The Cougar is an American reality television

Reality television

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 series where an older woman (aka cougar) chooses a boyfriend from a group of twenty younger men. The series premiered on TV Land

TV Land

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 on April 15, 2009, and is hosted by TV actress and producer, Vivica A. Fox

Vivica A. Fox

Vivica Anjanetta Fox is an American actress and television producer. She is best known for her roles in the films Independence Day, Set It Off, Soul Food, Why Do Fools Fall In Love,Kill Bill and Juwanna Mann....

.

Overview

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. The show is very similar in format to The Bachelorette

The Bachelorette

The Bachelorette is a spin-off of the American competitive reality dating game show The Bachelor. In its January 2003 debut on ABC, the first season featured Trista Rehn, the runner-up date from the first season of The Bachelor, offering the opportunity for Rehn to choose a husband among 25 bachelors...

, 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.

The "Cubs"

Contestant	Age	Episode Eliminated
Jimmy Heck	23	Winner
Colt	25	Episode 8
Travis	21	Episode 7
Adam	25	Episode 6
Joe	25	Episode 5
Jon	23	Episode 5
David	25	Episode 4
Austin	24	Episode 4
Ryan	29	Episode 4
Nick	27	Episode 3
Kai	28	Episode 3
Johnny	23	Episode 3
J.D.	24	Episode 2
Jim	22	Episode 2
Tom	26	Episode 2
Kevin	23	Episode 1
Bodie	23	Episode 1
Brad	24	Episode 1
Rich	29	Episode 1
Grant	25	Episode 1 (Withdrew)

Adam and Grant are brothers.

Travis, the youngest contestant, had his first legal drink with the cougar.

The Kiss-Off

Stacey's Call-out Order

Order	|Name	|Episodes
	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

The contestant won The Cougar.

The contestant was eliminated.

The contestant was eliminated during his group date.

The contestant withdrew from the competition.

• ¹ The contestant won the Solo Date Challenge and went on a solo date with Stacey.
• ² The contestant won the Group Date Chllenge and went on a group date with Stacey.
• ³ In Episode 5, Stacey picked Adam and Travis for a date because she felt she was losing them. Adam and Travis did not win the challenge.

• In Episode 7, Stacey had a solo date with all the remaining contestants.

Statistics

Place	|Name	|Episodes
	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

The contestant won The Cougar.

The contestant won the challenge and went on group date

The contestant won the challenge and went on solo date

The contestant was eliminated.

The contestant won the challenge and was in the Bottom 2

The contestant was in the Bottom 2

The contestant won a group date but was eliminated.

The contestant was eliminated during his group date.

The contestant withdrew from the competition.

• ³ In Episode 5, Stacey picked Adam and Travis for a date because she felt she was losing them. Adam and Travis did not win the challenge.
• In Episode 7, Stacey had a solo date with all the remaining contestants.

Episodes

Episode	First Airing
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

Meet the Cougar

• Solo Date Challenge: First Impressions
• Challenge Winner: Travis

• Eliminated: Kevin, Bodie, Brad, Rich
• Quit: Grant

40 Years Young

• Group Date Challenge: Designing Custom Workout Regimens
• Challenge Winners: Adam, Colt, Ryan, Tom, Travis
• Call-Out Order: Adam, Colt, Travis, Ryan
• Eliminated: Tom

• Solo Date Challenge: Giving Stacey a Birthday Gift
• Challenge Winner: Jon

• Eliminated: J.D., Jim

Men Vs Boys

• Group Date Challenge: Talent Show
• Winners: Adam, Johnny, Austin, David

• Solo Date Challenge: Picking a Dress for Stacey
• Winner: Joe

• Eliminated: Johnny, Kai, and Nick

Truth and Consequences

• Group Date Challenge: Revealing Secrets
• Winners: Jon, Ryan
• Eliminated: Ryan

• Solo Date Challenge: Composing and Singing a song to Stacey
• Winner: Colt

• Eliminated: Austin, David

The Claws Come Out

• Group Date Challenge: Kissing Stacey
• Winners: Jimmy

• Eliminated: Jon, Joe

Episode Notes

• ³ In Episode 5, Stacey picked Adam and Travis for a date because she felt she was losing them. Adam and Travis did not win the challenge.

Meet the Families

• Travis' Family: Sister, Mother, Brother
• Jimmy's Family: Mother, Father
• Colt's Family: Brothers
• Adam's Family: Twin Brother (Grant)

• Eliminated: Adam

Vegas Nights

• Jimmy's Date: Racecar Driving, Dinner, Overnight Stay
• Travis' Date: Massage, Steam Shower, Dinner, Overnight Stay
• Colt's Date: Helicopter Ride, Dinner, Overnight Stay

• Eliminated: Travis

External links

• Watch full episodes of The Cougar on TVLand.com
  TV Land
  TV Land is an American cable television network launched on April 29, 1996. It is owned by MTV Networks, a division of Viacom, which also owns Paramount Pictures, and networks such as MTV and Nickelodeon...