The second season of Rock of Love with Bret Michaels

Rock of Love with Bret Michaels

Rock of Love with Bret Michaels is an American reality television dating game show. It stars Bret Michaels, the lead singer from the band Poison. The show closely resembles its sister show Flavor of Love. The first season featured 25 women competing to be Michaels' girlfriend. Each week, the women...

was confirmed by VH1

VH1

VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...

 in October 2007. On December 8, 2007, VH1 started playing advertisements for Rock of Love 2 with Bret Michaels. The second season premiered on January 13, 2008.

Production and legal problems

In April 2008 a breach-of-contract lawsuit was filed against both Michaels and the show's producers 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.

Contestants

Name	Age	Eliminated
Ambre Lake	37
Daisy de la Hoya	25
Destiney Sue Moore Destiney Sue Moore Destiney Moore is a reality television personality and clothing designer who is known for her appearances on Rock of Love 2, I Love Money and Rock of Love: Charm School...	31
Jessica Kinni	25
Megan Hauserman Megan Hauserman Megan Hauserman is an American model and reality television personality, best known for her appearances on Vh1.-Modeling career:...	24
Kristy Joe Muller	26
Inna Dimitrenko	23
Catherine Brown	45
Peyton Turner	38
Aubry Fisher	32
Angelique Morgan Angelique Morgan Angelique Morgan is a French exotic dancer, adult film star, and reality television star. Morgan is best known for her appearances on VH1's reality shows Rock of Love 2, Rock of Love: Charm School, and the second season of I Love Money.-Filmography:-Hosting:Morgan hosts a TV and radio show...	28
Roxy Collins	24
Korie Hutchinson	25
Niki Kuskey	29
Sara Wilson	28
Courtney Van Dusen	30
Ashley Dingess	24
Erin Martin	24
Jackye Migliaccio	25
Missi Chancey	26

• Courtney was eliminated in the first episode but due to her not attending the elimination ceremony, she was asked to leave the next morning.

Contestant Bret planned to eliminate

Elimination Order

Bret's Call-out Order

#	|Contestants	|Episodes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	13
1	Ambre	Megan	Inna	Destiney	Daisy	Ambre	Jessica	Ambre	Ambre	Ambre	Daisy	Ambre	Ambre
2	Angelique	Daisy	Peyton	Daisy	Ambre	Destiney	Ambre	Destiney	Daisy	Destiney	Ambre	Daisy	Daisy
3	Ashley	Destiney	Ambre	Inna	Peyton		Daisy	Jessica	Jessica	Daisy	Destiney	Destiney
4	Aubry	Aubry	Destiney	Aubry	Inna	Megan	Megan	Megan	Destiney	Jessica	Jessica
5	Catherine	Peyton	Megan	Peyton	Catherine	Inna	Destiney	Daisy	Megan	Megan
6	Courtney	Inna	Daisy	Catherine	Jessica	Jessica
7	Daisy	Roxy	Roxy	Ambre	Destiney	Catherine	Inna	Inna
8	Destiney	Korie	Jessica	Megan	Megan	Peyton	Catherine
9	Erin	Jessica		Jessica		Daisy	Peyton
10	Inna	Sara	Catherine		Aubry
11	Jackye	Catherine	Aubry	Angelique
12	Jessica		Angelique	Roxy
13	Korie	Niki	Korie
14		Angelique	Niki
15	Megan	Ambre	Sara
16	Missi	Courtney
17	Niki	Erin
18	Peyton	Missi
19	Roxy	Ashley
20	Sara	Jackye

• Contestants in bold indicates that they received V.I.P. Access/Passes.

The contestant won the competition.

The contestant went on a solo date with Bret.

The contestant went on a group date with Bret.

The contestant was eliminated.

The contestant won a date with Bret, but was eliminated.

The contestant won a date with Bret, but voluntarily withdrew from the competition.

The contestant was called down first, but was eliminated before the elimination ceremony began.

The contestant did not attend the elimination ceremony and was eliminated the next morning.

The contestant quit the competition.

The contestant did not receive a pass, but was allowed to stay due to another contestant quitting the competition.

