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The first season of Paris Hilton's My New BFF, also known simply as My New BFF and Paris Hilton's American Best Friend Forever internationally, premiered in the United States on September 30, 2008 and is the first incarnation of the My New BFF franchise. 16 women and 2 men competed in challenges in an attempt to become her new best friend.
Though Hilton was forbidden from revealing the winner before the show had fully aired, she had on two separate occasions accidentally referred to the winner as a "she," first on the September 25, 2008 airing of the Late Show with David Letterman, and again on the October 7, 2008 airing of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, thus inadvertently narrowing down the contestants.[1]
On December 2, 2008, it was revealed in the finale that Brittany Flickinger became Paris' BFF.
Contestant Selections
Prior to production, a website was set up for potential contestants to submit their videos on why they should be Paris' BFF, and casting sessions were also set up. Initially, the 18 people with the highest votes from other users would go on the show. However, the 10 contestants with the most amount of votes went on while the other 8 were selected by the producers.
| Name |
Eliminated |
| Brittany Flickinger |
Winner |
| Vanessa Fontana |
Episode 10 |
| Corrie Loftin |
Episode 9 |
| Shelley Burkett |
Episode 9 |
| Lauren Stone |
Episode 8 |
| Kayley Gable |
Episode 7 |
| Erica "Kiki" Duarte |
Episode 6 |
| Natasha Komis |
Episode 5 (part two) |
| Zui Watts |
Episode 5 (part one) |
| Nelson "Onch" Chung |
Episode 4 |
| Bryan Gallagher |
Episode 3 |
| Sinsu Co |
Episode 3 |
| Baje Fletcher |
Episode 2 |
| Michelle Kopasz |
Episode 1 (part two) |
| Athena Georgiadias |
Episode 1 (part one) |
| Erin Newberg |
Episode 1 (part one) |
| Francisca Ovalle |
Episode 1 (part one) |
| Trisha Hershberger |
Episode 1 (part one) |
Status
| Contestants |
Episodes |
| 1[a] |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5[b] |
6 |
7 |
8[c] |
9 |
10[d] |
| Brittany |
SAFE |
SAFE |
PET |
WIN |
LOW |
WIN |
SAFE |
PET |
SAFE |
BFF |
| Vanessa |
PET |
SAFE |
SAFE |
SAFE |
SAFE |
SAFE |
PET |
LOW |
WIN |
TTYS |
| Corrie |
SAFE |
WIN |
SAFE |
PET |
SAFE |
SAFE |
LOW |
LOW |
TTYS |
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| Shelley |
SAFE |
LOW |
SAFE |
WIN |
WIN |
SAFE |
SAFE |
WIN |
TTYS |
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| Lauren |
SAFE |
SAFE |
WIN |
SAFE |
SAFE |
LOW |
SAFE |
TTYN |
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| Kayley |
SAFE |
PET |
SAFE |
SAFE |
LOW |
WIN |
TTYS |
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| Kiki |
LOW |
SAFE |
SAFE |
SAFE |
WIN |
TTYN |
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| Natasha |
SAFE |
SAFE |
LOW |
SAFE |
TTYN |
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| Zui |
SAFE |
SAFE |
SAFE |
SAFE |
TTYN |
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| Onch |
SAFE |
WIN |
SAFE |
TTYS |
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| Bryan |
SAFE |
SAFE |
TTYN |
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| Sinsu |
SAFE |
SAFE |
TTYN |
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| Baje |
SAFE |
TTYN |
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| Michelle |
TTYN |
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| Athena |
TTYN |
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| Erin |
TTYN |
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| Francisca |
TTYN |
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| Trisha |
TTYN |
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Paris Hilton's New BFF: Brittany Flickinger attending a party at "The Kress," Hollywood, CA on 02/06/2009
- ^[a] During the first elimination in episode 1, there was no discussion. Athena, Erin, Francisca, and Trisha were eliminated outside of panel.
