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This article is about the reality TV series. For the Jeanette song, see Bad Girls Club (song). For other uses, see Bad Girls Club (disambiguation).
Bad Girls Club
The Bad Girls Club logo (season 3 - present)
GenreReality television
Created byJonathan Murray
Opening theme"Love Me or Hate Me" by Lady Sovereign
(season 1)
"Bad Girls" by Tokyo Diiva
(season 2–4)
"Bad Girls Remix" by Tokyo Diiva
(season 5-6)[1]
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes103[2] (list of episodes)
Production
ProducerBunim/Murray Productions[3]
Production locationsLos Angeles (season 1–4,6)
Miami (season 5)
Running time30 minutes (seasons 1-2)
60 minutes (seasons 3–present)
Original release
NetworkOxygen (United States)
ReleaseDecember 5, 2006 (2006-12-05) –
present

The Bad Girls Club or stylized as BGC (Bad Girls Club) is an American reality television series that has been airing on Oxygen since December 6, 2006. The show was created by Jonathan Murray and is produced by Bunim/Murray Productions (the same company that produces the reality series The Real World). The show's premise follows seven women with a number of personal, behavioral, and psychological problems, deemed "bad girls", as they live together for three months. Cameras record their relationships and their attempts to accomplish specific goals. There have been five complete aired seasons of the show.[4]

On January 10, 2011, the sixth season aired at its new time slot. The show has been a ratings success for Oxygen since it began; it is the first show aired on Oxygen to reach one million viewers.[citation needed] Each season has helped boost ratings, viewership, and awareness for Oxygen. Season four's episode "Go With The Flo" is its most watched episode, achieving 2.27 million viewers. During the premiere of Bad Girls Club Miami recorded a record high view of 1.34 million viewers,[5] the series went to break the "biggest premiere" ever in Oxygen history, according to Nielsen Media Research, until the debut of season six,[5] which broke all previous records of Oxygen and the Bad Girls Club franchise, across all key demos.[5] The premiere also outperformed all other cable networks, along with ABC and CBS.[5]

Season 6 was nominated for "Favorite Reality-Show Guilty Pleasure" for the second annual IVillage awards.[6][7]

Bad Girls Club format and rules

A group of seven rebellious women who are between the ages of 21 and 27 moves in a mansion who try to co-exist with different personalities, lives, race and sexual orientations and above all they must try to adapt to the frequent changes of moods and behaviors of their roommates.[8] The seven initial bad girls must also obey all the rules that were given to them prior to moving in such as no physical violence towards anyone including the producers. The girls must not intrude the show's production room and must tolerate various interviews in their diary rooms.[8] During the show, some girls may divide the house into cliques, create havoc to satisfy oneself, book parties and hook-ups in clubs, groceries shopping which they try to maintain, including their personal lives.[8] The girls are allowed to contact their families and their personal relationship(s), the girls are given either a laptop or personal computer connected to a big screen TV.

A Bad Girl knows what she wants and how to get it. She makes her own way, makes her own rules and she makes no apologies. A Bad Girl blazes her own trail and removes obstacles from her path. A Bad Girl fights and forces her way to the top with style and beauty. A Bad Girl believes in jumping first and looking later. People will love you. People will hate you. Others will secretly wish to be you. A Bad Girl is you.

— Bad Girls Club creed[8]

Above is the Bad Girls Club creed which was introduced in the third season of the Bad Girls Club.[8]

To date, watching television and using cell phones are not allowed in the bad girls' house. The girls are also allowed to have frequent visitors to visit them.[8] The girls in the house are there to co-exist with each other to accomplish specif goals and must tolerate situations in order to "make it" at the end of the season and they accomplish this by staying in the show without being removed or voluntarily leaving the show.[8] Bullying and tag teaming are seen throughout the series of the Bad Girls Club[8]. At the end of the show, some girls change their ways, looks at life in a different perspective, or becomes a role model which are the key results in the show.[8] In each season, when a "bad girl" is removed or leaves on her own terms, a collage of memorable videos of that "bad girl" is played shortly after her leave. The memorable videos are a collage of situations that the "bad girl" was in or was most notable as. A "replacement" bad girl is then brought onto the show.

