| Tough Love | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
 | |
| Starring | Steven Ward JoAnn Ward |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Release | |
| Original network | VH1 |
| Original release | March 15 – May 3, 2009 |
| Season chronology | |
Tough Love (season 1) is the first season of the American reality television series Tough Love , which first aired on VH1. The show features eight women seeking relationship advice from the host and matchmaker, Steven Ward, and his mother JoAnn Ward, both of the Philadelphia-based Master Matchmakers.
| Name | Age | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Abiola Abrams [1] | 32 | Miss Picky |
| Jody Green [2] | 39 | Miss Lone Ranger |
| Stasha Kravljanac [3] | 33 | Miss Ball Buster |
| Natasha Malinsky [4] | 28 | Mis-Guided |
| Arian Mayer [5] | 27 | Miss Party Girl |
| Taylor Royce [6] | 26 | Miss Gold digger |
| Jessa Faye Settles [7] | 24 | Miss Fatal Attraction |
| Jacklyn Watkins [8] | 22 | Miss BrideZilla |
| Contestants | Episodes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| Abiola | BEST | HIGH | LOW | AVG | LOW | WORST | AVG | GOOD |
| Jacklyn | WORST | AVG | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | BEST | GOOD |
| Jessa | HIGH | BEST | HIGH | AVG | AVG | AVG | AVG | GOOD |
| Jody | LOW | WORST | BEST | HIGH | BEST | HIGH | AVG | GOOD |
| Natasha | LOW | AVG | AVG | AVG | HIGH | AVG | LOW | GOOD |
| Taylor | H | WORST | BEST | WORST | BEST | AVG | LEFT | |
| Arian | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | WORST | LOW | AVG | OUT | |
| Stasha | AVG | LOW | AVG | AVG | LEFT | |||
H Taylor's performance wasn't reviewed because she became ill and was taken to the hospital before group therapy in Episode 1 and returned after the challenge in Episode 2.
Note: In episode 7, there was no hot seat, but Steve dismissed Arian from the house because he felt she wasn't learning anything from him or boot camp.
First aired March 15, 2009
Eight women, struggling to find love, arrive at the VH1 Tough Love Boot camp to enlist the aide of mother and son Master Matchmakers, JoAnn and Steven Ward. First impressions are everything, and Steven wastes no time preparing the girls for love as he puts them through their first grueling exercise -- learning what men really think of them based on their appearance alone. The feedback isn't pretty, but it's the truth, and after only one day at Boot Camp, one of the girls is sent to the hospital.
— VH1 Episode Summary [9]
First aired March 22, 2009
Too much information can scare away potential men, so Steve takes the girls to a local gym to work on their physical fitness and test their ability to keep a secret. Later, Steve sends the girls on some shocking dates, literally, as he outfits them with "The Zapper" - a small electronic devices that zaps them with whenever they revert to their old, bad dating habits. Abiola makes a connection on her dream date with Terrence, and Taylor returns from the hospital, to the dismay of the rest of the girls who have gotten used to life at Boot Camp without her.
— VH1 Episode Summary [9]
First aired March 29, 2009
The girls get a chance to show Steve what they think is sexy when they step in front of the camera for a photo shoot. Later they attend a racy lingerie party where Arian gets hands-on with a man she just met, Jody and Jacklyn continue their budding relationships with Shane and Brock, and Taylor offends her date with talk about money after drinking one too many.
— VH1 Episode Summary [9]
First aired April 5, 2009
Steve teaches the girls that when you date a guy, you're also dating his inner circle of friends. The ladies compete in touch football and bar trivia to prove they can be one of the guys, but Arian takes the challenge a little too far. Natasha goes on a dream date with a tennis pro, while Jody's relationship with Shane takes a dramatic turn for the worse. Stasha comes to Steve with a shocking revelation.
— VH1 Episode Summary [9]
First aired April 12, 2009
The girls try to strip away the past as they strip away t-shirts revealing embarrassing facts about themselves. Taylor is put to the test when a wealthy man offers her an indecent proposal. Arian invites her date back to the Boot Camp house for an intimate bubble bath, and with Steve and JoAnn's encouragement, Jody agrees to give Shane another chance.
— VH1 Episode Summary [9]
First aired April 19, 2009
Steve hosts a game show where a male studio audience decides whether or not the girls are "Cute or Crazy." The women are given an assignment to reveal an incredibly personal piece of information about themselves to their dates. Jody, who never dated a man with kids before, meets Shane's ten-year-old son, and Steve hooks Jessa up to a polygraph machine to finally get some answers.
— VH1 Episode Summary [9]
First aired April 26, 2009
It's visiting day at Boot Camp and Steve invites special guests for each of the girls. Arian uses her mother's visit as an excuse to get revenge on Steve, and Jacklyn is forced to choose between her ex-boyfriend, Greg, and new beau, Brock in a dramatic showdown. At group therapy, Steve tells one of the girls he can't help her anymore.
— VH1 Episode Summary [9]
First aired May 3, 2009
The Tough Love Bootcamp is coming to an end for our six remaining girls, but Steve has one last challenge for them, and this time the training wheels are coming off.
— VH1 Episode Summary [9]
Stasha took Lux to Serbia to meet her family. They plan to marry later this year.
Taylor moved back to Scottsdale to reconnect with her family. She still talks to Jody every day.
Arian moved to L.A. and found a guy…a bartender she met during Tough Love Boot Camp.
Natasha met a guy right after Boot Camp ended and they are dating exclusively. She says she doesn’t need to fix him.
Abiola and Justin tried the "long distance thing", but it didn’t work out. She’s dating and says she’s not Miss Picky anymore.
Jessa had a breakthrough and found true love…with one of her best guy friends.
Jody and Shane dated for a couple of months after Boot Camp, but broke it off when it didn’t get more serious. She has no hard feelings and is happily dating again.
Greg was waiting for Jacklyn at the airport with a ring. They broke up when he went back to his old ways. As a result, Jacklyn lost Brock.
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