VH1's I Love Money 2 - Episode 8
Who Gets Sent Home This Week? Frank The Entertainer is Eliminated
Mar 24, 2009
In the previous episode of VH1's reality television series I Love Money 2, the cast members clashed following Heat's elimination. Becky Buckwild and Tailor Made nearly get in a physical fight - that's when the reality show's producers stepped in.
The challenge for episode seven involved using body heat and friction to melt their block of ice to get to six of the seven coins frozen inside. The Green Team won the challenge thanks to help from Gold Team member Buckwild, who threw the challenge by running into the ocean and tossing her team's winning coin before it was turned in.
The Gold Team nominates Bonez, Buckwild and 20-Pack for elimination in the eighth episode. In the end, it's Bonez, a member of Tailor Made's counter alliance, who is sent home by Green Team paymaster Angelique, a.k.a. "Frenchy."
In addition, Saaphyri and It make a romantic connection at the end of episode seven. The pairing seems insignificant in the beginning, but the relationship between It and Saaphyri plays an instrumental role at the end of I Love Money 2's episode eight.
What Happens on I Love Money 2? - Tailor Made Becomes Paymaster; Saaphyri Turns on Frank
Going into the eighth challenge, the Gold Team picks Tailor Made to be paymaster, while on the Green Team, Saaphyri is selected as paymaster. The two paymasters receive a note before the challenge begins, instructing them to pick two other players whom they trust the most.
The challenge? A crane suspends a series of ropes from a frame. Three ropes are intertwined; three players -- the paymaster and the two other teammates that were selected earlier -- will be tethered to the three ropes, suspended over the water. The three players must untangle their ropes; once a player has completely untangled his/her rope from the others, the person will pull a release cord, dropping the player into the water. Once all three players drop into the water and swim to a buoy, the clock stops. The team with the fastest time wins.
What makes the challenge even more interesting is that the players that weren't picked by the paymaster will be suspended from ropes at the periphery of the frame. They'll hang as "dead weight players," which means it's impossible for Becky Buckwild and 20-Pack to throw the challenge for the Gold Team as they've done in the past.
On the Green Team, Saaphyri, Frank The Entertainer and Angelique are the three active players; the dead weight players are It, Cali and counter alliance member Myammee.
Tailor Made, Prancer and Ice (the two team members who he picked as the most-trusted) are the active players for the Gold Team, with 20-Pack and Buckwild the "dead weight" players.
A couple minutes into the first attempt at the challenge, Tailor Made suddenly drops into the water. The Green Team is initially ecstatic, as a premature release into the water carries a ten-minute penalty. But a closer examination of the equipment reveals that Tailor Made's rope broke.
So the Gold Team gets a second attempt at the challenge and unfortunately for the Green Team, the Gold Team wins. It's a meaningful moment for paymaster Tailor Made and his counter alliance.
Had the Gold Team lost, the counter alliance would have dissintegrated because the three nominees for elimination would have necessarily included at least one counter alliance member. It's likely the Green Team paymaster would have eliminated the counter alliance member, making the counter alliance non-viable as a result of being outnumbered.
Who Gets Sent Home and Eliminated on Episode Eight of I Love Money 2?
Tailor Made and his counter alliance then approach It; they convince It that his team plans to vote him into the box. But if It gets Saaphyri to turn against Frank and It and Saaphyri vote strategically, it creates a stalemate. And that's precisely what occurs. Four Green Team members get three votes each, and the team is unable to come to a decision within the 15-minute time limit. This puts Tailor Made in charge and he nominates Frank The Entertainer, Saaphyri and Angelique.
In the vault, Saaphyri is forced to vote against The Entertainer in order to save herself and It, the object of her affections. And the clash between Saaphyri and Frank The Entertainer is no laughing matter - after all, they're the two most vocal and strong-minded members of the I Love Money 2 cast.
So who gets eliminated and sent home on episode eight? Angelique is the first person to receive her check, leaving The Entertainer and Saaphyri. Paymaster Tailor Made is left to make a decision: which cast member is more likely to be loyal to him? And which cast member poses the least physical threat? In the end, Tailor Made picks Saaphyri. Frank The Entertainer is sent home, where he returns to his parent's basement.
At the end of episode eight, the I Love Money 2 cast learns that the teams are no longer; the challenges are now individual.
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