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"A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila" Recaps: Episode 1.1

Tila tells us that while most are "beautiful, sexy, hot," there are some "weird" ones. Cut to Steffanie (a photographer from Irvine, Calif.), one of the butch girls, who struts out in a Hugh Hefner-inspired robe. She tells Tila that she's "the ultimate bachelor," and that's when we get some inspired feedback from the non-retarded, non-blind Amanda.

Amanda screws up her face and spits: "I think that a butchy girl is so creepy. Good God!" Funny, Amanda didn't seem to think that her butch girlfriend, Mel, was "creepy" when they appeared together on Lifetime's Secret Lives of Women episode about "Lipstick Lesbians" back in June. Women can be so fickle, can't they? It's kinda creepy.

The other butch contestant, Dani (a firefighter from Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) comes out wearing nothing but a sports bra and her, um, firefighting britches (do they have a special name?). Tila confesses that she usually goes for "lipstick lesbians," but there's "something about Dani …"

Things may just have gotten a lot more interesting around here.

Go home! — As with the men, Tila must eliminate five contestants tonight. To make matters worse, these women have to sit around in their "sexy little outfits" while waiting to get the boot. Being rejected on national television is one thing, but having it happen while wearing only caution tape and a (forced) smile is just tragic!

As Tila deliberates upstairs, Amanda tells us, "I have really pretty blond hair, so it would be crazy to kick me off!"

Uh, yeah.

But someone has to go — five someones, to be exact. And those unlucky five are Scout, Ellie, Chaos, Brenda and Hey Girl Hey (Keasha). One by one, they hand over their keys to Tila.

Tila promises the remaining 11 contestants that the next day they will be having a pool party, and they react with as much glee as the guys did when she told them the same thing. Unfortunately, they're all going to the same pool party.

The deep end — The next day, Tila lounges by the pool as the 11 male contestants vie for her attention. They flex their muscles, they dance badly, they (unintentionally) re-enact the famous Chris Farley/Patrick Swayze Chippendales bit from Saturday Night Live. And they're all having a blast until Tila calls a halt to the festivities and announces ominously that she "has a secret."

The guys are captivated for a few seconds, until they notice 11 women sauntering toward them in bikinis and high heels (except for Steffanie and Dani, who are, naturally, wearing board shorts).

On the other side of the pool, the women approach and size up the men sitting across from them. Dani says, "I thought it was a bunch of lifeguards." Vanessa wonders if maybe they're all gay guys and this is just a "gay bash" (?). Predictably, Amanda says something that gets bleeped and ends with, "Gross!"

Tila dramatically proclaims her bisexuality to all of them, and the reaction shots are priceless. Some of the guys look like they've won the lottery, and some of the women look like they want their money back.

Next week on A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila: Domenico wears his "Vagitarian" T-shirt, somebody falls off a stripper pole, and the lesbians turn violent with the guys when a friendly pillow fight goes awry.

eugenia's picture

sara should win

shows over, sara is HOT!! this was entertaining, watching those straight guys be guys was funny. thank god im a lesbian.. and the girl on girl was hot. if tila had a brain, she would of cancelled the show and gone home with sara, shes a keeper. ;)
Aj's picture

Oh god!

This show is the most magnificent train-wreck I have ever seen. Well this and the latest edition of the Real World. Gawd, those girls make me feel so sad inside.

I wonder, during the cast calls, what questions they ask to find these people, who are CLEARLY semi-crazy. They go after people who are the extreme of every personality you can think of. And then they have the nerve to provide them with alcohol. They're adding fuel to the fire. These are the sick freaking geniuses of American t.v.

 

Karman, youre awesome. You are a comic genius. Ohh, you're too good. You're just too damn good.

Insight's picture

..

Ha..I'm sorry but the show is funny..and very entertaining.  And, I'm pretty sure at least half of you are going to tune in each tuesday to watch it..despite your comments.  I mean..think about it...all of these shows are staged..I just think the fact that she has females "vying" for her attention makes it that much more addicting and worthwhile to watch...no matter how trashy it may seem.
Imsuchanerd's picture

Mmmm.....nope.

#1 - Granted you DID say "half" of those who've posted.  And (b) - True, I have not posted (until now), but color me the "other half".  I will NOT be watching this show again...And I didn't even really watch it.  After reading the recap I wasted a few precious moments of my life and clicked on the few portions I DID watch at the MTV website.  I am not lying when I say I literally watched with my hand over my mouth wide open, in shock, in disgust, in embarrassment, and in disbelief.  

Has the misfortune  and misrepresentation of LBGT entertainment become SO critical for TV concepts?  Do we REALLY need another excuse to be ashamed to be lesbians?

