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Rock of Love with Bret Michaels
Created byCris Abrego
Mark Cronin
StarringBret Michaels
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes37
Production
Executive producersCris Abrego
Mark Cronin
Ben Samek
Running time60 minutes
(including commercials)
30 minutes
(Season recap)
Original release
NetworkVH1
ReleaseJuly 15, 2007 –
April 19, 2009

Rock of Love is an American reality television dating game show. It features Bret Michaels, the lead singer from the band Poison. The show closely resembles its sister show Flavor of Love.

The first season featured 25 girls competing for Bret's heart. The girls faced challenges; the winners of each challenge spent time with Bret on a "date". Some of the challenges were based on situations they might encounter if chosen to be Bret's girl. The winner was 24 year-old, Jes Rickleff from Naperville, Illinois. At the reunion she revealed she did not have romantic feelings for Bret, and that she thought he should have chosen the runner-up, Heather.

The second season featured another set of 20 women. This time around Bret chose 37 year-old Ambre Lake from Los Angeles, California. After the show the two maintained a relationship, but parted ways after just a few months.

The third season premiered on January 4, 2009. The finale of the third season was a series high for VH1.[1]

Season Season premiere Season finale Reunion show Winner Runner-up
Season One July 15, 2007 September 30, 2007 October 7, 2007 Jes Rickleff Heather Chadwell
Season Two January 13, 2008 April 13, 2008 April 20, 2008 Ambre Lake Daisy de la Hoya
Season Three January 4, 2009 April 12, 2009 April 19, 2009 Taya Parker Mindy Hall

Controversies

Season One

The two finalists: Heather and Jes. Jes won the first season; however, it was revealed in the reunion show that Jes did not have strong enough feelings for Bret. Jes felt that her connection with Bret was not nearly as strong as the connection between Bret and Heather, and therefore, she believed that Bret made the wrong decision in the finale.

Season Two

Controversy arose when the contestants' ex-boyfriends came to the house. It was revealed that Daisy had been living with her ex-boyfriend, Charles, in a one bedroom apartment for two years.

A breach-of-contract lawsuit was filed against the show's producers as well as Bret Michaels by the owner of the mansion, Ray Sahranavard. He claims that there was about $380,000 worth of damages done to the mansion, and that the producers failed to get insurance that they had previously promised to purchase for the house. Sahranavard stated that there were multiple holes in the walls and ceilings, the doors had been removed, and that almost the entire interior of the house had been repainted. He also claimed that most of the landscaping was either dead or dying.[2]

Season Three

A crew member from the 51 Minds Entertainment production of the ‘Rock Of Love Bus’ series on VH1 was involved in an auto accident on Interstate 57 in southern Illinois on a Friday afternoon. The crew member, who is not an associate of Bret Michaels or part of his tour staff, was traveling alone to the next location stop for the series. The accident resulted in two fatalities in one car and injuries to two passengers in another vehicle. The crew member survived and has been released from the hospital. Local authorities continue to investigate.[3]

Spin-offs

Contestant information

  • Ambre: Winner of Rock of Love 2. She appeared in the 2002 film, Sweet Home Alabama as a wedding planner,[5] and she starred in Tangled Web[6] and Witch Hunters.[7] She was also a featured fitness model in the Timekeeper Willis Boot Camp DVD.[8]. Ambre made a guest appearance on the third season of Rock of Love along with Heather Chadwell.
  • Brandi Cunningham: Appeared on the first season of Rock of Love. Cunningham became an adult film actress after the show was aired, using the stage name Brittany Burke.[9] She also appeared on I Love Money and Rock of Love: Charm School.
  • Brandi Mahon: Placed fourth on the first season of Rock of Love. She did some work as an adult film actress prior to the show under the stage names Pamela and Purely Pamela.[citation needed] She was the winner of Rock of Love: Charm School.
  • Brittaney Starr: Starr, from Rock of Love Bus, is a singer/songwriter who has also been involved in pornography.[10] Since the show she has been cast on the third season of Charm School
  • Daisy de la Hoya: Daisy was the runner-up of Rock of Love 2. Daisy claimed to be the niece of boxer Oscar De La Hoya in episode 10. In a VH1 Extra video posted on VH1's web site, Jessica and Megan discover that the name Vanessa Mossman is printed on the checked-luggage tag attached to Daisy's luggage, causing them to suspect that is actually Daisy's real name.[11] She has her own reality dating show called Daisy of Love, with the season premiere in April 2009.
  • Heather Chadwell: Heather was the runner-up of season one of Rock of Love.Chadwell appeared in the second and third seasons of Rock of Love as Bret's friend. She also has appeared on Rock of Love: Charm School, I Love Money, and various countdown shows on VH1.
  • Kristy Joe Muller: Appeared on Rock of Love 2, placing sixth after quitting. Since Rock of Love 2, she was cast on Rock of Love: Charm School where she again placed sixth. She has also modeled for Playboy.[12]
  • Megan Hauserman: Megan appeared on Rock of Love 2, finishing in fifth place. Before the show, she was the winner on season three of Beauty and the Geek, and modeled as a Playboy Cybergirl. Since Rock of Love, Megan was cast on I Love Money, placing third after quitting in the finale, and Rock of Love: Charm School]]. Megan will have her own VH1 reality dating show called Trophy Wife.
  • Natasha: Natasha was a contestant Rock of Love Bus. Natasha has been involved in pornography under the name Scarlett Mei Dior.[13] She has been cast on the third season of Charm School.
  • Nikki Shamdasani: Nikki was eliminated in the first episode of Rock of Love Bus and is a graffiti artist and "DJ" under the name DJ Lady Tribe.
  • Tamara Witmer: Witmer, appeared on season one of Rock of Love and is also a model. She was the first contestant eliminated on I Love Money 2. She was Miss August 2005 in Playboy.
  • Taya Parker: Taya was the winner of Rock of Love Bus. Parker has done work in Penthouse and was named Penthouse Pet of 2009.

Cultural references

Rock of Love 2 was parodied in a sketch on the episode of Saturday Night Live first aired on February 23, 2008. Bret, Daisy, Kristy Joe, Peyton, and Big John were characters along with a girl named Amber, who had one leg and was eliminated in the sketch. In addition,Rock of Love and Bret Michaels were parodied in the video for Eminem's "We Made You".

References

  1. ^ "Ratings: 'Rock of Love,' 'Nora Roberts,' 'Krod'". The Live Feed. April 14, 2009.
  2. ^ http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b58010_Bret_Michaels_Destructive_Love.html
  3. ^ Driver in death of two students appears in court
  4. ^ "Megan's Trophy Wife Dreams to Come True".
  5. ^ "Sweet Home Alabama: Full cast and crew". IMDb. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  6. ^ "Tangled Web: Main Details". IMDb. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  7. ^ "Witch Hunters: Main Details". IMDb. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  8. ^ Timekeeper Willis Boot Camp DVD
  9. ^ http://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=BrittanyBurke/gender=f/brittany-burke.htm
  10. ^ Stated on camera
  11. ^ "Daisy vs. Vanessa" (video). VH1 - Rock of Love Extra.
  12. ^ (NSfW)"KristyJoe Muller" (video). Women of Playboy. Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
  13. ^ "Scarlett Mei Dior". BangBros. Warning: Explicit Images
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