Real Chance of Love (season 1)
Real Chance of Love is the first season of the VH1 reality television dating series entitled Real Chance of Love. Brothers Ahmad Givens and Kamal Givens, former contestants on I Love New York, are the central figures. The show, which premiered October 20, 2008, features seventeen female contestants taking part in various challenges in a format similar to other VH1 and MTV dating contest programs. Each week, women are eliminated until the final episode where the brothers had to make their final selections. Ultimately, Ahmad selected "Corn Fed", while Kamal did not select a winner. The series consisted of 14 episodes.
Contestants
Elimination order
- In Episode 9 there was a cliffhanger, so the elimination was not shown until Episode 10.
- Episode 11 was a recap before the finale.
- In Episode 12, Chance did not choose anyone, although he revealed on the reunion if he had to, he'd have chosen Risky.
- Episode 13 was a recap before the reunion.
Episodes
Love is in the Stallion-Air
First aired October 20, 2008- Bottom Five: Lusty, Harmony, So Hood, Stalker, Isha
- Eliminated: Harmony, Stalker, Isha
- Chance's Girls: Cali, Rabbit, Risky, Bubbles, Meatball, Promo, So Hood
- Real's Girls: Bay Bay Bay, Sexy Legs, K.O., Corn Fed, Milf, Ki Ki, Lusty
- Ki Ki told Real that K.O. gave Chance a lap dance, but it was actually Meatball who gave him the lap dance.
- Stalker made a clock for Chance, which he ended up breaking. He didn't like it because, it reminded him of Flavor Flav. On I Love New York, one of the reasons New York eliminated Chance is because he started to remind her of Flav.
- Bubbles and So Hood got into an argument over the way Bubbles talks. Chance didn't like this at all and almost eliminated So Hood because of it.
- Lusty and Milf were the only girls to flirt with both Real and Chance at the mixer.
- Stalker and Bubbles broke one of the beds by continually jumping on it.
- Lusty was talking to herself in the mirror when the other girls were fighting. Promo caught her doing it and was creeped out.
- During elimination, Chance picked Promo to be one of his girls, and she almost denied him because she was initially more interested in Real.
- Stalker: Chance disliked the clock she made for him, and he didn't like the way she was always following him around, and never seemed to leave him alone.
- Harmony: Chance thought her breath smelled bad, and didn't have as strong of a connection with her as he did with some of the other girls.
- Isha: She didn't make an effort to talk to Chance or Real and just kind of lingered in the background.
Don't Cross Me Bra!
- Challenge winners: Bubbles, Cali, Milf, Sexy Legs
- Bottom Two: Corn Fed, Sexy Legs
- Eliminated: Sexy Legs
- Chance's Girls: Cali, Rabbit, Risky, Bubbles, So Hood, Meatball
- Real's Girls: Promo, K.O., Milf, Bay Bay Bay, Ki Ki, Lusty, Corn Fed
- In this week's challenge, the girls were given their own booths at the "Stallionaire Fair". The two girls from Real's side and Chance's side who had the most tickets at the end won a group date. On the date, the winners helped Chance and Real record a demo for their album.
- During elimination, Real gave his first chain to Promo. She was scared to take it at first because she thought Chance was going to get really mad. Chance was disappointed, but didn't yell or get out of control.
- Since Real took Promo from him, Chance offered his first chain to Milf, but she didn't want it.
- Chance and Real's younger brother Micah made an appearance.
- The girls found out that Real was the first black man Corn Fed had dated.
- Chance saw Real and Promo talking outside, so he went and started flirting with Sexy Legs. She denied him and moved away when he tried to kiss her. He felt embarrassed, so he told Real that she was trying to make moves on him.
- Sexy Legs: Real believed Chance when he told him that Sexy Legs was trying to make moves on him. Even though nothing big really happened, he took his brother's word about it.
Slam, Bam, Thank You Ma'am
- Challenge: SSA Wrestling
- Challenge Winners: K.O., So Hood, Bay Bay Bay, Ki Ki, Rabbit
- Bottom Three: K.O., Promo, So Hood
- Eliminated: Promo, So Hood
- Chance's Girls: Risky, Rabbit, Bubbles, Cali, Meatball
- Real's Girls: Milf, Bay Bay Bay, Ki Ki, Corn Fed, Lusty, K.O.
- This week's challenge, the girls had to form into 3 wrestling teams and fight each other, while Chance and Real watched. The team that put on the best show, won a group date. On the date, the winners went fishing with Chance and Real.
- K.O., So Hood, Bay Bay Bay, Ki Ki and Rabbit were the Pink Team. Risky, Lusty, Corn Fed and Cali were the Grey Team. Promo, Milf, Bubbles and Meatball were the Blue Team.
- The girls were given their own wrestling names during the challenge. Corn Fed, Risky, Cali, Lusty, Bubbles, Milf, Promo, Meatball, Bay Bay Bay, K.O., Ki Ki, Rabbit and So Hood.
