I Want to Work for Diddy 2
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{{Infobox television season
| image = I Want to Work for Diddy 2 logo.jpg
| network = VH1
| first_aired = {{start date|2009|11|2}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2010|1|4}}
| prev_season = Season 1
}}
I Want to Work for Diddy 2 is a reality show on VH1. It is the second season of I Want to Work for Diddy, where contestants are brought together to see who can become Sean Combs' 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
class="wikitable sortable" |
Name
! Occupation ! Hometown ! Result |
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{{sort|Jones|Ebony Jones}}
|High School Algebra Teacher |Winner on Episode 10 |
{{sort|Orrison|Daniel Orrison}}
|Wine Steward |Runner-Up on Episode 10 |
{{sort|Tabb|Ivory Tabb}}
|Public Relations |Eliminated on Episode 9 |
{{sort|Spratt|Dalen Spratt}}
|Business Owner |Eliminated on Episode 8 |
{{sort|Bauer|Jennifer Bauer}}
|Model |Eliminated on Episode 6 |
{{sort|LeEllen|Melissa LeEllen}}
|Executive Assistant |Eliminated on Episode 5 |
{{sort|Kearney|Kim "Poprah" Kearney}}
|Entrepreneur |Eliminated on Episode 4{{ref|e|[e]}} |
{{sort|Bell|Kennis Bell}}
|Public Relations Student |Eliminated on Episode 4 |
{{sort|Sunshine|Blake Sunshine}}
|Talent Promoter |Eliminated on Episode 3 |
{{sort|Bonavia|John Bonavia}}
|Mall Manager |Eliminated on Episode 3 |
{{sort|Wright|Zach Wright}}
|Internet Marketer |Eliminated on Episode 2 |
{{sort|Johnson|Noelle Johnson}}
|Pageant Queen |Eliminated on Episode 1 |
=Judges=
- Capricorn Clark – Marketing Director, Sean John
- Phil Robinson – Diddy's former manager
- Andre Harrell – Diddy's mentor
- Kim "Poprah" Kearney – Former contestant (guest judge)
=Weekly Results=
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rowspan=2 colspan=2|Contestants | colspan=11|Episodes | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
colspan=1|1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7{{ref|h|[h]}} | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
bgcolor="cornflowerblue"| | align="left"| Ebony{{ref|g|[g]}}
| bgcolor="lightgreen"|WIN | bgcolor="lightgreen"|WIN | bgcolor="pink"|John | bgcolor="lightgreen"|WIN | bgcolor="lightgreen"|Melissa | bgcolor="white"|IN | bgcolor="pink"|Daniel | bgcolor="white"|Dalen | bgcolor="white"|IN | bgcolor="yellow"| WINNER |
bgcolor="crimson"| | align="left"| Daniel
|bgcolor="white"|Noelle | bgcolor="white"|Zach | bgcolor="lightgreen"|WIN | bgcolor="white"|Ivory | bgcolor="white"|Melissa | bgcolor="lightgreen"|WIN | bgcolor="lightgreen"|Ivory | bgcolor="lightgreen"|Dalen | bgcolor="white"|IN | bgcolor="tomato"|OUT |
bgcolor="crimson"| | align="left"| Ivory
|bgcolor="pink"|Noelle | bgcolor="pink"|Zach | bgcolor="lightgreen"|WIN | bgcolor="pink"|Melissa | bgcolor="white"|Jennifer | bgcolor="white"|IN | bgcolor="pink"|Daniel | bgcolor="pink"|Daniel | bgcolor="tomato"|OUT
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC" colspan=1| | |
bgcolor="cornflowerblue"| | align="left"| Dalen{{ref|g|[g]}}
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|WIN | bgcolor="lightgreen"|WIN | John | bgcolor="lightgreen"|WIN | bgcolor="white"|Melissa | bgcolor="pink"|SAFE | bgcolor="pink"|Daniel | bgcolor="tomato"|Daniel
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC" colspan=3| | ||
bgcolor="cornflowerblue"| | align="left"| Jennifer
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|WIN | bgcolor="lightgreen"|WIN | bgcolor="white"|John | bgcolor="lightgreen"|WIN | bgcolor="pink"|Melissa | bgcolor="tomato"|OUT
