The Cougar is an American reality television series broadcast by TV Land. The series premiered on April 15, 2009, for an eight-episode run, and it concluded on June 3, 2009. Filmed in Los Angeles, California, the series followed Stacey Anderson, a 40-year-old cougar, in search for a partner among a group of 20 men, all of whom were in their 20s. The men were required to participate in a series of romantic challenges; Anderson assessed the men's performances and subjected the men to weekly elimination ceremonies. Whichever man remained at the end of the competition had the option of pursuing a long-term relationship with Anderson. The series was hosted by American actor Vivica A. Fox.[1]
The Cougar | |
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Genre | Reality television |
Presented by | Vivica A. Fox |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Mike Fleiss |
Production locations | Los Angeles, California |
Running time | 45–48 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | TV Land |
Release | April 15 June 3, 2009 | –
Over eight weekly hour-long episodes, the young men (all in their 20s) compete for a chance to have a long term relationship with Stacey Anderson, a 40-year-old real estate agent and divorced mother of four from Arizona.[2] The show is very similar in format to The Bachelorette, except that instead of using roses to determine who stays and who goes, the Cougar uses the "Kiss Off". During the Kiss Off, each contestant gives the Cougar a kiss and if she kisses on the lips, the contestant stays, but if she gives her cheek, the contestant is out.
Contestant | Age | Occupation | Episode Eliminated |
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Jimmy Heck | 23 | fitness model and personal trainer | Winner |
Colt Straub | 25 | musician | Episode 8 |
Travis | 21 | Episode 7 | |
Adam Mills | 25 | event manager | Episode 6 |
Joe | 25 | bartender | Episode 5 |
Jon | 23 | customer engineer | Episode 5 |
David | 25 | advertising consultant | Episode 4 |
Austin | 24 | bartender | Episode 4 |
Ryan | 29 | bartender | Episode 4 |
Nick | 27 | police officer | Episode 3 |
Kai | 28 | supervisor | Episode 3 |
Johnny | 23 | martial arts trainer | Episode 3 |
J.D. | 24 | account manager | Episode 2 |
Jim | 22 | caterer | Episode 2 |
Tom | 26 | mobile company manager | Episode 2 |
Kevin | 23 | UPS driver | Episode 1 |
Bodie | 23 | Cabana boy | Episode 1 |
Brad | 24 | bartender | Episode 1 |
Rich | 29 | bartender | Episode 1 |
Grant Mills | 25 | Episode 1 (withdrew) |
Order | Name | Episodes | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
1 | Adam | Travis1 | Jon1 | Joe1 | Colt1 | Travis3 | Jimmy | Colt | Jimmy |
2 | Austin | Colt | Adam2 | Jon | Joe | Colt | Colt | Jimmy | Colt |
3 | Bodie | Adam | David | Colt | Travis | Jimmy2 | Travis | Travis | |
4 | Brad | Jon | Colt2 | Travis | Jon2 | Adam3 | Adam | ||
5 | Colt | David | Travis2 | Ryan | Adam | Joe | |||
6 | David | Jimmy | Austin | Austin2 | Jimmy | Jon2 | |||
7 | Kai | Joe | Nick | David2 | David | ||||
8 | Grant | Jim | Joe | Jimmy | Austin | ||||
9 | J.D. | Nick | Ryan2 | Adam2 | Ryan2 | ||||
10 | Jim | Kai | Kai | Kai | |||||
11 | Jimmy | Johnny | Johnny | Johnny2 | |||||
12 | Joe | Austin | Jimmy | Nick | |||||
13 | Johnny | J.D. | Jim | ||||||
14 | Jon | Tom | J.D. | ||||||
15 | Kevin | Ryan | Tom2 | ||||||
16 | Nick | Kevin | |||||||
17 | Rich | Bodie | |||||||
18 | Ryan | Brad | |||||||
19 | Tom | Rich | |||||||
20 | Travis | Grant |
Place | Name | Episodes | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
1 | Jimmy | SAFE | BTM2 | SAFE | BTM2 | WIN | SAFE | BTM2 | WINNER |
2 | Colt | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT |
3 | Travis | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE3 | BTM2 | OUT | |
4 | Adam | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | BTM23 | OUT | ||
5 | Joe | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | OUT | |||
6 | Jon | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | OUT | |||
7 | David | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | OUT | ||||
8 | Austin | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | OUT | ||||
9 | Ryan | BTM2 | WIN | SAFE | OUT | ||||
10 | Nick | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||
11 | Kai | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||
12 | Johnny | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||
13 | J.D. | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
14 | Jim | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
15 | Tom | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
16 | Kevin | OUT | |||||||
17 | Bodie | OUT | |||||||
18 | Brad | OUT | |||||||
19 | Rich | OUT | |||||||
20 | Grant | QUIT |
Episode | First Airing |
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Meet the Cougar | April 15, 2009 |
40 Years Young | April 22, 2009 |
Men vs. Boys | April 29, 2009 |
Truth and Consequences | May 6, 2009 |
The Claws Comes Out | May 13, 2009 |
Meet the Families | May 20, 2009 |
Vegas Nights | May 27, 2009 |
The Last Kiss? (Season Finale) | June 3, 2009 |