Dolly Cleaverway

Dolly's Season 8 bombshell promo.

**Dolly Cleaverway** competed on Season 8 of Love Desert. She was eliminated at the semi-final in 7th-8th place overall.

Dolly is known for cleaving her way through the competition, and being a home-wrecker in the process.

## Background

Dolly was created by Jude, specifically to compete on Season 8. Her surname reflects her intention, echoing a show's inside joke: "she's gonna **cleave** h**er way** through the competition". Her first name reflects her doll-like appearance.

### Early-Season: Being a Filler

Dolly was a pretty insignificant character in her first couple episodes. On episode 2, she earned the romantic interest of Wii Baguette, something the two of them committed to on episode 3. Although compatible, the two received mixed votes from the judges.

### Mid-Season: First Win

Come episode 4, Dolly went on a somewhat randomly selected date with Baba Slaga, a beloved contestant whom had spent the first part of the competition in a strong romance with Gourd. Following their date, Dolly made the bold move of initiating some action with Baba, a beloved contestant . This kind of cheating was always a regular inconsequential occurrence in Love Desert, but something shifted, because when Gourd caught Baba cheating, their romance suddenly tanked to a negative red bar. At the recoupling, this left Baba open to getting together with Dolly, and they won the voting round together for their bold moves.

Since their win earned the two of them the opportunity to stay in the same villa during casa amor over episode 5-6, they continued to build their romance in peace.

### Late-Season: Disaster

The two of them coasted until episode 7, where the judges noticed that Dolly had started to build a secret romance with Laia Bilitea. This came off as snakey, especially because their partners weren't aware of this. Dolly and Baba remained together at the recoupling regardless, placing joint 2nd while late-season breakthrough Forpse bagged their well-deserved first win.

Come episode 8, the cheating continued under Baba's nose, but they remained together still, this time randomly winning the vote in a tie with Forpse. As the first couple to reach two wins (as well as Forpse), this established Baba and Dolly as frontrunners for the crown going into the semi-final.

At the semi-final, with 5 couples still remaining, the final 3 would surely be decided by whichever couples can commit to one another for just one more episode. Unfortunately, Baba caught Dolly flirting with an unknown castmate (likely Laia), decreasing their romance to around 50%. To top it off, Baba then made the most random choice of asking Faye for some action. They chose the most visible space, and Dolly caught them. This tanked their romance to an unsalvageable level. Dolly's mutual choice at the recoupling was Laia, as Laia's partner had cheated on her that episode too.

The two of them were eliminated in 4th of the final 5 couples, one spot higher than their ex-interests.

## Runway Looks

Season 8 Entrance/Bombshell PromoShow-Stopping SignatureFloralsHouse of Illusion (Amina Homage)Basegame BeautifulRainbow on the Runway (Yellow)Funeral on the RunwaySemi-Final Signature
## Trivia

* Dolly was created shortly before the casting special of Season 8, but was held by the host until episode 2 to arrive as a bombshell.