Age of Love (TV series)
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Age of Love was an American
reality TV
dating series that ran for one season in summer 2007.
The show featured then-30-year-old Australia
n tennis star Mark Philippoussis
as he looked for love among a group of women ranging in age from their early 20s to their late 40s.
Hosted by Mark Consuelos
, the series aired on NBC
, and premiered on Monday, June 18, 2007. The last episode aired on August 6, 2007, in which 25-year-old Amanda Salinas was chosen as the winner.
Megan was chosen to be in Final 3 and on to the finale. On the finale, the girls and Mark had to take a plane to Australia to meet Mark's family. Megan was terrified of flying and refused to go on the plane, thereby eliminating herself from the competition.
Maria was shown in Episodes 4 and 6 as thinking of leaving. On Episode 7, when Mark asked Maria to stay, Maria told Mark she thought it wouldn't work out, which resulted in Maria eliminating herself.
. It was announced on October 26, 2009 that Philippousis was engaged to actress Jennifer Esposito
.
In 2009 it was revealed that Salinas and Philippoussis had stayed together for five months after meeting on the show. They split amicably in September 2007.
and ABC
. Two weeks later, it was moved to a later timeslot of 10:30pm as ratings dropped to 545,000 viewers. The rights for the show in the UK were snapped up by E4, the digital channel from Channel 4
and is shown as part of their "No-Brainers" season along with other American reality TV shows like The Simple Life
and Beauty and the Geek
.
United States
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reality TV
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
dating series that ran for one season in summer 2007.
The show featured then-30-year-old Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n tennis star Mark Philippoussis
Mark Philippoussis
Mark Anthony Philippoussis is an Australian tennis player. He turned professional in 1994. His father is Greek, while his mother is of Italian ancestry....
as he looked for love among a group of women ranging in age from their early 20s to their late 40s.
Hosted by Mark Consuelos
Mark Consuelos
Mark Andrew Consuelos is a Spanish-born American television and film actor.-Personal life:Consuelos was born in Zaragoza, Spain to a Mexican father and an Italian mother. He is the youngest of three children, he has a brother, who is a doctor, and a sister, who is a lawyer. Consuelos has lived in...
, the series aired on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
, and premiered on Monday, June 18, 2007. The last episode aired on August 6, 2007, in which 25-year-old Amanda Salinas was chosen as the winner.
Format
The contestants were divided in two age groups. The "Kittens" were the women in their 20's, while the "Cougars" were the women in their late 30's to late 40's. Each week Mark would accompany one or two of the women on a private date, and at the end of each episode would ask all but one of the women if they would continue to see him. The rejected woman would be eliminated from the show; this continued each week until just one remained. For the show's season finale, the final three contestants flew to Philippoussis' hometown of Melbourne, Australia to meet his family.Kittens
| Name | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Eliminated | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda Salinas | 25 | Nashville, TN | Hockey team dancer for Nashville Predators Nashville Predators The Nashville Predators are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League... |
Winner | Currently attending Middle Tennessee State University Middle Tennessee State University Middle Tennessee State University, commonly abbreviated as MTSU, is a public university located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States.... |
| Megan Khler | 21 | Chicago, IL | Loyola University Loyola University Chicago Loyola University Chicago is a private Jesuit research university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1870 under the title St... student |
Episode 7 () | At the time of taping, ended a 10-month relationship |
| Mary Sanks | 24 | Albuquerque, NM | Hemodialysis Hemodialysis In medicine, hemodialysis is a method for removing waste products such as creatinine and urea, as well as free water from the blood when the kidneys are in renal failure. Hemodialysis is one of three renal replacement therapies .Hemodialysis can be an outpatient or inpatient therapy... Technician |
Episode 5 | Last serious relationship was at the age of 20 |
| Tessa Walker | 23 | Peoria, AZ | Surgical Sales | Episode 4 | |
| Adelaide Dawson | 26 | Manhattan Beach, CA | Editor for Esquire magazine Esquire (magazine) Esquire is a men's magazine, published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1932, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich.-History:... |
Episode 3 | Born in Australia |
| Lauren Bryant | 27 | Greenwich, CT | Lighting consultant | Episode 2 | Avid indoor rock climber |
Megan was chosen to be in Final 3 and on to the finale. On the finale, the girls and Mark had to take a plane to Australia to meet Mark's family. Megan was terrified of flying and refused to go on the plane, thereby eliminating herself from the competition.
