Bad Girls Club (season 8)
The eighth season of Bad Girls Club is titled Bad Girls Club: Las Vegas and premiered on January 23, 2012 on the Oxygen channel.[1] This is the third season to take place in a different location from Los Angeles, the first being season five (filmed in Miami),[2] and the second being season seven (filmed in New Orleans). Production of the season began in late 2011, and was located in Las Vegas, Nevada.[3]
| Bad Girls Club | |
|---|---|
| Season 8 | |
The original seven "Bad" Girls of season eight (left to right): Top: Gia, Erica, Jenna, Amy, Demitra | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Oxygen |
| Original release | January 23 – May 7, 2012 |
| Season chronology | |
| List of episodes | |
Cast
The season began with seven original bad girls, of which two left voluntarily and one was removed by production. Three replacement bad girls were introduced in their absences later in the season.
| Name | Age[a] | Hometown | Nickname | Replaced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amy Cieslowski | 23 | Chicago, Illinois | The Hot Mess | — |
| Danielle "Danni" Victor[b] | 23 | Methuen, Massachusetts | The Black Sheep | |
| Demitra "Mimi" Roche † | 25 | Miami, Florida | The Miami Maverick | |
| Erica "Venetia" Figueroa | 23 | Atlanta, Georgia | The Red-Headed Hustler | |
| Gabrielle "Gabi" Victor[b] | 23 | Methuen, Massachusetts | The Queen B | |
| Gia Sapp-Hernandez | 22 | Newark, Delaware | The Scandalous Schoolgirl | |
| Jenna Russo | 24 | Long Island, New York | The Naughty New Yorker | |
| Elease Donovan | 24 | Miami, Florida | The Brick House | Jenna |
| Christine Moon | 23 | Nashville, Tennessee | The Tennessee Temptation | Danielle |
| Camilla Poindexter | 24 | Long Beach, California | The Cali Cutthroat | Gabrielle |
Duration of Cast
| Bad Girl | Episodes | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||
| Amy | Featured | ||||||||||||||
| Erica | Featured | ||||||||||||||
| Gia | Featured[c] | Featured | |||||||||||||
| Demitra | Featured | Featured[d] | Featured | ||||||||||||
| Elease | Entered[e] | Featured | |||||||||||||
| Camilla | Entered[f] | Featured | removed[g] | ||||||||||||
| Christine | Left[h] | ||||||||||||||
| Danielle | Featured | Left[i] | |||||||||||||
| Gabrielle | Featured | Left[i] | |||||||||||||
| Jenna | Featured | removed[j] | Appeared[k] | ||||||||||||
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Viewers (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 124 | 1 | "Throw Up. Throw Down."[4] | January 23, 2012 | 1.702[5] | |
| Bad Girls Club hits for a new city Las Vegas with a surprise of twin sisters entering the Bad Girls Mansion. Tensions rises between Gia, Amy and Jenna causing multiple physical altercations into the house. One bad girl voluntarily left the house and her fate is in limbo. Note: Gia voluntarily leaves the house. | |||||
| 125 | 2 | "Weaving Las Vegas"[6] | January 30, 2012 | 1.383[7] | |
| Amy has a "pretend wedding" but regrets it when she thinks about her ex boyfriend. Gia returns to the house. Meanwhile, Erica wants Jenna out of the house but Jenna won't leave without a fight. Note: Gia returns to the house. | |||||
| 126 | 3 | "Chicks Before Hicks"[8] | February 6, 2012 | 1.333[9] | |
| Erica, Gia and the twins team up in a plot to get Jenna out of the house but Jenna won't leave without a fight. Meanwhile, Mimi switches onto Amy and Jenna's side but not without consequences. Note: Jenna is removed from the house. | |||||
| 127 | 4 | "Sink or Swim"[10] | February 13, 2012 | 1.247[11] | |
| Jenna returns to the house for a photoshoot, and Erica is not to happy to see her. New girl Elease arrives and is immediately not liked by any of the girls. Season 7 Girls Tiara and Nastasia invite the girls to a party. After the girls leave Elease at the party, they go on and destroy all of her things. Elease comes to the house and tries to destroy Gia, Amy, and Erica's stuff leading to Gia pushing her in the pool. Then the girls all team up to attack Elease. Notes: Jenna makes an appearance. Elease replaces Jenna. | |||||
