Love Connection (Season 8)

Love Connection: VIP
Genre	Reality Competition
Created by	Amy TDPI
Starring	Ian
No. of series	8
No. of episodes	8
Release
First shown in	April 17, 2024
Original release	May 26, 2024
Chronology
Preceded by	Season 7
Followed by	Season 9
External links
Website

Search Love Connection (Season 8) on Amazon.

Love Connection 8: VIP is the eighth season of Love Connection which premiered on April 17th, 2024. This is the first time the season has aired since 2021. The day before filming, it was revealed that Ian would be the bachelor. On May 26, it was announced that Talia was the winner.

In January 2022, Season 8 originally premiered (Titled, Love Connection: A Vegas Love Affair) starring IMVU rapper Lamore and 20 girls competing for his love. The show was axed mid way through when it was exposed that Angie and Dakota posed as Vanni and Gigi. Following the scandal, Emily from season 3, was exposed for being JC Alexander's BTA and was also exposed for allegedly trying to meet up with a 13 year boy, which was caught on tape and posted Youtube Protect the Innocent: Episode 10 by Protect The Innocent Production for all shows was on a indefinite hiatus.

Format

Each the contestants will compete in weekly tasks and challenge to potentially win group dates and/or solo dates. During the first four weeks the bachelor will give a pre-elimination rose to one girl who won a date to secure her spot in the next round of the competition.

During elimination, the girls who the bachelor wants to continue onto the next round will receive a rose while the girls who did not receive a rose will be eliminated from the competition.

Bachelor

On Tuesday night, April 16th the day before the show started in was announced that Ian from Virtual CBS would be the lead of the show. Ian is a 24 year old reality TV host and producer who is looking for his dream girl.

Cast

• Donna previously competed on Vu Sorority and is a recurring castmate on MTV Studios Vu
• Cece and Yodela competed in the original Season 8 back in 2022.
• Several Love connection alumni made guest appearances
  • Chanelle from Love Connection 7 made a guest appearance in week 2's challenge (episode 4)
  • Raelyn from Love Connection 2 & 5 made a guest appearance in week 3's challenge (episode 5) as her daughter Kora.
  • Jackson from MTV Studios Vu and All Stars in Paradise 3 made a guest appearance in week 5 to test the girls.
  • Nina from Love Connection 6 will make a guest appearance in week 6's challenge, along with Angie who assisted with the challenge
  • Conner and Jeremy, Former bachelors from seasons five and seven made an appearance in week 7.
  • Taelyn from Love Connection 7, interviewed the final two girls in week 8.

Name	Age	Hometown	Outcome	Place
Talia Coleman	22	Michigan, USA	Winner	1
Cece	21	Tennessee, USA	Runner-up	2
Donna Fox	21	California, USA	Episode 9	3
Aiko "Yodela"	25	Georgia, USA	Episode 8	4-5
Andrea	19	California, USA	Episode 8
Valentina	23	Texas, USA	Episode 8	6 (Quit)
Eryn	22	Manchester, UK	Episode 7	7-8
Natalie	38	Arizona, USA	Episode 7
Aurora	19	Tennessee, USA	Episode 7	9 (Quit)
Kendra	21	Cancun, MX	Episode 6	10
Sapphire	29	London, UK	Episode 5	11
Paloma Delgado	23	California, USA	Episode 5	12 (DQ)
Mia	23	North Carolina, USA	Episode 4	13-14
Noah	22	Arizona, USA	Episode 4
Leah	22	London, UK	Episode 3	15 (Quit)
Jalena	22	Ontario, CAN	Episode 2	16-19
Natali	30+	Manila, PHIL	Episode 2
Pheobe	21	Brazil	Episode 2
Sayrai Hendrix	24	Florida, USA	Episode 2
Peach	30	California, USA	Episode 2	20 (Quit)

