I Want to Work for Diddy 2
| I Want to Work for Diddy 2 | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 | |
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| Release | |
| Original network | VH1 |
| Original release | November 2, 2009 – January 4, 2010 |
| Season chronology | |
I Want to Work for Diddy 2 is a reality show on VH1. It is the second season of I Want to Work for Diddy, where contestants are brought together to see who can become Sean Combs' personal assistant. Mark Jacobs is the show's co-executive producer and director. I Want to Work for Diddy 2 premiered on November 2, 2009. In the end, Ebony Jones was chosen to be his assistant.
Contestants
[edit]| Name | Occupation | Hometown | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ebony Jones | High School Algebra Teacher | Dallas, Texas | Winner on Episode 10 |
| Daniel Orrison | Wine Steward | Frederick, Maryland | Runner-Up on Episode 10 |
| Ivory Tabb | Public Relations | New Jersey | Eliminated on Episode 9 |
| Dalen Spratt | Business Owner | Dallas, Texas | Eliminated on Episode 8 |
| Jennifer Bauer | Model | Troy, Michigan | Eliminated on Episode 6 |
| Melissa LeEllen | Executive Assistant | Queens, New York | Eliminated on Episode 5 |
| Kim "Poprah" Kearney | Entrepreneur | Atlanta, Georgia | Eliminated on Episode 4[e] |
| Kennis Bell | Public Relations Student | Tyler, Texas | Eliminated on Episode 4 |
| Blake Sunshine | Talent Promoter | Boston, Massachusetts | Eliminated on Episode 3 |
| John Bonavia | Mall Manager | Washington, D.C. | Eliminated on Episode 3 |
| Zach Wright | Internet Marketer | New Brunswick, New Jersey | Eliminated on Episode 2 |
| Noelle Johnson | Pageant Queen | Portage, Michigan | Eliminated on Episode 1 |
Judges
[edit]- Capricorn Clark – Marketing Director, Sean John
- Phil Robinson – Diddy's former manager
- Andre Harrell – Diddy's mentor
- Kim "Poprah" Kearney – Former contestant (guest judge)
Weekly Results
[edit]| Contestants | Episodes | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7[h] | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
| Ebony[g] | WIN | WIN | John | WIN | Melissa | IN | Daniel | Dalen | IN | WINNER | ||
| Daniel | Noelle | Zach | WIN | Ivory | Melissa | WIN | Ivory | Dalen | IN | OUT | ||
| Ivory | Noelle | Zach | WIN | Melissa | Jennifer | IN | Daniel | Daniel | OUT | |||
| Dalen[g] | WIN | WIN | John | WIN | Melissa | SAFE | Daniel | Daniel | ||||
| Jennifer | WIN | WIN | John | WIN | Melissa | OUT | ||||||
| Melissa[b] | WIN | Ivory | WIN | Ivory | Jennifer | |||||||
| Kim[a][c][f] | WIN | OUT[e] | ||||||||||
| Kennis | Ivory | Zach | WIN | Ivory[d] | ||||||||
| Blake | WIN | WIN | John | |||||||||
| John | WIN | WIN | OUT | |||||||||
| Zach | Noelle | Ivory | ||||||||||
| Noelle | Zach | |||||||||||
- Teams
- The contestant was on the Uptown team.
- The contestant was on the Downtown team.
- Competition
- The contestant won.
- The contestant was eliminated, but still hired.
- The contestant won the challenge and was safe.
- The contestant won the challenge and was in the bottom.
- The contestant was in the bottom two or three, but was not eliminated.
- The contestant was eliminated.
- The contestant was out of the competition, after she was told to reveal that she was a spy for Diddy.
- The contestant was not included in the episode, or was a judge.
- The contestant lost the challenge but was safe.
- Notes
- ^[a] Kim "Poprah" Kearney from season one returned and joined the competition.
- ^[b] In Episode 2, Melissa was voted to move from the Downtown Team to the Uptown Team so that both teams had an equal number of contestants.
- ^[c] Capricorn Clark said that Kim "Poprah" would switch teams every week.
- ^[d] Kennis was not originally put up for elimination, but was eliminated.
- ^[e] In Episode 4, Poprah revealed herself as a spy for Diddy, when she was a judge for elimination. Therefore Diddy no longer needed her and was out of the competition.