| 128 | 5 | "A New Elease on Life"[12] | February 20, 2012 | 1.397[13] | |
| Drama causes weariness on some of the "bad" girls. Meanwhile, Amy finds a boy toy, while still having one at home. Following an argument, Gabi provokes Elease by drawing pictures of her by the computer. After Elease pushes Gabi of the desk, Gabi pulls Elease's hair making her fall to the ground. After Elease tries to attack Gabi, Danni jumps in and shows Elease who the bosses are of the house. The girls start to go against the twins after they jump Elease once again. | |||||
| 129 | 6 | "Bed, Bathing Suit and Beyond"[14] | February 27, 2012 | 1.629[15] | |
| After the truce with Elease is formed, Erica, Gia and Demitra decide to make an alliance with her. However, the twins are still very adamant on getting Elease out of the house causing the others to rethink their relationship with the twins. | |||||
| 130 | 7 | "Invasion of the Scavengers"[16] | March 5, 2012 | 1.503[17] | |
| Erica and Gia decide to join forces with the twins once again after the other roommates agitate them. Meanwhile, Mimi becomes the next target after she befriends Elease. Erica, Gia and the twins lock out Amy, Elease and Mimi of their hotel room making Mimi snap. | |||||
| 131 | 8 | "Sister Act"[18] | March 12, 2012 | 1.632[19] | |
| Elease's sister pays a visit to the house, much to the annoyance of the twins. Meanwhile, Flo Rida and Pleasure P visit the house to party with the Bad Girls. | |||||
| 132 | 9 | "Evil Pair"[20] | March 19, 2012 | 1.640[21] | |
| The twins decide to create some drama; however, this plan backfires. Also, the girls go south of the border to Cabo San Lucas except for Mimi who forgot her passport at home and decides to go back home. Note: Demitra temporarily left the house. | |||||
| 133 | 10 | "Double Trouble"[22] | March 26, 2012 | 1.888[23] | |
| The twins are the center of a major fight, which leads to their departure. Meanwhile, the other girls plan to bring a fallen Bad Girl back to the house. Notes: Demitra returns to the house. Danielle and Gabrielle both voluntarily leave the house. | |||||
| 134 | 11 | "Bad Girl Players"[24] | April 2, 2012 | 1.446[25] | |
| Erica is determined to make her music career to a higher level and meets a rapper named Jazzy and is interested in Gia. Two new girls enter the house but one just leaves 3 days after she arrived. Demitra is attacked in the club and everyone helps her including the two new girls which marks their stay in the house. Note: Christine and Camilla replace Danielle and Gabrielle. | |||||
| 135 | 12 | "Breakup Breakdown"[26] | April 16, 2012 | 1.716[27] | |
| The episode picks up with Christine being attacked in the limo leading to her official departure. After disagreeing with what the girls did to Christine, Demitra fears that she is the next target; while Amy and Camilla have a sexy night, things backfire and it ends up with a fight. Note: Christine voluntarily leaves the house. | |||||
| 136 | 13 | "Go Big Go Home"[28] | April 23, 2012 | 1.802[29] | |
| Elease, Amy and Mimi want Camilla out but their plan backfires at first which leads to Camilla attacking Mimi & Amy. After pretty much attacking everyone in the house, Camilla is sent home. The girls say goodbye to Las Vegas. Note: Camilla is removed from the house. | |||||
| 137 | 14 | "Reunion: Part 1"[30] | April 30, 2012 | 2.076[31] | |
| Tanisha Thomas hosts the reunion as the bad girls of Las Vegas reunite in Los Angeles to discuss the fights, arguments, and relationships they had while in the house. Blowups quickly fold when three bad girls get into physical altercations. | |||||
| 138 | 15 | "Reunion: Part 2"[32] | May 7, 2012 | 2.162[33] | |
| The second part of the reunion continues with bad blood between Elease and Camilla going on. Erica and Dani face off and it leads to a shocking conclusion. Meanwhile, Jenna returns and decides to go head to head with Gia. | |||||
Notes
- ^ Age at time of filming
- ^ a b Danielle and Gabrielle are identical twins.
