| Season 7: New Orleans | |
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| Season Information | |
| 7 | |
| New Orleans, Louisiana | |
| August 1, 2011 - November 14, 2011 | |
| 16 episodes | |
| Judi vs. Priscilla | |
| Perez Hilton | |
| Cast | |
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| Season Chronology | |
| Season 6: Hollywood | |
| Season 8: Las Vegas | |
Season Seven: New Orleans is the seventh season of the Oxygen reality television series, Bad Girls Club. Originally scheduled to air on July 11, 2011, the season premiere was pushed back to August 1, 2011. Filming began in February 2011 in Kenner, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. This is the second season to take place in a different location from Los Angeles. The first was season five, filmed in Miami. This season is the last appearances of Perez Hilton as a reunion host.
Summary[]
The Division of the girls turn the house into two sides, Team Real featuring Stasi, Judi and Tiara and Team Clean featuring Shelly, Tasha and Pricilla. Angie switch sides from Team Real to Team Clean due to altercation with Tiara.
Cast[]
Season seven is the third season, overall, that hasn't had cast members from the same city and state. The last seasons to do so was season three and season four. In every season seven girls enter the mansion in the first episode. During the show a replacement enters the house after an original "bad girl" leaves.
This season was the first to feature a fan favorite contest, which allowed viewers to vote for their favorite "bad girl" every week. Ultimately, Tiara gained the most votes and was named the fan favorite.
Original Bad Girls[]
| Image | Bad Girl | Age | Hometown | "Bad Girl" nickname | |||||
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Angelic "Angie" Castillo | 21 | Bronx, New York | "The Bronx Bombshell" | |||||
| Angelic may be 50% angel and 50% devil, but she is 100% bad girl. Hailing from the hard streets of the Bronx, this former Catholic schoolgirl is proud to be instilled with a toughness and resilience that has prepared her for anything life has to throw at her. A true romantic at heart, Angelic prefers a penniless soul mate to a loser with deep pockets. Although she may have a short fuse, she is also quick to forgive and forget. | |||||||||
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Judi Jai | 21 | Chicago, Illinois | "The Voodoo Vixen" | |||||
| As an only child, Judi is used to being the center of attention and expects to be treated that way. An aspiring radio and TV personality, Judi is a college girl by day and a “Bad Girl” by night – hitting the clubs with a vengeance. Proud of being Creole, she is excited to represent her culture in New Orleans. | |||||||||
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Nastasia "Stasi" Townsend | 23 | Huntington Beach, California | "The Powerhouse" | |||||
| Nastasia believes being a bad girl is 24-7 and lives this mantra to the fullest. Once a shy little girl, Nastasia quickly developed a big personality and a piercing way with words causing “shy” to no longer be a word in her vocabulary. Now living in Huntington Beach, CA, Nastasia is always on the prowl for guys – the taller the better – and dreams of one day owning her own strip club. | |||||||||
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Priscilla Mennella | 25 | Staten Island, New York | "The Staten Island Spitfire" | |||||
| Throughout her life, Priscilla has always excelled at getting into trouble and, more importantly, getting out of trouble! From a scrappy tomboy to Homecoming princess, Priscilla uses her good looks and quick wit to get want she wants. Never one to bite her tongue, Priscilla speaks her mind no matter whom she hurts. | |||||||||
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Shelly Hickman | 23 | St. Louis, Missouri | "The Lady Killer" | |||||
| Known for her goofy sense of humor and feisty personality, Shelly’s life hasn’t exactly been full of laughs. Determined to fix things her own way and on her own terms, Shelly isn’t afraid to stand up for herself regardless of who she needs to confront. A proud lesbian, she loves the ladies and hopes to one-day work on behalf of animal rights. | |||||||||
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Tasha Malek | 23 | Miami, Florida | "The Posh Princess" | |||||
| Alabama born and raised, Tasha now lives in Miami, FL where she has found that “if you are a pretty girl, everything is free.” For now, Tasha doesn’t mind having her social life bankrolled, but she is not going to count on men to support her forever. As a graduate of the University of Alabama, she dreams of one day becoming a sports agent, but so far has been more successful dating athletes than representing them. A true daddy’s girl, Tasha idolizes her father and even has a tattoo of his signature on her arm. | |||||||||
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Tiara Hodge | 23 | Gary, Indiana | "The Goofy Gangsta" | |||||
| Originally from Gary, Indiana – Tiara now lives in Houston, Texas that she credits with giving her a southern country ghetto edge. A self-proclaimed gold digger, she is always on the prowl for her next sugar daddy. But don’t try to steal him away; Tiara is quick to get her revenge! She lives by the motto: “No matter what, always keep it cute or put it on mute unless it has to get ugly but always keep it classy and sassy.” Despite a conflicting worldview, Tiara idolizes Oprah and hopes to one day become an entertainment reporter. | |||||||||
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 or physical fighting, or will leave on their own accord, which then gives the producers a chance to replace her.
