MTV Renews Snooki’s “Jersey Shore Family Vacation” for Seventh Season

Posted on December 9, 2023 by Tom Castaneda

Snooki’s vacation continues…

MTV has renewed the Jersey Shore Family Vacation, starring the 36-year-old Chilean reality television personality, for a seventh season.

The new season is slated to premiere in 2024.

The news comes as the current season is scoring some of its best ratings in years.

The latter half of Season 6 has produced the franchise’s highest rating and best share in two years, up 2% and 1%, respectively, over the previous season.

When Season 6 returned to airwaves in August, it helped boost MTV’s Thursday primetime rating more than 300% over its previous weekly average to become the best season premiere for Jersey Shore Family Vacation in more than four years.

Audiences have been buzzing about the season online as well, according to Paramount Global. Throughout the season, Jersey Shore Family Vacation raked in more than 18M total engagements, which is up 128% season-over-season.

Season 6 isn’t quite over yet, as Jersey Shore Family Vacation – Reunion: Part Two is set to air Thursday on MTV.

In addition to Snooki, whose real name is Nicole Polizzi, the cast also includes Paul “Pauly D” DelVecchio, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, Jenni “JWoww” Farley, Vinny Guadagnino, Deena Cortese, Angelina Pivarnick and Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola.

Jersey Shore Family Vacation is produced by SallyAnn Salsano and Frank Miccolis for 495 Productions. Jacquelyn French serves as Executive Producer for MTV.

Jawy Mendez Signs MMA Contract with Combate Global

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Tom Castaneda

Jawy Mendez is ready for combat(e)…

The 33-year-old Mexican reality show star and recording artist has signed with Combate Global to compete as a pro mixed martial arts fighter, the promotion has announced.

His debut will be on August 5 against Johan Rodriguez.

Mendez, was a member of the cast of Mexico’s Acapulco Shore reality show — a takeoff on Jersey Shore — for nine seasons. He’ll be on another reality series, Hotel de Los Famosos, which airs on one of Mexico’s biggest networks, Televisa Canal 5, for its next season.

Mendez, who has more than 3 million followers on Instagram, has been training in MMA for two years, since opening up his Crew Wellness Club Mexico in Mexico City. He trains with MMA veterans Alfredo Morales and Carlos Enrique Cañada.

His bout against Rodriguez, a Colombian fighter also making his pro debut, is contracted for a 176-pound catchweight.

MMA has been red-hot in Mexico with three Mexican-born fighters winning UFC titles in 2023. Combate Global, which draws strong television ratings in the U.S. on Univision, has been focused on Latin American talent, specifically fighters from Mexico, and the Spanish-speaking audience since 2011 under UFC co-creator Campbell McLaren.

Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi to Return Full-Time for Recently Ordered Season 5 of “Jersey Shore Family Vacation”

Posted on September 5, 2021 by Tom Castaneda

Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi is taking a full-time vacation…

The 33-year-old Chilean American television personality will return as a full-fledged cast member for Season 5 of Jersey Shore Family Vacation, which has been renewed by MTV. Snooki only recurred in Season 4.

News of a renewal came as Jersey Shore Family Vacation wrapped up its fourth season tonight.

Per MTV, Jersey Shore Family Vacation claimed the No. 1 spot across key demos in its time period and earned a 9% L+3 share from the previous season.

Season 4 saw the roommates take over an entire resort and live in their very own COVID-19 bubble. The housemates for season four were Deena Nicole Cortese, Paul “Pauly D” Delvecchio,” Jenni “JWOWW” Farley, Vinny Guadagnino, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, Angelina Pivarnick, and Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino.

In the Season 4 finale, Snooki had to clean up the mess made by Dren as the trip comes to an end. Meanwhile, Mike plans a second gender reveal even though everyone knows he’s having a boy. But, the real surprise is what happens when Angelina “accidentally” shoots off a gender reveal powder cannon in her husband’s face.

Jersey Shore Family Vacation is produced by SallyAnn Salsano and Frank Miccolis for 495 Productions. Jacquelyn French serves as executive producer for MTV.

Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi to Host MTV’s “Ridiculousness” Spinoff “Messyness”

Posted on June 6, 2021 by Tom Castaneda

Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is celebrating the messyness…

The 33-year-old Chilean reality television star and Jersey Shore star will host MTV’s Messyness, a spinoff from the producers of Ridiculousness.

Like the original MTV series hosted by Rob Dydrek, Messyness is a comedy clip series that indulges in the most debaucherous clips found on the internet – everything from awkward proposals, to nights out gone wrong and cheaters caught red handed.

Messyness seeks to celebrate dating, partying and all the messy stages of young adulthood.

Also joining Snooki on the Messyness stage are panelists Tori Spelling, Adam Rippon and Teddy Ray.