- Chance and some of the girls think that K.O. is a lesbian after she seems more affectionate with other girls in the house than with Real. This led to a heated argument between Bay Bay Bay and K.O., because it was brought up during the group date.
- During the group date, Real said their brother, Micah, told him that Cali was a "industry girl".
- Lusty and Ki Ki get into a heated argument about if Ki Ki is "real" and Ki Ki talks trash about Lusty's deceased mother.
- During elimination, Chance calls So Hood down to the carpet. She thinks she's going to get her chain, but Chance actually reveals that she's a bit too much for him. So Hood is upset about it, and Chance seems a little upset about the choice he had to make, too. He gives her one last hug, and then she leaves.
- The Pink Team won the first annual SSA heavyweight championship belt.
- So Hood: Chance thought she was too forward with her sexual side, and was stopping him from getting to spend time to get to know the other girls.
- Promo: Real thought she wasn't making a good enough effort to get to know him since she didn't really come to him wanting to talk like the other girls. Chance decided not to give her another chance with him because she was a flip-flopper, and it would just be her switching from one brother to the other again.
Who Wants to be a Stallionaire?
- Challenge: Stallionaire Barn Yard Clean Up
- Challenge Winners: Bubbles, Ki Ki
- Bottom Two: Lusty, Ki Ki
- Eliminated: Lusty
- Chance's Girls: Bubbles, Cali, Risky, Meatball, Rabbit
- Real's Girls: Milf, K.O., Corn Fed, Bay Bay Bay, Ki Ki
- This episode began with Ki Ki insulting Lusty's deceased mother. Bubbles tried to break it up. K.O. intervened, acting as though she was about to hit Ki Ki.
- In this week's challenge, the girls were paired up into teams to clean up the Stallionaire barn, and put all the animals back in their proper places. The team that did the best job, would win a group date, which consisted of a barbecue with Chance and Real.
- Meatball and Bay Bay Bay were Team 1. K.O., Cali and Lusty were Team 2. Corn Fed and Risky were Team 3. Milf and Rabbit were Team 4. Ki Ki and Bubbles were Team 5.
- Team 1's tasks were washing the pigs, putting the pigs and sheep in their stalls, and cleaning the troughs. Team 2's tasks were wrangling up the geese and turkeys back into their stalls and sweeping up the dirty hay. Team 3's tasks were washing and brushing the horses and cleaning their hooves. Team 4's tasks were stacking the hay and shoveling up the manure. Team 5's tasks were feeding the fowl, goats, sheep and pigs, putting the lambs and donkeys in their stalls, and brushing the donkey's teeth.
- Team 5 ended up winning the challenge, and were rewarded with a date with Chance and Real.
- Later in the episode, after Lusty and Milf told Real what Ki Ki said about her mother, he asked her to apologize, and she hesitated at first. After speaking with her mother over the phone, she apologized, but only to appease Real.
- Chance was told by his brother Micah that Cali was an "industry girl". When word gets back to Cali, she confronts Chance and tells him she's only in the industry because she is a make-up artist.
- Before elimination, Lusty gives Real a massage in his room. She revealed to him that her last boyfriend married another woman without telling her and jokes that she killed him because of it.
- This is the first elimination that Chance gave out his Chain first.
- Lusty: Real thought she wasn't mentally stable and was worried when she said she killed her last boyfriend, even though she claims she was joking.
Great Balls of Fire!
- Guest: Kaba Modern
- Challenge: Dance Competition
- Challenge winners: Corn Fed, Ki Ki, Cali, Bay Bay Bay, Risky
- Bottom Three: Rabbit, Meatball, K.O.
- Eliminated: Meatball
- Chance's Girls: Cali, Risky, Bubbles, Rabbit
- Real's Girls: Milf, Corn Fed, Bay Bay Bay, Ki Ki, K.O.
- In this week's challenge the girls formed teams and put on a dance competition for Chance and Real. The team that danced the best won a group date with Chance and Real, this took place at a Stallionaire concert.
- The girls picked their own team names for the competition. Corn Fed, Ki Ki, Cali, Bay Bay Bay and Risky were The Stallionettes. Milf, Meatball, Rabbit, Bubbles and K.O. were Mixed Spice.
- Chance and Real's younger brother Micah made an appearance. He performed on stage with them during the concert.
- Sun Ra from episode 8 of Flavor of Love: Charm School, introduced the Stallionaires to the stage.
- Some of the songs The Stallionaires performed were "Summer Luv Child" and "Life of The Party".
- Kaba Modern, from the first season of America's Best Dance Crew, help the girls practice for the challenge.
- Real and Chance have dinner with the other brother's girls to get to know them.
- Bubbles reveals during the dinner that she did not think she needed god to be a good person.
- K.O. revealed during the dinner, that she was adopted and she was sad because she didn't have a family to introduce Real to.
