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Strip Scribbles: ‘Bachelorette Party’ at Palms debuts on Oxygen
Bachelorette Party on Oxygen
Bachelorette parties are a regular sight in Las Vegas, but a new cable reality show portrays them in a whole new light.
There’s the woman who describes herself as “the Donald Trump of brides” because she so frequently fires members of her bridal party. And the Barbie fanatic who just can’t get enough doll details for her party.
Their tantrums and drunken antics comprise “Bachelorette Party: Las Vegas,” an eight-part “docu-series” that follows over-the-top bachelorette celebrations. The show premiered Monday on Oxygen with more than 800,000 viewers, making it the cable network’s most-watched freshman docu-series premiere.
Each episode was filmed last winter at the Palms where hosts Elliot Wronski and Jason “JROC” Craig lavished the bachelorettes with VIP treatment. The women stayed in the Palms’ specialty suites, ate at the hotel’s restaurants and partied at its bars and nightclubs while the cameras rolled.
“We had a great opportunity to showcase what we can do on a daily basis with bachelorettes,” said Jon Gray, vice president and general manager the N9NE Group, which operates the resort’s nightclubs.
Bookings and inquiries for Palms’ bachelorette parties have soared since the show aired, Gray said.
“It has got a lot of great buzz,” he said. “We’ve seen a spike on our website, and I’ve personally been getting a lot of Facebook messages and tweets about it.”
The Palms has enjoyed a reputation as the sexy, young hipster among Las Vegas’ resorts ever since it shot to fame as the setting of MTV’s “Real World” series in 2002. The resort has since hosted MTV’s Video Music Awards, Bravo’s “Celebrity Poker Showdown” and E!’s “Girls Next Door.”
The next episode of “Bachelorette Party” airs at 10 tonight.