Bad Girls Club: Las Vegas is the eighth season of the Oxygen reality television series, The Bad Girls Club. It premiered on January 23, 2012.[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).[3]
Cast
Original Bad Girls
| Bad Girl[4] | Age1 | Hometown | "Bad Girl" nickname[5] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amy Cieslowski | 23 | Chicago, IL | "The Hot Mess" |
| Danielle "Dani" Victor | 23 | Methuen, MA | "The Black Sheep" |
| Demitra "Mimi" Roche | 25 | Miami, FL | "The Miami Maverick" |
| Erica Figueroa | 23 | Atlanta, GA | "The Red-Headed Hustler" |
| Gabrielle "Gabi" Victor | 23 | Methuen, MA | "The Queen B" |
| Gia Sapp-Hernandez | 22 | Newark, DE | "The Scandalous Schoolgirl" |
| Jenna Russo | 24 | Long Island, NY | "The Naughty New Yorker" |
Replacement Bad Girls
In each season of the Bad Girls Club, one or more girls will be asked to leave the house either from violence, physical fighting, or will leave on their own accord, which then gives the producers a chance at a new "bad girl" who arrives to the house in a day or two to replace the fellow bad girl.[6]
| Bad Girl | Age1 | Hometown | "Bad Girl" nickname | Replaced[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elease Donovan | 24 | Miami, FL | "The Brick House" | Jenna |
| Christine Moon[5] | 21 | Nashville, TN | "The Tennessee Temptation" | Dani |
| Camilla Poindexter[5] | 24 | Long Beach, CA | "The Cali Cutthroat" | Gabi |
Duration of cast
| Bad Girls | Season 8 Episodes | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episodes 1 & 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episodes 5-8 | Episode 9 | Episode 10 | Episode 11 | Episode 12 | Season Finale | |||||||
| Amy | Amy | Amy | Amy | Amy | Amy | Amy | Amy | Amy | Amy | ||||||
| Erica | Erica | Erica | Erica | Erica | Erica | Erica | Erica | Erica | Erica | ||||||
| Gia | Gia | Gia | Gia | Gia | Gia | Gia | Gia | Gia | Gia | ||||||
| Elease | Elease | Elease | Elease | Elease | Elease | Elease | Elease | ||||||||
| Demitra | Demitra | Demitra | Demitra | Demitra | Demitra | Demitra | Demitra | Demitra | Demitra | ||||||
| Camilla | Camilla | Camilla | Camilla | ||||||||||||
| Christine | Christine | Christine | |||||||||||||
| Dani | Dani | Dani | Dani | Dani | Dani | Dani | |||||||||
| Gabi | Gabi | Gabi | Gabi | Gabi | Gabi | Gabi | |||||||||
| Jenna | Jenna | Jenna | Jenna | ||||||||||||
Notes
- Key: = "Bad" Girl is featured on this episode.
- Key: = "Bad" Girl replacement arrives.
- Key: = "Bad" Girl voluntarily leaves the house.
- Key: = "Bad" Girl is removed from the house.
- Key: = "Bad" Girl returns to the house.
- Key: = "Bad" Girl who left earlier makes an appearance.