Episodes

# Ep	Week	Title	Original Air Date
1	1	"Back In VIP"
After a 3 year hiatus, Love Connection is, the girls soon came into the chat, and Paloma and Donna's shadiness rubbed a few of the other girls the room way like jalena, She cannot stand Donna. Ian came in to formally meet the girls but he had a twist in mind that many girls did not expect. He said he would call out 4 names, and those girls would then immediately leave the house. the names that were called was, Donna, Eryn, Kendra and Jalena. Many of the girls were happy to see donna leave the chat because of her snarky behavior but CeCe thought differently, she had a feeling that they are not eliminated. Donna, Jalena, Kendra and Eryn were escorted to a private suite with champagne gift basic and luxury items, it was revealed that they were pick to be VIP girls, which means they will be the only girls to get one on one time with Ian. Eryn feels like the rest of the house will be shocked. Jalena goes in for her one on one, and she is not feeling some of the girls and she doesn't know if she wants to stay or leave. Ian picked her because he's attracted to her and really wants her to stay. Ian then has his one on one with Kendra, they quickly get to know each other and Kendra is confident that she gave a great first impression. Eryn soon goes in for her one on one and Ian really liked her personality and assures her she will be staying.
2	1	"Peaches and No Cream"
Back at the house, Paloma was coming after peach calling her old for being 30, and Peach just cannot stand her along with a few other. Jalena feels like Donna is the instigator and Paloma will pop off at the mouth, Jalena really wants to leave. Ian is next seen having a group discussion with CeCe, Peach, Andrea, Natalie and others. Ian revealed that he is pansexual and he is opened to all, however Peach isn't too happy to be competing for a pansexual man and prefers her men to like women, so she announces to the house that she's leaving, before she leaves she decided to confront paloma on her way out, which cause a big blow out. Sapphire isn't too happy and hope she's out soon Donna goes in for her one on one and it goes really good and they end with a kiss. Ian then goes to chat with the quiet/shy girls like Leah, sapphire and Natali, Leah is making her presences known to Ian and he sees that, unfortunately for Natali, she enters after Ian leave because of her time zone. Before elimination is was reveal that Eryn received the first impression rose, and elimination followed. At the end, Phoebe, Sayrai, Natali and Jalena were left standing without roses and was eliminated.
3	2	"Dine Me Away"
Week 2 starts out, with Aurora discover a note by Ian, which hints that they will be looking. The girls are getting excited thinking about the things they could make him. The challenge is announced and they will be playing restaurant, each team must make a menu and restaurant logo for Ian and the special judge. The teams are reveal and Valentina and sapphire are NOT happy to be on a team with Paloma. Leah feels like this challenge is too much and decides to leave the show because she felt it was too much for her. Red Team started out great since Paloma was sleeping, Valentina, aurora and sapphire was able to work together and come up with some nice ideas, meanwhile on the blue team, Eryn shows off her type A personality and jumps to being team captain to bring her Brazilian steakhouse to life. Paloma awakes from her sleep and starts drama with Valentina, next thing you now there an argument. Sapphire is so over Paloma because they were working great in the beginning and Paloma ruined the whole vibe of the team. On the orange team, Donna wants to be team captain but Kendra thinks that's a bad idea, Cece is trying to throw ideas out since they are the only team to not have anything produced. Donna and Paloma are both pissing their teams off to the core because they were not voted team captains, a big argument breaks out and Yodela doesn't know how much more she can take.
4	2	"The Star Is Back"
Its time to present, and Eryn's team is first. Chanelle Star from Season 7 will accompany Ian in finding out who runs the best restaurant. Eryn and Natalie are presenting for their team, and Chanelle is being a Diva, Ian and Chanelle is not a fan of the Brazilian steak house. Cece is wondering who the guest judge is and thinks its Angie and Dakota. The nest team to go is the red Team, and Valentina is pissed when she saw Chanelle and things get crazy between the two! Orange team is next with there Mexican restaurant, Ian thinks their uniforms are a little slutty for a restaurant, meanwhile Cece is flirting a lot with Ian in front of the other girls. At the end it was revealed that Orange team would win, Since Kendra was the team leader she wins a solo date, but to Ian's surprise she gives up her date to Andrea because she's to busy for a solo date. Donna, Noah and Cece would do a group date. Red team came in second which means their team leaser, Aurora would win a solo and Blue team came in last which means Eryn must choose chores, Natalie called Eryn out on running the project by herself, which pissed Eryn off, so Eryn assigned Natalie to scrub toilets. Ian does his one on one with Aurora and Andrea, he had a great time with both, but Andrea really impressed him and she was given a date rose, securing her spot in week 3. Ian then had his group date in the house, and since Cece was out going and flirty she was given a rose as well. At elimination, Mia and Noah were sent home for being too quiet.
