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 /

36. Contestants Have To Say “Journey” Instead Of “Process”

Have you ever wondered why so many of the contestants insist on talking about their “journey?” The word is ubiquitous – it’s almost like producers are telling contestants what to say.

Oh wait. They are. If someone uses the word “process” in their interviews, producers will stop taping and make them redo it. I guess the idea of a “process” is too cold and doesn’t have enough ick factor. Anytime anyone in my life says “journey” I automatically think they are talking about the band. No one has ever referred to dating or falling in love as their “journey” in real life.

It’s hard to imagine how this policy came to be. Maybe they want contestants to seem as silly and trite as possible or maybe the microphones have a harder time with one word or the other, but it seems an arbitrary rule to enforce. Especially when you have real problems like the constant crying, public drunkenness, and low-key misogyny.

If producers are taking advice (and they’re not, by the way) I have some phrases I’d like to eliminate from the show’s lexicon. For one, can we forbid contestants from using, “here for the right reasons”? It’s such a cliche now. We all know good and well that no one is there for the right reasons.

Others that should be axed: “I think I’m falling in love with you,” “I’ve never felt this way before,” and the classic, “I’m not here to make friends.” These all can go right now.

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