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20 Years Ago, VH1’s ‘Flavor of Love’ Changed Reality TV Forever

VH1 used to be a proper TV channel.

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MTV was dominating the early 2000s reality television scene with shows like The Real World, MTV Cribs, The Osbournes, Laguna Beach, and its various dating shows. VH1 took a different approach, using celebrities as the faces of their dating shows.

VH1 Launches Flavor of Love

In 2006, VH1 debuted Flavor of Love, a competition dating show with rapper Flavor Flav. Taking inspiration from The Bachelor, 20 single women competed for love via challenges that led to some incredibly dramatic eliminations.

The show also launched Tiffany “New York” Pollard’s career, and she’s now a........

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