The WORST episodes of The Millionaire Matchmaker
Every episode of The Millionaire Matchmaker ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Millionaire Matchmaker!
Millionaire Matchmaker is a television series produced by Bravo and presented by Patti Stanger. Stanger founded the Beverly Hills-based "Millionaire's Club" in 2000 to cater to wealthy men looking for partners. The premise of the series is to match single wealthy people, all claiming to be millionaires, with potential spouses.
#1 - A Tale of Two Nice Guys
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/6/2011
Patti spins her matchmaking magic for two amiable men. One is a returnee who is seeking the perfect woman and the other is a divorced father of three.
#2 - The Running Man and Great Expectations
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/26/2013
Thirty-seven-year-old Joe Bayen was raised in Paris and has a net worth of $40 million. The entrepreneur and former champion runner wants to settle down and have a family, but he keeps traveling the globe for business. Patti’s second millionaire this week is Florida lawyer Frank Cerino. All the women Frank meets can’t reach his “great expectations.” This week holds a twist, as one millionaire backs out before his mixer, forcing Patti to help out a third client, Teague Eagan, who made his fortune in music and sports.
#3 - Courtney and the Peacock
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/19/2013
Courtney Kerr is a fashion blogger, TV host, and star of Bravo's Courtney Loves Dallas. She’s stuck in her past relationships and needs to move forward to find love. Patti’s second client this week is Stefan Dahlqvist, a 39-year-old owner of a successful Norwegian clothing line.
#4 - The Know-It-All; Bigger Better Berman
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/12/2013
Kim Kardashian’s BFF Jonathan Cheban is a 39 year-old entrepreneur living in New York and Miami, who says he's ready to let Patti set him up. Patti’s second millionaire this week is Eric Berman. He’s a 41 year-old entrepreneur who’s always looking for the bigger better deal
#5 - Softy Swayze and the Boy in a Bubble
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/5/2013
Patti is ecstatic to find out her first millionaire this week is actor Don Swayze. Don is Patrick Swayze’s brother and well known for playing the “scary dude” on TV; he's a Werewolf on True Blood and an Arms Dealer on The Bridge. Patti’s second client is a party entertainer named Randy Lehrman.
#6 - The Red-Headed Mixer
Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/28/2013
#7 - Denise Richards' Dad Is Looking for Love
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2013
Patti's task is to set up Irv, actress Denise Richard's dad, whose wife passed away from cancer five years ago. Irv feels he’s finally ready to date again, but can Patti find the right woman for the 62-year-old who's looking for love again? Patti’s second client is an attractive, young millionaire, Stephanie Costa, who has a squeaky voice and an unlikely career as a retirement-home magnate. She just turned 30 and is ready for a serious man, but is used to dating jobless losers with no ambition. Patti's job is to teach Stephanie how to fend off the losers and be on the lookout for a winner she could end up with for life.
#8 - Dr. Frankenstein & Mr. Hip Hop
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/17/2013
Steve Lobel, a Jewish hip-hop manager from Queens who’s worked with everyone from Run DMC to Tupac. Steve looks and acts like a tough guy, but inside he’s soft like a teddy bear and wants to find his soulmate, settle down, and have kids. Can the right woman get past the Queens exterior and see the gentleman inside? Patti goes toe-to-toe with her second millionaire, divorced, 40-year-old plastic surgeon Dr. Alex Simpolous. Patti is horrified that he might be looking for perfection, as he was more than willing to make "surgical enhancements" to his last ex-wife. Will he be able to get past this desire and get to know a girl on the inside?
#9 - Reunion Part 2
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/6/2011
Andy Cohen hosts the conclusion of a two-part reunion installment featuring matchmaker Patti Stanger chatting about Season 5 dramas and revisiting some of her most memorable big-bucks yet romantically challenged clients.
#10 - Reunion Part 1
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/29/2011
Andy Cohen hosts Part 1 of a two-part reunion featuring matchmaker Patti Stanger and some of her most memorable clients, including former NFL player Marcellus Wiley and reality personality Madison Hildebrand.
#11 - Patti Meets Her Match
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/22/2011
Patti Stanger herself is the client in the Season 5 finale. Patti's own team try to forge a love connection for the matchmaking maven, as she wades into mixers and dates to find a new romance.
#12 - The Player and the Piano Player
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/15/2011
Patti tries to create great date-and-mate fate for a fiftysomething musician and hopeless romantic who never married and hopes to have children. Patti also calls a romantic play for retired football player Marcellus Wiley.
#13 - Mr. Las Vegas and Mr. Personality
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/8/2011
Patti takes on a gender-bender case when she tries to find love for a colorful Las Vegas female impersonator. Patti also cooks up a love connection for a food-business owner who lacks personality.
#14 - The Young and the Loveless
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/1/2011
Patti works for two young clients. One is a big-bucks computer programmer who lacks dating confidence, so Patti enlists Jenny McCarthy to tutor him in the fine art of wooing a lady. The second client is a twentysomething trust-fund baby with a penchant for being superficial.
#15 - The Late Bloomer and The Gay Hugh Hefner
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/2/2014
#16 - Helping the Self-Helpers
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/25/2011
Patti springs into action to bring romance into the lives of two self-help specialists—one is a celebrity hypnotherapist and the other is a motivational speaker.
#17 - The Plastic Surgeon & the Pole Dancer
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/22/2011
Patti plays matchmaker for a controlling plastic surgeon from Las Vegas. Her other client is a thrice-divorced pole-dancing instructor who receives a makeover courtesy of Patti.
#18 - Mama's Boy Meets Southern Gentleman
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/8/2011
An unassuming Southern gentleman mending a broken heart attempts to wade back into the dating pool with Patti's help. Patti's other client is a banker, but she pegs him as an insincere player-wannabe. As such, relationship counselor Pat Allen arrives to set the banker straight.
#19 - The Prince and I
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/29/2011
Patti's clients are an awkward comedy writer who recently became a millionaire and an alleged prince who boasts about his fame and fortune.
#20 - The Chauvanist and the Playboy
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/22/2011
Patti plays matchmaker for a moneyed playboy. She also works for a Canadian who holds a negative view of career women. Deeming him a chauvinist, Patti enlists mother and mogul Tori Spelling to enlighten him about the all-encompassing modern-day woman.
#21 - Fred-Ex Delivers
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/11/2011
In the Season 4 finale, Patti tries not to fumble when she plays matchmaker for former NFL player Freddie Mitchell. Patti also reluctantly works for a return client named Stacy. Not believing a word Stacy says, Patti feels compelled to set up a lie-detector machine for her client.
#22 - Hello Kitty in a One Horse Town
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/4/2011
A Hello Kitty fanatic loves her dogs; Patti worries that a commitment-phobic entrepreneur has anger issues.
#23 - Cookies and Ice, and Everything Nice
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/28/2010
Patti's big-bucks clients include a fortysomething heir to a diet-product fortune and a statuesque but icy woman from Russia.
#24 - Cooking and Queening
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/14/2010
Patti tries to author a romantic happy ending for book publisher and editor Judith Regan. Patti's other client is a work-consumed catering-company owner from Long Island.
#25 - Divorced From Reality
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/7/2010
Patti tries to set up romantic matches for a tattooed divorce lawyer with a sculpted body and a Wall Street worker who's looking for love in all the wrong places.