A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila
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| Created by | Riley McCormick |
| Developed by | SallyAnn Salsano |
| Directed by | Scott Jeffress |
| Starring | Tila Tequila |
| Opening theme | I Love U |
| Ending theme | I Love U |
| Composer(s) | Tila Tequila |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
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| Executive producer(s) | SallyAnn Salsano |
| Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
| Production company(s) | 495 Productions |
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| Original network | MTV |
| Original release | October 9 – December 23, 2007 |
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| Followed by | A Shot at Love II with Tila Tequila (2008) |
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A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila is an American reality television dating game show similar to the TV show The Bachelor. It premiered on October 9, 2007 on MTV starring Tila Tequila. The series is a bisexual-themed reality dating show where 16 hetero male and 16 lesbian-identified female contestants live in Tequila's house and compete for her attention and affection. The contestants were not aware of Tequila's bisexuality until the end of the first episode, after ten contestants had been eliminated. The remaining contestants, both male and female, then shared the same home for the remainder of the series. The ten episode series is produced by 495 Productions and MTV.A Shot at Love II premiered on April 22, 2008.
The show debuted at No. 1 in its time period across all of cable in the network's target demographic of persons 18–34, averaging a 2.0 rating. It became MTV's second highest-rated series premiere for the year, behind Life of Ryan (August 27, 2007) and tied with Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County (August 15, 2007).
The first season finale had 6.2 million viewers, which at the time was MTV's most watched series telecast.
The show was the subject of a heated online debate. An article critical of the show appeared on The Christian Post on September 13, 2007. Tequila wrote a response in her blog on September 28, 2007, criticizing churches for "bashing" the gay community while thanking God for saving her life. Criticism of the show has come from at least three conservative media organizations: Culture and Media Institute,Media Research Center and Parents Television Council, which named two episodes of the show the "Worst Cable Content of the Week".
Fox News and others stated that Tequila had a steady boyfriend and that the show was a sham, and that she is not bisexual. They cite New York Post's Page Six article. Tequila stated:
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