Sad.

Blasianbeatnik's picture

I'm Sorry...

I'm sorry I truly believe that this show is PURE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IGNORANCE. The Lesbian may come off lame, aggressive and all the other stereotypes...but I don't care what you say...THEY CANNOT DO ANY WORSE THAN MR. TEABAG...You can't trust MTV to give you proper representations of any gender, race, creed, sexuality etc.  Oh don't get me started on Honky Tonk. They built careers off of caricatures. Misrepresentation of LGBT...I doubt it....This show will go down in history as being anti-human progress.

 I LOVE IT....MAYBE B/C I AM A LITTLE EMO.

www.myspace.com/blasianbeatnik02

Insight's picture

hey girl hey..lol

I mean yeah if you take the show literally it's sad.  But this isn't the show to take serious..it's pure entertainment.  I wouldn't go yeah this is a step forward for lesbians across the world! (I wouldn't say it's a step back either).  I look at it no different from "flavor of love" and "I love ny"..same thing.  But just because there are "lesbians" in it we should be ashamed? I mean..I know who I am.  This show doesnt define me.  It just makes me laugh.
Phantom's picture

o rly

Best
read
when
quite
drunk...
Linwë Nólatári's picture

tila

show was weird, so weird in fact that im interested in the outcome. i like the firfighter dani.  
Julia G.'s picture

Scary!

This show is just scary, is all I can say. But obviously, now I'm gonna have to watch it. Oh, the things we do just so we don't miss any of Karman's jokes...
Emma224's picture

So bad it's funny.....

This show is a prime example of how silly, weird and pointless reality tv is these days...and yet so many intelleigent, sensible people watch it!! its crazy lol. but in saying that, i won't be watching the programme but i will def be reading Karmans blog every week....i haven't laughed that hard in ages!! loved the blog...keep up the hilarious work karman! : )

Tscgrad06's picture

Yowza!

As I suspected this show is a joke. I think instead of her thinking that she's "a bisexual" she meant idiot. First all the guys are total douche bags and the women when this contest hands down. I think I noticed that one of the women trying to win Tila's vagina, the big blonde one was on an episode of The Secret Lives of Women on WE, and at the time she was dating a butch lesbian, but maybe that wasn't her. Anyhoo, I won't be tuning in ever again. I can't imagine showing up for this stupid show under the impression that I was getting a shot to date a lesbian and she turns out to not even be bi, because let's face it I don't think she knows what bisexual means. TsC
Alilbitslow87's picture

So I jus happen to land on

So I jus happen to land on the show when flipping through the T.V. so I said "what the hell, why not watch it?" WRONG idea.

 

I figured out she was with the guys the first half hour, and that half hour, was a half hour I'll never get back, but nevertheless it was definitely muted. So I watched the girls version thinking it would be better, the only highlight was when they were making out even that wasn't a highlight.

 

I'm so happy I realized you did recaps of this, since SON is over I have no life.

 

Oh and that blonde was hot too. haha

 

=)

Pyewacket's picture

Tila is no prize.

I watched the show online and when she called one of the women she sent packing "butterface"...well, that was it for me.  I think a better show would be to get rid of the guys...get rid of Tila...and then let the women get to know each other and see if there are any potential "love matches."
Melissa Hsu's picture

oh god!

Karman ur comments are just too funny and I can't believe I'm missing this show, I love watching stuff like:

1. A guy telling a girl he's a virgin after singing a lousy song to her while using a rose as a microphone (let's pretend we believe he's a virgin), no wonder! with those romantinc skills, I mean every girl would fall for that right? .....what a loser! I would so indeed NEXT! his ass

2. A guy saying "I've never dated an Asian chick before but I love chinese food" are u kidding me? who says that on national tv, who says that at all? it reminded me of this blonde chick on Next! saying: "this guy better not next me 'cause I'm exotic, I'm half white, half caucasian" ...where do they find these ppl??

3. Someone giving Tila Tequila a Kama Sutra kit, now that's the perfect present for her indeed.

awesome recap!!

"i don't suffer from insanity...i enjoy every minute of it"

wyrdfae's picture

My coworkers were talking

My coworkers were talking about this show and how nasty they think bisexuals are and how gays all have diseases...I need a new frakking job
Blasianbeatnik's picture

They sound...

REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GAY...IF NOT TOTALLY BISEXUAL.

www.myspace.com/blasianbeatnik02

Wicked1's picture

Hahaha, since I seen the

Hahaha, since I seen the preview for this last month, I have been waiting for it. Im not a fan of Tita Tequila or anything, but girls and guys competing for a Bi girl, there's gonna be mad drama. And man, a majority of the girls are hot. There's gonna be making out and all kinds of shit. I plan to continue watching, hahaha.
cosmiccowgirl's picture

I didn't watch the show, but

I didn't watch the show, but the recap was really funny!
Melissa Hsu's picture

:( Poor Karman.. why is she

:( Poor Karman.. why is she being forced to recap this piece of ************* S***???
alex's picture

i cant tear my eyes away

okay, so the show is pretty freaking awful but im still going to watch it.

tila seriously needs to firm her grasp of the english language. her accent drives me crazy, and who the heck says "a bisexual'? she's killing me with her grammar.

and then the guys... it's ridiculous. they picked the biggest bunch of meatheads and losers they could find. it's strange to me that they picked women who seemed relatively level headed, and then men that were just dickwads. i couldnt believe the guy who told tila he'd been delivering pizzas and living on his mother's couch. did he really think she'd want a slice of his pepperoni? you could put a straight girl in that house, and if she had half a brain, she'd shoot herself before dating any of them.

granted im biased, but the women just seemed a lot more... normal. although the fact that theyre on the show and trying to get with tila does mean something has to be off. here's what im wondering, though - if you put a bunch of men competing for a woman in a house together, theyre going to kill each other. but if you put a bunch of lesbians competing for a woman in a house together, theyre going to hook up with each other first before throwing daggers. mtv's got me hooked, but not for tila. im more interested in seeing if any of these girls will realize theyre a lot more attractive than she is, and change the rules of the competition.

oh and one more thing - those previews for the season looked sick. she definitely gets hot and heavy with some of the guys, but the girl-on-girl action looked intense. they showed a scene where she cries and yells, come back to someone in the dark. and maybe it was just me, but she seemed to mean it. the guys on the show are as deep as kiddie pools, so i just dont see her reacting to one of them like that. but the girls are another story. as trashy and out there as tila is, she does seem sincere in her excitement and emotion about women.

...so ill be watching. and looking forward to more awesome recaps. and refraining from these long ass commentaries.

hot tofu's picture

WHERE Is Tila Tequila?

Actually I had no idea who Tila Tequila is before read this recap(seriously,tila tequila is a noted nightclub in Taiwan).Just attracted by her hot pic at frontpage.and now I'm wondering WHY this show cannot be watched in here?If u live in Taiwan,u'll know this entertaining and hilarious show is soooo much better than most shows on the local MTV!and Karmen is awesome ,love your commments!
Dr. Gloria Nathan's picture

A brain cell or three might have been lost

while watching this program but it wasn't that awful. Tila isn't a total airhead and some of her commentary about the contestants was funny. Sorry to say, but Tila is better looking than more than half of those female contestants save for Rebecca, Ashli and the chick with the beautiful eyes. I don't even bother looking at the butchies and I am shocked Tila didn't boot them off first. I am not going to join the bisexual hate so I will keep my lips sealed on that one.

 But booze and everybody crying on this show=good times!!

dj shiva's picture

whoa

this is as big a trainwreck as any reality show i have seen. but man, the preview of the season at the end...it's gonna get waaaay ugly before it's all over.

i get a little wiggy when i see people toying with my sisters, and i see that happening in this show. grrr...

lustt's picture

I can't believe....

I watched this show! The whole time I thinking that this is such a travesty. Must, watch, next, week!! It's a mess, this show but what can i say? I'm a sucker for the madness.

Great point-by-point recap, btw. I appreciated the snarky comments within. Made me chuckle. =)

 

Don't be a slave to the unavailable!

LoveFirst's picture

Even though this whole show

Even though this whole show misrepresent bisexuals, I just can't get enough of it. It's really entertaining and hilarious at the same time. Most of the female contestants are hot--I'm into lipstick lesbians, what can I say.

 As for Tila, I find her to be slutty and unattractive in many angles. When will BRAVO have a dating reality show that serves to the lesbians/bisexuals ?

 Can't wait for next week.

AmY's picture

hmm...

I haven't seen this show yet but the recaps were hilarous!  You truly made me feel sorry for that white rose.

LD82's picture

Thank you for taking one for the team Karman

Just reading the recap made me cringe.  Thanks for watching this so I don't have to. The only good thing about this show is that it is another opportunity for me to read a recap done by Karman.
Dr. Gloria Nathan's picture

Clearly Karman wasn't the only one

who watched this tv show judging by some responses and the claims by some of you who claim they won't ever watch it again. If you really make this show deeper than its intention which is to entertain, regardless of the sexual orientation of the people involved, then the problem isn't Tila Tequila. You are no better or worse than TT just because a lot of you are card carrying members of the Lesbian Society. Just have a laugh at it...sheesh!
Ms. Dilly Dally's picture

So True

Reality shows aren't supposed to be great moral beacons. This is no better, no worse than the rest of them.
JenJen's picture

Not as bad as I expected....

