Bad Girls Club (season 17)
Bad Girls Club: East Meets West is the seventeenth and final season of the Bad Girls Club. On January 10, 2017, the cast was revealed, along with a premiere date of February 14, 2017. Before the season officially began, a casting special aired on February 7, 2017. This season consists of Bad Girls from only the East Coast and the West Coast, living in a spacious Downtown Los Angeles loft.[1] It was the final Bad Girls Club series to air on Oxygen before its format change to a true crime network; Oxygen has yet to announce the show's future fate in another venue.[2][3]
| Bad Girls Club | |
|---|---|
| Season 17 | |
 The original seven "Bad" Girls of season 17 (left to right): Francesca, Keyaira, Deshayla, Sayyora, Kiyanna, Susan, and Seven. | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Oxygen |
| Original release | February 14 – May 2, 2017 |
| Season chronology | |
Original Bad Girls
The season began with seven original bad girls, of which three were removed by production. One replacement bad girl was introduced in their absences later in the season.
| Name | Age[lower-alpha 1] | Hometown | Nickname |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deshayla "Shay" Harris | 24 | Norfolk, Virginia | The Firecracker Fashionista |
| Francesca "Fran" Jacovino | 22 | Torrington, Connecticut | The Rockin' Barbie |
| Keyaira "Key" Hamilton | 26 | Compton, California | The Raging Rapper |
| Kiyanna "Kiki" Bygrave | 23 | Brooklyn, New York | The Mouthy Matchmaker |
| Sayyora “Say” Badalbaeva | 21 | Los Angeles, California | The Exotic Enigma |
| Seven Craft | 21 | Fort Washington, Maryland | The Seventh Wonder of the Hood |
| Susan Shermann | 21 | Lynnwood, Washington | The Ticking Bombshell |
Replacement Bad Girl
| Name | Age | Hometown | Nickname | Replaced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briana "Bri" Walker | 23 | Las Vegas, Nevada | The High-Rolling Hustler | Susan |
Duration of cast
| Bad Girl | Episodes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 5[lower-alpha 3] | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10[lower-alpha 4][lower-alpha 5] | |
| Deshayla | ||||||||||
| Francesca | ||||||||||
| Kiyanna | ||||||||||
| Sayyora | ||||||||||
| Briana | ||||||||||
| Keyaira | ||||||||||
| Seven | ||||||||||
| Susan | ||||||||||
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Viewers (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 263 | 0 | "Casting Special" | February 7, 2017 | 0.180[4] | |
| The cast of season 17 is revealed with 4 girls from the East Coast and 3 girls from the West Coast with sneak peeks shown. | |||||
| 264 | 1 | "Coastal Clash" | February 14, 2017 | 0.323[5] | |
| The east and west coast girls meet and immediately form their factions. Susan's relationship status becomes a heated topic after Sayyora tells the other girls about a conversation she had with Susan and the girls initially turn against Susan. However, when Susan opens up more, the girls start to see Sayyora in a less-positive light for her sketchiness and being so quick to tell Susan's secrets. Keyaira in particular is not happy about Sayyora's behavior and the two almost come to blows. Kiyanna and Keyaira start to clique after Sayyora tries to run up on Keyaira while she's walking away, leading to Kiyanna to almost throw Sayyora to the ground. | |||||
| 265 | 2 | "See Ya Later, INSTIgator" | February 21, 2017 | 0.412[6] | |
| Shifting alliances in the house see some girls making up, some girls breaking up, and others forming new friendships. A photo shoot becomes awkward when Keyaira is forced to shoot with enemies Susan and Sayyora. Kiyanna begins to instigate house drama and even draws the ire of ally Keyaira when she decides to be Sayyora's friend. In the midst of all the drama, Francesca tries to remain positive, but admits to having a hard time dealing with all the girls. Keyaira and Seven get closer to Susan when she opens up to them. Kiyanna decides to play a prank on Susan by messing with her bed, after constant arguing between the two. When Susan confronts her about it, it sparks a physical altercation between the two, leading to Susan to body slam Kiyanna on the floor. After they're broken up, Keyaira decides she's had enough with Sayyora and the two also fight, ending with a cliffhanger. | |||||
