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Partying too much and not getting enough sleep is the norm for Las Vegas. But for Scott Goldfarb it cost him a shot of romance as he was booted from the MTV reality show "A Double Shot of Love with the Ikki Twins." On the Jan. 27 episode, the resident of Christian Street and Columbus Boulevard, was caught dozing off as Erica "Rikki" and Victoria "Vikki" Mongeon — the Ikki twins — were pole dancing and talking to him during a date.
"If I could do that all over again, I wouldn’t have partied and stayed up," the 25-year-old said.
"That pretty much killed me – just not being able to stay awake because it was the most important thing for the girls," the first aid equipment salesman said.
Goldfarb competed against a mix of 12 lesbian women and 11 other straight men for a chance with one of the bisexual twins, but during the date in Vegas, the Paramus, N.J., native told Vikki, "Your sister is awesome" and said to both the girls that even if he wasn’t interested in love, he would "pretend" to be.
"What I meant by that was pretty much we’re not there that long," he said of the five-week shoot from late September through October. "If I don’t feel a connection, I’m not going to give up."
Originally he was there to party, but moving farther into the competition changed his mind-set.
"I started realizing I might have a shot at winning this," he said. "I might have a shot to be around these girls."
To succeed, competitors had to win over both twins to stay on the show.
"I liked Vikki too," he said. "The way it’s portrayed on the show is that I just like Rikki. I really didn’t know which way to go."
Friends encouraged him to tryout one night at the Fieldhouse, 1150 Filbert St., in August for the sequel to "A Shot of Love with Tila Tequila" and "A Shot of Love II with Tila Tequila," which led to a callback three weeks later and three interviews, two of which were in Los Angeles. Following the final meeting, Goldfarb, one of the 9,000 hopefuls nationwide, was asked to move into the house.
The male and female contestants were flown in separate boxes dangling from a helicopter for the season premiere. The guys were enclosed for about three to four hours, Goldfarb said.
"The whole box was swinging the whole time plus they had us drinking," he said. "It was crazy stuff."
The contestants were under the impression that they would be competing for one lesbian woman, Rikki, but in reality, the twins were switching back and forth the whole night, unnoticed until the secret was revealed.
"I had no idea," Goldfarb said. "I thought it was one girl the whole time."
Enjoying living the life in a mansion with an open bar near Los Angeles in Calabasas, Calif., the cast hung out and partied, but didn’t see the Ikki twins as much as depicted on TV. The sisters were with the cast during challenges that rewarded group and single dates as well as eliminations where they were given a key in order to remain in contention. The top-four took the twins to their hometown to meet their parents.
Clips of Goldfarb throwing food at fellow contestant Josh, disqualifying his team during the first challenge and yelling at another contestant, Nick, were aired. He even told the girls that he would leave if they didn’t eliminate Nick, who angered him when he upset the girls. While the elimination came down to those two, both were confident Nick would be going home.
"I definitely wouldn’t have left no matter what," he said. "I just wanted to show them that I didn’t want [Nick] there."
Competitive by nature, Goldfarb, who moved to South Philly in 2007, was named a team captain and eventually MVP by the twins for a challenge where the task was to run through a pool of cornstarch mixed with water before sinking in order to collect cans and bring them back. But Goldfarb had to forfeit the challenge in which teams of two licked icing off mannequins after cutting his lip. He redeemed himself by easily beating out the field for a single date by licking his plate clean in an eating contest in which he consumed five chicken hearts, two lamb brains and guts.
"I was in a frat when I was in college and we had to eat all kinds of gross stuff," said the University of Hartford grad. "I never turned down a meal in my life, so it was no problem for me."
While he’s over the twins, Goldfarb has received a lot of recognition, on the street, in restaurants, movies and across Philly, New Jersey and New York. Fans have asked for pictures, autographs and even questions about the show.
Goldfarb hopes to continue appearing on television – reality or not. Even if it’s behind the camera.
"When we were in Vegas, [the crew] let me do a lot of the interviewing," he said.
Goldfarb, who plans to keep in touch with all of his castmates now that the show has wrapped up, flew back to Los Angeles for the Jan. 26 taping reunion, which aired on Tuesday along with the show’s finale.
"Definitely one of the best experiences ever," he said. "I met a lot of great people learned a lot about relationships. Learned a lot about girls. I don’t regret a second of being on the show. Hopefully, I’ll be on more shows in the future."
