Bad Girls Club (BGC) is an American reality television series created by Jonathan Murray for the Oxygen television station. The show centers on seven feisty and mischievous women with different backgrounds and personalities, who have a number of psychological and behavioral problems. They are introduced to the show to change their pernicious behavior and accomplish specific goals. The cast, deemed "bad girls", enjoy a luxurious lifestyle in a fine mansion for three months, during which they must obey specified rules. Their lives inside – and outside – of the house are chronicled and recorded by the production team.
The Bad Girls Club is broadcast in five countries (United States, Netherlands, Australia, Hungary, and Sweden). It has received negative reviews from critics, who believe the show promotes violence by adolescent viewers. Furthermore, several cast members made controversial remarks which outraged many viewers.
The format of the show has changed from early seasons. If a "bad girl" breaks a rule, she is evicted from the show and, if it is early in the season, replaced by a new "bad girl". There have been nine complete seasons of The Bad Girls Club, with the tenth season set to premier on January 15. The fourth season had the highest ratings in the show's history, lead episode "Go with the Flo" starring Florina Flo Kaja, becoming its "breakthrough season".
There have been three spin-offs of The Bad Girls Club. One of them, Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too, where past cast members seek true love, has gained high ratings. Oxygen has also released a mobile game, comic strip and merchandise to promote the show.
Of the 89 contestants, Kerry Harvick (of season one) was a successful country singer before the show. Tanisha Thomas (of season two) later hosted Oxygen's OxygenLive! and the subsequent seasons of Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too. Thomas, who has been dubbed the "godmother" to all contestants, has her own television documentary entitled Tanisha Gets Married. As of Season 8 she's been the host of the reunion specials.
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