TheBachelorfranchise has become a staple of not just reality TV, but television in general.
The show is insular in a way, by casting the lead from a pool of previous contestants.
The leads become sort of recurring characters in this strange reality TV world.
It’s time to separate rumors from hard facts.
These are false things you might stop believing about theBachelorfranchise.
However, many contestants have had very stable positions in their respective professions.
And, of course, that’s always a risk.
So, despite snagging somepaid Instagram posts, Lindsay clearly doesn’t consider herself first and foremost an influencer.
For example, former BacheloretteAshley Hebert married her final pick J.P. Rosenbaum.
The couple has two children together and evenrenewed their vowsin August 2018.
Clearly, finding love on theBachelorfranchise is not impossible.
Several of the earlyBachelorseasonsended with a promise to keep dating, not an engagement ring.
The norm of proposing every season began with Season 12.
Juan Pablo Galavis was the only one to not propose to his final pick after that point.
However, the case that probably sticks out most to fans is fence-jumperColton Underwood.
Heflat-out told her, “At the end of this, I want it to be you.”
Eventually, the two reconciled and ended the season not with an engagement, but with a budding relationship.
It does come in one quick episode, but this isn’t back-to-back like viewers see."
This makes much more sense for the filming process and for the lead’s mental well-being.
Dorfman explained, “Sure, most of the time there’s intimacy involved.
But it’s not just physical, it’s emotional as well.
The experience is a kind of unveiling of the fantasy, in an ironic way.”
The rings are no joke, and they are incredibly valuable.
Therefore, it makes sense that the producers want to protect the investment.
Bachelor Nation couples must stay together for at least two years to be able to keep the ring.
If they do not, they must give the ring back, as per their contracts.
Speaking to the publication,Bachelorhost Chris Harrison joked, “The rings I actually have at home.
They’re on a necklace and I’ll where it around sometimes.
I’ll wear it out [and] I have, like, 20 different engagement rings.”
But Harrison then admitted, “Neil probably does get the rings back.
He just doesn’t even know it.”
And that was it!
I had re-mortgaged my house and I spent something like $8,000 on clothing."
After doing research,E!
Newsconcluded that women spend somewhere in the $1,800 to $8,000 range before they get to the mansion.
Former contestant Sarah Herron shared withE!
Hopefully, Herron’s advice will save some future female contestants a bit of money… and luggage space.
Unfortunately, that’s not the case when the lead isn’t there.
The home is actuallyowned by a familythat leaves for 42 days twice a year for production to film.
That’s without considering the fact that there is pretty much nothing to do.
There are no cellphones, computers, magazines, music, or books to keep the contestants occupied.
“The only things I was allowed to keep were my journal and my Bible,” said Hughes.
“We have nothing.
We are completely cut off from the world.
We have to talk to each other we have nothing else to do.”
But the ceremony isn’t exactly like it looks like on TV.
“It is absolutely exhausting,“former Bachelor Sean Loweshared withGlamour.
Bachelor franchise show Bachelor in Paradise takes six weeks
The process forBachelor in Paradiseis a time warp.
By that logic, people are proposing after about a month and a half of knowing each other.
Turns out that it’s actually half that time.
According to reality TV bloggerReality Steve, the sixth season ofBachelor in Paradisefilmed for 21 days only three weeks!
Despite the time crunch,Bachelor in Paradisehas a muchhigher rate of successful couplings.
It might just be afrankenbite.
The practice has been used in reality television for over a decade and has a whole slew ofcontroversybehind it.
No, no, no.
You make whatever she does sound b****y.”
She described the experience as “complicated manipulation through friendship.”
As an example, Shapiro described one of her tactics.
The lead ofThe Bacheloretteis a former contestant fromThe Bachelor, and then the next Bachelor is fromThe Bachelorette.
Bachelorfranchise hostChris Harrisonshared a bit of the lead-choosing process withE!
“It’s such a huge debate.
ABC exec Robert Mills explained toE!
In retrospect, Mills admittedParadise"gave [the franchise] a shot in the arm.
“Bachelor in Paradisehas become such a reliable hit that apparently ABC is looking to create more spin-offs.
“I think there could be aReal Housewives-jot down thing potentially,” Mills joked.
Notably,Bachelor in Paradisekept pacewithAmerica’s Got Talent.
TheBachelorfranchise consistently keeps viewers tuning into ABC, which means it will probably stick around for a while.