5	3	"Paloma Power"
Sapphire wakes up in the morning, revealing the note that Ian has left. The note hints about testing their mothering skills. Sapphire and Talia opens up about having kids in real life and they feel confidents on the challenge tonight. Raelyn from Love Connection 2 and 5, will being playing her daughter as the toddler from hell. The first set of girls to go is Natalie and Valentina. Baby kora immediately favors Valentina and is playing "princess" with her and decides to boss Natalie around and calls her a witch. Shortly after their round is over Natalie leaves... as she is annoyed and disappointed in the challenge. The Next group, Paloma, Talia and Aurora is up set to baby sit. Though Paloma is trying her hardest to please baby Kora, she is showing no interest in Paloma. Paloma makes a comment saying the other two girls are registered sex offenders and shouldn't be around which causes a lot of drama! Back at the house, Paloma is pissed and she's starting with Valentina, Yodela and the other, and a big fight breaks out. Valentina decided that it is Paloma's final night in the house and they start throwing out all of her clothes and locks her outside. Paloma decided that she is leaving the house, since she has no chance to make it far. Valentina, Cece, Andrea and Aurora goes on their group date, with Ian, before Paloma left, she called Cece out for having a boyfriend a month ago, and Valentina is using that to her advantage to get some more time with Ian. At the end of the date Valentina gets the date rose. Talia was chosen by Kora for a solo date, where she opened up to Ian about her irl kids, and Ian would give her a date rose as well. At elimination it was between Donna and Sapphire for the final rose, and Sapphire was ultimately let go because of her time zone.
6	4
After elimination, Cece is pissed because Valentina is coming for her, the two had a little argument before the night was over. The next day Talia reads the note congratulating them for making the top 10 and that this week's challenge will be a game show, however, two more girls will be going home tonight. Eryn knows she's been flying below the radar lately and wants to step up her game. She makes a sexual comment about Ian, which causes Aurora and Valentina to say something to her. Valentina makes a comment about Eryn being a ghost, so Eryn uses this opportunity to shade her by calling her night time job a pole dancer at a strip club. the two go at and the Donna comes in to defend Eryn. Now Donna battling against Valentina and Aurora. Eryn goes to her room and confides in Talia and Natalie how she cant stand Valentina. Andrea cant stand Valentina and Donna because they're always fighting. Eryn also confesses that if she knows she's on the bottom then she will use the CeCe rumor against her. The girls were split into two team for the Game Show challenge, Team 1, Talia, Aurora, Yodela, Donna and Kendra. Team 2, Eryn, Natalie, Valentina, Andrea and Cece. after an intense battle team 1 wins the date. Eryn and Natalie are both upset since they have really seen Ian since week 2's challenge. Talia decides to give up her date for Natalie, So Natalie and Aurora will be going on a date. Ian ends up giving the date rose to Aurora. Donna and Kendra goes on their date next, and Ian is still upset about Kendra throwing away her one on one last week, he's going to give donna attention to piss her off. Kendra notices this and is happy and starts arguing with Donna. Ian, is pretty annoyed with Donna and revealed that both of them are in the hot seat and end up leaving the date. Its time for elimination and before Ian does anything, he calls Donna down and tells her there's no rose for her, and the whole house is shook. After Donna leaves, Ian reveals that one more girl will be going home and proceeds with the rose ceremony. The bottom two this week is Cece and Kendra. Cece is shocked that she's in the bottom two yet again and feels like she's going home. Ian's final rose of the evening went to Cece, sending Kendra home.
7	5
