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I Love Money 4: Episode 1 Recap

So, I Love Money 4 premiered last week (actually, exactly a week ago) and I have yet to update on it for no good reason other than laziness. So here we go.

As per usual, Craig Jackson's voice introduces the characters as the burned rejects from previous assorted Vh1 programming - namely, the "of love" shows and their spin-offs. Something I noticed right off the bat (and with the trailer) was that there were noticeably no Flavor of Love girls. Breaking my heart, here, Vh1. Breaking my heart.

However, there are some "colorful" characters on the show. Mamacita, the flamboyant Mexican chick from Real Chance of Love 2 makes her television redebut, as well as Brittanya, one of my personal favorites from Rock of Love Bus.

There are eighteen players who arrive on the beach to begin the game, which is an unusual number for I Love Money. In previous seasons, an odd number of players arrives, and one is left out at the end of the episode when the winners of the challenge select their teams in a dodge-ball style round of elimination.

The first challenge is on the beach, and is a battle within the sexes - referred to as the Safecracker Challenge. The players, in two heats - male, then female - must spin a bar around until a safe cracks open. Then, they have to grab a handle inside the safe to open another safe which contains money to be counted - which adds up the combination number of the last safe. The NEXT safe contains rope which they have to use to pull yet another safe high into the air to drop onto the ground. The last key detonates the final safe, releasing a flag which denotes which colored team they are on. There will be one female captain, and one male captain.

On the men's heat, Cheezy, Alex and Garth prove to be the weakest men. Francisco, from Megan Wants a Millionaire, manages to become team captain. During the women's heat, Cornfed, Mindy, and Mamacita are the slowest and are eliminated first. IN the end, however, Blonde Baller wins the challenge.

Green Team Captain versus. Gold Team Captain


When the cast gets to the mansion where they will be living (for as many episodes as they last), the scheming, ass-kissing, and back-stabbing that made us grow so fond of these shady characters in the first place immediately begins. Punisher, who is no fan of Francisco, vows to have his back. Brittanya is all over Blonde Baller, as is Cheezy, who feels the need to drink a lot of tequila "to keep up" and "prove" he is tough. Other characters get into fights with one another, like Marcia and Mamacita, who cannot seem to get along despite quite possibly being the same exact person.

Of course, there is also flirtation - Mindy wants Francisco, Mamacita wants Alex, Chi Chi wants Brittanya, Brittanya slept with 20 Pack - etc. Things are already looking sloppy, and its not even elimination yet.

When elimination arrives, it becomes pretty clear who is unsafe going in - Mamacita and Marcia are on the chopping block, as is Cheezy and Punisher. Blonde Baller made a deal with Francisco that if he didn't pick Marcia, she wouldn't select Punisher, thus getting rid of two tough competitors of their same gender. Although it looks like Blonde Baller is going to keep up her end of the bargain, she ends up pulling Punisher onto her team, thus making her team much stronger then Francisco's. Francisco is livid, and chooses Marcia to be on his team.

Blonde Baller gets last pick of two men - Brooklyn and Cheezy. Honestly, I don't know why Brooklyn was in the bottom two. He seems large and athletic, and could possibly be an asset. In the end, however, Blonde Baller picks Brooklyn, thus breaking her second deal of the night, showing her to be the shady character we already knew she was.

It comes down to Cornfed and Mamacita. Francisco chooses Cornfed based on Mamacita's sloppiness and inability to pull herself together for a nanosecond. She ends her time in Mexico with one of the best rants of all time, "Look at me! Loooook at meeeee!"

End result? Both these kids eliminated:



Stay tuned for more info. I promise my next update will be livelier, and more timely.