The contestant won a date with Bret and did not receive a pass, but was allowed to stay due to another contestant quitting the competition.

• In Episode 1, Courtney got drunk and passed out on her bed. She slept throughout the elimination ceremony. After the elimination ceremony was over, Bret said that Courtney was allowed to stay until the next morning where she would be told that her tour ends here.

• In Episode 4, Aubry chose to give up her spot before the last pass was given, only for Bret to reveal it after she left that she was to be eliminated anyway

• In Episode 5, Bret did not eliminate anyone and stated he was "saving the best for last" referring to Daisy.

• In Episode 11, Bret called down Destiney and eliminated her, no passes were handed out and the remaining contestants' names are listed in alphabetical order.

• Episode 12 was a recap episode.

Back to the Rocking Horse

First aired January 13, 2008

• V.I.P.'s: Daisy, Destiney, Erin, Megan
• Bottom 6: Ambre, Ashley, Courtney, Erin, Jackye, Missi
• Withdrew: Jackye
• Eliminated: Ashley, Erin, Missi
• Allowed to Stay: Courtney
• Reasons for Elimination:
  • Jackye: Quit because she stated that she has anxiety and could not handle being there*
  • Ashley: Didn't stand out to Bret
  • Missi: Didn't stand out to Bret
  • Erin: Bret felt like she was too young and innocent
  • Courtney: Because she missed the elimination ceremony due to being too intoxicated

Peep Show

First aired January 20, 2008

• Challenge Winners: Ambre, Daisy, Peyton
• Bottom Four: Angelique, Korie, Niki, Sara
• Eliminated: Korie, Niki, Sara
• Reasons for Eliminations:
  • Korie: She still had not made an impression on Bret
  • Niki: Bret felt that she did not have the confidence to be with him
  • Sara: Bret felt she was there for another reason

Stroller Derby

First aired January 27, 2008

• Challenge Winners: Aubry, Angelique, Kristy Joe, Inna
• Bottom Three: Angelique, Kristy Joe, Roxy
• Eliminated: Angelique, Roxy
• Reasons for Elimination:
  • Roxy: Bret felt she was not making an effort to get to know him after not using her VIP Pass
  • Angelique:Bret felt she was too promiscious for him

A Ride on the Wild Side

First aired February 10, 2008

• Challenge Winners: Ambre, Aubry, Daisy, Inna, Megan
• Bottom Two: Aubry, Kristy Joe
• Quit: Aubry
• Reason for Withdrawal:
  • Aubry: Quit because she felt like Kristy Joe deserved to stay because she liked Bret so much and she felt like she was her friend Kristy Joe a gift by quitting, however Bret revealed that she was going to be eliminated anyway because Bret felt that she was incredibly jealous, and this made him nervous since they had only known each other for a few days.

Mud Bowl II

First aired February 17, 2008

Fallen Angels: Daisy, Destiney, Inna, Kristy Joe

Sweethearts: Catherine, Peyton, Ambre, Jessica

• Challenge Winners: Fallen Angels
• MVP: Daisy
• Bottom Two: Daisy*, Peyton
• Eliminated: No one
• Episode Notes:
  • Megan was not picked by the team captains to compete in the Mud Bowl II challenge since they needed an even amount of players.
  • Bret stated he did not want to eliminate anyone without giving them a chance, so he eliminated no one this episode.
  • Bret stated that he was "saving the best for last" referring to Daisy.

Once a Cowgirl

First aired February 24, 2008

• Challenge Winners: Ambre, Destiney, Kristy Joe, Jessica
• Bottom Three: Catherine, Inna, Peyton
• Eliminated: Catherine, Peyton
• Reasons for Eliminations:
• Catherine: Bret did not feel that he and Catherine were connecting.
• Peyton: Bret felt she was more of a friend than a love interest.

Red, White and a Little...

First aired March 2, 2008

• Challenge Winners: Jessica, Megan
• Bottom Two: Inna, Kristy Joe
• Eliminated: Inna
• Reasons for Elimination
  • Inna: Bret felt that Inna was no longer a front runner, and that she was now disappearing in the crowd.

