Vote for the Girls (American season 3)

Vote for the Girls (U.S.)
Season 3
Broadcast from	November 1, 2011 (2011-11-01) – July 12, 2012 (2012-07-12)
Moderators	Holly Everman Robyn Hurd
Host(s)	Ava Zinn
Record	1-1
Winning Moderator(s):
Robyn Hurd
VFTG Victory(ies)
Melanie Amaro (The X Factor)
Make-Up Victory(ies)
Eliana Girard
Chronology
◀ 2012 ►

The third season of Vote for the Girls, also known as Vote for the Girls 2012 premiered on November 1, 2011, and concluded on July 12, 2012. Moderators Ava Zinn, Robyn Hurd, and Holly Everman returned. On May 24, 2012, Robyn Hurd died after suffering a stroke caused from blood clots, thus making Hurd's final season as a moderator. This was the final season with three moderators.

This season has marked four firsts in the site's history: this season had moderators choosing their picks to win, as opposed to the single pick (of which were decided by Zinn under her sole discretion) to win format used in previous seasons; guest moderators were brought in as a 4th moderator; a female was not amongst the contestants remaining in the competition in the finale (Duets); and lastly, a female is the winner of the competition (Melanie Amaro of The X Factor).

Changes from past seasons

Season 3 moderator panel and host

Holly Everman

Robyn Hurd

Ava Zinn

Several changes were planned for season three. Ava Zinn was considering adding a fourth moderator and a guest moderator has been invited by Zinn to participate during the competition, this was the first season where guest moderators were invited to participate in the live shows of the competition. The guest moderators featured were:

Date	Show	Moderator at VFTG Set	Moderator on Location	Guest moderator(s)	Guest moderator(s) on Location
May 10, 2012	American Idol 11 Top 4 Result	Ava Zinn	Holly Everman		Raymond Passalt
May 17, 2012	American Idol 11 Top 3 Result	Ava Zinn	Holly Everman		Raymond Passalt
May 23, 2012	American Idol 11 finale	Holly Everman	Ava Zinn	Raymond Passalt	Amanda Smith (Santa Ava 3 winner)
June 28, 2012	Duets Live Show Premiere	Ava Zinn		Maribel Mort Raymond Passalt	Frank Davidson
July 5, 2012	Duets Top 5 Result	Ava Zinn			Patrice Rafferty Frank Davidson
July 12, 2012	Duets Top 4 Result (Infamous Episode)				Rhonda Spencer Frank Davidson
July 18, 2012	So You Think You Can Dance 9 Top 20 Result		Holly Everman		Rhonda Spencer Patrice Rafferty Johnathan Steele
July 25, 2012	So You Think You Can Dance 9 Top 16 Result		Holly Everman		Rhonda Spencer Patrice Rafferty Johnathan Steele
August 15, 2012	So You Think You Can Dance 9 Top 14 Result		Holly Everman		Maribel Mort Rhonda Spencer Johnathan Steele
August 22, 2012	So You Think You Can Dance 9 Top 10 Result		Holly Everman		Maribel Mort Rhonda Spencer Johnathan Steele
August 29, 2012	So You Think You Can Dance 9 Top 8 Result		Holly Everman		Maribel Mort Rhonda Spencer Johnathan Steele
September 5, 2012	So You Think You Can Dance 9 Top 6 Result		Holly Everman		Hillary Matthewson Johnathan Steele
September 18, 2012	So You Think You Can Dance 9 Finale	Ava Zinn	Holly Everman		Hillary Matthewson Johnathan Steele

Notes

1. ^ During the American Idol 11 competition, reception issues on the Vote for the Girls set prevented the completion of episode. Holly Everman hosted.
2. ^ After Hurd's last show on May 3 and death on May 24, Patrice Rafferty, Rhonda Spencer, Rachael Passalt (then known as Raymond Passalt), Hurd's daughter Maribel Mort, and Hurd's widow Hillary Matthewson all filled in as guest moderators during the Duets competition and So You Think You Can Dance filled in until Ariel Swaringen and Michelle Steele joined the moderation panel full-time for permanently for season 5.
3. ^ During the Duets competition, Frank Davidson of ATE Media-owned ABC station WMRI "9abc" served as temporary replacement for Holly Everman, who was not able to attend due to her honeymoon.
4. ^ Episode finally aired on September 4, 2013 as Classic VFTG
5. ^ During the So You Think You Can Dance competition, Johnathan Steele served as temporary replacement for Ava Zinn, who was not able to attend due to a contractual dispute.