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I Love Money 4 Cast

Part of the reason (aside from laziness) I stopped doing the I Love Money 3 episode recaps is because season 4 is upon us - starting tonight at 11pm (set your DVRs, folks). Although I'm not a huge fan of the cast, I look forward to tuning in. There will surely be an update later this week on how the episode went. So, the cast:

20 Pack (I Love New York 2)


6 Gauge (Daisy of Love)


Alex (Megan Wants a Millionaire)


Blonde Baller (Real Chance of Love 2)
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Brittanya (Rock of Love Bus)


Brooklyn (Daisy of Love)


Cheezy (I Love New York 2)


Chi Chi (Daisy of Love)


Corn Fed (Real Chance of Love)


Feisty (For the Love of Ray J)


Francisco (Megan Wants a Millionaire)


Garth (Megan Wants a Millionaire)


Hot Wings (Real Chance of Love 2)


Mamacita (Real Chance of Love 2)


Marcia (Rock of Love Bus)


Mindy (Rock of Love Bus)


The Punisher (Megan Wants a Millionaire)


Sassy (Real Chance of Love 2)



Hot! I'm looking forward to it. Who are your picks to win? If you haven't seen it yet, here's the trailer, too:

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I Love Money 3: Episode 3

After the previous challenge, everyone celebrates. No one is really going to miss Cheezy. Ashley points out that she has forged an alliance with Angelique, and that they will whatever they can to keep each other's names out of the box. Spoiler alert! One of them winds up in the box.

The next day, the challenge is a kissing challenge - just like the first two seasons. However, this time, they are hung upside down over water, and must kiss their partner for as long as they can, until one taps out. Team captains are chosen - Mr. Wise for the green team, and Bootz for the gold team.



The gold team is disproportionate and must sit one guy out - Angelique, Ashley, Bootz, Chardonnay, Tiffany, and Mamasita represent the girls, and Chi Chi and The Punisher representing guys. Angelique and Ashley quickly pair up, as neither wants to get stuck with Tiffany. Bootz and Chi Chi pair up, as well as The Punisher and Chardonnay. Mamasita is stuck with Tiffany, who she says she does not want to kiss.

The green team is better matched, with Annie kissing Pretty, Bubbles kissing Mr. Wise, Punk kissing Marcia, Flipper kissing Red Oyster, and Fox kissing Pumkin. Almost immediately, Fox and Pumkin fall off, as well as Mamasita and Tiffany.

Order of elimination:

Fox and Pumkin
Mamasita and Tiffany
Bootz and Chi Chi
Annie and Pretty
Flipper and Red Oyster
Bubbles and Mr. Wise
Chardonnay and The Punisher

It comes down to Angelique and Ashley against Marcia and Punk. Finally, Ashley gives in and falls. Marcia and Punk win. Marcia says it feels good to beat Ashley.

In the vault, the gold team must decide who they want to eliminate. Knowing Mr. Wise is team captain, Chi Chi and Joe say its a no brainer that no guys should go in. They decide to do what's fairest - throw in the girls who lost the challenge. Namely, Mamasita, Bootz, and Ashley. Ashley is thrown back, saying that Tiffany should go in, since she lost first on their team with Mamasita. She begins to see that there is a secret alliance going on, and is outnumbered. She is outraged, and decides that, being betrayed by her team, she's going to go rogue.

Up for elimination:



Mr. Wise gives Ashley her check first, much to the disappointment of the girls on his team. They say that she is a strong competitor, and should be taken out. He gives the second check to Bootz, again angering his team. Mamasita is out. Mr. Wise says he believes in honest competition, and that the weak should be weeded out - somehow hoping that this will be remembered when he is on the chopping block, as he is a strong competitor. He also hopes that getting rid of Mamasita will weaken the Punisher, his biggest competition.



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I Love Money 4 Trailer

And to follow up my last post concerning the "unaired" I Love Money 3 ... I Love Money 4 trailer! Whee!

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I Love Money 3: Episode 2

So the show starts with Tiffany saying she's going to prove everyone wrong and win this challenge. She also wants to step up as team captain for the gold team.

The gold team decides to allow Tiffany to be captain, as she will void the check of whoever they all decide as she needs to keep her reputation good with the team, or she will be up for elimination if they lose. For the green team, they all decide that Cheezy will be team captain.