- ^ Gia left the house voluntarily in episode 1 after multiple physical altercations with Amy and Jenna in episode 1, and returned for wanting to show her roommates the real her in episode 2.
- ^ Demitra left the house temporarily because of a missing passport in episode 9, and was convinced by Erica, Gia, Amy, and Elease to return in episode 10.
- ^ Elease replaced Jenna.
- ^ Camilla replaced Danielle.
- ^ Camilla was removed from the house by production after physically attacking Demitra, Amy and Elease.
- ^ Christine replaced Gabrielle and voluntarily left the house in the same episode after being physically attacked by Gia, Elease, and Camilla.
- ^ a b Danielle and Gabrielle left the house voluntarily after a physical altercation with Gia, Elease, Erica, and Demitra.
- ^ Jenna was removed from the house by production after almost causing harm to one of the twins and a physical altercation with Erica, Gia, Danielle and Gabrielle.
- ^ Jenna made an appearance for a photo shoot with Oxygen.
References
- ^ Gorman, Bill (November 14, 2011). . TV by the Numbers (Press release). Archived from the original on November 19, 2011.
- ^ Munzenrieder, Kyle (January 21, 2010). "Next Season of Bad Girl's Club to Be Shot in Miami, Looking for Locals". Miami New Times.
- ^ Walker, Dave (August 1, 2011). "'Bad Girls Club' launches New Orleans season". The Times-Picayune.
- ^ "Bad Girls Club: Throw-Up Throw-Down". Zap2it. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ^ Seidman, Robert (January 24, 2012). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on January 27, 2012.
- ^ "Bad Girls Club: Weaving Las Vegas". Zap2it. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ^ Gorman, Bill (January 31, 2012). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on February 2, 2012.
- ^ "Bad Girls Club: Chicks Before Hicks". Zap2it. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ^ Seidman, Robert. . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original (February 7, 2012) on February 9, 2012.
- ^ "Bad Girls Club: Sink or Swim". Zap2it. Retrieved August 31, 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Yanan, Travis (February 14, 2012). "Monday's Cable Ratings: Another Week, Another "Pawn Stars" Win". The Futon Critic.
- ^ "Bad Girls Club: A New Elease on Life". Zap2it. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ^ Bibel, Sara (February 22, 2012). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012.
- ^ "Bad Girls Club: Bed, Bathing Suit and Beyond". Zap2it. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (February 28, 2012). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012.
- ^ "Bad Girls Club: Invasion of the Scavengers". Zap2it. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ^ Bibel, Sara (March 6, 2012). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012.
- ^ "Bad Girls Club: Sister Act". Zap2it. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (March 13, 2012). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012.
- ^ "Bad Girls Club: Evil Pair". Zap2it. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ^ Bibel, Sara (March 20, 2012). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on March 24, 2012.
- ^ "Bad Girls Club: Double Trouble". Zap2it. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (March 27, 2012). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on March 30, 2012.
- ^ "Bad Girls Club: Bad Girl Players". Zap2it. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ^ Bibel, Sara (April 3, 2012). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012.
- ^ "Bad Girls Club: Breakup Breakdown". Zap2it. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (April 17, 2012). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012.
- ^ "Bad Girls Club: Go Big Go Home". Zap2it. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (April 24, 2012). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 27, 2012.
- ^ "Bad Girls Club: Reunion: Part 1". Zap2it. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ^ Bibel, Sara (May 1, 2012). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on May 7, 2012.
- ^ "Bad Girls Club: Reunion: Part 2". Zap2it. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (May 8, 2012). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on May 11, 2012.
External links
- Official website
- Bad Girls Club at IMDb