The series is currently in production and slated to premiere later this year.

Messyness is produced by Thrill One Media and Gorilla Flicks, with Rachel Tung and Jessica Zalkind serving as executive producers for MTV.

The Snooki-fronted series is the latest of the Ridiculousness spinoffs. In November, MTV ordered Deliciousness, a food-focused spinoff hosted by Alexa & Katie alumna Tiffani Thiessen.

MTV Renews Snooki’s “Jersey Shore Family Vacation” for Fourth Season

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Tom Castaneda

The vacation isn’t over for Snooki…

MTV has renewed Jersey Shore Family Vacation, starring the 32-year-old Chilean reality television star, whose real name is Nicole Polizzi, for a fourth season.

The series follows seven housemates from the original Jersey Shore as they spend a month on vacation together, including Snooki, Jenni Farley aka JWoww, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro and Pauly D.

The announcement comes on the heels of the reality series’ highly rated Season 3 finale.

The June 18 season finale delivered a 1.11 adults 18-49 rating (Live + Same Day), the highest in almost two years, since 11/1/18. After three days of playback, the Season 3 finale’s viewership grew +56% to 1.7 million.

Ranking as the #1 cable series across all key demos in its time period, Season 3 of Jersey Shore Family Vacationwas up +9% from Season 2 among persons 18-34 (0.84 vs. 0.77 L+SD rating).

The Jersey Shore revival is MTV’s second highest-rated series in 18-34 behind The Challenge: Total Madness.

Jersey Shore Family Vacation is produced by MTV, SallyAnn Salsano and 495 Productions.

Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi Returning for New Installment of “Jersey Shore,” “Jersey Shore Family Vacation”

Posted on November 28, 2017 by Tom Castaneda

Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is heading back to the Shore…

MTV is bringing back its hit series, Jersey Shore, for a new installment, featuring the 30-year-old Chilean reality television personality and most of the original cast.

The new series, entitled Jersey Shore Family Vacation, will premiere in 2018.

The project was teased throughout the day on social media and announced during the MTV series premiere of the Jersey Shore follow up series, Floribama Shore, which has a different cast.

In addition to Snooki, Jersey Shore Family Vacation will also star Jersey Shore original housemates Deena Nicole Cortese, Paul “Pauly D” Delvecchio,” Jenni “JWOWW” Farley, Vinny Guadagnino, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, and Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino.

Both Jersey Shore Vacation and Floribama Shore hail from Jersey Shore creator/executive producer SallyAnn Salsano and her 495 Productions, which is owned by FremantleMedia, via her overall deal with Viacom.

Jersey Shore Vacation is part of the strategy of the new MTV regime to revive some of the network’s popular unscripted franchises. In addition to Jersey Shore, recent reboots include My Super Sweet 16, which originally aired from 2005-2008, TRL, which ran from 1998-2008, and Unplugged, which first premiered in 1989.

The Shore franchise has extensions around the globe including Geordie Shore in the UK, Gandia Shore in Spain, Warsaw Shore in Poland and Acapulco Shore in Mexico.

FYI Orders Snooki’s New Original Series “Nicole & Jionni’s Shore Flip”

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Tom Castaneda

Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is flipping out…

FYI has ordered Nicole & Jionni’s Shore Flip, a new original series following the 27-year-old Chilean-American reality television star of MTV’s Jersey Shore and her husband Jionni Lavalle as they start a house-flipping business on her beloved New Jersey Shore.

Eight one-hour episodes already are underway for an early-2016 bow. Entertainment One is producing.

The network says Polizzi is an interior design maven and entrepreneur in her post-MTV days, and her husband has a background as a contractor and builder.

The series follows the couple, along with their family (they have two kids) and close friends, as they undertake their first business venture together flipping houses — which between family and work is no walk on the beach.

Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi Weds Fiance Jionni LaValle in Jersey Wedding

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Tom Castaneda

It’s wedding bells for Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi…

The 27-year-old Chilean-American reality television star married her fiance Jionni LaValle in front of an audience of 500 guests, including family and friends, on Saturday, November 29.

Polizzi’s ceremony took place at St. Rose of Lima, a Catholic church in East Hanover, New Jersey.

Snooki donned a white traditional lace gown, while LaValle looked sharp in a suit with a bowtie. Her reality TV co-star Jenni “JWoww” Farley served as maid of honor, while her former Jersey Shore castmates Sammi Giancola and Deena Cortese were among her 15 bridesmaids. They wore black gowns with bows on them.

The couple’s children also took part in the ceremony. Their 2-year-old son Lorenzo walked down the aisle, while their 2-month-old daughter Giovanna was escorted in a stroller.

