I Want to Work for Diddy 2 is a reality show on VH1

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. It is the second season of I Want to Work for Diddy

I Want to Work for Diddy

I Want To Work For Diddy was a reality show on VH1. Co-executive produced and directed by Mark Jacobs, the 13 contestants are brought together to see who can become Sean Combs' assistant. The show premiered on August 4, 2008...

, where contestants are brought together to see who can become Sean Combs

Sean Combs

Sean John Combs , also known by his stage names Diddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. He has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and his clothing line earned a Council of Fashion Designers of America award. He was originally...

' personal assistant. Mark Jacobs is the show's co-executive producer and director. I Want to Work for Diddy 2 premiered on November 2, 2009. In the end, Ebony Jones was chosen to be his assistant.

Contestants

Name	Occupation	Hometown	Result
	High School Algebra Teacher	Dallas, Texas Dallas, Texas Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...	Winner on Episode 10
	Wine Steward	Frederick, Maryland Frederick, Maryland Frederick is a city in north-central Maryland. It is the county seat of Frederick County, the largest county by area in the state of Maryland. Frederick is an outlying community of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of a greater...	Runner-Up on Episode 10
	Public Relations	New Jersey New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...	Eliminated on Episode 9
	Business Owner	Dallas, Texas Dallas, Texas Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...	Eliminated on Episode 8
	Model	Troy, Michigan Troy, Michigan Troy is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan, and is a suburb of Detroit. The population was 80,980 at the 2010 census, making it the 11th-largest city in Michigan by population, and the largest city in Oakland County...	Eliminated on Episode 6
	Executive Assistant	Queens, New York	Eliminated on Episode 5
	N/A	Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...	Eliminated on Episode 4
	Public Relations Student	Tyler, Texas Tyler, Texas Tyler is a city in and the county seat of Smith County, Texas, in the United States. It takes its name from President John Tyler . The city had a population of 109,000 in 2010, according to the United States Census Bureau...	Eliminated on Episode 4
	Talent Promoter	Boston, Massachusetts	Eliminated on Episode 3
	Mall Manager	Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....	Eliminated on Episode 3
	Internet Marketer	New Brunswick, New Jersey New Brunswick, New Jersey New Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. It is the county seat and the home of Rutgers University. The city is located on the Northeast Corridor rail line, southwest of Manhattan, on the southern bank of the Raritan River. At the 2010 United States Census, the population of...	Eliminated on Episode 2
	Pageant Queen	Portage, Michigan Portage, Michigan Portage is a city in Kalamazoo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 46,292 at the 2010 census. It is the smaller of the two main cities included in the Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 326,589 as of 2010.Portage is adjacent to the...	Eliminated on Episode 1

Judges

• Capricorn Clark – Marketing Director, Sean John
  Sean John
  Sean John Clothing Inc is a clothing and fragrance company owned by hip-hop mogul Sean Combs. The apparel company takes its name from Combs' first and middle given names....
  
  
• Phil Robinson – Diddy's former manager
• Andre Harrell – Diddy's mentor
• Kim "Poprah" Kearney – Former contestant (guest judge)

Weekly Results

Contestants		|Episodes
		1	2	3	4	5	6		8	9	10
	Ebony	Noelle	Zach	John	Ivory	Melissa	Dalen	Daniel	Dalen	Daniel	WINNER
	Daniel	Noelle	Zach	Blake	Ivory	Melissa	Jennifer	Ivory	Dalen	Ebony	OUT
	Ivory	Noelle	Zach	Ebony	Melissa	Jennifer	Dalen	Daniel	Dalen	Daniel
	Dalen	Zach	Ivory	John	Melissa	Melissa	Ivory	Daniel	Daniel
	Jennifer	Ivory	Zach	John	Ivory	Melissa	Dalen
	Melissa	Zach	Ivory	Ebony	Ivory	Jennifer
	Kim			Ebony	OUT
	Kennis	Ivory	Zach	Blake	Melissa
	Blake	Noelle	Zach	John
	John	Ivory	Ivory	Blake
	Zach	Noelle	Ivory
	Noelle	Zach

Teams

The contestant was on the Uptown team.

The contestant was on the Downtown team.

Competition

The contestant won.

The contestant was eliminated, but still hired.

The contestant won the challenge and was safe.

The contestant won the challenge and was in the bottom.

The contestant was in the bottom two or three, but was not eliminated.

The contestant was eliminated.

The contestant was out of the competition, after she was told to reveal that she was a spy for Diddy.

The contestant was not included in the episode, or was a judge.

The contestant lost the challenge but was safe.