Pictured is the Hollywood sign where seasons one-four, and six were shot during a three month stay in the Bad Girls Club

Seasons 1 and 2

The format for the first season of the Bad Girls Club was largely different from subsequent seasons. A total of seven rebellious women, between the ages of 21 and 31, moved in as groups into a luxurious mansion in Los Angeles, California. The seven girls were also given contracts to maintain their good behaviors during the production of the show, along with a number one rule of the house, no physical violence towards roommates and producers. Season's one and season two "bad girls" were not given nicknames, unlike future seasons where producers gave nicknames to all the bad girls who entered the show. During the process of season 1, a record number of "replacements" (who helped filled in, when an original bad girl is removed or left on her own terms) entered the show. On average, around one or two "bad girls" enters the show, season 1, however, had multiple replacements, which wasn't seen until season 5. In the first episode aired, the producers first showed a physical fight that led up to Ripsi's removal from the show, this demonstration became a pinpoint for every season of the Bad Girls Club. Season 1 was the first season to have 30 minute episodes and a total of 24 episodes in a season.[2]

Season 2's format changed drastically when the maximum age requirements dropped from 35 to 27, compared from season one. The "bad girls" of season 2 moved into the remodeled mansion that was given to season one girls in Los Angeles. The changing of mansion style, size, and structure became an incessant change in subsequent seasons. The seven girls were given mandatory non-profit jobs to help them build a work ethic along with stability of being dependent on others, such as teamwork and commitment for success in later life. Failed to come at work or quit, was a mandatory removal from the show. The girls were given the jobs of planning, decision making, and build cooperation. Season 2 became the first and only season of the Bad Girls Club to give jobs for the "bad girls" and season 2 also became the final season to air 30 minute episodes.[2]

Replacement Bad Girls

In some cases, some "bad girls" may wish to leave the show due to court, issues at home, think that they are better than the others or mostly because of tensions and stress that the roommates were performing, such as bullying, pranks, and double tagging a "bad girl".[8] A replacement is usually introduced in the house an episode or two after one bad girl leaves the show or is removed. The "original" bad girls are then seen dominate and stick together to try to intimidate the replacement(s) unless the "newbie(s)", "8th or 9th bitch", or "replacement to a replacement" are just like them.[8]

Season's one, five, and six are the only seasons of the Bad Girls Club to have multiple replacements.

Live shows

On August 3, 2010, during the OxygenLive TV recap episode, re-imagined live television experience that, for the first time, combined social medias Facebook and Twitter with program content, which allowed fans of the show to submit their own opinions and comments about the show and the seven "bad girls" which were aired on television during the 10 p.m hour.[5] The debut of season 5, became the final time that Oxygen had allowed live program content from fans to be shown during the 10p.m hour.

In January 2011, Oxygen released a live talk show featuring season two's Tanisha Thomas as the main host for OxygenLive.com. The live show was introduced for the first time during the debut of season 6 to dish out gossip, rumors, confessions, and expressions that some "bad girls" of season six or "all-stars", during a particular episode. In some cases, the "bad girls" are given a questionnaire of various questions by fans that were submitted in on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter or Oxygen.com's message boards. Mainly, the "bad girls" of season six are welcomed by Tanisha Thomas and are interviewed and questioned by Thomas after viewing an episode that they were involved in.[9]

