Tool Academy (season 3)

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Country of origin United States Running time 60 minutes		No. of episodes 8 Production company(s) VH1 495 Productions
Starring Jordan Murphy Trina Dolenz Executive producer(s) SallyAnn Salsano Jim Ackerman Dave Hamilton

Tool Academy 3 is the third (and to date last) installment to Tool Academy. This season was notable for including the series' first female tools (Jennavecia and Courtney), first same-sex couple (Courtney and Cheron), and first married couple (Kevin and Jermika). The show premiered on February 14, 2010. There were 10 contestants.

Lessons of the Week

Badges

Communication
Fidelity
Modesty
Appreciation
Maturity
Trust
Family Values
Commitment

Episode Progress

The contestant won Tool Academy. The contestant won a challenge and won a date with their partner. The contestant won a challenge, won a date with their partner, and was first to receive a badge. The contestant was the first to receive a badge. The contestant was safe from being eliminated. The contestant was at risk of being eliminated. The contestant was eliminated and their partner decided to stay with them. The contestant was eliminated and their partner decided to leave them. The contestant was eliminated and decided to leave their partner. The contestant quit the show, and left their partner. The contestant and his partner chose to split up and leave outside of elimination.

Episode 1

First aired February 14, 2010

Lesson of the Week: Communication

Challenge: Dog House

Challenge Reward: Romantic Dinner

Challenge Winner: Jennavecia, Kyle

Bottom: None

Eliminated: None

Quit: Chasyn

Episode Notes: Chasyn became the first tool to drop out of the Tool Academy because he thought he was better than the program. In return, all the remaining Tools made it through to the next round. Also Angelo was at first the "Ripped Tool", but during therapy he became the "Teary Tool".

Episode 2

First aired February 21, 2010

Lesson of the Week: Fidelity

Challenge: Create A Song And Perform "Tool-e-Oke"

Challenge Reward: Romantic Date

Challenge Winner: Kevin, Jermika

Bottom: Angelo, Shawn, Jennavecia

Eliminated: Shawn (Emily decided to stay with Shawn)

Episode 3

First aired February 28, 2010

Lesson of the Week: Modesty

Challenge: None

Bottom: Daniel, Jacob, Jordan

Eliminated: Daniel (Daniel decided to leave Lesley)

Episode 4

First aired March 14, 2010

Lesson of the Week: Appreciation

Challenge: Create A Dinner Party

Challenge Reward: Conjugal Visit Room

Challenge Winner: Angelo, Dayna

Bottom: Kevin, Courtney

Eliminated: Courtney (Cheron decided to leave Courtney)

Episode 5

First aired March 14, 2010

Lesson of the Week: Maturity

Challenge: Pay Bills

Challenge Reward: Romantic Date, $1,624.25

Challenge Winner: Angelo, Dayna

Quit: Tommy (Tommy and Kate decided to break up and quit) Tommy was sleeping with someone else when he was with Kate

Bottom: Jacob, Jordan

Eliminated: Jordan (Rachel decided to stay with Jordan)

Episode 6

First aired March 21, 2010

Lesson of the Week: Trust

Challenge: Human Lie Detector Test

Helping Their Partners By: Setting Up a Romantic Date

Bottom: Jacob, Kevin

Eliminated: Kevin (Jermika decided to stay with Kevin)

Episode 7

First aired March 28, 2010

Lesson of the Week: Family Values

Special Guests: The Couple's Parents

Challenge: To Take Care of Fake Babies

Bottom 2: Angelo, Jennavecia

Eliminated: Jennavecia (Kyle decided to stay with Jennavecia)

Jennavecia hit Angelo and Dayna.

Episode 8

First aired April 4, 2010

Lesson of the Week: Commitment

Runner Up: Angelo (Dayna decided to stay with Angelo)

Winner: Jacob

Winner

Jacob was the graduate and winner of Tool Academy 3. Angelo, in his exit interview, felt the decision was wrong and that he wanted to graduate. He correlated the experience as "..the one student who sits there and studies the whole time, and does everything they are supposed to do, and then you have student at the end who just tries to cram everything in the night before, and cheats a little bit."