The challenge is extremely physical - it requires the team to play together in a basketball-like competition in which there are 15 baskets around at different points of the court, signifying the 15 different "of love" reality shows there have been: Flavor of Love (3), Rock of Love (3), Real Chance of Love (2), For the Love of Ray J (2), I Love New York (2), Daisy of Love (1), Frank the Entertainer in a Basement Affair (1) and Megan Wants a Millionaire (1). The contestants are given trivia questions, and have to put the basketball into the appropriate show's basket.

The green team is aggressive and cheats mostly, but still manage to lose. Tiffany is proud of her team's victory.

In the vault, the green team has to choose three people up for elimination. Cheezy, knowing that his team will throw him into the box regardless of what happens, volunteers for the box, hoping it will make him look good to the rest of his team. Annie and Bubbles are put into the box as well, outnumbered, despite both having been assets on their teams. Bubbles cries.

The gold team is told their choices for elimination: Annie, Bubbles, and Cheezy.



Tiffany asks her team who they think they should eliminate, and although there is a compelling argument to get rid of Annie because she scored the most baskets, Tiffany and Annie have begun to bond and Tiffany feels conflicted. There is also a motion by the girls on the team to get rid of Cheezy, as he is stronger than most of them.

At the elimination ceremony, Tiffany gives the first check to Bubbles, as she says that she's the least threatening person on the line, and she feels like Bubbles weakens the team more than anything else.

Between Annie and Cheezy, Tiffany says that she thinks she would have trouble going against Annie, and it looks like she's about to void Annie's check. She calls her up and Annie starts to cry. Tiffany hands Annie her check. Cheezy is out.



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I Love Money 3: Episode 1

So the show starts out like any other episode - the players arrive and check out the house, just before they start checking out the competition. Strategizing starts almost immediately - Donald, the older heavy-set guy from Megan Wants a Millionaire tries to start an alliance almost immediately. He thinks that the weaker guys (and there are a lot this season) should band together to get rid of one of the stronger guys right up front.

The Nerd Alliance is formed - Donald manages to get Cheezy (I Love New York 2), Fox (Daisy of Love), Joe (MWAM), and possibly Flipper (DOL) on his side. They confront the girls to see if any of them want to be on their team. Most refuse - with the exception of Annie (Frank the Entertainer in a Basement Affair), who is the only to represent her show, as well as Bubbles (Real Chance of Love).

Ashley and Marcia (Rock of Love Bus) decide to form an alliance, as well, but just between the two of them. They overhear Pumkin and Red Oyster (Flavor of Love) talking alliance, as well, and decide that they'll wait for a few challenges to join forces against the other girls.

Mamasita (Real Chance of Love 2), sensing her lack of athleticism as a weakness, decides to flirt and sleep with Punisher (MWAM) in order to stay in the game. She says he has a good chance of winning challenges because of his size, and so she wants to be protected under his wing.

The first challenge comes - an athletic challenge in which the money-lovers must swim to the bottom of a pool and retrieve as many gold chains as they can.

Punisher and Punk are the victors of the challenge, retrieving seventeen gold chains each.



Its a tie - but because two team captains are needed, there is a coin toss to see who will go first in the draft.

The draft is as follows:

Punisher chooses Mr. Wise / Punk chooses Pretty


Punisher chooses Chi Chi / Punk chooses Fox


Punisher chooses Angelique / Punk chooses Pumkin


Punisher chooses Bootz / Punk chooses Red Oyster


Punisher chooses Joe / Punk chooses Cheezy


Punisher chooses Chardonnay / Punk chooses Marcia
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Punisher chooses Ashley / Punk chooses Annie


Punisher chooses Mamacita / Punk chooses Bubbles


It finally comes down to Donald, Flipper, and Tiffany. Punisher and Punk know that one of the two guys started the Nerd Alliance, and they want to know who. Punisher chooses Tiffany and leaves the decision up to Punk. Flipper throws Donald under the bus by telling Punk and Punisher that he orchestrated the Nerd Alliance. Punk picks Flipper to be on his team, to everyone's surprise. Punisher says that he would have never chosen someone as back-stabbing as Flipper to be on his team. He wanted someone more neutral who doesn't have an agenda just yet - so he chose Tiffany.

Punisher chooses Tiffany / Punk chooses Flipper


DONALD OUT


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