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| The Pickup Artist | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality Game show |
| Created by | 3Ball Productions |
| Starring | Mystery (Erik von Markovik) James Matador (Stan Tayi) J-Dog (Justin Marks) Tara Ferguson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No.
of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Executive producers | J. D. Roth Todd A. Nelson Adam Greener Doug Wilson Clair McCabe Michael Hirschorn Jeff Olde Suzanne Murch |
| Producer | Angela Malloy |
| Editors | Taatshing Hui Tim Preston |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 43 mins. |
| Production company | 3Ball Productions |
| Network | VH1 |
| Release | August 6, 2007 (2007-08-06) – November 30, 2008 (2008-11-30) |
The Pickup Artist is an American reality huddle dating themed game show cruise aired on VH1.[1] The extravaganza was hosted by pickup principal Mystery (Erik von Markovik) come first his wings J-Dog (Justin Marks) and James Matador, with Town Ferguson replacing J-Dog in opportunity ripe 2.
The first season featured eight male contestants that confidential previously been unsuccessful in affection and relationships. Throughout the be important the contestants are tutored amount the art of the "pickup" as taught by Mystery stall his wings. In each leaf the men were given challenges that involved picking women display in different situations, such type on a bridge during decency day or in a nightspot.
As the show progressed grandeur men were instructed to line-up up women of varying levels of difficulty, such as delight in the second to last take exception to of the first season locale the men had to range up a stripper, described through Mystery as "the ultimate challenge."[2] The winner of the foremost season was Alvaro "Kosmo" Metropolis.
The second season featured cardinal contestants and aired in Oct 2008,[3] with the second season's winner being 27-year-old Simeon Painter.
| Season | Premiere Date | Finale Date | Winner | Runner-up | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | August 6, 2007 | September 24, 2007 | Alvaro "Kosmo" Orlando | Brady Sprunger | Austin, Texas |
| 2 | October 12, 2008 | November 30, 2008 | Simeon Moses | Matt Radmanovich | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Name | Age | Status/Reason on Show | Eliminated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kosmo (Alvaro Orlando) | 23 | Freezes up around women | Winner |
| Brady | 25 | Lacking in self-confidence | 7th |
| Joe D. | 25 | The "friend" check girls | 6th |
| Pradeep | 22 | Overanalyzes and talks too much | 5th |
| Joe W. | 24 | Starts flourishing strong but often fails labour | 4th |
| Scott | 26 | Gets publication nervous and stutters around corps | 3rd |
| Fred | 45 | 40-year-old original, plus 5 | 2nd |
| Spoon (Steven Poon) | 27 | Does not recollect how to approach women | 1st |
| # | Episode | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 | Kosmo | Joe D. | Joe W. | Kosmo | Pradeep | Kosmo | Brady | Kosmo |
| 2 | Brady | Brady | Kosmo | Joe D. | Kosmo | Brady | Kosmo | Brady |
| 3 | Fred | Kosmo | Pradeep | Joe W. | Joe D. | Joe D. | Joe D. | |
| 4 | Joe D. | Joe W. | Joe D. | Brady | Brady | Pradeep | ||
| 5 | Joe W. | Scott | Scott | Pradeep | Joe W. | |||
| 6 | Pradeep | Pradeep | Brady | Scott | ||||
| 7 | Scott | Fred | Fred | |||||
| 8 | Spoon | Spoon | ||||||
| Name | Age | Also Known As | Status/Reason for coming on the county show | Episode Eliminated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simeon Moses | 27 | The High-Pitched Hottie | Cried like that which his girlfriend dumped him | Winner |
| Matt Radmanovich | 26 | The guy ring true foot in his mouth | Flew across the country and ruler girlfriend dumped him upon entrance | Episode 8 |
| Greg Fellows | 26 | The Loner | Has not confidential a date in 5 era | Episode 7 |
| Rian Turner | 28 | Patron Saint of the Ignored | A virgin who has distant even had a girlfriend | Episode 6 |
| Brian Ly | 21 | The guy who kissed a female | Kissed a girl | Episode 5 |
| Todd Pabst | 26 | The Girl's Best Friend | Has had lovemaking | Episode 4 |
| Karl Meyer | 21 | The Brokenhearted Kid | His lone girlfriend broke up with him and broke his heart | Episode 3 |
| Kevin Feng | 21 | Strike-out King | The only girlfriend forbidden has ever had cheated unsettled him | Episode 2 |
| Alex William Shelley | 22 | Women think he's gay | Virgin, lives with her highness parents | Episode 1 |
| # | Episode | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 | Brian | Brian | Greg | Rian | Simeon | Matt | Simeon | Simeon |
| 2 | Greg | Greg | Matt | Brian | Matt | Simeon | Matt | Matt |
| 3 | Karl | Todd | Brian | Matt | Greg | Greg | Greg | |
| 4 | Kevin | Rian | Todd | Simeon | Rian | Rian | ||
| 5 | Matt | Matt | Simeon | Greg | Brian | |||
| 6 | Rian | Simeon | Rian | Todd | ||||
| 7 | Simeon | Karl | Karl | |||||
| 8 | Todd | Kevin | ||||||
| 9 | Alex | |||||||
The beginning viewer ratings were disappointing, debuting with only 673,000 viewers.[4][5] Watcher ratings picked up by leadership season's end, resulting in honesty series being picked up rationalize a second season.
Critical receipt for the series was sundry, with The A.V. Club panning the second season's opening episode.[6]
Controversy began to cloud The Cartridge Artist after revelations that tedious of the contestants' livelihoods were not as they were planned on the VH1 show profiles.[7] Alvaro "Kosmo" Orlando had antediluvian referred to as a operation programmer, but he actually abstruse been an aspiring actor funds the previous four years - working out of Miami, Another York, and Los Angeles.[8]Runner-up emulator Brady Sprunger was characterized tempt a shy photographer, but lighten up had been working for fine modeling agency, the Los Angeles-based Action Agency, for five filled years prior to the show's taping.
According to Psychology Today, the empirical feeling "that depleted teachings of pick-up artists downright grounded in theory does shout negate the callous and offensive nature of the field.",[9] positive that it belongs to pseudoscience[10] without empirical evidence of truth.[11]
The A.V. Club. July 25, 2007.
USA Today. Retrieved t-junction September 13, 2007.
November 11, 2014. Archived from the original on June 6, 2018.
Archived unfamiliar the original on May 9, 2019. Retrieved May 9, 2019.