Category Archives: The Bachelor

20/20 to Air “Inside the Bachelor” Show

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What really goes on behind the scenes on the dates, in the Bachelor mansion and at the rose ceremonies? How much of what we see is real and how much is edited to tell a story that will drive ratings upwards? How shocked are the contestants at the way they are portrayed, when they finally get to see the show, long after they’ve returned home? Is Mike Fleiss a genius or just a master manipulator? Does Chris Harrison spend any time with the participants during filming other than at the rose ceremonies? Are any of them sorry they agreed to do the show, or will they all say it was the highlight of their lives?

These are some of the questions I’m sure viewers would like answered when ABC’s 20/20 airs it’s two hour special on March 15, “Inside The Bachelor: The Stories Behind the Rose.”

We may not get those answers, but we’ll get to see some of the most memorable Bachelor/Bachelorette participants from seasons past. Jesse Csincsak, who will appear, says on his Facebook page that Jillian and Ed, Kiptyn, Ryan & Trista Sutter and Andy Baldwin are also participating.

Deanna Pappas tweets she is appearing, and she mentions Melissa and Brad Womack are also included.

I’m hearing we’ll also see Reid (who many fans thought Jillian should have picked.) The only person whose name hasn’t surfaced that I’d like to see on is country music singer Wes Hayden. He’d probably tell too much of the truth for an ABC program to be comfortable with airing, but they’d be foolish not to include him.

All in all, it sounds like quite a show, far better than anything we’ve seen this season with Jake and lots more interesting than Jason and Molly’s wedding.

Jake’s Hometown Dates: Most Cringe-worthy Episode Yet

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Not only has this been the worst season of the Bachelor, with robotic Jake who reminds me of the joker in Batman with his permanent grin, tonight was the worst episode of the season.

It was the hometown date episode, where Jake visits the final four in their or their parents’ home town. The whole episode was awful. Ali was completely unbelievable in the role of little girl, legs curled up like a fetus, crying her eyes out for minutes on end. I didn’t buy it for a second and it went on way too long. Cloyingly fake and annoying. And her family was so boring they had to film most of her date in an empty house relying on her grandmother’s spirit.

Gia’s brother and Vienna’s father were both awful to watch. Grating personalities and so physically unappealing . Who would marry into either one of those families?

Gia has zero personality and even less conversational ability. She’s the best looking of the bunch, and she moves well, maybe they can put her on DWTS. The Bachelor is definitely beyond her skill set.

Tenley’s dance was terrible, like a third grader at a school play. Embarrassingly awful and I didn’t think Jake was into it one bit. He looked perplexed. Her father was the only redeeming feature of her segments. Continue reading →

ABC To Televise Jason and Molly’s Wedding

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It’s official. On March 8, ABC will televise the wedding of former Bachelor and Bachelorette contestant Jason Mesnick to Molly Malaney, the woman he first rejected when he selected Melissa Rycroft, and then returned to.

The two-hour “The Bachelor: Jason and Molly’s Wedding” is set to air March 8. The event will include the bride’s dress fitting, planning for the big day, bachelor and bachelorette parties and the ceremony. Past “Bachelor” and “Bachelorette” couples and participants will be on the guest list.

Well, that’s one way to get your wedding paid for and stay in the public eye. Will you watch?

Jake and Rozlyn: A Bachelor Failure of Proof

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Chris Harrrison’s new blog is up on last night’s not-so explosive shocker of Rozlyn being asked to leave the show for having an “inappropriate” relationship with a staffer. He says he’s going to tell us much more, but the more turns out only to be that he’s willing to say the “inappropriate” relationship was a “physical” relationship, not one just about feelings. Of course, he still doesn’t say “sexual relationship” which Rozlyn has denied.

I think Chris is still playing with words. Kissing and hugging are physical, but don’t always lead to a sexual relationship. For example, we saw Jake and Rozlyn kiss early on in last night’s show. I doubt anyone would characterize that as a sexual relationship. Yet Chris wants us to think there is a sexual relationship, even though he won’t use the word. If there was one, and the Bachelor had proof, they’d say so. The fact that they won’t means they can’t prove it. He talks about the other girls witnessing the physical relationship. That’s another clue it wasn’t sexual. Who has sex with other girls in the room — or even with the door open, in a house where the other occupants are your competitors?

Rozlyn did not seem surprised, and somehow, she knew enough not to respond to Chris’ allegations. I see two possibilities. One is the scene was edited after filming (hacked to death, really) so that what we ultimately saw had been cleansed of her denials. The other is that Chris and the exec producers, in addition to contacting their lawyers as he told us last week, gave Rozlyn’s agent a heads-up ahead of time — as well as permission to tell her what was about to happen, and advise her on how to react on camera. Continue reading →

Bachelor Jake Begins Tonight

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The new season of The Bachelor, starring Jake Pavelka, premieres tonight. Jake is the pilot Jillian Harris eliminated last season as being “too perfect.” I found him cloying. He’s also the one that came back after he was rejected to warn Jillian about country music singer Wes — a completely sleazy move in my view.

In addition to being moralistic, he’s also quite religious. I expect the season to be cheesy and bland, just like Jake. Why watch? Some of the women may be interesting and it’s fun to figure out in advance who’s going home and who is getting a rose. Also, in the past, some of their travel destinations have been beautiful, like New Zealand, Spain and Hawaii.

While it seems like California predominates this season (Big Sur, Carmel, San Francisco, Palm Srings), the final dates take place in St. Lucia, and the scenery and hotels and activities are sure to be impressive. The Final Rose Ceremony, which is usually at a rented villa, looks to be near Jade Mountain.

Tonight Jake will meet 25 girls and cut 10. Jillian and Ed will show up to help Jake decide. Next week, the 15 will move into the mansion.

The “shocking development” (according to Chris Harrison on the Valentine Show this morning (audio here) is that one of the girls was romantically involved with one of the show’s producers. He “stepped up to the plate”, got fired, she got axed from the show.

Who to keep an eye out for? For now I’ll only go to the final 9, who I think will be Ali, Corrie, Ashleigh, Gia, Vienna, Ella, Rozlyn, Tenley and Jessie. Ali, Gia and Vienna may be three that go further.

First Promo Ad for Bachelor 14 With Jake the Pilot

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ABC’s “The Bachelor”, season 14, starring Jake Pavelka, the pilot that didn’t even get to a home town date with Jillian, begins Jan. 4. They just finished filming yesterday in St. Lucia, so at least this year they’ll have finished all the episodes before it airs, and know who the winner is, if there’s a winner. Expect to see a lot of promos between now and then — this one is the first, shown Monday night during DWTS.

Bachelor/Bach’ette Reunion Cruise to Mexico

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Former Bachelor contestant Jesse Csincsak hosted a reunion cruise from LA to Baja, Mexico for former Bachelor/Bachelorette contestants over Halloween weekend.

How may can you name? I see Juan, Kiptyn, Nikki, Jesse, Jesse, Robby, Natalie and Wes.

Jesse says some video of the event will air on the new season of ABC’s the Bachelor # 14 on Jan 4th 2010.