Bobby I Love You, Purrr

Bobby I Love You, Purrr is a reality television LGBT dating show, starring Love & Hip Hop: Miami's Bobby Lytes and viral video personality Rolling Ray.^[1] Lytes and Ray serve as the show's executive producers, along with Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood's Jason Lee. The show premiered on August 21, 2022 on Zeus Network.

Bobby I Love You, Purrr
Genre	Reality
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	14
Production
Executive producers	Lemuel Plummer Jason L. Tolbert Bobby Lytes Rolling Ray Jason Lee Mark Scheibal Tameka Stevenson
Production location	Miami
Running time	45–47 minutes
Original release
Network	Zeus Network
Release	August 21 (2022-08-21) – November 28, 2022 (2022-11-28)

Development

Bobby Nico Wade, known professionally as Bobby Lytes, is a rapper and the cousin of Trina. He is openly gay. He first came into prominence as a cast member of Love & Hip Hop: Miami.^[2] Wheelchair user, Raymond Harper, nicknamed "Rolling Ray", first garnered attention online for his appearances on the Catfish spin-off Catfish: Trolls and Divorce Court.^[3][4]

Ray and Lytes feuded online, leading to a confrontation which aired as a two-part episode of The Conversation on November 7 and November 14, 2021.^[5][6] On May 17, 2022, Zeus Network announced that the two would reunite for a dating show, in which Ray would help Lytes find love.^[7]

Contestants

15 men compete for Bobby's affections,^[8] most notably professional basketball player Grandy Glaze,^[9] Bahamian track-and-field athlete Jameson Strachan and André Marhold, professional basketball player and ex-boyfriend of Jeffree Star.

Contestant	Nickname	Age	Outcome	Final Ep. #
Jameson Strachan	Island Boi	34	Winner	11
André Marhold	ReRun	31	Runner-up
Grandy Glaze	Hercules	30	Eliminated during 7th elimination ceremony	10
Earl "Cash" Roberts	Go Hard	29
Bakari Kyle	Ding-a-Ling	27	Walked before 7th elimination ceremony	9
Mikey Bursese	Crouton	26	Eliminated during 6th elimination ceremony	8
Perry Lambert	Big Burr	36	Eliminated during 5th elimination ceremony	7
Ike Chatman	Trackz	33
Terrall "Rell" Walker	Savage	27	Eliminated during 4th elimination ceremony	6
Zacharyah Pittman	Soul	28
Christopher "Krush" Reyes	Kolgate	30	Eliminated during 3rd elimination ceremony	5
Tony Perez[10]	Hot Wheelz	31
Cameron Greer	Miss Mamas	29	Eliminated during 2nd elimination ceremony	4
Alexander Mason	TBD	28
Dimitri Costas	—	25	Walked before 1st elimination ceremony	3

Call-out order

Color key

Contestant wins competition

Contestant is the runner-up

Contestant is in the bottom 2 of the elimination ceremony

Contestant is eliminated from the competition

Contestant quits the competition

Order	Elimination ceremony[a]
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	Hercules		Island Boi	Trackz	ReRun	Island Boi		Island Boi
2	Trackz	Crouton	Soul	Big Burr	Ding-a-Ling	ReRun		ReRun
3	Big Burr			Crouton	Hercules	Go Hard	Hercules	—
4	Kolgate	Ding-a-Ling			Island Boi	Hercules	Go Hard	—
5	Ding-a-Ling	Trackz	Go Hard	Hercules	Crouton	Ding-a-Ling	Ding-a-Ling	—
6	Go Hard	ReRun		Go Hard	Go Hard[b]	Crouton	—
7	Soul	Go Hard	Hercules	ReRun	Big Burr	—
8	Crouton	Savage		Island Boi	Trackz	—
9	Miss Mamas	Soul	Crouton	Savage	—
10	Savage	Island Boi[b]	Trackz	Soul	—
11	ReRun	Kolgate	Kolgate	—
12	Hot Wheelz	Hot Wheelz[b]	Hot Wheelz	—
13	TBD	Miss Mamas	—
14	Island Boi[b]	TBD	—
15	Dimitri	—

Note:

1. The first elimination ceremony begins in episode 3 and concludes in episode 4. Subsequent episodes always end in an elimination ceremony (eg second elimination ceremony shown in episode 4, third ceremony shown in episode 5 etc.).
2. Contestant is initially eliminated before Bobby changes his mind and lets him stay in competition.

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
1	1	"Welcome to Miami"	August 21, 2022 (2022-08-21)
The boys arrive to the mansion to compete for Bobby's love, and immediately break out into a brawl on the front steps. Jason surprises Bobby by inviting Bobby's old flame, André. guest stars: Jason Lee
2	2	"Don't Fall for It, Bobby – Part 1"	August 28, 2022 (2022-08-28)
Chaos ensues as the fights between the boys continue into the night and over the next day. guest stars: Jason Lee
3	3	"Don't Fall for It, Bobby – Part 2"	September 4, 2022 (2022-09-04)
After getting ganged up on by the entire house, Dimitri quits the show. Rolling Ray and Hot Wheelz get into an altercation in their wheelchairs. Once everything claims down, the boys get their nicknames. At the first elimination ceremony, Bobby exposes Island Boi for hooking up with Hot Wheelz' handler.
4	4	"I Can't Swim"	September 11, 2022 (2022-09-11)
The boys do a pool challenge, but not all of them can swim. At the second elimination ceremony, TBD and Miss Mamas are eliminated.
5	5	"It Better Give Seduction"	September 18, 2022 (2022-09-18)
The boys do a pole-dancing challenge, where Bobby gets blackout drunk and unleashes on Hot Wheelz for not keeping his handler in check. At the third elimination ceremony, Hot Wheelz and Kolgate are eliminated. guest stars: Joseline Hernandez
6	6	"Call Her Now"	September 25, 2022 (2022-09-25)
Bobby goes through each of the boys' phones, but not all of them want to share their secrets. At the fourth elimination ceremony, Soul and Savage are eliminated.
7	7	"Stay Soft"	October 2, 2022 (2022-10-02)
The boys do a boxing challenge, but Bobby is disappointed when some of them don't give it their all. At the fifth elimination ceremony, Big Burr and Trackz are eliminated. guest stars: Safaree Samuels, Natalie Nunn
8	8	"Tastes Like You"	October 9, 2022 (2022-10-09)
Bobby tricks the boys into going on a date with Rolling Ray. At the sixth elimination ceremony, Crouton is eliminated.
9	9	"Why Should I Pick You?"	October 16, 2022 (2022-10-16)
Ding-a-Ling is forced to quit the show after he falls ill and is hospitalised. Bobby goes on one-and-one dates with the four remaining boys.
10	10	"And Then There Were Two"	October 23, 2022 (2022-10-23)
At the seventh elimination ceremony, Go Hard and Hercules are eliminated. Bobby goes on his final dates with Island Boi and ReRun before making his decision.
11	11	"This Is Closure"	October 30, 2022 (2022-10-30)
Bobby has one last sit-down with the top 2. Ultimately, he chooses Island Boi over ReRun.
12	12	"The Reunion – Part 1"	November 13, 2022 (2022-11-13)
13	13	"The Reunion – Part 2"	November 20, 2022 (2022-11-20)
14	14	"The Reunion – Part 3"	November 28, 2022 (2022-11-28)