Video Vixens

First aired March 16, 2008

• Challenge Winners: Ambre, Kristy Joe, Megan
• Bottom Two: Kristy Joe, Megan
• Withdrew: Kristy Joe
• Reasons for Withdrawal:
  • Kristy Joe: She felt that she needed to deal with things at home before she entered a serious relationship, and that she was under too much stress.

Megan

Megan Hauserman

Megan Hauserman is an American model and reality television personality, best known for her appearances on Vh1.-Modeling career:...

 won a date with Bret

Bret Michaels

Bret Michaels is an American musician, actor, director, screenwriter, producer and reality television personality. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist of the glam metal band Poison. Besides his career as lead singer, he has several solo albums to his credit, as well as one chart single...

, but did not receive a pass at elimination. However, Kristy Joe decided that she needed to go home and take care of some things. Because she quit, Megan was safe and nobody was eliminated.

Going to Ex-tremes

First aired March 23, 2008

• Bottom Two: Jessica, Megan
• Eliminated: Megan
• Reasons for Elimination:
  • Megan: When the girls' ex-boyfriends came to the house, Megan cried and yelled at her ex-boyfriend when he revealed he was only there to promote his bar, which made her upset and she had never cried about anything when she was in the house except for her ex boyfriend which when Bret found out he thought she still was in love with her boyfriend and decided to end her tour.

Bitter Suite

First aired March 30, 2008

• Bottom 2: Destiney, Jessica
• Eliminated: Jessica
• Reasons for Elimination:
  • Jessica: Bret felt that she was not 100% ready for his lifestyle

Rockin' the 'Rents

First aired April 6, 2008

• Eliminated: Destiney
• Reasons for Elimination:
  • Destiney: When Daisy and Ambre revealed that they had fallen in love with Bret, Bret asked Destiney if she was in love, when she said she was not sure, Bret ended her tour.
• NOTE: On the show Destiney's dad Tommy mention he had liver cancer and only had a few months left to live. Bret took Destiney's family on a Harley motorcycle which Tommy said he really enjoy the motorcycle ride. Shortly after the show wrapped he died of the cancer. The episode was dedicated in his memory.

Lost Moments

First aired April 8, 2008

Bret's Rock of Love

First aired April 13, 2008

• Dates: Bret takes each girl on an individual date.
• Ambre's Date: they get a romantic massage.
• Daisy's Date: they go on a boat and Daisy gets really sea sick. Bret has a romantic evening with Daisy.
• Final Two: Ambre and Daisy
• Bret's Rock of Love: Ambre
• Eliminated: Daisy
• Reasons for Elimination:
  • Daisy: Bret felt that there were too many secrets involving Daisy and her past with ex-boyfriend Charles, and he felt that she may have needed him more than she wanted him.

Reunion

First aired April 20, 2008

The girls come back for the reunion but only a select few get to be onstage to talk with Bret. Aubrey and Kristy Joe talk about their relationship while Daisy and Heather have a showdown.

Additional Cast

• Big John - All Episodes
• Lacey Conner
  Lacey Conner
  Lacey Conner is a musician and reality television participant best known for her appearance as a contestant on Rock of Love with Bret Michaels and Rock of Love: Charm School...
  
   - Cameo, January 27, 2008
• LA Derby Dolls - Cameo, January 27, 2008
• Cindy "Rodeo" Steedle - Cameo, February 24, 2008
• Dean Karr
  Dean Karr
  Dean Karr is an American photographer and music video, commercial, and film director.-Official biography:Director/Photographer Dean Karr's signature style, often copied but never...
  
   - Cameo, March 16, 2008
• Heather Chadwell - Cameo, March 23, 2008 and March 30, 2008

Ratings

The season finale ranked third in the week for cable shows, behind SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series, created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. Much of the series centers on the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of "Bikini Bottom"...

and The Memory Keeper's Daughter

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

The Memory Keeper's Daughter is a novel by American author Kim Edwards that tells the story of a man who gives away his newborn baby, who has Down syndrome to one of the nurses. Published by Viking Press in June 2005, the novel garnered great interest via word of mouth in the summer of 2006 and...

.

After the show

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