- ^[b] During the first elimination in episode 5, everyone was up for discussion. The contestants shaded in blue and red were up for discussion in the second elimination.
- ^[c] Beginning in episode 8, every contestant would be up for elimination.
- ^[d] In episode 10, during elimination Paris left the rooftop where panel was held. Brittany and Vanessa were drove to two different places. Vanessa arrived at a hotel room. There was a note that said she was eliminated.
- Key
- The contestant is a female.
- The contestant is a male.
- The contestant became Paris' new BFF.
- The contestant won the episode's challenge and was safe from elimination.
- The contestant won the challenge, was safe from elimination, and was made the pet.
- The contestant was made the pet and was safe from elimination.
- The contestant was made the pet by another contestant.
- The contestant won the challenge, was in the bottom and safe, and was made a pet.
- The contestant was not eliminated in that episode.
- The contestant was in the bottom, replaced with someone else, and therefore was safe.
- The contestant was up for elimination, but was safe.
- The contestant was eliminated by another contestant.
- The contestant was eliminated.
- The contestant was eliminated outside of panel.
- TTYN - Talk To You Never, the goodbye message for eliminated contestants. Paris never said "TTYN" to Kayley, Shelley, Corrie or Vanessa when they were eliminated. She said "TTYS" (Talk To You Soon) to Vanessa after her elimination. And finally, she said "Sayonara!" after Bryan and Sinsu were eliminated, as they were in Japan along with Brittany and Natasha.
- BFF - Best Friend Forever, what Paris was looking for through the show.
Reasons for elimination
| Name |
Reason for elimination |
Episode eliminated |
| Athena |
Did not give a good first impression to Paris. (NOTE: She was eliminated outside of panel.) |
1
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| Erin |
Did not give a good first impression to Paris. (NOTE: She was eliminated outside of panel.) |
1
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| Francisca |
Did not give a good first impression to Paris. (NOTE: She was eliminated outside of panel.) |
1
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| Trisha |
Did not give a good first impression to Paris. (NOTE: She was eliminated outside of panel.) |
1
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| Michelle |
Did not trust Paris's makeover suggestion. |
1
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| Baje |
Performed badly in the 24-hour party challenge, was anti-social, did not get along well with other contestants and was disrespectful to Paris by laughing during elimination. |
2
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| Bryan |
Was too shy, quiet and never spoke. |
3
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| Sinsu |
Drank and partied too heavily. |
3
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| Onch |
Was voted the second fakest contestant (behind Corrie), and Paris thought he was playing a game and had "issues". |
4
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| Zui |
Made physical threats towards Corrie earlier after Corrie made a racist remark. (NOTE: She was eliminated by Corrie, who was instructed by Paris to choose a contestant to leave.) |
5
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| Natasha |
Had an ongoing attitude problem, and performed badly in the 7 Minutes in Heaven challenge. She also disrespected Paris by saying that the challenge was foolish. |
5
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| Kiki |
Performed badly in the showgirl challenge, and Paris felt she didn't take it seriously. She had a bad attitude towards the other contestants, and she was disrespectful to Paris by smirking during elimination. |
6
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| Kayley |
Paris felt that she would bring too much drama to her life. (NOTE: She was initially not up for discussion. Shelley and Corrie were, but Paris felt that Shelley - who was picked for elimination by Vanessa - did not deserve to be up for elimination. She was then asked to switch spots with Kayley.) |
7
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| Lauren |
Onch - who returned along with other eliminated BFFs for a special challenge - had told Paris that she was not cooperative during the challenge. The other BFFs, except for Shelley, had bad attitudes toward her as well. |
8
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| Shelley |
Did not seem sad when she was "sent home" in the fake elimination challenge, thus making Paris feel like she would be happier back at home. |
9
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| Corrie |
Paris felt that she cared more about herself than friendship. |
9
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| Vanessa |
Specific reason not stated on air. Implication that Paris had a better connection with Brittany. |
10
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