The girls are at the half way point of the game and their new challenge is revealed to be a wrestling challenge. Eryn, Aurora and Natalie are not really feeling this since they're not the physical type. Valentina is pissed because all of the girls that she wanted to fight is no longer here. Jackson who is known for his appearances on VirtualMTV, has a mission to see which girls are loyal, so he sends dms to all of the remaining contestants. Cece his message and did not entertain him. same with Talia and Valentina. Jackson reveals to Ian that Eryn actually responded to him, and Ian is not happy with what she said. He really liked her and at this point her days is numbered. Aurora comes in and reveal that she's getting back together with her ex and is leaving the show. Jackson called her out for being an opportunist since she's now in a fully committed relationship with a kid. Later, Valentina and Natalie gets into a scuffle and Valentina calls Natalie slow. Natalie gets up and leaves the house and is sent to a hotel for a few days by Amy to cool off. Talia, who is friends with stands up for her and tells Valentina how she feels. People sees Talia as someone who is quiet and nice and some were surprised that she had the guts to stand up for someone else. Meanwhile, Paloma (who is currently eliminated) posts a picture which appears to be Cece naked on another guy. Cece is so tired of some of the girls coming after her, but she will not back down from them. Valentina and Cece were chosen to fight in a boxing match. Ian goes to talk with Natalie at the hotel because for the past 2 days Natalie was thinking about quitting. Ian reveals that Natalie is one of his picks at the end but the fact that she's emotionally unstable is making him question his decision. At elimination, Natalie was one who was sent home for always trying to quit, and Eryn for what she said to Jackson. Ian posted the screenshots to the house for all of the girls to see, and Valentina and Cece are laughing so hard at it. Eryn feels like what she said wasn't bad since all she told him that she's "queen status". Eryn also calls out Cece for being a h*e after seeing those pictures leaked of her. Talia feels so alone in the house since her closes friends are gone.
8	6	"Dance Battle"
Eryn, Natalie and Aurora are officially gone, and only 5 girls remains. Yodela is feeling a bit desperate because she's yet to have a date with Ian, she feels like, she'll be the nest to go if she doesn't win the next challenge. Ian announced the new challenge, which would be a first, The Love Connection Dance Battle. The girls will be split into two teams, and the girls will freestyle dance against each other and Ian and the guest judge will decide on who was the best dance crew. Team one is Cece and Yodela and Team two is Valentina, Talia and Andrea. Since team one only have two people, they were surprised to see who would be their third team member. And its none other than Donna. She have returned. Donna says she has unresolved feelings with Ian and she wants a second chance to explore them. On team two side, They're falling apart, Valentina is upset because she's busy and have a lot of things to do, Andrea is withdrawing from the activities and Talia wants to get going. Cece and Yodela on two one, decides that they won't include donna in their dance so they record without her. days past and Team two is still struggling to record together, Cece is growing tired of waiting and Valentina is quick to shut down Cece by saying she has a real life and real life activities. Cece tries to make her understand that she doesn't need to get loud because she response isn't warranting a fight. and When Valentina finds out that Donna is back in the game. Valentina calls it quits because she's not going to entertain her anymore and has had enough of her. At this point, Talia is all by herself with no one to help her, So Angie from love Connection 2, arrives to help Talia. And Cece and Yodela is not happy, and starts a verbal fight with Angie, Donna jumps in, and Talia is so sick of Donna and they go out. a night full of Drama. Angie and Talia finish their video and its time to start the dance battle. Nina Khan rom Love Connection 6, joins Ian as a guest judge to see which team won. Ultimately, Team one, Cece and Yodela, had the best moves and the best outfits and were rewarded a date. Talia was ultimately granted a date since she needed to fill in so she could do her part of the challenge. Donna is down in the dumps and wants to talk to Ian, Talia is so annoyed by Donna and they start going back and forth. Nina is trying to help donna feel better and Donna now sees Nina in a new light. Angie says her goodbyes and reveals she had a blast working with Talia but a few girls were bein very mean to her, Cece and Yodela goes to defends themselves and they start arguing with Angie. Angie exposes for Yodela's man BTA and Ian sees this, and now he's torn. Ian feels like Donna is a drama queen, Andrea is inactive and Yodela is up Valentina's ass and her BTA is just not for him. But before he starts the dates, he would rather do the rose ceremony. Talia gets her rose first, followed by Cece. Yodela, Donna and Andrea is left standing, and Ian only has one rose. He ultimately gives the final rose to Donna. Yodeal is pissed, Ian revealed that Yodela's fate was sealed after they had an argument about Valentina and seeing her BTA.
9	7
Cece and Talia both have their one one ones.
10	8
Cece and Talia both have their one one ones. and Taelyn the winner from last season enters to enter the final two girls. Ian ultimately gives his final rose to Talia and they ride off into the sunset.

