The first season of the VH1reality television seriesFlavor of Love brings female contestants into the mansion of Flavor Flav to compete for his love. It aired weekly from January 1, 2006 to March 12, 2006, with a total of ten episodes. This show brought to fame one of the most controversial contestants in reality TV history, Tiffany Pollard, known on the show as "New York".
Contestants
*Originally known as Oyster, but changed it to Red Oyster as she disliked it.
Eliminated: Georgia, Rain, Dimplez, Miss Latin, Apples
;Reasons for elimination
Georgia: Flav still hadn't gotten to know her
Rain: Flav felt she had a bit of a temper
Dimplez: She didn't stand out
Apples: She didn't stand out
Miss Latin: Flav found out she was calling her ex from his house
"A Friend of Flav's is a Friend of Mine"
First aired January 15, 2006 New York accuses Hottie of stealing her jacket because she had made statements that she was so competitive that she might cut up someone's clothes to win. Hottie rebuffs New York, saying New York is just jealous, because Hottie believes she looks like Beyoncé. New York tells her she looks more like Luther Vandross. New York's exact words from the unrated DVD to Beyoncé was " Beyonce, sweetie, I'm so sorry that an ugly ass bitch like this would even say that, oh my god." Serious showed her breasts to Hottie and says that if Hottie's "double D's" don't look like hers, it shouldn't matter. New York and Pumkin then begin confronting Hottie. Hottie tells Pumkin, "you need to learn how to read." Pumkin comes back at Hottie with, "I can read you, fat fucking bitch that's all I need to read." New York tells Hottie if something in the house goes missing that she would always come to Hottie, because Hottie has a history of stealing, and due to a few comments Hottie made about being so competitive that she would "cut clothes, steal things, etc." Neither New York nor Hottie is happy when Flav gives them both clocks. Serious does not receive a clock because Red Oyster informs Flav that she believes that she is only here to further her career in modeling. Peaches is also eliminated as well.
Challenge: to meet some "old" and "new" friends
Winners: Sweetie, Serious
Eliminated: Serious, Peaches
; Reasons for elimination
Serious: Red Oyster told Flav that Serious was only there to further her career in modeling.
Pumkin: For her failure to tell Flav she had been on many other TV shows, and he felt Pumkin was more on his show for fame.
"For Flav's Consideration"
First aired March 5, 2006
"Flavor of Decision" aka "Viva La Flav"
First aired March 12, 2006
Winner: Hoopz
Runner up: New York
"After the Lovin' (Finale)"
First aired April 2, 2006
DVD release
The complete first season came out on DVD on August 29, 2006. It is a 3-Disc Unrated edition with extra features including the reunion and the Vh1.com V-Spot extras.
Sweetie rapped on the 2007 L.A. auditions of America's Got Talent.
Pumkin, Smiley, Serious, Goldie, Rain, and Hottie appeared on .
Hoopz and Pumkin appeared on the first season of I Love Money.
Smiley appeared on the second season of I Love Money. The year before that she appeared on WWE Diva Search.
New York appeared on the second season of Flavor of Love. VH1 offered her other production shows like her own dating game showI Love New York, and spin-offs including New York Goes to Hollywood and New York Goes to Work.