| Image | Bad Girl | Age | Hometown | "Bad Girl" nickname | Replaced | ||||
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Cheyenne Evans | 22 | Austin, Texas | "The Texan Vixen | Priscilla | ||||
| Cheyenne is loud, energetic and a hippe at heart, and super free-spirited. She is not afraid to get dirty and play with boys. She describes she likes “to play fight” and also wrestle. She is very blunt and will tell you how it is. overall she just wants to drink up and have good time doesn’t have time for the drama rather chill out and kick back. | |||||||||
Duration of Cast[]
| Bad Girls | Season 7 Episodes | ||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
| Angelic | FEAT. | ||||||||||||
| Judi | FEAT. | ||||||||||||
| Shelly | FEAT. | ||||||||||||
| Tiara | FEAT. | ||||||||||||
| Nastasia | FEAT. | REM. | |||||||||||
| Cheyenne | REP. | FEAT. | KICK. | ||||||||||
| Tasha | FEAT. | REM. | |||||||||||
| Priscilla | FEAT. | REM. | |||||||||||
Notes[]
- Key: = "Bad" Girl appears on this episode.
- Key: = "Bad" Girl replacement arrives.
- Key: = "Bad" Girl is removed from the house.
- Key: = "Bad" Girl gets kicked out by another roommate.
- 1 Priscilla was removed from the house in episode 9 after causing physical harm to Judi during a physical altercation.
- 2 Cheyenne replaced Priscilla in episode 9.
- 3 Tasha was removed from the house in episode 12 for starting a physical altercation with Nastasia.
- 4 Cheyenne was tricked into leaving the house by Tiara in the season finale.
- 5 Nastasia was removed from the house in the season finale after physically attacking Shelly multiple times.
Fights[]
| Opponents | Episode | ||
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Judi vs. Shelly (R1) | 1 | I got The Voodoo for U |
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Judi vs. Angie | 2 | Call Me Karma |
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Nastasia vs. Priscilla | 3 | A Tale Of Two Cliques |
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Nastasia vs. Shelly (R1) | 4 | Can I Bayou A drink? |
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Judi vs. Shelly (R2) | 6 | Better of Dread |
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Angie vs. Shelly | ||
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Tiara vs. Tasha (R1) | ||
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Angie & Shelly vs. Judi, Nastasia & Tiara | 7 | Cat Scratch Fever |
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Angie vs. Tiara (R1) | ||
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Angie vs. Tiara (R2) | ||
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Angie vs. Tiara (R3) | ||
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Judi vs. Priscilla & Tasha (R1) | 8 | An Eye for An Eye |
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Judi vs. Priscilla | ||
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Judi vs. Priscilla & Tasha (R2) | 9 | Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Cold |
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Tiara vs. Tasha (R2) | ||
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Shelly vs. Judi & Nastasia | ||
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Nastasia vs. Tasha (R1) | ||
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Nastasia vs. Tasha (R2) | 12 | Can`t Teach Old Dogs New Tricks |
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Nastasia vs. Shelly (R2) | 13 | Parting Shots |
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Nastasia vs. Shelly(R3) | ||
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Nastasia vs. Shelly (R4) | 14 | Season 7 reunion part 1 |
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Angie vs. Priscilla & Tasha | 15 | Season 7 reunion part 2 |
Episodes[]
| Image | Title | Original Airdate | U.S. Viewers (in millions) |
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| 1. "I Got the Voodoo for U" | August 1, 2011 | 1.38 | |
| Seven new "bad girls" enter the mansion in New Orleans. Their new friendships are tested, and Judi quickly finds herself the outcast of the house. | |||
| 2. "Call Me Karma" | August 8, 2011 | 1.25 | |
| Shelly, Tasha, and Priscilla return to the house the next morning. Judi apologizes to everyone, only to have her apology rebuffed. Tasha, discovering her bed trashed, confronts Angie. Judi denies any involvement, her being drunk the previous night. This resulted in a heated argument between Judi and Angie. Shelly teams with the rest of the girls to kick Judi out. After reaching her breaking point, Judi makes amends with Nastasia, Angelic, and Tiara. | |||
| 3. "A Tale of Two Cliques" | August 15, 2011 | 1.30 | |
| Judi is left in the middle while the house splits in two cliques. Later, the girls head out to a Mardi Gras celebration. Priscilla and Nastasia get into an argument in the laundry room. | |||
| 4. "Can I Bayou A Drink?" | August 22, 2011 | 1.28 | |