Airings and locations of the show

A southern portion of the South Beach skyline as seen from a boat on Biscayne Bay which the "bad girls" from season 5 was at during their three month stay in the Bad Girls Club
Season Season premiere Season finale Locations
Season 1 December 5, 2006 April 24, 2007 Los Angeles, California
Season 2 December 4, 2007 May 13, 2008
Season 3 December 2, 2008 March 24, 2009
Season 4 December 1, 2009 March 9, 2010
Season 5: Miami August 3, 2010 November 23, 2010 Miami
Season 6 January 10, 2011 TBA Los Angeles, California
Season 7 TBA TBA TBD

Nominations

Year Awards ceremony Award Results
2011 iVillage Entertainment Awards Favorite Reality-Show Guilty Pleasure[7] Nominated

U.S. television ratings

"Viewers" is the estimated number viewers that watched a program either while it was broadcast or watched via DVR on the same day the program was broadcast.

Season Timeslot (ET) Airings Premiered Ended A18-49 W18-34 H/H Share Highest rated episode
(in millions) 		Total viewers
Date Premiere
viewers
(in millions) 		Date Finale
viewers
(in millions) 		Reunion
viewers
(in millions)
Season 1 10 P.M Tuesdays 6 December 2006 — 24 April 2007 — — — — — — —
Season 2 4 December 2007 — 20 May 2008 — — 267,000[10] 191,000[10] — — 681,000[10][11]
Season 3 2 December 2008 1.03[12] 31 March 2009 0.8[13] — 641,000[10] 476,000[10] — 1.07[10] 1,143,000[10][11]
Season 4 1 December 2009 1.67[12] 9 March 2010 — 2.66[14] 749,000[12] 527,000[12] 1.1/2[15] 2.27[16] 1,677,000[12][17]
Bad Girls Club: Miami 9 P.M 3 August 2010 1.34[5] 9 November 2010 1.71[18] 1.90[19] 831,000[20] 810,000[20] 1.1/2[21] 1.96[22] 1,679,000[20]
Season 6 Mondays 10 January 2011 1.71[23] TBA — — — — 1.0/1[23] 1.85[24] —

Merchandise

A series of collections called "The Bad Girls Club collection", which began in 2008 with the start of season 3, is an online boutique that fans of the show can order via Oxygen's website, Shopoholic.com. Oxygen has released a series of pants, shirts and sweaters, mostly decor of the Bad Girls Club logo attached. The series of jewelery, kitchen utensils, beach wear, pillows, blankets, and women underwear also includes the Bad Girls Club logo design. The store, mostly women accessories, also has a line of boxers for men[25]

Controversies

Season 4

During the premier episode of season 4, Off The Wall, Natalie Nunn and Annie Andersen began talking about which night clubs they should attend. When Natalie asked if Annie liked Chris Brown, Annie replied "No! - he beat up his girlfriend". Natalie then went on the defense for Brown stating that "Who cares, Rihanna [she] was a punk bitch, and she got her ass whop for a reason". Natalie then began saying that Rihanna is a crazy "bitch" and told Annie that she doesn't know her, like Natalie does, after Annie told Natalie that she doesn't agree with domestic violence. When the episode aired, Chris Brown reportedly stated that he doesn't know who Natalie Nunn was, which was questioned by Natalie during the reunion show.[26] Natalie then stated that Brown made that comment, because the cast of the show wasn't unveiled yet. Perez Hilton then asked Natalie if Rihanna had confronted her after her comment that she had made towards Rihanna. Natalie then answered yes, stating that the two had reportedly been arguing during a dinner party in New York City.[27] During the reunion, Natalie began stating rumors that she and Chris Brown had a fling prior to the show.[28][29] Shortly before season 4's reunion was over, Natalie Nunn expressed that she doesn't condone domestic violence and apologized if her comment had enraged fans and other people who had gone through domestic violence.[29]

During the episode "Bad Break", Amber McWha began questioning, while drunk, homosexuality and the Bible and contrasting the two about the christian faith towards Adam and Eve. This outraged Florina "Flo" Kaja to question Amber's homophobia while stating that she had made out with other women. The two began battling out their words, until Amber McWha pushed Flo into the pool, damaging her ankles. Under tremendous pain, Flo gets out of the pool and grabs Amber's hair and throws her across the concrete.[30][31]

