50 secrets only true Bachelor fanatics know
By Sundi Rose
![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)RAVEN, NICK VIALL 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)RAVEN, NICK VIALL](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/843f285c8b3452dfd3cff61311cd0a3d1ed5a7fca8f610519c3cecbdd2a05bbb.jpg)
33. Sometimes They Shoot Hometown Dates At A Richer Relative’s House
Have you ever wondered how every single house in which they visit during the hometown is so well-appointed and impeccable? Me too. In fact, I just assumed that only the richest, bougiest women get picked because the Bachelor had some rule about showing middle class homes on primetime, network television.
Turns out, a lot of the families opt to “borrow” houses to have the Bachelor or Bachelorette come visit. Andi Dorfman says she’s heard, “some people will do their hometown in a different house, like an uncle’s house or a rich grandfather’s house.”
I guess this is a practical move, whether the contestants opt into this situation or the producers insist. It would be terribly distracting to meet so and so’s mom in the middle of a downtown trap house, or have the ceiling fall in with Mr. Perfect asks the father for his blessings. Since not every woman grew up in a sprawling estate, nor is every family independently wealthy, it’s necessary to fudge it a little.
Also, the families don’t usually prepare the meal they eat. Family’s request specific courses or kinds of food and producers usually make their requests come to be. Andi’s mom wanted to order a sushi boat since, according to her Bachelorette daughter, “my mom doesn’t really cook.”
Since the family can’t really talk to their loved one before the big reveal, the whole thing is incredibly awkward and intense. In real life, the families would get a little bit of heads up about what to expect or what the date is like. In this contrived disaster, all the families know is what they’ve seen on TV or read in the tabloids.
The Bachelor deals in romance as commodity, so any amount of reality would spoil the whole thing. It’s probably best to just pretend everyone grew up with money, in a nice house, with loving parents. Anything else is just kind of a bummer.