I Love Money season 1

I Love Money season 1
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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, 2008 – October 12, 2008

I Love Money is a reality television game show that is currently airing 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 competion was won by Hoopz.

Contestants

Name	Original Season	Team	Eliminated
Hoopz (Nicole Alexander)	Flavor of Love	Gold	WINNER
Whiteboy (Joshua Gallander)	I Love New York	Green	Episode 13 (runner-up)
Megan Hauserman	Rock of Love 2	Green	Episode 132 (2nd)
Real (Ahmad Givens)	I Love New York	Green	Episode 13 (1st)
Pumkin (Brooke Thompson)	Flavor of Love	Gold	Episode 11
Toastee (Jennifer Toof)	Flavor of Love 2	Gold	Episode 11
Brandi C. (Brandi Cunningham)	Rock of Love	Green	Episode 101
The Entertainer (Frank Maresca)	I Love New York	Gold	Episode 10
Heather Chadwell	Rock of Love	Gold	Episode 9
12 Pack (David Amerman)	I Love New York	Gold	Episode 8
Rodeo (Cindy Steedle)	Rock of Love	Gold	Episode 7
Chance (Kamal Givens)	I Love New York	Green	Episode 6
Destiney Sue Moore	Rock of Love 2	Green	Episode 5
Mr. Boston (Lee Marks)	I Love New York	Green	Episode 4
Heat (Jason Rosell)	I Love New York	Green	Episode 3
Nibblz (Domenique Majors)	Flavor of Love 2	Gold	Episode 2
Midget Mac (Torrey Samuels)	I Love New York 2	No Team	Episode 1

• 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.
• ¹In Episode 10, Brandi C. voluntarily withdrew from the competition.
• Episode 12 was a recap episode.
• ²In Episode 13, Megan voluntarily withdrew from the competition.

Episode Progress

#	Contestant	Ep 1	Ep 2	Ep 3	Ep 4	Ep 5	Ep 6	Ep 7	Ep 8	Ep 9	Ep 10	Ep 11	Ep 13
1	Hoopz	GOLD	SAFE	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	BTM 2	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	WIN	BTM 3	SAFE	WINNER
2	Whiteboy	GREEN	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	BTM 2	SAFE	SAFE	BTM 2	WIN	SAFE	OUT
3	Megan	GREEN	WIN	BTM 2	SAFE	SAFE	BTM 2	WIN	SAFE	BTM 2	BTM 2	BTM 3	BTM 3	QUIT
4	Real	GREEN	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	BTM 2	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	BTM 3	SAFE	OUT
5	Pumkin	GOLD	BTM 3	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
6	Toastee	GOLD	BTM 2	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	BTM 3	WIN	SAFE	OUT*
7	Brandi C.	GREEN	WIN	SAFE	BTM 2	BTM 3	BTM 3	WIN	SAFE	BTM 3	QUIT
8	The Entertainer	GOLD	SAFE	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	SAFE	BTM 3	WIN	OUT
9	Heather	GOLD	SAFE	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
10	12 Pack	GOLD	SAFE	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	SAFE	OUT
11	Rodeo	GOLD	SAFE	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	OUT
12	Chance	GREEN	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
13	Destiney	GREEN	WIN	SAFE	BTM 3	OUT
14	Mr. Boston	GREEN	WIN	BTM 3	OUT
15	Heat	GREEN	WIN	OUT
16	Nibblz	GOLD	OUT
17	Midget Mac	OUT

  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.

• The team captain for the winning team becomes Paymaster for Episodes 1-7. For the individual section of the competition (Episodes 8-13), the contestant placing first in the challenge becomes Paymaster.
• Team captains are noted in bold text.
• Contestants placing last in the challenge for Episodes 8, 9, and 11 are automatically in the Bottom 3 and are noted in italic text.

(*) Toastee went home at the beginning of Episode 11 but was a part of the Episode 10 elimination.

Extra Notes:

• In Episode 1, the team captains (Whiteboy and Hoopz) won the challenge.
• At the end of Episode 7, Craig Jackson announced that there were no more teams, thus the competition and challenges were changed to individual.
• In Episode 10, the player coming in last during the challenge (The Entertainer) was sent home.
• Episode 12 was a recap episode.

Episodes

Episode 1: "A Very 'Short Trip'" (Originally aired July 6, 2008)

The 17 contestants arrive at a beach where they must jump into the choppy 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, Toastee, Heather, 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" (Originally 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. 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 Toastee 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 Toastee 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, Toastee 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 Toastee. Coincidentally, this was the same bottom two during Flavor of Love 2, when Toastee left due to Nibblz ratting out her porn career. Destiney decided because of Toastee's supposed ankle injury, Nibblz was the biggest threat and had her check voided.

Challenge: Bed Battle
Winner: Green Team
Pay Master: Destiney
Loser: Gold Team
Bottom 3: Nibblz, Pumkin, Toastee
Eliminated: Nibblz

Episode 3: "Heat's a Crowd" (Originally 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
Loser: Green Team
Bottom 3: Heat, Megan, Mr. Boston
Eliminated: Heat

Episode 4: "Bamboozlin' Gone Bad" (Originally 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, Toastee, 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 Toastee establish a rift between the Gold Team. 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
Loser: Green Team
Bottom 3: Brandi C., Destiney, Mr. Boston
Eliminated: Mr. Boston

Episode 5: "Cry Me A River" (Originally aired August 3, 2008)