| 266 | 3 | "24 Hours in the BGC" | February 28, 2017 | 0.338[7] | |
| The episode picks up with Keyaira and Sayyora fighting, leading to Keyaira literally dragging Sayyora across the floor. Deshayla has issues with her boo back home, but after getting a girl's number at dinner, going to a burlesque show, and receiving advice from Keyaira, she decides to just try and have some fun. The rift between Kiyanna and Keyaira widens as cliques begin to form with Kiyanna, Sayyora and Francesca on one side and Deshayla, Keyaira, Seven and Susan on the other. Sayyora decides to invite a boy over, which doesn't sit well with Keyaira. After constant arguing between the two, they eventually fight. This fight ends up Sayyora with a big scratch between her eyes from Keyaira's jewelry. Keyaira is sent to a hotel. Seven decides to confront Kiyanna about her crying about all the fights, even though she has been the one instigating all of these fights. After the two almost fight, Seven is sent to a hotel. The episode ends with Keyaira and Seven's fates left up in the air. | |||||
| 267 | 4 | "Squad Goals" | March 7, 2017 | 0.410[8] | |
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Keyaira and Seven return to the house. Keyaira looks to rapping as an escape from the drama. Deshayla and Francesca start to argue, leading to Deshayla to spit in Francesca's face, leading to a physical altercation between the two. After their fight, Francesca walks past Seven and puts her hand in her face, leading to an altercation and eventually Kiyanna tries to jump Seven from the side, leading to another fight. Seven is sent to a hospital after suffering from a sore hand. Susan finds out her sister's best friend had just died. Contemplating on whether she should go home or not, Seven and Keyaira tell her to stay, which she does. After an argument in the limo on the way home from a club, Susan is fed up with Francesca and Kiyanna after Francesca made a comment about Susan's husband. Susan starts going crazy, leading to her picking up a sharp rat tail comb, almost stabbing Francesca with it. Susan is sent home after threatening Francesca, leading to an emotional goodbye with her, Seven, Keyaira and Deshayla. Note: Susan is removed from the house. | |||||
| 268 | 5 | "Blonde Sided" | March 14, 2017 | 0.411[9] | |
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Seven focuses more on her career as a DJ. Deshayla gets to meet with a fashion stylist. After a fun night of partying, Keyaira gets angry with Kiyanna in the limo, sparking an altercation between the two and bringing the altercation back to the house, where the two almost physically fight. The girls see their new replacement on the wall. New girl Briana comes into the house the next morning. Briana makes quick enemies with Seven, Keyaira and Deshayla. The episode ends with a mid-season trailer. Note: Briana replaces Susan. | |||||
| 269 | 6 | "Strike Up a Match" | March 21, 2017 | 0.504[10] | |
| Kiyanna sets the girls up with a blind date. The girls go to a club, which Briana points out a guy she likes to the other girls. Sayyora then calls him over, but takes all the attention away from Briana. On the way back home, Briana pees in a bottle, which Kiyanna and Francesca find disgusting. Back at home, Briana physically attacks Francesca. After that fight, Kiyanna and Briana fight. After that fight, Kiyanna slaps Sayyora across the face, leading to this clique to be split in half. | |||||
| 270 | 7 | "Balls to the Wall" | March 28, 2017 | 0.428[11] | |
| The episode picks up the morning after Francesca gets attacked by Briana, and she is still upset. All of the girls participate in a teambuilding exercise where they must work together to escape a locked room. The three west coast girls go out to dinner with Sayyora's new sugar daddy James. Keyaira gets angry when he leaves her to pay the tip on his $300 tab and goes off on Sayyora, but James later buys Keyaira a bottle of tequila which calms down the drama. Briana makes an emotional apology to Francesca for attacking her, which Francesca does not believe. Seven and Keyaira encourage Shay to come out of her shell more, but Shay goes over the top and Keyaira is not a fan. After the girls get back from bubble soccer, an argument starts between Keyaira, Briana, Francesca, and Kiyanna. The episode ends in a cliffhanger when Keyaira fights Kiyanna at the same time that Francesca fights Briana. | |||||