- Real told Rabbit he was starting to have feelings for her. She felt awkward about the whole situation, but she feels that Chance has not made a connection with her. This would be the second time Real started to like one of Chance's girls, the first being Promo.
- Rabbit gave Chance swimming trunks as a gift, but it came off that he didn't really care about it. She also made homemade cheesecake with Corn Fed and they gave it to Chance and Real. Chance didn't really like it, and spit it out.
- Meatball made spaghetti and meatballs for Chance, but he didn't like it and claims it made him sick.
- During elimination Real offered his second chain to Rabbit, after asking for Chance's approval, but she didn't take it and said that she wanted to stay with Chance. Real proceeded to offer it to her two more times, but she denied him again. Chance then offered a chain to K.O., which she tearfully refused to take. K.O. was ultimately offered a chain from Real, which she accepted, grabbing the chain from him.
- Rabbit at first denied Chance's chain, because she felt like he wasn't showing her that he liked her, or wanted to make an effort to get to know her. He said he would make more of an effort.
- Meatball: Chance didn't feel a connection with her, like he had with the other girls.
From One Brother to Another
- Challenge: Pimp Out Rides
- Challenge Winners: Cali, Rabbit, Bay Bay Bay, Corn Fed, Milf
- Bottom Two: Milf, Ki Ki
- Eliminated: Ki Ki
- Chance's Girls: Rabbit, Cali, Bubbles, Risky
- Real's Girls: Corn Fed, K.O., Bay Bay Bay, Milf
- Ki Ki: Real felt that Ki Ki was too vicious and didn't care about hurting other people
Kid's Games and Old Flames
- Challenge: Mother Skills Challenge
- Challenge Winners: Corn Fed, Bubbles
- Bottom Four: Bubbles, Rabbit, Milf, Bay Bay Bay
- Eliminated: Bubbles
- Chance's Girls: Rabbit, Cali, Risky
- Real's Girls: Corn Fed, K.O., Bay Bay Bay, Milf
- Bay Bay Bay was supposed to be eliminated, but at the last second Real changed his mind and offered her an "invisible chain" which she accepted.
- Bubbles: Bubbles admitted to Chance on their date that she wasn't feeling a connection to him, and that she still had feelings for someone else.
Ride or Die
- Challenge: Ride or Die Challenge
- Challenge Winners: Risky, Bay Bay Bay
- Bottom Two: Bay Bay Bay, K.O.
- Eliminated: K.O.
- Chance's Girls: Rabbit, Cali, Risky
- Real's Girls: Corn Fed, Bay Bay Bay, Milf
- K.O.: Real felt that she still had growing up to do, and had even stated that if she hadn't walked out of the house earlier, Bay Bay Bay would have been sent home.
The Parent Trap, Part I
The Parent Trap, Part II
First aired December 29, 2008- Eliminated: Rabbit, Milf
- Chance's Girls: Cali, Risky
- Real's Girls: Corn Fed, Bay Bay Bay
- Rabbit: Chance said he felt a better connection to Risky and Cali.
- Milf: Real thought there was too much drama surrounding Milf.
The Clip Show
Thunder in Paradise
First aired January 12, 2009- Eliminated: Risky, Cali, Bay Bay Bay
- Chance's Girl: No One
- Real's Girl: Corn Fed
- Bay Bay Bay: Real felt a stronger connection to Corn Fed
- Risky: Chance admitted that he hadn't fallen for Risky or Cali
- Cali: Chance admitted that he hadn't fallen for Cali or Risky
Memoirs of a Stallionaire
Some of the never-before-scenes included were:
- The contestants casting tapes
- Bubbles' fascination with fruit smoothies
- Real and Chance's video diaries
- More scenes of the girls getting eliminated
- Rabbit and Corn Fed both wanting to leave the house on the same night
- Chance walking in on Real and Milf in the bedroom
- An extended preview of the reunion show
Reunion show
After the show
- Cali and Milf appeared in the second season of I Love Money, where they placed 10th and 14th place respectively.
- A few days after the reunion show was taped, Corn Fed and Real ended their relationship.
- It was reported on the VH1 blog that there will be a "second season" of Real Chance of Love, with the working title Real Chance of Love 2.
- So Hood, Bay Bay Bay, Bubbles, Ki Ki, Risky, and K.O. were selected to compete on the third season of Charm School hosted by Ricki Lake, which premiered on May 11, 2009, with Risky being the winner.
- Rabbit made a cameo appearance in the Method Man & Redman video for "Mrs. International".
- Bubbles was a contestant on the canceled third season of I Love Money, where it is believed she came in 3rd place.
- Corn Fed appeared on the fourth season of I Love Money, where she came in 8th place.
- Ahmed Givens died on February 20, 2015, after a long battle of colon cancer. He was 35.
- Kamal Givens will be given a new dating series entitled "Last Chance @ Romance" slated to air in 2020 on VH1.