The twelfth season of the Oxygen reality television series Bad Girls Club is titled Bad Girls Club: Chicago, this is the seventh and final season to take place outside Los Angeles. Life coach Laura Baron makes appearances throughout the season to help the girls, starting a recurring role that lasts until the end of Season 15. Filming for the season ran from August to October 2013.
Local reception Prior to filming, residents of Highland Park voiced concern over production due to the show's negative image. Chicago Tribune community contributor Peter Lubin cited the Sherman Oaks residents' complaints during the production of the show's sixth season in 2011. However, Sally Higginson of the Sun-Times Media Group countered the criticism, arguing that the publicity would contribute to the city's history, writing, '"Ferris Bueller's Day Off" is a paean to playing hooky. "Risky Business" pays homage to the world's oldest profession. "Ordinary People" dwells on drowning and suicide. What reputation are we upholding?'
Residence The cast resided at 65 Vine Avenue in Highland Park, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago. The residence included a private courtyard entry, an enthralling entrance hall, a resplendent foyer, a circular living room, an oval-shaped dining room that was converted to the "subway-themed" phone room, a wet bar which was converted into the computer area, avant-garde kitchen, a library in which was substituted as the therapy room for the girls' one on one interviews with Laura the Life Coach, and a swimming pool which overlooked Lake Michigan. The 2.6 acre property was designed by Arnold S. Schaffner and built by Jerome Factor. The official house tour was posted via YouTube on April 4, 2014, and presented by production designer Jeff Eyser and art director Alexis Karpf. In 2017, the original construction and landscape of the house was demolished to make way for a new home.
Cast Original Bad Girls
Name AgeAge at the time of filming Hometown Nickname Alexandria "Alex" Rice22Sherwood, WisconsinThe Hot Model Alyssa "Redd" Carswell24Fort Lauderdale, FloridaThe Luscious Loudmouth Brittany "Britt" Britton24Louisville, KentuckyThe Country Hustler Jada Cacchilli28Queens, New YorkThe Rough Rhymer Jonica "Blu" Booth25St. Louis, MissouriThe Chick Magnet Linsey Berardi †21Brooklyn, New YorkThe Brooklyn Brat Loren "Lo" Jordan23Mobile, AlabamaThe Mobile Belle
Replacement Bad Girls
Name AgeAge at the time of filming Hometown Nickname Replaced Aysia Garza22Klein, TexasThe Texas TemptressLinsey Dalila Ortiz26Chicago, IllinoisThe Chicago WildcardAlyssa Raesha Clanton23Mobile, AlabamaThe Alabama SlammerBrittany
Duration of Cast
Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Jada colspan="14" Jonica colspan="14" Loren colspan="14" Alex colspan="13" Britt colspan="11" Redd colspan="10" Linsey colspan="1" Aysia colspan="11" Dalila Raesha
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