one point, he felt like a fool and him and Hoopz are now on good terms about it. Craig jokingly asked if there would be a Real and Hoopz wedding show, Hoopz laughs and says "No." Hoopz hasn't told her mom about winning the show, since the reunion was taped before the finale aired. Craig invites Hoopz' mom out from backstage and acts like Hoopz didn't win. Hoopz then breaks the news to her mom and she is ecstatic. Hoopz plans on using the money to provide for her family and wants to start an accessory line. The show ends with Craig once again congratulating Hoopz for winning the $250,000.

After the show

• Heat and The Entertainer have been selected to appear on the second season of I Love Money.
• Real and Chance got their own show entitled Real Chance of Love
• A casting call has been issued for a show starring Megan Hauserman tentatively entitled Trophy Wife.

References

1. ^ "Breaking News - Contestants From 'Rock of Love,' 'I Love New York' and 'Flavor Of Love' are Back to Compete for Cold Hard Cash During VH1's Newest 'Celebreality' Series 'I Love Money'". The Futon Critic. May 5, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-07.

External links

• I Love Money: The Full Cast Revealed
• I Love Money: Supertease
• Mr. Boston Retires from Reality Television

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