- ^[f] In Episode 5, Poprah was the judge for elimination, and Poprah said that there would be no more teams.
- ^[g] In Episode 7, Dalen and Ebony were not originally put up for elimination.
- ^[h] In Episode 7, everyone was at risk of being eliminated, but all were ultimately given one more chance to prove themselves.
In Episodes 1,3,5 & 7 Ivory used her infamous catch phrase "manwhich a bitch" a phrase that caught on with fans instantly.
Episodes
[edit]Welcome to Bad Boy
[edit]First aired November 2, 2009
- Challenge: Collect the Most Foreign Languages
- Challenge Winners: Downtown Team
- Bottom 2: Ivory, Noelle
- Eliminated: Noelle
- Ivory became a fan favorite and quickly earned the title of having the catchphrase of the season after telling one of her competitors she was going to "manwhich a bitch"
- Elimination Notes: After Noelle's elimination, Melissa was switched to the Uptown Team.
Sean John Reinvented
[edit]First aired November 9, 2009
- Challenge: Shoot a Print Ad for the New Sean John Logo
- Challenge Winners: Downtown Team
- Bottom 2: Ivory, Zach
- Eliminated: Zach
- Elimination Notes: Poprah returned to the competition after making a special guest appearance.
Chariots for Charity
[edit]First aired November 16, 2009
- Challenge: Collect Donations for the Fresh Air Fund
- Downtown: $1700
- Uptown: $5500
- Challenge Winners: Uptown Team
- Bottom 3: Blake, Ebony, John
- Eliminated: Blake, John
- Elimination Notes: Poprah was moved to the Downtown Team to even the teams after the Uptown Team lost two members in elimination.
Diddy or Didn't He?
[edit]First aired November 23, 2009
- 1st Challenge: Assist Mr. Combs in Doing Press Interviews
- 2nd Challenge: Play Diddy or Didn't He? Game Show
- Downtown: 110 pts.
- Uptown: 50 pts.
- Challenge Winners: Downtown
- Bottom 2: Ivory, Kennis
- Eliminated: Kennis
- Left: Poprah[e]
- Episode/Elimination Notes: Kennis was not originally put up for elimination, but was eliminated; Poprah leaves the house after she reveals herself that she was a spy for Diddy.
Welcome to Daddy's House
[edit]First aired November 30, 2009
- Challenge: Work The Night Shift At Diddy's House
- Challenge Winners: Ebony
- Bottom 2: Jen, Melissa
- Eliminated: Melissa
- Elimination Notes: Both teams are at elimination; Poprah talks with them instead of Capricorn about who they should vote for.
Truth and Its Consequences
[edit]First aired December 7, 2009
- Challenge: Learning To Be Honest
- Challenge Winner: None
- Bottom 5: Dalen, Daniel, Ebony, Ivory, Jen
- Eliminated: Jen
- Elimination/Episode Notes: Elimination is held at Diddy's office, and Diddy decides who goes home; there are no more teams starting from Episode 6; Diddy felt that he would not hire someone like Jen and eliminated her.
A Family Affair
[edit]First aired December 14, 2009
- Challenge: Family Dinner At Sea
- Challenge Winner: Daniel
- Bottom 4: Dalen, Daniel, Ebony, Ivory
- Eliminated: None
- Elimination/Episode Notes: Dalen and Ebony were not originally put up for elimination.
The Fashion Event
[edit]First aired December 21, 2009
- Challenge: Throw A Preview Party For New Sean John Collection
- Challenge Winner: None
- Bottom 2: Dalen, Daniel
- Eliminated: Dalen
- Elimination/Episode Notes: With only four contestants remaining, team competitions were eliminated and it became a 1-versus-all format.
The Fashion Event Pt. 2
[edit]First aired December 28, 2009
- Challenge: Throw A Preview Party For New Sean John Collection
- Challenge Winner: None
- Bottom: Daniel, Ebony and Ivory
- Eliminated: Ivory
- Elimination/Episode Notes: Capricorn saves the fashion show from disaster. The exercise ball incident from the first episode is brought up again and Ivory is eliminated.
Season Finale
[edit]First aired January 4, 2010
- Challenge: Assist Mr. Combs
- Runner-Up: Daniel
- Winner: Ebony