Notes

Kim "Poprah" Kearney from season one returned and joined the competition.

In Episode 2, Melissa was voted to move from the Downtown Team to the Uptown Team so that both teams had an equal number of contestants.

Capricorn Clark said that Kim "Poprah" would switch teams every week.

Kennis was not originally put up for elimination, but was eliminated.

In Episode 4, Poprah revealed herself as a spy for Diddy, when she was a judge for elimination. Therefore Diddy no longer needed her and was out of the competition.

In Episode 5, Poprah was the judge for elimination, and Poprah said that there would be no more teams.

In Episode 7, Dalen and Ebony were not originally put up for elimination.

In Episode 7, everyone was at risk of being eliminated, but all were ultimately given one more chance to prove themselves.

In Episodes 1,3,5 & 7 Ivory used her infamous catch phrase "manwhich a bitch" a phrase that caught on with fans instantly.

Welcome to Bad Boy

First aired November 2, 2009

• Challenge: Collect the Most Foreign Languages
• Challenge Winners: Downtown Team
• Bottom 2: Ivory, Noelle
• Eliminated: Noelle
• Ivory became a fan favorite and quickly earned the title of having the catchphrase of the season after telling one of her competitors she was going to "manwhich a bitch"
• Elimination Notes: After Noelle's elimination, Melissa was switched to the Uptown Team.

Sean John Reinvented

First aired November 9, 2009

• Challenge: Shoot a Print Ad for the New Sean John Logo
• Challenge Winners: Downtown Team
• Bottom 2: Ivory, Zach
• Eliminated: Zach

• Elimination Notes: Poprah returned to the competition after making a special guest appearance.

Chariots for Charity

First aired November 16, 2009

• Challenge: Collect Donations for the Fresh Air Fund
  • Downtown: $1700
  • Uptown: $5500

• Challenge Winners: Uptown Team
• Bottom 3: Blake, Ebony, John
• Eliminated: Blake, John

• Elimination Notes: Poprah was moved to the Downtown Team to even the teams after the Uptown Team lost two members in elimination.

Diddy or Didn't He?

First aired November 23, 2009

• 1st Challenge: Assist Mr. Combs in Doing Press Interviews
• 2nd Challenge: Play Diddy or Didn't He? Game Show
  • Downtown: 110 pts.
  • Uptown: 50 pts.
• Challenge Winners: Downtown
• Bottom 2: Ivory, Kennis
• Eliminated: Kennis
• Left: Poprah

• Episode/Elimination Notes: Kennis was not originally put up for elimination, but was eliminated; Poprah leaves the house after she reveals herself that she was a spy for Diddy.

Welcome to Daddy's House

First aired November 30, 2009

• Challenge: Work The Night Shift At Diddy's House
• Challenge Winners: Ebony
• Bottom 2: Jen, Melissa
• Eliminated: Melissa

• Elimination Notes: Both teams are at elimination; Poprah talks with them instead of Capricorn about who they should vote for.

Truth and Its Consequences

First aired December 7, 2009

• Challenge: Learning To Be Honest
• Challenge Winner: None
• Bottom 5: Dalen, Daniel, Ebony, Ivory, Jen
• Eliminated: Jen

• Elimination/Episode Notes: Elimination is held at Diddy's office, and Diddy decides who goes home; there are no more teams starting from Episode 6; Diddy felt that he would not hire someone like Jen and eliminated her.

A Family Affair

First aired December 14, 2009

• Challenge: Family Dinner At Sea
• Challenge Winner: Daniel
• Bottom 4: Dalen, Daniel, Ebony, Ivory
• Eliminated: None

• Elimination/Episode Notes: Dalen and Ebony were not originally put up for elimination.

The Fashion Event

First aired December 21, 2009

• Challenge: Throw A Preview Party For New Sean John Collection
• Challenge Winner: None
• Bottom 2: Dalen, Daniel
• Eliminated: Dalen

• Elimination/Episode Notes: With only four contestants remaining, team competitions were eliminated and it became a 1-versus-all format.

The Fashion Event Pt. 2

First aired December 28, 2009

• Challenge: Throw A Preview Party For New Sean John Collection
• Challenge Winner: None
• Bottom: Daniel, Ebony and Ivory
• Eliminated: Ivory
• Elimination/Episode Notes: Capricorn saves the fashion show from disaster. The exercise ball incident from the first episode is brought up again and Ivory is eliminated.

Season Finale

First aired January 4, 2010

• Challenge: Assist Mr. Combs
• Runner-Up: Daniel
• Winner: Ebony

External links

• Official Site