The Cougar | |
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Genre | Reality television |
Presented by | Vivica A. Fox |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Mike Fleiss |
Production locations | Los Angeles, California |
Running time | 45–48 minutes |
Production companies |
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Original release | |
Network | TV Land |
Release | April 15 – June 3, 2009 |
The Cougar is an American reality television series broadcast by TV Land. The series premiered on April 15, 2009, for an eight-episode run, and it concluded on June 3, 2009. Filmed in Los Angeles, California, the series followed Stacey Anderson, a 40-year-old cougar, in search for a partner among a group of 20 men, all of whom were in their 20s. The men were required to participate in a series of romantic challenges; Anderson assessed the men's performances and subjected the men to weekly elimination ceremonies. Whichever man remained at the end of the competition had the option of pursuing a long-term relationship with Anderson. The series was hosted by American actor Vivica A. Fox. [1]
Over eight weekly hour-long episodes, the young men (all in their 20s) compete for a chance to have a long term relationship with Stacey Anderson, a 40-year-old real estate agent and divorced mother of four from Arizona. [2] The show is very similar in format to The Bachelorette , except that instead of using roses to determine who stays and who goes, the Cougar uses the "Kiss Off". During the Kiss Off, each contestant gives the Cougar a kiss and if she kisses on the lips, the contestant stays, but if she gives her cheek, the contestant is out.
Contestant | Age | Occupation | Episode Eliminated |
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Jimmy Heck | 23 | fitness model and personal trainer | Winner |
Colt Straub | 25 | musician | Episode 8 |
Travis | 21 | Episode 7 | |
Adam Mills | 25 | event manager | Episode 6 |
Joe | 25 | bartender | Episode 5 |
Jon | 23 | customer engineer | Episode 5 |
David | 25 | advertising consultant | Episode 4 |
Austin | 24 | bartender | Episode 4 |
Ryan | 29 | bartender | Episode 4 |
Nick | 27 | police officer | Episode 3 |
Kai | 28 | supervisor | Episode 3 |
Johnny | 23 | martial arts trainer | Episode 3 |
J.D. | 24 | account manager | Episode 2 |
Jim | 22 | caterer | Episode 2 |
Tom | 26 | mobile company manager | Episode 2 |
Kevin | 23 | UPS driver | Episode 1 |
Bodie | 23 | Cabana boy | Episode 1 |
Brad | 24 | bartender | Episode 1 |
Rich | 29 | bartender | Episode 1 |
Grant Mills | 25 | Episode 1 (withdrew) |
Order | Name | Episodes | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
1 | Adam | Travis1 | Jon1 | Joe1 | Colt1 | Travis3 | Jimmy | Colt | Jimmy |
2 | Austin | Colt | Adam2 | Jon | Joe | Colt | Colt | Jimmy | Colt |
3 | Bodie | Adam | David | Colt | Travis | Jimmy2 | Travis | Travis | |
4 | Brad | Jon | Colt2 | Travis | Jon2 | Adam3 | Adam | ||
5 | Colt | David | Travis2 | Ryan | Adam | Joe | |||
6 | David | Jimmy | Austin | Austin2 | Jimmy | Jon2 | |||
7 | Kai | Joe | Nick | David2 | David | ||||
8 | Grant | Jim | Joe | Jimmy | Austin | ||||
9 | J.D. | Nick | Ryan2 | Adam2 | Ryan2 | ||||
10 | Jim | Kai | Kai | Kai | |||||
11 | Jimmy | Johnny | Johnny | Johnny2 | |||||
12 | Joe | Austin | Jimmy | Nick | |||||
13 | Johnny | J.D. | Jim | ||||||
14 | Jon | Tom | J.D. | ||||||
15 | Kevin | Ryan | Tom2 | ||||||
16 | Nick | Kevin | |||||||
17 | Rich | Bodie | |||||||
18 | Ryan | Brad | |||||||
19 | Tom | Rich | |||||||
20 | Travis | Grant | |||||||
Place | Name | Episodes | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
1 | Jimmy | SAFE | BTM2 | SAFE | BTM2 | WIN | SAFE | BTM2 | WINNER |
2 | Colt | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT |
3 | Travis | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE3 | BTM2 | OUT | |
4 | Adam | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | BTM23 | OUT | ||
5 | Joe | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | OUT | |||
6 | Jon | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | OUT | |||
7 | David | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | OUT | ||||
8 | Austin | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | OUT | ||||
9 | Ryan | BTM2 | WIN | SAFE | OUT | ||||
10 | Nick | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||
11 | Kai | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||
12 | Johnny | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||
13 | J.D. | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
14 | Jim | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
15 | Tom | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
16 | Kevin | OUT | |||||||
17 | Bodie | OUT | |||||||
18 | Brad | OUT | |||||||
19 | Rich | OUT | |||||||
20 | Grant | QUIT | |||||||
Episode | First Airing |
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Meet the Cougar | April 15, 2009 |
40 Years Young | April 22, 2009 |
Men vs. Boys | April 29, 2009 |
Truth and Consequences | May 6, 2009 |
The Claws Comes Out | May 13, 2009 |
Meet the Families | May 20, 2009 |
Vegas Nights | May 27, 2009 |
The Last Kiss? (Season Finale) | June 3, 2009 |
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