It's really no worse than any other reality dating show.... actually a little better since I get to see women make out. :)  I can not wait for the next show! Yes,  I said it... WHAT?? :)
boundtostone's picture

Karman, I think you nailed it with...

"She thinks that she should be friends first with a girl and then whatever happens between her and that girl, well it's all good, because they could still go "shopping and dancing." This whole lesbians-go-shopping thing is some sort of a conspiracy. Or maybe "shopping" is a new euphemism for "foreplay.'"

This statement. What is it with the shopping, dude. Seriously. This whole show is a train wreck. But I kinda can't turn away. I feel really bad for everyone who signed on, though. Especially the ladies (and the bed-sharing), because who knows if those boys are homophobic? And who knows if they'll be terribly inappropriate with the lady lesbians. I'm still hoping they ARE all lesbians. Cuz I would boycott MTV if they switch teams during the show. Grr. 

Thanks for the amusing update, Karman. Although, it's not hard to make fun of this show, I'd imagine. At least Tila seems semi-aware of herself and as dignified as possible (I mean, if you go to her myspace,  you're just glad you're not getting all that craziness on the show). And I agree with the other people on here who said that, in most cases, the ladies will probably end up looking better than the men. 

Did anyone watch Age of Love? This show kinda reminds me of that. Except it's straightie boys v mostly femme women instead of 20s v 40s.
trypr's picture

Great recaps :)

I couldn't watch this series (it would feel too much like an endorsement) but I am glad someone is taking the time to expose it so humorously and mercilessly.

The double take about thinking what to wear on the show is something I can identify with: there's a fantasy element to being placed in such a situation and then stomping on everything around you, being the "cool person". It's not very ennobling, but it touches on the sense of personal empowerment you can sometimes obtain from watching this type of program :)

Gigi's picture

Dress up

The shopping comment just reminded me of the whole comment Tila made about playing dress up w/ girls. Don't quote me but it was something along the lines of "the best thing about being w/ a girl is getting to dress up in sexy outfits together". Now that sounds like fun, don't get me wrong, but really? That's the best thing? lol. And here I was thinking I was having a great time all these years. Idk, that comment just struck me as a little strange. Is it just me? Maybe I'm taking the show to seriously!:D

belenen's picture

Tila annoys me...

but I can't help but watch this loony thing. And your recaps just make it all the more hilariously disturbing.

Amanda is such a nasty nasty person. I wanted to like her because she's thicker than most of the others, but seriously, she's rotten. I want to kick her.

Dani is phenomenally hot! She also has by far the best personality -- she's the only one who actually dressed in something meaningful. I hope she stays for a good long while -- though come to think of it, I can't see her and Tila really hitting it off.

As a bisexual, I have to say I thought maybe two of those guys were worth a moment of conversation, the rest were all so... typical, ugh!

Also I wish Tila weren't so freaking wishy-washy! I suppose it is too much to ask for a bisexual who is actually confident in her sexuality.

Nai Nai's picture

One Word: Funny!

> I seriously thought that this was going to be a horrible show but it surprised me with its hilariousness. I now look forward to girls falling off stripper poles, girls running up on other girls during elimination, and the endless make out sessions with tila and random girls. lol (notice how I am only talking about the girl part of the show) I really wish I could cut the guy part completly out. If I wanted to see that I would watch one of those other ridiculously stupid reality shows.

Who knows maybe Tila's bravery to be the first to do a bisexual show will encourage a single lebian out there to come out with an all lesbian show. OMG, that would be sensational. lol

~"If you treat

me like I have a sickness then I'm going to try to infect you."~

tootles's picture

Toys

Tila toys with people's hearts (even though reality TV contestants are unlikely to be so serious with their emotions). MTV toys with Tila's image (even though Tila would probably not mind that much). We toy with the whole show (even though we are rightly justified for doing so).

Wonderfully entertaining recap Karman! Thank you :D

And I just had to write that bit about toys because Tila looks a lot like a Barbie doll (with much shorter face however) in the last picture.