| 271 | 8 | "Swimming With Sharks" | April 4, 2017 | 0.389[12] | |
| The episode picks up with Keyaira and Kiyanna fighting in the confessional room. It then switches to Francesca and Briana fighting. Kiyanna is sent to a hotel after not being able to calm down after the fights. The next day, Francesca has a gig with the band she is a hype girl for. All the girls, minus Briana and Sayyora, go out to support her. The girls then have a day at a pool and do some synchronized swimming. Keyaira and Briana have an argument. The girls get a surprise that they are going to Las Vegas, where Keyaira will rap, and Seven will be DJing one night. This ends up in an argument with figuring out who will be driving. | |||||
| 272 | 9 | "Sin City Showdown" | April 11, 2017 | 0.432[13] | |
| The episode picks up with the girls all going to Vegas. Things get heated when Keyaira decides to take the bedroom with 4 beds in it, even though their clique only has 3 people in it. Keyaira and Seven go on a radio show in the morning. Francesca, Briana, Kiyanna and Sayyora go zip-lining. Seven DJ's and Keyaira raps. After both of their performances, Keyaira's mom tells her that her uncle has died. Back at the hotel, Briana gets emotional after having to leave her friends, leading to an altercation between her and Keyaira leading to a physical fight between the two. After Seven overhears Kiyanna congratulating Briana on "beating up Keyaira", Seven tries to go fight Kiyanna but gets blocked by security. Seven, Keyaira and Deshayla leave Vegas before the other girls. Back at the house, Seven and Keyaira make a plan to attack Kiyanna and Briana when the come into the house, leading to an explosive cliffhanger when Keyaira attacks Briana at the same time Seven attacks Kiyanna. | |||||
| 273 | 10 | "The Final Countdown" | April 18, 2017 | 0.501[14] | |
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The episode picks up with Keyaira attacking Briana and Seven attacking Kiyanna. Keyaira and Seven are both removed for the rest of the night into the next night. Sayyora pursues what she wants to do which is to make her own hookah flavor. She ends up making a flavor and has a release party which she invites out all the girls (minus Keyaira and Seven). While the other girls are out, Keyaira and Seven return to the house and say that they have been removed from the house and are beyond happy they are leaving with each other, but are mad at Deshayla for going out with the other girls. The girls are beyond happy to see that Keyaira and Seven were removed. The girls try to rack up as much points on the bucket list wall. The east coast is revealed to have the most points and are rewarded with a VIP treatment. The girls say goodbye to LA. Note: Keyaira and Seven are both removed from the house. | |||||
| 274 | 11 | "Reunion: Part 1" | April 25, 2017 | 0.634 | |
| The Bad Girls (minus Deshayla, who didn't want to come) come back to Los Angeles to discuss what happened during their time in the house. | |||||
| 275 | 12 | "Reunion: Part 2" | May 2, 2017 | 0.535 | |
| The two-part reunion continues. | |||||
Notes
- Age at time of filming
- Susan was removed from the house after threatening Francesca with a rat-tail comb.
- Briana replaced Susan.
- Keyaira was removed from the house after physically attacking Briana.
- Seven was removed from the house after physically attacking Kiyanna.
References
- "'Bad Girls Club: East Meets West' Premieres Feb. 14, Watch The Trailer!". Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- http://www.oxygen.com/bad-girls-club/blogs/bgc17-will-be-the-final-season-of-bad-girls-club-on-oxygen
- http://www.theashleysrealityroundup.com/2017/02/06/bad-girls-club-series-to-end-after-17-seasons-fans-react-to-shows-cancellation/
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