The third season of premiered on December 5, 2011, with Tanisha Thomas returning as the host.[1] The season ran for eight episodes and concluded on January 23, 2012.
Alumni from previous seasons of The Bad Girls Club are "looking for the man of their dreams." For season three, Three "bad girls" have a choice of 13 bachelors to explore love, friendships, etc. The bad girls are Sydney and Kori from Season 6 and Judi from Season 7. Each week features a variety of challenges. The "bad girls" battle it out and compete to be the "HBIC" - Head Bad Girl In Charge.[2] Instead of season 1 with each "bad girl" choosing who is up for elimination, the "HBIC" chooses who is up for elimination.
| Name | BGC season | Eliminated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judi Jai | Season 7 | Winner | |
| Kori Koether | Season 6 | Runner-up | |
| Sydney Steinfeldt | Season 6 | Episode 7 |
| Name[3] | Age | Hometown | Title name | Eliminated | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Goodman[4] | 23 | Atlanta, Georgia | The Gentleman G. | Winner | |
| John "Slim" Marshal | 23 | Atlanta, Georgia | The Player | Episode 8, runner-up | |
| Joey Paggi | 21 | Gainesville, Florida | The Funny Guy | Episode 8, runner-up | |
| Edson Segarra | 23 | Atlantic City, New Jersey | The Silly Guy | Episode 8 | |
| Nick Heldreth | 25 | Kailua, Hawaii | Mr. All American | Episode 8 | |
| Jonathan Peterburs[5] | 23 | Trenton, New Jersey | Freaky Jon P | Episode 7 | |
| Chris Kirk | 21 | San Diego, California | The Boy Next Door | Episode 6 | |
| Robby Fiore | 25 | Chicago, Illinois | The Model | Episode 5 | |
| Pasquale Ugenti | 24 | New Rochelle, New York | Mr. In Your Face | Episode 4 | |
| Jordan Cuesta | 21 | Miami, Florida | The Latin Rapper | Episode 3 | |
| Michael Vaidik | 24 | Bloomington, Indiana | The Ultimate Bro | Episode 2 | |
| Nick Freeman | 24 | Baltimore, Maryland | Mr. Keeping It Real | Episode 1 | |
| Dusty Humfeld | 23 | La Crosse, Wisconsin | The Farm Boy | Episode 1 |
| Contestants | Episodes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| Judi | SAFE | HBIC | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | HBIC | HBIC | WINNER |
| Kori | HBIC | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | HBIC | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM |
| Sydney | SAFE | SAFE | HBIC | HBIC | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | |
| Matthew | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM 3 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WINNER |
| John | BTM 3 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM |
| Joey | BTM 3 | BTM 3 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM 3 | BTM 3 | ELIM |
| Nick H. | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM 3 | BTM 3 | ELIM |
| Edson | BTM 3 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM 3 | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM |
| Jonathan | BTM 3 | SAFE | BTM 3 | SAFE | BTM 3 | SAFE | ELIM | |
| Chris | SAFE | BTM 3 | SAFE | BTM 3 | SAFE | ELIM | ||
| Robby | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | |||
| Pasquale | SAFE | SAFE | BTM 3 | ELIM | ||||
| Jordan | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | |||||
| Michael | SAFE | ELIM | ||||||
| Nick F. | ELIM | |||||||
| Dusty | ELIM | |||||||
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