“Lorenzo’s going to hold a sign saying, ‘Daddy, here comes mommy’ before I walk out,” Snooki previously said of her son’s role in the nuptials.

The ceremony was followed by The Great Gatsby-themed reception at The Venetian banquet hall in nearby Garfield. Snooki changed into a more fun dress to match the black-and-gold soiree, which was LaValle’s idea. “This is why I love this HUSBAND…’No old sport…I’m Gatsby’,” she gushed on her website.

The nuptials, also attended by fellow Jersey Shore star DJ Pauly D, were filmed for her reality show “Snooki & JWoww“. As a sneak peek, Snooki posted a series of pictures from the big day, including the first look at her wedding dress and her first kiss with her new husband.

“Thank you all for all your messages of love and support!” she told her fans online. “We had a magical ceremony and I can’t wait to share more with you soon! Make sure you tune into Snooki & JWOWW at 10/9c on MTV to see all the precious moments!”

Snooki and LaValle were engaged in March 2012 after dating for more than a year. She gave birth to their first child several months later in August and welcomed their second child in September this year.

Galavis and Girlfriend Nikki Ferrell to Appear on VH1’s “Couples Therapy”

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Tom Castaneda

Former Bachelor stud Juan Pablo Galavis is headed to counseling…

The 33-year-old Venezuelan American former pro soccer star, who found love on ABC’s reality dating competition show, and his love Nikki Ferrell have signed on to appear on VH1’s Couples Therapy.

Galavis and Ferrell, who have been dating since meeting in season 18 of The Bachelor, will talk about their relationship issues and get counseling from marriage and family therapist Dr. Jenn Berman on the show.

The pair join previously announced celebrity couples, including Jenna Jameson and her MMA coach boyfriend John Wood, former Jersey Shorestar Deena Cortese and her beau Chris Buckner,Big Brothervillain Dick Donato and Stephanie Rogness-Fischer, and Naughty by Nature‘s Treach and girlfriend Cicely Evans.

Galavis and Ferrell’s participation was teased in a promo released in mid-August, which features the arrival of “TV’s most controversial couple.” Their faces, however, are blurred in the video.

Despite their appearance on the show, the couple have claimed they are going strong. Ferrell said last month, “We’re doing great. We’re very happy together.” Galavis added, “She’s a wonderful woman – smart, caring, who treats my daughter amazingly well.”

Unlike many other “Bachelor” stars who proposed to the winning girl in the finale, Juan Pablo didn’t pop the question to Nikki. He addresses this in a preview video for Couples Therapy.

“I was criticized a lot for not saying ‘I love you’ to Nikki,” he admits, before explaining, “In the Venezuelan community, it means something. I mean, to propose to someone, it means something. Am I going to say ‘I love you’ to Nikki? I don’t know yet.”

Ferrell has no issue with that, saying, “Just because he hasn’t said it to me, doesn’t mean that I don’t say it to him. I don’t expect him to say it back when I say it. Maybe one day, he will. In all reality, we haven’t been together too long. But he does; he loves me. He’s committed to this.”

Galavis adds, “Is she the one or not? That’s a great question. I think she’s on the right track. Everything she does that I don’t like, I’m like, ‘Is this gonna work?’ It’s just a process, but I think we could communicate better; that’s one of the reasons why we’re here.”

Jenni “JWoww” Farley Reveals Photo of Newborn Daughter

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Tom Castaneda

Jenni “JWoww” Farley is officially a mom…

The 28-year-old former Jersey Shore star and reality television personality proudly introduces her newborn daughter Meilani Alexandra Mathews in some photos published by In Touch Weekly.

In one of the photos, JWoww poses next to her fiance Roger Mathews and cradles their newborn baby girl, who wears a pink dress.

In another image, Meilani lies comfortably on her mother’s chest. The two wear matching white outfits. Another picture features the baby girl sleeping with JWoww, who dons a pink blouse, lying next to her.

The first-time mom gushes about her daughter, “Meilani is the most perfect baby,” explaining that the name “means ‘heavenly flower’ in Hawaiian.” She reveals that her fiance Roger helps her a lot in taking care of Meilani. “We don’t have any help, so we’re learning as we go,” she shares.

Roger says of his role, “I do diapers and get up with Jenni as much as I can at night. I think it’s only fair. My family is my priority.” JWoww also shares how the baby has changed her life, “It’s weird because now that I have her, I don’t think I’ve ever slept less in my life. But I’ve never been more content. Having her really changed my life in the best possible way.”

JWoww gave birth to her first child in New Jersey on Sunday, July 13. “She is here! Meilani Alexandra Mathews 7lbs 13 ounces. Words can’t describe what looking into your child’s eyes can do to you. Im Humbled,” Roger tweeted at the time to announce the happy news.

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