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/Drew Cason)NICK VIALL, RAVEN /

37. A Family Lives In The Mansion When They’re Not Filming

Regardless of how it might appear, that mansion is NOT a Hollywood set. It is actually owned and lived in by a California family. The owners, including their small children move out of the house for the months of filming.

The home, which is located in Agoura Hills, California, has been the home to The Bachelor series and it’s spin off, Bachelor Pad since season 11. The expansive mansion is home to Marshall Haraden, and was first acquainted with the franchise when a scout stumbled upon it looking for locations for the film, Joe Dirt. At the time, it was just a graded lot of dirt. The scout gave Harden some specifications, and two years later called him up to use it in the show.

The process to make the house Bachelor ready is really quite a hassle. “They’re here 42 days, twice a year,” says Haraden, who is president of a construction company. “Everything leaves — everything that’s not tied down, that’s not part of the home. Curtains, TVs, pots and pans, clothes — everything in one day goes out. And then they take two weeks to put it together the way they want it, and they shoot for X amount of days, and then they spend two weeks to put it back.”

This seems like a lot to go through just to have a famous house, and they must spend a fortune in disinfectant. Erica Rose, who competed in both The Bachelor and Bachelor pad worries, “I hope they sanitize that place after the season ends, because there is a lot of hooking up that goes on — especially on Bachelor Pad.”.

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