Season 2
Tabatha's Salon Takeover (renamed Tabatha Takes Over in Season 4) is an American reality makeover television series produced by Reveille Productions in which former Shear Genius contestant and hair salon owner Tabatha Coffey helps failing salons, in a format similar to that of Fox Broadcasting's Kitchen Nightmares.
The series premiered in the USA on Bravo on 21 August, 2008.
Tabatha's Salon Takeover premiered in South Africa on DStv's M-Net Series channel on Friday 18 September 2009, at 21h00. It moved to Vuzu from Season 2 and also aired on M-Net Series Reality, from Season 5. See "Seasons" below for seasonal broadcast dates and times.
Season 2 aired on Vuzu from 7 February to 11 April, 2010, on Sundays at 19h30. New episodes broadcast weekly. There are 10 episodes in the second season.
Season 2
Tabatha's Salon Takeover returns for a second season featuring the forthright and smartly styled Tabatha Coffey as she transforms the lives and businesses of salon owners in the Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami areas.
Fans first met Tabatha as an acerbic contestant on the first season of Bravo's Shear Genius, and since that time she has increasingly earned respect for her unapologetic, brutally honest approach. Tabatha speaks from years of experience as a stylist and salon owner.
Since her start as a salon assistant at the age of 14 in her homeland of Surfer's Paradise, Australia, she instantly fell in love with the field. At 15, she started a four-year apprenticeship program in Australia, and her love for hairdressing grew.
Next she moved to London for eight years to continue her training, and has since been working in the beauty field in the U.S. for 19 years. She has a large clientele nationwide and owns the Industrie Hair Gurus salon in Ridgewood, New Jersey.
Entering the salon doors donned in her signature all-black attire and perfectly coifed short blond hair, the awed reactions of the salon owners and stylists upon seeing her are a testament to the respect she has earned in the field.
Love her or hate her, Tabatha's expertise is indisputable.
The stakes are high for these salon owners, who literally can lose everything and quickly realise that in order to save their livelihoods, they need to step up to Tabatha's strict business and styling standards.
She will stand for nothing less than passion and commitment from the stylists she coaches. Her critical eye probes the salons' customer service, cleanliness, professionalism, and overall styling techniques.
This season, she will again make her recommendations for which stylists should have a higher profile in the salon, and which ones might need to take a step back.
The end results are often dramatic and inspire all those who have come in contact with Tabatha to strive for only their best.
Tabatha's Salon Takeover is produced by Reveille LLC for Bravo. Howard Owens, Mark Koops and Heather Schuster serve as executive producers.
Seasons
Note: the show moved from M-Net Series to Vuzu for Season 2. Only the first episode of Season 3 aired on Vuzu, after which the channel broadcast Season 5. Season 4 did not air in South Africa and the first four seasons did not air on M-Net Series Reality.
Season 1 (8 episodes)
Channel: M-Net Series | Premiere: 18 Sep 2009 | Finale: 6 Nov 2009 | Fri, 21h00
Season 2 (10 episodes)
Channel: Vuzu | Premiere: 7 Feb 2010 | Finale: 11 Apr 2010 | Sun, 19h30
Season 3 (10 episodes)
Channel: Vuzu | Aired: 3 Aug 2013 | Sat, 22h00
Season 4 (12 episodes)
Did not air in South Africa
Season 5 (12 episodes)
Channel: Vuzu | Premiere: 10 Aug 2013 | Finale: 26 Oct 2013 | Sat, 22h00
Channel: MS Reality | Premiere: 25 Dec 2013 | Finale: 9 Jan 2014 | Weekdays, 23h30