Call-Out Order

#	Name	Weeks
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	Aiko "Yodela"	Eryn	Andrea	Valentina	Aurora	Cece	Talia	Cece	Talia
2	Andrea	Yodela	Cece	Talia	Talia	Valentina	Cece	Talia	Cece
3	Aurora	Natalie	Aurora	Aurora	Natalie	Talia	Donna	Donna
4	Cece	Kendra	Natalie	Andrea	Andrea	Yodela	Yodela Andrea
5	Donna	Talia	Yodela	Natalie	Eryn	Andrea
6	Eryn	Andrea	Eryn	Yodela	Valentina	Eryn Natalie	Valentina
7	Jalena	Aurora	Paloma	Eryn	Yodela
8	Kendra	Sapphire	Talia	Kendra	Cece	Aurora
9	Leah	Valentina	Sapphire	Cece	Kendra
10	Mia	Cece	Valentina	Donna	Donna
11	Natalie	Leah	Kendra	Sapphire
12	Natali	Noah	Donna	Paloma
13	Noah	Paloma	Mia Noah
14	Paloma	Donna
15	Peach	Mia	Leah
16	Pheobe	Jalena Sayrai Natali Pheobe
17	Sayrai
18	Sapphire
19	Talia
20	Valentina	Peach

     The contestant won the competition

     The contestant received the first impression rose

     The contestant received a rose during the date

     The contestant was eliminated

     The contestant quit the competition

     The contestant was eliminated outside the rose ceremony

Summary

Week One (Welcome Back)

• Solo Dates: Donna, Eryn, Jalena and Kendra
• First Impression Rose: Eryn
• Eliminated: Peach (quit), Jalena, Natalie, Phoebe & Sayrai eliminated at the rose ceremony

Week Two (Wine & Dine)

• Challenge: There will be 3 teams of 5, each team must choose a project manager. The task is to create a restaurant name and menu with 4 appetizer options, 4 entrée options, 4 drink options and 4 dessert options. The Winning team goes on a group date and the project manager gets a solo date, Second place team’s project manager gets a solo, Third place team must complete chores.
• Dates Winners: Kendra Andrea and Aurora won solo dates, Cece, Noah and Donna won a group date
• Received Date Rose: Andrea and Cece
• Eliminated: Leah (quit) and Mia & Noah were eliminated at the rose ceremony

Week Three (The Toddler From Hell)

• Challenge: In groups of three, the girls will baby sit, Kora (the toddler from hell) to test the girls mothering skills. Kora will pick one girl from each group to go on a date.
• Dates Winners: Valentina, Aurora, Andrea & Cece won a group date, Talia won a solo date
• Received Date Rose: Valentina
• Eliminated: Paloma was removed and Sapphire was eliminated at the rose ceremony.

Week Four (Love Connection Feud)

• Challenge: The girls are split into two teams of 5 to answer trivia questions about Ian. The Team who wins the best out of three rounds will go on a date with Ian.
• Dates Winners: Donna, Talia, Yodela, Aurora, & Kendra
• Received Date Rose: Aurora
• Eliminated: Donna (Eliminated before the ceremony) and Kendra (Did not receive a rose).

Week Five (Boxing Match)

• Challenge: The girls will create boxing promotion videos, the fans will vote two girls who had the best videos to face each other in the boxing ring.
• Dates Winners: Cece and Valentina
• Eliminated: Aurora (Quit the competition) and Natalie & Eryn (Did not receive a rose).

Week Six (Dance Battle)

• Challenge: Two teams of three will battle it out on the dance floor in a epic dance battle. The Judges will decide on which team had the best moves.
• Dates Winners: Cece and Yodela (Talia was allowed a date since her team ditched her)
• Eliminated: Valentina (Quit the competition) and Yodela & Andrea (Did not a receive a rose)

Week Seven (Interrogation)

• Challenge: The final three girls will be interrogated by past season bachelors, Conner and Jeremy. They will then decide who they think is the best fit for Ian and who is the worst fit.
• Dates Winners: N/A
• Eliminated: Donna (did not receive a rose)

Week Eight (Final Choice)

• Final Rose: Talia ultimately was given the final rose, leaving Cece as runner up.

Other Appearances

• Aiko “Yodela”
  • 2024- Love Connection 8 (Contestant; 4th/5th place)
  • 2024- Love Connection 9 (Guest Judge)
  • 2024- Bachelor Party (Contestant; 5th place)

• Cece
  • 2024- Love Connection 8 (Contestant; Runner-up)
  • 2024- Love Connection 9 (Guest Judge)
  • 2024- Bachelor Party (Contestant; Winner)
• Eryn
  • 2024- Love Connection 8 (Contestant; 7th/8th place)
  • 2024- Bachelor Party (Contestant; 7th place)
• Kendra
  • 2024- Love Connection 8 (Contestant; 10th place)
  • 2024- Bachelor Party (Contestant; 16th place)
• Paloma
  • 2024- Love Connection 8 (Contestant; 12th place)
  • 2024- Bachelor Party (Contestant; 13th place)
• Peach
  • 2024- Love Connection 8 (Contestant; 20th place)
  • 2024- Bachelor Party (Contestant; 9th place)
• Talia
  • 2024- Love Connection 8 (Contestant; Winner)
  • 2024- Love Connection 9 (Guest Judge)
• Valentina
  • 2024- Love Connection 8 (Contestant; 6th place)
  • 2024- Love Connection 9 (Guest Judge)
  • 2024- Bachelor Party (Contestant; 4th place)

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