Season 5

During the episode "The Wicked Witch Of Key West", Kristen Kelly was at a bar with Christina Marie Hopkins. While there, a random guy offered to buy drinks for the two ladies. While doing so, the guy added PCP hypnotic sleeping pills which made Kristen to be intoxicated. Kristen claimed she suffered bruises on her body when the guy grabbed her and handled her roughly. Kristen also reported that the producers of the show didn't want to air the guy on television in order to not be sued.[32]

"I had no idea where I was and [I] had to go to the ER over night. They later discovered someone put PCP in my drink. They can't show it on the show because then that guy could sue for slander. I am honestly really upset they didnt explain that [during] the show. I think its really messed up how the entire story [wasn't ever] shown [on air], whatever. DONE!"

Kristen Kelly expressing an incident that ensued prior to her altercation with Lea.

Season 6

During the episode "Broverload" cast member Kori Koether was rushed to the emergency room after her roommate Nicole "Nikki" Galladay sliced Kori's hand with a hand bag. While being rushed to the ER, Nikki was seen laughing and smiling while Kori was put in the ambulance and rushed to California Hospital Medical Center. Kori had sustained trauma and Class I Hemorrhage. Nikki later apologized to Kori who didn't accept the apology. Nikki later stated that the whole incident was an accident and was allowed to stay in the show for the remainder of her time.[33]

"Bad Girls"

Main article: List of Bad Girls Club participants

List of episodes

Main article: List of The Bad Girls Club episodes

Spin-offs

Bad Girls Road Trip

Main article: Bad Girls Road Trip

Bad Girls Road Trip is a spin-off from Oxygen's original show, The Bad Girls Club. It premiered June 21, 2007. It starred season one veterans, Zara Sprankle, Aimee Landi, and Leslie Ramsue, who tour their respective hometowns, searching for casting opportunities for Season 2 of The Bad Girls Club. While on their roadtrip they also visited their former housemates.[34]

Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too

Main article: Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too

Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too premiered on March 16, 2010 and features three former Bad Girls Club stars; Amber Meade, Sarah Michaels (both from Season 3) and Kendra Jones (Season 4) "trying to find the man of their dreams" from a selection of 13 eligible bachelors. Comedian Bret Ernst hosted the first season, which consisted of eight one-hour episodes with Tanisha Thomas and Tiffany Torrence-Davis as guest stars in one episode. Oxygen networks have renewed the show for its second season.[35] It was confirmed that Tanisha Thomas would become the host of season two, replacing Ernst. Natalie Nunn (Season 4), Amber Buhl (Season 3) and Lea Beaulieu (Season 5) will compete in season two, which will air on Oxygen in April of 2011.[36]

Bad Girls Club: Flo Gets Married

Bad Girls Club: Flo Gets Married is a one-hour special that centers around season four fan favorite Florina "Flo" Kaja's marriage at a traditional Albanian wedding, and pregnancy. It aired on Oxygen on February 28, 2011.[37] It was watched by 859,000 viewers.[38]

Bad Girls Boot Camp

On February 16, 2011 it was reported that production was being done at former Hornets basketball coach Byron Scott house in Kenner, Louisiana for "Bad Girls Boot Camp".[39] Interim Code Enforcement Director Tamithia Shaw said "[she] understands the site will be used for four months but that pre-production work apparently has been going on for two or three weeks". She also said that the cast was not there. It has caused an outrage from the neighborhood.[40]

Other media

Mobile games

In 2007, Oxygen released a 3G mobile game based on The Bad Girls Club in partnership with Artificial Life, Inc.[41][42] The 3G game featured 3D avatars based on the Bad Girls, as well as photo-realistic locations based on the actual house.

See also

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