Age of Love News

She was the fourth to be eliminated from NBC's new dating reality series, Age of Love, but Adelaide Dawson is not complaining.

Not only does she claim she wasn't playing to win, she also says that the show's eligible bachelor, Mark Philippoussis, is not exactly her ideal guy.

"I didn't see it as a competition," Dawson told the Herald Sun and Buddy TV reported.  "I thought I would have a go because, you never know, I might like this person, but he wasn't my type."

Age of Love differs from other dating shows for its unique format.  The participating women have been divided into two groups according to age.  The forty-year-old women have been deemed the "cougars," while the twenty-year-old women have been deemed the "kittens."

Dawson, 26, automatically fell under the second group.

"I have never been called a kitten before this," Dawson said.  "But I would prefer to be a kitten than a cougar.  Cougar is derogatory.  To me, it means old women on the prowl at bars."

Age of Love began with 13 women, all seemingly ready to do whatever it takes to win Mark Philippoussis heart.  However, Dawson said that while she was in the game, she did not feel any rivalry with the other women.

"I didn't see it as a competition, but after watching the show and listening to what the older women said about us, I can see they were really competitive."

Clearly, Dawson is not attracted to the man whom she describes as a self-centered, "pretty vain and arrogant" person, so she'll be relieved to know that the feeling is mutual.

"A kiss can tell you a lot about a person and I didn't feel like she gave anything," Philippoussis said.

In the tennis world, Mark Philippoussis always wanted to avoid love. It meant he had scored zero points in that particular game or set.

On Age of Love, however, the former tennis star is focusing solely on this emotion. To do so, he'll have to navigate his way through a set of young hotties (dubbed "kittens") and older beautiful women ("cougars"). Which group watched one of its own get sent home last night?

Check out our Age of Love episode guide now and see for yourself.

In NBC's upcoming reality dating series Age of Love, premiering June 18 and hosted by Mark Consuelos, seven beautiful, sophisticated women in their 40s, nicknamed the Cougars, will vie for the affections of 30-year-old Australian tennis superstar Mark Philippoussis (pictured). Their opponents?

Six fun, enthusiastic women in their 20s, coined the Kittens.

Let's meet the squads!

The 13 hopeful women, ranging from 21 to 48 years old, are as follows:

COUGARS
Angela
Age: 40
Occupation: Property Manager
Hometown: Lakeside, MI
Ever Married: Twice
Kids: Son, age 21

Jayanna
Age: 38
Occupation: Mortgage Loan Officer
Hometown: Newport, CA
Ever Married: Once

Jennifer
Age: 48
Occupation: Executive Assistant for the Owner of the Los Angeles Lakers
Hometown: Carson, CA
Ever Married: Twice

Jodie
Age: 46
Occupation: VP of Commercial Real Estate Company
Hometown: Dallas, TX
Ever Married: Once
Kids: Son, age 8

Kelli
Age: 40
Occupation: Legal Secretary
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA

Lynn
Age: 40
Occupation: Makeup Artist
Hometown: Nashville, TN

Maria
Age: 42
Occupation: Photographer
Hometown: Playa Del Rey, CA
Ever Married: Once

KITTENS
Adelaide
Age: 26
Occupation: Editor, Esquire
Hometown: Manhattan Beach, CA

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Mark Philippoussis knows all about love. The tennis score that is a synonym for zero, that is.

But the romantic emotion? Not so much.

Fortunately, NBC and a new reality show have come to his rescue. Because he's "so shy" and wants to "meet someone," the professional athlete admitted to People magazine this week that he's the hopeful bachelor on this summer's show, Age of Love.

In this mating game, half the women are in their 20's and half in their 40's - but "age doesn't matter to me," says Philippoussis, 30. "All the women are beautiful."

Once ranked among the world's top tennis stars, Philippoussis has been sidelined by a series of knee surgeries. But worse, he says, he's been single since last August. And he wants the world to know that despite tab reports, he has "never, ever dated Paris Hilton or Tara Reid."

Well, okay then. Guess that explains why he'll team with host Mark Consuelos in hopes of finding the perfect match on the show.

With dreams of returing to Wimbledon's Centre Court in June â€" he lost in the finals in 2003 â€" Philippousis has been playing tennis four times a week with friend Gavin Rossdale at the Beverly Hills estate the rocker shares with wife Gwen Stefani and son Kingston.

Rossdale is one of a handful of people who knew about Age of Love. "Gavin said to me, 'Wow. You could change the dating habits of all mankind!' " Philippousis says.

But for now, he's just "a simple guy who wants a simple girl." And she must meet certain standards: If she smokes, forget it. Ditto for anyone who doesn't like dogs. Says Philippoussis: "I just don't see how that could ever work."

That's because his 4-month-old Rottweiler puppy, Kya, is the main girl in his life right now.

"When I turn out the lights, she gets up on the bed and puts her front paws on my shoulders and she kisses me goodnight," he says. "Now that's love."