- 1 Jenna voluntarily left the house in episode 3 after a physical altercation with Erica, Gia, Dani, and Gabi.[7][8]
- 2 Jenna made an appearance in episode 4 for the photoshoot with Oxygen.[9]
- 3 Elease replaced Jenna in episode 4.[9][10]
- 4 Demitra voluntarily left the house in episode 9 after she got tired of the twins' antics.[11]
- 5 Demitra returned to the house in episode 10 after being convinced by Amy, Erica, Elease and Gia to do so.[12]
- 6 Dani and Gabi voluntarily left the house in episode 10 after a physical altercation with Gia, Elease, Demitra and Erica.[12]
- 7 Christine and Camilla replaced Dani and Gabi in episode 11.[13]
- 8 Christine voluntarily left the house in the first minute of episode 12 after an altercation with Elease, Gia and Camilla.[13]
- 9 Camilla was removed from the house in the season finale after a physical altercation with Elease, Demitra, and Amy.[14]
Episodes
| Episode # | Title | U.S. viewers
(millions) |
Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Throw-up Throw-down[15]" | 1.702[16] | January 23, 2012 |
| Season 8 brings seven new "bad girls", along with new drama and new sins, to Las Vegas. Backstabbing is sure to occur in this gambling city. | |||
| 2 | "Weaving Las Vegas[17]" | 1.383[18] | January 30, 2012 |
| A division starts to form between the housemates. Jenna becomes the brunt of Bad Girl rage for being on Amy's side. | |||
| 3 | "Chicks Before Hicks[7]" | 1.333[19] | February 6, 2012 |
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Erica and the twins team up in a plot to get Jenna out of the house. Meanwhile, Mimi switches onto Amy and Jenna's side but not without consequences. Note(s): Jenna voluntarily left the house. | |||
| 4 | "Sink or Swim[9]" | 1.247[20] | February 13, 2012 |
|
New bad girl, Elease, arrives to a cold welcome. Meanwhile, Nastasia and Tiara, past bad girls, also arrive to ignite some trouble. Note(s): Jenna made an appearance. Elease replaced Jenna. | |||
| 5 | "A New Elease on Life[21]" | 1.397[22] | February 20, 2012 |
| Drama causes weariness on some of the "bad" girls. Meanwhile, Amy finds a boy toy, while still having one at home while Elease establishes her dominance over the twins. | |||
| 6 | "Bed, Bathing Suit and Beyond[23]" | 1.629[24] | February 27, 2012 |
| 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 Erica to start "world war three." | |||
| 7 | "Invasion of the Scavengers[25]" | 1.503[26] | March 5, 2012 |
| 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. | |||
| 8 | "Sister Act[27]" | 1.632[28] | March 12, 2012 |
| 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. | |||
| 9 | "Evil Pair[29]" | 1.640[30] | March 19, 2012 |
|
The twins decide to create some drama; however, this plan backfires. Also, the girls go south of the border to Cabo! Note(s): Demitra voluntarily left the house. | |||
| 10 | "Double Trouble[12]" | 1.888[31] | March 26, 2012 |
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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. Note(s): Demitra returned to the house. Dani and Gabi voluntarily left the house. | |||
| 11 | "Bad Girl Players[13]" | 1.446[32] | April 2, 2012 |
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Two replacement Bad Girls arrive unified against the rest of the house as one of them is branded the weakest Bad Girl ever. Meanwhile, Gia is torn between two guys. Note(s): Christine and Camilla replaced Dani and Gabi. | |||
| 12 | "Breakup Breakdown[33]" | 1.716[34] | April 16, 2012 |
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After again getting tired of the antics, Mimi breaks down. This breakdown does not sit well with Elease. Also, after fighting with her boyfriend back home, Amy finds relief and a whole lot more in Camilla. Note(s): Christine voluntarily left the house in the first minute of the episode. | |||
| 13 | "Go Big, Go Home[35]" | 1.802[36] | April 23, 2012 |
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As Camilla is not seeing eye-to-eye with her roommates, she battles it out to the end. Meanwhile, the other Bad Girls get emotional as they say goodbye and leave their mansion behind. Note(s): Camilla is removed from the house. | |||
| 14 | "Reunion Part 1[37]" | 2.076[38] | April 30, 2012 |
| Tanisha Thomas hosts the reunion as the bad girls of Las Vegas reunite in L.A. to discuss the fights, arguments, and relationships they had while in the house. | |||
| 15 | "Reunion Part 2[39]" | 2.162[40] | May 7, 2012 |
| The second part of the reunion continues with former bad girl, Tanisha Thomas hosting. | |||