Tionna Smalls, the wing woman to Rozanda “Chilli” Thomas on the VH1 dating docu-soap What Chilli Wants, doesn’t quite live up to her name (if you know what we mean), and she’s the author of a new larger-than-life relationship manual that demands that girls “Get Their Minds Right.”
The book teaches women how to find and keep the right man. Tionna appeared on The TODAY Show on Tuesday, where she schooled Hoda & Kathie Lee in the Lessons of Love.
Get ready for a new season of drama on VH1: The network has hit the greenlight on sophomore season orders for it’s smash reality series Brandy & Ray J: A Family Business, Basketball Wives, and What Chilli Wants.
Former TLC star Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas’ hunt for love and romance is about to be televised by cable network VH1. Premiering Sunday night, What Chilli Wants will chronicle the singer’s bid to find a new man with the help of matchmaker Tionna Smalls.
TLC is set to perform in the States for the first time in seven years as part of a benefit concert hosted by Justin Timberlake this fall.
Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, the two remaining members of TLC, will sing during the Justin Timberlake and Friends Concert — benefitting The Shriners Hospitals For Children — at The Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Oct. 17.
The group’s third original member, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, was killed in a car accident in 2002.
VH1 is giving two female hip-hop artists their own reality series on the network. Sandra “Pepa” Denton of Salt-N-Pepa and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas from TLC have been tapped to appear in two as-yet-series scheduled to premiere in 2010. Eight half-hour episodes have been ordered for each.
The as-yet-untitled Pepa project will follow the divorced mother as she looks for love after four years of self-imposed celibacy. The rapper and three of her closest female friends, who are also single, will meet for brunch every week to discuss the highs and lows of the past seven days.
Chilli’s series, will show its star — who has enjoyed failed romances with R&B star Usher and producer Dallas Austin — enlisting Brooklyn relationship expert Tionna Smalls to help her find a long-term relationship.
“These are women that our audiences know. They’re attached to them, they know their music, and they’re both women you can root for,” Jeff Olde, executive vice president of original programming and production for VH1, told the Daily News yesterday. “But the shows are different. The Pepa show, I think, gives us a window into the real conversations women have about their lives and relationships. With Chilli, it’s breaking down why this gorgeous, successful woman is still single and pushing her to try new things and push her boundaries.”