Craig left the 13 remaining contestants a message stating that they'd go over the edge for the next challenge. Toastee stepped up as captain for the Gold Team, and Real did the same for the Green Team. Before the challenge began, an alliance was confirmed between Toastee, Pumkin, Hoopz, Real, Chance, and Whiteboy of the Green Team. The teams were shocked to learn the challenge was a reference to every dramatic event that happened prior to I Love Money, mostly involving tears. The Gold Team had to sit someone out because of their advantage with more members. Hoopz was left out because of her inability to get emotional. Craig announced to the players that there were five tools (onions, cigars, cayenne, tweezers, and hot sauce) to help them draw tears, meaning one member of each team needed to cry naturally. Brandi C. and Rodeo were selected to cry naturally for the Green and Gold team, respectively. Pumkin easily cried by rubbing cayenne in her eyes. Heather successfully used the onions to cry, followed by The Entertainer and his tweezers. 12 Pack followed suit by putting hot sauce in his eyes, and Toastee asked him to smack her in order for her to tear up. Rodeo was the only member of the Gold Team who needed to cry when the Green Team started to catch up. Brandi C. attempted to gag herself, while Real was finding little luck with the tweezers. Rodeo finally cried when she thought about her son being miles away, giving the Gold Team the win. Later on, The Entertainer becomes determined to save Destiney, and they even attempt to stage a fight to throw off suspicions of an alliance, but to no avail. At the vault, Craig assured everyone that he would stay for the whole fifteen minutes because of the potential fight that had happened last round. Brandi voluntarily put her check in the box. Destiney was unanimously voted in the bottom three, and Real volunteered to put his check in. Toastee took the three to an outing that involved snorkeling. Real injured himself on the rocks after he thought he spotted sharks. Destiney reminded Toastee of the time when Destiney had her back, and Toastee promised to repay her. Toastee spent one on one time with Real, and announced she was having doubts about what to do. During the elimination ceremony, Brandi C. received her check first. Destiney was called up, but was told she was to be eliminated because Real was Toastee's "boy". Destiney had her check voided and gave a kiss to The Entertainer on her way out.

Challenge: The Crying Game
Winner: Gold Team
Pay Master: Toastee
Loser: Green Team
Bottom 3: Brandi C., Destiney, Real
Eliminated: Destiney

Episode 6: "Blonde Leading the Blonde" (Originally 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 Toastee and offer her an alliance with them and Pumkin. Their plan is to take out the Stallionaires (Real, Chance and Whiteboy). Toastee 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, Toastee and Pumkin go together to the closest one, which is submerged underwater. It is attached by a clip which Toastee can't undo, but Pumkin refuses to help her, leaving Toastee 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. Toastee 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 knows that this means 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. A shocked Chance gets his check voided and leaves.

Challenge: Save The Mac
Winner: Gold Team
Pay Master: Pumkin
Loser: Green Team
Bottom 3: Brandi C., Chance, Megan
Eliminated: Chance

Episode 7: "The Good, The Bad, And the Confused?" (Originally 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 Toastee 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 Toastee 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 Toastee 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 Toastee 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 Toastee 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 was her team, which Craig tells them there will be no more teams, and Whiteboy stands up and claps.

Challenge: Road Trip Drag
Winner: Green Team
Pay Master: Megan
Loser: Gold Team
Bottom 3: Hoopz, Rodeo, Toastee
Eliminated: Rodeo

Episode 8: "Watch Your Back" (Originally 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 Toastee. Real eliminated 12 Pack, and in return, 12 Pack eliminated Real, making Toastee the winner. Toastee 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 Toastee to allow him to stay. Whiteboy and Real forgave Pumkin for eliminating Chance and welcomed her and Toastee back into their alliance, but Toastee 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 Toastee 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 Toastee 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 Toastee and he tells her if she takes out Whiteboy, he'll save her from the Stallionaires next time around. At elimination, Toastee gives the first check to Entertainer, stating he's annoying and out of the three of them, he's not a threat. Toastee 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 Toastee 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: Toastee
Loser: Whiteboy
Bottom 3: 12 Pack, The Entertainer, Whiteboy
Eliminated: 12 Pack

Episode 9: "Drunk with Power" (Originally 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 there 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" (Originally 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. Toastee 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, 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 Toastee 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 Toastee are telling her, and tells Megan about their plan. Megan declares war. Megan lies to Whiteboy saying Toastee wants him gone, which Toastee 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, Toastee 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 Toastee 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 Toastee 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 a friend 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. Toastee 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: Brandi C., Megan, Real, Toastee (voted in after Brandi C. quits)
Eliminated: Brandi C. (voluntarily quit), Toastee (continuation on Episode 11)

Episode 11: "A Real Dilemma" (Originally 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. Toastee 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. Toastee is eliminated because Hoopz can't trust her and she thinks she's responsible for Chance's elimination. Toastee 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 an insulting name (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." Next the remaining four: Hoopz, Real, Whiteboy, and Megan battle it out to see who wins the $250,000.

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

Episode 12: "Exclusive Extras Special" (Originally 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, Toastee 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.
• Toastee fighting with her boyfriend on the phone on Valentine's Day after kissing Heather.
• Rodeo's presence in the house.
• Megan "proposing" to Brandi C and kissing.
• Extended version of the food fight.

Episode 13: "The Final Four" (To be aired October 5, 2008)

Challenge: The Krazy Toss
Winner/Pay Master: Whiteboy
Bottom 3: Megan, Real, Hoopz
Eliminated: Real, Megan (Quit)
Winner: Hoopz
Runner-up: Whiteboy

External Links

• I Love Money: The Full Cast Revealed
• I Love Money: Pre-series Act 1
• I Love Money: Pre-series Act 2
• I Love Money: Pre-series Act 3
• I Love Money: Pre-series Act 4
• I Love Money: Pre-series Act 5
• I Love Money: Pre-series Act 6
• I Love Money: Supertease
• Destiney Moore Interview on MT
• Mr. Boston Retires from Reality Television