YELLAH12's picture

hey girl hey!!

omg i wish she wasnt thrown off the show she is sooo funny !

thatss my new catch pharse

HEY GIRL HEY !!!

karen's picture

I LOVE THIS SHOW.

i just watched the second episode... and it was just as amazing as the first.

you are so fucking lucky to be employed by people who tell you to watch and recap such a show.

i LOVE domenico, rebecca, alex, and maybe vanessa. i liked her interaction with ashley.

but domenico is my pick. he would be my shot at love. easily.

fuck yeah she called marcus out... he was such a waste of screen time, which is saying ALOT... as trashtastic as the show is.

should be kicked off: the mom's couch loser who just wants

1- lesbians in foam [HELLO... how dumb is he?!]
2- a house that isn't the one he grew up in
3- any breathing living woman between 12 and 70.

... as well as the majority of guys who siad something dumb about lesbians/girls, Domenico, or the ones named Ashley. 30 bucks that shoulda been put toward a book.
... and also Amanda. i can't remember who else.

above all..... Domenico is easily the coolest person in the house. and i would marry him.

i'm just sayin'.

illmatic's picture

my eyes...my eyes

reality shows are stupid but i must confess i just watched both episodes of this show. i'm not sure who i dislike more the men or the women. i think that idiot marcus definitely has to go just because he's a disrespectful jackass. i think lala made the smartest move by not subjecting herself any further to a dramatic reality show death.

i like the little italian guy...he's funny. and i'm waiting anxiously to see who falls off the stripper pole...good times!

D'yer Mak'er's picture

Tila Alien Tequila

Tila Tequila IS NOT cute, she looks like she came straight up from a hangar on The X Files season 4. The show is just another attempt for MTv to exploit "gay-lesbian" cliches. The guys are beyond lame (New York has better dudes on her show), and the lezbots ... well ... let's say that i am surprised they didn't start the drama on episode 2, i think Lala should give me a call, she's exactly what the Dr. prescribed me.
Katherine's picture

Hard to watch

This show was hard for me to watch....    Having dated bi-sexual women for most of my life, this show hits a nerve for me.  Since I am currently dating a married woman (I know, I know)  I have a bit of a problem with shows like this.  As Karmen nicely explained, the men looked like they hit the lottery and the women looked like they wanted their money back.  There is a difference between the two and it is not fair.  No man will truly feel uncomfortable by having scantily-clad women prance around in bikinis, yet a lesbian will feel very irritated by straight men ogling them at every turn.  Once again, a set up to make gay people look equal yet inferior.  I hope that this show is still going on when I go to Vegas in month and I hop ehtat betting on reality shows is legal.  I will make a buck betting that Tila picks a man.  It is more marketable, socially acceptable, and more likely to get her another spot on TV int eh future.  Too bad, because I liked her after I watched the show.  But she has to make money too!

 Having said all that, I love bad reality TV and was hoping this wouldn't make me want to vomit. 

Good luck to everyone on this board.  I wish you the best.  Can't wait for Work Out again!

Dr. Gloria Nathan's picture

Lala is suspect

I am calling bullsh** on Lala. I am not gonna jump up and congratulate her for leaving the show because she signed on for a reality show...in the casting special, she said she was bi-sexual, then when the show aired, all of a sudden, she was a full blown lesbo. So she is very suspect. MTV is pretty gay-friendly but I agree that Tila will end up picking a guy.
Girly's picture

I liked it! lol

Maybe my expectations were just too low that I ended up liking it. The show is okay..so far. I had a few laugh out loud moments. And Tila's okay too.

I'm rooting for Rebecca and Vanessa. Though I personally like Brandi.

Anna Marie's picture

Am I the only one that knew

Am I the only one that knew Tila was bi even before there was a show? I feel like I'm completely alone on this.

Oh, and thank God someone else noticed who Amanda was and her idiotic comments.

Omega II's picture

No

I remember reading it somewhere before.

 

"Bad jokes are us, ur me."

Gigi's picture

"A" bisexual and creepy Amanda

I was trying to reply to someone's comment earlier about Tila repeatedly saying she was "a" bisexual but somehow my comment got put in the wrong place. I was just trying to say that I had noticed it also and thought it was odd.

 Also I didn't finish reading through the comments yet so don't know if anyone else mentioned it but I was so offended by Amanda's comment on the show about butch girls being creepy. I am "a" femme bisexual(Lol) and I just found that comment so out of line and was angry that the producers would even put it in(I clearly overestimate MTV). And then lo and behold it turns out she used to have a butch gf? What is up w/ that? Homegirl has been drinking to much tequila!

Brit's picture

i thought that was her!

when i first saw Amanda she definitly reminded me of the girl from the Lipstick Lesbians ep. and i thought it was her but wasnt sure....i feel so proud of myself for being right! : )

and i think shes super funny in general and her butchy creepy comment is funny since i did see the lipstick les ep.