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Age of Love


Age of Love (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)


Age of Love is an American reality TV dating series that features 30 year-old Australian tennis star Mark Philippoussis as he looks for love in women in their 20s as well as women in their 40s.

Hosted by Mark Consuelos, the series airs on NBC, and premiered on Monday, June 18, 2007. The last episode aired on August 6, 2007, in which it was revealed that the winner was the 25-year-old Amanda Salinas.

As of September 2007, they are still together and planning marriage.

Contestants

The following is a list of the 6 "Kittens" (women in their 20s) and 7 "Cougars" (women in their 40s)

Kittens

Name Age Hometown Occupation Eliminated Notes
Amanda Salinas 25 Nashville, TN Hockey team dancer for Nashville Predators Winner Currently attending Middle Tennessee State University
Megan Khler 21 Chicago, IL Loyola University student Episode 7 (See note 1) At the time of taping, ended a 10-month relationship
Mary Sanks 24 Albuquerque, NM Hemodialysis 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 Episode 3 Born in Australia
Lauren Bryant 27 Greenwich, CT Lighting consultant Episode 2 Avid indoor rock climber
  • Note 1: 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, therefore eliminating herself from the competition.

Cougars

Name Age Hometown Occupation Eliminated Notes
Jennifer Braff 48 Lawrence, KS Executive assistant for the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers Spokesmodel, Amore Fashion

Finale Was married twice (1979, 1999), 25 year-old son
Maria Rangel 42 Playa Del Rey, CA Actress, Photographer Episode 7 (See note 2) 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
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 46 Dallas, TX Vice president for a commercial real estate company Episode 1 Married once June 1996, 8 year-old son
  • Note 2: Maria was shown on Episode 4 and 6 that she was 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

Mark"s call-out order
Order Ep 1 Ep 2 Ep 3 Ep 4 Ep 5 Ep 6 Ep 7 FINALE
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 JayannaJennifer Jennifer Kelli
9 Maria Kelli Maria
10 Lynn Maria Lynn
11 Jennifer Lynn
12 AngelaAngela
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 eliminate herself from the competition.
The contestant was automatically eliminated as her fear of flying prevented her from going Australia for the finale.

Criticism

Critics note that Philippoussis, who is 30, is closer in age to the twenties than the forties. He's only 3 years older than one of the twenties, and he is at least 9 years younger than all of the forties (disregarding fractions for simplicity's sake). A 35-year-old male contestant would have put women in their twenties on an equal footing with those in their forties.

The program also provided biographical information on at least two contestants that could be construed as misleading by omission:

Jennifer Braff is described as an "Executive Assistant to the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers." Her online resume however, shows that Braff has worked as a Hawaiian Tropic swimsuit model, a makeup artist, a songwriter, a spokesmodel for Amore Fashion. She also markets her own glamour calendar and has appeared in Playboy. It doesn't mention Braff ever working as an executive assistant.

"Age of Love" describes Maria Rangel as a photographer, but her credits on the Internet Movie Database show that Rangel has worked steadily as a film and television actress since 1986. Her web site says she also runs a photography business that appears to consist chiefly of taking handout photo portraits for actors' resumes.

International Broadcasters

Country TV Network(s) Series Premiere Weekly Schedule
Channel Seven July 12 2007 Thursday 10:50pm
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 Nine and ABC. Two weeks later, it was moved to a later timeslot of 10:30pm as ratings dropped to 545,000 viewers.



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