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC" colspan=4| | ||||
bgcolor="crimson"| | align="left"| Melissa{{ref|b|[b]}}
| bgcolor="lightgreen"|WIN | bgcolor="white"|Ivory | bgcolor="lightgreen"|WIN | bgcolor="white"|Ivory | bgcolor="tomato"|Jennifer
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC" colspan=5| | |||||
bgcolor="cornflowerblue"| | align="left"| Kim{{ref|a|[a]}}{{ref|c|[c]}}{{ref|f|[f]}}
| bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| | bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| | bgcolor="lightgreen"|WIN | bgcolor="red"|OUT{{ref|e|[e]}}
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC" colspan=6| | ||||||
bgcolor="crimson"| | align="left"| Kennis
|bgcolor="white"|Ivory | bgcolor="white"|Zach | bgcolor="lightgreen"|WIN | bgcolor="tomato"|Ivory{{ref|d|[d]}}
| bgcolor="#CCCCCC" colspan=6| | ||||||
bgcolor="cornflowerblue"| | align="left"| Blake
| bgcolor="lightgreen"|WIN | bgcolor="lightgreen"|WIN | bgcolor="tomato"|John
| bgcolor="#CCCCCC" colspan=7| | |||||||
bgcolor="cornflowerblue"| | align="left"| John
| bgcolor="lightgreen"|WIN | bgcolor="lightgreen"|WIN | bgcolor="tomato"|OUT
| bgcolor="#CCCCCC" colspan=7| | |||||||
bgcolor="crimson"| | align="left"| Zach
| bgcolor="white"|Noelle | bgcolor="tomato"|Ivory
| bgcolor="#CCCCCC" colspan=8| | ||||||||
bgcolor="crimson"| | align="left"| Noelle
| bgcolor="tomato"|Zach | bgcolor="#CCCCCC" colspan=9| |
;Teams
:{{Color box|crimson|border=darkgray}} The contestant was on the Uptown team.
:{{Color box|cornflowerblue|border=darkgray}} The contestant was on the Downtown team.
;Competition
:{{Color box|yellow|border=darkgray}} The contestant won.
:{{Color box|royalblue|border=darkgray}} The contestant was eliminated, but still hired.
:{{Color box|lightgreen|border=darkgray}} The contestant won the challenge and was safe.
:{{Color box|purple|border=darkgray}} The contestant won the challenge and was in the bottom.
:{{Color box|pink|border=darkgray}} The contestant was in the bottom two or three, but was not eliminated.
:{{Color box|tomato|border=darkgray}} The contestant was eliminated.
:{{Color box|red|border=darkgray}} The contestant was out of the competition, after she was told to reveal that she was a spy for Diddy.
:{{Color box|#CCCCCC|border=darkgray}} The contestant was not included in the episode, or was a judge.
:{{Color box|white|border=darkgray}} The contestant lost the challenge but was safe.
;Notes
:{{note|a|[a]}}Kim "Poprah" Kearney from season one returned and joined the competition.
:{{note|b|[b]}}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.
:{{note|c|[c]}}Capricorn Clark said that Kim "Poprah" would switch teams every week.
:{{note|d|[d]}}Kennis was not originally put up for elimination, but was eliminated.
:{{note|e|[e]}}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.
:{{note|f|[f]}}In Episode 5, Poprah was the judge for elimination, and Poprah said that there would be no more teams.
:{{note|g|[g]}}In Episode 7, Dalen and Ebony were not originally put up for elimination.
:{{note|h|[h]}}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.
Episodes
=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{{ref|e|[e]}}
- 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
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091017231811/http://www.vh1.com/shows/i_want_to_work_for_diddy/season_2/series.jhtml Official Site]
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