50 secrets only true Bachelor fanatics know

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THE BACHELOR -“Episode 2108” – Corinne, Rachel, Raven and Vanessa are left in Bimini, still shocked that Nick sent Kristina home before the rose ceremony. They wonder if they still will get a coveted hometown date from the unpredictable Bachelor. But with the stakes being so high, Nick will go on an emotionally charged journey to visit these final four women’s hometowns. Raven meets him in Hoxie, Arkansas, and cute couple have some great, sexy fun, but Raven’s father reveals some serious news. Then, it is on to Dallas where Rachel and Nick confront the challenges that might meet an interracial couple. Corinne is waiting in Miami where her father waits with some tough questions. Finally, Nick travels to Montreal to reunite with Vanessa. Although her special needs adult students give him a big thumbs up, things don’t go quite so well with her big Italian family, especially after her father drops a bomb about Nick that has Vanessa questioning their relationship. Just as Nick gets ready to make the gut-wrenching decision to send one woman home, he gets a surprise visitor, who could change everything, on “The Bachelor,” MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EST), on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/Phillippe Bosse)VANESSA, NICK VIALL /

39. The Ring Is Really Expensive And Couples Have To Stay Together To Keep It

The Neil Lane episode has become one of the iconic moments of the Bachelor and Bachelorette shows. Lane steps out of the limo, the men agonize over a case full of diamonds, and the next time we see it, the fiance is sporting it around, proudly.

The story that doesn’t get told is that, for one, those rings are very, very expensive. In fact, they can be hundreds of thousands of dollars. Ben Higgins’ pick for a ring reportedly cost $100,000.

With all this bling floating around, ABC has to hedge it’s bets. In fact, if couples don’t stay together for at least two years, then they have to return it. Jillian Harris had to return her ring after she and then-fiance Ed Swiderski’s bitter breakup.

Some reports have learned, “The Bachelorette‘s standard contract specifies that the ring remains the property of the show’s producers unless the couple remains together for two consecutive years. They do not have to marry within that time period.”

This compounds the pressure couples face after the show stops filming. Once it begins airing, their relationship is fair game to fans and audiences alike, so staying together among the intense public scrutiny becomes even more problematic. Of course, if a $100, 000 dollar ring is on the line, I think I could probably fake until we were in the clear

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