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Contestants

VFTG Supported Contestants

Key	✔ Moderator's Pick	Moderator's Wild Card Pick	Keywords AI11= American Idol (season 11) XFUSA1 = The X Factor (season 1) DUETS1 = Duets SYTYCD9 = So You Think You Can Dance (season 9)	Color key      Vote for the Girls Victory - Female contestant won show (Finale only)      Non-Finale Vote for the Girls pick inducted in the VFTG Hall of Fame      Vote for the Girls Victory via Dual Winner Format (SYTYCD Only)      Vote for the Girls Make-Up Victory (see note)      Vote for the Girls Loss (Finale)      Vote for the Girls Loss after last female contestant's elimination before finale      VFTG pick previously appeared on talent show      VFTG pick previously appeared on another show and won the season      VFTG pick also Vote for the Worst pick

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Show and Season	Moderator's votes			Status	Weeks Lasted
				0 ! Zinn	0 ! Everman	0 ! Hurd
Melanie Amaro	19	Sunrise, Florida	XFUSA1			✔	VFTG Victory (Winner) December 22, 2011	9
Rachel Crow	13/14	Mead, Colorado	XFUSA1		✔		5th December 8, 2011	7
Drew Ryniewicz	14	Chino Valley, Arizona	XFUSA1	✔			6th December 1, 2011	6
Lakoda Rayne (Paige Ogle, Hayley Orrantia, Cari Fletcher, and Dani Knights)	N/A	N/A	XFUSA1	✔	✔	✔	9th November 23, 2011	5
Stacy Francis	N/A	N/A	XFUSA1	✔		✔	11th November 17, 2011	4
Jessica Sanchez	16	San Diego, California	AI11		✔	✔	VFTGLoss (Runner-Up) May 23, 2012.	6 (Ava) 12 (Holly & Robyn)
Hollie Cavanagh	18	McKinney, Texas (originally from Liverpool, Merseyside, England)	AI11		✔	✔	4th May 10, 2012	10
Skylar Laine	18	Brandon, Mississippi	AI11		✔	✔	5th May 3, 2012	9
Elise Testone	28	Mount Pleasant, South Carolina	AI11				6th April 26, 2012	8
Erika Van Pelt	25	South Kingstown, Rhode Island	AI11	✔			10th March 22, 2012	4
Shannon Magrane	16	Tampa, Florida	AI11				11th March 15, 2012	3
Bridget Carrington	34	Richmond, Virginia	DUETS1				VFTG Loss 4th July 12, 2012	7
Olivia Chisholm	21	Charlotte, North Carolina	DUETS1				5th July 5, 2012	6
Jordan Meredith	21	Kimberly, Wisconsin	DUETS1				6th June 20, 2012	5
Meleana Brown		Oahu, Hawaii	DUETS1				7th June 13, 2012	3
Alexis Foster	21	Knoxville, Tennessee	DUETS1				8th June 7, 2012	3
Eliana Girard*	21	Palm Beach, Florida	SYTYCD9				VFTG Victory (Winner) September 18, 2012	8
Tiffany Maher*	19	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	SYTYCD9				VFTG Victory (Runner-up) September 18, 2012	8
Witney Carson	18	American Fork, Utah	SYTYCD9				Top 6 September 5, 2012	6
Lindsay Arnold	18	Provo, Utah	SYTYCD9				Top 8 August 29, 2012	5
Audrey Case	18	Edmond, Oklahoma	SYTYCD9				Top 10 August 22, 2012	4
Amelia Lowe	18	Butler, New Jersey	SYTYCD9				Top 14 August 15, 2012	3
Janelle Issis	24	Vestavia Hills, Alabama	SYTYCD9				Top 14 August 15, 2012	3
Amber Jackson	21	Decatur, Georgia	SYTYCD9				Top 16 July 25, 2012	2
Alexa Anderson	19	Chandler, Arizona	SYTYCD9				Top 20 July 18, 2012	1
Janaya French	20	Aurora, Colorado	SYTYCD9				Top 20 July 18, 2012	1

• With the elimination of Whitney Carson, the site declared an automatic make-up victory due to Eliana Girard and Tiffany Maher resided in the same state (Florida).
  • Zinn initially chose Hallie Day and Erika Van Pelt, but after the first week of the Top 7, decided she had "made a huge mistake" in not including Sanchez as a VFTG pick.

Episodes

Number in series	Number in season	Title	Original air date
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