TV Guide: I Want to Work for Diddy

Listing: I Want to Work for Diddy 2

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Mon Nov 9 12:00 PM VH1 Two teams of contestants design print ad campaigns for Sean John's new logo, and a controversial character from Season 1 returns.

Video: I Want To Work For Diddy

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Diddy. He only needs one name, but he needs a virtual army of help to keep his legendary empire of music, acting, fashion, sports, fragrance and television running. The ultimate secret weapon in that army? Diddy?s personal assistant.

Video: Welcome to Bad Boy

Amazon Video on Demand — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Eleven applicants from across the country arrive in Manhattan for their first assignment: to help Diddy promote his new album.

Video: And The Winner Is?

Amazon Video on Demand — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500

It?s down to the last remaining candidates and the pressure heats up as the few remaining assistants must face their final test ? a final interview for Mr. Combs himself. They are trained by world renown head hunter, Marcus Buckingham, who lets them know that there is no room for mistakes. As they prepare, Diddy is gearing up for an overseas trip and has no time or patience for anything less than excellence. Ultimately, the assistants who pass the interview must pack him up ? no easy task when there are no fewer than 50 bags to be packed, photographed and catalogued, and meet him on the tarmac to ready his private jet. Diddy meets the team on the runway ? and only one lucky assistant will board the jet to join him as his assistant.

Video: Show Me the Monae

Amazon Video on Demand — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Diddy is throwing a Manhattan showcase for his new, hot artist Janelle Monae. The stakes are real because selling a Bad Boy artist to the public, press, and industry VIPs is at the core of Diddy's business. There are no more teams at this point so the remaining contestants must work together to pull off this event arranging the talent, scouting the venue, working the dooreverything. Diddy himself will be introducing the artist to the industry-heavy crowd so there's no room for error. He decides to test their personal drive personally making them wake him up in his hotel suite, jog in the Park with him while taking down assignments even groom his dog, Honey, while arranging the showcase. The assistants move up to his office for the first time to work out the final details of the showcase. Some find the pressure cooker a little too hot and have words with the boss himself. Not a good idea!

Video: Time Square Hustle

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Being able to make something out of nothing is a key talent for any Diddy assistant. You better show some hustle. Diddy divides the group into three competing pairs. The mission is simple. Each pair gets $500 and has to turn it into as much money as they can in an eight hour period. The groups try everything from sidewalk massages, to buying and selling wholesale items to sell, to street performing. There's nothing this group won t do to stay in the game. The results range from comic to downright tragic.

Video: The Art of Celebration

Amazon Video on Demand — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Nobody throws a party like Diddy. Every detail from the guest list to the DJ to the d cor is planned to the last detail. In this episode, the teams are assigned side-by-side night clubs on Manhattan's West Side. In the loft, tensions mount, and even come to blows, as the candidates struggle to transform these clubs into a unique party experience with an original theme, a VIP guest list, signature cocktails, etc. Diddy arranges for the teams to meet with New York's hottest party promoters to help them make these nights worthy of their special VIP guest and judge Diddy, himself. And when Diddy rolls up in his SUV the party really gets going.

Video: Unforgivable Hustle

Amazon Video on Demand — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

For Diddy, it's all about the bottom line ? and this mission puts our assistants on the front lines ? selling Diddy's personal fragrance, Unforgiveable, in Manhattan's premium cosmetic stores - Sephora. Each team must create an in-store campaign and design a T-shirt for a gift-with-purchase giveaway. This mission tests the assistants' ability to sell hard while maintaining the Sean John image. Convincing New Yorkers to drop hard cash on the spot is tougher than it sounds. The assistants flirt, fight, and some are driven to tears of frustration as they race to sell the most Unforgivable.

Video: Hooray for Hollywood!

Amazon Video on Demand — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

It's an historic day for Sean Diddy Combs because he's getting his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. So, the entire group jets off to Los Angeles. This mission tests the assistants' ability to handle Diddy's real public and private life. Their assignment: to take care of the most important people in his life his mother, and Kim Porter, the mother of his children, for this momentous event. Prepping his family for interviews, the red carpet and the huge celebration proves to be no easy task for our teams as they struggle with the requests, the entourages, the kids, the wardrobe, and of course the urgent requests from Mr. Combs to make sure the event goes off Diddy-style without a hitch. The pressure proves too strong for some, and the elimination proceedings erupt in a series of accusations, tears and drama.

Video: I Want To Work For Diddy Season 1

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Video: Wild Wild Web

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Diddy surprises the assistants by appearing on his website, Diddy.com, with a special mission. To test their creativity and commitment, Diddy challenges each team to create a viral video that will be judged live on Diddy.com from actual site fans online. Uptown and Downtown hit the streets of New York to create a short, outrageous video that will win over diehard Diddy fans. The subject of the video has to be about the man himself. The teams go wild ? plucking their eyelashes, dressing in drag ? anything to win this for the team ? and the results are outrageous.

Video: Go Get the Model

Amazon Video on Demand — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The teams are surprised by a morning call telling two people from each team to pack a bag and get in a cab. It's only when they drive off they learn their destination: Paris, France. Their mission: to find a model in Paris that Diddy discovered in a magazine and with limited time, information, and language skills, find their model and convince her to return to New York. Back at Bad Boy, the other team members have designed and produced a test campaign, complete with locations, wardrobe and tagline, for Sean John eyewear. Both teams' print ads are judged by the head of Sean John marketing so this mission not only tests each team's resourcefulness in finding the model, but also tests their creative ability to capture the spirit of the Sean John brand.

Video: No Bitchassness Allowed

Amazon Video on Demand — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The eleven assistants are woken up in the middle of the night by Diddy's security staff and flown by helicopter to the Fort Dix army base. The teams are taught navigational skills and dropped in the middle of the woods. Their mission: to make their way through a series of hidden markers where clues lead them out of the woods and back to Bad Boy. For Diddy, it's all about making a way out of no way and this tests that belief to the fullest. It takes teamwork, physical stamina, and a good attitude (as Diddy puts it, no bitchassness ) to get through these woods. The race proves too much for some and an ambulance proves vital as the assistants struggle to make their way out.

Video: Welcome to Bad Boy

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Thirteen hopefuls arrive in New York City from across the country, eager to enter the world of Bad Boy Entertainment. Their first assignment is to present themselves to Diddy's staff in an interview to prove why they should be Diddy's assistant. They are divided into 2 teams, Uptown and Downtown, and are assigned their first mission. Mr. Combs has a list of items he needs done. Each team must accomplish as many tasks on this impossible to-do list as they can over the next 24 hours ? in a race through the streets of New York to prove their multitasking skills. Sleep is forbidden at Bad Boy so it's trial by fire ? and the exhausted losing team faces the judges to see who?s going home.