| Nastasia and Shelly argue at dinner, which results in an altercation and a bad girl leaving soaked. After that dinner, Judi's driving habits result in an altercation between her and Tiara. At the end of the episode, after getting tattoos, Tiara and Judi make amends. | |||
| 5. "Playing for the Other Team" | August 29, 2011 | 1.28 | |
| The Bad Girls book a suite for an upcoming Mardi Gras party, while Shelly is uncertain to who her real friends are. She reaches her breaking point after her girlfriend leaves to return to war. Meanwhile, tensions reach a peak between Shelly and Judi to the point where a physical altercation occurs. | |||
| 6. "Better Off Dread" | September 5, 2011 | 1.28 | |
| Tiara and Tasha fight over a boy. Meanwhile, Angie finds herself caught in the middle of the two cliques, which climaxes in a fight when clique refuses to return for the other. The tensions between the two cliques result in a physical fight in the limousine, ending the episode with a cliffhanger. | |||
| 7. "Cat Scratch Fever" | September 12, 2011 | 1.49 | |
| This episode picks up with the fight among Tiara, Nastasia, and Judi in the limo lands Shelly and Angielic in jail for the evening. While they are gone, the other girls go to a hotel to cool off for the night. Angelic and Shelly return home to find their possessions trashed. A physical altercation occurs between Angelic and Tiara. While Angelic and Shelly were in jail, a prank war had started among Judi Priscilla and Tasha. Meanwhile, Angelic, Priscilla, and Tasha model for the House of Lounge lingerie and New Orleans Fashion Week. While out to a strip club Angelic and Tiara engage in another physical altercation, which ends their friendship. | |||
| 8. "An Eye for An Eye" | September 19, 2011 | 1.64 | |
| After arriving to witness their beds destroyed, Shelly and Angie conspire to have Nastasia confess. After their failed attempt with sabotaging Nastasia's bleach, Angie and Shelly decide to ruin Natasia's eye-contacts. Nastasia intimidates her cast-members to find the culprit on whom Nastasia swears revenge. Meanwhile, Judi gradually concocts a way to evict Priscilla. Angie and Tiara mend their fractured friendship. Later the next night, Judi takes a small cooking pot and mixes cold cereal with milk. She then throws the contents on Priscilla's bed while she was asleep. Judi tries to awake Priscilla by tapping on her window. Priscilla awakens and attacks Judi. The episode ends with the two fighting in the hallway outside of Priscilla and Tasha's bedroom. | |||
| 9. "Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Cold" | September 26, 2011 | 1.75 | |
| The fight between Priscilla and Judi continues in the makeup room. Tasha attempts to jump in, but she is stopped by Nastasia and Tiara. Priscilla is evicted because of the fight, leaving Judi's face covered in blood. The other Bad Girls reflect on the shocking events that got Priscilla sent home. A new bad girl then enters the house to replace Priscilla. Meanwhile, the pranks continue, and several altercations occur. Nastasia throws a drink on Tasha and throws trash all over her room. Shelly gets into a physical fight with Judi and Nastasia, and then after Judi calls Angie fake they get into a fight.
Notes: Priscilla is removed from the show. Cheyenne replaces Priscilla. | |||
| 10. "Tirades, Truces and Tiaras" | October 3, 2011 | 1.81 | |
| Tiara celebrates her birthday weekend. The girls temporarily put their drama on hold. Cheyenne alienates herself after making a racial comment about clubs. Cheyenne and Nastasia gets into an argument. Nastasia then gets angry with Judi after Judi fails to carry the cake from Tiara's birthday party. Nastasia and Shelly go out to brunch and call a truce to discuss plans to get rid of Tasha and Judi. | |||
| 11. "Keeping It 100" | October 17, 2011 | 1.77 | |
| Nastasia and Shelly start to get along more, and Judi seeks to get her voodoo doll fixed. The Bad Girls travel to the New Orleans Voodoo Museum, which creeps them out. When the girls arrive home, they find out that they will be going to Barbados. The girls want to forget the drama and have a good time. However, Judi starts drinking and making a scene in public and Tasha's constant complaining annoy the other girls. Nastasia tries to send Tasha and Judi home, which results in a physical altercation between Tasha and Nastasia. | |||
| 12. "Can't Teach Old Dogs New Tricks" | October 24, 2011 | 1.62 | |
| The episode starts with the fight between Nastasia and Tasha. Tasha calls the cops, but since she hit Nastasia first, she is evicted. Nastasia and Judi make up and Tiara tells Nastasia that Angelic told her that it was Shelly who messed with her contacts. Nastasia makes a plan to attack Shelly on the last day. Judi, Shelly, Angelic, and Cheyenne raise money for an animal charity. Judi and Cheyenne get in a argument. The girls are all sick of Cheyenne's dirty ways, being rude, and leaving a mess everywhere, so Nastasia, Judi, and Tiara decide to throw her bed into the pool. Tiara wants Cheyenne to leave.
