| Starring: | Tiffany Pollard Mauricio Sanchez Michelle Patterson |
| Num Episodes: | 12 |
| Network: | VH1 |
I Love New York (season 1) is first season of the VH1 reality television series entitled I Love New York. The first season consisted of 12 episodes, which first aired weekly from January 8, 2007 to April 15, 2007.
In July 2006, VH1 published a casting call[1] looking for contestants for their new series tentatively titled The Flavorette. Various blogs speculated that the star of this program could be Flavor of Love season one contestants "Rain" (Thela Brown), "Hoopz" (Nicole Alexander) or Pollard.[2] Before the second season finale of Flavor of Love, Pollard denied having her own show[3] but when the Flavor of Love season 2 finale aired, she confirmed she was the "Flavorette" and that she was already down to the final three contestants.[4]
On November 3, 2006, VH1 announced the show's official title: I Love New York.[5] The first commercial for the series aired on December 3, 2006 during the VH1 2006 Big Awards show. The show premiered on Monday, January 8, 2007 and is the most watched series debut in VH1 history.[6]
| Contestant Nickname[7] | Real name | Eliminated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tango | Patrick Hunter[8] | ||
| Chance | Kamal Givens | ||
| Real | Ahmad Givens | ||
| Whiteboy | Joshua Gallander | ||
| 12 Pack | David Amerman[9] | ||
| Mr. Boston | Lee Marks[10] | ||
| Rico | Sandro Padrone | ||
| Heat | Jason Rosell | ||
| Onyx | William Lash | ||
| Bonez | Kevin Peters | ||
| Pootie | Lamonty Council | ||
| T-Weed | Kevin Watson[11] | ||
| Romance | Ricky Perillo | ||
| Token | Chase Irwin | ||
| Trendz | Hashim Smith | ||
| Ace | Darin Darnell | ||
| Jersey | Bryant Covert | ||
| T-Bone | Tyrone Ellis | ||
| T-Money | Thomas Young | ||
| Wood | Randy Richwood |
Left in episode 3 due to mental distress.
| +New York's Call-out Order | Naming | Episodes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 1 | Rico | Whiteboy | Whiteboy1 | Tango | Chance | Real | 12 Pack | Chance2 | Chance | Chance1 | Tango | |
| 2 | Pootie | Tango | Real | Real | 12 Pack2 | 12 Pack | Real | Whiteboy | Real | Tango 1 | Chance | |
| 3 | Tango | Onyx | T-Weed | Rico | Real2 | Whiteboy2 | Whiteboy | Real | Tango | Real1 | ||
| 4 | Wood | Real | Rico | Onyx | Whiteboy | Chance | Tango | Tango | Whiteboy | |||
| 5 | Whiteboy | Heat | 12 Pack | Tango | Chance | 12 Pack | ||||||
| 6 | 12 Pack | Bonez | Tango | Chance | Rico | Tango | ||||||
| 7 | Heat | Trendz | Heat | Whiteboy | Rico | |||||||
| 8 | T-Bone | 12 Pack | Pootie | Heat2 | ||||||||
| 9 | Jersey | Pootie | Bonez | Heat | Onyx | |||||||
| 10 | Token | Chance | Bonez | |||||||||
| 11 | Onyx | T-Weed | Onyx1 | T-Weed2 | ||||||||
| 12 | T-Weed | Romance | 12 Pack1 | Pootie | ||||||||
| 13 | Ace | Rico | Trendz | |||||||||
| 14 | Trendz | Token | ||||||||||
| 15 | Bonez | Chance | Romance | |||||||||
| 16 | T-Money | Jersey | ||||||||||
| 17 | Real | Wood | ||||||||||
| 18 | Chance | T-Bone | ||||||||||
| 19 | Token | Ace | ||||||||||
| 20 | Romance | T-Money | ||||||||||
Episode 10 was a clip show
Episode 8 New York eliminated Whiteboy, no chains were handed out and the remaining contestants' names are listed in alphabetical order.
The contestant won the competition.
The contestant voluntarily withdrew from the competition.
The contestant was eliminated.
The following numbers indicate which type of date the contestant won:
The complete first season DVD was released October 2, 2007 for publicity for the second season. It contains all eleven episodes including the reunion special.[12] An Australian DVD was released on November 1, 2008.[13]