Cougars
| Name | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Eliminated | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Braff | 48 | Carson, CA | Executive assistant for the owner Jerry Buss Gerald Hatten "Jerry" Buss Ph.D., M.S. is an American businessman, real estate investor, and a former chemist. He is the majority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers professional basketball team along with other professional sports franchises in Southern California... of the Los Angeles Lakers Los Angeles Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association... Spokesmodel, Amore Fashion |
Finale (Runner up) | Was married twice (1979, 1999), 25 year-old son |
| Maria Rangel | 42 | Playa Del Rey, CA Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, California Playa del Rey is a beachside community within the city of Los Angeles, California. It has a ZIP code of 90293 and area codes of 310 and 424... |
Actress, Photographer | Episode 7 () | Married once, May 1989 |
| Jayanna Howeton | 39 | Newport Beach, CA | Mortgage loan officer | Episode 6 | Married once |
| Kelli Brook | 40 | Morris, MN | actress, legal secretary | Episode 4 | former Los Angeles Raiderette Oakland Raiders The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... |
| Lynn Borges | 40 | Nashville, TN | Makeup artist | Episode 3 | Never married |
| Angela Harrington | 40 | Lakeside, MI | Property manager | Episode 2 | Married twice (1987, 1993), 21 year-old son |
| Jodie Fisher Jodie Fisher Jodie Fisher is an American actress whose film credits include Intimate Obsession and Body of Influence 2.-Career:... |
46 | Dallas, TX | Vice president for a commercial real estate company | Episode 1 | Married once June 1996, 8 year-old son |
Maria was shown in Episodes 4 and 6 as thinking of leaving. On Episode 7, when Mark asked Maria to stay, Maria told Mark she thought it wouldn't work out, which resulted in Maria eliminating herself.
Call-out order
| Order | Episodes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| 1 | Adelaide | Amanda | Megan | Maria | Jennifer | Jennifer | Amanda | ||||
| 2 | Tessa | Mary | Amanda | Megan | Amanda | Amanda | Jennifer | ||||
| 3 | Amanda | Megan | Mary | Jayanna | Maria | Megan | |||||
| 4 | Megan | Tessa | Tessa | Amanda | Megan | Maria | |||||
| 5 | Mary | Adelaide | Maria | Jennifer | Jayanna | ||||||
| 6 | Lauren | Kelli | Jennifer | Mary | |||||||
| 7 | Kelli | Jayanna | Jayanna | Jayanna | |||||||
| 8 | Jayanna | Jennifer | Jennifer | Kelli | |||||||
| 9 | Maria | Kelli | Maria | ||||||||
| 10 | Lynn | Maria | Lynn | ||||||||
| 11 | Jennifer | Lynn | |||||||||
| 12 | Angela | Angela | |||||||||
| 13 | Jodie | ||||||||||
- The contestant is in her 40's.
- The contestant is in her 20's.
- The contestant won the competition.
- The contestant was eliminated by Mark.
- The contestant decided to quit the competition.
- The contestant was automatically eliminated as her fear of flyingFear of flyingA fear of flying is a fear of being on an airplane , or other flying vehicle, such as a helicopter, while in flight. It is also sometimes referred to as aerophobia, aviatophobia, aviophobia or pteromerhanophobia....
prevented her from going to Australia for the finale.
Criticism
Critics note that Philippoussis, who is 30, is closer in age to the twenties than the forties. He is only 3 years older than one of the twenties, and he is at least 9 years younger than all of the forties.Outcome
After the last episode of the show, Philippoussis refused to comment on the outcome of the relationship, stating that he was "concentrating on tennis". However, in a radio interview which aired on November 28 in Australia, he did state he was "currently single", and in February 2008 had been seen with model Siobhan ParekhSiobhan Parekh
Siobhan Parekh is an Australian model. Parekh is of Irish and Indian ethnicity and lives in Sydney.The winner of FHM's 2005 Girl Next Door competition, Parekh later became the first Australian to become a playable online game character, appearing as a super-human martial artist in the short-lived...
. It was announced on October 26, 2009 that Philippousis was engaged to actress Jennifer Esposito
Jennifer Esposito
Jennifer Esposito is an American actress, dancer and model, known for her appearances in films such as I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Summer of Sam and Crash and in television series such as Spin City, The Looney Tunes Show and Samantha Who?.-Early life:Esposito, an Italian-American, was...
.
In 2009 it was revealed that Salinas and Philippoussis had stayed together for five months after meeting on the show. They split amicably in September 2007.
International broadcasters
The opening episode of Age Of Love in Australia, screening at 8:30pm in NSW, ACT and QLD, and at 9:30pm in other states, only managed to rate 849,000 mainland capital city viewers, rating behind both Channel NineNine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
and ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
. Two weeks later, it was moved to a later timeslot of 10:30pm as ratings dropped to 545,000 viewers. The rights for the show in the UK were snapped up by E4, the digital channel from Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
and is shown as part of their "No-Brainers" season along with other American reality TV shows like The Simple Life
The Simple Life
The Simple Life was a reality television series that was broadcast from December 2, 2003 to August 5, 2007. The first three seasons aired on Fox, and the final two on E!...
and Beauty and the Geek
Beauty and the Geek
Beauty and the Geek is a reality television series on The CW. It has been advertised as "The Ultimate Social Experiment" and is produced by Ashton Kutcher, Jason Goldberg and Nick Santora....
.