Note: Tasha is removed from the show. | |||
| 13. "Parting Shots" | October 31, 2011 | 1.52 | |
| The episode picks up with Tiara, Judi and Nastasia throwing Cheyenne's mattress in the pool. Cheyenne then confronts them. Later that night, Tiara doesn't want Cheyenne to go to dinner with the girls. The next day, Tiara tricks Cheyenne into leaving by putting her luggage in her room, calling the limousine to pick her up and telling her she needs to go. Cheyenne believes Tiara and leaves. The remaining 5 girls head to the club later that night. Once they get home Nastasia confronts Angie and Shelly about the contacts. Nastasia then physically attacks Shelly. Nastasia then gets evicted. Angie, Tiara, Shelly, and Judi say their good byes and leave.
Notes: Nastasia is removed from the show. Cheyenne is kicked out of the house by Tiara. | |||
| 14. "Reunion — Part 1" | November 7, 2011 | 1.89 | |
| Perez Hilton hosts the first part of a two-part reunion where the Bad Girls look back on their experience in the house but not without some drama. Nastasia and Shelly gets into a physical altercation. | |||
| 15. "Reunion — Part 2" | November 14, 2011 | 1.48 | |
| Things get heated as the girls wrap up their season in the second part of the reunion. Priscilla and Angie get into a heated argument, which leads to a physical altercation. | |||
House[]
On July 6, 2011, the house tour was released for public viewing. The tour hosts were Jeff Eyser, the production designer, and Alexis Karpf the set decorator. Upon entering the house, Eyser announced that the production group had given the house a "darker" and "sexier" direction then the previous season.At the grand foyer, usually a place where the girls interact with each other without communication, are pictures of the "bad girls" this season. They were given a New Orleans twist, such as copper pipe. The phone room was taking a jungle-like and a green house turn. In the main room of the house, the girls are welcomed to an in-door bar, a home computer, and a contemporary living room influenced by Mardi Gras. They also have an in-door hot tub.
Eyser noted that everything in the main room, such as the in-door bar, was custom made.The walls in the main room and much more were decorated with New Orleans artist Sarah Dunn's botanical paintings.The dining room is a small-blue room that has a large painting of New Orleans during the early 20th century and no doors.The kitchen, which features a marble table, includes furniture from Ikea. Unlike previous seasons where all bedrooms were not similar, this season, Eyser and Karpf made it so that every bedroom looked the same The make-up room features early 20th century furniture. Karpf believed that the make-up room is her favorite and has an "industrial-feel". In the same room, the girls were given Voodoo dolls that resembled themselves. In the champagne room, the girls were given very dark furniture of a mixture of red and black pillows and sofas.In the middle of the room was a stripper pole. The back yard featured a pool table, swimming pool, lounge chairs and a pond.
Production[]
On February 16, 2011, it was confirmed that the production was using former Hornets basketball coach, Byron Scott's home in Kenner, Louisiana for what was then called, "Bad Girls Boot Camp." 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 said that the cast was not there. The news initially created outrage among the neighbors. In March 2011, three cast members modeled House of Lounge lingerie at the New Orleans Fashion Week.
Controversy[]
On March 13, 2011, TMZ.com reported that the production was precluded from eight clubs due to the clubs "not wanting to be associated with the show's bad image." The cast were not able to attend Pierre Thomas' Mardi Gras party at the Metropolitan Night Club.
On April 12, 2011, bad girl Tasha Malek went to an on-duty cop outside of the Bad Girls house to give a complaint against fellow member Nastasia Townsend, and told the cop that she was placing her items into a garbage bag while telling her "she needed to leave the house" in which escalated into a physical altercation as they wrestled to the floor. Both girls were issued summons by the police for disturbing the peace and disorderly conduct.
Trivia[]
- The seventh season is praised as one of the most memorable seasons of BGC along with season 9, season 2 and season 4.
- This season is the third season in the series that only features 1 replacement bad girl, alongside Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Season 13, and Season 17.
- Tiara Hodge was named the fan-favorite bad girl of the season based on fan votes on Oxygen.
- Several bad girls in this season appeared in several spin-offs following the filming of this season.
- Judi Jackson appeared in season 3 of Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too and won, and she appeared in season 1 of Bad Girls All-Star Battle.
- Nastasia Townsend appeared in season 1 of Bad Girls All-Star Battle and was eliminated in episode 2.
- Shelly Hickman appeared in season 2 of Bad Girls All-Star Battle and was eliminated.
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| Seasons | |
| 1: LA • 2: LA (Part 2) • 3: LA (Part 3) • 4: LA (Part 4) • 5: Miami • 6: Hollywood • 7: New Orleans 8: Las Vegas • 9: Mexico • 10: Atlanta• 11: Miami • 12: Chicago • 13: Redemption • 14: Back For More • 15: Twisted Sisters • 16: Social Disruption 17: East Meets West | |